Listen to a ‘Little Bit of Country’ at Capaha Park on Wednesday, June 28 at 7:30 p.m. with the Cape Municipal Band. This week is your last chance to see the "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" at the Rust Flexible Theatre at the River Campus June 27 and 28! The Cape Farmer’s Market continues on Thursdays from noon - 5 p.m. in the parking lot of West Park Mall. Bring your little ones to the Cape Riverfront Market this Saturday, July 1 for the Marketeers Club, where they’ll learn about

Learn the science behind the upcoming solar eclipse at "Eclipse 101: Preparing for Darkness at Noon" at the Cape Public Library on June 20th from 5-7 p.m. Dr. Peggy Hill will discuss valuable tips for safe viewing. Join the Cape Municipal Band on Wednesday, June 21 for "Tunes from the Movies" at Capaha Park at 7:30 p.m. The "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’s" hilarity continues through June 28 at the River Campus, as well as "Greater Tuna’s" Texas hijinks through the 25th. There is lots

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a fast-paced, wildly funny show with a vibrant score you’ll be humming all week long, and you can see it at the Rust Flexible Theatre at the River Campus June 15-28. Texas’ third smallest town, where the Lion’s Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies, comes to life at the River Campus, June 16-22, with ‘Greater Tuna.’ Also at the River Campus June 16 and 18 is Dear Edwina Jr. , a girl-power musical about the joys of growing up. Don’t miss the

The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band is back at the Capaha Park Band Shell with their first concert of the season on Wednesday, June 7th at 7:30 p.m., where they’ll play Rock and Roll tunes. Speaking of tunes (at twilight), the Moho Trippers take the stage at the Common Pleas Courthouse Gazebo on Friday, June 9th at 7:30 p.m., where you’ll hear jazz standards, soulful originals and cabaret classics. Chalk and your imagination are all you need to create your own fun photo at the Cape Public Library

Get a paddle wet and enjoy a summer evening from a canoe at the Nature Center’s Canoeing Fun event on Friday, June 2nd from 4-7 p.m. The kids fishing pond is a great place for beginners to try their skills and practice their strokes. Brief instruction and safety tips will be provided and then families are on their own to paddle away. Veteran songwriter Gary Nicholson will perform his signature blend of country, rock, blues, folk, bluegrass and pop at Tunes at Twilight this Friday evening at 7 p

Southeast Missouri Native Maggie Thorn takes the stage at Tunes at Twilight this Friday at 7 p.m. at this free outdoor concert series on the lawn of the Common Pleas Courthouse Gazebo. Constructed during the beginning of the Civil War in the summer of 1861, Fort D is the only remaining out of four forts that once protected the city of Cape Girardeau from Confederate attack. Experience Fort D come to life with cannon fire, rifle demonstrations and hoop-skirted reenactors at Memorial Day at Fort D

Dennis Stroughmatt and the Creole Spirit take you on a musical journey into Upper Louisiana Creole Culture this Friday, May 19th at Tunes at Twilight at 7 p.m. Relax on the Courthouse Gazebo lawn and listen to music on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi river! Shop for any item imaginable and maybe even find a treasure of your very own at the Spring Garage Sale on Saturday, May 20th at the Osage Centre. Cape Girardeau’s farmers markets are in the swing of spring! Visit the Cape Farmer’s Market

"Tunes at Twilight" kicks off their spring 2017 season Friday, May 12, with The Gordons, a husband and wife duo who were baptized by bluegrass and have been making folk music ever since with their guitar and Appalachian autoharp. Pack a picnic basket and your lawn chairs and head to the lawn of the Common Pleas Courthouse gazebo for this free outdoor concert series, happening every Friday night through June 16 and picking up again for a 6 week run in the Fall on August 11. August 21, 2017, feels

Hit the streets of historic downtown Cape Girardeau and see what’s new on the walls of local galleries at First Friday with the Arts on May 5 from 5-9 p.m. Build a Better Wild World with Emmy-award winning Wildheart at a free concert at the Nature Center on Friday, May 5 at 7 p.m. Timeless Irish traditional and contemporary music come to life at Celtic Women’s new Voices of Angels show at the Show Me Center on May 5th. Watch kids race down Sprigg Street to the finish in coaster kit cars as they

Shakespeare’s most popular comedy will be at the River Campus April 26-29 -- see a Midsummer Night’s Dream in the intimate environment of the Rust Flexible Theatre. Kentucky native Chris Stapleton is in concert on April 28 at the Show Me Center. Mechanics and acrobatics come together at Circque Mechanics on April 28. It’s a bird, it’s a plane….it IS a bird, at the Nature Center’s Feathered Friends on April 29, with live hawk and owl presentations and other avian activities. The organ at the