Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Food, vendors, bikes, and Redneck games will top the list of activities this weekend at the Alamo Mission Museum (AMM). The event will begin on Friday night, November 17, and continue all day Saturday, November 18.

Experience The Soldier’s Tale, more than a concert

Details: Category: Arts & Entertainment; Published on Tuesday, 14 November 2017 18:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Experience The Soldier’s Tale, a timeless musical fable about man’s competing potentials for strength and weakness, at 3 p.m. Sunday, November 19 in the Mount Vernon Music (MVM) Hall at 402 Leftwich St.

Variety show planned as United Way fund raiser

Details: Category: Arts & Entertainment; Published on Friday, 03 November 2017 20:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

A “Seriously Funny Variety Show” is in the planning stages as a fund raiser for the United Way of Franklin County (UWFC).

Variety show planned as United Way fund raiser

Details: Category: Arts & Entertainment; Published on Saturday, 11 November 2017 20:00; Written by Super User

Board members with the United Way of Franklin County (UWFC) are polishing their acts for a “Seriously Funny Variety Show.”

Miss, Mister Merry Christmas Pageant set for November 18

Details: Category: Arts & Entertainment; Published on Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

A Miss and Mister Merry Christmas Pageant is being planned for Saturday, November 18 and will include a variety of age categories for both male and female contestants.

Reception for St. John works Friday

Details: Category: Arts & Entertainment; Published on Thursday, 09 November 2017 12:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Members of the Franklin County Arts Alliance will be hosts for a reception at the Cultural Arts Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, November 10.

Everyone welcome at Fall Family Fun Fest

Details: Category: Arts & Entertainment; Published on Friday, 27 October 2017 09:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

A Fall Family Fun Fest will be this Saturday, October 28, with lots of free activities at the First United Methodist Church (FUMC) on Hwy. 37 across from Mount Vernon ISD.

Wortham to discuss novels at library

Details: Category: Arts & Entertainment; Published on Tuesday, 07 November 2017 09:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Author Reavis Z. Wortham will provide an evening of entertainment at the Franklin County Library at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 14.

Franklin Follies

Details: Category: Arts & Entertainment; Published on Thursday, 26 October 2017 12:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Gail Reed and Cody Rushing sing a duet during the 2017 Franklin Follies production of Blind Justice. The pair filled the roles of defense and prosecuting attorneys for a variety of cases brought before a blind judge portrayed by Cade Hohenberger.