Community Calendar

This month’s Charity Pub Quiz benefits MedCamps, a great charity that serves children with various illnesses/disabilities.
The Pub Quiz is a trivia contest that involves teams of folks who enjoy having fun for a good cause. Each month’s quiz benefits a different charity.

This 4-hour hands-on training is designed for small business owners and entrepreneurs who want to harness artificial intelligence to streamline operations, increase productivity, and create marketing and operational efficiencies. Geared toward beginners and intermediate users, this course demystifies AI and provides immediately applicable skills using accessible, low-cost tools.

Union Museum of History and Art will hold a bus tour of Union Parish historic sites and other points of interest on Saturday, April 18 , from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The fee of $40 will include lunch. The tour will begin in Farmerville at the museum, 211 N. Main Street, and continue to Bernice, Spearsville, Marion, and Haile. The 24-passenger tour bus will be provided by First Baptist Church in Farmerville. “Like last year's event, this will be an exciting opportunity to not only share historical facts with locals, but also introduce high points to newcomers,” says Vickie Wheelis, museum director. Local mayors, the Bernice Historical Society, Reeves Memorial Medical Center, and Spearsville Baptist Church will assist in the project.
Interested persons should call the museum at 318-982-8020 or email at unionmuseum@gmail.com by April 8.
Special thanks to Union General Hospital and to Reeves Memorial Medical Center for sponsoring this event.

Friends of Black Bayou hosts a free community event celebrating Earth Day, including the Louisiana Plein Air contest, a ribbon-cutting for the new Snake Room in the Conservation Learning Center (at noon), a nature walk, and more!

Join Catholic Charities of North Louisiana for a fun, family-friendly evening of doing good! Enjoy a pig roast prepared by the Knights of Columbus, live music from Tommy Fields and Mary Honeycutt, a kid's zone, a raffle, and more. All proceeds raised from Pigs & A Blanket directly support our work in Northeast Louisiana.

We will provide seating and blankets for all guests. No matter if you choose a seat or a blanket, you will be able to enjoy the live music and beautiful scenery Layton Castle provides.

The popular Master Gardeners Spring Plant Sale !
All kinds of beautiful blooming plants, perennials, annuals & unique special plants from Master Gardeners home collections. Don’t miss this event! Everyone anticipates this sale each year! Do not miss it! 8 - 1 Cash or check only!

A variety of plants will be available for sale from local nurseries and growers!

Community Prayer Breakfast sponsored by the Ruston Kiwanis Club
Theme: God's people are meant to live together in community and that togetherness begins with Jesus.
Doors open at 6:30 AM. Vendors will provide a variety of food, coffee and water free. Program begins at 7:00 AM. Key note speaker and other speakers to be announced in the near future.
Tickets are $10.00 each and sponsorships may be purchased from Ruston Kiwanis Members.
Event benefits multiple children's organizations in Lincoln Parish.

Come meet your new favorite author at the fourth annual exposition of area independent writers, featuring book signings and author spotlight readings.

Fun trivia quiz for a different charity each month, every 2nd Monday. Play fun game in teams of up to 8 people. Charities include Johnny Robinson Boys Home, MedCamps, St. Francis Foundation, Renewal Center, etc.