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Visitors Guide for Events
March 2012
Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Byway Area
Madison, Jersey & Calhoun Counties, Illinois |
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We regularly update this
calendar to provide you with up to date information on a
variety of events that take place in the Meeting of the
Great Rivers Scenic Byway Area. Changes are made when we
gather more information or when we learn of an event. If you
know of an event that you would like to see posted contact
the webmaster. We hope you enjoy
the events you choose to attend. |
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MAPLE SYRUP MAKING
Kampsville, IL |
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February through mid-March
8
am. to 5 pm, check website for schedule
McCully Heritage Project,
south of Kampsville, Illinois off of Highway 100
The
McCully Heritage Project will be tapping maple trees and making maple syrup
beginning in February through mid-March. Once the sap starts flowing, they
will be cooking every 2nd or 3rd day, over an open campfire, just outside
the McCully Heritage Project pavilion. Scheduling of this event is
completely weather dependent. Check the MHP homepage at
www.mccullyheritage.org or
“like” us on Facebook for updates on the schedule or to find out when the
sap is cooking. The public is invited to participate, and to learn about how
trees are tapped and sap is collected and turned into maple syrup.
Free
For more information call
618-653-4687 |
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BALD EAGLE
VIEWING PROGRAMS
Pere Marquette
State Park
Grafton, IL |
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Selected days during March, 2012
8:30 am
Visitor Center
A video presentation is followed by an observational drive. Dress warm
and have a full tank of gas. Binoculars are recommended.
Free, reservations required
For more information call 618-786-3323 |
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SIUE ANTIQUES SHOW
AND SALE
Edwardsville, IL |
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March 9 - March 10, 2012
Friday: 5 am - 9 pm; Early Bird 3 pm
Saturday: 9 am - 5 pm
Student Fitness Center, 636 Hairpin Drive, SIUE Campus
This
annual Antique Show and Sale feature over 80 antique dealers who display and
sell furniture, china, glass, dolls, jewelry, silver, books, primitives,
pottery, tools, clocks, porcelain, paper items, quilts, linens and country
items. The event benefits the SIUE Lovejoy Library.
Admission
For more information call 618-650-2730 |
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ART EXHIBIT
Alton, IL |
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March 16 - April 15, 2012
Tues. - Sat hours are 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday hours: 12 pm - 4 pm
Jacoby Arts Center, 627 E. Broadway
Material Attraction: Diverse Reactions is a curated
invitational ceramics exhibition, featuring regional clay artists from the
Southern Illinois metro-east and St. Louis area. The invited artists'
techniques, materials, scale and interpretations represent diverse
approaches to the material. Included in the exhibition will be mixed media
works, figurative and abstract sculpture, functional pots and tile pieces.
Free
For more information call 618-462-5222 |
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GARRISON WEEKEND
Hartford, IL |
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March 17 - March 18, 2012
10 am - 4 pm both days
Lewis & Clark State Historic
Site
Come
and watch on Saturday as the Detachment participates in living history at this replica winter
camp and portrays early 19th century army life. On Sunday visitors can
observe what it was like for frontier women as they
cook over an open fire, sew their family's
garments, make candles at the early 1800s American Bottom Cabin.
Free
For more information call 618-251-5811 |
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SPRING EQUINOX
SUNRISE OBSERVANCE
Cahokia Mounds
State Historic Site
Collinsville, IL |
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Sunday, March 18, 2012
Arrive by 6:35 am
Collinsville Road
Observe the spring equinox sunrise and learn of the discovery, form and
function of an ancient post circle called Woodhenge that was used as a
solar calendar by the Cahokians. No ceremony or ritual is presented.
Woodhenge is located 1/2 mile west of Monks Mound and the main entrance to
the site.
Free
For more information call 618-346-5160 |
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CHALLENGE OF
THE BLUFFS RUN
Alton, IL |
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Saturday, March 31, 2012
Registration begins at 7 am; run begins at 8 am; walk begins at 8:15 am
3rd & Belle Streets
This annual event features a 5-mile run up and
down the hilly and scenic Streets of Alton’s historic Christian Hill
district and a 2-mile competitive walk to Riverview Park and back.
Participants receive a T-shirt and a goody bag provided by area vendors.
Prizes and awards to various classes.
Entry Fee
For more information call 618-463-1016
or visit
http://www.altonmarketplace.com/events.cfm |
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This Calendar of Events provides listings free of
charge for events that are of interest to visitors to the area and that are
organized or sponsored by Non-Profit or community based organizations. To have
your event listed here contact the webmaster. We
reserve the right to limit content. We also willing to provide a web page free
of charge for these types of events to provide more details for our readers.
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