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Natchez sprucing up for Spring Pilgrimage

Submitted by News Staff
Friday, March 9th, 2012, 5:50pm

Natchez historic home owners and city workers have been spending the week primping, preening and polishing up for Spring Pilgrimage that begins Saturday.

Twin Oaks will be on tour during Spring Pilgrimage for the first time in several years, and owner Regina Charboneau says she and her staff have been working nonstop this week to shop for flowers, finish up yard work and decorating, plan menus and prepare food.

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Walt's Look Around: Natchez seasonal pilgrimage

Submitted by WLBT_Web_Staff on Wednesday, March 7th, 10:26 am

NATCHEZ, MS (WLBT)- When the Wisteria and Dogwood start to bloom, then it must be pilgrimage season in Mississippi.

There is a classical aspect of the Natchez pilgrimage.

The Stone House started life as a detached Billiard Room in the side yard of the Elms, another nearby home, in 1850.

The house grew up around the billiard room and Joe Stone's family bought it in 1877 and has had it since then.

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Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration this weekend

Submitted by Morgan Carlson, WLBT Community Web Producer
Monday, February 20th, 2012, 6:35pm
Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration this weekend

From the Natchez CVB:

Stories about the South have been told in a hundred different languages around the world, and this years Literary and Cinema Celebration turns its focus to Storytelling as it is, and has been, conducted in the South. 

The Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration runs from February 23rd, starting with a 1:30 – 5 p.m.

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'A Natchez Christmas Carol'

Submitted by Morgan Carlson, WLBT Community Web Producer
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011, 6:58pm
'A Natchez Christmas Carol'

The Natchez Little Theatre presents 'A Natchez Christmas Carol' starting Friday.

Performances are set for Dec. 9, 10, 16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 11 and 18 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15.

This classic tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge.

For more information, visit the Natchez Little Theatre website.

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Natchez Ballet Academy performs The Nutcracker

Submitted by Morgan Carlson, WLBT Community Web Producer
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011, 2:57pm
Natchez Ballet Academy performs The Nutcracker

The Natchez Ballet Academy will have four performances of The Nutcracker.

The performances will be at the Margaret Martin Peforming Arts Center at 64 Homochitto Street at 7 p.m. Nov. 17-19 and 2 p.m. on Nov. 20.

Tickets are available at the Natchez Ballet Academy on Homochitto Street or One of a Kind on Main Street.

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Lunchtime Lecture: The Cadet Life

Submitted by Morgan Carlson, WLBT Community Web Producer
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011, 8:48am
Lunchtime Lecture: The Cadet Life

Mike Gemmell, a graduate from Jefferson Military College in 1964, will discuss life in a southern military boys boarding school in the 1950s and 60s. 

Lunchtime Lectures are held at Historic Jefferson College at 16 Old North Street, in Washington. The lectures are free of charge, and begin at noon.  Please bring a sack lunch.

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Soap-making class

Submitted by Morgan Carlson, WLBT Community Web Producer
Saturday, September 3rd, 2011, 5:33pm
Soap-making class
Historic Jefferson College is offering a soap-making class.Saturday, Sept. 17, for $15 you can learn how to make glycerin and lye soap – and take home everything you make.

Call Toni Avance at 601-442-2901 or email her at tavance@cableone.net if you are interested. Pre-registration required.

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