Saturday, Nov. 9
■ Oktoc Country Store: The Oktoc Community Club will be hosting its annual store from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Oktoc Community Club Building at the corner of Robinson and Oktoc roads.
■ Veterans Day: The American Legion will hold a wreath laying ceremony at 11 a.m. at the Lowndes County Courthouse.
■ Celebrating Our Veterans: KMG Productions is hosting a special event to honor veterans at the Travis Outlaw Center at the Starkville Sportsplex. From 9-10:30 a.m., there will be a military resource fair at the center, followed by a special program starting at 11 a.m. For more information and to submit veterans photos for the Wall of Honor, go to kmgcreationsdfp.com.
■ Under the Oaks: The Columbus Arts Council and The W are co-hosting this Burns Bottom arts festival celebrating artists of all kinds. The event, free and open to the public, will take place at the MUW campus from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. In addition to artisan vendors, the festival will feature food and live music.
Sunday, Nov. 10
■ Christmas Open House: The Greater Starkville Development Partnership is holding a Christmas Open House both downtown and around town starting at 11 a.m. For more information on participating businesses, go to starkville.org/event/christmas-open-house/.
Monday, Nov. 11
■ West Point Veterans Program: There will be a Veterans Day Program at 11 a.m. upstairs in City Hall. The program will honor veterans generally, along with the city’s Veterans of the Year, Staff Sgt. Sheryl Woolbright and Staff Sgt. Ontario M. Perry.
■ Caledonia Veterans Day Parade: Caledonia will host a parade with line up starting at 10 a.m. and the parade beginning at 11 a.m. The parade will go through the school, Main Street, Wolfe Road and end back at the park. A program will immediately follow the parade at the veterans memorial.
■ DAR Memorial Service: The Bernard Romans Chapter of the Mississippi State Society Daughters of the American Revolution will host a memorial service at 2 p.m. at Friendship Cemetery honoring Revolutionary War veteran William Cocke, who is buried there.
Wednesday, Nov. 13
■ Community Event Series: The Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum is hosting a talk as a part of its community event series featuring speaker Mark Lehman. Lehman will be discussing miniature trains at the museum beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Friday, Nov. 15
■ SFUMC Christmas Holiday Bazaar: Starkville’s First United Methodist Church is hosting its 15th annual Christmas Holiday Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information or for information about becoming a vendor, email [email protected].
Sunday, Nov. 17
■ With Thanksgiving: The Starkville-MSU Symphony and the Starkville Community Chorus perform together in a concert anticipating the Thanksgiving holiday featuring works such as Copland’s The Promise of Living, Rutter’s For the Beauty of the Earth and Willberg’s arrangement of Simple Gifts. The concert begins at 2 p.m. at Bettersworth Auditorium.
Wednesday, Nov. 20-Thursday, Nov. 21
■ Starkville Holiday Bazaar: Nearly 100 vendors will be coming to the Mill at MSU, creating a unique shopping experience and holiday market. Vendors will be selling handcrafted foods, gift items, crafts, art and more. For more information, go to StarkvilleHolidayBazaar.com.
Thursday, Nov. 21
■ Collage Dance: Collage Dance will be performing a high-energy ballet that pairs blues music from the likes of Muddy Waters, B.B. King and Koko Taylor with classical ballet as part of the Mississippi State Lyceum Series. The performance will be at 7 p.m. at Bettersworth Auditorium in Lee Hall. Tickets can be purchased at msstate.universitytickets.com.
Saturday, Nov. 23
■ Holiday Farmer’s Market: The Hitching Lot Farmers Market is hosting its 17th annual holiday market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the corner of Second Street and Second Avenue North in downtown Columbus.
Monday, Dec. 2
■ Starkville Christmas Parade: The Starkville Main Street Association will host its annual Christmas Parade starting at 6 p.m. on Main Street. This year’s Grand Marshal is former Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Oswalt. The theme is “Christmas Royale.”
Tuesday, Dec. 3
■ Columbus Christmas Parade: The Main Street Columbus Christmas Parade will once again be rolling through the city at 7 p.m. This year’s grand marshal is music educator Dawn Barham. The theme is “A Merry Musical Christmas.”
Thursday, Dec. 5
■ Holiday Market: Caledonia will be having a holiday market from 5-8 p.m. at Ola J. Pickett Park, followed by a Christmas tree lighting at 8:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 6-Sunday, Dec. 8
■ A Christmas Carol: Golden Triangle Theatre will present a production of “A Christmas Carol” at MUW’s Cromwell Theatre. Performances begin Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 for adults and $15 for children and can be purchased at goldentriangletheatre.com.
Friday, Dec. 6
■ Wassailfest: Get into the holiday spirit with the 20th Anniversary of Wassailfest in downtown Columbus. Participating businesses will be open after hours, offering wassail and other holiday treats from 5 to 8 p.m. There will also be a Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at 6 p.m.
■ Artists Against Trafficking: Country Outdoors is presenting an evening of music and conversation to support victims of human trafficking in Mississippi. The evening will be from 6-9 p.m. at the Ritz in West Point. It will be hosted by Mary O’Neill Phillips and will include acoustic performances by Mo Pitney, Paxton Peay and Conner Sweeny. It will also include live painting and an auction piece by Deborah Mansfield and Guest Speakers Clay Moore and Ashlee Lucas with MBI. For more information, go to dreamcenterms.org.
Tuesday, Dec. 10
■ Handel’s Messiah: Columbus Sings “Messiah” will host its annual performance at 7 p.m. at Annunciation Catholic Church. Tickets are free but should be reserved in advance at Annunciation Catholic Church, Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau, Tennessee Williams Visitors Center and First Methodist Church of Columbus starting Nov. 11.
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