March 29 • 8am

Run through the campus of Mississippi University for Women, past all the spectacular homes at their most beautiful and continue on the newly completed River Walk. The start and finish will be at the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center.

For more information www.RunCycleGTR.org

March 27 & April 3 • 11am - 1pm

Local artists performing at the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center. Sponsored by Main Street Columbus. 300 Main Street.

March 29 • 9am-3pm
300 Main Street

Enjoy living history, handmade art, and art for sale in the area surrounding the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center.

March 29 • 2pm
Columbus Lowndes Public Library
314 7th Street North

Featuring the recent work by Tom Wilburn entitled The Tales of Tom Wilburn. Free and open to the public. Also, please view the archives of the Billups-Garth Archival Room.

March 29 & April 5 • 12-1pm
4th Street South

Galaxy Garden Club will conduct tours of Friendship Cemetery. The tours will include the monuments and the antique magnolia trees. Free and open to the public.

EVENING PERFORMANCES
March 25 & April 1
5:00 - 6:30pm
(last tour begins at 6:00pm)

MSMS Jazz Cabaret performances in the Trotter Convention Center Courtyard at 6:00pm

AFTERNOON PERFORMANCES
March 28 & April 4
12:00 - 2:00pm
(last tour begins at 1:30pm)

Musical entertainment by the MSMS Guitar Ensemble at the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center.

Tours begin at the Welcome Center 300 Main Street

"Free-living" walking tours are guided by Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science students in period costumes and feature a retelling of the historic, economic, and political history of Lowndes County from 1874-1934 through superb recreations of period activity. The presentations are accented by street musicians and special performances by the MSMS Jazz Cabaret and Guitar Ensemble.

Historic Blocks of Columbus is researched and performed by MSMS students and was a finalist n the 2006 History Channel "Save Our History" program.

March 26, 28 & 31, April 2 & 4 • 7-10pm
(Please arrive no later than 9:30pm)
Friendship Cemetery
4th Street South

This graveyard tour promises to be a memorable experience for lovers of history and drama, for it is a combination of both. Tales from the Crypt recreates the lives of noted local personalities interred at the historic Friendship Cemetery, site of the Confederate Decoration Day that inspired the poem, "The Blue and the Gray."

Each year, a series of vignettes feature prominent local citizens who contributed to the history of the city and state. Among those who are candidates for research and portrayal in the vignettes are five Confederate States of America army generals, two former governors of Mississippi, merchants, lawmakers, authors and more.

Tales from the Crypt is an award-winning project of history students from the Columbus-based Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, winning the 2005 Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts and a National Finalist for the Save Our History Classroom Award. The students select, research and portray the characters who comprise "Tales." We are very grateful to the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library for their assistance and dedication in aiding the research. Performances are available during Pilgrimage only. A treat for the entire family! Tickets: $1 for students & $2 for non-students

March 28-29 • 9am until
March 30 • Noon until
April 4-5 • 9am until
Welcome Center
300 Main Street

$5 per person

March 24 • 6pm
Rosenzweig Arts Center
501 Main Street

Entertainment and Food

March 29 & April 5
Lincoln Home B&B (circa 1833)
714 3rd Ave South

Tour the preservation award-winning home and gardens and enjoy lunch catered by Front Door/Back Door Restaurant. Reservations required, call 662-574-4275 or 800-920-3533

April 3 • 5pm
Columbus Lowndes Public Library
314 7th Street North

Featuring the recent novel by Deborah Johnson entitled The Air Between Us. Free and open to the public.

“Deborah Johnson performs a sly, entertaining dissection… [she] offers a colorful, well-drawn story…languid though purposeful…this enjoyable story evokes a world once hidden in plain sight, and the inevitability of its end.”
The Washington Post, January 8, 2008

The Possum Town Quilters will sponsor a quilt display and raffle during Pilgrimage. Quilts may be seen at the Welcome Center and Artisan's Alley.