Monday, Jan. 21
Day of Giving — Following a breakfast at Trotter Convention Center (already at capacity), volunteers will distribute school supplies to teachers to help finish the school year, sponsored by Visit Columbus, City of Columbus, Board of Supervisors, Sodexo, United Way of Lowndes County and The W. To volunteer, email [email protected] or call 662-328-0943.
Unity Breakfast/Day of Service — Mississippi State honors Martin Luther King Jr. with a 25th annual Unity Breakfast at 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. program at The Mill, 600 Russell St., Starkville (first-come, first-served; doors open 7:30 a.m.). For reserved tables through sponsorship, call Tyrel Jernigan, 662-325-2493. After the program, volunteers will help at sites in the community. To sign up to volunteer, go to mlkdaystarkville.com.
West Point MLK Celebration — Communities, churches and clubs are encouraged to join an assembly of marchers departing East Half Mile Street and Dr. Martin Luther King St. (Navastar and the Old B&W parking lot) in West Point at 9 a.m., ending at Mary Holmes College Gymnasium for a program at 10 a.m. For more information, contact Anna Jones, 662-494-1024 (day) or 662-494-1173 (evening).
Tuesday, Jan. 22
Lowndes MSU Alumni Association — Learn more about spreading the Maroon and White as this chapter hosts a business and organizational meeting at 6 p.m. at the Lowndes County Extension office, 485 Tom Rose Road, Columbus. Food provided. RSVP to Adrienne Morris at [email protected], or Janet Downey at [email protected], or 662-325-8515.
Thursday, Jan. 24
Exhibit reception — The Starkville Area Arts Council hosts a free reception at 5:30 p.m. in The Partnership lobby, 200 E. Main St., Starkville, for “Endangered Mississippi.” MSU architecture students explore small homes and large plantation stables in need of revitalization.
Jan. 25-March 8
Smithsonian Water/Ways Exhibition — This traveling interactive exhibit at the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Transportation Museum, 318 Seventh St. N., Columbus, explores how water affects the way we live, work, worship, create and play, and how to sustain this resource for the future. A Main Street exhibition made possible by the Mississippi Humanities Council. For more information, call 662-328-8936.
Tuesday, Jan. 29
GSDP annual banquet — The Greater Starkville Development Partnership hosts its annual banquet at The Mill at 6:30 p.m. For information or tickets, visit GSDPBanquet.com.
Thursday, Jan. 31
Exhibit reception — The public is invited to a reception from 5:30-7 p.m. at The W’s Summer Hall for “Submerge/Emerge,” an exhibition by Jenna Fincher Donegan. The show will remain up through Feb. 8.
Jan. 31, Feb. 1-3, Feb. 5-9
“The Heiress” — Starkville Community Theater presents this stirring costume drama about a young woman in the Victorian Age challenging strictures placed on her life by society and a domineering father. Show times 7:30 p.m. (except Feb. 3, 2 p.m.) at Playhouse on Main, 108 E. Main St., Starkville. Reservations for SCT season ticket holders open Jan. 22. General admission opens Jan. 25. 662-323-6855.
Friday, Feb. 1
Exhibit reception — The public is invited to a free reception from 6-7 p.m. opening “Full Circle,” an exhibit of abstract art by Lillian Murray of Columbus at the R.E. Hunt Museum and Cultural Center, 924 20th St. N., Columbus. Murray’s art will be displayed through February.
Saturday, Feb. 2
Souper Bowl — A Souper Bowl lunch benefiting Loaves and Fishes Community Soup Kitchen and the Golden Triangle Regional Homeless Coalition is 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 318 College St., Columbus. The first 100 people attending receive a hand-painted ceramic bowl. Cost is $10. Takeouts available. For more information, contact Eulalie Davis at [email protected].
Frostbite Half-Marathon — This 9 a.m. half-marathon, 10K and 5K begins and ends on Starkville’s Main Street. Find details and registration info at raceroster.com, or email [email protected]. Awards and post party at noon, in conjunction with SOUPer Bowl.
SOUPer Bowl — Sample soups from local chefs and eateries on Starkville’s Main Street downtown from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Vote for your favorite. Advance tickets are $15 adults; $5 children. Get them at starkville.org, or The Partnership, 200 Main St., Starkville. For more information, call 662-323-3322.
Friday, Feb. 8
Jembe Den — Bob Damm of Mississippi State University’s Department of Music presents this percussion student ensemble sharing dance rhythms of Africa at the Columbus Arts Council’s Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501 Main St. More details coming soon. For more information, contact the CAC, 662-328-2787.
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