Kyle Garden Club
The Kyle Garden Club will meet Friday, Nov. 3 at 12:30 p.m. at the Historic City Hall in Kyle. The program will be on Horse Trough Gardening presented by Janet Bradford. The public is invited.
Rainwater Revival
This year's Rainwater Revival will be bigger, better and more fun! It's all about rainwater collecting, conserving water and energy and living lightly, responsibly and beautifully in the Texas Hill Country. Learn everything you need to know about collecting rainwater for home or business. This festival delivers a full day of speakers, demonstrations, exhibitors, vendors, raffle prizes, music, food and fun. New this year is the Tiny Home Rodeo, One-Stop Hill Country Wine Tour, Food Trailer Court, a Hill Country Music Stage and more. The revival will be Nov. 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Dripping Springs Ranch Park. See rainwaterrevival.com for more information.
Veterans Dinner and ’40s Hangar Dance
On Nov. 11, celebrate and remember the brave men and women who gave us our freedom at the Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing in San Marcos. Enjoy an authentic ’40s-style swing dance surrounded by a number of restored and functional WWII aircraft. The event features the Sentimental Journey Orchestra under the direction of Ted Conerly with the Memphis Belles. There will also be a bucket raffle, silent auction, dance contest and more. Beer, wine, and set-ups available (no ice chests allowed). Military or period attire encouraged but not required See www.centraltexaswing.org for more information.
Gabrielle Calvocoressi Reading and Signings
Author Gabrielle Calvocoressi will hold readings on Thursday, Nov. 16 at 3:30 p.m. at the Wittliff Collections and on Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Katherine Anne Porter Center. Calvocoressi’s first book, “The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart,” won the 2006 Connecticut Book Award in Poetry. Her second collection, “Apocalyptic Swing,” was a finalist for the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The Witliff Collection is located on the 7th floor of the Alkek Library at Texas State University in San Marcos, and the Katherine Anne Porter Literacy Center is located on Center Street in Kyle.
Legends of Tejano Panel
The Wittliff Collection at Texas State University invites you to celebrate Tejano music at a discussion featuring Little Joe Hernandez, Sunny Ozuna, Shelly Lares and Ramón Hernández on Sunday, Nov. 12 from 2-4 p.m. The Wittliff’s Texas Music Collection curator, Hector Saldaña, will lead a conversation about these artists’ careers and makes the case for why their music should hold a place in Texas music history.
