Other Happenings

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Ongoing Events

Music Lessons at Wesley United Methodist Church

Wesley United Methodist Church, located at 511 Airline Road in east Columbus, will offer lessons in piano, guitar, and beginner organ starting weekday afternoons in September. These lessons will cost $80 per month. On Monday afternoons only, group dance classes for children ages 4-7 will begin at a cost of $35 per month per child. Call Wesley UMC at 328-8644 for more information.

Events at MUW Music Department in Poindexter

http://web3.muw.edu/as/music/events

Columbus Hitching Lot Farmers Market

The Lowndes County Imagination Library's mission is to strengthen early
literacy skills by increasing pre-Kindergarten readiness through books and reading.

This program works by providing a free, quality book each month to children under age 5. These books include literacy tips for parents as well as book-specific activities to engage children as they read. To qualify for the program, children must be under age 5 and reside in Lowndes County. They can register by paper or online. After registering, the children begin to receive books through the mail in 6-8 weeks. They continue to receive books until they move out of the county or reach their 5th birthday. The books are age appropriate and provide valuable book-specific reading tips and activities to engage children and parents.

In order to register, parents can visit www.imaginationlibrary.com and click find my program. Parents can also stop by the Commercial Dispatch or the Columbus Arts Council to fill out a paper registration form. Newborns who are born at Baptist Memorial Hospital and reside in Lowndes County also receive sign up brochures before leaving the hospital.

The local affiliate was started in February 2014 with seed money provided by the Commercial Dispatch. This seed money will provide
3,600 books for children. The Dispatch has partnered with the non-profit
Columbus Arts Council to bring this valuable program to Lowndes County. The program is also seeking individual donors, corporate partners, and grants to ensure that Imagination Library has a lasting impact in our area.

One Time Special Events

Mississippi State Committee of the
National Museum of Women in the Arts

PAINTING WORKSHOP WITH GRACE BUCHANAN

Grace Buchanan is one of this year's "Honored Artists"

Grace Atkinson Buchanan has been enmeshed in Mississippi art since her childhood.
Majoring in Southern Literature and Art History at the University of Mississippi, she turned to a
career of plein air painting and studied with major oil painters in Mississippi and the US. She
teaches and exhibits widely in workshops and galleries, and has been featured in many
publications. Grace is a member of several national and state painting societies, and was a
founding member of Mississippi Oil Painters Association. Her works are carried by Southern
Breeze Gallery in Ridgeland and Pat Walker Gallery in Canton. She lives in Ridgeland,

Where: Columbus, Rosenzweig Arts Center

When: Friday-Saturday, September 12-13, 2014

Cost: $80

Instructor: Grace Buchanan

Register: Contact Lillian Wade at 662.328.8012 or [email protected] for more details.