Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Salon Infusion - Meet the Artist, Judith Cavazos
Meet Salon Infusion's talented Artist, Judith Cavazos! Her paintings are far from traditional; in fact, rich, vibrant and sensual expressions coming from her heart and imagination. You won't want to miss the debut of Antique Painted Windows, which are her new inspirations!
Come by, visit with Judith, have a glass of wine or a mimosa, and view new items and salon favorites.
ONE DAY ONLY - October 1, 2009, 10-5
25% off paintings and windows
1433 S. Main Street
Boerne, TX 78006
(830)816-5354
saloninfusion.com
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Happy parents mean happy kids, right? Or is it the other way around?
Up-n Jacks is starting a new program for "parents." The last Friday night of every month is PARENT'S NIGHT OUT. This Friday, Sept 25 kicks off the new program. Bring your 3-11 year old to play, watch movies, and do arts & crafts from 6-9:30 pm; while you and your honey have date night. First child is $15, second child $10, and each child thereafter is $8. Children must reside in same household for discount to apply. Reservations are required; so call ahead, space is limited. Please call 257-6453.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Back Forty of Fredericksburg Spa Center Special!
The Back Forty of Fredericksburg is offering this great special: For every two day reservation made through this website, from now and thru the month of October, we will give a free one hour massage in our
Enjoy the ‘Old World Sauna’ and the pool and spa after your massage! We are just at the edge of
We are looking forward to your stay!
Charles M. Russell Exhibit at The Museum of Western Art
The Museum of Western Art Exhibits Charles M. Russell: Master of Western Art Traveling Show
Kerrville – The Museum of Western Art is opening its newest exhibition, Charles M. Russell: Master of Western Art. This is a traveling show organized by the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana. It examines Russell’s life as a painter, sculptor, illustrator, writer, and friend using objects from the Russell Museum’s permanent collection.
Charles M. Russell: Master of Western Art includes eight sections that showcase Charlie Russell’s life and artworks using numerous framed photographs, bronze sculptures, framed prints, illustrated calendars, illustrated books, and a framed illustrated letter and newspaper clipping.
These eight sections of the traveling show emphasize the following: the general biography of Russell’s life, his career and evolution as a painter, his hobby of sculpture becoming a professional career, the business of reproductions of his artwork, Russell’s illustration work for articles in periodicals and books, Russell’s own career as an author, his natural ability to make and keep lifelong friends, including movie stars, authors, and politicians, and finally a look at Russell’s abiding affection for his horses.
Charles M. Russell: Master of Western Art will be on exhibition at The Museum of Western Art from October 8, 2009 – January 2, 2010. This show will travel across the country and be shown at numerous museums to give a more in-depth and personal look at the famous cowboy artist’s life and art.
Comanche Trace Loose Livestock Road Rally
| COMANCHE TRACE LOOSE Tuesday September 29th, 2009 - 2pm |
| Round up your friends and neighbors and enter The Comanche Trace Loose Livestock Road Rally scheduled for Tuesday, September 29th. Participants will depart from the Over 20 Door Prizes available including fabulous dinners, golf lessons, wine tastings, and manicures...just to name a few! This year's event benefits Families and Literacy, Inc, a non-profit organization which enables Hill Country adults, through education, to be better prepared to participate in the life of the community. The entry fee is $20 per couple and will be collected at rally start. Additional raffle tickets for door prizes will be available for $1 per ticket. The entry fees and proceeds from door prizes will go directly to Families and Literacy. Dinner entree choices are: Chicken Parmesan - $15.95++ Herb Crusted Halibut - $18.95++ Ribeye- $23.95 Dinner includes salad, sides and dessert. Costs will be billed to the member. September 23rd is the deadline to enter the rally and make dinner choices. For registration and further information call: Byron & Harriet Warren: 830-257-8025 or Curt & Lavonne Mitchell: 830-370-8722 |
Monday, September 21, 2009
More Than a Meeting Package
Looking for a beautiful place for a company retreat? Maybe an escape and a meeting all in one? For the months of September, November and December, take advantage of Canyon of the Eagles’ More Than a Meeting package. Book 15 guest rooms or more and receive:
- 1 complimentary guest room per night
- 1 group break service
- 2 accommodations upgrades
- Packages can include meals, AV equipment and room by request
- Rates start at $99/night
- Enjoy stargazing on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Weekends filled with live entertainment, movies under the stars
- Ask about Teambuilding options
Offer valid September, October, November and December for new group bookings only. Contact Annette Norman at 830-980-4014 or email at Annette@canyonoftheeagles.com
www.canyonoftheeagles.com
For more information on our lodge or packages, please call us at
(800) 977-0081 or visit us online http://www.canyonoftheeagles.com
Comanche Trace Welcomes Donna Blackburn, Massage Therapist -
| Another example of Comanche Traces' commitment to enhancing your membership experience... |
| Comanche Trace is Pleased to Welcome Massage Therapist Donna Blackburn, LVN, LMT GRAND OPENING: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 @ Noon |
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Friday, September 18, 2009
Teen Night at Up-N Jacks!
TEEN NIGHT SATURDAY SEPT 19
7-9:30
COME HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS ON A
NIGHT THAT’S ALL YOURS!
DON’T FORGET SOCKS AND A FRIEND
for more information, click here.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
17th Annual Texas Clay Festival
Where: On the grounds of Buck Pottery in
Gruene Historic District - New Braunfels, Texas
When: 10 am - 6 pm Saturday and 10 am - 5 pm Sunday - October 25-26, 2008
The Texas Clay Festival will feature over 60 of Texas’s finest clay artists and offers visitors the opportunity to meet the artists, view and purchase their work, and watch demonstrations throughout both days.
Demonstrations! Visitors are invited to observe demonstrations in wheel throwing, sculpture, raku firing, hand building and surface decoration techniques throughout the weekend. Watch and learn the ceramic techniques that artists use to shape and decorate their work. Questions and feedback are encouraged and the friendly atmosphere is a hallmark of the festival.
Silent Auction! Clay work donated by participating artists will be included in a silent auction that takes place on both days of the event. Auction proceeds are used to help potters in need, award clay related scholarships, and fund festival events. Auction bids are final on Saturday at 3:00 pm and Sunday at 2:00 pm.
Book Signing! As a special treat, this year's Texas Clay Festival welcomes internationally known potter, author and educator Robin Hopper from Victoria, British Columbia. Robin will be signing copies of his books during both days of the festival.
Contact us for info: Buck at Buck Pottery at 830-629-7975 or Brieger Pottery at 830-833-2860. Photos are available.
While in Gruene, plan to shop in the many unique stores, dine in any of the fine restaurants and even kick up your heels a Gruene Hall, Texas’ oldest dance hall. Gruene is located just four miles north of New Braunfels.Go Texan Vinter Dinner
Cabernet Grill Texas Wine Country Restaurant
Invites you to our Go Texan Vintner Dinner
Texas Wine Maker Vintner Dinner Series
Featuring the Wine Makers from Singing Water Vineyards & Pedernales Cellars
Tuesday September 29th, 2009- 6:30 PM sharp /$59.95 per person plus tax and gratuity
Get your tickets now by calling 830-990-5734
(ask about our lodging /vintner dinner combo)
Menu
Paneed Texas Shrimp & Oysters with Tasso Gravy
and Dripping Springs Goat Cheese Stone Ground Grits
Singing Water Sauvignon Blanc
Balsamic Glazed Pecan Smoked Sparerib
With chipotle pumpkin spoonbread
Pedernales Cellars Tempranillo
Wild Boar Bacon Wrapped Salmon
With wood grilled asparagus salad and merlot shallot jus
Singing Water Merlot
Peppered Niman Ranch Beef Tournedos
Hickory Roasted Wild Mushrooms, Truffle Creamed Potatoes and Leeks
Pedernales Cellars Cabernet
Sauvignon Toasted Oat Mason Apple Crisp
with Mexican Vanilla Butterscotch Angalise
Singing Water Sweet Lupe
Dance to Cajun/Zydeco at Fredericksburg Roots Music concert
It’s the last chance this year for Roots Music fans to dance, dine, and enjoy authentic music at Fredericksburg’s Pioneer Museum on Saturday, Sept 26, 2009.
The concert’s theme is Cajun and Zydeco.
Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band perform from 8 to 10 p.m. Billed as "The World's Premier Zydeco Showman," the third-generation zydeco artist started playing in his dad’s band. Carrier has toured the world with the Bayou Swamp Band and recorded five CDs.
Charles Thibodeaux grew up in Beaumont, Texas, hanging around his cousin’s legendary Rodair Club in Port Acres. Influenced by Cajun musicians Andrew Cormier, Rodney LeJeune, and others, Thibodeaux started learning Cajun accordion at 16. He formed Austin Cajun Aces in 2004, and has built a following throughout Texas.
The Gulf Coast Playboys Trio return for their second Roots appearance. Their fans favor their mix of down-home, traditional Cajun two-steps and waltzes, country two-steps and shuffles, plus Tex-Mex polkas, cumbias and more.
The Longhorn Street Cafe will lay out a Cajun-style spread from 5pm-10pm. Meal includes Shrimp Gumbo; choice of Shrimp Ettoufee, Crawfish Ettoufee, Boudin or Red Beans & Rice; Herb Roasted Potatoes, Mixed Vegetables, and Dinner Roll; and Baileys Apple Crisp Cobbler for dessert.
Meal is $10. Beer, wine, soft drinks available for purchase. Admission is $12. Students high school age and younger are free. Parking is free. The Pioneer Museum is located at 325 West Main Street in Fredericksburg, with concert entrance on Milam Street.
Roots Music is a series of live, open-air eclectic concerts on the grounds of the Pioneer Museum on Main Street in Fredericksburg, Texas. Concerts feature both emerging and established artists in an informal, family setting.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Sounds of the Swamp Sweeten Main Street Fredericksbug
Music fans can enjoy Cajun music, Cajun cooking, and nonstop Cajun kicking at the next Roots Music concert at Fredericksburg’s Pioneer Museum on Saturday, Sept 26, 2009.
Three top Cajun and Zydeco acts make a rare stop in the Hill Country Music scene for this final 2009 concert.
The Gulf Coast Playboys Trio start off the evening at 6 p.m. The Gulf Coast Playboys first amazed Hill Country fans at the 2004 Roots series, and return with a full set of down-home, traditional Cajun two-steps and waltzes, country two-steps and shuffles, plus Tex-Mex polkas, cumbias and more.
Charles Thibodeaux & the Austin Cajun Aces follow at 7 p.m. Charles Thibodeaux grew up in Beaumont, Texas, hanging around his cousin’s legendary Rodair Club in Port Acres. Influenced by Cajun musicians Andrew Cormier, Rodney LeJeune, and others, Thibodeaux started learning Cajun accordion at 16. He formed Austin Cajun Aces in 2004, and has built a following throughout Texas.
Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band close out the evening from 8 to 10 p.m. Billed as "The World's Premier Zydeco Showman," Chubby Carrier is a third-generation zydeco artist who started his career at age 12 playing drums with his famous father, Roy Carrier. Before long he had formed his own band and toured the world. Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band have recorded five CDs and headlined festivals across the U.S. and Europe.
Hungry fans can dig into a $10 Cajun meal cooked up by the Longhorn Street Cafe. From 5pm-10pm they will serve Shrimp Gumbo to start; choice of Shrimp Ettoufee, Crawfish Ettoufee, Boudin or Red Beans & Rice; served with Herb Roasted Potatoes, Mixed Vegetables, and Dinner Roll, and Baileys Apple Crisp Cobbler for dessert.
Beer, wine, soft drinks available for purchase.
Admission is $12. Students high school age and younger are free. Parking is free. The Pioneer Museum is located at 325 West Main Street in Fredericksburg, with concert entrance on Milam Street.
Roots Music is a series of live, open-air eclectic concerts on the grounds of the Pioneer Museum on Main Street in Fredericksburg, Texas. Concerts feature both emerging and established artists in an informal, family setting.
Wimberley Valley Art League 2009 Annual Art Show & Sale
The Wimberley Valley Art League (WVAL) announces its 16th Annual Art Show and Sale on Friday, Saturday and Sunday; November 13, 14 and 15, 2009.
This year’s event will be held in the Johnson Hall of the Wimberley Community Center, RR 12 and River Road, at 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. on Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and 12:00 to 4:30 on Sunday. There will be an artists’ reception on Friday, from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Wimberley’s reputation as an active artist community draws patrons both local and area-wide who are interested in viewing and purchasing paintings, sculpture, photography, ceramics and fine jewelry offered by members of the Art League. Fiber arts and needlecraft will also be shown. It’s the perfect place and the perfect time to shop for unique artwork gifts for the holidays.
Approximately 600 items from more than 50 artists will be on sale, representing such local favorites as Lilli Pell, Pat Haggerton, Bob Fowler, Herb Smith and Bill Meek as well as prizewinners in the WVAL bimonthly gallery shows.
The public is cordially invited to attend this exciting show. Admission is free. Call (512) 826-4286 for further information.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
POPS Showcase in Fredericksburg
Hosted by the Gillespie County Historical Society and The Marquee Event Group, this event is designed to showcase the Pioneer Museum grounds and buildings as a venue for meetings, conferences, weddings, and family celebrations. According to the Co-Chairs Brent Waldoch and Janie Trantham, the event will also highlight the services of 36 local vendors, including caterers, artists, musicians, florists, photographers, and others.
For more information, contact 830-456-6849.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Charles M. Russell: Master of Western Art
October 8, 2009 – January 3, 2010
Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926) was many things: consummate Westerner, historian, advocate of the Northern Plains Indians, cowboy, outdoorsman, writer, philosopher, environmentalist, conservationist, and not least, artist. Born in St. Louis, Russell dreamed of being a cowboy, living the exciting life of men on the range. Russell came to the Judith Basin of Montana in 1880 a few days after his 16th birthday.
Working briefly tending sheep, he realized that his dreams of the West were not to be fulfilled in this manner. He soon teamed up with a local hunter, Jake Hoover, with whom he spent two years sharing a cabin on the South Fork of the Judith River. Shortly thereafter, Russell became a night wrangler for the Judith Basin Roundup.
This was exactly what Russell the child had dreamed of, and what Russell the adult wanted and needed. It gave him time to observe the cowboys at work during the day, and to sketch and document all the activities and excitement of the cow camp. He continued to work as a cowboy and wrangler for 11 years before retiring to become a full-time artist.
Russell greatly admired the American Indians, especially those of the Northern Plains. He spent the summer of 1888 visiting often with the Blood Indians in Alberta, Canada. This experience affected him for the rest of his life, and can be seen in the many detailed works he created of Plains Indians.
Charlie married Nancy Cooper in 1896. He painted and sculpted in his log studio adjacent to their home, filling it with his collection of Indian clothing, utilitarian objects, weapons, cowboy gear, "horse jewelry," and other western "props" useful in accurately depicting the scenes of the Old West of which he was so fond. It was here that Russell completed all of his major paintings after the studio's construction in 1903. In 1916, Charlie and Nancy adopted their son, Jack.
While Jake Hoover may have kept Charlie Russell here as a young adult, it was Charlie's love of Montana that kept him here for 46 years. The life he observed and participated in greatly influenced his art and personal philosophy. He painted in a time when there was considerable interest in the West. Charlie's works were popular because of their narrative subject matter, unique style, and dynamic action. In addition, he had the ability to accurately depict specific times or events in western history. Russell died on October 24, 1926 at his home in Great Falls, Montana.
Charlie Russell completed approximately 4,000 works of art during his lifetime. He was the first "Western" artist to live the majority of his life in the West. For this reason, Charlie knew his subject matter intimately, setting the standard for many western artists to follow.
Source: Charles M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana.
