Trace will focus

on firefighters

- A program at the Natchez Trace Visitors Center will focus on female firefighters in the National Park Service.

“Women of Wildfire” will be presented at 10 a.m. Saturday. It’s free. To learn more about the event, call the Visitors Center at (662) 680-4027.

‘Lord of the Dance’

to be staged Monday

- “Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance” will be staged at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the BancorpSouth Arena.

Tickets are $55, $45 and $35. They’re available at the box office, www.bcsarena.com, www.ticketmaster.com, (662) 841-6528 and (800) 745-3000.

OXFORD

2010 book conference

will celebrate Hannah

- The 2010 Oxford Conference for the Book will run today to Saturday at the University of Mississippi.

The free event will celebrate Barry Hannah, with friends and colleagues discussing his life and work on Saturday.

The conference will overflow with authors, poets and teachers, who’ll cover race, politics and the future of the written word.

You’ll find a complete schedule at www.oxfordconferenceforthebook.com. For more, call (662) 915-5993, or e-mail cssc@olemiss.edu.

BLUE MOUNTAIN

College thespians

to present ‘Magnolias’

- Blue Mountain College will present the Southern play “Steel Magnolias” at 7:30 p.m. today to Saturday at Garrett Hall Auditorium.

Tickets are $7/adults, and $5/students and children. Call (662) 685-4771, ext. 134, or e-mail finearts@bmc.edu.