All events are taken from the Murfreesboro Post Community Calendar, which can be found at www.murfreesboropost.com/mod/comcal.
Oaklands Historic House Museum
Oaklands Historic House Museum Association celebrates its 50th anniversary with events all weekend long.
For more information about the Golden Celebration, call the museum at 615-893-0022.
One Book event
If you’re looking for a way to reduce your water consumption, consider rain water harvesting. By collecting rain and storing it in a rain barrel, you can have water available for future use, such as for watering the garden.
Linebaugh Library will present a class on rain barrel construction at 11 a.m. Saturday as part of the 2009 One Book of Rutherford County. Robert Haley, stormwater quality program coordinator for the City of Murfreesboro, and Bruce Ross, GIS applications specialist with Murfreesboro Water and Sewer Department, will lead the class.
Class size will be limited. Ten participants will be able to construct a rain barrel, using supplied materials, during the class; a $35 materials fee must be paid in advance.
Additional participants can attend the class, just to watch the process. Advance registrations are now being taken.
The 2009 One Book of Rutherford County selection is Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. The book is a timely and engaging nonfiction book that deals with current concerns regarding energy, the environment, and America's food safety.
One Book challenges all citizens of Rutherford County to come together and read a book to encourage reading among adults, to unify our county through a shared experience and to highlight an issue of importance by means of a book's theme or subject matter.
Yappy Hour
The second annual Yappy Hour is calling two by two to enjoy door prizes, drinks, food and fun from 5:30-8:00 p.m. Friday, March 27 at B McNeel’s in Murfreesboro.
Yappy Hour will benefit On The Fifth Day and will further their quest to “Build The A.R.K.” (Animal Rescue Keystone), an animal sanctuary.
On the Fifth Day is striving toward an immediate goal to raise $30,000 to purchase the land and administrative building necessary to begin work immediately.
The evening will include a jungle of animal print balloons filled with door prizes from area vendors such as The Murfreesboro Symphony, Leslie’s Shoppe, The Nashville Sounds, Penny’s Closet, Massage, and many more for $5 each.
Tickets are $10 at the door, or $5 for students and OTFD members. All proceeds will go to On The Fifth Day. Guests may also purchase dinner and drinks on their own.
To RSVP, e-mail Jen Flatt Hilsher, founder and director, at jenghilsher@onthefifthday.org or through Facebook events: Yappy Hour.
Arts Center of Cannon County
The Sanders Family is back in a musical comedy for the entire family, Smoke on the Mountain: Homecoming, at the Arts Center of Cannon County.
If you like your gospel music tinged with Sunday school, this sequel to the successful Smoke on the Mountain and Sanders Family Christmas will entertain, enlighten and set you’re a boots a-tappin’. The singing Sanders Family – somewhat akin to the von Trapps, only without those annoying children-have scheduled a reunion at the North Carolina home base of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
Smoke on the Mountain: Homecoming will be presented Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from March 13-28. Performances start at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, with 2 p.m. matinees on Sundays.
Ticket prices are $12 for adults, and $10 for seniors, students or groups and may be purchased by calling the Arts Center box office at 615-563-(ARTS) 2787 or 1-800-235-9073. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.artscenterofcc.com.
The Arts Center is located on 1424 John Bragg Highway, just west of the town of Woodbury, approximately 20 minutes from Murfreesboro.
Lamplighter’s Theatre
Adapted from the live television play by Reginald Rose, 12 Angry Men earned Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Writing of Adapted Screenplay (although it lost in all categories to “The Bridge on the River Kwai”).
Theatre fans can expect the same intensity to spill from the stage this spring as Lamplighter’s Theatre Company continues its Season of Award Winners with 12 Angry Men.
The stage version runs at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday performances and 4 p.m. Sunday at Lamplighter’s Theatre.
The theater is located on the campus of Smyrna Assembly at 14119 Old Nashville Hwy., in Smyrna.
Tickets are available at www.ticketsnashville.com. For more information contact Lamplighters Theatre at (615) 534-0148, or visit www.Lamplighterstheatre.net.
Stones River National Battlefield
Celebrate Women’s History Month at the battlefield at 2 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday during the month of March in the Stone River National Battlefield’s Vistor Center.
Listen as a park ranger shares the stories of women whose lives and places in society were changed forever by the Civil War.
Talks will not be offered when living history programs or special events are scheduled.
14th Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture at MTSU
Jim “Mudcat” Grant, author and former major league baseball pitcher, will be the luncheon speaker at the 14th Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture Friday in the JUB Tennessee Room on MTSU’s campus.
Grant will speak on “The Black Aces: Baseball’s Only African-American Twenty-Game Winners.”
For information, contact Ronald E. Kates at rkates@mtsu.edu.
Fosterville-Midland Volunteer Fire Dept. Yard Sale
The Fosterville-Midland Volunteer Fire Department is having a yard sale from 7 a.m. until the last item is sold Saturday at the corner of Shelbyville Highway and Brothers Road.
The money raised will go to support the firefighters with water and snacks on the fireground and training. Direct any questions call chief Steve Walker at 615-233-5252.
Mixed Martial Arts
Extreme Fight Night brings its unique blend of mixed amrtial arts, kickboxing, and muay thai action to Murfreesboro’s Miller Coliseum on Saturday.
Tickets will be available at a $5 increase on event day at the Coliseum.
If you have an event you’d like included, contact Michelle Willard at 615-869-0816 or mwillard@murfreesboropost.com.
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