Cape Girardeau rolled out the welcome mat to the Great Race last June, and the good times are still rolling with Corvettes in Cape: Featuring the Corvette Caravan on August 26 and the Motorcycle Cannonball Run on September 9! Hundreds of shining Corvettes – both vintage and fresh off the factory floor – will make ... Read More
On July 31st, I had the pleasure to meet 23 year old Ethen Braughton while welcoming the passengers of the Queen of the Mississippi and the American Queen riverboats to Cape Girardeau. Ethen, who now lives in Cape Girardeau, was rock balancing. Rock balancing is an art, discipline, or hobby (depending upon the intent of ... Read More
Mark your calendars for events in Cape Girardeau throughout August! The Cape Riverfront Market (Saturday mornings) and the Cape Farmer’s Market (Thursday afternoons) are both going strong all month long with local produce and other goodies. See what’s new in the local art scene at First Friday Arts, this evening from 5 – 9 p.m. ... Read More
Where can your family find over 350 animals and more than 50 different species (many of which you can pet and feed)? Lazy L Safari Park is a one-of-a-kind walk-through zoo where you can get up close and personal with the animals! Your little ones can discover baby lemurs that are jumping and swinging all ... Read More
National Vanilla Ice Cream Day is today, and Cape Girardeau doesn’t limit the celebrations to just humans…four-legged friends get in on the fun too! Mississippi Mutts, a local pet store and bakery, is having vanilla pupcake sundaes this Saturday, July 26th, from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Your four-legged friends can enjoy a frosty handmade ... Read More
Your little ones can try their hand at all kinds of future careers during their visit to Discovery Playhouse – learning through the love of play! 1. Banking – A real drive through tube, a teller counter, safe deposit boxes and a currency education activity let kids get hands on with good financial habits. The ... Read More
Seeing peaches start to appear at both of Cape Girardeau’s farmer’s markets makes me so happy, and not just to bite into a fresh, juicy peach…they also announce the upcoming arrival of peach ice cream at Cape’s Cream of the Crust. Charlie Bertrand, the proprietor of Spanish Street Mercantile and Cape’s Cream of the Crust ... Read More
Alyssa Lage, the Director of Sales here at VisitCape, is sharing what an ideal summertime Saturday looks like for her and her family. Take it away Alyssa! The weekend starts early at our household. I’m up and out the door for an early morning walk downtown and workout in the back yard by 5:30 am. ... Read More
Summertime in Southeast Missouri calls for long stretches of cool, refreshing water all laid out at your feet while you sip an icy drink in the shade, right? This is not a flimsy mirage, you can do all of that and more at Cape Splash here in Cape Girardeau! Here are seven ways you can ... Read More
What better day for National Strawberry Sundae Day than the 7th of July, right? We did the hard work of researching (ahem *sampling*) the most unique strawberry sundaes in Cape Girardeau, and this is what we discovered! Cape’s Cream of the Crust is an old fashioned ice cream parlor with homemade ice cream crafted from ... Read More
