ARTifacts 7/12/13

Auditions for ‘Joseph' set for Saturday

The Acting Out! community theater group will hold auditions for the musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Fruitland Community Church. There is no preparation necessary. Auditions will include singing songs from the show and a short dance performance.

Classic car auction at Show Me Center

Smith's Auction Co. is holding its annual Collector Car Auction today and Saturday at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. Today's auction begins at 3 p.m. and tomorrow's sale begins at 10 a.m. Three-thousand cars are expected at the auction. For more information, call 800-200-6030, or go to smithsauctioncompany.com.

Rieger named head of Faulkner center

Dr. Christopher Rieger, associate professor of English at Southeast Missouri State University, has been named the director of the Center for Faulkner Studies, effective Aug. 1. Rieger will replace Dr. Robert Hamblin, the founding director of the center. Rieger joined Southeast Missouri State University faculty in 2007 after teaching the previous four years at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. He has served as the assistant director of the Faulkner Center since 2008. He is the author of "Clear-Cutting Eden: Ecology and the Pastoral in Southern Literature," published in 2009 by the University of Alabama Press. Southeast's Center for Faulkner Studies was established in 1989, following the university's acquisition of the Louis Daniel Brodsky Collection of William Faulkner Materials. The center hosts research scholars from around the world and sponsors programs focusing on Faulkner, who was the recipient of the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Female artists featured at Crisp museum

"Contemporary Female Perspectives: Transition Spaces 13.1" will open July 23 and will be displayed through Sept. 22 in the Crisp Museum at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. The public is invited to attend an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 2. Admission is free. The exhibition includes drawing, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, fibers and sculpture by 15 female artists. Artists are Katherine Smith, Rochelle Steffen, Elizabeth Thomas, Judy Barks-Westrich, Christy Spence Moore and Caroline Kahler, all of Cape Girardeau; Jan Von Bokel of Illinois; Allison Rademaker, Annie Smith Piffer, Ashley Thurman and Jennifer Wigel, all of St. Louis; Leslie Stucker of North Carolina; Aimee Fresia of Kansas City, and Suzanne Thompson and Diane Wilson of Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Friday and 1 to 4 p.m. on weekends. For more information, email museum@semo.edu or call 651-2260.

Roller Girls to compete in home bout

The Cape Girardeau Roller Girls will compete in their fourth home bout of the season Saturday at the Arena Building. The undefeated team hopes to continue its winning streak as it faces the Red River Sirens of Clarksville, Tenn. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the bout begins at 7 p.m. Concessions will be provided by Pitter's, where an after-party will be held immediately following the event. All fans of legal drinking age are invited to the party. Tickets can be purchased at Pitter's, P Mac Music, online at brownpapertickets.com or from any member of the Cape Girardeau Roller Girls. Children ages 5 and younger get in for free. A portion of the proceeds from this bout will be donated to Heroes Way. A schedule of practices, bouts and publicity events can be found at CapeGirardeauRollerGirls.com, as well as on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace.

-- From staff reports