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Calendar of Local Events
- Family Fun Saturdays 11-03-2012 March 30, 2012NCCIL’s art educators help you create a work of art using the style and medium of the featured artist in the gallery. Emphasis is on having fun while picking up valuable knowledge. […]
- Friends & Neighbors: The Art of Photographing People March 30, 2012The exhibition is a study in varying approaches to photographing people including formal portraiture, documentary, fine art and avant-garde photography. Whether the locale is the war torn Middle East or a bunk house in rural West Texas, the photographs in this exhibition viewed together remind us of the power of the camera as a tool in the hands of a dedicat […]
- Chautauqua Learning Series - Aug. 2012 March 30, 2012Speaker: Jay Moore. Topic: What Abilene & Buffalo Gap have taught me. Based on the Chautauqua movement which spread throughout the rural United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries providing educational lectures and entertainment for average Americans before the advent of mass media like radio and television. […]
- Sedrick Huckaby: Faith and Family March 30, 2012"We see them everyday; family members, old quilts, domestic interiors. To Sedrick Huckaby, they are worthy subjects for grand and complex paintings. Huckaby draws inspiration from his family history, faith and his African-American roots. The everyday aspects of his life act as a muse to his considerable artistic talents. With rich impasto painted surfac […]
- Arena Football: Abilene Ruff Riders vs. Amarillo Venom March 30, 2012Cheer on your hometown team and enjoy the Rowdy Bunch Kids Club activities, games and a whole lot of excitement! […]
Where to Celebrate St. Patty’s Day in Abilene
Category: College Scene, Downtown, Foodies, live music, Tags: Abilene, Abilene Seafood Tavern, Bobby Deegan, Chelsea's Street Pub, Chick-fil-A, Derby Dames, Green, Irish, Kelly Murphy, Lane Frizzell, leprechaun, Luck of the Irish, Lucky Mule, Lytle Land & Cattle Co., Mall of Abilene, Mezamiz, Monks Coffee Shop, Shamrock, St. Patrick's, St. Patrick's Day, St. Patty's, Texas, The Warehouse, TX
Celebrate Texas Independence Day in Abilene
Category: College Scene, Family Fun, live music, Tourism, Tags: 1836, Abilene, Abilene Zoo, Bleu Edmondson, Clinton Pickens, Cody Gill, Country Music, Dallas Wayne, David Allan Coe, Declaration of Independence, Gary P Nunn, Independence, James Lann, Jerrod Medulla, Joe Allen BBQ, Johnny Bush, Jolie Holliday, Larry Joe Taylor, March 2, Mark Powell, Matt Martindale, Outlaws and Legends, San Antonio, Sonny Burgess, Stoney LaRue, Texas, Texas Country Music, Texas Forts Trail, Texas Independence Day, Texas Monthly, Tommy Alverson, TX
A true Texas good time at the Ball Ranch
Category: Family Fun, Foodies, live music, Tourism, Tags: Abilene, Ball Ranch, Ball Ranch Family, barbeque, chuckwagon, Texas, Texas to a T, TX, western
12 Days of FREE Holiday Activities (Part 2)
Category: Christmas, Downtown, Family Fun, live music, Tourism, Tags: Abilene, Abilene Community Theatre, Abilene Spectacular Cutting, Abilene State Supported Living Center, Abilene Winter Cutting, affordable, art, Brian Selznick, Choral, Chorus Abilene, Christmas, Christmas Lane, community band, concert, Cooper High School, Dillard's, Facebook, family, Free, fun, Gully Ranch, holiday, Holiday Lights, horse cutting, McMurry University, music, NCCIL, North Pole, Old Main, Paramount Theatre, performance, Santa, Santa Claus, Saturday, season, shopping, Taylor County Expo Center, Texas, theatre, Twitter, TX, West Texas
12 Days of FREE Holiday Activities (Part 1)
Category: Christmas, Downtown, Family Fun, live music, Tourism, Tags: 12 days of Christmas, Abilene, Abilene Christian School, Abilene Hope Haven, Abilene Regional Airport, affordable, Airport, attractions, Ball Ranch Family, bell peppers, big country, Buffalo Gap, Buffalo Gap Historic Village, Celebration Singers, Chautauqua, Christmas, Christmas tree, Cooper High School, December, Disability Resources Inc., Free, Greg Young, handbell choir, holiday, Jesus, living Christmas tree, music, Paramount Theatre, Quebe Sisters Band, Texas, TX, West Texas, western swing, Wylie Baptist Church
Abilene, Texas will take it ‘From The Top’
Category: live music, Tourism, Tags: Abilene, Abilene CVB, Abilene Public Radio, ACVB, arranger, artists, Christopher O'Riley, classical music, fall, First Baptist Church, From The Top, KACU-FM, Myra Dean, NPR, performer, Revolution, Texas, TX
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