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Library to host lecture, discussion on "The Tea Party in America"

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012, 10:00am
Library to host lecture, discussion on "The Tea Party in America"

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - The Friends of the Cape Girardeau Public Library Foundation will host a lecture on Thursday, May 3.

The lecture and discussion will be on "The Tea Party in America" by Will Miller and Jeremy Walling. It will be from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Hirsch Community Room of the library.

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Tunes at Twilight to kick off on Friday at Common Pleas Courthouse gazebo

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer
Monday, April 30th, 2012, 2:43pm
Tunes at Twilight to kick off on Friday at Common Pleas Courthouse gazebo

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - The spring series of Old Town Cape’s Tunes at Twilight will start Friday, May 11 at 7 p.m.

Tunes at Twilight is an award winning outdoor concert series held on Friday nights at the Common Pleas Courthouse Gazebo (Lorimier and Broadway) in Cape Girardeau. Families from all parts of Cape Girardeau and surround­ing communities come downtown every week for the free hour long concert for six weeks in the spring and six weeks in the fall.

The series will kick off with the Leslie Dysinger Band. Dysinger is a singer-songwriter in the American tradition. She has toured throughout the midwest and released a debut album that reflects her life. Her vocal style is reminiscent of Janis Joplin with touches of Sheryl Crow.

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Arts council to host Saturday Social with Sikeston artist

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer
Saturday, April 21st, 2012, 10:00am
Arts council to host Saturday Social with Sikeston artist

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - The Southeast Missouri Arts Council is inviting the public to attend a Saturday Social featuring Sikeston artist Marilyn Schwaninger on Saturday, April 21 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Scwaninger is known for relief sculptures that use aluminum from discarded beverage cans.

According to the council, Schwaninger got her start as an artist after studying art at Southeast Missouri State University. Although she has worked with pastels, oils, acrylic and watercolors, her passion now lies in creating low-relief sculptural pieces from recycled cans.

“Each [piece] is an original design requiring many hours of collecting cans, sorting by color, washing cans, and then cutting and gluing shapes onto a backing.,” Schwaninger said.

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Library to host evening with local artists, musicians

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012, 5:11pm
Library to host evening with local artists, musicians

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - The Cape Girardeau Public Library will host "Simple Gifts: An Evening of Artists, Musicians and a Writer" on Thursday, April 19 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The event will be in the Hirsch Rooms of the library, 711 N. Clark Street. It will feature works by local artists and you can visit with them, enjoy music by the Joyful Strings Dulcimer Group and classical guitarists Jacob and Jake. You can also hear author Eric Brende talk about his experiences as described in his book "Better Off:  Flipping the Switch on Technology."

This event is funded by the Friends of the Cape Girardeau Public Library Foundation and is free and open to the public.  No registration required.

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Cape Central senior receives state poetry award, qualifies for national competition

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer
Monday, April 16th, 2012, 2:28pm
Cape Central senior receives state poetry award, qualifies for national competition

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - The Missouri State Poetry Society recently announced winners of the society’s annual "Winter Contest 2012 Youth Division."

Cape Central High School Senior Veronica Ely received an honorable-mention award, which qualifies her work for national consideration in the Manningham Trust Student Poetry Contest, sponsored by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. Ely was also recently named a National Merit finalist—one of the highest scholastic honors bestowed on high school seniors.

In December the Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education named her a “Terrific Tiger” for her leadership, scholarship and service to others. Cape Central High School English Teacher Abigail Beckwith entered the poem on Ely’s behalf, pointing out that, “Veronica wrote in the very technically-challenging form of a ‘villanelle,’ a highly structured nineteen-line poem with two repeating rhymes and two refrains.”

The poem is reprinted below:

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Contra dance scheduled, includes beginner's session

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer
Saturday, April 14th, 2012, 10:00am
Contra dance scheduled, includes beginner's session

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - The Cape Friends of Traditional Music and Dance will hold a contra dance on Saturday, April 14.

The dance will be at the Christ Episcopal Church, 101 North Fountain Street.

A free beginner's session will be from 6:45 p.m. to 7 p.m. and the contra dance to live music will be from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The band is The Old Cornlickers.

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Longhorn the Comedian to make 2 appearances in Cape Girardeau

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012, 11:19am
Longhorn the Comedian to make 2 appearances in Cape Girardeau

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - Longhorn the Comedian will be coming to Cape Girardeau on Thursday, April 12.

He will be at the Cape Girardeau Public Library with a discussion on "What Makes Good Comedy?" This event is sponsored by the Department of Communications Studies and Southeast Missouri State University, The Regional Heritage Series.

After the discussion, Longhorn will be at Pitter's Cafe and Lounge, 811 Broadway Street, to perform as the headliner.

The comedian comes from Texas, yet makes his home in St. Louis, Mo. He has made two tours of Germany, performing for the troops, and just returned April 2012 from the last one. Longhorn has made three National television appearances. He has performed for school, colleges, clubs and churces all over the country. He says he has his own style of comedy known as Longhorn comedy.

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