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Ronnie Milsap to perform at casino

Grammy Award winner Ronnie Milsap will perform at Isle Casino Cape Girardeau at 7 p.m. Feb. 16. Milsap is credited with six Grammy Awards and 40 No. 1 country hits, third to George Strait and Conway Twitty. General admission tickets are $25 and are available at isleofcapricasinos.com.

Choral Union begins rehearsals Tuesday

The Southeast Missouri State University Choral Union will begin its spring rehearsals Tuesday for a May 6 performance of Haydn's "Harmoniemesse." Rehearsals are Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. in Room 155 of the Cultural Arts Center at the River Campus. Membership in the Choral Union is open to all experienced and confident singers. Dr. Peter Durow, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities at Southeast, says he is interested in keeping "a flow of new musicians" coming into the group who are interested in preparing for "high-caliber performances." Southeast students may enroll and receive university credit for participating. Community members may take part in the ensemble without receiving credit. No auditions are required. The repertoire for the spring semester will include Haydn's final major work, the "Harmoniemesse" (Wind-Band Mass), composed in 1802. This 40-minute multimovement mass setting will be performed with a quartet of music faculty vocal soloists and the Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra. Music will be available for purchase at the first rehearsals for $15. There are no additional fees to sing as a community member. For more information, contact Durow at 651-2342 or pdurow@semo.edu.

Cape Comic Con tickets are available

The ninth annual Cape Comic Con 2014 is scheduled for March 21 to 23 at the Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau. Tickets may be purchased online at cape-con.com/tickets.html. January ticket specials include $5 off a weekend Comic Con pass and a family weekend pass for up to five people for $25. Information about vendors and exhibitors who will appear at Cape Comic Con, as well as registration information, may be found at cape-con.com/vendors_exhibitors.html.

Black Door Gallery sets Saturday workshops

Artist Trading Card Workshops will be hosted by the Black Door Gallery, 124 S. Spanish St., from 1 to 4 p.m. each Saturday until First Friday in February. The fee to attend is $10. Participants will receive nine artist trading cards with sleeve, materials to use on the cards and access to all the workshops. The artists may do all or any of the workshops, and their cards will be displayed and traded on First Friday. For more information, call 225-7734.

Spring faculty recital scheduled for Jan. 29

Southeast Missouri State University's spring faculty recital will be at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29 at Shuck Music Recital Hall on Southeast's River Campus. Tickets are $10 and are available at the River Campus box office. Featured will be Brandon Christensen on violin, Gabrielle Baffoni on clarinet and Matt Yount on piano. For more information, call 651-2265.

‘Let's Lego' event to entertain youngsters

Children ages 5 to 12 can try their hand at building Lego brick works each month through May at the Cape Girardeau Public Library, 711 N. Clark Ave. The next "Let's Lego" event will be from 4 to 5 p.m. Jan. 22 at the library. Future Lego builds will be Feb. 19, March 19, April 15 and May 21. For more information, call the the library at 334-5279.

-- From staff reports