Influenced by classic country artists such as Merle Haggard and Ronnie Milsap among others, Darryl O’Donnell’s blood has been pumping with music as long as he can remember.

Friday’s concert will make the group’s second appearance at Main Street Live. To find more information on The O’Donnels and their current single “She Leaves The Light On” along with their latest gospel album God Said Make Music, visit www.theodonnels.com.
The concert begins at 6:30 p.m. and is held on the Square.

ENCORE!
The Center for the Arts presents “ENCORE!,” a night of dinner and music in downtown Murfreesboro.

This fundraising red carpet event will take place at 6:30 Friday and Saturday nights, Aug. 26 and 27. These two evenings will begin with dinner at B. McNeel’s Restaurant, and following at 8 p.m., the evening will end with a concert review of songs from past musicals at the Center for the Arts.

Bring your date for an evening to remember to “ENCORE!,” a formal evening, complete with a red carpet and the lights of downtown Murfreesboro, makes for the perfect way to celebrate past performances at the Center for the Arts.

“The songs that will be highlighted during “ENCORE!” have inspired and uplifted the spirits of our beloved audiences, and we are ecstatic to bring them back to the Center of the Arts stage,” Center for the Arts Director Tony Cimino said in a press release.

The purpose for this night of music also involves a great need for improvements toward maintaining this beautiful historic building. All of the ticket sales for “ENCORE!” will go toward a new air-conditioning unit for the Center for the Arts.

Tickets for “ENCORE!” are $60 a person. This price includes dinner, dessert and a concert.

Tickets for this fundraiser may be purchased online at www.boroarts.org, by phone at 615-904-2787, or in person at the Center for the Arts, 110 W. College St., one block off the historic Murfreesboro Square.

Jeffery

Out Front on Main continues it’s run of Paul Rudnick’s JEFFREY, directed by Buddy R. Jones, at 7:30 Thursday-Sunday nights through Aug. 28.

In 1993, playwright Paul Rudnick’s Off-Broadway hit, Jeffrey, took a decidedly different approach towards depicting gay men and AIDS; it was written as a comedy.

Keeping this a period piece, Out Front on Main proposes to show how little has changed in so much time-the only difference is that it is now spoken in whispers, if at all.

While this might sound tasteless, Jeffrey was a much-needed antidote at the time to the climate of death that had permeated gay culture for most of the previous decade. The play resonated with audiences.

A portion of every ticket sold goes to benefit Nashville Cares.

Out Front on Main, Inc. is located at 1511 E. Main St. in historic downtown Murfreesboro, beside MTSU. For more information and reservations, call 615-516-6279 or visit www.OutFrontOnMain.com.

Thursday
4 p.m. - Chamber of Commerce Show Biz. Mid TN Expo Center, 1209 Park Ave. 893-6565

7 p.m. - Standards. Tickets: $10 from 205-BUY-TICS or thestandards.com. Patterson Community Center, 521 Mercury Blvd.

Friday
All  day - National Folk Festival. Continues through Sunday. Bicentennial Capitol Mall in Nashville. nationalfolkfestival.com

6-11 a.m. - Rutherford County Farmer’s Market. Lane Agri-Park, 315 John Rice Blvd.

8:30 p.m. - Growing and Cooking with Herbs. Presented by RC Master Gardeners. Lane Agri-Park, 315 John Rice Blvd. Janie Becker, 898-7710

5-9 p.m. - Murfreesboro Hot Rod Club Cruise-In. The Avenue in the Belk parking lot. 4mhrc.net

6:30 p.m. - ENCORE! Continues at 6:30 Saturday night. Center for the Arts, 110 W. College St. 904-ARTS (2787) or BoroArts.org

6:30 p.m. - Friday Night Live. The O’Donnells perform. Historic Murfreesboro Square.

7 p.m. - Senior Citizen Dance. Admission: $5. Country Dance Night at the St. Clair Street Senior Center. 325 St. Clair St. 848-2550.

7:30 p.m. - I’m Believin’. Arts Center of Cannon County, 1424 John Bragg Hwy. in Woodbury. 563-ARTS (2787) or artscenterofcc.com

Saturday
All day - Fighting for Hearth and Home. Cannon and musket demonstrations. Continues through Sunday. Stones River National Battlefield. nps.gov/stri

8 a.m. - Main Street Saturday Market. Historic Public Square. 895-1887

9-10 a.m. - Bike the Battlefield. Stones River National Battlefield on the Old Nashville Highway. 893-9501 or nps.gov/stri

9 a.m. - Carroll Uselton Memorial Golf Tournament. Benefits Republican Party of Rutherford County. Indian Hills Golf Club, 405 Calumet Trace. 893-7219

2-4 p.m. - Welcome to Medicare Presentation. Linebaugh Library, 105 W. Vine St. Carol Ghattas, 893-4131, ext. 119