The Hocking College Culinary Arts students will host their annual Bourbon Street Bash, a Mardi Gras celebration, at Rhapsody Restaurant located on Nelsonville’s Historic Square February 26, 27 and 28, 2015 from 4:00 - 10 p.m.

The Bourbon Street Bash will consist of an authentic four-course meal complete with appetizer, entree, desserts and specialty alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.   Some of these Louisiana-inspired meals include dishes such as blackened pork loin, chicken breast and redfish, shrimp and Tasso jambalaya, crawfish etouffe, catfish and even gator tail.  Dessert choices including piña colada bread pudding with bourbon vanilla sauce, pecan rum pie with vanilla ice cream, vanilla pound cake with bananas foster sauce and créme caramel will also be offered.

The meal includes choice of appetizer, entrée and a variety of decadent desserts, and fresh baked Cajun bread for $19.95 a person. Additional offerings, priced separately, include beverages such as hurricanes, Irish coffee, café au lait and voodoo margaritas, as well as a raw bar filled with fresh oysters, jumbo shrimp and whole boiled crawfish.

Call 740.753.5741 to reserve a seat for this mouth-watering Mardi Gras celebration. Reservations are strongly recommended. For more information or questions, contact Chef Doug Weber at weberd@hocking.edu or 740.753.5741.

A selection of Cajun specialties to sample will be also offered at Stuart’s Opera House during Nelsonville’s Historic Square Final Friday on February 27, 2015. Choose from seafood and sausage gumbo, red beans and rice and jambalaya for just $3.00 a bowl.  The closing reception for Glass and Ceramic Invitational at the Hocking College Art Gallery will take place during Final Friday on February 27 from 5 – 9 p.m. The exhibit will remain open until March 14, 2015.