Today
Columbus Christmas Open House — The Downtown Columbus Christmas Open House continues today with 11 select downtown shops opening their doors from 1-5 p.m.
Starkville Christmas Open House — In “downtown and around” Starkville, merchants are open 11 a.m.-3 p.m. for Christmas Open House.
Cookies with Santa — Bring the kids between 10 a.m.-2 p.m. to meet Santa at Starkville Community Theatre’s Playhouse on Main, 108 E. Main St., Starkville. $10 ticket includes one professional digital photo with Santa and take-home cookies.
Nov. 6-10, 12-15
“Moonlight and Magnolias” — Starkville Community Theatre presents this play set in 1939 Hollywood during the making of “Gone with the Wind” at 7:30 p.m. (except 2 p.m. Sunday) at the Playhouse on Main, 108 E. Main St., Starkville. Tickets are $15/$10 students (for mature audiences). Visit sct-online.org.
Thursday, Nov. 7
A Thanks Gathering — This annual community prayer service at 6 p.m. at the Downtown YMCA, 602 Second Ave. N., Columbus, features guest Wyatt Emerich, editor of The Northside Sun. All are welcome at this event sponsored by the Christian Community in Prayer Committee. For more information, email [email protected].
Friday, Nov. 8
Guest artist — The W Department of Music presents Beegie Adair with jazz piano at 7:30 p.m. in Poindexter Hall on campus, sponsored by the Leslie F. Threadgill Lecture and Artist Series. Free. Adair presents a master class at 11 a.m. Nov. 9. For more information, call 662-241-6399.
Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8-9
Ghosts & Legends — Visit Columbus’ spirited past on tours presented at 6:30, 7, 8 and 8:30 p.m. Buses depart the Tennessee Williams Home/Welcome Center, 300 Main St. These tours presented by the Columbus Arts Council, Columbus Community Theatre and Columbus Cultural Heritage Foundation often fill quickly; advance tickets for desired tour times are recommended. Get tickets at the CAC, 501 Main St., columbus-arts. org or 662-328-2787.
Saturday, Nov. 9
Columbus Veterans Day Parade — A 10 a.m. parade from the Municipal Complex, 1501 Main St., to Columbus City Hall downtown will be followed at 11 a.m. by a ceremony in front of the Lowndes County Courthouse with Color Guard, speker and a flyover by Columbus Air Force Base. For more information, contact Calvin Boswell, 662-497-1178.
Starkville Veterans Day Parade — This 10 a.m. parade presented by KMG Creations in Starkville is followed by a musical tribute at the Oktibbeha County Courthouse at 11 a.m. For more information, contact Kayla Gilmore, 662-648-7382.
Book signing — Jeanette Basson of Columbus will attend a book signing for her novel “Stranded in Alaska” from noon-2 p.m. at the Columbus Arts Council’s Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501 Main St., Columbus.
Choral Society — The Columbus Choral Society presents “Songs of Peace, Hope and Love” at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 202 Seventh St., Columbus. Suggested donation $10. Visit ColumbusChoralSociety.org.
Wednesday, Nov. 13
The Orators lecture series — In honor of Veterans Week, author, veteran and filmmaker G. Mark LaFrancis speaks on “Invisible Heroes – Living Among Us” at 5:30 p.m. at the G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Center for America’s Veterans in Nusaz Hall on the Mississippi State campus. A reception precedes the presentation. Open to the public. For more information, contact Donna Clevinger, 662-325-2522.
Thursday, Nov. 14
Opening reception — The Columbus Arts Council hosts a free reception from 5:30-7 p.m. to open an exhibit of paintings and sculptures by Jerry Jones at the Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501 Main St. Digital collage prints by Joe Shelton will be on display in Artist Alley. For more information, visit columbusarts.org or call 662-328-2787.
Friday, Nov. 15
Starlets & Rogues — The Columbus Arts Council presents Starlets & Rogues Paul Brady, Keith and Katie Burchfield, Laura Sandifer and Kaye and Hal Truitt in this 7 p.m. concert at the Rosenzweig Arts Center Omnova Theater, 501 Main St. Tickets are $15 for CAC members, $17 non-members ($17 day of show). For tickets or information, visit columbus-arts.org or call 662-328-2787.
Sunday, Nov. 17
Sundays at the Center — The Columbus Choral Society presents “Songs of Peace, Hope and Love” at 2 p.m. at the Louise Campbell Center for the Arts, 521 Commerce St., West Point. Suggested donation to the CCS, $10.
Tuesday, Nov. 19
Winter recital — Mississippi University for Women Department of Music presents a free winter recital at 7:30 p.m. in Poindexter Hall on campus. For more information, call 662-241-6399.
Friday, Nov. 22
MUW Jazz Band — The Mississippi University for Women Jazz Band presents a free concert at 7:30 p.m. in Poindexter Hall on campus. For more information, call 662-241-6399.
Saturday, Nov. 23
Holiday Market — Celebrate the season from 9 a.m.-noon by visiting this expanded farmers market featuring holiday gifts, arts and crafts, homemade goodies and local produce at the Hitching Lot Farmers Market at the corner of Second Avenue and Second Street North. For more information about becoming a vendor, contact Main Street Columbus, 662-328-6305.
Tuesday, Nov. 26
Country Store Bake Sale — Find made-from-scratch cakes, pies, cookies, candies, breads, cheese straws, jellies and more at this annual pre-Thanksgiving bake sale to benefit the S.D. Lee Foundation and historic Lee Home. The sale is 10 a.m.-noon at the Lee Home, 316 Seventh St. N. (next to the public library), Columbus.
Monday, Nov. 25
Songs from the Theatre — The W Department of Music presents an evening of “Songs of the Theatre” at 7:30 p.m. in Poindexter Hall on campus. Free to the public.
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