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Cinematic static:
Gillespie Life
Cinematic static:
By 
January 4, 2023
It seems as though every year, Netflix puts out a film that makes one wonder how it was greenlit into production. Whether it’s an exorbitant budget for a languishing Martin Scorsese epic like “The Irishman” or an overly sarcastic, nihilistic dramedy like Adam McKay’s “Don’t Look Up,” the streaming s...
If you could shift time, would you do that?
Gillespie Life
If you could shift time, would you do that?
Phil Houseal 
January 4, 2023
HOUSE To cut travel time, we focus on two options: 1) Decreasing the distance between two points, or 2) Increasing speed. What if, instead, we could condense time? What if we could remove every other second, for example? Or at least remove the awareness of every other second? Then our time would be ...
Ringing in the New Year
Gillespie Life
Ringing in the New Year
Sharon Brooks 
January 4, 2023
Thousands of people from parts all over the world joined locals for the City of Fredericksburg’s “Countdown to 2023” New Year’s Eve festival and ball drop on Dec. 31, 2022. Festivities lasted from 3-6:30 p.m. at Marktplatz where children bounced in bounce houses, navigated an inflatable ice maze, cl...
City fireworks show pops!
Gillespie Life
City fireworks show pops!
Sharon Brooks 
January 4, 2023
The July 4th Fireworks Show that was postponed over the summer lit up the sky above Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park Dec. 30 as families watched with ...
Officials take oaths of office Jan. 1
Gillespie Life
Officials take oaths of office Jan. 1
Sharon Brooks 
January 4, 2023
Fourteen county officials took their oaths of office at the Gillespie County Courthouse during a ceremony Jan. 1, with eight of those swearing into th...
A center for culture
Gillespie Life
A center for culture
Sharon Brooks 
January 4, 2023
The Pioneer Museum in Fredericksburg recently announced it has achieved the highest national recognition any museum in the country can receive, accred...
Brisket: Tough, kosher cut now rules the pit
Gillespie Life
Brisket: Tough, kosher cut now rules the pit
News Staff 
December 28, 2022
CULINARY ADVENTURE Conversations at Dietz Distillery can lead to astonishing revelations. There, I was recently informed that the origin of brisket wa...
Texas Exes’ Thirsty Thursdays 2023 kick off
Gillespie Life
Texas Exes’ Thirsty Thursdays 2023 kick off
News Staff 
December 28, 2022
Fredericksburg’s chapter of Texas Exes will have its first Thirsty Thursday of the new year on Jan. 5, 2023, at 5 p.m. at The Club at Barons CreekSide...
Essay contest highlights Texas history
Gillespie Life
Essay contest highlights Texas history
News Staff 
December 28, 2022
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) Dr. Wilhelm Keidel Chapter of Fredericksburg invites area fourth and seventh grade students to participat...
Streams feed the Dreams
Gillespie Life
Streams feed the Dreams
Phil Houseal 
December 28, 2022
HOUSE I’m a basketball fan who has been unable to watch any broadcast games since 1999 when our TV antenna quit working. To see the first Spurs champi...
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