Good morning Tupelo! Today is Thursday, February 6, 2020. It is the 37th day of the year. There are 329 days left in the year and 48 days left of winter! Valentine’s Day is in 8 days, and Spring starts in 49 days.
HAPPENING TODAY
Today in Tupelo, here are the things going on around town:
Our Tupelo is having a Valentine’s Day Giveaway — Get a dozen scrumptious cupcakes from Deep South Delicacies just in time for your sweet tooth’s favorite holiday! For rules and how to enter, check out the pinned post on our Facebook page. This giveaway ends at noon on Wednesday 2/12/20.
Storyplay at the Lee County Library in Tupelo is today at 9:30 a.m.. Storyplay is a storytime program featuring songs, rhymes, activities, and books more suitable for the baby to toddler set. Play will be highlighted and embraced during this program and modifications will be presented to accommodate different abilities and age groups.
Tupelo’s Weight Loss Support Group will meet tonight at 6 p.m. This group meets on the first Thursday of each month from 6-7 p.m. at the NMMC Wellness Center, 1030 S. Madison, Tupelo, MS. Please call (662) 377- SLIM (7546) for further information. Weight Loss Support Group meetings are also available to watch online at www.nmhs.net/weight-loss-support-group.
The Oren Dunn City Museum presents Black History Month, honoring Frank Dowsing, a Tupelo Spirit awardee, this evening at 5:30 p.m.. Mr. Dowsing was a remarkable individual who helped ease racial tensions at Tupelo High School and Mississippi State University through his affable personality and his athletic prowess. There will be live music, exhibits, and refreshments.
It’s Board Game Night at Queen’s Reward Meadery! Games are FREE to play and their staff will be on hand to recommend and teach each one, OR you are welcome to bring your own! Event hours are 5 until 8 p.m.. Gypsy Roadside Mobile will be on hand, serving up their menu. Make sure to swing by for dinner, mead, and games!
Event Zona will be hosting ARC of Northeast Mississippi’s Bowling To Achieve Night, and invites you to join them for a great night of family fun. $5.00 includes everything you need for bowling. Disability accessible and adaptive equipment available as well.
The Autism Center of North Mississippi will be hosting The Detectives Comedy Dinner Theatre at the Kingfisher Lodge, at 6 p.m.. Tickets are $50.00 each which includes a sit down dinner, with a Cash Bar. All proceeds benefit the Autism Center of North Mississippi.
MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT
In Tupelo —
Steele’s Dive will have Hannah + Karly at 7 p.m.
Blue Canoe will have The Weeks w/ special guests Lenox Hills at 7 p.m.
Romie’s Grocery will have Tatum Shappley at 6:30 p.m.
Old Venice will have Karaoke with DJ Dayton at 7 p.m.
Woody’s will have Karaoke with DJ – E at 8 p.m.
In New Albany —
The Tallahatchie Gourmet will have Misbehavin’ at 7 p.m.
In Oxford —
Proud Larry’s will have Little Raine Band at 9 p.m.
FOOD TRUCKS
Tupelo’s Food Trucks can be found today at the following locations:
Taquería Ferrus is on West Main beside Computer Universe.
Gypsy Roadside Mobile will be TBA 11:30 until 2 p.m.
Local Mobile will be TBA 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Jo’s Cafe will be TBA 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
If we missed a listing you know of, please let us know!
Want us to know about something coming up? Just tag our Facebook page, or you can even mark us co-host on an event you are having on your Facebook event listing. You can also send us a message on our Facebook page, or shoot us an email at submit@ourtupelo.com and we will help you share it.
Be sure to check out our extended calendar of events as well, for upcoming happenings in the area!
Have a great day and get out there and enjoy Our Tupelo!
* We update all listings periodically as new information becomes available.
If you’d like to become a sponsor of our daily Rundown, please contact joshua.ballard@ourtupelo.com or call 662-260-1498
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