OLLI Felicianas Chapter is having a Learn and Lunch at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 17 at the Pointe Coupee Parish Library, 201 Claiborne St., New Roads. A group will then meet for lunch at Morel鈥檚 Restaurant, 210 Morrison Pkwy., New Roads.
The topic is Travel With Me: Benenuto a Bergamo presented by Paul and Renee Major. No registration or fee is needed for the travel session and guests ages 50 and older are welcome.
On Saturday, April 20, a group of volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. at Jackson Oaks Eatery to clean up Jackson during Love the Boot Week. Volunteers and groups are welcome to join.聽
At 1 p.m., Monday, April 22, Audubon Regional Library Clinton,聽11023 Bank St., (225) 683-8753, will hold Sprouting Into Spring. The program will have tips about gardening and the history behind Earth Day. Participants will decorate a paper cup planter and plant a flower to celebrate Earth Day.
The Southern University Ag Center will hold its annual Spring Garden Workshop at 9 a.m., April 25, at the Maurice A. Edmond Livestock Arena Multi-Purpose Building, 14600 Scenic Highway, 香港六和开奖历史记录.
The theme is 鈥淓arth Day, Herb Day: Down to Earth Herbs for Everyday Use.鈥 Topics will include Herb Propagation, Herbs for IPM, Feeding Herbs to Livestock and Traditional Uses of Herbs and more
The workshop is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register visit, .
The spring Angola Prison Rodeo is April 20-21. The gates open at 8 a.m. for hobby crafts and festivities, and the 鈥淲ildest Show in the South鈥 starts at 1 p.m. Tickets are $20 and all seats are reserved. No craft-only tickets available.
Bands, food and prisoner-made arts and crafts, including jewelry, leathercrafts, paintings, woodworking, lawn and garden furniture, and toys are available. Children can participate in pony rides, carnival games, an antique carousel and more.
Tickets can be purchased online at聽聽or by calling (225) 655-2030 or (225) 655-2607, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
At the ninth annual Walker Percy Weekend in St. Francisville, May 31-June 1, presenters and panelists will explore how Percy, and the writers he inspired, explore where Southern fiction has been and where it is going. Buy tickets at .
Access All Areas for $ 275. The Progressive Front Porch Bourbon Stroll is $85 and the Taste of Louisiana Supper is $75 with no panels included for either. Just the Saturday lectures and panels are $125 from May 1, if space remains.
The East Feliciana Parish Chamber of Commerce is hosting lunchtime meetings each starting at 11:30 a.m.聽
The next luncheon is April 24 at The Green Door at H Mercantile in Clinton. It will be a brief overview of what the insurance industry is doing with a question-and-answer forum by Will Andrews, of Dart Insurance, and Clay Pinson, of Record Insurance. Lunch will be prepared by Carter's Home Cooking.
Register at聽. Verified members are free. Nonmembers may register at $15 a person for individual sessions or $40 a person for all three, or choose to join and use paid Lunch and Learn fees to offset the cost of a full membership.
A youth soccer camp will be held June 25-27 for boys and girls ages 6-13 at West Feliciana Sports Park. Cost is $50. Register by email at denhamd@wfpsb.org. Pay by check to WFHS Boys Soccer or at .
Send news and events for East and West Feliciana parishes to extra@theadvocate.com by noon Friday or call (225) 388-0731.