News and Happenings Around the Region
- If you happen to be in Baltimore, Md., January 28 – February 3, be sure to pack a fork because it’s restaurant week. Get ready to sample some of the best food that the city has to offer.
- This Saturday, January 26, is the 11th Annual Kumquat Festival in Dade City, Fla. This event includes a farmer’s market, arts and crafts show and, of course, kumquat dishes.
- Any Blues fans out there? If so, you don’t want to miss the 2008 International Blues Challenge Contest in Memphis, Tenn. The event features over 160 acts from around the world performing in different venues along Beale Street.
- Mardi Gras has gone to the dogs – literally. Join the Krewe of Arfeous Dog as they parade through the Village of Baytowne Wharf in Sandestin, Fla.
- Learn about eagles at the 4th Annual Reelfoot Lake Eagle Festival, Feb. 1-3, in Reelfoot Lake, Tenn.
- Hear the best of the best storytellers at the Pike Piddlers Storytelling Festival in Troy, Ala., on January 26.
- On February 9, 14, and 16, James River Plantation Valentine’s Progressive Candlelight Tour & Dinner includes tours of Piney Grove’s historic buildings and a candlelit 4-course dinner in Williamsburg, Va.
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