Link Centre

SOUNDS OF SANCTUARY
2018-12-13 19:00 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | Concert Hall
SOUNDS OF SANCTUARY
Trio of musicians plan for Christmas concert to benefit hospice
One of the special ways to celebrate the holiday season at Link Centre over the next few weeks: At 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, the benevolent trio will take the stage in the Link Centre Concert Hall to offer an evening of Christmas music for a good cause. Also on the program will be guest vocalist Lance Moore of Paid in Full and his son, Jake, both from New Albany.
Article from Daily Journal

West of Shake Rag
2018-12-08 19:30 - 21:00, 2018-11-10 19:30 - 21:00 | Black Box Theatre
Family friendly, live comedy. Bring the whole clan!
FREE popcorn! (Yeah, you heard that right. FREE!!!)
Tickets $5 at the door.
Show starts at 7:30PM!

West of Shake Rag's Annual Christmas Show
2018-12-08 07:30 - 21:30 | Black Box Theatre
West of Shake Rag invites you to join us for our annual holiday improvised show. Free popcorn. Beer and drinks for sale. Admission is $5 cash at the door. KID-FRIENDLY!

Holiday Market 2018
2018-12-01 10:00 - 16:00 | Reception Hall
Link Centre Holiday Market 2018
Featuring Community Entrepreneurs & Craftspeople
Bring the kids to meet Santa at the Holiday Market 2018 “Santa, I Can Explain” Photo Opportunity!
FREE Admisssion.
Fun & Goodies for Everyone!

VENDOR INFO:

Load-in is at 8:30am on Saturday, December 1; all vendors should be set up no later than 9:45am.
Enter on the Douglas St. side of Link Centre; look for Vendor Load In signage
Tables will be provided by Link Centre. If you have any special needs or requests, please note this information on your application in the space provided.
Your signage should fit WITHIN your 4ft or 8ft table space.
Link Centre Table additions: Your product may be accompanied with a small table tent no larger than 8×11.5. All items should be priced with tag or sticker, and include applicable sales tax.
Vendors are responsible for sales transactions (cash and cards). If you need help with setting yourself up to receive credit/debit card payments, let us know! Please bring appropriate cash/change.
Vendors must provide their own table covering and display elements (if applicable).
Products not listed on your application will not be allowed.
Vendors must monitor their own tables at all times.
No electricity access at tables.
No wall-hanging access.
If you have special needs not addressed here, please send questions to linkcentretup@gmail.com.

IMPORTANT: Accepted vendors will be notified by email on November 8th. Once notified of acceptance, you will receive instructions for how to either 1) pay online, or 2) pay in person at the Link Centre Main Office. All vendors accepted to the Holiday Market must confirm participation and submit fees no later than November 15th. Thank you!

If you have photos of your products, please email to: linkcentretup@gmail.com.

Adult Painting Class: Whimsical Landscapes
2018-11-17 10:00 - 12:00
This is a two-hour adults-only class where participants will create their own whimsical landscapes based on the work of contemporary artist Heather Galler. Take into consideration that the images in the promo video were created by third graders. (They look pretty great, huh?) Students will use 18X24 in. medium-weight tagboard with acrylic paints and oil pastels to create their work. The cost is $28 per participant. This fee includes all supplies. Minimum participation of 10 adults is required for class to meet. Students in grades 10-12 are welcome to attend as an adult. Students in grades 6-9 are welcome to attend with a paying adult participant.
Buy Tickets HERE.

Monthly Music Mix - An Evening of Piano with Jason Farnham
2018-11-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Concert Hall
Monthly Music Mix: Jason Farnham
Take Jerry Lee Lewis, add some Victor Borge, Beethoven on steroids, garnish with Schroeder from Peanuts, throw it all in a blender, and what comes out is an unmistakable Jason Farnham show.
Thursday, November 15, 2018, 7:30pm
Link Centre Concert Hall

Tickets:
$12/advance
$15/door
$8/students

Tickets available HERE.

Community Thanksgiving Celebration - Mayor's Outreach Task Force
2018-11-15 13:30 - 15:30 | Link Centre Auditorium, 1800 Main Street, Tupelo, MS, 38801, United States

Tupelo Arts Showcase
2018-11-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Concert Hall
Tupelo Arts Showcase
Tupelo Arts Showcase is a free event that allows the community to experience a diverse selection of art in a casual environment.

Free Arts Integration Workshop for Parents
2018-11-07 13:00 - 14:15
Free Arts Integration Workshop for Parents
This is a FREE workshop for parents who want to use arts integration with their children to enrich, enhance, and strengthen their academic learning.
Tickets Available HERE.

Sessions Open Mic
2018-11-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Black Box Theatre
Sessions Open Mic at Link Centre
Sessions Open Mic welcomes all spoken word artists, singers, musicians, comedians…come out and show us your talent! It’s a great night out with friends, for meeting new people, or date night. Doors (and open mic list) opens at 6:30pm, and show starts at 7pm. Admission: $7 for audience members, $5 if you sign the list to share!

Monthly Music Mix - Mark Adamec & Lyon Chadwick of the Sleeping Bulls
2018-10-19 19:30 - 22:00 | Concert Hall

Robins Street Art Stroll
2018-10-13 10:00 - 14:00 | Robins Street
Robins Street Art Stroll
Coming October 13, 2018…

Adult Painting Class: Van Gogh Irises
2018-10-13 10:00 - 12:00
This is a two-hour adults-only class where participants will create their own garden of irises similar inspired by Van Gogh’s work seen in the beginning of the promo video. Students will use 18X24 in. medium-weight tagboard with acrylic paints and oil pastels to create their work. The cost is $28 per participant. This fee includes all supplies. Minimum participation of 10 adults is required for class to meet. Students in grades 10-12 are welcome to attend as an adult. Students in grades 6-9 are welcome to attend with a paying adult participant.
Buy Tickets HERE.

West of Shake Rag - Halloween show with costume contest!
2018-10-13 07:30 - 21:00 | Black Box Theatre

Tupelo PRIDE 2018
2018-10-06 14:00 - 17:00 | Fair Park
PFLAG Tupelo is proud to sponsor Tupelo PRIDE 2018, a celebration of the LBGTQ community in Tupelo and surrounding communities in northeast Mississippi.

Sign up to volunteer HERE.

Actors Monologue Competition
2018-10-05 07:30 - 21:15 | Black Box Theatre
Actors Monologue Competition
Sponsored by Dead Leaf Productions and Link Centre

Join us for the first installment of our new Actors Monologue Competition. Not only will you get to witness some outstanding performances you’ll also be a judge for the evening! The audience votes for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. 1st place will receive a cash prize.
ATTENTION ACTORS:
Performance entry is open to the public. $15 to sign up. 5 minutes maximum on monologues. Ages 18 & up. You can perform anything you’d like; original piece or from a play/movie. Judging is on performance only. The order will be random and announced at the event. Given this is our first event of this nature we’ll give actors from the Tupelo area first dibs on available spots and then we’ll open it up to out-of-town performers. Otherwise, it’s first come first served on entries. Email deadleafproductions@gmail.com to submit. Let us know what town you’re from and we’ll send you instructions. Spots are limited so don’t wait!
AUDIENCE MEMBERS:
General Admission is $6 per person. Don’t forget that’ll you’ll help pick the winner! Adult content is possible depending on what the performers select.
*Due to limited spots there are no refunds on entry fees for cancellations.
*For anyone interested in a children’s version, we may look into a similar event for them after this one.
See you guys on Oct. 5th! 7:30pm.
Link Centre
1800 West Main Street
Tupelo, MS 38801

Secret Art Show
2018-09-29 20:01 - 22:00 | 320 Court Street, 320 Court Street, Tupelo, MS, 38802, United States
Secret Art Show
Community
Surprise art shows!
Locations announced day of show.
Interested artists, poets, and musicians: must have attended show(s) and please message me here.

Monthly Music Mix - Jazz Night!
2018-09-29 19:30 - 22:00 | Concert Hall
Monthly Music Mix
Jazz Night with Michael Jefry and Breeze

Link Centre favorites Michael Jefry Stevens and Brian “Breeze” Cayolle return to present a Monthly Music Mix Jazz Night featuring music from the 1920s, the golden age of jazz.
Michael Jefry Stevens, piano, and Brian “Breeze” Cayolle, saxophone
Link Centre Concert Hall
7:30pm, Saturday, September 29, 2018
Tickets: $12 in advance, $8 students; $15 at the door

Buy Tickets HERE.

The Thomas Alternative - A Different Christianity with The Gospel of Thomas
2018-09-28 19:30 - 2018-09-29 16:00 | Reception Hall
Register online HERE.

September 28–29, 2018
Tupelo, Mississippi
In 1945 a new gospel was discovered that would alter the way scholars look at gospels, the origins of Christianity, even Jesus himself. The new gospel was identified as the previously known but never found Gospel of Thomas. This Seminar introduces the Gospel of Thomas, examines its vision of Jesus, and asks how Thomas challenges our understanding of the historical Jesus and the story of Christian beginnings.

Program Details
Discovering the Fifth Gospel
Ruben Dupertuis and Stephen J. Patterson
In 1945 an Egyptian farmer made a startling discovery: a collection of ancient Christian texts, mostly lost, now found, including the remarkable Gospel of Thomas—the “fifth gospel.” What is the Gospel of Thomas? How was it discovered? Why has this discovery sent scholars scrambling for answers ever since? Rubén René Dupertuis and Stephen J. Patterson introduce you to the Gospel of Thomas.
Friday evening, 7:30–9 pm
Christianity Beyond the Canon
Rubén René Dupertuis
The familiar notion of the New Testament canon invites us to think of texts that are either “in or out,” “good or bad.” But the range of texts and materials we have from the first few centuries of early Christianity actually paint a picture that is more varied, fluid, and unsettled. In this session, Rubén René Dupertuis will help us contextualize the significance of texts like the Gospel of Thomas.
Saturday, 9:30–10:30 am
Plato’s Gospel: The Theology of the Gospel of Thomas
Stephen Patterson
The Gospel of Thomas has been called a “Gnostic” gospel, a “wisdom” gospel, the “original” gospel, and “heresy.” In this workshop Stephen Patterson clarifies what the Gospel of Thomas is and is not, how it works, and why it has caused so much controversy through the years.
Saturday, 11 am – noon
Question and Answers on Thomas and Christianity Beyond the Canon
Rubén René Dupertuis and Stephen J. Patterson
Patterson and Dupertuis answer your collected questions and lead a discussion of the significance of what you have heard so far.
Saturday, 1:30–2:30 pm
The Fifth Gospel Today: The Wisdom of Jesus Now
Rubén René Dupertuis and Stephen J. Patterson
What difference has the Gospel of Thomas made to the way scholars understand Jesus? Christian origins? Christianity in its first four centuries? Can this collection of sayings make any difference today? Patterson and Dupertuis will lead you in a discussion of the larger issues raised by their talks.
Saturday, 3–4 pm

Sponsor
Southern Progressive Alliance for Exploring Religion (SPAFER) and the Barbara Wendland Foundation, Temple, TX.
Local Contact and Information
All events at:
The Link Centre
Reception Hall
1800 W. Main Street
Tupelo, MS 38801
For local information, contact:
Jim High
highjim@gmail.com
(662) 401-1932

Fees
All Sessions

Individual Rate $75
Pre-registration Rate (extended to Sept 21st) $60
Additional Family Members $50

Single Sessions

Friday Evening Lecture $20
Saturday Morning Workshop $30
Saturday Afternoon Workshop $30

Refunds are available until two weeks before the event if requested in writing, minus a $10 administrative fee. No refunds will be given after that date.

Register online HERE.

INKFEST
2018-09-28 19:00 - 22:00 | Black Box Theatre
InkFest is coming! We are so excited to welcome back last year’s UnSlam Winner, Writeous Soul to do a double feature with Asia Rainey! The closed mic list features an awesome lineup of artists who have become a part of the spoken word family through Sessions Open Mic. Get ready for an amazing night!

After School Art Classes
2018-09-25 16:00 - 17:00
After School Art Classes
Sponsored by Party In The Art Room

Do you have a kiddo interested in after-school art lessons? I’m offering this for the 2018-2019 school year. Sign up anytime.
Here are the details:
$70/month or $280/semester fee includes all supplies and 3 Tuesday classes each month this fall from 4:00-5:00 at The Link Centre in Tupelo. There is a one-time $25 registration fee.
Limited spots available to keep class size manageable for individualized instruction.
This is a creative thinking class. Students will make their own creative decisions after learning about the elements of art and the principles of design. We will use high quality artist papers for the base of the majority of the projects. We will use an array of mediums and other materials to create with the papers. These will include materials that I use in creating my own artwork which are not common to an elementary art classroom. There will be a Memorandum of Understanding for parents to sign covering this concept.
We will have a public art show to celebrate the students and their work on November 27 from 4:00-5:00 (at the last class meeting) at the Link Centre. I will create a digital invite to send to family and friends.
A little about me: I am an award-winning art teacher with work published in Education Week, Arts and Activities Magazine, SchoolArts Magazine, Education Closet’s Arts Ed Lab, ASCD, and more. I am currently taking a break from teaching full-time, but I am already missing time with students. So, I’ve decided to do my very first after-school class.

International Talk Like a Pirate Day
2018-09-19 18:00 - 19:30 | Robins Field
Big news scallywags!! We’ll be joinin’ the festivities of Festival on the Field to better convert more landlubbers to our merry way of thinking! We be changin’ the event venue from Fairpark to Robins field. For the many reasons why check the pic, and yes, the bouncy castle merited extra consideration!

Homeschooler Art Class
2018-09-19 11:00 - 12:00
Party in the Art Room with Amanda Koonlaba offers art classes for homeschoolers at the Link Centre in Tupelo. Classes meet three times a month. Semester tuition is $280. Enrollment costs $25. 10% discount for siblings. All ages are welcome! Sign up at the link for tickets and message Party in the Art Room with questions.

West of Shake Rag Presents “Mister Murdery”!
2018-09-08 19:30 - 21:00 | Black Box Theatre
Find out WHODUNNIT?? this Saturday night at the Link Centre. The Baron has died and there’s a horrible crime (which will undoubtedly be goofy) that’s been committed. The problem is, it’s someone who’s at the party!
Join us for a night full of live improvised comedy at Baron Burnt Sienna’s Manor. Family friendly this round so you can bring the whole gang.

Adult Painting Class: Playful Abstract Portraits
2018-09-01 10:00 - 12:00
This is a two-hour adults-only class where participants will create their own playful abstract portrait similar to the ones in the video images. Students will use 8×10 heavy-weight, mixed-media paper, acrylic paint, ink, stamps, and markers to create their work. The cost is $25 per participant. This fee includes all supplies. Minimum participation of 10 adults is required for class to meet. Students in grades 10-12 are welcome to attend as an adult. Students in grades 6-9 are welcome to attend with a paying adult participant.
Buy Tickets HERE.

Singer/songwriter showcase with Clint Jordan and Mississippi Chris Sharp
2018-08-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Concert Hall
A Mississippi Songwriter Showcase

featuring Mississippi Chris Sharp and Clint Jordan
with opening act Luke Fisher
Link Centre Concert Hall
7:30pm, Saturday, August 18, 2018

Tickets: $12 in advance, $15 at the door
Buy Tickets HERE.

Live at the Link: Clay Mills, The Story Behind His Hit Songs
2018-08-11 10:00 - 16:00 | Concert Hall
Clay Mills – Multi-Platinum, Two-Time Grammy-Nominated, Hit Songwriter, Record Producer, and Publisher – will perform his Stories Behind his Hit Songs in Tupelo, MS
Saturday, August 11, 2018, at 10am.
Join us for Clay Mills at Live at the Link!
Main Event: At 10AM, enjoy Clay’s Story Behind his Hit Songs performance!
Buy Tickets HERE.
Following Clay’s performance, we’ll have a short Q&A to answer your online question submissions. After a lunch break, we’ll offer a Songwriting Mentoring Session with Clay for those who are interested. And we’ll wrap up the day with an opportunity for you to pitch your best song to Clay.
See website below for full details.
An incredible experience not to be missed! If you are a veteran songwriter, new to songwriting, or wish to become a recording artist – or if you simply love good music – come to Live at the Link to hear and learn about the craft of songwriting from Clay Mills. A hit song can change a career!
Link Centre , Concert Hall, 1800 Main St Tupelo, MS 38801
$10 online or $15 at the door.
Tickets are for entry into any or all of the days activities. Each person will need a ticket to get through the door.
Buy tickets HERE.
Full Event Detail Here: http://www.link-centre.org/live-at-the-link/

Thacker Mountain Radio Hour, Pre-Show Dinner and then Performance
2018-08-04 18:00 - 22:00
Performance is FREE and Open to the Public!
Before the FREE live performance and recording of the Thacker Mountain Radio Hour, enjoy a pre-show dinner Tex-Mex style in the Link Centre Reception Hall. Dinner tickets are $25 each and include one free beverage and seating in a reserved section of the Concert Hall for the show.
Dinner is 6:00-7:15PM. Tickets for dinner are available HERE.
This TMRH will feature Oxford Poet Derrick Harriell and music by Marcus “Mookie” Cartwright and Hannah Gill & The Hours. The show is hosted by Jim Dees and The Yalobushwhackers. This concert is FREE and open to the public.
Following the radio recording, Marcus Cartwright and Hannah Gill & The Hours will each perform additional brief sets. The Link Centre Concert Hall is located at 1800 West Main Street.
For more information call 662-690-4011. For tickets, click HERE.

Original Artwork by Local Artists
2018-07-26 17:30 - 19:30 | Art Link Studios
Original Artwork by Local Artists

New Abstract Paintings by Glenn Payne!
Join us on Thursday July 26th for a viewing of Artwork by Art Link Studios artists Elizabeth Sword, Glenn Payne, Amanda Cody, Amanda Koonlaba, and Mary Art Contrary! Several works will be shown for the very first time publicly. We’ll also have older works to share and we invite you to check out our studio spaces? Open and free to all! Link Centre: 1800 West Main St., Tupelo, MS.
Are you an artist looking for a space to work in? Come see what we have available and talk to us! July 26th. 5:30-7:30pm.
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/260199874756749/

Abstract Texture #5
36 x 24″ Oil on Canvas

Abstract Texture #4
36 x 24″ Oil on Canvas

An Abstract Journey
This particular set of paintings has placed me on a path that’s as unique as it is refreshing. For years I’ve struggled with abstraction in my Art. I’ve always been deeply connected to representational imagery, but a part of me has continued to want to dive into nonrepresentational work. Each attempt ended in one form of failure or another until I had an idea.
I decided to try to blend the two. This new adventure sent me around the city as I looked for interesting subjects in their natural environments. It might be the bark of a tree, blades of grass, or paint weathered by the sun. I’d walk, observe, and wait. Waiting until something demanded to be seen, and when it spoke up I’d snap a photo. Back in my studio, at the Link Centre, I’d load the images onto my laptop and zoom in as far as I could. Basically, I was cheating. I got to hold onto my love of representational form, meaning something that is an actual object I can look at in front of me. At the same time, I was able to zoom in so far that it began to look like a collection of abstract shapes.
It’s very simple but it was a tiny breakthrough after years of struggling. These pieces are a result of that journey. I’m fond of them and the process, and I look forward to continuing the exploration between what’s there and what lies deeper.
– Glenn Payne
