‘Charlie’s Angels’ reunite for Waldron’s 96th birthday
When Charles Waldron came to Mitchell Engineering Co. (later CECO Corp.) in Columbus in 1965 as general sales manager, he had no way of knowing some of the colleagues he met that year would be helping him blow out birthday candles 45 years later.
Columbus and Starkville host art swap
The Columbus Arts Council and Starkville Area Arts Council are sharing artistic talent this month. In a mutual exchange, each arts organization is displaying two- and three-dimensional work from the other.
HEARTS After-School Program ready for reading and reindeer
On Monday, the HEARTS After-School Reading Program opens its doors to Columbus students and begin its ninth year of service to the community. The tutoring ministry for children from kindergarten to fourth grade who need that bit of extra help will focus on a yearlong theme: “Inch by Inch — Reading is a Cinch.”
Empty Bowls sets community bowl-making days
One thousand bowls. That’s the goal organizer Al (Alisa) Holen has set for the second annual Empty Bowls event in Columbus Nov. 6. “That’s double last year’s count,” said the Mississippi University for Women ceramics instructor.
Back to basics: The storied longbow has loyal champions in this skilled pair
Dr. Gerry Jeffcoat and Bobby Cooper are pretty sure they were born a century or so too late.
Newly renovated Tennessee Williams home debuts
The atmosphere was almost religious Thursday at the grand opening of the newly renovated Tennessee Williams Welcome Center in downtown Columbus.
TWT scholars’ presentations offer insight
The life, times and works of the late Tennessee Williams will be explored in free scholars’ talks Sept. 10-11 at Carrier Chapel on the campus of Mississippi University for Women.
New Tree of Life blooms at First Presbyterian
In the morning quiet, Pastor Tom Bryson can stand in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church in Columbus and marvel as the rising sun creates a rainbow in that peaceful space. The new phenomenon is thanks to a striking stained glass window designed by Joseph Beyer of Philadelphia, Pa., and installed by Beyer Studio craftsmen in August.
Echoes on the river: Rufus Ward’s ‘Tombigbee River Steamboats’ holds ‘stories worth remembering’
With a shiver of imagination, someone standing on the bank of the Tombigbee River channel at Columbus’ Riverwalk could fancy the scenes and sounds of yesteryear.
Columbus library hosts ‘Creating Modern America’ exhibit
The national touring exhibition, The Age of Progressive Reform: Creating Modern America, 1900-1917, is on display at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library, 314 Seventh St. N., through Sept. 30.
Table Talk revisits where it all began
The Friends of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library continues its September Table Talk series with a discussion of influential childhood books Wednesday. Panelists Nina Ferrante, George Hazard and Jo Shumake join moderator Margo Bretz Sept. 8 at noon in the library meeting room, 314 Seventh St. N.
McDaniel exhibit opens at Macon Welcome Center
Through September, the Macon Welcome Center will feature the artworks of Dora Taff McDaniel, a Southern artist with roots in Noxubee County. McDaniel has attained a solid reputation among designers and art collectors for her exquisite watercolor interpretations, as well as for her skills in oil and acrylics.
Noxubee Refuge dedicates new trail off Highway 25
Refuge Manager Henry Sansing and the Friends of Noxubee Refuge invite the public to visit Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge’s newly finished Craig Pond Trail for a dedication and ribbon cutting Saturday, Sept. 11, at 10 a.m. to noon.
Tour offers glimpse of Victorian era
After two and a half years of “straight work,” Michael Smith and his wife, Sabrea, look forward to sharing their restored 1878 Victorian home at 1301 Third Avenue North with visitors on the Tennessee Williams Tribute Tour of Victorian Homes Sunday, Sept. 12. They join Betty Miller, opening her circa 1900s cottage, and Scott and Helen Pridmore’s circa 1880 home, both on College Street, on the 2-5 p.m. tour.
PTO to bring parenting expert Rosemond to Columbus
Immanuel Center for Christian Education’s Parent Teacher Organization will present nationally-syndicated columnist, best-selling author and recognized parenting expert John Rosemond for a day of parenting seminars Tuesday, Sept. 14.
Time to do some Table Talk
Friends of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library will launch its fall Table Talk series Wednesday, Sept. 1, at noon in the library meeting room, 314 Seventh St. N., with a discussion of Tennessee Williams’ play, “Sweet Bird of Youth.”
‘It’s an Emmy!’ for Starkville’s Harkness
Former Starkville resident Andy Harkness may have to get used to walking across some very big stages.
It’s the blues, man: West Point festival, blues bash to celebrate ‘Year of the Wolf’
The late critic/musician Cub Koda once said of Howlin’ Wolf, “No one could match (him) for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits.”
Southern comfort: Special luncheons invite Tennessee Williams fans to eat well in the famed writer’s hometown
A Southern devotion to good food surfaces in several of Tennessee Williams works, scholar Kenneth Holditch has noted. Not unduly surprising, since the late playwright and poet spent his early childhood in Mississippi, in Columbus and Clarksdale.
Make a scene: Parade of Tennessee Williams’ characters await their cue during tribute
A small town boy turned big city gigolo, the fading film star, a controlling father, the mysterious stranger, even a bed of crushed petunias … all are in the wings, waiting for their stage debut in Columbus during the Tennessee Williams Tribute and Tour of Victorian Homes Sept. 6-12.