| 08/19 - 09/12 | Action Heroes |
| Momentum 8 Studios, 809 Main Street
The Limner Society will present an exhibition of works from a collection of artists including: Daniel Baltzer and local guest artists Jeffrey Youngblood, Cindy Woolery, and the collaborative artist team of Jorge Leyva/Jed Schlegel. “Action Heroes” will be on view from August 19 through September 12.
An artist’s reception and silent auction will take place Thursday, August 19 from 6:00 -9:00 pm at Momentum 8 Studios.
For more information please email contact@momentum8studio.com
| | 09/01 - 10/20 | Lee and Grant Traveling Exhibit |
| Powers Museum located at 1617 West Oak Street Carthage, MO
Time varies for activities
A reassessment of the lives and historical impact of Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant. A wide ranges of special activities each day are scheduled including evenings with Lee and Grant themselves.
For more information call 417-237-0456 | | 09/09 | Family Fishing
|
| Walter Woods Conservation Area
5:30 pm -7 pm
FREE
Spend the evening fishing with your family! We will provide the bait, poles, and will be practicing catch and release. Participants 16 and older must have a valid fishing license. This free program is open to families and registration is required. Please call the Joplin Conservation Office at 417.629.3423 to register.
For more information call 417.629.3423 or contact Amy Juhala at Amy.Juhala@mdc.mo.gov | | 09/10 - 09/11 | "Light My Fire” BBQ Competition
|
| Nevada, MO
FREE to the public ; $175 entry fee for competitors. Deadline for registration is August 23,2010.
Nevada is hosting their Inaugural KCBS Sanctioned BBQ.
For more information contact April Transue at 417-667-5300 | | 09/10 | Introduction to Discover Nature Schools
|
| Walter Woods Conservation Area
6:00pm – 9:00 pm
FREE
Teachers, this is your opportunity to launch Discover Nature Schools into your curriculum. (Grades 3-12) Get your students excited about nature now, and they’ll be conservationists for life. Each exciting, full color instructional unit meets Missouri grade-level expectations and includes a teacher’s guide. This free program is open to educators and registration is required. Please call the Joplin Conservation Office at 417.629.3423 to register.
For more information call 417.629.3423 or contact Amy Juhala at Amy.Juhala@mdc.mo. | | 09/10 | Evening Prairie Stroll
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| Prairie State Park Mindenmines, MO
7:00pm-8:30 pm
FREE
Discover the magic of the evening prairie – the howl of the coyote, night-blooming flowers, and the endless sky. Meet at the Prairie State Park visitor center, Mindenmines, MO. This free program is open to families and registration is required. Please call the Joplin Conservation Office at 417.629.3423 to register.
For more information call 417.629.3423 or contact Amy Juhala at Amy.Juhala@mdc.mo.gov | | 09/11 | 2010 Prairie Day Celebration! |
| Visitor Center at George Washington Carver National Monument
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Come and celebrate life on the prairie during the 1860s to 1880s. Musical entertainment, nature exhibits and a variety of living history demonstrations are the highlights of the event. Visitors are invited to dip candles, churn butter, tour the prairie in a horse-drawn wagon, and much more!
For more information please call 417.325.4151 or log on to www.nps.gov/gwca.
| | 09/11 | KSN/KODE Kickball Tournament |
| Boys and Girls Club
FREE to watch/ $100 per team(10 per team)
Proceeds go to help the United Way!
For more information visit www.uwswmo.org
| | 09/11 | Majestic Monarchs
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| Wildcat Glades and Audubon Center
10:00 am -11:00 am
$5.00 per child
For ages 3-6
Up, Up, and away. Discover the amazing life of a monarch and its incredible journey to Mexico and back again. We will use games, stories, and a craft to learn more about these winged wonders and even go outside to try to catch a few!
For more information call 417.782.NATR or visit www.wildcatglades.audubon | | 09/11 | Monarchs and Other Butterflies
|
| Wildcat Glades and Audubon Center
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
$6.00 per person
For ages 7 +
Take a glimpse into the intricate lives of monarchs and other butterflies, learn identification tips, and try your hand at catching a few. We will also discuss two special programs, Journey North and Monarch watch, and participate in tagging monarchs to help gather information about these winged wonders.
For more information call 417.782.NATR or visit www.wildcatglades.audubon
| | 09/11 | Four State Corvette Club hosts Auto Cross Race Day |
| Northpark Mall parking lot
4:00 pm
Entry Fee: $20.00 NCCC Members $35.00 non-NCCC Members
Come test your driving skills at the timed course. All makes and models welcome!
For more information please log on to www.4-statevettes.org/raceday2010.htm
| | 09/11 | The Joplin Tristatesmen Barbershop Chorus
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| First Community Church, Joplin
7:00 pm
$5.00 at the door
An all-American tribute, the event will feature an eclectic mix of barbershop Americana, gospel, jazz and contemporary music. Joining them will be Stephanie Rae, 2+2=4 Harmony, the Miner Chords, the Show-Me Harmony Chorus and others.
For more information call 417.781.1800
| | 09/12 | Children’s Lego Club
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| Joplin Library
2:00pm
FREE
Children of all ages welcome, anyone under 6 must be accompanied by an adult. Lego Club is where everyone will have a chance to create something spectacular out of Lego’s!
For more information contact Jacque Gage at 417623.7953 or visit www.joplinpubliclibrary.org
| | 09/12 | Music in the Park |
| Landreth Park
6:00-8:00 pm
Free
Beneath the Surface is the featured band of the evening.
Please bring a blanket and a lawn chair.
For more information please call 417.623.3254.
| | 09/14 - 09/18 | “The Rogues’ Trial” Theatrical Production
|
| Missouri Southern State University
7:00pm
FREE for MSSU students; $3 for adults; $1 for senior citizens and high school students
The play directed by Dr. James Lile is a light hearted exploration into the nature of justice and the importance of mercy. John Cricket, a sly and conniving fellow, lies and tricks his way into such a knotty mess that he must plead for himself and his neighbors before the throne of Heaven itself.
For reservations phone 417.625.3190 | | 09/16 | Brown Bag It
|
| Spiva Park
Noon
In conjunction with Main Street Joplin’s “3rd Thursday” events the city of Joplin’s parks and recreation department once again is hosting the Brown Bag Lunch Bunch program. Lea Ingram, lead singer for the local Joplin band “Diversity” who does acoustic things on the side one in a while. Attendees may bring their lunches or pick up their lunches on their way downtown at a nearby restaurant. “Brown bags” are available at the Joplin Public Library, Joplin City Hall or Joplin Memorial Hall containing coupons for various restaurants.
| | 09/17 | Annual CROPwalk |
| The Ozark Area CROPwalk will be holding the 17th Annual CROPwalk at 2:30 pm, Sunday, September 19 at the First Presbyterian Church in Joplin, located at 6th and Pearl. Congregations and schools join together for the for the CROP walk which raises money and awareness regarding hunger issues. One-quarter of funds raised stay in the area to feed our neighbors in need, the remaining goes to Church World Service to provide relief in man-made and natural disasters and economic development in areas of chronic poverty. There will be learning stations along the route.
For more information please call 417-673-5866.
| | 09/18 | 9th Annual Paws in the Park |
| Landreth Park
Registration begins at 7:15 am, walk begins at 9:15 pm.
The walk is a fund raiser for the Joplin Humane Society. There will be vendors, live entertainment, demonstrations and giveaways! Be sure to come out Park and see what all the fuss is about!
For more information please call 417.206.3678 or log on to www.joplinhumane.org | | 09/18 | Nature Photography
|
| Wildcat Glades and Audubon Center
9:00 am -12:00 pm
$50.00 per person
For ages 12 +
Join nature photographer Noppadol Paothong for an interactive workshop on nature photography. Learn about equipment, tips, and techniques that can help you improve your photography skills. Participants will have the opportunity to practice their new skills on the trails of Wildcat Park. Participants need to bring their own photography equipment, as none will be provided. View Nappadol Paothong’s photography at www.nopnatureimages.com
For more information call 417.782.NATR or visit www.wildcatglades.audubon | | 09/18 | The Great Race |
| Starts at House of Hope, 614 S. Wall
9:00 am-1:00 pm
$100 a team
The Great Race, Episode 1, Chance, Pursuit, Risk (CPR) is an exciting new event coming to the Joplin area. The Great Race is loosely patterned off the TV show The Amazing Race. Teams of two compete in different legs during the course of the race, each consisting of various tasks to accomplish. Each team's resources are limited. There could be physical tasks, mental tasks, tasks that include finding things, and tasks utilizing strangers. Teams must rely on their own wit and resolve to win the race. The types of tasks will vary. The racers receive clues that will lead them from task to task until they reach the Pit Stop, which is the end of the race. All participants will receive a t-shirt and goodie bag, as well as an invitation to the post-race party. The goal of this race is to provide a fun and exciting way to raise funds to continue the mission of House of Hope, Joplin. This is a Rufus Racing, LLC production.
For more information call 214.812.6029 or log on to www.houseofhopejoplin.com
| | 09/18 - 10/05 | William Rainey: Homecoming
|
| George A Spiva Center for the Arts located at 222 West 3rd Street Joplin
FREE
Rainey, former Board member, helped engineer Spiva’s 1994 move to the historic Cosgrove Building. His abstract paintings bring a bold palette to the gallery he helped create.
For more information visit www.spivaarts.org or call 417.623.0183 | | 09/18 | Bikers for Babies-March of Dimes
|
| Powersports of Joplin to Bumstead’s
11:00 am
Come ride for a good cause!
For more information visit
www.bikersforbabies.org/wd_regp01.asp | | 09/18 | The Farm Girl Fest 2010
|
| Red Oak II in Carthage
12:00 pm -3:00 pm
FREE
Fun for the whole family. Crafts demonstrated include basket weaving, old fashioned rope making, quilt making, soap making, wool spinning and learning the art of knitting, and old fashioned Dutch oven cooking. Also featured are a goat milking demonstration, horse drawn buggy rides, a petting zoo, and antique tractor show. Homemade ice cream will be sold. Booths are available.
For more information call Caitlynn Morris at 417.793.6108
| | 09/18 | Yoga in Nature
|
| Wildcat Glades and Audubon Center
9:00 am – 10:00 am
$4.00 per person
For all ages
Enjoy exercising at your own level beside beautiful Shoal Creek. Instructor, Connielain Gustad teaches Hatha Yoga, exercise for balance, strength, flexibility, and endurance, which can instill harmony and tranquility in one’s life. Will be held indoors in inclement weather.
For more information call 417.782.NATR or visit www.wildcatglades.audubon
| | 09/18 - 10/29 | 2010 Small Works Auction
|
| George A. Spiva Center for the Arts
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Every year Spiva members participate as artists, bidders or both in one of the most anticipated events of the year. The works will be on display to the public in the Regional Gallery from September 18 thru October 29. Deadline for Small Works entries is 5:00 pm Sunday, September 12th. A generous tradition. Spiva artists contribute 6”x6”, 6”x9”, and 12”x12” pieces for this annual auction of original works. All proceeds benefit Spiva Center for the Arts. Must be a current member to enter.
For more information call 417-623-0183 or visit
www.spivaarts.org | | 09/19 | Singer Brian Howe of “Bad Company” also featuring Great White and Racy Grace
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| Sept 19th
Memorial Hall
All seats cost $25 plus $3 service fee until August 17th. Starting August 18th tickets are $35 plus $3 service fee.
Tickets can be purchased at the Hall Box office, the Athletic Complex at 3301 West 1st street, or charge by phone 417.623.3254 or 417.625.4750.
Visit www.joplinmemorialhall.com
| | 09/19 | Agricultural School on Wheels |
| Visitor Center at George Washington Carver National Monument
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
The Jesup Wagon, also known as the Agricultural School on Wheels, carried George Washington Carver’s bulletins in addition to many other useful supplies to the southern farmers. A park ranger will share the story of this fascinating teaching tool.
For more information please call 417.325.4151 or log on to www.nps.gov/gwca
| | 09/21 | Taste of Home Cooking School
|
| The Civic in Neosho MO
Doors open at 5:00 pm; Program begins at 6:30 pm
Advanced tickets are $9, after September 13th, tickets will be $10.
Tickets are available at Neosho Daily News, Mills Park Centre Furniture and the Neosho Area Chamber of Commerce. Every guest will receive a free full-color Taste of Home Cooking School Brand Name Cookbook that includes the recipes prepared onstage, as well as a gift bag filled with coupons, product brochures and samples. National sponsors and local businesses will provide an array of door prizes too. Winners will be chose from the registration cards that are collected before the start of the show.
For more information contact the Neosho Area Chamber of Commerce at 417-451-1925 or visit info@neoshocc.com | | 09/21 | Dog Day Afternoon
|
| Joplin Library
4:00pm
FREE
Allows independent readers in K-5th to practice their reading skills by reading to certified Therapy Dogs. The Library supplies the books (and dogs), and the children are the storytellers. Registration takes place at the Children’s desk on the day of the event. For independent readers, grades K-5th.
For more information contact Jacque Gage at 417-623-7953 or visit www.joplinpubliclibrary.org
| | 09/21 | “Black Orpheus” Film Festival
|
| Cornell auditorium in Plaster Hall at MSSU
7:00 pm ,br>
FREE
Director Marcel Camus’ classic, dynamic retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in Rio de Janeiro during carnival time. Winner of the Grand Prize at Cannes and Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
For more information call 417.625.9614 | | 09/23 | The Search for the Lost City of Z |
| Missouri Southern State University
9:30 am @ Taylor Performing Arts Center
7:00 pm @ Corley Auditorium in Webster Hall
FREE
Author David Grann delved deeper into the mystery surrounding Pery Fawcett quest, and the greater mystery of what lies within the Amazon, he found himself drawn into the jungle. His quest for the truth, and his stunning discoveries about Fawcett’s fate and Z, form the heart of this compelling narrative.
For more information visit:
www.mssu.edu/brazil
| | 09/24 | Four States “Idol” Event
|
| Joplin Memorial Hall
5:30 pm
Benefit of Ascent Recovery Residences. There will be two age groups performing:16-20 years old and 21 and older. This is the final round! The MC is Gary Bandy. A silent auction also will be held.
For more information e-mail: ascentrecovery@gmail.com
| | 09/25 | Inaugural Rt. 66 Coin, Stamp & Sports Card Show
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| Continental Banquet Center (just behind Granny Shaffer’s Restaurant)
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Celebrate historic Route 66 with lunch and your favorite hobby on a great autumn day. Come out to buy, sell or trade coins, gold, silver, currency, postcards, sports cards, stamps, hobby supplies and related items.
For more information email daves@pixius.net or call 620.232.2244
| | 09/25 | National Public Lands Day |
| Visitor Center at George Washington Carver National Monument
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands we enjoy. Park staff have identified projects where volunteers can lend a hand. If interested, please contact the park. For more information please call 417.325.4151 or log on to www.nps.gov/gwca
| | 09/25 | Snakes Alive
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| Wildcat Glades and Audubon Center
10:00 am -11:00 am
$5.00 per person
For ages 5+
What do you call a long, thin animal with no legs, no eyelids, and no fur at all? A snake of course! Come learn about these cool reptiles and their cousins with legs. Dress warmly because these guys are COLD-blooded.
For more information call 417.782.NATR or visit www.wildcatglades.audubon | | 09/25 - 09/26 | 5th Annual Four States Open |
| McClelland Park
Friday noon – 7:00 pm
Saturday 7:45 am registration begins, 9:15 am players meeting, 9:30 am tee off
This year's event will be a B-Tier, two-day event and it promises to be the best event Joplin Disc Club has ever put on. There is $1500 added cash to the tourney, $150 added cash to the Friday night doubles, a premo players pack including a quality disc & dri-fit shirt, free lunch, a Saturday night party will be provided w/free food in downtown Joplin, AM payout is pick your own prizes, and $10 vouchers will be given to anyone who stays at a Joplin hotel at least one night.
For more information please ca66 417.850.0166 or log on to www.joplindgc.com.
Preregistration is available here http://www.pdgasignup.com/Qstore/Qstore.cgi?CMD=011&PROD=1278960279.
| | 09/25 | Cannabis Revival 2010
|
| Landreth Park
1:00 pm
FREE
The Cannabis Revival is a one day music and cannabis law reform oriented event featuring exciting entertainment, nationally recognized speakers, arts and crafts, cannabis law reform information booths, delicious food, and so much more.
If you have questions, please contact Joplin NORML by phone at 417. 291.0135 or contact Mark at markpedersen@sensiblemissouri.org. | | 09/25 | Epitaphs and Engravings |
| Visitor Center at George Washington Carver National Monument
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Take some time to learn about the symbols and engravings on the headstones during this program at the Carver Family Cemetery. A park ranger will explain the meaning behind the symbols which tell about the lives of the early settlers.
For more information please call 417.325.4151 or log on to www.nps.gov/gwca
| | 09/25 | SCREAMFEST 2010 |
| Raycliff Attractions (3.5 miles south of I-44 on Range Line)
3:00 to midnight
$25.00 or $30 at the gate
Come out to Raycliff Manor and kick off the Halloween and Haunt Season at Raycliff Manor with some of the ROCKinest horror bands around! There will be vendors, product and service booths. Your SCREAMFEST pass provides: Free parking and round trip rides to and from the festival on the shuttle, 6 bands, admission to both the Raycliff Manor and Raycliff Carriage House attractions, access to the Budweiser Beer Garden(for 21 and older, ID required) and access to the vendor festival area.
For more information visit www.raycliffmanor.com | | 09/25 | 2010 Carl Junction Bluegrass and Crafts Festival
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| Center Creek Park
FREE!
The festival will be featuring Bluegrass music by several bands, car show, arts and crafts, concessions, and a chili cook off and children’s activities.
For information call Pat Smith 417.623.7541 or e-mail corbinrp@yahoo.com
| | 09/25 | Cage of Honor 42 |
| Joplin Memorial Hall
7:30 pm
Tickets are Main Floor $25, Mezzanine $20 and Balcony $15
Buy online at www.joplinmemorialhall.com, at the hall box office, Joplin Athletic Complex at 3301 W. 1st Street, or charge by phone 417.623.3254 or 417.625.4750.
| | 09/26 | Music in the Park |
| Landreth Park
6:00-8:00 pm
Free
Heartland Community Concert Orchestra is the featured band of the evening.
Please bring a blanket and a lawn chair.
For more information please call 417.623.3254
| | 09/28 | “Entranced Earth” Film Festival
|
| Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall at MSSU
7:00 pm
FREE
Highly controversial when it appeared, the film explores the consequences of political commitment through the story of a young poet and journalist whose lover persuades him to get involved in politics. The film’s notable Brazilian director, Glauber Rocha, called Terra Em Transe “my most important film…a more profound expression of my life.”
For more information call 417.625.9614 | | 10/01 - 10/02 | Guilty by Association Truck Show presented by Chrome Shop Mafia
|
| Four States Truck
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
The event is a cross between a truck show, customer expo, and an open house. Lots of sales and promotions are planned including a huge sidewalk sale. Take a tour of the shop and the store. Nightly concerts will include the Brent Baker Band and the Matt Coleman “Live” show. Burgers and BBQ will be on sight.
For more details for would like to participate in the truck show contact 4 State Trucks at 417-624-2900 ext. 111 or visit www.chromeshopmafia.com
| | 10/01 - 10/03 | Shoal Creek Arts & Crafts Festival |
| The Undercliff
$5.00 at the gate; $10.00 for unlimited play at Inflatable World
Bring the whole family out to enjoy: Fantastic Arts and Crafts, Live music, Food, Petting Zoo, Hay Maze, Creek side camping and more. Benefiting Children’s Miracle Network.
For more information call 417.623.3369 or email Connie at connie@mmminc.net
| | 10/01 - 10/03 | Barnyard Days!-Festival of Arts & Crafts
|
| Neosho Missouri
3 day event
Admission is $4.00 with a dollar off coupon from McDonalds. Children are free
Crafters from around the country are represented in a barnyard atmosphere amidst the fall colors of the country along with great food and wonderful entertainment. This 3 day event is scheduled for the first full weekend in October. This is a great weekend for the arts & crafts shoppers.
For more information call 417.451.3399 for visit www.circle-r-festivals.com/barnyard_days.html
| | 10/02 | Neosho’s Fall Festival Autumn Harvest
|
| Oct 2
Neosho’s Downtown Square
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
FREE
Crafters from the 4-State area, Art Exhibition and Sale hosted by the Neosho Arts Council at The Civic, Angel Eyes Charitable Foundation 5k Run, Performance Stage featuring entertainment throughout the day, Wagon Rides, History Alley hosted by the Newton County Historical Society, Festival Food and much more. For more information or vendor application call 417-451-8090 or visit www.neoshomo.org/fall
| | 10/02 | Double Feature Movies |
| Landreth Park
7:00 pm – 11:30 pm
FREE
Free Family Double Feature. The first movie will begin at dusk. There will be a special blanket area and concessions available. Parking will be on the hill above the park.
For more information call 417.624.4150
| | 10/02 | 2010 Music Series at Joplin Memorial Hall featuring The Dorians |
| The 2010 Music Series at Joplin Memorial Hall continues featuring The Dorians. The region’s premier performers of traditional Irish and Celtic music.
Tickets are $20 Reserved Main Floor, $15 Mezzanine and Balcony. Season Tickets Reserved $50 per person for all performances.
For more information or to purchase tickets please visit www.joplinmemorialhall.com or call 417-623-3254.
www.joplinmemorialhall.com
www.joplinmemorialhall.com
| | 10/05 | “Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands” Film Festival
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| Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall at MSSU
7:00pm
FREE
A young widow is caught between her respectable new husband and her more exciting but dead first husband. Facets called the film “funny, sexy and intoxicating!” Directed by Bruno Barreto.
For more information call 417.625.9614 | | 10/08 - 10/10 | Apple Butter Makin’ Days
|
| Mt. Vernon
3 day event
The main attraction is apple butter, cooked using century-old methods in huge copper kettles over open fires. Over 350 booths feature hand-crafted items with craftsmen demonstrating their work, games and food from caramel apples to roasted peanuts.
For more information call 417.466.7654 or visit www.mountvernonchamber.com
| | 10/09 - 10/16 | Maple Leaf Festival |
| Carthage
October 9-16
This week long festival includes Community Lighting Contest, Bike Rises, Run, Sprint Duathlon, High Heel Race, Pageants, Gospel Sing, Lip Sync Competition, Brats on the Square, Live Music, Petting Zoo, Car Show and more! Maple Leaf concludes with the largest parade in Southwest Missouri!
For a full schedule of events please log on to www.carthagechamber.com/mapleleafcalendarofevents.html
| | 10/10 | Tri-State Mother Road Marathon |
| 8:00 am starting time for all races
26.2 mile full marathon
13.1 mile half marathon
5K Fun Run/Walk
1 Mile Fun Run/Walk
Finish Line Party & Awards Presentation
This one of a kind race in Historic Route 66 begins in Commerce, Oklahoma, winds its way through Kansas and ends in Joplin, Missouri.
For more information log on to www.runmotherroadmarathon.com
| | 10/10 | Children’s Lego Club
|
| Joplin Library
2:00pm
FREE
Children of all ages welcome, anyone under 6 must be accompanied by an adult. Lego Club is where everyone will have a chance to create something spectacular out of Lego’s!
For more information contact Jacque Gage at 417-623-7953 or visit www.joplinpubliclibrary.org | | 10/12 | “Bye Bye Brazil” Film Festival
|
| Cornell auditorium in Plaster Hall at MSSU
7:00 pm ,
FREE
What has been called “one of the most original and entertaining films of recent years,” Bye Bye Brazil follows a traveling sideshow as it makes its way over 9,000 miles of rural and backwoods Brazil. Directed by Carlos Diegues. For more information call 417.625.9614
| | 10/19 | Dog Day Afternoon
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| Joplin Library
4:00pm
FREE
Allows independent readers in K-5th to practice their reading skills by reading to certified Therapy Dogs. The Library supplies the books (and dogs), and the children are the storytellers. Registration takes place at the Children’s desk on the day of the event. For independent readers, grades K-5th.
For more information contact Jacque Gage at 417-623-7953 or visit www.joplinpubliclibrary.org | | 10/23 | American Girl Club
|
| Joplin Library
4:00 pm
FREE
Children in kindergarten through fifth grade, who are interested in the American Girl characters, are invited to learn about the time periods of various American Girl dolls—a different girl will be focused on each month. Club attendees will explore the specified time period, make crafts, play games and munch on a snack.
For more information contact Jacque Gage at 417-623-7953 or visit www.joplinpubliclibrary.org
| | 10/28 | Sweet Dreams
|
| Memorial Hall
12:00pm to 9:00 pm
Tickets are $10 and will be sold in advance beginning September 1st.
Tickets may be purchased at the Hospice Compassus office at 2650 E. 32nd in Joplin or by calling 417.623.8272.
All proceeds will go to benefit our Hospice Compassus Dream Team.
| | 11/04 | “Central Station” Film Festival
|
| Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Call at MSSU
7:00 pm
FREE
Featuring an outstanding performance by Fernando Montenegro, this very popular film focuses on the unlikely friendship that develops between a lonely, older woman and an orphan boy she encounters at Rio de Janeiro’s central train station. Directed by Walter Salles.
For more information call 417.625.9614 | | 11/06 | MercyMe presents LOVEWELL LIVE IN CONCERT |
| Joplin Memorial Hall
7:30 pm
First Five Rows $50, Rest of Main Floor $35, Mezzanine $25 and Balcony $15
Buy online at www.joplinmemorialhall.com, at the hall box office, Joplin Athletic Complex at 3301 W. 1st Street, or charge by phone 417.623.3254 or 417.625.4750
| | 11/09 | “City of God” Film Festival
|
| Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall at MSSU
7:00pm
FREE
Director Fernando Meirelles’ brutal, gripping portrait of life over three decades in the slums of Rio de Janeiro and how gang warfare there transforms the lives of children, many portrayed by nonprofessional actors. Perhaps the most creative and arresting film to come from Brazil in the last 20 years.
For more information call 417.625.9614 | | 11/14 | Children’s Lego Club
|
| Joplin Library
2:00pm
FREE
Children of all ages welcome, anyone under 6 must be accompanied by an adult. Lego Club is where everyone will have a chance to create something spectacular out of Lego’s!
For more information contact Jacque Gage at 417-623-7953 or visit
www.joplinpubliclibrary.org
| | 11/16 | Dog Day Afternoon
|
| Joplin Library
4:00pm
FREE
Allows independent readers in K-5th to practice their reading skills by reading to certified Therapy Dogs. The Library supplies the books (and dogs), and the children are the storytellers. Registration takes place at the Children’s desk on the day of the event. For independent readers, grades K-5th.
For more information contact Jacque Gage at 417-623-7953 or visit
www.joplinpubliclibrary.org
| | 11/16 | “Two Sons of Francisco” Film Festival
|
| Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall at MSSU
7:00 pm
FREE
Brazil’s highest grossing film in decades traces the struggle and triumph of two brothers who become an outstanding country music duo. Directed by Breno Silveira.
For more information call 417.625.9614 | | 11/20 | Holiday Auction
|
| First Community Church located at 15th and Murphy Blvd in Joplin
Auction to begin at 1:30 pm
Beverages will be served at 1:00 pm. Funds raised will go towards a scholarship program to MSSU.
For more information contact Lorraine Whittington at 417.623.3290. | | 11/26 - 12/31 | Way of Salvation Christmas Light Tour |
| Carthage
An annual celebration and driving tour featuring a moving light tour of a variety of Biblical exhibits. Tune in to a local radio station for music to complete your journey.
For more information log on to www.visit-carthage.com
| | 12/02 - 12/11 | Joplin Holiday Experience |
| December 2-11
A full week of family friendly holiday activities including kids activities, Santa Spottings, concerts, art, music and more! For the first time this year will include DickensFest in Historic Murphysburg in Downtown Joplin.
For more information log on to www.facebook.com/HolidayExperience.
| | 12/04 | The 9th Annual Neosho Dickens Christmas Faire |
| The Civic and Downtown Square in Neosho
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
There will be craft and food vendors, Breakfast with Santa, craft projects, craft demonstrations and horse-drawn carriage rides. The Faire will conclude with the lighted Christmas parade at 5:00 pm.
For more information please call 417.451.1925.
| | 12/04 | Carthage Holiday Homes Tour |
| Enjoy a relaxing tour of one of the largest historic districts in Missouri. The tour will include at least 6 historic homes with food, art and holiday decorating ideas.
For more information log on to www.visit-carthage.com
| | 12/04 | Neosho's Christmas Parade |
| 5:00 pm
Neosho Square
The parade route will begin at College and Spring Streets and will go around Neosho's Square. There will be over 120 entries (most of them will be lighted floats).
There is no entry fee for entries.
For more information please call 417.451.1925
| | 12/10 | Jim Brickman’s 15th Anniversary Holiday Concert |
| Joplin Memorial Hall
7:30 pm
Jim Brickman is creating a musical celebration for all audiences!
VIP $50 includes meet and greet; Main Floor $35, Mezzanine $25 and Balcony $20.
Buy online at www.joplinmemorialhall.com, at the hall box office, Joplin Athletic Complex at 3301 W. 1st Street, or charge by phone 417.623.3254 or 417.625.4750
| | 03/01 | “Germany, Pale Mother” Film Festival
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| Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall at MSSU
7:00 pm
FREE
This account of writer-director Helma Sanders-Brahms’ of WWII Germany from an extremely personal and distinctly feminist point of view. A newly-married young woman sees her husband sent off to the Eastern front. She and her daughter struggle for survival throughout the war, only to face a husband who, when he returns, wrecks havoc on the family Labeled “A brave film, it demands a brave audience”(Village Voice) and a “l…sharply-observed autobiographical drama….” (The Times, London)
For more information call 417.625.9614 or visit www.mssu.edu
| | 03/15 | “The Joke” Film Festival
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| Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall at MSSU
7:00 pm
FREE
Directed by Jaromil Jires of the Czech New Wave. In Stalinist Czechoslovakia of the 1950’s, a professor is expelled from his university and sentenced to prison for sending a ribald postcard to this girlfriend. Upon his release, he plots to exact his revenge by seducing the wife of the official who turned him in. This fierce satire was subsequently banned and shelved for years. Author and critic Amos Vogel called this film “possibly the most shattering indictment of totalitarianism to come out of a Communist country…a chilling examination of a corrupt society.”
For more information call 417.625.9614 or visit www.mssu.edu
| | 03/29 | “The Lady with the Dog) Film Festival
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| Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall at MSSU
7:00 pm
FREE
Based on Anton Chekhov’s short story of the same name, this romantic drama is a bittersweet portrait of a doomed love affair between two lonely people, both married, around the turn of the century. Josef Heifitz’s sensitive direction is a superb visualization of the restrained tone and atmosphere of desperation of the legendary writer, conveying with extreme subtlety the surroundings and social ambience of Yalta in summer and Moscow in winter. The film won the Prix de la Millieure Participation award at the 1960 Cannes Festival, for its “lofty humanism and high artistic standard.”
For more information call 417.625.9614 or visit www.mssu.edu
| | 04/12 | “The Last Stage” Film Festival
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| Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall at MSSU
7:00 pm
FREE
Director Wanda Jakubowska and scriptwriter Gerda Schneider were among inmates at the Auschwitz concentration camp who experienced the last stage of the final journey to the gas chambers and crematoria. Filmed on location in the female section of the camp, it tells the story of one woman’s attempt to survive until she is eventually rescued. After it won the Golden Lion at the 1948 Venice Festival and subsequent success, it drew attention to the postwar Polish film renaissance.
For more information call 417.625.9614 or visit www.mssu.edu
| | 06/11 - 06/12 | Boomtown Half Marathon and 5k Runs
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| Memorial Hall
6:30 am - 10:00 am
Two days of competitive running , running related events and entertainment for the entire family. The runners will run on city streets, throughout the city of Joplin. All runners will be treated to a full spread of goodies at the finish line. Don’t forget the Academy Sports+Outdoors Boomtown Kids’ Half Marathon.
For more information or visit www.boomtownrun.com |