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BEAT OF YOUR DRUM
Education, Gillespie Life
BEAT OF YOUR DRUM
October 8, 2025
Musicians from Drum Cafe USA, a national organization that brings interactive musical experiences to schools and teams, visited Fredericksburg Elementary School on Friday, Sept. 26. At left, Alseny Sylla, master drummer, played the djembe; Dale Monni, Cafe USA founder, led students in drumming a rhy...
Education, Gillespie Life
Texas Exes fund scholarships for new Longhorns
October 8, 2025
The Texas Exes, Fredericksburg Chapter, announced multiple scholarship opportunities for Gillespie County high school students who plan to enroll at the University of Texas at Austin in fall 2026. Last year, the chapter awarded $15,500 to three seniors from Fredericksburg High School and plan to do ...
Building an appetito for Asparagus and Chicken Manicotti
Gillespie Life, Taste
Building an appetito for Asparagus and Chicken Manicotti
Culinary Adventure Mark Wieser 
October 8, 2025
E ach spring, my dad would give gardening another try. He grew vegetables, but asparagus never crossed his mind, though a longtime favorite in Germany. Any asparagus he ate came from a can at Nebgen’s Red & White Grocery. Fresh asparagus, with its short shelf life of three to five days, wasn’t avail...
Johnson’s transformation can’t save ‘The Smashing Machine’
Gillespie Life, Movies
Johnson’s transformation can’t save ‘The Smashing Machine’
BY MATT WARD 
October 8, 2025
Cinematic Considerations There’s something a bit off about “The Smashing Machine.” The first film from director Benny Safdie away from his brother, Jo...
Gayne Young: All in the name of science
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
Gayne Young: All in the name of science
OUTDOORS ON EDGE By Gayne C. Young 
October 8, 2025
What do you do when a blue whale gives you the stink eye? Read on to find out. (Spoiler Alert: It ain’t pleasant.) Our story began on a cold, windy Su...
This columnist is trying to avoid hooptedoodle
Gillespie Life
This columnist is trying to avoid hooptedoodle
Phil Houseal 
October 1, 2025
The more I read, the more I struggle to find stuff I want to read. I’ve covered all the classics like “Catcher in the Rye,” assigned by earnest 11th-g...
Halo hoping for forever home
Gillespie Life
Halo hoping for forever home
October 1, 2025
Halo, a five-year-old Bulldog mix, is available for adoption now at the Hill Country SPCA. “Halo is past the puppy phase and totally ready for the goo...
Gillespie Life
Library over flows with activities for book lovers
October 1, 2025
There is something to do at Pioneer Memorial Library every day of the week with its regular slate of weekly events. On the first and third Monday of t...
Gillespie Life
Community orchestra proceeds will go toward funding for local youth’s school
October 1, 2025
The Fredericksburg Community Orchestras first concert of the season is set for Friday, Oct. 24 and features music of the Silver Screen and Beyond. The...
Theater auditions for ‘My Fair Lady’ open on Oct. 18
Gillespie Life
Theater auditions for ‘My Fair Lady’ open on Oct. 18
October 1, 2025
Fredericksburg Theater Company has scheduled auditions for its winter production of “My Fair Lady,” to be held at the Steve W. Shepherd Theater at 166...
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