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By Ernie Altgelt

ince 2009, the quaint (and quintessentially welcoming) old German community of Comfort has assumed the role of “matchmaker” laudably uniting artists and the art loving public in an annual, not-to-be-missed, one-day only undertaking where creativity and commerce hospitably meld in, about and throughout this historic Hill Country haven.

Originally established as the Comfort Fall Art Walk, this year’s incarnation (because of increased participation) has been rechristened the 2013 Hill Country Arts Festival.

As before, gifted Texas artists, skilled in a variety of media, will be positioned within numerous Comfort-area business locations personally displaying, possibly demonstrating and, most importantly, vending their exceptional creations to a savvy, eager and appreciative public.

Scheduled this year for Saturday, September 21, those in the know will plan to come early, stay the day and enjoy, in Comfort, this very unique shop-

ping opportunity. Sponsored by the Comfort Chamber of Commerce, the revamped Hill Country Arts Festival promises to be even bigger and better than its predecessors. By publication date, 25 recognized and respected artists were committed to participate.

The range and variety of talent is substantial, amazing and diverse with exceptional, small to large works being offered encompassing paintings (oils, watercolors and acrylics), sculptures (bronze, ceramic), carvings, (pencil and pastel chalk) drawings and other exciting and dramatic creative accomplishments.

There will be lots to see – and buy.

Each artist will be “assigned” a display location within or near to a selected area merchant’s place of business.

Retail establishments, restaurants, B and Bs, even wineries will be hosting so visitors will have lots to pleasurably experience besides the art (including additional shopping, eating, drinking and simply taking in the sights) as they stroll and/or drive from location to location.

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Head to Comfort for a wide array of art at the newly-christened Hill Country Arts Festival September 21.

Photos courtesy Hill Country Arts Festival. able (from the Chamber) to aid in navigation but attendees can rest assured that they can count on lots of assistance from a very accommodating and knowledgeable local citizenry.

Basically, in typical “Comfort fashion,” the entire town (and beyond) is rolling out the “red carpet” to make this event truly special and worthwhile for all involved.

Judging from the success achieved with past festivals coupled with this year’s expanded format, the organizers are confident of another win-win for Comfort, the artists and, of course, the most important folks – the shopping visitors. As always, there are no admission fees for attending the Hill Country Arts Festival. Parking is ample and free. Children and pets are welcome, too.

Many plan to “make a weekend of it,” allowing for even more quality time to explore and discover the ample charms and offerings that Comfort and its environs have to offer.

FYI • The Hill Country Arts Festival is slated for Saturday, September 21 from 10 am to 5 pm. For more information, including lists of the participating artists and the area merchants as well as directions, call the Comfort Chamber of Commerce at 830-995-3131 or visit the web site a comfortchamberofcommerce.com. You can also find information on Facebook.

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Holding onto hope for the future

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he still, hot weather of late August rolls into September. Days grow shorter and environmental changes signal migrant birds’ internal clocks, stimulating hormone production that leads to behavioral changes, alerting birds of their pending treks south.

They feed. A lot and often.

Long-distance migrants double their body weight, storing fat needed to complete the journey ahead.

Imagine the energy the Arctic Tern burns on its record migration between the Arctic and Antarctic poles, an estimated 22,000-mile round-trip journey. Among American songbirds, Blackpoll Warblers hold the longdistance record. In August these tiny birds fly east from their Western Alaskan breeding grounds. Once at the New England coast, they head south over the western Atlantic. Forty or 50 hours and 2,000 miles later, they arrive along the Venezuelan and Guyanese coasts.

Beginning in July, Purple Martins, one of the longest-traveling Texas migrants, gather at pre-migratory roosts like that at Austin’s Highland Mall. By September they’re on their way to wintering haunts in South America, some winging it to Argentina. Scarlet Tanagers, Cliff Swallows, Common Nighthawks, and Swainson’s Hawks are also South America bound. It is thought that long-distance flyers do so to take advantage of locations where food is seasonally abundant, thus surviving when other places have a scarce supply.

There was a time when we welcomed the changes autumn ushered in: September with its promise of moderating temperatures and muchneeded rain to bring new life to plants gone dormant during the heat of summer, a time when hawk migration peaked, a time when neotropical bird migration surged down the central flyway through Texas.

Against the backdrop of October’s cobalt skies, we delighted in the orange and black monarch butterflies sailing over the land by the tens of thousands as they made their epic flights to Mexico.

We felt the first strong cold front as northerly winds spurred other migrants—Chimney Swifts and Mexican free-tail bats—on their journeys south.

Our eyes feasted on the autumn-colored landscape: flame-leaf sumacs, goldenrod, and white-flowered frostweed.

But climate change has altered some of that. Texas drought continues and

without rain to resurrect them, goldenrod and frostweed will remain withered. Yes, fall bird migration is under way.

Swainson’s and Cooper’s Hawks arrive at the coast. Warblers, Summer Tanagers, and Yellow-billed Cuckoos are on the move. Yet, it’s hard to predict movements during the next two months given our fickle weather patterns.

Better to enjoy, observe, photograph and record one of our world’s natural phenomena.

Recent weather events show climate change as more than a hot button for debate. Spring and summer in much of southeastern Canada proved cool and rainy.

Last year’s drought-hardened earth of the Midwest is this year’s flooding disaster, and continual rains in much of Southeastern states saturated the ground.

Meanwhile, Texas can’t buy more than a drop, with one rain event blowing in from the east. Adding to the mix, cold fronts play with the mercury—all this in North America alone.

In light of climate change and human impact on the environment, we must consider the effect on our wildlife.

For many birds, survival may ultimately hinge on migration and territorial changes.

With warmer temperatures, insects once restricted to the tropics are moving to higher latitudes, thus causing birds to alter their travel, starting spring journeys earlier to raise young to coincide with available food—a sometimes tenuous situation when weather patterns change, rendering food in short supply. (This year, insects in some eastern states were late to appear and low in numbers due to an unusually cold, rainy spring.)

Though the signs are there: tens of thousands of Purple Martins gathering in staging areas and Swainson’s Hawks soaring southward, many birds postpone their fall migration.

Also, according to a 2009 Audubon report, nearly 60 percent of 305 species wintering in North America shifted their ranges northward over the past 40 years.

Many averaged a 35-mile shift; however, some moved hundreds of miles.

Once Pine Siskins were known to irrupt (uncommonly large migration) in the Hill Country. The 2009 report found that this small finch now winters about 288 miles north of its former grounds.

Besides timing, how will this fall’s migration differ? The sound of wings See WILDLIFE, page 5

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WILDLIFE, from page 4 fluttering and the sight of hundreds of butterflies clad in orange and black, sailing overhead may be left to memory.

Over the past few years, monarch populations have shown decline, with 2012 hardly a banner year. Re-migrating monarchs offered promise, producing a fair number of first generation monarchs to journey north.

Then they encountered the Midwest where drought and genetically engineered crops, grown to withstand herbicides used to kill weeds, left the land a milkweed and nectar plant wasteland— here in an area where so many monarchs traditionally produced the next generation.

For the diminished population making the epic journey from Canada to the oyamel fir forest in Mexico last fall, fewer trees awaited them on their historic wintering site. Illegal logging pillaged the forest, leaving butterflies with fewer buffers against the cold and wet.

With 2012-13 being the lowest population of overwintering monarchs

ever recorded (59 percent decline), hopes for the new year dimmed.

Despite thousands of volunteer efforts to create waystations, plant acres of milkweed and nectar plants, observers throughout the year from Texas to Canada, filled list serves with reports: none, one or two monarchs, eggs, or caterpillars observed.

In August a smattering of butterflies, eggs and caterpillars appeared. Time to produce a new generation to make its way south?

This year’s fall migration is not yet history, but we may never again see the skies alight with thousands of monarchs sailing south, never fill with wonder as a new generation—one never to have made the journey before—fulfills its species’ yearly destiny.

Although Emily Dickinson referred to birds, her quote on hope takes hold in my mind: “ ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops - at all .”

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Third annual powwow, festival to celebrate Native American culture SAN MARCOS H A 32’ tipi, earth ovens, and Comanche Nation dancers will be highlighted at the 2013 Sacred Springs Powwow that celebrates the Native American culture that has been part of the San Marcos area for thousands of years. The powwow is set for October 5 from 10 am to 6 pm at Aquarena Center in San Marcos.

A powwow is a festival celebrating Native American culture with drums, dancers dressed in phenomenal regalia, and Native foods, arts and crafts. San Marcos first experienced a powwow in 1995 when the Lucky Tomblin family brought Kiowa and other indigenous people to the area.

The third annual Sacred Springs Powwow is sponsored by local nonprofit Indig- Leonard Chibitty. enous Cultures Institute. The event is Photo courtesy Indigenous Cultures Institute. funded by the San Marcos Arts Commission, Hays County Commissioner of Precinct 1 Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe, the Tomblin Family Foundation, Texas State University, Austin Friends of Folk Art, and Humanities Texas.

This year, the Institute is featuring new additions, including an artifacts exhibit and presentations inside a 32’ tipi on the ancient “White Shaman” rock art painting that depicts the creation story of the Coahuiltecan people.

Another addition is earth oven demonstrations sponsored by Texas State University Center for Archaeological Studies and the Experimental Archaeology Club of the Department of Anthropology. By 10,000 years ago, people cooked with fire-heated stones and earth ovens to process insulin-rich geophytes like camas and wild onions.

But these age-old cooking techniques are poorly understood and experimental demonstrations help scholars to reconstruct cooking-related activities of the ancients. The public is invited to view the students as they uncover food that has cooked overnight.

And the Chibitty Comanche family is coming to San Marcos.

“Leonard and Rosemary Chibitty are coming for the earth ovens, and Leonard will be our Head Gourd Dancer at the powwow,” says Dr. Garza. “He’s bringing his family and hopefully will perform an Eagle Dance for us, in honor of our Eagle and Condor prophecy.”

More than 100 Native American dancers and arts vendors are expected at the powwow this year. Indigenous food booths will also be available with fry bread, buffalo tacos, turkey legs, and other Native foods. The powwow will open at 10:00 AM with the traditional blessing at the shores of the sacred springs conducted by Native American elders.

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Weekend of western fun at fair, rodeo October 3-6

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Gates open at 5:30 pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with mutton bustin’ for the kids at 7 pm. There’ll be lots of action at the Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association rodeo beginning at 7:30 pm (brought to you by Diamond Cross Rodeo Company).

Rodeo events include bull riding, tie down roping, bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, team roping, women’s breakaway roping and women’s barrel racing.

Plus, enjoy more mutton bustin’ during the rodeo.

Rodeo announcer Rob “Kamakazi” Smets—whose impressive resume includes recognition as the first recipient of the Jim Shoulders Lifetime Achievement Award, the only five-time World Champion Bullrider, nine-time PBR World Champion Bullrider and 2006 Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame inductee— will entertain rodeo-goers.

Martin Hinojosa. See plenty of cowboy action at Dripping Springs Ranch Park October 3-6. Photo donated by William Kierce (Kierce Photography, Kerrville, Texas).

He shares the spotlight with renowned funny man, Mark Swingler, who has been entertaining rodeo fans in the PRCA for 10 years. Awarded Specialty Act of the Year in the Texas Rodeo Circuit, Mark was twice nominated PRCA Comedy Act of the Year, as well as PRCA Clown of the Year — ranking him one of See FAIR AND RODEO, page 7

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6th Annual Mutton bustin’. Enjoy the fun, exciting tradition for kids Thurday, Friday and Saturday (October 3-5) evenings before (and during) the rodeo at Dripping Springs Ranch Park. Photo donated by William Kierce (Kierce Photography, Kerrville, Texas). the top entertainers in the country.

Ready for more? You can dance the night away Friday to the sounds of Alex Dormount and the Hot Texas Swing Band. Saturday evening’s dance features music by the Carport Casanovas.

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FYI • Proceeds from the Dripping Springs Ranch Park Rodeo benefit Dripping Springs Ranch Park, a project of the City of Dripping Springs and Dripping Springs Ag Boosters, a non-profit dedicated to supporting 4H and FFA youth in the community. Rodeo tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for kids ages six to 12 years. Kids five and under get in free. Tickets to the Friday and Saturday evening dances are $10 per show. A daily parking pass is $5.

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Texas Legislature announces support of state parks

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unding to keep Texas State Parks open and provide grants for city and county parks is an important part of the 2014-2015 budget approved in late August by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.

“Barring any catastrophic event like a hurricane, extreme drought or a wildfire, the state budget adopted by lawmakers means that no state parks will close due to lack of funding in the next two years,” said Carter Smith, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department executive director.

The legislature also funded many of the critical requests for the fisheries and wildlife side of our business. We appreciate very much this support from state elected leaders for parks and conservation.”

The state budget bill gives TPWD $17.9 million for 2014 and 2015 for state park operations, about $1 million less than the department requested. The Legislature gave TPWD its entire request for $15.5

million for local park grants to cities and counties across the state.

And guess what, folks? All those optin donations that started last year when TPWD was deep in a budget hole and they asked us to add $5 or more when we registered our cars? Those opt-in donations from people like you and me brought in $889,000 for parks operations. So keep them coming. TPWD expects to bring in another $1 million for conservation with the state parks plates: bluebonnet, horny toad, deer, bass.

I hope some of y’all remember my contribution to help TPWD pump up the parks budget: I bought my baby granddaughter a parks pass. Well, technically, I bought her Daddy one and then paid another $10 or so to get her Mommy one with her name on it. But it was for the precious Katie Sue. Who is now 17 months old. Apparently, it’s pretty hard to get everybody See PARKS, page 9

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PARKS, from page 8 organized, load up all the gear, and take a baby to a park.

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by Palmetto State Park on their way to Port Aransas in late August because all the baby gear was already in the pickup and they needed a place to eat the barbecue they loaded up on in Lockhart.

“Using the state parks pass” was my daughter’s text to me. And they stopped again on their way home. What a cool little park for a first visit for little Katie Sue. I really love all the ways TPWD tries to get kids into our state parks, into the outdoors, into nature.

A really cool new way is Art in the Parks. Parks across Texas offer drawing, painting, crafts, and, at Government Canyon State Natural Area, something called

Kid Jam. On September 13 from 6 pm to 8 pm, a park ranger will show kids how to make musical instruments from household items and trash. Park Ranger Nicki will show the kids how to Reduce, Reuse, and Rock Out, and everyone’s invited to a jam session after they make their instruments.

An on-line Art in the Parks guide at the TPWD website offers dozens of ways to channel your inner artist – and your little one’s – with drawing, writing, photography, video and music.

Katie Sue’s recent art was sand building on the beach during our trip to Port Aransas and Mustang Island – not sand castle building, just sand building.

Her first look at sand, waves, beach, and she got close to it. Getting those little ones outside is so important.

Wesley Gallery show features works of local photographers DRIPPING SPRINGS H Wesley Gallery will host the Second Annual Photography Show Friday, October 11, with an Artist’s Reception from 6 pm to 8 pm, open to the public. The show runs October 12 -18. The juried show features the work of members of the Photographers of Dripping Springs (PODS). Neil Coleman of Pro-Jex Gallery in Austin will serve as judge. Best of Show and Honorable Mention awards will be presented. PODS is a local not-for-profit association composed of amateur and professional photographers. Members meet regularly to learn, to shoot and to share their photography.

FYI • Wesley Gallery is at 27008 Ranch Road 12 South in Dripping Springs. Exhibit hours are Monday through Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm. For more information, email michaelpennsmith@gmail.com or visit the web site at www.photographersofds.com. For more information about Wesley Gallery, and a map, visit the web site at www.wesleygallery.com.

Fun for good cause at the Friends Foundation BBQ DRIFTWOOD H The Friends Foundation invites you to their 20th Annual BBQ Fundraiser at The Salt Lick Pavilion Thursday, October 3, from 5 pm to 10 pm. Musical entertainment for the evening will be provided by the award winning Hot Texas Swing Band, proudly playing Western Swing, the state music of Texas.

The self-serve Salt Lick Barbecue buffet line will be open from 6 pm to 8 pm. Following dinner, delicious homemade desserts prepared by Bluebonnet Auxiliary members will be on sale to raise funds for volun- Hot Texas Swing Band performs. teer programs at Hill Country Care Nursing Photo courtesy Hot Texas Swing Band. and Rehab Center.

Make plans to arrive early to preview the live and silent auction (voted #1 in Central Texas) items, and purchase tickets for three fabulous prizes to be awarded in a raffle drawing. Bama Brown of KASE 101 FM radio will serve as Master of Ceremonies.

Guests can also enjoy samples from Dripping Springs Vodka, Thirsty Planet Brewery, Duchman Family Winery and Texas Tea, as well as appetizers from Thai Gourmet by Nong.

This annual fundraiser is important in providing services to the needy elderly in the greater Dripping Springs area. All proceeds raised will help purchase meals for Our Daily Bread (a hot meal delivery program for the homebound), provide medic alert devices for summoning help in an emergency, provide financial assistance in times of need, help fund special resident events at Hill Country Care, and go towards other programs beneficial to seniors.

FYI • The Salt Lick Pavilion is located at at 18200 Ranch Market 1826 in Driftwood. BBQ buffet tickets are $20 per person (children 6 and under are free) and may be purchased (cash or check) at Hill Country Care in Dripping Springs. For advance ticket purchases with credit or debit card call 512-894-0756. Tickets will also be available at the door. No ticket purchase is required to enter the grounds, participate in the silent or live auction, or enjoy tastings in the welcome area.

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hortly after Michelle Flores moved from Boerne to Sisterdale, she bought a small historic house, across the road from Sister Creek Vineyards, with intentions of starting “some kind of business.”

“I ran out of coffee creamer one day,” Michelle recalls. “And it’s 15 miles to town no matter which direction you go. Richard [her husband] didn’t want to move back to town and told me I needed to solve my problem. So I solved it by opening a grocery store!”

Creamer may have been the catalyst, but the idea of a business had simmered in her subconscious for some time.

“When Richard and I traveled we always gravitated to the small stores and local businesses. And I wanted to buy unique souvenirs, not things made in China. So I guess, without realizing it, I was doing research about what I would want someday if I were to do my own.”

Becoming an entrepreneur in today’s economic environment can be scary even to someone like Michelle, who has a retail background. Early in the process Michelle’s older son, 20-year-old Brandon, issued the following challenge.

“A lot of times women think without doing and men do without thinking.

Mama, are you just going to keep thinking about it or are you going to do something?”

The challenge was accepted and the work began. Both Brandon and Garrett, Michelle’s 14-year-old, spent their

Michelle Flores RIGHT welcomes guest to her nostalgic shop, Sisterdale Market. Photos by Carl Mayes. summer sanding, staining, and installing fixtures to transform the 100-year-old house into a store.

“It’s been neat to share a business idea, execute the plan and then have it succeed in front of my children,” Michelle tells. “They act like it’s another sibling.

They call it Mama’s new baby.”

Michelle initially envisioned a convenient place for local residents to buy milk or eggs or bread.

“What I didn’t expect,” she says, “was all the amazing people that come through the door. I didn’t anticipate the bicyclists that ride from coast to coast, or the winery crowd being so loyal. They tell their friends who come and then they bring friends. That has been really neat to have so many return customers who

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And, of course, we have a lot of motorcycle people. As a sponsor on a motorcycle rally this spring, we had more than 600 people visit in one morning!”

A small cow bell on the screen door announces arrivals to the store and the original wood floors creak as customers browse the six rooms. Both sounds are reminiscent of family-owned village stores from times past.“Everybody that walks through the door has a story or a memory about either a grandmother or an aunt’s house that was like this, or a small store that they remember in San Antonio or other towns.”

After hearing the stories and seeing how shoppers seem drawn to vintage goods, like retro candies and toys, Michelle coined the slogan: “We cater to the chronically nostalgic.”

“We’ve got candy cigarettes and gum cigars and Cherry Mash. I stock Slinkies and Silly Putty and all that stuff. It’s great hearing the grandparents tell the grandkids, ‘When I was a kid this is what we did, what we played with, the candy we liked.’”

Along with the nostalgic wares the Market sells a little bit of [almost] everything: groceries, snacks, hardware, home accents, antiques, collectibles, books and cookbooks, hay, ranch supplies, and a smorgasbord of Texasmade specialties.

“I’d rather support a product that’s made in Texas rather than, say, Atlanta,” remarks Michelle.

Hill Country specialties Michelle sells include Fredericksburg Farm products, Jimmy O’s salsas and sauces from Bergheim, Sticky Cowboy Local Honey harvested in Boerne, seasonal produce from Fredericksburg, local farm-fresh eggs, and Picoso hot chili peanuts from Helotes. She also handles San Antonio-tied products like Pioneer Mills, Wolf Brand Chili, and the Monterrey Pecan Chewy and Pralines.

One Texas-made product that Michelle has limited access to is Blue Bell Ice Cream. At the factory she was told, “You’re not on our route.” But Michelle is firm in her belief that “Some day they’re going to come find me!” In the meantime, to accommodate her customers, she buys small quantities from the “big stores.”

After just one year as an entrepreneur, Michelle is already planning an expansion: a cafe in a food trailer adjacent to the store. “This market has exceeded my expectations, and I can’t wait to see where it will go.”

FYI • Sisterdale Market is at 1143 Sisterdale Road/ Farm Market 1376 across the street from the winery in Sisterdale. The store is open 10 am to 6 pm Monday through Saturday and 12 noon to 6 pm Sunday. For more information, call 830-324-6355 or visit the web site at www.sisterdalemarket.com.

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EVERY TUESDAY CYPRESS MILL: The Bunkhouse Gang at Wenmohs Ranch. Paint and enjoy fellowship of other artists. 830-825-3465.

WIMBERLEY: Hill Country Community Band. First Baptist Church. 512-858-7960.

FIRST TUESDAYS BANDERA: Cowboy Capital Opry. Silver Sage Corral Senior Center. 830-796-4969.

THIRD TUESDAYS NEW BRAUNFELS: Country Music Show. Knights of Columbus. 830-6294547.

LEANDER: Low Cost Pet Spay, Neuter and Vaccination. 512-260-3602, ext. 101.

EVERY TUESDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY EVERY WEDNESDAY DRIPPING SPRINGS: Farmers Market. 3 pm to 7 pm at the Highway 290 and Ranch Road 12. March to December, rain or shine. www.cityofdrippingsprings.com.

WIMBERLEY: Farmers’ Market. Fresh produce, fresh breads, more at the Senior Citizen’s Activity Center. 512-264-1637.

FOURTH WEDNESDAYS WIMBERLEY: Hill Country Neighbors.

10:30 am. Community Center. 512-847-2849.

EVERY THURSDAY DRIPPING SPRINGS: Coffee House with Light Dinners, Decadent Desserts and Open Mic. 6 pm to 9 pm. Thyme and Dough. 512-894-0001.

WIMBERLEY: (in August) Good Ole’ Church Cookin’ at Cafe’ Susanna. Lunch served to the community. Entree’, two sides, ice tea and dessert for $9. 11 am to 1 pm at Wimberley United Methodist Church, County Road 1492. 512-847-3109.

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EVERY DAY GRUENE: Live music at Gruene Hall.

Enjoy free music shows Monday through Thursday nights and Saturday and Sunday afternoons. www.gruenehall.com.

WIMBERLEY: (every day except Monday) Wimberley Glassworks gallery open daily 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday noon to 5 pm. Glassblowing demos daily. www.

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SECOND SUNDAY BANDERA: Cowboy Camp. Live cowboy music at Frontier Times Museum.

Free. 1 pm to 5 pm. 830-328-0321.

JOHNSON CITY: Taste Wine + Art Music Events. Rockin’ gospel to Latin music at the Kirchman Gallery. 830-868-9290.

EVERY MONDAY CANYON LAKE: Seniors Bingo. 12:30 pm at Habitat for Safe Seniors, 2174 Old Sattler Road, Startzville. 830-899-2256.

WIMBERLEY: Toddler Story Time at Wimberley Library. 10:30 am. 512-8472188, www.wimberleylibrary.org.

WIMBERLEY: Wimberley Community Chorus Rehearsals. The chorus is recruiting singers for the fall season. Rehearsals begin on September 9, at 6:45 pm and continue through December 2 each Monday from 7 pm to 9 pm at the Chapel in the Hills at 14601 North Ranch Road 12. Dixie Camp at 512-517-3111 or www.wimberleycommunitychorus.org

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WIMBERLEY: YAPI (Young Artist Perfor- mance Incubator).Kids 18 and under perform. Maui Wowi. www.brendafreed. com/yapi.

SECOND THURSDAY WIMBERLEY: Hill Country Bead Society Meets. Wimberley Community Center. 1 pm. For information, Marilyn Pierce at mp@smpierce.net.

FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAY CANYON LAKE: Noon Lions Meeting at Canyon Lake Golf Club. 830-899-4406.

THIRD THURSDAY WIMBERLEY: Susanna’s Kitchen Coffee House Concert Series. Live music. 7:30 pm, Wimberley UMC, Corner Ranch Road 12 and Country Road 1492, $15, www. wimberleyumc.org/susannaskitchen. htm.

EVERY THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY WIMBERLEY: Live Music at Linda’s Fine Foods. 500 FM 2325. 512-847-5464.

EVERY FRIDAY BLANCO: Tasting Room Open and Brewery Tours at Real Ale Brewing Company. www.realalebrewing.com.

CEDAR VALLEY: Free Wine Tasting and Art Gallery. 5 pm to 8 pm at Cedar Valley Spirits (across from Nutty Brown Cafe). www.cedarvalleyspirits.com GRUENE: Friday Afternoon Club at Gruene Hall. Broadcast live by KNBT92.1 FM Radio New Braunfels. 4 pm to 7 pm. 830-629-5077.

LEAKEY: Fridays at the Buckhorn Bar and Grill. House band, local talent. 830232-4755, www.friobuckhornbar.com.

WIMBERLEY: Bingo. VFW Hall. 512-8476441.

WIMBERLEY: Preschool Story Time at Wimberley Village Library. 10:30 am. 512847-2188, www.wimberleylibrary.org.

WIMBERLEY: Celebrate Recovery. First Baptist Church Youth Building. 7 pm to 9 pm, with pizza at 6:30 pm. 512-847-9035.

SECOND FRIDAY CASTROVILLE: Friday Night Fever.

Cars, trucks, bikes, food, shopping. 6 pm to 10 pm. Lundquist Automotive. www. castroville.com, 830-931-2479.

WIMBERLEY: Wimberley Area Parkinsons Association Meeting. Chapel of The Hills Church, 11 am. Gae Koen, 512-847-7953.

THIRD FRIDAY JOHNSON CITY: Cruise-In. See classic and collectable vehicles of all shapes and sizes. Free admission. www.3fjc.com.

FOURTH FRIDAY BANDERA: Fourth Friday Jam. Silver Sage Corral starting at 6:30 pm. 830796-4969.

EVERY FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FREDERICKSBURG: Rockbox Theater.

Renowned variety, music, and rock ‘n roll show, great family fun. 866-349-6688.

EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WIMBERLEY: Live Music. Linda’s Fine Foods. www.lindaallencatering.com.

EVERY SATURDAY AUSTIN: Austin Farmers Market. Republic Square. 512-236-0074.

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COMFORT: Comfort Area Farmer’s Market. 8 am to 1 pm. Comfort Park on Highway 27.

COMFORT: Wine Tastings. High’s Café. 4 pm to 7 pm. www.highscafeandstore.com.

DRIPPING SPRINGS: Texas Music and Wine. www.solaroestate.com.

FISCHER: Jackson Open Air Market.

Local artists and farmers, food, fun and entertainment. 9 am to 5 pm. 6341 Farm Market 32. 830-935-2781.

NEW BRAUNFELS: Canyon Trail Chuckwagon Supper and Cowboy Music Show. Evening of cowboy song and hearty dining awaits. 830-626-8200, 888408-7245.

WIMBERLEY: Tours of Jacob’s Well. Hear the stories about floods and scuba divers, experience beauty of spring that started town. 10 am. www.jacobswellspring.org.

WIMBERLEY: Arnosky Family Farms Market. Fresh flowers, veggies, cheeses, more. Ranch Road 2325 and Highway 165. 830-833-5428.

FIRST SATURDAY BANDERA: Market Days. 830-796-4447.

BANDERA: First Saturday Book Sale.Public Library. 9 am to 1 pm. 830-796-4213.

DRIPPING SPRINGS: Low Cost Pet Vaccinations. At Tractor Supply on Highway 290. 512-858-7229.

WIMBERLEY: Market Days. (March through December). Everything you can’t live without at Lions Field. 7 am to 4 pm. www.shopmarketdays.com.

FIRST AND THIRD SATURDAY WIMBERLEY: Toastmasters Public Speaking and Leadership Club. 10:30 am. Visitor’s Center. 512-913-4804.

SECOND SATURDAY CASTROVILLE: Market Trail Days.

Houston Square. 830-539-2316.

THIRD SATURDAY MARBLE FALLS: Bluegrass, Country and Western, and Gospel. 6 pm to 10 pm.

Boys and Girls Club. 830-898-1784.

LAST SATURDAY JOHNSON CITY: Taste Wine + Art Reception. Free exhibit of art, plus Wines of Texas. Kirchman Gallery. 830-868-9290.

EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ROUND MOUNTAIN: Tours at Westcave Preserve. info@westcave.org.

SECOND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AUSTIN: Tours of Bright Leaf Natural Area. www.brightleaf.org.

AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 1 BANDERA: Celebrate Bandera. Cowboy action, Cowboy Mounted Shooters, Longhorn cattle drive, Circle of Life Intertribal Powwow, Wild West Show, National Professional Bull Rider’s Challenge, Kings of Western Swing Concert Series, arts and crafts, vendors, performers, Cowboy Church, more. www.celebratebandera.com.

BOERNE: Kendall County Fair. Kendall County Fairgrounds. www.kcfa.org.

SEPTEMBER 1 FREDERICKSBURG: Pacific Combat Living History Programs Living-history demonstration covers World War II weaponry,clothing, training and tactics of U.S. and Japanese military. National Museum of the Pacific War Combat Zone. www.pacificwarmuseum.org, 830997-8600 ext. 2005

HARPER: Frontier Days Harper Community Park. www.harpercommunitypark.org.

JOHNSON CITY: Texas Hills Vineyards Grape Stomp. 878 Ranch Market 2766. www.texashillsvineyard.com.

KERRVILLE: Wine and Music Festival.

Concerts, crafts, wine, camping and songs around campfire at Quiet Valley Ranch. www.kerrvillefolkfestival.com.

STONEWALL: Becker Vineyards Annual Grape Stomp Celebrate the grape harvest with grape stomping and the Lucy and the Italian Women Costume Contest.

Becker Vineyard. www.beckervineyards. com, 830-644-2681.

UVALDE: Palomino Fest Labor Day Celebration and Rodeo. Live music, carnival, rodeo parade. Uvalde County Fairplex. www.palominofest.com.

SEPTEMBER 2 JUNCTION: Kimble Kounty Kow Kick.

Labor Day celebration along the Llano River includes music, arts and Hill Country crafts and vendors. Junction City Park. www.junctiontexas.net.

SEPTEMBER 5 – OCTOBER 13 KERRVILLE: Photoquest 2013. See photos from the Hill Country Camera Club’s annual photographic competition. Kerr Arts and Cultural Center. www.kacckerrville.com.

SEPTEMBER 6 GRUENE: Chris Isaak. Live music at Gruene Hall. www.gruenehall.com.

FREDERICKSBURG: First Friday Art Walk. Www.ffawf,com, 830-997-6523.

SEPTEMBER 6-8 JOHNSON CITY: The Benini Galleries and Sculpture Ranch will be open for visitations.

Now open only the first full weekend of each month. Free self-guided tours of galleries and outdoor sculpture trails featuring the works of more than 35 artists from Texas, the USA and abroad. 377 Shiloh Road. www.benini.com, www.

SculptureRanch.com, 830-868-5244.

SEPTEMBER 7 BURNET: Summer Music Series. Haley Nelson Park Amphitheater, on Texas Highway 29. 512-756-2402.

HELOTES: Robert Earl Keen. Live music at John T. Floore’s Country Store. www. liveatfloores.com.

MARBLE FALLS: Highland Arts Starving Artists’ Show. Highland Arts Gallery. www.highlandartsguild.org.

MARBLE FALLS: Main Street Market Day. Enjoy more than 100 vendors. 9 am to 4 pm on Main Street. www.marblefalls. org , 830-693-2815.

WIMBERLEY: Market Days. Everything you can’t live without at Lions Field. 7 am to 4 pm. www.shopmarketdays.com.

SEPTEMBER 7-29 WIMBERLEY: Peter Pan. Emily Ann Theater and Gardens. www.emilyann.org.

SEPTEMBER 8 KERRVILLE: New Odyssey. Outstanding arrangements of almost every style performed on 30 different musical instruments. Cailloux Theater. www.caillouxtheater.com.

SEPTEMBER 12-13 KYLE: Kyle Annual Classic Golf Tournament. Plum Creek Golf Course. www. kyleannualclassic.com.

SEPTEMBER 11 – OCTOBER 6 WIMBERLEY: Wimberley Players present “Stay.” Texas premiere!. Gripping psychological drama about a marriage on the brink whose pulse refuses to stop throbbing. It’s the story of dark, complicated relationships and the nature of trust, love, sacrifice, and ultimately letting go. And yet these are real people: we’ve known them; we’ve been them.

You will never forget the final scene. www.wimberleyplayers.org.

SEPTEMBER 13-15 FREDERICKSBURG: Wildflower Planting Days. Daily lectures and demonstrations show successful and timely wildflower planting techniques. Wildseed Farms. www.wild seedfarms.com.

SEPTEMBER 14 BURNET: Kids’ Day Out. Includes archery, steer-head roping, casting with rod and reel, gemology and children’s

activities. 9 am to 3 pm at Burnet County Fairgrounds. 512-756-2128.

DRIPPING SPRINGS: Dripping with Taste Wine and Food Fest. Showcases fine Texas wines, food and art. Noon to 7 pm. Dripping Springs Ranch Park. www. drippingwithtaste.org.

FREDERICKSBURG: Fredericksburg Professional Bull Riders. Bull riding and an outdoor dance at Gillespie County Fairgrounds. www.gillespiefair.com.

GRUENE: Hayes Carll. Live music at Gruene Hall. www.gruenehall.com.

GRUENE: Gruene 10K. Enjoy a leisurely or competitive run through the Texas Hill Country with medals for each age group. Sponsored by the New Braunfels Running Club to benefit local charity.

AthleteGuild.com, 830-708-2991.

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Various venues. www.fantasticfest.com.

SEPTEMBER 20-21 SAN MARCOS: Hill Country Barbecue Cook-off. Hays County Civic Center.

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SEPTEMBER 20-22 FREDERICKSBURG: Trade Days. Shop with more than 350 vendors or relax in the biergarten while listening to music.

Seven miles east of town at 355 Sunday Farms Lane. www.fbgtradedays.com.

SEPTEMBER 21 BLANCO: 1st Annual Drives for Drippin’ Golf Tournament. Hosted by Dripping Springs United Methodist Church at Vaaler Creek Golf Club. 9 am. www. drives4drippin.com, 214-906-1504.

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SEPTEMBER 21 BOERNE: Moondance Concert Series at Cibolo Nature Center. www.cibolo.org.

COMFORT: Hill Country Art Festival. (see story, page 2.) Artists gather in Comfort on to show and sell their works as art show spotlights works in variety of media. 10 am to 5 pm. www.comfortchamberofcommerce.com.

DRIPPING SPRINGS: Dripping Springs Tiger Band Drumline Contest. Middle School Stadium. Email jason.littleton@ dsisd.txed.net for more information.

KERRVILLE: Bat Tunnel 10K Walk. Old Tunnel Wildlife Management Area, 10619 Old San Antonio Road. www. walktx.org/KerrvilleTrailblazers.

SAN MARCOS: Junior Texas Water Safari. 16-mile water adventure provides a great opportunity for young canoeists and kayakers to gain experience in the water. San Marcos City Park. www.texaswatersafari.org.

SEPTEMBER 21-22 GRUENE: Old Gruene Market Days. 100 artisans featuring handmade items on grounds of Adobe Verde in Historic District. GrueneMarketDays.com.

HONDO: Medina County Fair. Enjoya parade, a cowboy breakfast on Friday, animals, arts and crafts, plus food. Medina County Fair Grounds. www.medinacountyfair.org.

SEPTEMBER 22 AUSTIN: Wildflower Center Women in Science Event. Kids get a chance to talk with more than a dozen female scientists about their careers. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. wildflower.org.

SEPTEMBER 24-29 NEW BRAUNFELS: Comal County Fair and Rodeo. Enjoy carnival rides, live PRCA rodeo action, livestock shows, crafts, baking exhibits, dancing and an antique tractor pull. Comal County Fair Grounds. www.comal countyfair.org.

SEPTEMBER 27 KERRVILLE: Texas Music Heritage Day. Native American songs and dancing, historical arts and crafts, Buffalo Soldiers, living history demonstrations and exhibits, storytellers and music. More. Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines perform at 7:30 pm. Schreiner University Robbins Lewis Pavilion. www.TexasHeritrageMusic.org.

SEPTEMBER 27-28 BURNET: Barbecue Cook-off and Music Festival. Burnet Fair and Rodeo Grounds. www.burnetcookoff.com.

SEPTEMBER 28 DRIPPING SRINGS: Fall Fest Pioneer Day - Celebrating Texas Heritage. 10 am to 4 pm. drpoundhistoricalfarmstead.org, 512-858-2030.

JOHNSON CITY: Art Walk. 4 pm to 8 pm.

Nugent Street Art Galleries. www.taste wineart.com.

JOHNSON CITY: We Got Yer Goat Barbecue Cook-off. Washer-pitching tournament, arts and crafts, food and more.

Blanco County Fairgrounds. www.wegotyergoat. com KERRVILLE: Kerr County Market Days.

Handcrafted and homegrown goods from the Hill Country. Courthouse Square. www.kerr marketdays.org LAKEHILLS: Medina Lake Cajun Fes-

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tival and Great Gumbo Cook-off. Enjoy authentic Cajun food, a gumbo, music on two stages, dance lessons, and arts and crafts. Lakehills Civic Center. www.cajunfestivalmedinalake.com.

SAN MARCOS: Pet Fest. Festival and 5K fun run let you celebrate the pets in your life. San Marcos Plaza Park. www. preventalitter.com.

SEPTEMBER 28-29 BURNET: A Day out with Thomas. Take a 25-minute ride with a full-size Thomas the Tank Engine, meet Sir Topham Hatt and enjoy storytelling, music and more.

Burnet Community Center. www.austinsteamtrain.org, 512-439-1009.

FREDERICKSBURG: Renewable Energy Roundup and Green-living Fair. Features exhibits, lectures, demos and family activities on renewable energy, organic growing and green building. Marktplatz. www. theroundup.org.

UVALDE: Uvalde County Market Days.

Downtown Plaza. www.uvaldemarket days.com.

SEPTEMBER 28 – OCTOBER 27 DEVINE: Pumpkin Extravaganza.

Pumpkins, hayrides, barnyard animals, fishing, duck races, and more at Devine Acres Farm. www.devineacresfarm.com, 830-665-9730.

OCTOBER 3 DRIFTWOOD: Friends Foundation Barbecue Fundraiser. The Salt Lick Pavilion 5 pm to 10 pm. Hot Texas Swing Band performs. Dinner, live and silent auctions, raffles. www.thefriendsfoundation.org.

OCTOBER 3-6 DRIPPING SPRINGS: Dripping Springs Fair and Rodeo. (See story, page 6.) Carnival, CPRA Rodeo, cowboy breakfast, cook off, tractor pull, Friday and Saturday night dances, roping, barrel racing, and more. Dripping Springs Ranch Park. www.drippingspringsfairandrodeo.com.

OCTOBER 4-5 BLANCO: 43rd Annual “Lucille Ball Memorial” Ladies State Chili Championship Cookoff. Yett Memorial Park on Highway 281. www.ladiesstatechili.org OCTOBER 5 GRUENE: James McMurtry. Live music at Gruene Hall. www.gruenehall.com.

OCTOBER 5 SAN MARCOS: Sacred Springs Powwow. Festival celebrating Native American culture with drums, dancers, and Native food, arts and crafts. Aquarena Center. www.IndigenousCultures.com.

WIMBERLEY: Market Days. Everything you can’t live without at Lions Field. 7 am to 4 pm. www.shopmarketdays.com.

OCTOBER 11-12 FISCHER: 34th Annual Wimberley Gospel Music Festival. Sponsored by Cowboys for Jesus. Live gospel and Bluegrass music Friday evening and Saturday afternoon and evening. Plus concessions.A complete schedule is available on the web site at www.wimberleygospelmusic. com. 830-223-5308, 210-389-6235.

OCTOBER 11-18 DRIPPING SPRINGS: Photography Show at Wesley Gallery. Features Photographers of Dripping Springs (PODS). Reception October 11 6 pm to 8 pm. Show hours are Monday through Saturday 9 am to 5 pm. www.wesleygallery.com.

OCTOBER 12 GARDEN RIDGE: Garden Ridge Women’s Club Holiday Marketplace. Garden Ridge Community Center. Silent auction, original hand-made quilt raffle and delicious food. Plus, more than 50 vendors with unique, one-of-a-kind gifts for those on your shopping list. Farm Market 3009, 9500 Municipal Parkway.

WIMBERLEY: Costumed Pet Parade.

Lots of fun. Downtown. www.wimberleymerchants.com.

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OCTOBER 18-20 FREDERICKSBURG: 18th Annual Lone Star Gourd Festival. Pioneer Museum grounds. www.texasgourdsociety.org OCTOBER 19-20 SAN ANTONIO: Faberge’ Style Decorated Egg Art Show and Sale. Saturday 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday 10 am to 4 pm at the La Quinta Inn at Medical Drive and Interstate 10 East. www.saeggartshow. com, 210-494-5325.

OCTOBER 26 WIMBERLEY: 10th Annual Hunters Night Out Gun Raffle. Sponsored by Knights of Columbus. St. Mary Catholic Church. www.wimberleykchunter.org.

OCTOBER 30 HELOTES: Willie Nelson and Family.

Live music at John T. Floore’s Country Store. www.liveatfloores.com.

NOVEMBER 2 WIMBERLEY: Wimberley Glassworks Candy Shop of Visual Treats. Treat yourself and join us for this one night affair featuring drinks, desserts and demitasse from Amy’s Ice cream, Sugar Shack and TasteBuds. We’ll sweeten it up with door prizes, a glassblowing demo, and holiday specials. 5 pm to 9 pm. WGW.com.

WIMBERLEY: Market Days. Everything you can’t live without at Lions Field. 7 am to 4 pm. www.shopmarketdays.com.

NOVEMBER 16-17 NEW BRAUNFELS: Fifth Annual Train Show. New Braunfels Civic Center. Hours are Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm. 210-542-6121.

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