Auditions held for 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

SIKESTON, Mo. -- The Sikeston Little Theatre will hold auditions for "To Kill a Mockingbird" Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday. The theater needs actors of all ages and has three large roles for children ages 9 to 14. Auditions will be at 4:30 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the Albritton-Mayer Cultural Center, 506 S. Kingshighway in Sikeston. The play will run Nov. 11 to 14. Carrie Yanson and Mike Marsh will be directing. For more information, leave a message at 573-481-0255 or call Marsh at 573-471-7626.

Entries accepted for Bootheel art show

SIKESTON, Mo. -- The Sikeston Depot Museum will host the 26th annual Bootheel Regional Judged Art Show. Artists 18 and older living within 75 miles of Sikeston may submit up to three original works. The fee is $10 per piece or $25 for three. Art, including frame, can be no larger than 48 inches. Deliver framed, wired pieces between 1 and 4 p.m. Saturday or Sunday. Art will be judged Monday and displayed in September and October at the Sikeston Depot Museum. Awards and prizes will be given for portrait, landscape, animal/wildlife, still life, floral, abstract and 3-D. For more information, call 573-481-9967 or e-mail depotmuseum@sbcglobal.net.

-- From staff reports