ARTifacts 12/4/08

Sikeston homes on display

SIKESTON, Mo. -- The sixth annual Sikeston Christmas Home Tour includes three homes and the Sikeston Depot with 15 originals oil paintings from Billyo O'Donnell's "Painting Missouri" book. Tickets for the tour are $10 and are available at The Flower Patch, Garden Lane Nursery and the Depot Museum. Day-of tickets will also be available at the featured homes. at The Depot Museum and other locations. Tours are from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Refreshments and performances by Sikeston's "Dickens Carolers" will be from 3:30 to 4 p.m. For more information, call 573-481-9967.

Sit in on studio concert

Be a part of the live audience when the folk duo Small Potatoes records a studio concert at KRCU the Southeast Missouri State University broadcast station. The Chicago-based group will start at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 and the session will later be broadcast on Your Folk Connection on KRCU 90.9 FM in Cape Girardeau and KSEF 88.9 FM Farmington and. Seating is limited to the first 30 people. Call KRCU at 651-5070 to reserve your seat. Tickets are $10.

Act out in Sikeston

SIKESTON, Mo. -- The Sikeston Little Theatre is holding open auditions for its presentation of the "The Music Man," to be performed in February. Those auditioning for a major or singing role will need their own music or backup CD. Nonsinging roles and jobs with sets, costuming, lighting and sound are also available. Auditions will be at 7 p.m. today, and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Albritton-Mayer Cultural Center, 506 S. Kingshighway in Sikeston. "The Music Man" will be onstage Feb. 19 to 22, 26 to 28, and March 1. Call 573-481-0255 for more details.

-- From staff reports