Calendar

Art Exhibit – Plein Air Artists @ West Plains Civic Center Gallery

May 7 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

2nd Annual CASA Blue Dress Run-Walk

May 7 @ 10:00 am

Choose from a 5K Run/Walk or 1-mile Fun Run/Walk. The run will start at Wages Brewing Company, East Towne Village, 1382 Bill Virdon Blvd. Register between 8-9:30 a.m. at East Towne Village or pre-register by April 29 at the CASA office, 101 Washington Ave., West Plains. Entry fees vary according to age, individual or group, and which event you’re participating in with all proceeds going to 37^th Judicial District CASA. Call CASA office, 417-255-2100, for additional information. Wear blue, be silly, and have fun for a great cause! Trophies for best dressed and team with most participants.

Annual Photography Show Competition @ Harlin Museum @ Harlin Museum

May 7 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Entry dates April 29 and 30. Show is free to the public for viewing. For information about entry fees for submissions, visit Harlin Museum.com.

Live Music – Anthony Garner @ Wages Brewing Co.

May 7 @ 7:00 pm

Karaoke @ Twin Bridges Bar and Grill

May 7 @ 8:00 pm

Art Exhibit – Plein Air Artists @ West Plains Civic Center Gallery

May 8 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Annual Photography Show Competition @ Harlin Museum @ Harlin Museum

May 8 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Entry dates April 29 and 30. Show is free to the public for viewing. For information about entry fees for submissions, visit Harlin Museum.com.

Art Exhibit – Plein Air Artists @ West Plains Civic Center Gallery

May 9 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Karen Pitts – Art Exhibit @ Ozarks Small Business Incubator

May 9 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Art Exhibit – Plein Air Artists @ West Plains Civic Center Gallery

May 10 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Karen Pitts – Art Exhibit @ Ozarks Small Business Incubator

May 10 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Movie Night – The Little Rascals @ West Plains Civic Center

May 10 @ 6:30 pm

Art Exhibit – Plein Air Artists @ West Plains Civic Center Gallery

May 11 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Karen Pitts – Art Exhibit @ Ozarks Small Business Incubator

May 11 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Art Exhibit – Plein Air Artists @ West Plains Civic Center Gallery

May 12 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Karen Pitts – Art Exhibit @ Ozarks Small Business Incubator

May 12 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Annual Photography Show Competition @ Harlin Museum @ Harlin Museum

May 12 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Entry dates April 29 and 30. Show is free to the public for viewing. For information about entry fees for submissions, visit Harlin Museum.com.

Live Music – Damon Mitchell @ Wages Brewing Co.

May 12 @ 7:00 pm

Art Exhibit – Plein Air Artists @ West Plains Civic Center Gallery

May 13 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Karen Pitts – Art Exhibit @ Ozarks Small Business Incubator

May 13 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Spring Tractor Show and Tractor Pull @ Ozarks Older Iron Club

May 13 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 pm

OOIC is please to bring to you once again our Spring Tractor Show and Tractor Pull. This is a great event to bring the whole family to. We have something for everyone to see. Antique Tractors, Farm Equipment, Gas Engines, Steam Engines, Saw Milling, Buzz Sawing, Barrel Stave Sawing, Blacksmithing, Rock Crushing, Horse Drawn Equipment, Corn Shelling and Grinding, Kids Pedal Tractor Pull, Swap Meet, Antique and Classic Cars, Historical Display Cases, Weavers, Looms and the Farm House with Displays and the Ladies showing off the looms.

Tractor Parade at 11am both days.

Tractor Pulls
Friday @ 5pm Weigh in @ 2pm
Antique Farm Stock 1938 & older
Classic Farm Stock 1939 to 1959

Saturday @ 3pm Weigh in @ Noon
Classic Non Farm Stock upto 1959
New Generation 1960 to 30 yrs old
100hp & 10,000lbs

Junior Member Pulls will pull at the Start of each Regular Pull. Juniors Members must be 6 years old and pass a safety course in order to pull. Feel free to ask the Track Workers for more information.

Lawn Tractor Pull by Tight Wad Pullers
Saturday 1pm to 3pm
For Information contact Brent Miller
417-543-0098

Featured Tractor is Ford
Featured Gas Engine is Sparta

Raffle Tractor is a Ford 4000

Concession Stand will be open at 10 am both days. Great food, and offering homemade pies, cakes and cookies.

The Facilities are Handicap accessible, and we will have Chauffeured golf carts for those that need extra help getting around.

We have limited primitive camping and RV parking available.

And the most important information of all FREE ADMISSION and FREE PARKING. So bring the whole family.

We are a Non-profit organization and donations are welcome. We have painted milk cans around the museum and cook shack areas for donations.

We are looking forward to a great show. This is a rain or shine show folks. We will be here and enjoying a great time of fun and fellowship doing what we love to do. Show off old stuff.

If you have a tractor or a demonstration, please bring it along and join us in showing folks what all of the old stuff was like.

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Annual Photography Show Competition @ Harlin Museum @ Harlin Museum

May 13 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Entry dates April 29 and 30. Show is free to the public for viewing. For information about entry fees for submissions, visit Harlin Museum.com.

West Plains Chamber of Commerce Caddyshack Classic Golf Tournament @ West Plains Country Club

May 13 @ 12:00 pm

Contact West Plains Chamber of Commerce, 417-256-4433, for additional information.

Live Music – Don Joy and Melanie Lynn @ West Plains Senior Center

May 13 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Country music recording artists Don Joy and Melanie Lynn in concert. Open to all ages. $6 admission per person.

Rodeo – JBR Rodeo Co. @ JBR Arena

May 13 @ 7:00 pm

For details: https://www.facebook.com/JBRRODEOCO

Art Exhibit – Plein Air Artists @ West Plains Civic Center Gallery

May 14 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Spring Tractor Show and Tractor Pull @ Ozarks Older Iron Club

May 14 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 pm

OOIC is please to bring to you once again our Spring Tractor Show and Tractor Pull. This is a great event to bring the whole family to. We have something for everyone to see. Antique Tractors, Farm Equipment, Gas Engines, Steam Engines, Saw Milling, Buzz Sawing, Barrel Stave Sawing, Blacksmithing, Rock Crushing, Horse Drawn Equipment, Corn Shelling and Grinding, Kids Pedal Tractor Pull, Swap Meet, Antique and Classic Cars, Historical Display Cases, Weavers, Looms and the Farm House with Displays and the Ladies showing off the looms.

Tractor Parade at 11am both days.

Tractor Pulls
Friday @ 5pm Weigh in @ 2pm
Antique Farm Stock 1938 & older
Classic Farm Stock 1939 to 1959

Saturday @ 3pm Weigh in @ Noon
Classic Non Farm Stock upto 1959
New Generation 1960 to 30 yrs old
100hp & 10,000lbs

Junior Member Pulls will pull at the Start of each Regular Pull. Juniors Members must be 6 years old and pass a safety course in order to pull. Feel free to ask the Track Workers for more information.

Lawn Tractor Pull by Tight Wad Pullers
Saturday 1pm to 3pm
For Information contact Brent Miller
417-543-0098

Featured Tractor is Ford
Featured Gas Engine is Sparta

Raffle Tractor is a Ford 4000

Concession Stand will be open at 10 am both days. Great food, and offering homemade pies, cakes and cookies.

The Facilities are Handicap accessible, and we will have Chauffeured golf carts for those that need extra help getting around.

We have limited primitive camping and RV parking available.

And the most important information of all FREE ADMISSION and FREE PARKING. So bring the whole family.

We are a Non-profit organization and donations are welcome. We have painted milk cans around the museum and cook shack areas for donations.

We are looking forward to a great show. This is a rain or shine show folks. We will be here and enjoying a great time of fun and fellowship doing what we love to do. Show off old stuff.

If you have a tractor or a demonstration, please bring it along and join us in showing folks what all of the old stuff was like.

See less

Annual Photography Show Competition @ Harlin Museum @ Harlin Museum

May 14 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Entry dates April 29 and 30. Show is free to the public for viewing. For information about entry fees for submissions, visit Harlin Museum.com.

Meet the Artists – Plein Air Exhibit @ West Plains Civic Center Gallery

May 14 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Artists: Kathe Altazan, Lee Copen, Janey Hale, Michael McClure, Rhonda Richter, Joyce Stewart, and Cindy Temple.

Sponsored by the West Plains Civic Center and the West Plains Council on the Arts. The Exhibition is May 7 – June 18.

Music – Drum Medicine with Eric Scott Rosseau @ The Yellow House

May 14 @ 7:00 pm

Weekly Racing – All Classes @ Legit Speedway Park

May 14 @ 7:00 pm

Gates open 5:30 p.m.
Hot Laps at 6:30 p.m.
Racing starts at 7 p.m.

Live Music – Shared Sychosis @ Twin Bridges Bar and Grill

May 14 @ 8:00 pm

Art Exhibit – Plein Air Artists @ West Plains Civic Center Gallery

May 15 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Annual Photography Show Competition @ Harlin Museum @ Harlin Museum

May 15 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Entry dates April 29 and 30. Show is free to the public for viewing. For information about entry fees for submissions, visit Harlin Museum.com.

Art Exhibit – Plein Air Artists @ West Plains Civic Center Gallery

May 16 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Karen Pitts – Art Exhibit @ Ozarks Small Business Incubator

May 16 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Art Exhibit – Plein Air Artists @ West Plains Civic Center Gallery

May 17 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Karen Pitts – Art Exhibit @ Ozarks Small Business Incubator

May 17 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Art Exhibit – Plein Air Artists @ West Plains Civic Center Gallery

May 18 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Karen Pitts – Art Exhibit @ Ozarks Small Business Incubator

May 18 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

MSU-WP Grizzly Softball Camp @ Richards Sports Complex

May 18 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

The coaching staff of the Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) Grizzly Softball team will host a skills camp May 18-20 at the Richards Sports Complex, 3411 Division Dr., in West Plains. The camp will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. each day.

Head Coach Don Long, Assistant Coach Amy Marshall and Team Coordinator Ashley Cooley invite current and prospective MSU-WP students, as well as 2022-2023 area high school juniors and seniors to participate.

Pre-registration is required. Those who register by May 11 will pay a discounted camp fee. Those who register after May 11 will be charged the full camp fee.

Registration forms can be accessed on the Grizzly Athletics Summer Camps web page, MSUWPGrizzlies.com/Camps/Summer_Camps_2022.

For more information about the camp, contact Long at 417-372-1368, Marshall at 417-274-3394 or Cooley at 417-293-4146.

Art Exhibit – Plein Air Artists @ West Plains Civic Center Gallery

May 19 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Karen Pitts – Art Exhibit @ Ozarks Small Business Incubator

May 19 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Annual Photography Show Competition @ Harlin Museum @ Harlin Museum

May 19 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Entry dates April 29 and 30. Show is free to the public for viewing. For information about entry fees for submissions, visit Harlin Museum.com.

MSU-WP Grizzly Softball Camp @ Richards Sports Complex

May 19 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

The coaching staff of the Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) Grizzly Softball team will host a skills camp May 18-20 at the Richards Sports Complex, 3411 Division Dr., in West Plains. The camp will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. each day.

Head Coach Don Long, Assistant Coach Amy Marshall and Team Coordinator Ashley Cooley invite current and prospective MSU-WP students, as well as 2022-2023 area high school juniors and seniors to participate.

Pre-registration is required. Those who register by May 11 will pay a discounted camp fee. Those who register after May 11 will be charged the full camp fee.

Registration forms can be accessed on the Grizzly Athletics Summer Camps web page, MSUWPGrizzlies.com/Camps/Summer_Camps_2022.

For more information about the camp, contact Long at 417-372-1368, Marshall at 417-274-3394 or Cooley at 417-293-4146.

Dave Malone Book Signing @ Wages Brewing Co.

May 19 @ 6:00 pm

MSU-WP Lifeguard Course @ West Plains Civic Center

May 20 – May 21 all-day

The Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) University/Community Programs (U/CP) Department will host three lifeguard courses this spring at the West Plains Civic Center.

The classes are for those who would like to work at the West Plains Civic Center indoor pool or the City of West Plains’ outdoor aquatic center.

The courses are set for May 20-21, May 22-23 and May 24-25. They are part of the Jeff Ellis and Associates International Lifeguard Training Program (ILTP).

Candidates must pass a written exam with a score of 80 percent or higher, pass individual technical performance exams and pass simulation practical exams to qualify for licensing.

The first 12 students to register for each session will be accepted. Students must be 16 years of age by May 31 to take the classes.

MSU-WP Aquatics and Wellness Coordinator Keri Elrod said this is a great opportunity for area residents who may be interested in a part time job at the local pools to obtain the required ILTP certification.

For more information or to register, call the U/CP office at 417-255-7966.

Art Exhibit – Plein Air Artists @ West Plains Civic Center Gallery

May 20 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Karen Pitts – Art Exhibit @ Ozarks Small Business Incubator

May 20 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Annual Photography Show Competition @ Harlin Museum @ Harlin Museum

May 20 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Entry dates April 29 and 30. Show is free to the public for viewing. For information about entry fees for submissions, visit Harlin Museum.com.

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