If you’d like to get all of your Christmas shopping done at once and help a lot of people in the process, I’ve got the place.
 

It’s not the biggest, but it’s one of the best.
 

You’ll find dozens of artists, plenty of fun and picturesque scenery this weekend if you join the 50 Miles of Art studio tour.

Blue grass music will be performed at the Pike County Senior Center, 220 W. Adams St., in Pittsfield, Ill., from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7.

The Swinkey Corn Maze will be open for its last weekend from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, from noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. Admission to the maze is $5 during the day and $6 at night.

Smiles wreathed the faces of many of the more than 700 children at the Hannibal Police Department’s Halloween party Saturday night, as the youngsters repeatedly went through the “haunted maze” and took part in other events.

The 37th Annual BLP Holiday Gift Show is planned for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 at Palmyra High School, 1723 South Main, Palmyra. Admission is $2 per person. Children under the age of 5 are free.

Hannibal-LaGrange College’s annual homecoming will be Nov. 6 and 7.  The college plans to celebrate the event with the theme of “Traditions: Connecting One Generation to Another.”

The Hannibal Arts Council Inaugural Exhibit at the new 105 S. Main St., location is set to open on today, Oct. 30, with a Hannibal Area Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting at 4:30 p.m. and opening reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

During the month of November, as part of the Art in Public Spaces program, the works of Hannibal artist Renee Healy will be on display at the Hannibal National Bank, the works of Hannibal artist Kimberly Shinn will be on display at the Hannibal Free Public Library, and the works of Louisiana artist Cindy Logan will be on display in the lobby of the Hannibal Clinic.