June/July Calendar of Events

6/1 — City Wide Yard Sale Downtown Ponchatoula Ponchatoulachamber.com

6/4 — Opening Reception June Gallery Show 5:30pm-7pm | Twin Steeples Creative Arts Center, Ponchatoula • Twinsteeples.org

6/7 — Annie Awards Luncheon 11:30 – 1 | Student Union Ballroom, Southeastern Louisiana University Tangipahochamber.org

6/7 — Playing the Staircase Hammond Regional Arts Center • 6-8 pm hammondarts.org

6/7 — Live After Five The New Orleans Quarter Notes 7-10pm • Downtown Ponchatoula downtownponchatoula.com

6/8 — Fireman's Poker Run 8 am • Livingstontourism.com

6/8 — Book Talk and Performance by Britt Gondolfi and illustrator Amanda Romanick about their new children's book "Look Up!: Fontaine the Pigeon Starts a Revolution" 1-2pm • Twin Steeples Creative Arts Center, Ponchatoula • Twinsteeples.org

6/8 — Northshore Arts in Bloom Floral Design Class

Hammond Regional Arts Center 10 a.m. to noon www.northshoreartsfoundation.com

6/10 - 14 — ARTisTRY Visual Arts Camp

Hammond Regional Arts Center 10 a.m. to Noon | www.hammondarts.org

6/12 — Amite Chamber Luncheon 11:30 – 1 | Phat Momma’s, Amite, LA Amitechamber.org

6/13 — Leads for Lunch

TBD • 11:30 – 1 • Tangipahoachamber.org

6/13 — Ponchatoula Chamber After Hours TBD • 4:30 – 6 • Ponchatoulachamber.com

6/14-15 — Tangipahoa Pro Rodeo and Music Fest | Rockin S Rodeo Tangipahoaparishprorodeo.net Florida Parishes Arena, Amite

6/15 —Strawberry Festival Pageant Ponchatoula High School • lastrawberryfestival.com

6/17-21 — ARTisTRY Young Dancers Camp

Hammond Regional Arts Center 10 a.m. to Noon hammondarts.org

6/19 — Freedom Summer Celebration Hammond Regional Arts Center Hammond Regional Arts Center • 6 p.m. northshoreartsfoundation.com

6/22 — Northshore Arts in Bloom presents Bloomed 4:30 - 6:30 PM• Hammond Regional Arts Center • hammondarts.org

6/24-28— ARTisTRY Young Actors Camp Hammond Regional Arts Center 10 a.m. to Noon • hammondarts.org

6/26 — Tangipahoa Professional Women Monthly Luncheon 11:30 - 1 | Southeastern Alumni Center, University Blvd, Hammond Tangipwo.org

6/27 — Open Mic and Live Music Performance by JJ Rees 6-8 pm • Twin Steeples Creative Arts Center, Ponchatoula • Twinsteeples.org

6/29 — Dramatic Reading of a new Musical Play in production called "Dead Reckoning" by Donna Gay Anderson 6pm • Twin Steeples Creative Arts Center, Ponchatoula • Twinsteeples.org

July

7/4 Independence Day Celebrations Hammond / Independence / Ponchatoula

7/10 — Amite Chamber Luncheon 11:30 – 1 | Mike’s Catfish, Amite, LA Amitechamber.org

7/9 — Opening Reception July Gallery Show

5:30-7pm • Twin Steeples Creative Arts Center, Ponchatoula Twinsteeples.org

7/11 — Leads for Lunch TBD • 11:30 – 1 Tangipahoachamber.org

7/15-19 — Poetry and Drama Camp for 12-14 year olds lead by Faculty from New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) Twin Steeples Creative Arts Center, Ponchatoula • Twinsteeples.org

7/27 — Mystic Crusin Auto 8A - 2P • North 6th Street • Ponchatoula Ponchatoula Chamber of Commerce 985.386.2536 • ponchatoulachamber.com

7/24 — Tangipahoa Professional Women Monthly Luncheon 11:30 - 1 | Florida Parishes Arena Event Center, Amite • Tangipwo.org

FIRST FRIDAY OF MONTH Gospel Music Fest 13101 Hwy, 442 W. • Tickfaw 985.974.0507 • mvmgoodnews.com

EVERY SATURDAY

Hammond Farmers & Artisans Market 8 AM - 12 PM • 106 NW Railroad Ave.

Independence Craft & Farmers’ Market 8:30 AM - 1 PM 750 E. Railroad Ave., Independence, Facebook.com/Independence

Denham Springs Farmers’ Market 8 AM - 12 PM • Historical District

FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS

Ponchatoula Farmers’ Arts & Crafts Market 10 E. Pine, Ponchatoula 985.386.9580 ponchatoulacountrymarket.org FRI. 9 AM - 5 PM • SAT. 10 AM - 5 PM