Jacqueline House to mark 15th year

The Jacqueline House African American Museum will celebrate its 15th anniversary with a jazz party on Mother’s Day.

The event is set for 6 to 9 p.m. May 9 at the museum, 1325 Main St.

The museum opened on Mother’s Day in 1995, and was dedicated to the late Jacqueline Robbins Rose, who owned the home.

Call 601-831-1154 for information.

Birds in the wings for event at zoo

The Jackson Zoo will host International Migratory Bird Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

The day will feature Keeper Chats and migratory bird presentations by conservationists.

The zoo, located at 2918 W. Capitol St., is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $8 for adults, $7.20 for ages 65 and older, $5 for ages 12 and younger, and free for ages 2 and younger and Friends of the Zoo. Military and group discounts are available.

Call 601-352-2580 or visit www.jacksonzoo.org.

Tool demo today at Poverty Point

Poverty Point State Historic Site will present a tool demonstration from 1 to 4 this afternoon.

Poverty Point, located in West Carroll Parish, east of Monroe on Louisiana 577, details the culture of area inhabitants from 1600 to 1300 B.C.

Admission is $2 and includes access to the museum, as well as video and tram tours. Children younger than 12 and seniors older than 62 are admitted free.

The phone numbers are 888-926-5492 or 318-926-5492, and the e-mail address is povertypoint@crt.state.la.us.

Tabletop Gardening taught at Extension

Tabletop Gardening will be the title of the next installment in the First Tuesdays Gardening Series.

Donna Beliech, an area horticulture agent with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, will teach the session, set for noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Warren County Extension Office, 1100-C Grove St.

Attendees will learn how to develop an indoor container garden.

Admission is free. Call 601-636-5442.

Pepsi Pops concert set at Ross Barnett

The 29th annual Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s Pepsi Pops concert will be Friday at Ross Barnett Reservoir’s Old Trace Park in Jackson.

Gates will open at 4:30 p.m.

Advance tickets are $12 for adults, $5 for children and free for ages 4 and younger, and are available at Kroger stores, BeBop Records and the MSO office.

Call 601-960-1565 or visit www.msorchestra.com.

Civil War fiction set for signing downtown

A downtown Vicksburg bookstore will host Missouri author Steve Yates June 3.

Yates will read and sign copies of his Civil War fiction novel, “Morkan’s Quarry,” at 5:30 p.m. at Lorelei Books, 1103 Washington St.

For more information, call 601-634-8624 or visit www.loreleibooks.com.

‘Branson On The Road’ swinging by Saenger

The Saenger Theater in Hattiesburg will present “Branson On The Road,” a musical, May 14.

The 7 p.m. show will feature three Branson, Mo., performers including Debbie Horton, the only woman to ever play lead guitar for Johnny Cash; Donnie Wright, a multi-instrument musician; and Brian Capps, a country and rock recording artist. “Branson On The Road” is a regular act on “Midwest Country,” of the RFD-TV network.

Tickets are $12 to $15, and are available by calling 601-584-4888 or by visiting www.hattiesburgsaenger.com or the Saenger box office at 201 Forrest St.

Rare photos set for LSU display

The University Gallery at Louisiana State University at Alexandria will display an exhibit of rare photographs of Central Louisiana churches.

Some 40 black-and-white photos, some on loan from the Louisiana History Museum in Alexandria, will be on display through May 15.

The collection includes sites that no longer exist, including the Jewish synagogue in Alexandria, the original St. James Episcopal and Calvary Baptist churches and Providence Academy Building.

A DVD featuring a much larger collection is available for $20.

Gallery admission is free, and the hours are 8 a.m. to noon weekdays. Call 318-487-8556 for more information.

Bike show, more set in Alexandria

Renegade Harley-Davidson in Alexandria, La., will host Community Day May 15.

The event, set for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., will feature a motorcycle show, local high school JROTC drill team competition, blood pressure checks and live entertainment by Melanie Foreman and Spellbound, as well as a barbecue cook-off where cash prizes will be given.

Admission is free. The Renegade is located at 2030 N. Mall Drive.

Call 318-448-1509 or visit www.renegadehd.com for more information.