The Gillespie County Retired Teachers Association opened applications for $1,000 grants for college students seeking teacher certification. Applications are due by Nov. 1. Grants will be awarded to county residents who are pursuing teacher certification. For more information call Shirley Truitt at 8...

Neil Simon’s original version of “The Odd Couple” was a hit on Broadway in 1965, winning four Tony Awards and later adapted to film and a popular TV series. Twenty years later in the ’80s, Simon rewrote the show, making the protagonists female. With an 80% new dialogue and gender switch, Simon creat...

Auditions for the Fredericksburg Theater Company’s winter musical, “Peter and the Starcatcher” will be 6 p.m. Sunday and Monday, Oct. 27-28, at the Steve W. Shepherd Theater, 1668 U.S. 87 South. The Tony-award winning musical is based on the century-old story of an orphan boy becoming Peter Pan. The...

Both Fredericksburg High School’s band, “The Pride of Texas Hill Country” and the Harper High School Mighty Longhorn Band took the field at the Region...

Cinematic Considerations Sometimes the best movies are the simplest. Director John Crowley — best known for his Oscar-nominated period romantic drama ...

(Editor’s note: This column originally ran in 2022. Gayne’s computer ist kaput, so we’re sharing an oldie but a goodie.) Safari. The experience is alm...