What do you want to do in and around Clarksdale? Posted 10-19-11

What do you want to do in and around Clarksdale?

Posted 10-19-11

Starting this week we are only posting Things To Do on our Watcha Gonna Do page. In the past we have also included a gallery of photographs taken out and about the prior week. In the future, we will post our photo galleries within their own dedicated posts so you will be able to find them easily.

John Mad Dog Fewkes, Sis and Dennis Ward from Hot Springs, Poor William outside Quapaw in Helena. Photo by The Delta Bohemian

John Mad Dog Fewkes, Sis and Dennis Ward from Hot Springs, and Poor William outside Quapaw in Helena. Photo by The Delta Bohemian

Now, for those of you who missed all those hundreds of photographs taken in and around Clarksdale and beyond, visit our Watcha Gonna Do page and starting with 10-5-11 go backwards. Check out all the photo galleries.

For now, read on and decide what you want to do in and around Clarksdale. Many thanks to Roger Stolle of Cat Head, Nan Hughes of Pharr Brothers Advertising and First National Bank for their weekly Sounds Around Town.

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Sounds Around Town! Compliments of Roger Stolle of Cat Head, Nan Hughes of Pharr Advertising for design and First National Bank for sponsorship.

Read about more music events going on on Cat Head Music Calendar.

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Hopson Plantation and Commissary

Saturday, October 22, Rowdy South, 9pm

Saturday, October 29, Haunted Hopson Halloween Party
Ellington Perry Band, Prize for best costume! Midnight breakfast!

Saturday, November 12, Traffic Jam

Friday, November 18, Willy Waggs

Friday, November 25, Pulse

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Thursday, October 27

Premier of Clarksdale’s Coop Cooper’s short film

THE BEST DAY

Delta Cinema in Clarksdale

Starring Clarksdale natives Anna Carson Tyner and Lois McMurchy Erwin!
Also starring veteran MS actors Amye Gousset (Tupelo) and David Dallas (Cleveland).
Co-starring Steve Hays and Allen Brown of Clarksdale.

Event will feature…
– Trailers for yet-to-be-released short films by other Mississippi filmmakers
– Screening of THE BEST DAY
– Screening of THE BEST DAY blooper reel
– Q&A session
– Presentation of gifts to the cast and crew

After party at Ground Zero @ 7pm (food included/cash bar)

SPECIAL NOTE: This is the first festival-qualifying narrative short film made by Clarksdale natives!
Approx. rating: PG-13

View the Trailer

Visit Coop’s website, The Small Town Critic: …shooting bad movies in the kneecap since 2000.

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5th Annual Hambone Festival

Thurs. Oct. 27 – Jam @Ground Zero Blues Club w/Stan Street and the Hambone Band 8pm
Fri. Oct 28 – Eric Hughes @Ground Zero Blues Club 9-1
Sat. Oct 29 – HAMBONE FESTIVAL @ Hambone Gallery noon to 5pm:
Reverend Robert 12-1
Ray Cashman 1-2
Bill “Howl -N- Madd “Perry 2 – 3
Mickey Rodgers 3 – 4
All Night Long Blues Band 4 – 5
Sat. Oct 29 – Ground Zero Blues Club w/Hambone Blues Band, starring Stan Street, 9pm
Sun. Oct 30 – Bloody Mary Sunday @Hambone Gallery 12 – ?
Sun. Oct 30 – Red’s Lounge – tba