Weekend Happenings
By MICHELLE WILLARD, Post Staff Writer – Sept. 14
The weekend of Sept. 14-16 is chock full of activities for families and friends.Venture out to parks and recreations events like Third Annual Greenway Art Festival or the Puppy Plunge. Concerts, from blues to rockabilly, and theater are available.Children can learn the importance of reading at Linebaugh Library’s Reading Rally. Or adults can learn the importance of clean and clear ground water at the Stones River Watershed Association Regional Summit.MURFREESBORO PARKS AND RECREATIONThe Friends of the Greenway hold the Third Annual Greenway Art Festival on Saturday. The festival is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Thompson Lane Trailhead on the Stones River Greenway Artists will display and sell their works along the trail, like oils, acrylics, watercolors, pottery, silversmithing, sculpture and glass Trailside music, food vendors and activities for children will make this an artistic outing for the whole family. For more information, please contact Angela Jackson at 893-2141 or email ajackson@murfreesborotn.gov.Parks and Recreation also holds the Puppy Plunge at SportsCom outdoor pool.Now the weather’s turned cooler, the pool goes to the dogs Saturday at 10 in the morning.Admission is $3 per family. For more information, call Nate Williams at 895-5040.CONCERTSThe Second Annual Boro Blues Fest runs Friday and Saturday at Patterson Park Community Center. The Boomers, The Jack Pearson Band, Richard Sweet Waters, Max Johns, Vickie Carrico, and Civil Service plus others will perform at the event.Historical images of the blues will exhibited at Bradley Academy through Friday. Children’s activities are also available including an inflatable obstacle course, face painting, and “bluesical†chairs.For more info, contact Cindy Phiffer at cindyphi@comcast.net, 615-893-4117 or go to the festival website.Memphis’ The Dempseys perform at the Arts Center of Cannon County at 7:30 Friday night.The Rockabilly Hall of Fame has referred to the band as “the most entertaining rockabilly show on the planetâ€READING RALLYReading Rallies at Linebaugh and Smyrna Public Libraries and Old Timers Day at Veteran’s Memorial Park in La Vergne follows Read to Succeed’s “Reading in the Schools Day†Saturday.The free event celebrates the written word from 9 a.m. until noon. Food and family fun are available all morning.Linebaugh Library also holds a Friends of the Library book sale in the parking garage under the Civic Plaza Saturday.Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $12 for students, seniors and groups.For reservations or more information check our website at www.artscenterofcc.com or call 615-563-(ARTS) 2787 or 1-800-235-9073.THEATER MTSU Opera Department presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music.â€The classic musical documents the plight of the VonTrapp family during World War II era Austria and their escape from Nazis.The production runs at Wright Music Hall Sept. 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 16 at 3 p.m. 
Tickets are $10 for the general public and $8 for seniors and students. For more information, call 898-2493.Center for the Arts presents “The Music Man†through Sept. 23. With a 40-person cast, the musical comedy is the largest production to ever take place at the center.The musical follows a traveling salesman and conman as he swindles the residents of a small town. His plans are foiled by the love of a local librarian who transforms him into a respectable citizen by the play’s end.Performances are Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and youth. For more information or tickets call 904-2787 or visit www.boroarts.org.OAKLANDS HISTORIC HOUSE AND MUSEUMOaklands Mansion holds “A Day of Washing, Churning, %26 Learning” from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday for children from kindergarten through sixth grade.Children experience life in the 1860’s with hands-on-activities, demonstrations, crafts, and games. They will wash clothes on a washboard, make candles, churn butter, and beat the rugs.Oaklands holds an event for adults only at 6:30 Friday night with A Fine Wine Affair. Proceeds from the wine and cheese tasting will support the museum’s restoration efforts.For more information contact Oaklands Historic House Museum at events@oaklandsmuseum.org or (615)893-0022.STONES RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATIONThe Stones River Watershed Association holds a Regional Summit on Short Mountain in Cannon County, source of the headwaters for the Stones, Caney, and Collins watersheds.The summit begins at 5:00 P.M. on Friday September 14 and is open to anyone interested in rivers and the quality of the environment in our watersheds. Accommodations are available and the activities, such as programs and presentations about the value of headwaters, river access issues and water monitoring will continue through noon on Sunday September 16. Attendees may attend all or part of the sessions. Registration is $20 for participants at the meetings. The registration form is available at the Stones River Watershed Association website, www.stoneswatershed.org/Summit.For more information, visit www.stoneswatershed.org or contact Randle Branch at 615-969-7769 or randle@stoneswatershed.org. NATIONAL SPOTTED SADDLE HORSE ASSOCIATION SHOWThe National Spotted Saddle Horse Association presents the 28th World Grand Championship Show at the Tennessee Livestock Pavilion on the Middle Tennessee State University campus. The event takes place Sept. 12-15 at 7 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings and 6 Saturday evening.Admission is $6 each evening, with Senior Citizens admitted for half price on Wednesday night. On Thursday evening children are admitted free with each paying adult. For more information, call (615) 890-2864.THE DISCOVERY CENTERThe Discovery Center at Murfree Springs holds the Seventh Annual Fall Festival for Heaven Sent Children from 5-7:30 Saturday evening.The festival benefits the adoption agency and serves as a “Sweet 16 Celebration.â€Children focused activities plus cake, punch, finger foods and a silent auction are available. For more information, phone Heaven Sent Children (893-0803) or visit their website: www.heavensentchildren.com.The Discovery Center also holds its weekly Wetland Walk Friday at 2 in the afternoon.Michelle Willard can be contacted at 869-0816 or mwillard@murfreesboropost.com.
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