Upcoming Events - September 2015

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This month, the Cleaver's picks include:

• A Taste of the Future
• Moonlight in the Bay
• Second Saturday Artwalk
• Diamondhead Crafts Show
• Hancock County Fair
• "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" performances
• Mr. Atticus's Night Market
• Fourth Sunday at Four

Details on all of these featured events below!  For everything else, see the Cleaver's awesome Community Calendar!

Upcoming Events
is sponsored by

Carroll House B&B

9/10 - Thursday

The Hancock County Unit of the Boys & Girls Club serves more than 200 youths in our community. 

A Taste of the Future
Longfellow Civic Center
112 Court St (above the parking garage)
BSL
5 - 7pm
Tickets: $20
Benefits:   Boys & Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast Hancock County Unit

A Taste of the Future, beer and bites for a great cause:  Guests will enjoy beer tasting, light appetizers and music. There will also be door prizes and an assorted raffle.

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9/11 - Friday

Honoree J. Larry Ladner!

To reserve seats or to donate a silent auction item, call Tom Carlton at 228-467-8790.

Moonlight in the Bay
Hollywood Casino
711 Hollywood Blvd, BSL
6–11pm
Tickets: $75

Each year the Hancock Medical Foundation holds its annual Moonlight in the Bay gala to raise funds for hospital equipment. This year’s gala honors president of the Hancock Medical Board of Trustees, retired Hall of Fame basketball coach and award-winning educator J. Larry Ladner.

The event features a patron party from 6-7pm, dinner at 7:30, a silent auction, and live music from 8-11.

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9/12 - Saturday

Two businesses are highlighted each month. September’s featured Hot Spots are Bay Cottages (305 Main Street) and the Bay St. Louis Little Theater (398 Blaize Avenue).

Second Saturday Art Walk
Old Town Arts District
Bay St. Louis
All day; 4pm - 8pm for special events

Enjoy an event that has defined Bay St. Louis’s community spirit for the last twenty years: Second Saturday Art Walk. Main Street is lively all day with live music and shop specials, and from 4-8 the evening’s special events begin.  Live music on the streets, art openings at galleries, restaurant specials and shops are open late - many serving refreshments.

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9/19 Saturday–9/20 Sunday

This event provides funding for Diamondhead Continuing Education

31st Annual Diamondhead Arts and Crafts Show
Diamondhead Country Club
7600 Country Club Circle
Diamondhead
Saturday 9:30am–5pm
Sunday 10am–4pm
Free admission

Check out one of the best fairs of its kind on the coast! More than 150 art, crafts, and unique gifts vendors and food stands under the trees at the Diamondhead Country Club. Prize raffle. Come inside for lunch specials in the club. Free shuttle from the Diamondhead Shopping Center both days.  

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9/23 Wednesday–9/26 Saturday

The Hancock County Fair returned in 2013 after a 13-year break, and it’s going strong again at the Hancock County fairgrounds in Kiln.

Hancock County Fair
Hancock County Multi-Purpose Arena, 1484 Kiln Delisle Road, Kiln
Wed. 3pm-9pm; Thur. 9am-10:30pm; Fri. 9am-11pm; Sat. 8am-11:30pm
Free Wednesday-Thursday
$5 Friday and Saturday
General Admission Child: Free (10 and under) with paying adult

It’s the county fair, just like you remember it: Rides on the midway! Livestock! Food! Rodeo! Vendors! Concerts! A pageant! Corn-hole tourney! Car show! Cutest kid contest!

Check out the  website, for all the info. This one is too big to miss!

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9/25 Friday–9/27 Sunday
10/2 Friday–10/4 Sunday

The cast of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Bay St. Louis Little Theatre
398 Blaize Ave, Bay St Louis, MS 39520
(228) 467-9024
Opening Friday, September 25,
8pm

On September 25, the first stage production of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” ever to be produced in Mississippi opens at Bay St. Louis Little Theater. Larry Clark directs this adaptation by Todd Kreidler of the 1967 Academy award–winning screenplay by William Rose.

The play portrays a young interracial couple attempting to navigate the misgivings of their parents.

Only a handful of companies around the US have ever staged this play. Support and enjoy groundbreaking live theatre!

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9/25 Friday

A show by JJ Foley opens at Smith & Lens Gallery in tandem with the Night Market!

Mr. Atticus’s Night Market
at the Mockingbird
JJ Foley opening
Smith and Lens
100 Block of S. Second Street
BSL

These last-Fridays at the Mockingbird with next-door gallery Smith and Lens are really a fun way to ring in the weekend with a night on the Old Town, and it’s kid friendly! Enjoy a special tapas menu and a wide assortment of beverages from the ‘bird, check out a band on their stage outside, and stroll next door for an art opening at Smith and Lens. September’s opening is Gulf Coast painter JJ Foley, whose striking oils feature figures in quiet contemplation.

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9/27 - Sunday­

paintings by Neil Unterseher

4th Sunday at Four
Christ Episcopal Church
912 S. Beach Blvd.
Bay St. Louis
228-467-7757
4pm - Musical performance
5pm - Art show

Free & open to the public!

 
This popular art and music series is held in the lovely Christ Episcopal Church - and everyone's welcome.  In September featuring: Broadway Music with Meggan Gray and the paintings of Neil Unterseher.

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