August events calendar

ARTS

THROUGH AUGUST 26 The Southeast Missouri Arts Council hosts exhibitions by Cape Girardeau artist James V. Parker and Oklahoma artist Nicholas Kyle. Parker's work includes collage and multimedia pieces and Kyle's work is made up of sculptural boxes and paintings. For more information call 334-9233.

ONGOING The Southeast Missouri Regional Museum on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University hosts "The Last Steam Railroad in America: Railroad Photographs of O. Winston Link." The photography exhibit contains photographs taken of the last steam railroad in the late 1950s. For more information call 651-2301.

THEATRE

AUG. 18-19, 24-26 The River City Players community theater group presents "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)," a comedy based on the work of William Shakespeare. Show dates for the dinner theater at Aug. 18, 19, 25 and 26. Show only date is Aug. 24. For more information call 334-0954.

MUSIC

August 9

Acoustic Boothe @ Broussard's, downtown Cape

August 10

Bruce Zimmerman and the Water Street Band @ Port Cape, downtown Cape

August 11

Kimberley Dahme @ Tunes at Twilight, Common Pleas Courthouse Gazebo, downtown Cape

Fusion Blue @ Broussard's, downtown Cape

Bruce Zimmerman @ Rowdy's, Cape

Brooks and Dunn, Sugarland @ UMB Bank Pavilion, St. Louis

Edwin McCain Band @ the Gateway Arch, St. Louis

August 12

Tevik @ Port Cape, downtown Cape

The Rivercats @ Stooges, Jackson

Trademark @ Broussard's, downtown Cape

Bruce Zimmerman @ Rowdy's, Cape

Live @ the Gateway Arch, St. Louis

August 13

Bruce Zimmerman and the Water Street Band @ Port Cape, downtown Cape

Brent and Christy Horton @ River Ridge Winery, downtown Cape

American Idols Live @ the Savvis Center, St. Louis

August 15

Prom Night Heroes @ Broussard's, downtown Cape

August 17

Bruce Zimmerman and the Water Street Band @ Port Cape, downtown Cape

Defined Perception @ PK's, Carbondale, Ill.

August 18

Ivas John @ Port Cape, downtown Cape

Steve Schaffner @ Tunes at Twilight, Common Pleas Courthouse Gazebo, downtown Cape

Rebel Train and Drivin' Rain @ The Stage Stop, Memphis

The Intention @ Rowdy's, Cape

Greenwheel @ Mississippi Nights, St. Louis

August 19

Baseless Stallions @ Breakaways, downtown Cape

The Intention @ Rowdy's, Cape

Drivin' Rain and Poor King @ Big Boys Entertainment Center, Carbondale, Ill.

Doug Rees @ Cup 'n' Cork, downtown Cape

Brunin' Daylight @ Tower Rock Winery, Altenburg, Mo.

August 20

Bruce Zimmerman and the Water Street Band @ Port Cape, downtown Cape

Dan Wiethop @ Tower Rock Winery, Altenburg

August 22

Vintage @ Port Cape, downtown Cape

Dixie Chicks @ the Savvis Center, St. Louis

August 23

Vintage @ Port Cape, downtown Cape

August 24

Bruce Zimmerman and the Water Street Band @ Port Cape, downtown Cape

Head East @ Union Station, St. Louis

August 25

Ken Gaines and Karen Mal @ Tunes at Twilight, Common Pleas Courthouse Gazebo, downtown Cape

Manitou @ Rowdy's, Cape

Prom Night Heroes @ Broussard's, downtown Cape

Floodplain @ Cup 'n' Cork, downtown Cape

Little Feat @ the Pageant, St. Louis

August 26

Jimbo Sales @ Port Cape, downtown Cape

Bruce Zimmerman and the Water Street Band @ Von Jakob Vineyard, Pomona Ill.

Drivin' Rain @ Summer Jam 2006, Country Rock Inn, Wappapello

The Melroys @ Stooges, Jackson

Lincoln Barr @ Cup 'n' Cork, downtown Cape

Sonic Youth and the Flaming Lips @ the Pageant, St. Louis

August 27

Bruce Zimmerman and the Water Street Band @ Port Cape, downtown Cape

September 1

Lila Nelson and Amelia White @ Tunes at Twilight, Common Pleas Courthouse Gazebo, downtown Cape

Traveling Acoustic Open Mic @ University Center, Southeast Missouri State University

Dierks Bentley, Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood @ the Savvis Center, St. Louis

September 2

The Fabulous Thunderbirds @ Laclede's Landing, St. Louis

September 6

The Rev. Horton Heat @ Mississippi Nights, St. Louis

September 7

Queensryche @ The Pageant, St. Louis

September 8

Stephen Simmons @ Tunes at Twilight, Common Pleas Courthouse Gazebo, downtown Cape

TOCO Music Benefit @ Lesterville, Mo.

September 9

TOCO Music Benefit @ Lesterville, Mo.

September 14

Ronnie Milsap @ SEMO District Fair, Arena Park, Cape

September 15

Josh Gracin @ SEMO District Fair, Arena Park, Cape

September 16

Bo Bice @ SEMO District Fair, Arena Park, Cape

Floodplain @ Tower Rock Winery, Altenburg

September 17

Vintage @ Tower Rock Winery, Altenburg