Blanco Performing Arts is pleased to announce the lineup of performers for its sixth season, entitled, "A Few of My Favorite Things." Concerts will be held in the beautiful Uptown Blanco Ballroom located at 503 Third Street in Blanco.
The season kicks off on November 7 at 7:30 p.m. with an outstanding group, the Miró Quartet.
As a special event this fall, the Hill Country Community Theatre will host actor Lisa Dalton as she presents a new translation of the Anton Chekhov short story The Darling. This unique one-person show, directed by Victor S. Tkachenko, has been performed in cities around the country, including Los Angeles, Fort Worth, and in New York as part of the New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC).
The play is a touching love story that follows the life of the character Olenka as she fantasizes ...
“Kintsugi,” Cheryl Quallenberg said. “It’s a Japanese philosophy and repair technique. Kintsugi means if you repair something that’s broken it’s better than it was before. It adds to the beauty of life.” It’s also more valuable because you repair it with gold.
We were standing next to a sculpture of mesquite wood that looked like abstract art.
Saturday afternoon, September 19, was a continuation of a big art weekend in Llano with the opening of Lee Casbeer’s Art Exhibit at the Llano Fine Art Guild. Casbeer grew up in Llano but finished High School in Fredericksburg, Texas, then studied art under John McClusky with the Fredericksburg Art Guild.
These are exciting times at Colorado Bend State Park! After two years of planning and hard work the Tinaja Trail is open. The unique feature of the Tinaja itself is impressive – as are the vistas, native plants, and bird life along the trail. The overlook deck on the Tie Slide Trail has also been completed.
The Hill Country is no stranger to big musical talent: Kevin Fowler, Terri Hendrix and, of course, Willie Nelson have all made their lasting mark on music at large. This storied run of artists doesn't just end with the past; singer-songwriter Lainey Wright is paving the way for a new generation of Hill Country musicians.
Wright has had quite the busy year so far, releasing her second full-length album, "'Til We Go Home", in April and touring through Norway in February and March.
"Being able to ...
Texas Vineyards Gaining Market Share While Producing World Class Wines
Sun, August 30, 2015 3:34 PM
Charles McClure
No one in the 1950s ever dreamed the Texas Hill Country would become the "New Tuscany". In those hardscrabble days, land was deemed so worthless that large tracts of property could be had for as little as fifty cents an acre — and no, that is not a typographical error.
As wine in America has became more popular, inspiring growers like the ones that first cultivated California's coveted Napa Valley, it became apparent that the Texas Hill Country shared frequently ideal conditions that mirrored ...
Chili inspires passion in people.
"No food item has caused more arguments than chili, so a cook-off becomes the perfect thing to do," says Alan Dean, a former executive director of the Chili Appreciation Society International (CASI) and head honcho for the 45th Texas State Men's Championship in Johnson City.
Even the state legislature has gotten involved with chili, declaring it the official State Dish of Texas.
Texans ...
Hey Girlfriends! Who hasn't always wanted to participate in an old fashioned grape stomp just like Lucille Ball in her Italian adventure?! Well, maybe without the grape slinging fight, ruined clothes, and purple hair ...or well, who knows?!
There are 2 wineries in the Hill Country that offer just such an opportunity to celebrate the Grape Harvest!
