Community Calendar

The Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center will hold a drive-thru vaccine clinic on May 14.

The clinic will provide adult and children immunizations and TB skin testing. Insurance, including Medicaid, is accepted though not required, and no appointment is needed.

The drive-thru vaccine clinic will take place on Wednesday, May 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cape County Public Health Center, on Linden Street in Cape Girardeau.

Drive-Thru Clinic | Cape Girardeau County Public Health

The Crisp Museum is hosting an open call for quilts and stitchery items for its upcoming summer exhibit: Quilts and Stitchery: Warmth, Art, Design.

Interested artisans can submit two items. Accepted items include but are not limited to quilting, cross-stitch, embroidery, felting, crochet, thread painting, fabric collage, Coptic stitched books, and more. Submissions will be accepted now through May 15 at 5 p.m. 

How to Submit an Item:
Submit an image of the item with measurements Height X Width with your Name, Phone, and Email to Ellen Flentge by Email: eflentge@semo.edu

The Crisp Museum is hosting an open call for quilts and stitchery items for its upcoming summer exhibit: Quilts and Stitchery: Warmth, Art, Design.

Interested artisans can submit two items. Accepted items include but are not limited to quilting, cross-stitch, embroidery, felting, crochet, thread painting, fabric collage, Coptic stitched books, and more. Submissions will be accepted now through May 15 at 5 p.m. 

How to Submit an Item:
Submit an image of the item with measurements Height X Width with your Name, Phone, and Email to Ellen Flentge by Email: eflentge@semo.edu

Old Town Cape’s free concert series Tunes at Twilight will welcome Andy Tanas on May 16.

Andy Tanas' music style can be summed up as an exploration into rock and country or "southern acoustic with an edge." Andy began his career as a sound tech for Lynryd Skynryd in the 1970s before joining Black Oak Arkansas in 1977 and Krokus in 1984.

You can hear Andy Tanas at Tunes at Twilight at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 16, at Ivers Square in downtown Cape Girardeau. Be sure to bring your blanket or lawn chair.

The Red House Interpretive Center will celebrate local history at its annual Red House Heritage Day on May 17.

Activities will include tours, blacksmithing, flint knapping, historic exhibits, mule jumping, and a display of the 27 officially adopted flags in U.S. history.

Red House Heritage Day will take place on Saturday, May 17, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at 128 S. Main Street in Cape Girardeau. This event is free and open to the public.

Riverside Regional Library will present "Genealogist's Delight: Maps" on from 10-11 AM on Saturday, May 17, at the Main Branch.

Join Marybeth Niederkorn, Director of the Cape Girardeau County Archives Center, for a presentation on how to use online maps and find more family history.

For ages 18+ at the Main Branch, Jackson.

SLAM POETRY CLASS -- Come speak your truth and own the stage at this 6-week drop-in class. Learn how to create and then perform your own slam poetry with theatre professor Maggie McClellan. Write with fire! Speak with purpose! Perform with presence!

Unlock the rhythm of your soul and the power of your voice!!! Each week we'll unlock a new poetry paradigm. Then you'll rise and deliver it on the stage like the stage was built for you!!!

Cost: $10/class or $50 for the series

The Cape Girardeau Public Library will host “Jewish Missouri” on May 19.

The presentation, sponsored by the Missouri Humanities Council, will feature Dr. Mara Cohen Ioannides,* an expert on the Jewish experience in Missouri. Her talk will highlight the history of Jews in the state from before the Louisiana Purchase through the First World War, as well as the Jewish goods, influence, and experiences that shaped Missouri. A brief Q&A session will follow.

“Jewish Missouri” will take place on Monday, May 19, from 6 - 7:30 p.m. in the Hirsch Community Room at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Registration is recommended but not required.

To register, visit Jewish Missouri (ages 18+) | Cape Girardeau Public Library

An interactive presentation, Q&A and group discussion with Clinical Therapist Erin Randol. Learn how to break free from limiting beliefs, build stronger confidence in your parenting decisions, develop practical tools for change and establish a fresh perspective for a healthier home. For age 18+ at the Main Branch, Jackson.

The Missouri Department of Conservation will host Learn to Fish: Fly Fishing 101 on May 23 and 24.

Fly fishing enthusiast Michael Fiehler will lead this beginner’s hands-on program featuring basic casting techniques. No experience is required, and all equipment will be provided. The program will be held largely outdoors, so dress for the weather. The event is free and open to the public, age 12 and up. Registration is required.

Fly Fishing 101 will take place on Friday, May 23, from  6 - 8 p.m. OR Saturday, May 24, from 9 - 11:30 a.m. at the Cape Girardeau Nature Center. 

*Please note there are two identical sessions of this program to better fit your schedule. Only register for one day.

To register, visit Events | Missouri Department of Conservation