Community Calendar

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 SEMO Iris Society will hold its annual show on Saturday, May 10, and Sunday, May 11, 2025, at the West Park Mall in the J. C. Penny Court.

Any individual may enter iris in the show and there is no charge to attend or exhibit flowers. Entries must be delivered to the mall Friday, May 9, from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. or Saturday between 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Judging begins at 10:00 a.m., and no entries will be accepted after that time. New this year are categories for best hybrid introduced by the late Dave Niswonger and best historic iris variety.

Flowers will be on display Saturday, May 10, from 12:00 - 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 11, from 12:00 - 5:00 p.m. All are welcome! This is an American Iris Society affiliated flower show.

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

There's No Place Like the BSC! Four Person Golf Scramble Fundraiser

The Baptist Student Center (BSC) at SEMO is hosting its 7th Annual Golf Tournament on May 12. Please consider connecting with us and showing your support for our ministry.

The Baptist Student Center is an independent, non-profit organization. We depend on friends in the community to help fuel our work throughout the year. We appreciate your support and help in serving students from near and far!

Individual Player - $140 entry fee
Team of Four - $560 entry fee

The BSC Golf Tournament will take place at Kimbeland Country Club in Jackson, MO, from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Monday, May 12.

This month, the Riverside Virtual Book Club will discuss “The Garden of Small Beginnings” by Abbi Waxman. Program for ages 18+.

To receive a Zoom invitation, contact Eunice at 573-243-8141 or eschlichting@rrlmo.org.

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 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.