Texas is home to a diverse population of butterflies.
Photo by Celeste Cook
Exploring Nature: Texas Butterflies
Sun, 02/19/2023 - 5:00am
When it comes to butterflies, there’s just no place like Texas.
Texas is home to a diverse population of butterflies.
Photo by Celeste Cook
When it comes to butterflies, there’s just no place like Texas.
Ryan Hoxie in DeMaskUs: a.k.a Running. Photos by Lauren Jurgemeyer
Henry DelBello, Kate Herlihy, Ryan Hoxie and Vivian Noble star in the Texas State production of DeMaskUs, opening Feb. 23 at the Patti Strickel Harrison Theatre.
Texas State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents the devised work titled “DeMaskUs” Feb. 23-26, in the Patti Strickel Harrison Theatre.
Dr. Jeffrey Ault and Mrs. Ellen Ault will reign as King and Queen Okeanos XI during the 11th Annual Mardi Gras celebration.
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Dr. Jeffrey Ault and Mrs. Ellen Ault will reign as King and Queen Okeanos XI during the 11th Annual Mardi Gras celebrations in San Marcos, highlighted by the parade through the historic districts of San Marco that begins at noon on Saturday.
This weekend, San Marcos is home to the inaugural OUTlaw Pride Fest, an LGBTQ+ country music festival with shows, panel discussions and live music performances at Zelick’s, The Porch and The Davenport.
The Calaboose Museum was founded by Johnnie Armstead, who saved the building from demolition in 1997. Armstead became the driving force for its dedication as a museum.
Photo by Celeste Cook
Left, the Calaboose historical marker, and above, a plaque dedicated to Johnnie Armstead.
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Purple martins are amazing acrobats prized for eating mosquitoes.
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February is the month when one of North America’s favorite birds begins to return after spending the winter in South America.
The Dunbar Heritage Association hosted the first community Kwanzaa celebration from Dec. 26, 2022 through Jan. 1, 2023. Another first for San Marcos was a Kinara on the Historic Hays Courthouse Square.
Photos submitted by Jonafa Banbury
Lefttoright,AlexBanbury,Jr.DHAPresident;CrystalAnderson,KwanzaaParticipant;Jonafa Banbury, DHA Secretary; Kelly Glover, Kwanzaa MC; and Luiz Coutinho, drummer.
Guest speaker Dr. Augustine Agwuele addresses the gathered crowd at the Historic Hays County Courthouse during this year’s Kwanzaa celebration.
The last night of Kwanzaa was an in-person celebration on Jan. 1 at the Cephas House.
Rev. Allen Green, Jr. plays drums at San Marcos’ first Kwanzaa celebration.
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The beautifully-dressed table with the Kinara (candle holder) and candles (Mishumaa Saba) surrounded by various symbols of Kwanzaa.
DHA presents a Kwanzaa celebration
The San Marcos Art League is set to host its annual social on Feb. 19 at The Rock House in San Marcos, Texas from 1 - 5 p.m. The Art League encourages active members, non-members and artists of all kinds to attend and network with those in the local art community. This year’s musical guest will be local artist Kenny Normal, and food and refreshments will be provided throughout the event.
Kate Glasheen, head of Texas State University’s acting program, stars with Grant Goodman, in the Austin Shakespeare production of Tom Stoppard’s romantic comedy, “The Real Thing.”
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Kate Glasheen loves her job. Even after catching the red eye home from on-site auditions in Chicago to teach her 9:30 a.m. class at Texas State, then fielding press interviews during lunch for her upcoming show — Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Thing” — before heading to Austin for that show’s rehearsals, she will tell you how fortunate she is to love everything that she does.
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