ARTifacts 4/16/10

Dogwood-Azalea Festival this weekend

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- The 42nd annual Dogwood-Azalea Festival will be a blooming good time with a parade, small fair, craft booths, an art show, a quilt show and candlelight walks through neighborhoods with landscaping full of budding dogwoods and azaleas. Aside from pork races and fair food, the festival also features tours of the Joseph Hunter Moore Home, which houses the Mississippi County Historical Society Museum. Two private homes and gardens will be available for tours as well. Check www.charlestonmo.org/festival/ for more information on events.

Ministry to screen 'The Human Experience'

The Catholic Campus Ministry has planned two screenings of "The Human Experience," a documentary about a few men who visit and bond with orphans in Peru, lepers in Ghana, Africa, and homeless in New York City. The documentary follows the brothers on their journey of self-discovery and enlightenment. The free screenings will be at 7 p.m. April 28 in Academic Auditorium and 7 p.m. April 29 in Glenn Auditorium. For more information on the film, visit www.grassrootsfilms.com. For more information on the events, call 335-3899 or e-mail catholic@ccmin.org.

Fair, tours to benefit historic Cape home

A community fair at the Sherwood-Minton House will benefit the historic home at 444 Washington St., Cape Girardeau. Preserve Missouri has sponsored the event, which features tours of the house and activities in Washington Park. A band will play on the front porch to start the festivities at 6 p.m. April 24. Entry is $5 and goes toward supporting the rehabilitation of the home.

Choirs to perform spring concert

The Southeast Missouri State University Choir and Cantus Choralis, a chamber choir, will perform as part of the Southeast Missouri State University Department of Music's Ensemble Series at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The choirs will perform choruses from Handel's "Messiah," hymns from "The Sacred Harp" by St. Louis composer Martha Shaffer and other selections. Tickets for the concert are $8 from Metrotix outlets, metrotix.com and the River Campus box office.

Student-run show set for next week

The annual student-directed production at the River Campus will be "The Heidi Chronicles," a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Wendy Wasserstein. The play takes a stark look at the role of women in the post-World War II era and the coming of age of the baby boomer generation. It follows Heidi Holland from high school in the 1960s to a career in the 1970s and '80s. The student-directed and produced play will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday to April 24 and 2 p.m. April 25 in the Rust Flexible Theatre. Tickets are $8.50 and available from Metrotix outlets, metrotix.com and the River Campus box office.

Tickets for Moscow Ballet still available

While the Moscow Ballet comes to Southeast Missouri every winter to perform "The Nutcracker," dancers in the troupe will grace the stage Thursday for "Sleeping Beauty." Tickets for the one-night performance are $33 to $39 and still available from the River Campus box office, Metrotix outlets and metrotix.com.

-- From staff reports