Ron Kirby knows this church inside and out. A longtime member of Old St. Vincent Church as well as a tour guide and museum committee member, he generously shared some of his stories about this magnificent church with me. Tell me a little bit about Old St. Vincent Church. It’s the second Catholic Church ... Read More
Award-winning and FREE? Must be….Tunes at Twilight! Tunes is kicking off the 2014 season and they have quite a lineup planned. This concert concert series is held at the Common Pleas Courthouse Gazebo on Friday evenings for 6 weeks in the spring and 6 weeks in the fall. Tunes at Twilight is coordinated by Old ... Read More
Happy weekend! Here’s what’s cooking in Cape Girardeau this Friday, Saturday and Sunday: Around Town Artwalk and First Friday with the Arts is this evening; galleries, studios and numerous downtown businesses will be open from 5-9. Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. Gang have been called in to help solve a mystery in Cape Girardeau ... Read More
You captured the prettiest pictures of Cape Girardeau in its springtime best! Many, many thanks to everyone who participated. We entered everyone who tagged a picture with #springtimeincg into a drawing for a Cape Girardeau puzzle-in-a-bottle, and @AnkeRuwette was the winner! Thank you to everyone who shared Cape Girardeau in the spring with us, be ... Read More
All of these April showers are bringing May flowers, right? Here are 7 things to do in Cape Girardeau on a rainy day! 1. Check out a local museum. The Cape River Heritage Museum has an array of ever-changing exhibits that illustrate what life on the Mississippi River was like, and Crisp Museum has an ... Read More
Here’s your inside scoop on the weekend in Cape Girardeau! Bring a blanket or lawn chair to the Nature Center this evening to hear WildHeart in concert! This Emmy Award winning family group of conservation educators and entertainers brings the heart of the wild to the heart of the child. Concert starts at 7 p.m. ... Read More
A few weeks ago, my sister and I checked something off our weekend to-do list that had been languishing there for way too long – we headed over to Giant City State Park for a hike. Only 43 miles from Cape Girardeau, Giant City State Park is a pretty, 50-minute drive from downtown Cape. We ... Read More
Here’s what the weekend looks like for Cape Girardeau, Missouri! The Way of the Cross will begin at noon on Friday at the Common Pleas Courthouse Gazebo. Fourteen stations in the downtown area will be stopping points for Scripture readings and prayer. There’s an Easter Egg Hunt at the Osage Centre Saturday morning, and ... Read More
“You Don’t Know What You’ve Got ‘Til Its…” proclaims the website for 20th Century Fox’s Gone Girl, filmed right here in Cape Girardeau in the Fall of 2013. Check out the recently released full length trailer here, and try to spot the Cape Girardeau sites used in the filming; it looks like our Riverfront Park ... Read More
Family friendly art with a natural perspective, new museum exhibits, music galore, a colorful race and more….this weekend in Cape Girardeau will not leave you wishing for something to do! Grammy nominated country music artist Hunter Hayes brings his “We Are Not Invisible” tour to the Show Me Center Friday night at 6:30. He’ll be ... Read More
