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» 45th Annual Dickens on the Strand Returns November 30th-December 2nd to Galveston’s Strand District » Winter Wonder Island 2018 Events Festival of Lights at Moody Gardens, ICE LAND: Pole to Pole, Holiday Splash at Schlitterbahn Galveston, Hendley Green Holiday Kickoff and Tree Lighting, Holiday Performances at The Grand 1894 Opera House, “Miracle” PopUp Bar, Downtown Lanterns & Lights plus a Giant Snow Globe, Breakfast with Santa, Christmas Countdown with Stories, Cirque Joyeux Noel Dinner & Show at Moody Gardens, Galveston Holiday Lighting Celebration at Hotel Galvez, Home for the Holidays Gift Market at Moody Gardens Convention Center, Victorian Holiday Homes Tour, Holiday with the Cranes, Holiday in the Park at Saengerfest Park, Santa Train at Galveston Railroad Museum, Sunday Brunch with Santa at Hotel Galvez, Santa Hustle 5K and Half Marathon Plus More

» Santa’s Night Out Benefits the Seafarers Center Patrons

» Celebrate the Holidays with Moody Gardens: All-New Cirque Joyeux…A Fun, Engaging, and Delicious Way To Spend The Holidays

» Choirs, Ballet, Hip Hop, and Santa Featured at Holiday Lighting Celebration at Hotel Galvez

» The Grand 1894 Opera House: Gabriel Royal: The Underground Cello Project & Asleep at the Wheel

» Island Elves, A Nash Project for Kids: Midtown Tavern Takes the Ultimate Holiday Challenge

» 7th Annual Cereal And Suds Run

» “Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them” at Island ETC This Month

» A Visit from Santa at Galveston Children’s Museum 12-14 The Island Guide Fun Maps 16 Books

» Galveston Bookshop Book Signings: “Winds of Change” by Jo Adams McAuley and “100 Things to Do in Texas before You Die” by E. R. Bills » Book Signing for “Unforgettable Galveston Characters” at #galvestonhistory’s Eighteen Seventy One » Oppy, Twyla and The Wolf with George Douglas Lee » Get in the Holiday Spirit at Rosenberg Library with Santa

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The 45th Annual Festival Returns November 30th-December 2nd to Strand District For 45 years, Galveston Historical Founda-

tion’s Dickens on The Strand festival has highlighted Downtown Galveston’s Victorian-era architecture while providing a one-of-a-kind holiday destination filled with the sights and sounds of Charles Dickens’ work. This year’s event continues that tradition with new entertainers and events, returning favorites, and family-friendly programming.

This year’s festival begins Friday, November 30th with free admission to Fezziwig’s Beer Hall from 5-9pm, and continues with ticketed admission Saturday, December 1st 10am-9pm, and Sunday, December 2nd 12 noon-6pm.

Tickets purchased before November 30th are $13 for adults and $7 for children ages 7-12.

Tickets purchased at the gate are $15 for adults and $9 for youth. Discounted tickets for GHF members are available for $10 in advance or $12 at the gate.

Tickets are available online at dickensonthestrand.org, by calling, (409)765-7834, or at all area Randall’s stores beginning November 5th.

Attendees in Victorian costumes receive $8 entry.

“This year marks the 45th anniversary of Dickens on The Strand. Our holiday festival highlights the wonderful era of Charles Dickens in a backdrop of some of the nation’s finest Victorian architecture,” states GHF Executive Director, Dwayne Jones. “Everyone who comes to our event shares in the beginning of the holiday season where the spirit of ‘A Christmas Carol’ fills the streets. Join us for our annual festival of costumes, food, and entertainment.”

The annual holiday street festival, based on 19th-century Victorian London, features parades, non-stop entertainment on multiple stages, strolling carolers, roving musicians, bagpipers, jugglers, and a host of other entertainers. Costumed vendors peddle their wares from street stalls and rolling carts laden with holiday food and drink, Victorian-inspired crafts, clothing, jewelry, holiday decorations, and gift items.

Three descendants of Charles Dickens will grace the festival as GHF welcomes Oliver ‘Ollie’ Dickens, a greatgreat-great-grandson; Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, a great-great-great-granddaughter; and Jane Dickens Monk, a great-great-granddaughter. All descendants will be at numerous events throughout the weekend.

New in 2018 Oliver ‘Ollie’ Dickens – Great-great-greatgrandson of Charles Dickens British actor Ollie Dickens, who recently graduated from LAMDA, one of the finest drama training academies in the world, and having previously graduated from the University of York with honors in writing, directing, and performance, makes his return to Galveston for this year’s festival. Ollie’s love for his heritage began 20 years ago when he first arrived on the island and had a minor role as Tiny Tim during his father’s dramatic readings of “A Christmas Carol.” He is the latest in a long tradition of Dickens descendants to participate in the festival and is looking forward to committing the same level of energy, intensity, and flair to his readings as his greatgreat-great grandfather would have done…if at all possible!

Dickens After Dark Holders of this limited ticket will gain access to a private event hidden within the Dickens on The Strand grounds.

Held on Saturday, December 1st, 8-10pm, guests will receive the location a week before the event and enjoy unique performances, drink, and revelry for this new addition to the 45th annual Victorian event, hosted by British actor, and greatgreat-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, Oliver ‘Ollie’ Dickens.

Tickets are $50 per person and reservations are required.

Returning Favorites A Dickens Soiree at 1892 Bishop’s Palace Featuring specialty acts, award-winning performers and carefully curated food and drink options, last year’s soiree was one of the weekend’s highlights, and it’s back again for 2018!

Held at the breathtaking 1892 Bishop’s Palace on Friday, November 30th, 6:30pm, attendees will enjoy live music by Houston’s Two Star Symphony, a special acrobatics presentation by Cirque La Vie, and appearances by special guests including a reading by ‘Ollie’ Dickens, great-great-greatgrandson of Charles Dickens. Tickets are $75.

Breakfast with Dickens The great-great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens, Jane Monk, isn’t just coming to this year’s event to take in the sights and share her heritage, she’s also there to cook a traditional English breakfast!

Join Jane, and the Island’s favorite award-winning chef Mary Bass, at the beautiful 1892 Bishop’s Palace on Saturday, December 1st (8am) or Sunday, December 2nd (10am).

Tickets are $75 and reservations are required.

Fezziwig’s Friday Night Mr. Fezziwig was everything Ebenezer wasn’t, and we pay tribute to his jovial personality at our Fezziwig’s Beer Hall. Join Friday evening, November 30th, 5-9pm, for specialty acts, hearty brews, and new friends all hosted

by Dickens descendant Jane Monk.

There will also be a specialty cocktail chosen from Cedric Dickens’ book “Drinking With Dickens.”

Admission is free for this lively start to the 45th anniversary.

Festival Highlights

Along with browsing the many booths and vendors, the festival weekend also hosts a multitude of spirited fun with events such as the crowd favorite Whimsical Whisker Revue (a facial hair contest for the bearded and the dandy), the Dickens Victorian Bed Races, Victorian Costume Contest, and daily parades through Galveston’s National Historic Landmark Strand District.

Special events also include: Salute To Sunset onboard the 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA The Texas Seaport Museum transforms to a London wharf for this toast to the end of the day and beginning of the evening. The 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA welcomes you aboard Saturday, December 1st at 4:30pm for heavy appetizers, cocktails, cannon fire, and special guests leading up to Saturday night’s Pickwick’s Lanternlight Parade.

Tickets are $50 per person and reservations are required.

Holiday Handbell Concerts The 1859 St. Joseph’s Church, the state’s first wooden built church, well known for its exceptional acoustics, hosts three holiday handbell concerts on Friday, November 30th at 5:30pm, 7pm, and 8:30pm.

Tickets are $20 per person and reservations are required.

Saint Arnold’s Strand Walking Tours Learn about the history of The Strand and enjoy some of Saint Arnold Brewing Company’s signature ales during this new tour. Held during Dickens on The Strand on November 30th (7pm), December 1st (11am and 4:30pm) and December 2nd (3pm), you’ll visit three festival pubs as you walk through the National Historic Landmark district with your guide and enjoy some of Saint Arnold Brewing Company’s signature ales during this tour.

Tickets are $35 per person and include three complimentary beers. Advanced registration encouraged.

Victorian Bed Races Sunday, December 2nd at 4:30pm, fortune and glory await one lucky team at the 2018 Dickens on The Strand! The annual Victorian bed race is always a crowd favorite and pits 5-person teams against each other for a footrace down Galveston’s historic streets. Complete rules and regulations are available at galvestonhistory.org. Awards will be given to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams as well as a special crowd favorite award for the best-decorated bed.

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For more information on Dickens on The Strand, Galveston Historical Foundation, or to purchase advance tickets, please visit galvestonhistory.org or call (409)765-7834.

For more festival information, please contact Will Wright, Chief Creative Officer at (409)7653404 or will.wright@galvestonhistory.org.

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year, Festival of Lights features a one-mile-long trail with more than 100 sound-enhanced animated light displays, and one million lights. In addition to taking in all the lights, show off your balance on the outdoor ice-skating rink or get some thrills snow tubing down the Arctic Ice Slide. Fun for the whole family, you won’t find anything else like the Festival of Lights here in the Lone Star State.

Moody Gardens is located at 1 Hope Blvd., Galveston, moodygardens.org.

ICE LAND: “Pole to Pole”

November 17th-January 6th Admire larger-than-life statues of polar bears, penguins, humpback whales, snowy owls, walrus, and of course, reindeer as you explore Ice Land at Moody Gardens, a wintery wonderland carved from two million pounds of ice. Crafted by a team of 25 master ice carvers from Harbin, China, this year’s version of Ice Land takes guests on a journey from the North to South poles. The CAA Ruijing Ice Carving Team will create a giant ice slide that will take guests on a glacial journey and, of course, create the infamous Shivers Ice Bar serving up the coolest cocktails. Covering 28,000 square feet and kept at a chilly nine degrees, Ice Land is one of the coolest attractions on the Texas Gulf Coast. Moody Gardens is located at 1 Hope Blvd., Galveston, moodygardens.org.

There is no better time to head to Galveston Island than the holiday season.

The island offers great weather, incredible events, world-class attractions, award-winning Gulf seafood, and a historic downtown full of unique gifts for your shopping pleasure.

The Galveston holiday season is full of tradition – from its worldrenowned Dickens on the Strand Victorian Christmas festival to Festival of Lights at Moody Gardens – and this year, the island will offer some exciting new additions to make for an even more festive winter getaway.

Galveston Island is the “Winter Wonder Island” of Texas, featuring more than 50 days of holiday festivities and more than 1,000 holiday events during the winter season. The island is home to the largest holiday lighting event on the Gulf Coast, Festival of Lights at Moody Gardens, as well as the nationally-known Victorian Christmas festival, Dickens on The Strand, among many other attractions. For more information on holiday activities, visit galveston.com/holidaymagic.

New this holiday season, Galveston will be a featured host location to “Miracle” on the Island, an international rotating pop-up bar series serving a themed menu of festive drinks to holiday enthusiasts November 23rd- December 31st. The “Miracle” Pop-Up Holiday Bar – a prestigious nod in the arts and culture scene – just announced its 2018 host locations, which includes 80 bars around the world and Galveston’s own Daquiri Time Out is among the list.

In addition, Downtown Galveston will be illuminated by an extensive lighting and décor overhaul that will encompass the main corridors of the charming historic Downtown district from Strand to Postoffice Streets, making it the perfect backdrop for a winter escape. Plus, one of the island’s most popular holiday attractions, ICE LAND, will return to Moody Gardens with a brand new theme: “Pole to Pole.” The theme will include a festive journey from the North to the South Pole featuring polar bears, penguins, humpback whales, snowy owls, walrus, and reindeer.

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Festival of Lights at Moody Gardens

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Holiday Splash at Schlitterbahn Galveston

November 17th-December 30th Enjoy a sprinkle of holiday cheer while making a splash at Galveston’s only indoor waterpark. See Surfing Santa appearances, Bahn Borealis light show, holiday friends, holiday meal packages, and more. Schlitterbahn Waterpark is located at 2026 Lockheed Rd., Galveston, schlitterbahn.com/gal.

Hendley Green Holiday Kickoff & Tree Lighting

November 24th (2-7pm) Hendley Green and Eighteen Seventy One are coming together to offer a day of family-friendly fun on Saturday, November 24th. Children of all ages are encouraged to bring their letters to Santa for mailing off before the holidays in a specially created mailbox.

Located at 2002 Strand, Eighteen Seventy One will welcome guests with special discounts, refreshments, popcorn, and more from 10am8pm. A special prize wheel will be available for your chance to win tickets to Dickens on The Strand, the Galveston Historic Homes Tour, and many other GHF programs.

Hendley Green, located at 2028 Strand, will offer craft beer from 2-6pm and a visit from Santa and his sleigh from 4-5pm. Guests are welcome to bring their camera for free photos. There will be familyfriendly games throughout the afternoon and a special performance by the Galveston Community Band plus the lighting of the Queen’s Christmas Tree at 5pm.

Holiday Performances at The Grand 1894 Opera House

November 24thJanuary 12th Celebrate the holidays with Grand entertainment! Scheduled is Asleep at the Wheel – Merry Texas Christmas Y’all, The Priests, Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Big Band with Wynton Marsalis, “All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914,” “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Live on Stage and The Other Mozart - presented in Galveston’s magnificent, historic theatre. The Grand 1894 Opera House is located at 2020 Postoffice St. in Galveston’s historic Downtown Cultural Arts District. Tickets are available by contacting The Grand’s box office at (409)7651894, (800)821-1894, or go to thegrand.com.

“Miracle” Pop-Up Bar

November 23rd- December 31st “Miracle,” the beloved Christmasthemed pop-up bar launched in 2014 in New York City, will continue spreading holiday cheer around the globe in 2018, as the brand celebrates its five-year anniversary. This year, “Miracle” will launch in over 80

locations around the world with Sippin’ Santa expanding to multiple locations in partnership with notable tiki-connoisseur Jeff “Beachbum” Berry. Galveston will be hosting the internationallyacclaimed pop-up at DTO (Daquiri Time Out) located across the street from Maceo’s Spice and Import at 2701 Market, Downtown Galveston. For more info call (409)497-2760, dtogalveston.com.

Downtown Lanterns & Lights plus Giant Snow Globe

November 24thJanuary 2nd This holiday season, historic downtown Galveston will be illuminated by lighting and décor encompassing the main corridors of this charming 36-block district.

Downtown Lanterns & Lights will feature a magical display of lights and other holiday-themed attractions in Saengerfest Park, including an interactive photo frame and a giant snow globe for visitors to enjoy on designated weekends. The photo props will be available November 25th-26th and December 9th, 16th and 23rd.

Lights will stretch throughout downtown from 20th to 25th streets on The Strand as well as along 23rd and Postoffice streets. In addition, visitors will find unique holiday gifts at the district’s many boutiques, art galleries, and antique shops set among beautiful Victorian architecture.

Downtown Lanterns and Lights at Saengerfest Park will feature Chinese acrobats for opening night November 24th at 6pm.

Breakfast with Santa

November 24th and December 22nd (10:30am) Come out to visit with Santa, enjoy refreshments, listen to festive stories, and receive a special treat. Pre-register at Rosenberg-library.org.

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Please choose one session (either November 24th or December 22nd). Rosenberg Library is located Downtown at 2310 Sealy St., Galveston. This event is free.

Christmas Countdown with Stories

Every day November 24th-December 22nd (4pm) Enjoy hearing a festive story in the Children’s Department as we countdown the holidays. Attend all or attend as you can - either way, this will guarantee to get you in the holiday spirit. Rosenberg Library is located Downtown at 2310 Sealy St., Galveston. This event is free.

Cirque Joyeux Noel Dinner Show at Moody Gardens

December 21stJanuary 4th Enjoy a spectacular, exhilarating and joyous celebration of the holiday season with an enchanting mix of food, circus, and music. This original holiday spectacular is fun for the entire family and features a stellar cast of international circus and variety performers from all corners of the world. Be up-close and personal with circus stars!

Cirque Dinner & Show guests will enjoy Chef Felipe Gonzalez’s delicious cuisine and then sit back for a holiday cirque spectacular.

Your ticket to the dinner and show also includes admission to the incredible Moody Gardens Festival of Lights – The Gulf Coast’s Largest Holiday Lighting Event including Santa’s Workshop and a visit with Santa himself.

Cirque Joyeux is directed by Lone Star Circus Founder and Creative Director Fanny Kerwich, an eighth-generation circus performer who has performed throughout North America, Russia, South America, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. Kerwich will be bringing to Galveston breathtaking acts that defy the boundaries of the imagination. Moody Gardens Convention Center, is located at 7 Hope Blvd., in Galveston. Tickets are available at moodychristmasshow.com.

Galveston Holiday Lighting Celebration at Hotel Galvez

November 23rd Hotel Galvez & Spa®, A Wyndham Grand® Hotel is hosting its eleventh annual Galveston Holiday Lighting Celebration at 6pm featuring performances from “The Nutcracker,” area choirs and dance groups and the Galveston Community Band. The Lighting Celebration is one of the more than 50 days of holiday fun in Galveston, the “Winter Wonder Island” of Texas. The Galveston Holiday Lighting Celebration is an annual, free family event and marks the start of the official holiday season in Galveston.

The Galveston Holiday Lighting Celebration begins with the arrival of Santa Claus by horsedrawn carriage, followed by the lighting of the hotel’s 35-foot Christmas tree with a countdown led by Santa Claus and Galveston’s Mayor Pro-Tem Craig Brown. KHOU-TV’s Mia Gradney will emcee the event.

Throughout the evening’s festivities, Hotel Galvez will accept monetary donations for the Salvation Army to help make the holidays brighter for all members of the community.

Home for the Holidays Gift Market at Moody Gardens Convention Center

November 23rd-24th Home for the Holidays Gift Market is the place to discover unique gifts you can’t find anywhere else. Not only do they have every imaginable product from upcycled to recycled, handcrafted to vintage, you can meet the artists behind the goods. Admission is only $5 with free parking and there will be 150 vendors to explore!

A Holiday ArtWalk

November 24th For over 25 years, the Galveston Art Center has produced an ArtWalk on Saturday nights in the heart of the historic district. Now spreading to other parts of the Island, ArtWalk occurs approximately every six weeks. Not a street festival, ArtWalk takes place in existing commercial galleries, non-profit arts spaces and what are called “other walls” — restaurants and retail stores. One of the Galveston Arts Center’s largest programs, ArtWalk promotes visual art and supports our arts-based community, offering alternative places to see and learn about art.

Victorian Holiday Homes Tour

November 30th Galveston’s East End Historical District Association (EEHDA) will host its 29th annual “A Victorian Christmas” Holiday Homes Tour 5:30-9:30pm. The tour will feature five East End Historical District homes festively decorated for the holiday season. Additionally, the EEHDA Cottage will be open for light refreshments, and guests will enjoy a variety of holiday music at the EEHDA’s Darragh Park, and at some of the residential locations. For more detailed information, visit the EEHDA Events Page at eehda.org. The cost of the tour is $20, and tickets are limited.

Purchase your tickets in advance at eehda.org or at The Grand 1894 Opera House, (800)8211894. The proceeds of this event directly benefit the EEHDA and its continued efforts to preserve, protect and maintain the historic and architectural value of our neighborhood and historical sites, such as Darragh Park, Alderdice Park, and the East End Cottage.

Dickens on the Strand

November 30th-December 2nd Don your finest frock coat or hoop skirt and join the festivities at the 45th Annual Dickens on The Strand, when Downtown Galveston is

transformed into the Victorian-era London of Charles Dickens. Take in the Strand Historic District’s gorgeous architecture as you listen to roaming carolers, bagpipers and musicians.

Don’t miss any of the fun and family-friendly events like the Holiday Handbell Concert and the crowd-pleasing Victorian Bed Races.

Holiday with the Cranes

December 8th-9th For a unique holiday experience, spend a wonderful, winter weekend in Galveston celebrating the return of the island’s wintering Sandhill Cranes at Holiday with the Cranes.

The weekend will be chockfull of indoor and outdoor nature activities combined with the ambiance of historic Galveston Island! Holiday with the Cranes is presented by the Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council, a nonprofit volunteer organization that helps connect people with nature experiences and outdoor adventures, and promotes the value of natural habitats and resources in the Galveston Island area. Holiday with the Cranes provides opportunities for Gulf Coast winter birding, educational and entertaining learning, and outdoor adventure. For a schedule go to galvestonnaturetourism.org/ holiday-with-the-cranes-2018. (Photo by Billy Blues)

Holiday in the Park at Saengerfest Park

December 8th Join this holiday season for Galveston Holiday in the Park where the whole family can enjoy a full day filled with festive holiday tunes from local and area school choirs, bands, and amazing church choirs. This is free to attend.

Performances will be held in Saengerfest Park at 23rd and Strand St., 10:45am-6pm. Spend some time shopping for those last minute gifts at your favorite Galveston Strand shops as well as festive vendors located on 23rd Street.

Children will also be able to visit and take pictures with Santa in the Park 1-5pm.

Holiday in the Park and Santa on the Strand are part of Galveston’s Winter Wonder Island. For more info go to galvestonholidayinthepark.com.

Santa Train at Galveston Railroad Museum

December 15th Come enjoy an afternoon with Santa! Santa arrives at 12 noon and will be available in the Depot to meet with children and take pictures until 2pm. Train rides on the Harborside Express will at 12 noon with Santa’s arrival.

Special event admission is $12, children age 12 and under are free. Tickets to ride the train are $5 for ages 2 and up. The Galveston Railroad Museum is located at 2602 Santa Fe Place, Downtown Galveston. Call (409)765-5700 or go to galvestonrrmuseum.com for more info.

Sunday Brunch with Santa at Hotel Galvez

November 25th, December 2nd, 9th, 19th & 23rd Hotel Galvez is also hosting Sunday Brunch with Santa on November 25th, December 2nd,

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9th, 16th, and 23rd, 11am-2pm. Guests are invited to take pictures with Santa and all will leave with a courtesy gift from Santa. For brunch reservations, call (409)765-7721 or book via Open Table.

Santa Hustle 5K and Half Marathon

December 15th-16th We all know it’s exciting to meet one Santa Claus but to see thousands at once? If that doesn’t warm your cockles, nothing will. Welcome to one of the most unique running events in Texas, the Santa Hustle Half Marathon and 5K. Wear your special Dri-FIT shirt made to look like St. Nick’s trademark coat, candy cane socks, Santa hat and jog along to the tunes of holiday music while you’re tempted with cookies and candy. Cross that finish line and you’ll get the best prize of all, a special finisher’s medal that will surely impress the real Santa when he pays you a visit.

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These events aren’t the only ways to enjoy yourself in Galveston this holiday season.

Browse for unique gifts in the Historic Downtown District’s boutiques, tour the island’s magnificent Victorian homes decked in festive decorations, and treat yourself to delicious dining at local restaurants.

Give yourself the best Christmas gift of all by spending your holidays in Galveston!

Santa’s Night Out Benefits The Galveston Seafarers Center Patrons December 22nd,

7pm-2am, come out and have fun and make a difference at this year’s Santa’s Night Out. Are you looking for a way to get on Santa’s good side this year?

Santa’s Night Out is your ticket to not getting a lump of coal. The annual pub crawl and supply drive, benefiting the Galveston Seafarer Center, returns for a night of pre-holiday fun and festivities through the streets and pubs of Galveston.

The public is invited to join in their finest Santa suits, reindeer outfits, or elf attire, and take to the streets for cold ales, warm toddies, and fine friendship.

Participants to this year’s event are encouraged to bring items of necessity for the men and women who make their life on ships. Supplies can be brought to the first stop at Murphy's Irish Pub, 213 22nd St., Downtown Galveston.

The Galveston Seafarers Center is a non-profit, multi-denominational organization aimed at serving the needs of men and women who live and work at sea. T ​ he importance of the seafarer and his or her care while in Galveston is important to the center. These men and women are fathers and brothers, sisters and wives, uncles and mothers, all of whom are far from home. Seafarers Centers around the world make it a top priority to ensure these type of services are available at their facilities.

No advance reservations are required.

Celebrate the Holidays with Moody Gardens: All-New Cirque Joyeux…A Fun, Engaging & Delicious Way To Spend The Holidays

Back by popular demand, the Cirque features award-winning performers from all over the world!

Cirque Joyeux Dinner and Show dates are December 21st22nd, 24th-25th, 27th-29th, January 1st-4th.

Cirque Joyeux is back to entertain and delight you with all new Cirque stars at Moody Gardens Hotel Spa & Convention Center’s family-friendly holiday tradition.

This original holiday spectacular is fun for the entire family and features a stellar cast of international circus and variety performers from all corners of the world. You can be up-close and personal with circus stars!

Cirque Dinner & Show guests will enjoy Chef Felipe Gonzalez’s delicious cuisine and then sit back for a holiday cirque spectacular.

Your ticket to the dinner and show also includes admission to the incredible Moody Gardens Festival of Lights – The Gulf Coast’s Largest Holiday Lighting Event including Santa’s Workshop and a visit with Santa himself!

In addition to the Dinner & Show package, Moody Gardens will offer matinees on select afternoons at a lower ticket cost. Matinees include the show and entrance to Moody Gardens Festival of Lights; dinner is not served at the matinees.

Cirque Joyeux is directed by Lone Star Circus Founder and Creative Director Fanny Kerwich, an eighth-generation circus performer who has

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Santa Sightings

Choirs, Ballet, Hip Hop and Santa Will Be Featured at the Holiday Lighting Celebration at Hotel Galvez

Hotel Galvez & Spa®, A Wyndham Grand® Hotel • November 17th-December 24th: is hosting its elevPhotos with Santa at Moody Gardens enth annual Galves• November 23rd: Holiday Lighting ton Holiday Lightand Santa at Hotel Galvez ing Celebration on Friday, • November 24th: Santa at The Grand November 23rd at 6pm fea1894 Opera House (Edna’s Room turing performances from Holiday Art Market) “The Nutcracker,” area • November 24th and December 22nd: choirs and dance groups Breakfast with Santa at Rosenberg and the Galveston CommuLibrary nity Band.

• December 9th, 16th & 23rd: Sunday The Lighting Celebration is Brunch with Santa at Hotel Galvez one of the more than 50 days • December 16th: Breakfast with Santa at of holiday fun in Galveston, the The San Luis Resort (Blake’s Bistro) “Winter Wonder Island” of Texas.

• December 22nd & 23rd : Breakfast with The Galveston Holiday LightSanta at Rainforest Café ing Celebration is an annual, free • December 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd: Cheer family event and marks the start On The Pier - Spend your Saturdays at of the official holiday season in the Pleasure Pier with Santa! Families Galveston. can watch holiday movies, enjoy kids The Galveston Holiday Lightactivities and rides. Activities at Santa’s ing Celebration begins with the Workshop are from 12 noon-4pm and arrival of Santa Claus by horseinclude photos with Santa, letters to drawn carriage, followed by the Santa, and cookie decorating. Holiday lighting of the hotel’s 35-foot movies are 7-9pm.

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by Santa Claus and Galvesperformed throughout North America, Russia, ton’s Mayor Pro-Tem Craig Brown.

South America, Africa, Asia, and the CaribKHOU-TV’s Mia Gradney will emcee the event. bean. Kerwich will be bringing to Galveston Guests will be entertained by Galveston Combreathtaking acts that defy the boundaries of the imagination. A few of the munity Band directed by Doyle Neuwiller, Fanstars of this all-new holiday extravaganza include: fare Lutheran Music Academy and Ambassadors • The electrifying hand-to-hand balancing of AcroDuo, who have appeared in Preparatory Academy Fine Arts Ambassadors led the Big Apple Circus and Cirque de la Symphonie

by Anita Donato, and Trinity School Choir led by • The mind-boggling, magical and elegant quick-change act of Olga and VladLaura Hyatt. imir Smirnov New this year is the DLS Dance Studio under • The intense, fast-paced and stunning blend of emotions and acrobatics of the direction of Tatiana Verega. The evening conDuo Pile ou Face-Shannon Maguire & Philippe Renaud cludes with a performance by the Galveston Ballet • The high-level mix of technique with artistry and musicality, to produce an under the direction of Janel Amsallem. involved and theatrical aerial straps circus performance of Sarah Hardy, who Dickens on The Strand’s Queen Victoria and has appeared in Cirque du Soliel other special characters will also make appear• Award-winning funslinger Ron Campbell is a Shakespearian actor who ances during the festivities. became a world-renowned clown; Ron has toured the world as a lead clown Additionally, children can have photos taken in Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza. with Santa Claus in the hotel’s Music Hall. Souve• From Argentina, Troupes Jacques, six generations of circus, presents the nir photos with Santa by KC Photography will be strength and balance of the vertical and towering perch pole. available for purchase for $15.

• And, the mesmerizing and award-winning hand balancing of Clark Jacques, Throughout the evening’s festivities, Hotel as seen on America’s Got Talent Galvez will accept monetary donations for the SalCirque Joyeux is made possible through the support of local hotel and vation Army to help make the holidays brighter for all members of the community. motel tax dollars from the city of Galveston generated to encourage tourism Hotel Galvez & Spa is pleased to offer a and to further promote arts and entertainment on the island. Come to the Galveston Holiday Getaway Package Novemcirque and make your holiday celebration extraordinary! ber 10th-December 29th. The package includes The dinner and show doors will open at 6:30pm, the holiday buffet breakfast for two at Galvez Bar & Grill, two tickets begins at 6:30pm, pre-show performance starts at 6:40pm, and the cirque to Moody Gardens’ Ice Land, as well as compliperformance starts at 7:30pm. mentary valet and a courtesy shuttle to the HisMoody Gardens Convention Center, is located at 7 Hope Blvd., in toric Strand District.

Galveston.

Hotel Galvez is also hosting Sunday Brunch Tickets for Cirque Joyeux Dinner & Show are available at moodychristwith Santa on November 25th, December 2nd, masshow.com - adults are $59-$109, children (3-12 years) are $39-$109.

9th, 16th and 23rd, 11am-2pm.

Infants are free with the exception of specific premium seats.

Guests are invited to take pictures with Santa Cirque Joyeux Matinees tickets are adults $29-$49, children (3-12 years) and all will leave with a courtesy gift. For brunch are $19-$49. Infants are free with the exception of specific premium seats. reservations, call (409)765-7721 or book via Each ticket will be charged a $4 per ticket processing fee.

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The Grand 1894 Opera House:

Gabriel Royal: The Underground Cello Project & Asleep at the Wheel, Merry Christmas Y’all The Grand 1894 Opera House is located at 2020 Postoffice St. in Galveston’s historic Downtown Cultural Arts District. Tickets are available by contacting The Grand’s box office at (409)7651894, (800)821-1894, or go to thegrand.com.

Gabriel Royal: The Underground Cello Project

Saturday, November 10th (8pm) Gabriel Royal’s journey from art teacher to modern chamber pop composer-performer began as a fun diversion with friends. His sensual singing voice and sonorous cello accompaniment developed while playing and singing in the New York subways. Gabriel’s musical influences include Stevie Wonder’s groove, Burt Bacharach’s relaxed, jazzy yet poppy sensitivities, and the multi-talents of alternative contemporary artists including John Legend, Hiatus Coyote, Flying Lotus, James Blake, Jangle Monae, and Thundercat. Tickets are $30-$75. This project is sponsored in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and Texas Commission on the Arts.

Asleep at the Wheel: Merry Texas Christmas Y’all

Saturday, November 24th (8pm) Ray Benson founded Asleep at the Wheel 47 years ago. Now based in Austin, the band holds 10 Grammy awards, 20 studio albums, and 20 singles on the Billboard country charts including “Still The King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys,” their third full-length Bob Wills tribute album. Now traveling as an 8-piece band, Asleep at the Wheel has a newfound energy and their own Texas style. Between those Texas Twin Fiddles and Boogie Piano, you can bet you’ll be dancin’ down the aisles and swingin’ all night long when the Wheel rolls into town! Tickets are $28-$88.

The Priests

Sunday, November 25th (7pm) Hailed as a musical match “made in Heaven,” The Priests have achieved international acclaim for their stirring Irish tenor voices. An overnight success almost 40 years in the making, Fathers Eugene, Martin O’Hagan, and Father David Delargy set a Guinness World Record for “the Fastest Selling Classical Debut Album of All Times” in 2008. An evening with The Priests is sure to put a spring in your step! Tickets are $28-$88.

Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”

Friday, November 30th (8pm) and Saturday, December 1st (3pm) Charles Dickens’ timeless tale of hope and redemption has enchanted audiences around the world since it was first published in 1843!

Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Future come together in a delightful theatrical performance featuring stunning sets, lush costumes, and plenty of music and dance. With beloved traditional carols of the season included, it’s an enchanting event for the entire family!

Tickets are $30-$75.

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Big Band with Wynton Marsalis, Holiday Tour

Sunday, December 2nd (4pm) With special guest vocalists, Veronica Swift and Vuyo Sotashe, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Big Band, led by Wynton Marsalis, is made up of 15 of the finest soloists, ensemble players, and arrangers in jazz music today. For almost 30 years, this Manhattan-based big band has been spreading the gospel of jazz virtues from its early blues roots to swing and awesome improvisations. This is an evening of potent, passionate, and superbly crafted music!

Tickets are $30-$98. This project is sponsored in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and Texas Commission on the Arts.

“All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914”

Sunday, December 9th (4pm) This heartrending retelling of a powerful historic event recounts the astounding moment during World War I when Allied forces and German soldiers laid down their arms to celebrate Christmas Day 1914 together − sharing food and drink, singing carols, and playing soccer. “All is Calm” weaves first-hand accounts by World War I soldiers with patriotic tunes, trench songs, and Christmas carols. “… it puts a human face on WWI.” (San Francisco Globe). Tickets are $30-$75. This project is sponsored in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and Texas Commission on the Arts.

Nutcracker Afternoon Tea

December 15th (12:30pm) An annual tradition at The Grand, treat your favorite little girl or boy to the Nutcracker Afternoon Tea. This delightful event features tea-time fare of finger sandwiches, cookies, punch, and of course, tea plus you can get your photo with the Nutcracker dancers. This is a perfect complement to a performance of “The Nutcracker” ballet. Make this your new family holiday tradition. Tickets to the Nutcracker Afternoon Tea do not include seats to a performance of “The Nutcracker.” Performance tickets must be purchased separately. Tickets are $30 for adults and $25 for children.

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“The Nutcracker”

December 15th (2pm and 6:30pm) and December 16th (2pm) City Ballet of Houston proudly returns to The Grand 1894 Opera House with its production of “The Nutcracker!”

An annual holiday favorite, “The Nutcracker” will delight audiences of all ages. It tells the story of a young girl who dreams of a Nutcracker Prince, a Sugar Plum Fairy, and a fierce battle against a Mouse King. Following the afternoon performances, experience the behind the scenes magic of “The Nutcracker!” You will have an opportunity to hear a brief presentation about the ballet and meet the dancers. This special presentation is included with your ticket to the Saturday or Sunday matinee performance. Tickets are $19-$50.

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” Live on Stage

Sunday, December 23rd (1pm and 4pm) This brand-new touring production of “A Charlie Brown Christmas Live on Stage” by Charles M. Schulz features everyone’s favorite Peanuts gang - Linus, Lucy, Snoopy, Sally, and more - all led by the lovable Charlie Brown as they discover the true meaning of Christmas.

When Charlie Brown becomes discouraged by the materialism of the season, Lucy convinces him to direct the neighborhood Christmas play. In typical Charlie Brown fashion, things go awry and it’s up to Linus to save the day and remind everyone of the real message of the holiday. Tickets are $25-$60. Sponsored in part by Lyda Kempner Quinn And Lyda Ann Quinn Thomas Fund For The Performing Arts.

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for a way to give back to your community? Do you want to spread Christmas cheer to children who can use a hand?

Midtown Tavern, located at 5806 Stewart Rd., Galveston is teaming up with Galveston County Child Protective Services to fill a need right here on the island on November 10th, 4-6pm, for a Picking Party!

Midtown Tavern has taken on the task of giving over 100 kids a Christmas they won’t forget and they need your help. Join in helping make this Christmas a special one for these kids by attending the Picking Party and picking your special kiddo off of the giving tree.

If you can’t make the party, don’t let that stop you from adopting. The folks at Midtown can ‘pick for you’ and get you all the information you will need.

After you select your child, the rest is simple. Refer to your child’s information that you picked for sizes and specific needs, then simply go shopping. They ask that all gifts be new and unused. To better serve all kids equally, consider following our suggestion of purchasing three gifts off their request list and two surprise gifts.

Then, wrap your gifts and make sure each one is labeled with your child’s name, and bring them to 2501 Azalea Court, Galveston or to Midtown Tavern by December 10th. Please call or text when you are on your way to (409)256-7352 Then December 18th, it’s party time for everyone! All Island Elves are invited to join NASH at the Garten Verein in Galveston at 3:30pm to spread Christmas cheer and celebrate these wonderful efforts. The kids will be receiving their gifts at the party and it is guaranteed to be a merry time. They will have music, food, desserts, entertainment, and a visit from the jolly old fellow himself, Santa Claus! Your presence is not mandatory to take part but the more the merrier.

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7th Annual Cereal And Suds Run Set For Saturday, November 10th The Greater

Houston/ Galveston Jeep Community and friends are invited to join this event benefiting the families of the Ronald McDonald House of Galveston (RMHG).

On Saturday, November 10th, 11am-1pm, The Greater Houston/Galveston Jeep Community, along with McDonald’s owner/operators of Greater Houston and Coca-Cola, will host the seventh annual Cereal and Suds Run benefiting the Ronald McDonald House of Galveston (RMHG). Participants are invited to meet with their Jeep (other vehicles are also welcome) at the Buc-cees at 6201 Gulf Freeway in Texas City for a departure at 11am.

To get involved, participants are encouraged to either make a cash donation to RMHG, or bring laundry detergent pods and kidfriendly boxed cereal to donate to the house. The Ronald McDonald Shoe Car and a police escort will lead hundreds of Jeeps in a parade from the mainland, over the causeway, and onto Galveston Island ending at the Ronald McDonald House of Galveston at 301 14th Street.

Following the parade, families will have the opportunity to take photos with the Ronald McDonald Shoe Car, meet YouTube Star UnspeakableGaming (Nathan), and win raffle prizes.

All proceeds and donations from the Suds Run benefit RMHG’s efforts to provide a home-away-from-home for children and families in need. Find more info at rmhg.org/event.

The Cereal and Suds Run is a pantry drive benefiting the Ronald McDonald House of Galveston. Over the past six years, the event has delivered over 33,000 pounds of laundry detergent and $26,000 in cash donations. This year, they are adding kid-friendly cereal to the wish list. For additional information, please visit Facebook @SudsRunGalveston.

and the People Who Love Them” by Christopher Durang will be on stage November 16th – December 8th with a Sunday matinee on December 2nd at 2pm.

Christopher Durang turns political humor upside down with this raucous and provocative satire about America’s growing homeland “insecurity.” “Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them” tells the story of a young woman suddenly in crisis: Is her new husband, whom she married when drunk, a terrorist? Or just crazy? Or both? Is her father’s hobby of butterfly collecting really a cover for his involvement in a shadow government?

Why does her mother enjoy going to the theatre so much? Does she seek mental escape, or is she insane? Honing in on our private terrors both at home and abroad, Durang oddly relieves our fears in this black comedy for an era of yellow, orange, and red alerts.

Performances are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening at 8pm. Tickets are $30 for adults and $25 for students and senior citizens. Tickets are available at islandetc.org.

Island ETC (East-End Theatre Company) is Galveston’s only professional production company that produces year-round. ETC is located at 2317 Mechanic St. in Downtown Galveston.

For further info, visit islandetc.org or call the theatre box office at (409)762-3556.

“What’s on your Plate?” at Family Days on Ocean Star Oil Rig MuseumOn the second Saturday

of every month, 10am-3pm, the Ocean Star celebrates Family Day. Each Family Day focuses on a different theme that relates to the offshore industry. The information is presented at a student’s level using activities or experiments. Children 18 and younger are admitted free with a paying chaperone. The Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum is located at Pier 19 in Downtown Galveston. For more info call (409)766-7827 or go to oceanstaroec.com.

• November 10th: What’s on your Plate? The continents of today once formed a large landmass known as Pangaea. Over time, the spreading of the seafloor and plate tectonics separated the supercontinent and created geologic formations. Using modeling clay and a special tool, speed up geologic time to see how the subsurface processed and created folding and faulting that affect where oil and gas can be found.

• December 8th: An Offshore Holiday - The term “Christmas Tree” means something very different in the Oil and Gas Industry. Come see their version of a Christmas Tree while learning about polymer chains. Create a model of a simple carbon chain using red and green construction paper - fit for your very own holiday tree!

A Visit from Santa at Galveston Children’s Museum Free Family Night Galveston Children’s Museum

(GCM) is located at 2618 Broadway, Galveston. For more info go to galvestoncm.org or call (409)572-2544. The Galveston Children’s Museum is filled with fun and entertaining interactive exhibits and hands-on programming for ages 18 months to 12 years old.

November 8th-9th, December 6th-7th (4-7pm): Free Family Day - Come and join for a night of family fun for the whole family. Visitors will gain free admission for the entire family. This is sponsored

by Evia. At the December 6th Family night, come out and meet Santa! There will be Christmas activities including cookie decorating, too.

November 9th (7-9pm)

“Heroes and Hounds” Calendar Signing

Galveston’s finest fire department will be at 23rd Street Station Piano Bar, 1706 23rd St., Galveston, to have a calendar signing benefitting The Galveston Humane Society.

Adoptions will be available. The amazing Clay Howell will be on the piano from 6-9pm as well, and the staff at 23rd Street Station will be providing you with napkins (for your drooling), and drinks (for courage)! Come on out and support the Galveston Humane Society! Calendars will be available for purchase.

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Galveston Historical Foundation’s Upcoming Events

This Month at The Bryan Museum:

Opening Reception for Maxfield Parrish: The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Murals

The Bryan Museum is located in the historic Galveston Orphans Home at 1315 21st St. Set in an exquisite Renaissance Revivalstyle building surrounded by beautiful landscaping in a historic neighborhood, The Bryan Museum is an oasis in the heart of Galveston.

Regular tours are a great introduction to the Museum. You will be guided through all of the permanent galleries where you will learn about the history of the West, the collection, and the historic building. Tours are given (no reservations needed) at 11:30am and 2:30pm. Tours are included in the price of the museum admission at no additional cost.

Tickets are $14 for adults; seniors, students, and military are $10; children 6-12 are $4; and children under 6 are free. The museum is open Wednesday-Sunday 10am-5pm, and closed Monday-Tuesday. For more info call (409)632-7685 or go to thebryanmuseum.org.

Every Thursday (3-6pm) and Sunday (9am1pm): Galveston’s Own Farmers Market - Founded in 2012, Galveston’s Own Farmers Market is a weekly outdoor market hosted at the Museum that provides a direct connection to vendors creating and growing fresh whole foods including farms, ranches, bakeries, cheesemakers, and specialty food producers.

November 8th, 15th, and 29th (3-6pm): Wine at The Bryan - Everyone is welcome to experience the beauty of The Bryan conservation area for a relaxing time and conversation with friends, family, and Museum staff. Wine, beer, and complimentary bar snacks will be served inside the Museum Shop. Please enter from the Guest Parking lot behind the Museum.

November 9th (6pm): Opening Reception for Maxfield Parrish: The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Murals - An upcoming exhibition at The Bryan Museum in Galveston combines wealth, beauty, and high-stakes art theft. In 1912, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, heiress, scion, and founder of Manhattan’s Whitney Museum, commissioned American artist Maxfield Parrish to create a set of murals for her Long Island mansion’s art studio. Nearly ninety years later, two of the nine murals were stolen in a daring and sophisticated robbery. Thieves entered a West Hollywood art gallery through the roof, disabled motion sensors, and alarms, and cut two of the paintings from their frames. The two murals are still missing and the heist is on the FBI’s list of Top Ten International Art Crimes. The Bryan Museum’s exhibition is your only opportunity to see all nine murals together, at least in spirit - prints of the two missing murals will be on display. These murals are arguably the finest works Parrish ever created. Originally installed in the reception room of Whitney’s art studio, the large-scale paintings were created from 1914 to 1918. Parrish’s paintings convey a sense of magic through their imagined and idealized neo-classical imagery. Parrish’s popularity was staggering, with one in four American homes displaying his art during the first half of the 20th century. This will be on view November 11th-April 11th.

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November 10th (5:30-10pm): Deep in the Art of Texas Gala - Celebrate the epic story of Texas, the American West, and Texas’ inspirational heritage!

Bring your dancing shoes for “Deep in the Art of Texas,” an unforgettable weekend of music, art, history, live music, gourmet food, and a live auction. Tickets are available at thebryanmuseum. org. “Cocktail with Western Flare” is suggested.

The 2018 Honoree is renowned businessman John L. Nau, III, who will do a presentation of the Buck n’ Ball Award. All proceeds from the event support the education and outreach programs of the Museum.

November 11th: FREE Admission to Bryan Museum - For your service and sacrifice, the Bryan staff thanks and salute you and honor you with free admission all day!

November 18th (12:30-3:30pm): Celebrate Arbor Day at The Bryan - Come out to celebrate in the Conservatory and under the Live Oaks to honor the 2018 Deep Roots Award Recipient Barbara Sanderson, Executive Director of Community Outreach, City of Galveston. Dr. William Johnson, Galveston County Horticulturist, Coordinator, and Extension Agent, Texas Agri-Life Extension will be the speaker. Lunch, libations, and a great silent auction will also take place. For info or to purchase tickets go to galvestonislandtreeconservancy.org.

This is sponsored by Tom’s Galveston Real Estate and Susie's Garden Services.

December 9th (11am-4pm): Holiday Delights at The Bryan - Enjoy traditional hot wassail, cookies and cocoa, holiday cheer, free pictures with Santa, and photo-ops throughout the museum and gardens. The kiddos can make an ornament to take home plus decorate holiday arts and crafts.

This is free to attend for everyone.

Galveston Island Brewing This Month Galveston Island Brewery (GIB) is a local brewery featuring an on-site taproom showcasing classic beer styles from around the world.

The tap room is open seven days a week, Monday-Thursday 3-9pm, Friday 3pm-12 midnight, Saturday 12 noon-12 midnight, and Sunday 12 noon-9pm. For more info call (409)740-7000 or go to galvestonislandbrewing.com, or you can always stop by the brewery located at 8423 Stewart Rd., Galveston.

Live Music & Other Events • Every Sunday (1-4pm) - Sunday Hootenanny Open Acoustic Jam Every Saturday (1pm) - Galveston Island Brewery offers free brewery tours! Tours are about 30 minutes long. Beer, camera, and questions are encouraged. Come and see how the

The Bishop’s Palace (a.k.a. Gresham House) is a contributing building in the East End District and a National Historic Landmark. Bishop’s Palace is recognized as one of America’s finest examples of Victorian exuberance and Gilded-Age extravagance and is listed by the U.S. Department of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark. Bishop’s Palace is located at 1402 Broadway at Ave. J. Available Daily (11am-5pm): Bishop’s Palace Audio Tours - Powered by Acoustiguide, this Audio Tour allows visitors to see historical images not seen by previous tours on a handheld highresolution screen. Tickets are $6-$11.

November 23rd (7pm): Full Moon Tour of The Bishop - Experience Bishop’s Palace in a whole new light...the moonlight. See how this architectural gem takes on a completely different look in the moonlight. Tickets are $30 per person.

December 8th, 15th, 22nd (4pm and 5:30pm): Bishop’s Palace Christmas Tours - Step into the 1892 Bishop’s Palace for this special tour highlighting the National Historic Landmark’s holiday decorations! Featuring six Christmas trees, live greenery, Poinsettias and more, you’ll learn about the house and Victorian holiday traditions.

November 9th (6pm): Main Sail Movie Night featuring “The Finest Hours” - Join GHF’s Texas Seaport Museum for its next Main Sail Movie Night as “The Finest Hours” is projected on one of the ship’s sails on the pier at Texas Seaport Museum, Pier 22 and Harborside. The movie will begin at sunset and the public is encouraged to bring their own chairs, beverages (BYOB), snacks, and blankets. Popcorn will be available for purchase dockside. Admission is free.

November 17th (6pm): “Red Light District Walking Tours” - Known today as a colorful resort destination featuring family entertainment and a thriving arts district, Galveston was once notorious for its flourishing vice economy and infamous red-light district. Called simply “The Line,” the unassuming five blocks of Postoffice Street came alive every night with wild parties and generous magic is created in the brewery warehouse.

November 10th (10am-1pm): TurkeyU Backyard Pitmaster Class - BrisketU’s Backyard TurkeyMaster class brings you the best practices to safely deep fry and to expertly smoke a perfect turkey in time for the holidays. This 3-hour class teaches you the tricks to the perfect Cajun Fried Turkey as well as Smoked Turkey. In three short hours, you will become a TurkeyU Certified PitMaster/ FryMaster. Register now at BrisketU.com. The class is $79. Class ticket includes one beer.

November 10th (1-5pm): The Great Dolphin Beer Rescue Version 2.0 - It’s another celebration with pints, pizza, and reggae music by Dem Roots with friends from the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network (TMMSN). This promises to be a great day of award-winning craft beer, fantastic raffle prizes, and good reggae vibes all benefiting TMMSN.

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A stubborn mainstay of the island cityscape for nearly seventy years, it finally shut down in the late 1950’s. But ridding Galveston of prostitution would prove much more difficult than putting a padlock on the front door. Join author Kimber Fountain on a walking tour of Galveston’s redlight district as she pursues the sequestered story of women who wanted to make their own rules and the city that wanted to let them. Guests will enjoy a complimentary beverage at three bars during their walk, concluding with a book signing of her latest release, “Galveston’s Red Light District: A History of The Line.” Tickets are $50 and available at eventbrite.com. The tour will start at The Wizzard, 2325 Church St. at 6pm. Participants will then walk to Havana Alley Lounge at 201 26th St. before concluding at DTO Galveston, 2701 Market.

GalveSCAN Galveston residents are invited to come to Galveston Historical Foundation’s (GHF’s) Preservation Resource Center (PRC), located on the mezzanine of the 1940 Sears Building at 2228 Broadway, with their historic photos or documents that can be used to document the history of Galveston residents as well as residential and commercial properties on the island.

The Preservation Outreach Committee is sponsoring this historic document scanning program to support the Foundation’s new Galveston History Project, which focuses on people who have lived on or visited the island community at some point during the city’s history. Individuals are asked to share their Galveston family photographs that may include people, historic residential and commercial buildings on the island, individual property histories, non-copyrighted historic photographs, postcards, maps, and other historic resources pertaining to Galveston so they can be added to the collection. Staff will be available by appointment to scan and copy the items.

This will create a backup electronic copy that can be available if the original is lost. To make an appointment to have your historic documents scanned, call Jami Durham, Historian for Property Research and Cultural History, at (409)765-3453.

November 11th (6:30-8:30pm): Charity Trivia Night - Meet at Galveston Island Brewing to eat, drink, and laugh while raising money for a great local charity! Gather up your smartest friends, family members, and co-workers (max team size is six people - cost is $10 per team member).

Then pick a local charity to support (most local non-profits have already been approved; if you have a question about whether a charity meets our criteria, email us at michael@galvestoncentralchurch.com). If your team wins, the charity you’re playing for wins 100% of ALL trivia proceeds, plus Central will make a matching donation.​

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Books Galveston Bookshop Book Signings This Month Galveston Bookshop is located at 317 23rd

St. in Downtown Galveston. For more info call (409)750-8200 or go to galvestonbookshop.com.

November 17th (12 noon-2pm): “Winds of Change”

by Jo Adams McAuley “Winds of Change” is a blending of history and fiction that tells the story of a woman and a nation as they come of age.

In the face of two of the biggest tragedies in history, a young woman perseveres and eventually prospers through strength, courage, and love.

She survives the United States’ most deadly natural disaster, the Galveston hurricane of 1900, and the demise of the “unsinkable” Titanic.

Instead of breaking her, these tragedies set her on the path to success and love. World events and a changing culture impact her and her family to weave a story of tragedy, triumph, and self-awakening.

November 24th (2-4pm): “100 Things to Do in Texas before You Die” by E. R. Bills Many Texas travel guides are all hat and no cattle, put together by temporary or transplanted Texans who aren’t well familiar with the state in its entirety, much less the experiences and marvels that express bona fide Lone Star spirit. Award-winning author E. R. Bills’ “100 Things to Do in Texas Before You Die” is a definitive, quick-reference travel guide put together by a native-born, lifelong Texan who has traveled the state all his life and spent the last several years writing about its distinct treasures, attractions, and history.

From the Big Bend to the Big Thicket, the Panhandle to the Padre Island National Seashore and all points in between, join Bill in this Lone Star bucket list that emphasizes authentic Texas in all of its amazing diversity, stark beauty and unparalleled presence in the lower forty-eight.

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Get in the Holiday Spirit This “Unforgettable Galveston Month atideaRosenberg Library Characters” Book Signing Have no what to do with your chilJoin Jan Johnson on Saturday, November 10th, 2-4pm at #galvestonhistory’s Eighteen Seventy One, 2002 Strand, Downtown Galveston, for a signing of her new book, “Unforgettable Galveston Characters.”

From financiers of the Texas Revolution to contestants in the Pageant of Pulchritude, the shores of Galveston enticed and cultivated a host of memorable men and women. Bishops and bookies, concert pianists and cotton tycoons - all left an indelible print on their remarkable home. Magnolia Willis Sealy and the members of the Women’s Health Protective Association reshaped the ravages of the Great Storm into the glories of the Oleander City.

The benevolent activism of Norris Wright Cuney transformed the social landscape, while actress Charlotte Walker and painter Boyer Gonzales Sr. extended the island’s cultural reach abroad. Jan Johnson keeps company with Galveston’s most fascinating characters.

A fifth-generation “BOI,” Jan Marie Johnson has been seriously studying Galveston’s rich history since 1982 when she became a step-on tour guide. Beneath the moniker “Galveston Island Gal,” she started her quest for a Master of Literature degree (with the intention of writing). Her first book, “Walking Historic Galveston: A Guide to Its Neighborhoods,” was written before Hurricane Ike devastated the island but was published after the storm in April 2009. Her second book followed in December 2012, “Beyond the Beaten Paths: Driving Historic Galveston.” Jan’s third, “Unforgettable Galveston Characters,” is a natural progression from the places to the people of the island.

Oppy, Twyla and The Wolf with George Douglas Lee Saturday, December 1st, 1-4pm, George Douglas Lee, author of four children’s books, will be reading and signing his children’s books during Galveston’s Dickens on the Strand. Lee often says his “children’s book fan club members are under six and over sixty.” Whatever your age, if you’ve never heard George do a reading - don’t miss it. “Some of the six-year-olds that attend have grown up and are bringing their own kids to George’s events. It’s always a wonderful time.” G. Lee Gallery is located at 2217 Strand St., Downtown Galveston. Tickets are at eventbrite.com and it is free to attend.

dren all winter? Rosenberg Library has your problems solved!

Rosenberg Library is located Downtown at 2310 Sealy St., Galveston. For more info call (409)763-8854 or go to rosenberg-library.org.

All events are free and open to the public.

Children

Every Wednesday (10-10:30am): StorytellingThis is a fun and energetic storytime featuring storytelling, action rhymes, music, puppets, and movement. Preschoolers are welcome.

November 8th 15th, 29th (6pm): Paws to Read - Beginning readers get individual time to practice reading skills with therapy dog Oliver.

November 24th and December 22nd (10:30am): Breakfast with Santa - Visit with Santa, enjoy refreshments, listen to festive stories, and receive a special treat. Pre-register at rosenberg-library.org. Don’t forget your camera!

Please choose one session, either November 24th or December 22nd.

Every day November 24th-December 22nd (4pm): Christmas Countdown with StoriesEnjoy hearing a story everyday in the Children’s Department as we countdown the holidays.

Teens (Ages 13-18)

Every Wednesday, November 12th and 26th (4:30-7:30pm): Teen Tabletop RPG - Come to play a pen-and-paper RPG like Dungeons and Dragons game. Space is limited but come to enjoy the story even if you can’t play.

Thursday, November 8th (4:30-5:30pm): Y.A.L.L. Meeting - Young Adult Library Leaders (Y.A.L.L.) is a teen library leadership group.

Attend to have a voice in the library, earn volunteer hours, and eat snacks.

November 9th, 19th, 20th (2:30-5:30pm): Makerspace Drop-Ins - There will be different topics at each session. The 3D printer and laser cutter will be at work and you will receive a take souvenir of your experience. These activities are designed to be “drop in and out” events so that you can come when it’s convenient.

November 16th (4:30-5:30pm): Teen Gaming: Board Games - Smash Bros. and Mario Kart on the Wii U will be available.

November 30th (4:30-5:30pm): Teen Book Club - Discuss your favorite books, choose books to read, and pick up our next discussion book.

Adults

Every Tuesday and Thursday (10-11am and

4-5pm): EBook Drop-in Training Sessions Come and get-hands on assistance downloading ebooks with your tablet, phone, or other smart devices. A librarian will assist you with setup, troubleshooting, and accessing library electronic resources such as e-books, e-audiobooks, and other streaming content.

November 8th (6:30-8:30pm): Adult Board Game Night - Come to try out a new-to-you board games like Pandemic, Catan, and more.

Don’t worry, we’ll teach you the rules.

November 11th, 15th, December 9th, 20th (9am): Friends of Rosenberg Library Book Sale at GOFM - The Friends of Rosenberg Library Book Sale & Give-Away takes place at GOFM every 2nd Sunday and 3rd Thursday of the month. Show up at the market and peruse the books of all genres or just come grab a free kids book to take home. The Friends curate special selections of nature, cooking, and science-related books, but you will also find plenty of fiction, children’s literature, and general book goodness! You can also pay a few bucks and become a Friends of Rosenberg Library member yourself AND take home a special keepsake.

November 14th (5-6pm): Gulf Coast Trees with Arborist Priscilla Files - Join in welcoming Galveston Island Tree Conservancy arborist Priscilla Files for a talk about the trees in the Galveston area, their care, history, and conservation. There will be great food and refreshments served.

November 15th (6:30-7:30pm): Adult Trivia Night - Put together a team of two or more and come to enjoy this trivia night.

No team? Meet new teammates here and enjoy the fun!

November 17th (3:30pm): Molly Idle Author Visit - Caldecott award-winning author and illustrator Molly Idle will get up close and personal with Galveston families with a live drawing demonstration. There will be autographing after the program and books will be available for sale.

Food

There’s Tons of Seasonal Fun at Galveston’s Own Farmers Market This Month

Every Thursday 3-7pm and Sunday 8am-1pm, Galveston’s Own Farmers Market is held at The Bryan Gardens, located at 1315 21st St. Join the fun in the beautiful Conservatory and botanical gardens to relax and enjoy time and conversation with friends, family, and museum staff while shopping for locally grown produce, prepared foods, and edible farm products plus live music, yoga, massage, crafting and Kids Corner! Vendors include Galveston Bread, Splendid Life Cake Bar, East End Succulents, Tulip the Market Bunny, Galveston Sports Massage, Tater Tats, Galveston Coffee Roasters, and Mel Black most weeks but they change so check facebook.com/GalvestonsOwnFarmersMarket for info.

The Thursday market features all the perks that you’ve come to expect at the market plus the added charms of the Bryan Museum “Wine at the Bryan” weekly event. The Sunday market also features wonderful goods and the charm of Bryan’s courtyard. It is always free to browse and most events are free to participate.

November 11th, 15th, December 9th, 20th (9am-12 noon): The Friends of Rosenberg Library Book Sale & Give-Away takes place. Come to peruse the books or just get a free kids’ book to take home.

The Friends curate special selections each month of nature, cooking, and science-related books, and you’ll also find plenty of fiction, children’s literature, and general book goodness. This is held every second Sunday of the month.

November 29th, December 27th (3-6pm): Get Your Library Card with Rosenberg Library at the Market - Rosenberg Library joins GOFM the last Thursday of every month to issue new library cards and share info about the current events happening at our favorite public library.

Every Sunday: Yoga Classes - There are also yoga classes available every Sunday at 10am at the market. These classes are led by local yoga teachers. All classes are free to attend and anyone is welcome to participate.

Every Sunday: “Bring a Cup” - GOFM is doing away with disposable cups. They need the community’s help to stock the market with mugs. Clean out the cupboards and bring them to market! Donated reusable cups will be available for use at the market - if you use it, take it home with you. Keep it, love it, or wash it, and bring it back the next week.

Foodie Events Every Thursday-Sunday: Taste of The Strand Food Tour - At the Taste of The Strand walking and tasting tour, sample appetizers, main dishes, desserts, and other edibles from well-known Galveston institutions. Tickets are $89.95 per person. Purchase tickets at tasteofthestrand.com.

Tours are scheduled Thursday-Sunday at 1-4pm and 5-8pm. Weather permitting, tours begin at 2028 Strand at the corner of 21st and Hendley Green. Please arrive 15 minutes prior.

November 7th, 8th, December 12th, 13th (6-9pm): Hotel Galvez Ghost Tour Dinner During this month, Hotel Galvez & Spa offers its popular ghost tour dinner to guests. The hotel’s resident ghost expert/concierge takes participants on a 1½ hour tour through the hotel’s ghostly past which is followed by a three-course dinner in the Galvez Bar & Grill. Priced at $65 per person (inclusive of tax and server gratuity), the public ghost tour is only available as part of the dinnertour package. For ghost tour dinner reservations, call (409)765-7721.

November 10th (10am-1pm): TurkeyU Backyard Pitmaster Class - BrisketU’s Backyard TurkeyMaster class brings you the best practices to safely deep fry and to expertly smoke a perfect turkey in time for the holidays.

This 3-hour class teaches you the tricks to the perfect Cajun Fried Turkey as well as Smoked Turkey and the true techniques that will get you rave reviews and respect. It’s not hard when you know what you’re doing. In three short hours, you will become a TurkeyU Certified PitMaster/ FryMaster. Register now at BrisketU.com. The class is $79. Class ticket includes one beer. For more info call (409)740-7000 or go to galvestonislandbrewing.com, or you can always stop by the brewery located at 8423 Stewart Rd., Galveston.

November 14th (6:30-9:30pm): Dripping Springs Vodka Paired Dinner - Join for a fabulous evening at Yaga’s Cafe prepared by talented chef’s. This pairing is a 4-course meal with five specialty cocktails featuring Dripping Springs Vodka. Tickets are $75 plus tax per person. For reservations email ematthews@yagaspresents.com or call (409)770-0999.

November 22nd: Thanksgiving Brunch at Hotel Galvez - Thanksgiving Day Brunch at Hotel Galvez is something everyone should experience.

This holiday brunch is the biggest of the year and the most popular for a good reason. The hotel

features all the traditional Thanksgiving entrees along with special features created by the executive chef. Advance reservations are required, call (409)765-7721. Hotel Galvez is located at 2024 Seawall Blvd., Galveston.

November 22nd: Thanksgiving Brunch at The San Luis Hotel - Gather your loved ones and leave the cooking to the executive culinary team for a bountiful Thanksgiving Day Brunch.

Set in the beautiful Grand Ballroom, enjoy an assortment of scratch-made favorites with all the trimmings, plus soups, salads, savory entrees, a carving station, breakfast selections, desserts, and bottomless mimosas. Adult are $65, seniors (65 and over) are $60, children (4-12) are $30.

Reserve your seats via OpenTable.

November 25th, December 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd (8am and 11am): Sunday Brunch with Santa at Hotel Galvez Sunday Brunch with Santa offers children the opportunity to personally speak with Kris Kringle and share their Christmas wishes as their families enjoy a grand dining experience at one of the best brunches in the State of Texas. The hotel’s annual holiday gingerbread display is in place for guests to view while listening to traditional holiday favorites played on the lobby piano. For reservations, book via Open Table or call (409)765-7721. Hotel Galvez is located at 2024 Seawall Blvd., Galveston.

December 8th (7-10pm): Colonel Paddlewheel Boat Dinner Cruise - Enjoy beautiful views of Offatts Bayou, plus dinner buffet, dancing, and a cash bar. Boarding begins at 7pm and the cruise departs at 8pm. Reservations are required prior to the scheduled cruise date at (409)683-4419. This will launch at Moody Gardens, 1 Hope Blvd., Galveston.

December 9th (11am-4pm): Holiday Delights at The Bryan Museum - Enjoy traditional hot wassail, cookies and cocoa, holiday cheer, pictures with Santa, and photo-ops throughout the museum and gardens. The kiddos can make an ornament to take home plus decorate holiday arts and crafts. This will be held at Bryan Museum, 1315 21st St., Galveston. For more info go to thebryanmuseum.org.

Upcoming: • January 19th: Yaga’s Chili Quest & Beer Fest • January 26th-February 10th: Galveston Restaurant Week

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The Arts

Sallie Anderson: Galveston Art League’s Featured Artist in November Sallie Anderson

NewGalveston Exhibitions at Galveston Arts Center Arts Center (GAC) has three exhibitions currently on

view. In the first-floor gallery, Buster Graybill presents sculptures made from objects associated with outdoor leisure and hobbies alongside paintings made from lawn-chair straps for the exhibition “Leisurely.” In the second-floor 1878 Gallery, the exhibition “Cultivate” includes intricate, small-scale sculptures by Jasmyne Graybill.

In the Brown Foundation Gallery, Bill Willis presents new paintings based on images sourced from his everyday life as well as vintage cookbooks for the exhibition “Totally Okay.” These exhibitions will remain on view through November 18th.

Kaneem Smith Opens “Captive Sojourn and the Indefinite” with Renata Lucia, and Lina Dib

November 24th-January 13th The opening of the new exhibits featuring Kaneem Smith, Renata Lucia, and Lina Dib will host an Opening Reception November 24th, 6-9pm, with Artists’ Talks at 6:30pm.

In the main gallery, Kaneem Smith will feature “Captive Sojourn and the Indefinite” on exhibit. Kaneem Smith’s exhibition explores the tumultuous relationship between trade, consumption, and commodities. Referencing Galveston’s location on a natural port in the Gulf of Mexico, and its historical and contemporary ties to the exchange of goods and labor, her installation contemplates the trade of natural materials, specifically cotton and coffee through textiles, such as burlap used for import/export purposes. As a mixed media artist and sculptor with a background in fibers, these concepts run a complex thread throughout her body of work.

In the 1878 Gallery, Renata Lucia will feature “News vs. Nature (Gulf).” Renata Lucia’s paintings reflect on the widening social divides that unfold in the current news cycle. Her works incorporate national and local newspapers, including works created specifically for this exhibition that use pages from “The Galveston Daily News.” Acrylic paint and drawing media are applied to crumpled newspaper pages that are selected for composition and content, resulting in a textured topographical illusion. The intimacy of reading a physical newspaper is contrasted with a detached aerial view. Lucia began the “News vs. Nature” series considering the organized chaos of nature reigning supreme against the psychological toll of bad news. The series shifted and took on new importance in late 2017 as an epic battle began to rage in our perception and discussion of the news. Lucia’s works consider the questions “Is the news fake or, more likely, a last bastion of truth? Is nature sublime, or does it represent the most disturbing aspects of human nature?”

In the Brown Foundation Gallery, Lina Dib will show “Threshold,” an interactive video installation that incorporates video of waves breaking on the Galveston shore just before sunset. The shore’s infinite poetic qualities, constant ebb and flow, and collision of bodies (land and sea) feature largely in Dib’s work. “Threshold” is a kind of homage to Thierry Kuntzel’s “The Waves” and to Andy Warhol’s “Sunset.” It is a tribute and meditation on the specificities of place and our relationship to natural systems.

About GAC GAC is the organizer of ArtWalk, which takes place every six weeks in Downtown Galveston. The ArtWalk brochure, which lists participating venues, hours, information, and map can be downloaded at galvestonartscenter.org. The galleries and the ArtWorks Museum Store are open to the public Tuesday-Saturday, 11am5pm, and Sunday 12 noon-5pm. Admission is free at all times.

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Kaneem Smith Remnant Reverie, 2014 Burlap acrylic jute thread brass.

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Events

Art Club for Kids (every Tuesday, 4:15-5:45pm) - Perfect for home-schoolers or after school, this mixed age art club centers on the student-directed exploration of drawing, painting, sculpture, and more. Instructors focus on expanding students’ experience of art beyond the school classroom and introducing novel art techniques, tools, concepts, and inspiration. GAC instructors teach expressive arts practice, where kids use traditional art techniques to develop essential skills like intuitive reasoning, investigative play, and self-confidence. Join any week, or enroll for the whole semester! Spring Semester will be January 22nd-May 13th with no class on Mardi Gras February 22nd or GISD Spring Break starting March 12th. This program is designed for students in grades 3-9.

Cost depends on how many session your child attends.

Every Tuesday (Tuesdays, 6-8pm): Ceramic Studio - Learn hand-building techniques in pottery, figurative sculpture, and glazing with earthenware clay. Create sculptural relief tiles, full 3D sculpture, functional pottery and tableware, figures, and more. This course uses methods that don’t require a potter’s wheel, including pinch-pots, coil construction, slab-construction. Students will learn the anatomy of a vessel, how to securely join corners and handles, make lids fit properly, and various kinds of surface treatments, textures, and glazes. Fees are $50 for two sessions or $75 for four sessions.

November 4th, 11th, 18th (Sunday, 3-5pm): 10 Steps to Drawing - This is the class for people who “can’t draw,” beginners, or for those who want to brush up on the basics. Master the 7 elements of art and survey a broad range of mediums and subjects. The class is customized to your drawing goals and interests. You’ll start to see as an artist and won’t believe your results after your very first drawing assignment. There will be lots of handouts and resources to keep your drawing practice strong after the class is over. Class fees are $150 for a 6-week session.

Every Monday, November 5th, 12th, 19th (5:30-7:30pm): Printmaking Workshops - Explore a variety of professional printmaking techniques. Instructors are professional, exhibiting printmaking artists who have fine art degrees and lots of experience teaching printmaking to adults. Experience the excitement of pulling out your first original print. Learn how to correctly sign and number editions, create a series of prints, and more. March 4th-April 8th, 2019: the class Printmaking Sampler II with Betsy Campbell will be held. All levels welcome; no experience necessary.

December 8th (10am-4pm): Polymer Clay Workshop - Come to this all-day workshop where Paula Kennedy will show you how to use an extruder to make a variety of different designs including the look of a woven basket, decorative vines, several styles of beads, and miniature quilt patterns. Cost is $75.

is the featured artist at the Galveston Art League Gallery, 2117A Postoffice St., from November 1st-25th.

Many of her subdued watercolor paintings, framed and ready to hang, will be on display and offered for sale during gallery hours 12 noon-6pm Thursdays-Sundays and until 9pm during ArtWalk on Saturday, November 24th.

Sallie, who lives and teaches in Galveston, started painting watercolors in 1992. Within a year, she opened her studio and gallery in a historic building on the Strand. Several galleries later, her studio was lost to Hurricane Rita in 2005. Her new studio is on 24th Street, where she teaches (some of her students have been with her for more than two decades), paints, and creates fashion jewelry.

Sallie loves to paint flowers and still lifes. She also takes commissions to paint local houses, landscapes, seascapes, and people.

While enjoying the challenge of painting large pictures, she also paints small demos to share with her students. Her artwork has been shown in galleries in Houston, Seattle, and Tokyo as well as in Galveston.

More recently, Sallie has traveled with her students to Ireland, Italy, and France to paint images in journals illustrating their travels.

She has also published “Painting Galveston,” her journal that shows all parts of her adopted hometown. Living in Texas inspired her other journal, “Painting Bluebonnets.”

Sallie continues painting, exhibiting, and teaching classes. The last three years she has been giving workshops in Fredericksburg,Texas.

Brushes By The Beach® Plein Air Contest The Brushes by the

Beach® Plein Art Contest, hosted by G. Lee Gallery, located at 2217 Strand, Suite 107-B, will be held November 10th-17th.

Does your inner artist want to paint Galveston Island’s great outdoors? The contest is open to any artist using the Plein Air Technique. Just paint Galveston’s great outdoors - from beaches to bays, a working port, and historic homes - we guarantee you will find plenty to dip your paintbrush in.

Also, workshops will be held prior to the contest. Choose from one day or two day workshops with Liz Bonham. The workshop includes a daily demo by Liz, one-on-one assistance, and a daily afternoon group critique. See, think, and learn the techniques and useful hints for painting outdoors.

These workshops are open to all mediums. Beginners to advanced are welcome. Bring your own supplies. Sign up now for Brushes By the Beach® Plein Air Workshop at gleegallery.net/Shopping-Cart.html. For more information call (409)370-7350.

Artist Boat’s Eco-Art Adventures for children has been selected as the contest’s nonprofit partner.

Early bird registration is now open. For more information and to sign upgo to gleegallery.net/Brushes-By-The-Beach-PleinAir.html.

“Galveston Photography 1860-1890” on Exhibit:

Events & Workshops

The Earliest Known Photographs Taken By Sache & Potter Studio In 1861

Rosenberg Library continues the exhibit: “Galveston Photography, 1860-1890.”

The exhibit includes the earliest known photographs of Downtown Galveston which were taken by Sache & Potter Studio in 1861 just before the Civil War. Other images include the aftermath of a devastating hurricane that struck the island in October 1867 as well as damage from a downtown fire in 1877. One of the most striking images in the exhibit is a photograph of three men in a canoe resting above a frozen Galveston Bay after a winter storm in 1886.

Other interesting images are stereographs created by Galveston photographer P.H. Rose in the mid-1880s. Stereographs are double images from slightly different perspectives which appear as a single, three-dimensional image when viewed with a stereoscope. Special viewing lenses will be available in the exhibit gallery so that these photos can be seen as originally intended by the photographer.

“Galveston Photography 1860-1890” is on display through December 31st, 2018.

The exhibit is located in Rosenberg Library’s Harris Gallery on the library’s fourth floor and can be viewed Monday-Saturday 9am-6pm. Admission to the museum galleries is always free. Rosenberg Library is located at 2310 Sealy, Downtown Galveston. For more info call (409)763-8854, ext. 125 or email ebarton@rosenberg-library.org.

November 10th (2-6pm)

TShirt Tie Dye Party

Come by and tie dye a t-shirt with the Brewchacos staff at 2110 Strand St., Downtown Galveston! To preorder your shirt and more info go to facebook.com/events/183151065916774.

Photographer Ruth Ann Rickman on Exhibit at G.Lee Gallery in November G.Lee Gallery’s featured artist is photographer Ruth Ann Rickman this month. The moon rises a full, big, yellow dollop - no matter where you are - even on an overpass. Island seagulls wait for unsuspecting tourist munchies. Linear and delineation describe Ruth Rickman’s photography.

Having spent much of her career in front of a camera either acting or modeling, Rickman is now behind the lens focusing on her Island - our Texas Island. This exhibit shows thru November 12th.

Also showing is Lou Sprecher, Rene Armstrong, Ada Jones, Keith Clark, Nicki Hirt, Maxx James, Sheryl Lambert, Kelly Halbach, Liz Wilson, and resident artist George Douglas Lee with still life, landscapes, contemporary and iconic Galveston landmarks in oil, acrylic, and mixed media.

G.Lee Gallery is located at 2217 Strand, Suite 107-B, Downtown Galveston, (409)370-7350, gleegallery.net, facebook.com/gleegalleryart. The gallery is open Thursday-Monday 11am-4pm.

November 10th (12 noon-4pm): Encaustic Painting Intro Class - Want to play with fire?

Then fire it up with artist Stacy Gresell and learn encaustic painting. Come to join for this introductory class where you can learn to paint with melted beeswax firing every layer with a torch.

This workshop is for beginners and is open to all skill levels. No art experience necessary. Materials explored are substrates, paint, and tools, as well a basic application technique such as the base layer, cold wax application, and blended. You will also learn some advanced techniques. Class cost is $120 per person plus $30 for supplies.

You will leave with your practice board and a finished painting (both will be 8”x8”) as well as some beginner tools. This will be held at Affaire d’Art, 2227 Postoffice St., Downtown Galveston.

Register at facebook.com/affairedart. Participants should bring a notebook for sketches and notes, images they want to work with (those from a printer should be laser, not inkjet), and a soup spoon.

November 10th and 11th (9am-5pm): Plein Air Workshop with Liz Bonham - Paint Galveston’s great outdoors - from beaches to bays, a working port to historic homes. You will find plenty to dip your paintbrush in on the Island. These one day or two-day workshops will be led by Liz Bonham who will give you her undivided attention. The workshop includes a daily demo by Liz, one on one assistance, and a daily afternoon group critique. See, think, and learn the techniques and useful hints for painting outdoors. These workshops are open to all mediums. Beginners to advanced skills are welcome too. Bring your own supplies. This is a rain or shine class...plein air painters paint on. Sign up at gleegallery.net. For more info call (409)370-7350.

November 11th (10am-3pm): Sea Glass Seminar - Come out to learn more about sea glass at The National Hotel Artist Lofts, 2221 Market St., #305, Downtown Galveston. You will go to a hunting ground and look for sea glass, then have lunch, then back to learn more about the sea glass that you found, look at other examples, and learn to drill the sea glass. Tickets are $75 per person.

Call or text (832)466-1412 to reserve your spot.

November 11th (1:30-3:30pm): “Who was the ‘Kissing Sailor’ in Times Square on August 14, 1945?” - Join on Veterans Day to honor our WWII veterans and learn about America’s celebration as the end of the war nears. G.Lee Gallery invites you to a lecture by René Palmer Armstrong, World War II expert and who was the Kissing Sailor’s business agent. While doing research on her book, “Wings and a Ring,” about a WWII B-25 bomber pilot in the jungles of New Guinea, Glenn McDuffie - the kissing sailor entered her life. She learned first-hand the back story - why the kiss happened, details about the individuals and the circumstances that brought them together. Find out the amazing true-life story of the real Kissing Sailor. René will share the photos that were taken that day by two different photographers – and you just thought there were only one photo and one photographer! She will discuss photographic details and the verification process used by the Guinness Book of Record’s and Houston Police Department’s forensic artist.

Learn more about Ms. Armstrong and her book at wingsandaring.com. G.Lee Gallery is located at 2217 Strand St., Downtown Galveston. Tickets are at eventbrite.com and it is free to attend.

November 24th (12 noon-4pm): Tea Time Watercolor Workshop - Looking for something fun to do while learning how to watercolor?

Come to Sharon Hendry’s Downtown Galveston Studio for “Tea And Teacup Watercolor Painting.”

No art experience is necessary. This is an afternoon of relaxation and creativity where you will be sketching simple teacup designs and dipping paintbrushes in vibrant colors to create unique watercolor art while enjoying herbal tea. Tickets are $30 and available by email to ArtL8dy@ yahoo.com. The studio is located in the National Hotel Artist Lofts at 2221 Market St., #505.

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Outdoors 5K’s & More November 10th: Galveston Wicked Wine Run - Race through

the beautiful and scenic beach front neighborhoods surrounding Galveston’s East Beach. The start time for the 5K Wicked Run begins at 5:45pm and the 1K Wicked Tasting Walk begins at 7:15pm. 5K participants are required to finish in one hour or less.

Runners and all attendees must be 21 or older to participate. Prices are $50 each for the 5K or the 1K or $75 for both. For more info and to register go to wickedwinerun.com.

November 10th: Out Run Hunger 5K & Kids 1K Run/ Walk - Out Run Hunger is a chip timed 1K, 5K, and 10K organized by and benefiting the Galveston County Food Bank. It’s more than just a race, it symbolizes an empowered group of men, women, and children advocating to improve access to nutritious foods for all children despite their economic status. Out Run Hunger begins at 7am and is held at Moody Gardens located at 1 Hope Blvd., Galveston. For more info and to register go to athlinks.com.

November 10th: Run to the Well sponsored by Church of the Living God - Galveston Sea Wall/Church of the Living God Run will begin at the church which is located at 3315 7 Mile Rd., Galveston. Registration is at 8am and the run begins at 8:30am.

A post run breakfast, worship, and a word from H2H President Megan McCullum will begin at 9:30am. For more info go to facebook.com/events/2158108387791001. This is benefitting Heels to Halos. Register at secure.ministrysync.com.

November 11th: Galveston HIV/AIDS SeaWalk - ACCT is proud to announce the first annual Galveston HIV/AIDS SeaWalk benefitting Access Care of Coastal Texas! This 2-mile walk will start at 30th Street and Seawall in the sand at 11am. You will walk from 30th Street to 45th Street then back along the Seawall. Registration and the SWAG (stuff we all get) for registering as a walker pickup will be beginning at 9am the day of the event at 30th and Seawall.

After the walk, there will be three “Sunday-Funday Charity Drag Shows” at each of Galveston’s three supporting bars: starting at 1pm at Rumors Beach Bar, 3102 Seawall Blvd., Galveston; then proceeding at 3pm to Robert’s Lafitte, 2501 Ave Q, Galveston; and finally 23rd Station Piano Bar at 5pm at 1706 23rd Street, Galveston. Register at accttexas.org.

December 1st: Haynie Spirit Galveston SeaWalk 2018 - Join to help fight young adult bone cancer at the Haynie Spirit Annual Galveston SeaWalk. By honoring Jennifer Haynie, the mission is to raise funds for research and affected families. They are not only asking for a donation but for your help to make a difference by spreading the cause. This event is a fun 6-mile walk on the west side of the Galveston Seawall. The starting line will begin by Diamond Beach Condos. Register ahead of time the morning of the walk or online at hayniespirit.org. There will be prizes, t-shirts, snacks, and drinks provided; please stop by to walk or to support the Haynie Spirit Foundation. Your support will strengthen the cause and spread hope. This is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Charity Organization.

December 16th: Santa Hustle Half Marathon and 5K - Experience the magic of the Santa Hustle® Island Style! If you are a Christmas lover, enjoy overplayed holiday music, devouring candy and cookies, and joining in on an epic after party then grab your favorite friends and family and register. The 2018 Santa Hustle® swag is bound to make your jingle tingle even brighter with a Santa Hat, Santa Beard, Finisher Medal, and a NEW Performance Hoodie!

Make it an even more magical experience by adding on the Santa Hustle Mrs. Claus Package to your registration which includes a red tutu, arm warmers, candy cane socks, and two face tattoos. Don’t forget about the kids - register them for the 1-Mile Rudolph Run! For more info go to santahustle.com/galveston.

More Runs • January 12th: Galveston 50K Beach Run • January 19th: Yaga’s Chili Quest & Beer Fest 5K • February 2nd: Surfside Beach Marathon • February 17th: Galveston Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K • February 23rd: “Galveston! Mardi Gras” Jolly Jester Jaunt 5K/10K • March 2nd: Causeway FunD Run/Walk • April 7th: Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas • April 27th: Galveston Island Wine Festival Champagne 5K • April 28th: Divas Half Marathon & 5K 20 • GalvestonIslandGuide.com

Zombie Apocalypse Hike, Edible Plant Hike & Paddle Tour This Month at Galveston Island State Park The Galveston Island State Park

(GISP) has numerous events going on this summer. These events are fun for the entire family. Most events are free, however, you must pay $5 to get into the park. Galveston Island State Park is located on the west end of the island at 14901 FM 3005, Galveston. For more info call (409)737-1222 or go to tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/ galveston-island. Events are: November 4th, 11th, 18th (10-11:30am): Bay Exploration - This is a hands-on discovery of what’s lurking beneath the murky bay waters. Come join one of these weekly explorations of the connections between the mainland and island paradise - Galveston Bay. November 10th, 17th (10-11:30am): Beach Exploration - Discover the beaches and dunes while hunting for island treasures. You will begin with a brief orientation, shell identification, then go to the day-use beach to view special habitats leading to the sandy beach.

November 10th, 17th (8:30-10:30am): Birding the Park - Three ecosystems of birding - beach, prairie, and bay - will be explored on this guided birding tour through Galveston Island State Park’s three major ecosystems to help learn avian species and the area’s ecological importance. This walk is for birders from beginning to advanced who want to learn more about the park’s 200+ species.

November 10th, December 8th (1-2pm): Geocaching 101 - At this high-tech treasure hunting workshop, you will learn treasure hunting basics and find clues to your next wild adventure. Learn how to find the hidden treasure within the park and around the globe with this short, activity-based program about geocaching.

November 17th, 24th, December 1st, 8th, 15th (3:30-4:30pm): Paint Party - Let the beauty found in Galveston Island State Park inspire you to pick up a brush and lay down some color. Create a one-of-a-kind souvenir and make some memories with Ranger Lisa.

All art supplies are ready and available for use.

November 10th (8:30-10:30am): Morning Paddle - This is a free adult paddling lesson and guided tour. Reserve your spot for quick instructions, free gear rental, and a guided trip with Ranger Lisa into a protected cove of Galveston Bay. You will start at 9am and be back by 11:30am. The starting location is the Oak Bayou picnic area. To reserve your spot on this tour, please send a request to Lisa.Reznicek@tpwd. texas.gov at least 48 hours in advance.

November 22nd, 24th (2-3:30pm) and December 1st, 8th, 15th, 29th (10-11am): Beachcombing 101 - Treasures await you at the water’s edge! Stretch your legs after the Thanksgiving meals and join Ranger Lisa for a great shell hunting workshop and collecting expedition. Winter is the best time for beachcombing!

November 17th, 23rd, 24th, December 1st (1-2pm): Edible Plants Hike, Giving Thanks to Nature - There is a grocery store at your fingertips! Explore the wonders of foraging as we present “nature” - a lovely place where all your food comes from, not wrapped in plastic or homogenized, but blooming flowers, bountiful berries, and edible seeds and leaves. Taste the subtle nature at Galveston Island State Park. Ranger Lisa will lead a short presentation and prairie hike about edible plants.

November 23rd (9-11:30am): #OptOutside Paddle Tour - This is a free adult paddling lesson! Ditch the long lines at the stores, and #OptOutside with the Friends of Galveston Island State Park (FOGISP). This will provide a great experience for ages 13 years and older on the water with a guide. Reserve your spot for quick instructions, free gear rental, and a guided trip with Ranger Lisa.

November 15th (6:30-9pm)

The Glow Night Ride #28

City lights, warm nights and glowing beach cruisers will highlight this fun event and what better way to ride at night than to ride with glowing lights!

The route begins at Island Bicycle Company and will go along the Seawall and then riders will head down to Downtown Galveston and over to Pier 21. Please note that a head light, red tail light, and a red rear reflector are required for this ride. Bring a lock and cable to lock your bike when you stop to eat.

Everyone is welcome and no RSVP is necessary. For more info go to facebook.com/events/718891665133487.

The Super Fun “Float the Boat” benefitting Artist Boat November 10th Artist Boat’s purpose is protect-

ing our Gulf Coast through land conservation and fun, educational, inspiring adventures that spark creativity, awareness, and action.

Since its inception, over 100,000 participants have helped bring 40,000 students to estuaries by kayak, foot, or vessel; created over 50+ public art works; conserved over 600+ acres on west Galveston Island forming the Coastal Heritage Preserve and creating a place for the future Gulf Coast Environmental Education Center; restored over 50 acres of dunes and prairies to assure recovery of these ecosystems following Hurricane Ike; formed the Bucket Brigade comprised of a Marine Debris Task Force, interpretive tours, beautified buckets for trash, recycle centers, and more on Galveston beaches.

For more info call (409)770-0722, email residency@artistboat. org, or go to artistboat.org.

Save the Date for Float the Boat Party like an Ocean Rock Star! Float the Boat 2018 is celebrating 15 years of Artist Boat Saturday, November 10th, 6-9:30pm at The Trolley Station, 2021 Strand, Downtown Galveston.

Come Flip up your Tales for “A Whale of a Time” at this annual fundraiser and gala with an ocean themed costume contest, live music, dancing, cocktails, beer, wine, gourmet dinner, photo booth, and best of all-a whale-themed art auction. A “krilliant” idea indeed!

There will also be signature cocktails and a kayak raffle.

Tickets are $115 for a seated gourmet dinner and $85 for standing room only and can be purchased online, by check via snail mail or stop by the office at 2627 Avenue O in Galveston.

The 2018 Honoree Sheridan Mitchell-Lorenz. Sheridan has been a steadfast supporter of Artist Boat in their promise to protect the Gulf Coast through land conservation and fun, educational, inspiring adventures that spark creativity, awareness, and action.

Unable to attend but still want to contribute? Purchase a kayak raffle ticket or make a donation at artistboat.org/float-the-boat.

Learn more and purchase tickets at artistboat.org.

Kayak Adventures You can enjoy different tours such as a guided and interpretive Eco-Art Kayak Adventure and paddling to places of natural significance on Galveston Bay. To sign-up, go to artistboat.org. Tours range from $50-$75.

• November 17th (10am-2pm): Cypress Swamp • November 18th (10am-12 noon and 1-3pm): Coastal Heritage Preserve • November 23rd (10am-2pm): Coastal Heritage Preserve • November 24th (10am-12 noon and 1-3pm): East End Lagoon • November 25th (10am-2pm): Armand Bayou • December 1st (10am-2pm): Coastal Heritage Preserve • December 2nd (10am-12 noon and 1-3pm): East End Lagoon • December 8th (10am-2pm): Coastal Heritage Preserve • December 9th (10am-12 noon and 1-3pm): East End Lagoon • December 15th (10am-12 noon and 1-3pm): Coastal Heritage Preserve • December 16th (10am-12 noon and 1-3pm): Coastal Heritage Preserve

Save The Date:

Galveston Island State Park January 19th, 2019

Save the date for this fun Nature Walk-About! Start the new year with some beautiful nature and family-friendly fun outdoor activities. The Nature Walk-About will be held at the Galveston Island State Park on the bay side of FM 3005, near 13-mile road. The total distance for this walk will be about 3.5 miles and the surfaces will be mostly trails plus some pavement.

Come out to learn about the coastal prairie: How big is it? Is it growing or vanishing? Learn about its fresh water ponds and the critters that use them – you might be surprised! What role does fire play in the health of the coastal prairie? You can even throw seed balls to help restore the coastal prairie.

Get your Coastal Prairie Passport stamped at each stop.

Experience the coastal prairie’s awesome stillness and beauty.

This event is sponsored by Friends of Galveston Island State Park (FOGISP), an NPO consisting entirely of volunteers, who help with the preservation and enhancement of the park’s natural environment. Their goal is to provide enriching experiences and educational programs, improve park facilities, and protect its wildlife and its unique ecosystems.

A light breakfast will be served at 8:15am. There is no registration fee, but people who want a t-shirt must include with their registration a minimum donation of $10 to “FOGISP.” Park entry fees are waived for the morning of the event.

For more information call (409)370-7107 or to register go to fogisp.wordpress.com/nature-walk-about.

Music An Evening With Little Jewford At Little Old Jewford Quarter Acoustic Cafe fans remember his perfor-

mances in Galveston at The Grand Opera House and the Old Quarter Acoustic Café.

Well … heee’s baaaack! Little Jewford returns to Galveston’s Old Quarter Acoustic Café Saturday, November 10th for one night only, for a solo performance.

Known for his entertaining one-of-a-kind show, Little Jewford blends his impressive musical talent with unique wit and humor. An internationally celebrated piano entertainer, Little Jewford plays everything from Rat Pack cool to sophisticated smooth and timeless favorites. In a lively, ever-changing combination of genres, the audience is treated to gems from the Great American Songbook, ragtime, original compositions, classical, and comedy along with Little Jewford’s own personal stories and musings scattered throughout. He describes his act as a Dean Martin and Victor Borge cocktail with a twist of the Marx Brothers.

An original member of the band Kinky Friedman and The Texas Jewboys, Little Jewford is recognized around the world as Kinky Friedman’s former keyboard player and sidekick. He has been called a “man of many voices” and a “first-class showman.” Music was a passion early on for Little Jewford, and at six years old he was entertaining audiences with his accordion, and adding piano to his routine before he was eight.

The summer after turning seven he attended his first year of Echo Hill Ranch, a children’s summer camp, where he met and became friends with Kinky Friedman. On and off for more than 45 years, Little Jewford toured as Friedman’s keyboard, accordion, clavietta/melodica, kazoo player, support vocalist, and trusty sidekick in Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys, and later

as a duo entertaining audiences across Texas, the United States, Europe, and Australia.

Little Jewford has shared the stage with notable entertainers such as Willie Nelson, Leon Russell, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Billy Joe Shaver, performing at iconic venues worldwide including the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, BB King’s Blues Club in New York, The Troubadour in Los Angeles, The Jazz Cafe in London, and The Basement in Sydney, Australia.

Not simply a performer, Little Jewford’s prolific talents also run the gamut from published songwriter to playwright to voice talent. His achievements include head-writer of an audio play created for CD (“Live from Uranus”), co-writer of an animated short film (“Discover Uranus”), creator-author of Little Jewford stage shows, creating and voicing all 23 characters for both Uranus projects, and recently he has turned his creative energies to writing a one-man musical play, set in a New Orleans French Quarter piano bar, “Will Smerky’s Guide to Nowhere.”

So, in Galveston, under the “not to be missed” category, is “An Evening with Little Jewford,” November 10th at the Old Quarter Acoustic Café starting at 8:30pm. It’ll be a one-of-a-kind smorgasbord of entertainment!

Galveston Symphony Orchestra:

Classical Music Just In Time for the Holidays The Galveston Symphony Orchestra

provides quality classical music, inspiring audiences and musicians alike, with a strong commitment to artistic excellence and community involvement. All performances will be at the The Grand 1894 Opera House, 2020 Postoffice St., Downtown Galveston.

For tickets or more info go to galvestonsymphony.org. For more information about the Galveston Symphony Orchestra, please email skoerner@com.edu.

Sunday, November 18th at 4pm, “Mozart and Beethoven” will be presented featuring Beethoven, Egmont Overture, Op.84; Beethoven, Piano Concerto No.3, Op.37, Anton Nel, piano; Mozart, Symphony No.41, K.551 “Jupiter.”

Sunday, January 6th, 2019, at 7pm the Pops Concert: Russian Capriccios will be on stage.

Sunday, February 17th, 2019, at 4pm, The Valentine’s Concert: Mahler’s Titan featuring Tim Pence, Big Rocks on Steep Hills, world premiere; Elgar, Cello Concerto, Op.85, Julian Schwarz, cello; and Mahler, Symphony No. 1 “Titan.”

Sunday, March 17th at 4pm, “The Great C Major Symphony” will feature Copland, An Outdoor Overture; Mozart, Piano Concerto No.24, K.491, Xiaohui Yang, piano; and Schubert, Symphony No. 9 D. 944 “The Great.”

Sunday, April 21st at 4pm, “Symphonie Espagnole” will feature Poulenc, Les Biches Suite; Barber, Symphony No.1, Op.9; and Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole, Op.21; William Hagen, violin.

About the Conductor Trond Saeverud is a conductor, violinist, Music Director and Conductor of Galveston Symphony Orchestra. He has conducted professional and community orchestras in Denmark, Norway, and the US - most recently in Maine, where he is the founder and artistic director of the Passamaquoddy Bay Symphony Orchestra. In 2008-2010, Trond conducted the Bangor Symphony Orchestra in several subscriptions and Pops concerts, including a very successful stage production of

“West Side Story.”

Trond is also concertmaster of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, leader of the NorEaster String Quartet, and conductor for the University of Maine.

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Big Band with Wynton Marsalis, Holiday Tour, Sunday, December 2nd

The Grand 1894 Opera House’s holiday season performances continue Sunday, December 2nd with a special 4pm matinee concert of The Jazz at Lincoln Center Big Band Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.

Highlighted with special guest vocalists – Veronica Swift and Vuyo Sotashe – the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by the worldrenowned Wynton Marsalis, is comprised of 15 of the finest soloists, ensemble players and arrangers of today’s jazz music. For almost three decades, this Manhattan-based big band has been spreading the gospel of jazz virtues from its early blues roots to swing and amazing improvisations. Certainly, you too will find that this will be a performance of potent, passionate, and superbly-crafted music!

Tickets may be purchased at The Grand’s Box Office, 2020 Postoffice Street, by calling (409)765-1894, (800)821-1894, or online at thegrand.com.

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Music Legends Hit the Stage at The Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe:

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Ian Moore andOldKinky Friedman in Concert Quarter Acoustic Cafe is a music venue

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that supports live, original music and is located at 413 20th St., in Downtown Galveston. For tickets and more info, go to oldquarteracousticcafe.com or find them on Facebook.

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott November 29th (8:30pm) Nobody I know - and I mean nobody - has covered more ground and made more friends and sung more songs than Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. He’s got a song and a friend for every mile behind him.

He is one of the last true links to the great folk traditions of this country, with over 40 albums under his belt, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott is considered one of the country’s legendary foundations of folk music.

Long before every kid in America wanted to play guitar - before Elvis, Dylan, the Beatles, or Led Zeppelin - Ramblin’ Jack had picked it up and was passing it along. From Johnny Cash to Tom Waits, Beck to Bonnie Raitt, Ry Cooder to Bruce Springsteen, the Grateful Dead to The Rolling Stones, they all pay homage to Ramblin’ Jack Elliott.

In the tradition of roving troubadours, Jack has carried the seeds and pollens of story and song for decades from one place to another, from one generation to the next. They are timeless songs that outlast whatever current musical fashion strikes today’s fancy.

There are no degrees of separation between Jack and the real thing. He is the guy who ran away from his Brooklyn home at fourteen to join the rodeo and learned his guitar from a cowboy.

In 1950, he met Woody Guthrie, moved in with the Guthrie family and traveled with Woody to California and Florida - from the redwood forests to the Gulf Stream waters. Jack became so enthralled with the life and composer of “This Land Is Your Land,” “The Dust Bowl Ballads,” and a wealth of children’s songs that he completely absorbed the inflections and mannerisms, leading Guthrie to remark, “Jack sounds more like me than I do.”

Along the way, he learned the blues first-hand from Leadbelly, Mississippi John Hurt, the Reverend Gary Davis, Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie Mcghee and Sonny Terry, Jesse Fuller and Champion Jack Dupree.

He has recorded forty albums; wrote one of the first trucking songs, “Cup of Coffee,” recorded

by Johnny Cash; championed the works of new singer-songwriters from Bob Dylan and Kris Kristofferson to Tim Hardin; became a founding member of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue; and continued the life of the traveling troubadour influencing Jerry Jeff Walker, Guy Clark, Tom Russell, The Grateful Dead, and countless others.

Through it all - though agents, managers, wives, and recording companies have tried - Jack resisted being molded into a commercial commodity. He played his shows without a written setlist including any songs that did not ring with his gut feeling of what mattered to him.

Ramblin’ Jack’s life of travels, performances, and recordings is a testament to the America of lore, a giant land of struggle, hard luck, and sometimes even of good fortune. Ramblin’ Jack takes us to places that spur us on to the romance and passion of life in the tunes and voices of real people.

At 79 years old, Ramblin’ Jack is still on the road, still seeking those people, places, songs, and stories that are hand-crafted, wreaking of wood and canvas, cowhide and forged metal. You’ll find him in the sleek lines of a long haul semi-truck, in the rigging of an old sailing ship, in the smell of a fine leather saddle.

Better yet, find him at Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe November 29th at 8:30pm or on one of his many albums at Ramblinjack.com.

Music events this month are: • Every Wednesday: Open mic with Neil Down & Fiscal Cliff • Every Thursday: Open mic with Kitty Litter • November 9th (8:30pm): Adam & Chris Carroll • November 10th (8:30pm): Little Jewford • November 15th (8:30pm): Caleb Caudle with Brody Price • November 16th (8:30pm): Jim Lauderdale with Kevin Anthony • November 17th (8:30pm): Jimmy Pizzitola, Sean Devine, Mike Stinson Song Swap

• November 23rd (8:30pm): Seth Walker with Grace Pettis and Sara Douga • November 24th (8:30pm): Greg Schroeder, Isaac Hoskins, Gabe Wootton Song Swap • November 25th (8:30pm): John Evans and Emily Bell • November 29th (8:30pm): Ramblin’ Jack Elliott • November 30th (8:30pm): Robert Kuhn Music • December 1st: Susan Gibson Songwriters Workshop (3pm) & Concert (8:30pm) • December 7th (8:30pm): Kevin Galloway, Lew Card • December 8th (8:30pm): Gabe Wootton, Michael Martin, Jaimee Harris, Nice Nace Songwriter Swap • December 9th (8:30pm): Ian Moore, Hunter McKithan • December 13th (8:30pm) Jason Eady, Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley • December 14th (8:30pm) Carson Mchone, Matt Harlan, Gabe Wootton Songwriter Swap • December 15th (8:30pm): Guy Forsyth Holiday Company Party • December 20th (8:30pm): Old Quarter Christmas Party • December 21st (8:30pm): Kinky Friedman with Rick Elliot • December 22nd (8:30pm): Toys For Tots Benefit with Zak Perry and More • December 28th (8:30pm): Two Tons Of Steel • December 29th (8:30pm): Jeff Plankenhorn • January 4th (8:30pm): Robert Cline Jr. with Brian Pounds • January 25th (8:30pm): Brandon Rhyder

Upcoming Festivals Sunny days and mild nights make Galveston

Island the perfect place to enjoy festivals yearround. Many festivals celebrate art, music, film, food, beer, and wine while others celebrate various ethnic and cultural holidays. Here is a list of these festivals: • November 17th-January 6th: Winter Wonder Island • November 17th-January 6th: Moody Gardens Festival of Lights • November 24th-January 1st: Downtown Lanterns & Lights • November 30thDecember 2nd: Dickens on the Strand • November 30th: East End Holiday Victorian Homes Tour • November 30th-December 2nd: 45th Annual Dickens on the Strand • December 8th-9th: Holiday with the Cranes • December 21st-January 4th: Cirque Joyeux Noel at Moody Gardens 2019 • January 18th-19th: Yaga’s Chili Quest & Beer Fest • January 26th-February 10th: Galveston.com & Company Galveston Restaurant Week • February 22nd-24th and March 1st-3rd and March 5th: “Mardi Gras! Galveston”

More festivals at GalvestonIslandGuide.com!

Gig Guide To list your band’s or venue’s gigs here, shoot your dates to:

TheIslandGuide@gmail.com Friday, November 9th

23rd Street Station – Kirk Hale, 6-9 The Bar at San Luis – Angelo Tolentino, 7-11 B. Jiggers – Midnight Release, 9-1 Bliss Lounge – DJ, 9-1 Float – DJ, 9-1 Hotel Galvez – Reg & Cary, 6-10 Marina Bar & Grill – Boo Schaaf, 5-8 Mod Coffeehouse – Cheryl Bobbitt, 7-9 Old Quarter – Adam & Chris Carroll, 8-12 Sharky’s Tavern – Kerry & Clayton Williams, 9-1 Shearn’s Lounge – Steve Newsom, 7-11 Tremont House – Leah’s Trio Du Jour, 6-10 West End Restaurant – Karaoke, 7-11

Saturday, November 10th

Wednesday, November 14th 23rd Street Station – Laura Magers, 6-9 The Bar at San Luis – Trio Du Jour, 7:30-11:30 Rumors – Music Bingo, 8-9, Karaoke, 9-1 Sharky’s Tavern – Myke Miller, 9-12 Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 Stuttgarden – Karaoke, 9-1

Thursday, November 15th B. Jigger’s – The Line Up, 8-11 Bliss Lounge – DJ, 9-1 Island Pier Club – Karaoke, 9-12 Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe - Caleb Caudle, Brody Price, 8-12 Poop Deck – Open Mic with Joe Pena, 8-12 Rumors Beach Bar – Karaoke, KJ Debbie, 9-1 San Luis Lounge – Trio Du Jour, 7:30-11:30 Sharky’s Tavern – Open Mic, 8-12 Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 Three Doors Down – Open Mic, 7-10

Friday, November 16th

The Bar at San Luis – Angelo Tolentino, 7-11 23rd Street Station – Gretchen Hughes, 6-9 The Bar at San Luis – Angelo Tolentino, 7-11 B. Jiggers – The Line Up, 9-1 B. Jiggers – Midnight Release, 9-1 Bliss Lounge – DJ, 9-1 Bliss Lounge – DJ, 9-1 Galveston Island Brewing – DEM, 6-9 Hotel Galvez – Reg & Cary, 6-10 The Grand - Gabriel Royal, 8-10 Marina Bar & Grill – Boo Schaaf, 5-8 Hemmingway’s – Karaoke, 9-1 MOD Coffeehouse – Hayden Jones, 7-9 Hotel Galvez – Reg & Cary, 5-10 Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe - Jim Lauderdale, Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe – Little Jewford, Kevin Anthony, 8-12 9-1 Rumors – DJ, 8-12 Mod Coffeehouse – Jahrel Pickens, 7-9 Rum Shack – OMG, 9-1 Rumors – DJ, 8-12 Shearn’s Lounge – Steve Newsom, 7-11 Sharky’s Tavern – Clayton Adams, 9-1 Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 Shearn’s Lounge – Steve Newsom, 7-11 Three Doors Down – Bobby Territo, 6-10 Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 Tremont House – Leah’s Trio Du Jour, 6-10 Stuttgarden – Jamie & The Dreamers, 9-1 Yaga’s – Chad Cooke Band, 10-1 Three Doors Down – Amy N’ Me, 6-10 Tremont House – Leah’s Trio Du Jour, 6-10 Saturday, November 17th Yaga’s – DJ NonStopp, 10-1 23rd Street Station – Clay Howell, 9-12 The Bar at San Luis – Angelo Tolentino, 7-11 Sunday, November 11th B. Jiggers – Flashpoint, 9-1 23rd Street Station – Island Idol, 7-10 Bliss Lounge – DJ, 9-1 Galveston Island Brewing – Acoustic Jam, The Float – DJ, 9-1 1-4 Hemmingway’s – Karaoke, 9-1 Hotel Galvez – Joe Sewell, 11am-2pm Hotel Galvez – Reg & Cary, 6-10 Island Pier Club - David Richardson, 7-11 Rumors Beach Bar – Karaoke, KJ Mikey C., MOD Coffeehouse – Anitra Jay, 7-9 Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe – Jimmy Pizzitola, 8-1 Sean Devine, Mike Stinson, 9-1 Sharky’s Tavern – Zach Perry Open Jam, Rumors – DJ, 8-12 4-8, Cash McCall, 8-12 Sharky’s Tavern – Stranded Band, 8-12 Monday, November 12th Shearn’s Lounge – Steve Newsom, 7-11 The Bar at San Luis – Angelo Tolentino, 7-11 Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 Rumors – Karaoke, 8-12 Stuttgarden – Uptown Sound, 9-1 Sharky’s Tavern – Karaoke, 8-10 Tremont House – Leah’s Trio Du Jour, 6-10 Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 Yaga’s – The Heights Funk Collective, 10-1

Hotel Galvez – Joe Sewell, 11am-2pm Island Pier Club - Britney Doyal, 7-11 Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe – Cheryl Bobbitt, 8-12 Rumors Beach Bar – Karaoke, KJ Mikey C., 8-1 Sharky’s Tavern – Zach Perry Open Jam, 4-8, Cash McCall, 8-12

Monday, November 19th

Isaac Hoskins, Greg Schroeder, 9-1 Rumors – DJ, 8-12 Rum Shack – Park Avenue, 9-1 Shearn’s Lounge – Steve Newsom, 7-11 Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 Stuttgarden – Jamie & The Dreamers, 9-1 Three Doors Down – Jamie & The Dreamers, 7-10 Tremont House – Leah’s Trio Du Jour, 6-10 Yaga’s – Roxy Roca, 10-1

The Bar at San Luis – Angelo Tolentino, 7-10 Sunday, November 25th Rumors – Karaoke, 8-12 23rd Street Station – Island Idol, 7-10 Sharky’s Tavern – Karaoke, 8-10 Hotel Galvez – Joe Sewell, 11am-2pm Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe – John Evans, Tuesday, November 20th Emily Bell, 8-12 The Bar at San Luis – Trio Du Jour, The Grand - The Priests, 7pm 7:30-11:30 Rumors Beach Bar – Karaoke, KJ Mikey C., B. Jiggers – Music Bingo, 8-9, Karaoke, 9-12 8-1 Rumors – Karaoke, 8-12 Rum Shack – DJ, 9-1 Sharky’s Tavern – Open Mic with Zak Perry, Sharky’s Tavern – Zach Perry Open Jam, 8-12 4-8, Cash McCall, 8-12 Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2

Wednesday, November 21st 23rd Street Station – Laura Magers, 6-9 The Bar at San Luis – Trio Du Jour, 7:30-11:30 Rumors – Music Bingo, 8-9, Karaoke, 9-1 Sharky’s Tavern – Clint Moody Band, 9-12 Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 Stuttgarden – Karaoke, 9-1

Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 Tremont House – Leah’s Trio Du Jour, 6-10 Yaga’s – SBMT, 10-1

Saturday, December 1st 23rd Street Station – Island Diva, 9-12 The Bar at San Luis – Angelo Tolentino, 6-9 Lounge – DJ, 9-1 The Float – DJ, 9-1 Hemmingway’s – Karaoke, 9-1 Hotel Galvez – Reg & Cary, 6-10 Marina Bar & Grill – Boo Schaaf, 5-8 Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe – Susan Gibson, 9 Rumors – DJ, 8-12 Shearn’s Lounge – Steve Newsom, 7-11 Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 Stuttgarden – Jamie & The Dreamers, 9-1 Tremont House – Leah’s Trio Du Jour, 6-10 Yaga’s – DJ, 10-1

Sunday, December 2nd

23rd Street Station – Island Idol, 7-10 Hotel Galvez – Joe Sewell, 11am-2pm Monday, November 26th Rumors Beach Bar – Karaoke, KJ Mikey C., The Bar at San Luis – Angelo Tolentino, 7-10 8-1 Island Pier Club – Britney Doyle, 7-10 Rum Shack – DJ, 9-1 Rumors – Karaoke, 8-12 Sharky’s Tavern – Zach Perry Open Jam, Sharky’s Tavern – Karaoke, 8-10 4-8, Cash McCall, 8-12 Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2

Tuesday, November 27th

Monday, December 3rd

The Bar at San Luis – Angelo Tolentino, 7-10 The Bar at San Luis – Trio Du Jour, Island Pier Club – Britney Doyle, 7-10 7:30-11:30 Rumors – Karaoke, 8-12 Thursday, November 22nd B. Jiggers – Music Bingo, 8-9, Karaoke, 9-12 Sharky’s Tavern – Karaoke, 8-10 Rumors – Karaoke, 8-12 Happy Thanksgiving Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 Sharky’s Tavern – Open Mic with Zak Perry, Tuesday, December 4th Friday, November 23rd 8-12 The Bar at San Luis – Trio Du Jour, Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 23rd Street Station – Luis Parra, 6-9 7:30-11:30 The Bar at San Luis – Angelo Tolentino, 7-11 Wednesday, November 28th B. Jiggers – Music Bingo, 8-9, Karaoke, 9-12 B. Jiggers – Secret Party Band, 9-1 23rd Street Station – Laura Magers, 6-9 Rumors – Karaoke, 8-12 Bliss Lounge – DJ, 9-1 The Bar at San Luis – Trio Du Jour, Sharky’s Tavern – Open Mic with Zak Perry, The Float – DJ, 9-1 7:30-11:30 8-12 Hotel Galvez – Reg & Cary, 6-10 Rumors – Music Bingo, 8-9, Karaoke, 9-1 Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 Marina Bar & Grill – Boo Schaaf, 5-8 Sharky’s Tavern – Myke Miller, 7-10 MOD Coffeehouse – Jim Presley, 7-9 Wednesday, December 5th Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe – Seth Walker, 23rd Street Station – Laura Magers, 6-9 Stuttgarden – Karaoke, 9-1 Grace Pettis, Sara Douga, 8-12 The Bar at San Luis – Trio Du Jour, Thursday, November 29th Rumors – DJ, 8-12 7:30-11:30 Rum Shack – Sol Flair, 9-1 B. Jiggers – The Line Up, 9-1 Rumors – Music Bingo, 8-9, Karaoke, 9-1 Shearn’s Lounge – Steve Newsom, 7-11 Bliss Lounge – DJ, 9-1 Sharky’s Tavern – Myke Miller, 7-10 Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 Island Pier Club – Karaoke, 9-12 Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 Three Doors Down – Jamie & The Dreamers, Rumors Beach Bar – Karaoke, KJ Debbie, Stuttgarden – Karaoke, 9-1 7-10 9-1 Thursday, December 6th Tremont House – Leah’s Trio Du Jour, 6-10 San Luis Lounge – Trio Du Jour, 7:30-11:30 B. Jiggers – The Line Up, 9-1 Yaga’s – The Line Up, 10-1 Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 Bliss Lounge – DJ, 9-1 Three Doors Down – Open Mic, 7-10 Saturday, November 24th Island Pier Club – Karaoke, 9-12 Friday, November 30th 23rd Street Station – Island Diva, 9-12 Rumors Beach Bar – Karaoke, KJ Debbie, The Bar at San Luis – Angelo Tolentino, 6-9 23rd Street Station – Jahrel Pickens, 6-9 9-1 B. Jiggers – Level One Band, 9-1 The Bar at San Luis – Angelo Tolentino, 7-11 San Luis Lounge – Trio Du Jour, 7:30-11:30 Tuesday, November 13th Sunday, November 18th Bliss Lounge – DJ, 9-1 B. Jiggers – CC Rider, 9-1 Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2 The Bar at San Luis – Trio Du Jour, The Float – DJ, 9-1 Bliss Lounge – DJ, 9-1 23rd Street Station – Island Idol, 7-10 Three Doors Down – Open Mic, 7-10 7:30-11:30 The Grand - Asleep At The Wheel, 8pm Hotel Galvez – Reg & Cary, 6-10 Galveston’s Own Farmers Market, Bryan B. Jiggers – Music Bingo, 8-9, Karaoke, 9-12 Hemmingway’s – Karaoke, 9-1 MOD Coffeehouse – Salty Sounds, 7-9 Museum – Grifters & Shills, 9am Rumors – Karaoke, 8-12 Hotel Galvez – Reg & Cary, 6-10 Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe – Robert Kuhn, Galveston Island Brewing – Acoustic Jam, Sharky’s Tavern – Open Mic with Zak Perry, Marina Bar & Grill – Boo Schaaf, 5-8 8-12 1-4 You should see our website!

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