Texas Night Sky Festival
The first ever Texas Night Sky Festival will be held Saturday, March 5 from 3-10 p.m. at the Dripping Springs Ranch Park and Event Center, 1042 Event Center Drive. This free celebration of the Texas night sky has been designed especially for students, individuals, and families who are interested in learning more about the night sky and light pollution. The festival will kick off at 3 p.m. with activities planned for all ages, including live presentations, solar observations, a mobile planetarium, demonstrations of glare-reducing lighting, tasty food, and a good, old-fashioned Star Party. See more at www.texasnightskyfestival.org
Sun Run 5k
Science Hall Elementary in Kyle will be hosting the Sun Run, a 5K run/walk, Saturday Feb. 27 beginning at 8 a.m. at Science Hall Elementary. There will be a community health fair immediately after. Visit tinyurl.com/ScienceHallSunRun to register.
Organic Gardening 101
On Feb. 27, head to the Buda Public Lirbary meeting room from 1-3 p.m. for this free workshop, in which expert gardener Jonas Jones shares his vast knowledge of growing vegetables organically. Participants are invited to tour Gray Gardens following the presentation.
Davis Kerr Medical Benefit
Come out and support a local family while having a fun afternoon in Buda. On Saturday, Feb. 27 from 2-11 p.m. at the Painted Horse Pavilion (1750 S. FM 1626, Buda). On Jan. 17, Davis lost his right arm after helping process deer meat at his family’s home. All funds raised will go towards Davis’ medical expenses. The event will feature a BBQ dinner, washer tournament, live and silent auction, 50/50 raffle, live music, kids activities and more. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children age five and older. For more information, visit gofundme.com/c6kdc87e# or call Britney Lewis at 512-745-5860 or Rayle Harnett at 512-217-3506.
Lady Bird: An opera
A preview of an original opera based on the life of Lady Bird Johnson will be featured at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Museum of San Marcos spring lecture by Dr. Samuel Mungo, Director of Opera Studies at Texas State University on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the museum (131 N. Guadalupe Street, San Marcos). The public is invited to attend this free event. The work will focus on Lady Bird as a national figure during a tumultuous time in America, featuring her train trip through the Deep South when she defended the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Leslie Jamison book readings
Author Leslie Jamison will have a book reading Thursday, Feb. 25 at 3:30 p.m. at the Wittliff Collections on the seventh floor at the Alkek Library on the Texas State University campus. A second reading will be Friday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center in Kyle. Jamison is the author of the novel “The Gin Closet” and a collection of essays, The Empathy Exams, which was a finalist for the PEN-Faulkner Award for Nonfiction. Her work has appeared in Harper’s, Oxford American, A Public Space, Virginia Quarterly Review, and The Believer. She is currently a columnist for the New York Times Book Review and is finishing a doctoral dissertation at Yale about addiction narratives.
