A mix of German Christmas traditions and Texan hospitality will welcome the holiday season in Fredericksburg at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 24 In partnership with the City of Fredericksburg, the Fredericksburg Convention and Visitor Bureau will begin the season with the lighting of the Community Christma...

THE WEEKEND What is being billed as the “wildest” Wild Game Dinner in Texas will be held Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds. Gates at the 11th annual event open at 5:30 p.m. and food will be served until 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $25, which includes food and drinks, including limite...

Hill Country Memorial (HCM) Hospice hosted an open house on Nov. 9 at the HCM Brune Building in celebration of the building’s 10-year anniversary, and in observance of National Hospice and Palliative Care month. Guests were greeted by hospice staff, and provided tours of the hospice facility while e...

Johnny Nicholas performs at the 20th annual Texas All-Star Big Band Bash, an event he helped create to benefit the youth of the community through scho...

Hindsights The vicious nature of current political discourse makes me nauseous. We have lost, temporarily I hope, the ability to laugh at ourselves an...