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“Bah! Humbug!”, a musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale “A Christmas Carol," will come to the Tinnin Fine Arts Center and local schools as part of the Patrons of the Arts 2014-15 season. The show will be performed at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center in Poplar Bluff on Sunday, Nov. 16, at 2 p.m, and schools across the region Nov. 10-12. Admission is $5 per person for all ages at the Tinnin Center, while the shows hosted by schools are provided to students at no charge. “We’re very grateful to have the Imaginary Theatre Company back for the third year to perform their delightful children’s shows,” said Tim Thompson, Director of the Tinnin Fine Arts Center. “Their adaptations take

Three Rivers College’s Music Department will host its Annual Music Technology Day on Nov. 13, 2014, in the Tinnin Fine Arts Center on the college’s Poplar Bluff campus. The event will feature a day of music technology master classes for college, high school and junior high music students, followed by an evening concert by area jazz groups. “This annual event brings many area music students and top-notch educators to our campus to both improve and display their talents,” said William White, Band Director at Three Rivers College. “The evening concert in particular features some of the finest jazz performers in the region.” The concert is open to the public and will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Tinnin Fine Arts

Center Stage, Three Rivers College's theater company, will present a production of "Marvin's Room" by Scott McPherson on October 17 & 18 at 7 p.m. and October 19 at 2 p.m at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center in Poplar Bluff. Tickets are $10, or $5 with a valid Three Rivers student ID. "Marvin's Room" is the story of two women, Bessie and Lee, torn apart by their differences and brought back together by their father's debilitating illness. While Bessie is devoted to caring for her bedridden father, her wild-spirited sister has spent years running from her responsibilities. But when Bessie needs her sister's help for a life-threatening illness of her own, the two are forced back together in a confrontation

When I was growing up in Southeast Missouri, there were no cultural events to attend. If one wanted to see a concert, stage play, and certainly something as unique as a ballet, travel as far as St. Louis or Memphis was in order. Once I moved away to college, I understood what a huge disadvantage that was for me. In order to be truly educated, one must have some background in the arts. Thankfully, that is changing. In Poplar Bluff, that change has, in large part, been brought about by Three Rivers College's building of the Tinnin Fine Arts Building in 1997 and the more recent productions sponsored by the Patrons of the Arts Society. Since its inception, the Patrons

Kim Musser's artwork is on display at the Tinnin Fine Arts Gallery on the campus of Three Rivers College from August 11 - 28, 2014. An artist meet-and-greet has been scheduled for August 21, from 6pm to 7pm. The centerfold of the SEMO TIMES August 21, 2014, issue features the work of Kim Musser.