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Several area restaurants closing citing lack of workers, high food cost
PADUCAH — Two popular local restaurants — The Farm in La Center, and Fristoe’s Restaurant in Hickory — will close their doors for good on Saturday. The news comes after Rocket Fired Pizza in Paducah closed and as MLC’s Family Restaurant at Southern Pride Truck Stop off Interstate 24 Exit 16 is scheduled to close in mid-September.
Jazz festival scheduled in Cairo
The Harold S. Jones Fine Arts Center in Cairo announces plans for the fifth annual Smooth Jazz on the River Festival. The two-day celebration of music, community and culture is planned Sept. 1-2 at Fort Defiance State Park in Cairo. Festival hours are scheduled from noon to 10 p.m. each day. Admission is free.
Casinos always look more glamorous in the movies
There’s rarely a tuxedo to be seen in your average American casino. The ones a long way from Vegas have a distinctly down market air. The first few I visited on the Ohio River or the Gulf Coast reinforced the working class folks with a gambling problem, bored and/or addicted senior citizens and the like.
Walter Parks, Folk Musician and Historian, Brings Both Passions to Life at 'Tunes at Twilight' Stage, Fri. Aug. 30th
On this episode of 'Exposition', we speak with 'Tunes at Twilight' musical guest, Walter Parks. He'll play at the Ivers Square Gazebo in Downtown Cape Girardeau, Fri. Aug. 30th at 6:30 p.m. Bio:. Walter Parks is both entertaining and educational, presenting historical music, original music, and stories that preface songs...
Star Wars Rebels actor announced for Cape Con 2024
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Cape Events has announced that a voice actor from Star Wars Rebels will be coming to Cape Con 2024 in November. Cape Events shared on Facebook that Vanessa Marshall will be attending the three-day event at the Show Me Center. Marshall is known for voicing starship captain Hera Syndulla on the animated series, “Star Wars Rebels.”
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