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Clooney, Pitt headline middling action comedy
Gillespie Life, Movies
Clooney, Pitt headline middling action comedy
BY MATT WARD 
October 2, 2024
Cinematic Considerations Bringing together two of the world’s last great movie stars and not putting them on the big screen feels hollow and almost somewhat pointless. With dynamic chemistry, thanks to their great friendship, George Clooney and Brad Pitt have appeared several times on screen togethe...
For the love of chimps:
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
For the love of chimps:
by Gayne C. Young 
October 2, 2024
Outdoors On Edge Ahorrifying attack in Bossou, Guinea, Africa claimed the life of an eight-month-old baby, left a scientific outpost in ruins, and sent me down an internet rabbit hole of insanity and judgment. Warning: The following is graphic. This story began last week when Seny Zogba was working ...
Human energy harvested for power
Gillespie Life
Human energy harvested for power
Phil Houseal 
September 25, 2024
In the 1980s, I brainstormed the idea of harnessing the energy of “people walking around” by installing turnstyles on the sidewalks of New York. My theory was that the small bursts of energy generated by people pushing through narrow openings would create enough power to run traffic lights or street...
Johnny Nicholas to perform at the Odeon Oct. 12
Gillespie Life
Johnny Nicholas to perform at the Odeon Oct. 12
September 25, 2024
Johnny Nicholas will perform alongside guitarist Scrappy Jud Newcomb at the Odeon Theater on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. “Johnny’s appearances at the...
Community helpers in schools are key to student success
Gillespie Life
Community helpers in schools are key to student success
By Rachel Malinak 
September 25, 2024
FISD Guest column As we transition into the fall season, we want to share an update on our efforts to strengthen the bridge between our schools and th...
Kickoff to marching season starts this weekend
Gillespie Life
Kickoff to marching season starts this weekend
Jackie Haggerty 
September 25, 2024
The Frederi cksburg High School Marching Band is putting on its annual Hill Country Marching Festival on Saturday, Sept. 28. This year, this event mar...
Theater company tackles a Neil Simon classic with a twist
Gillespie Life
Theater company tackles a Neil Simon classic with a twist
By Joel Keefer Standard-Radio Post contributor 
September 25, 2024
Tickets for the Fredericksburg Theater Company’s (FTC) fall comedy, “The Odd Couple: Female Version” will go on sale Monday, Sept. 30. “If you remembe...
Band brings home the brass
Gillespie Life
Band brings home the brass
September 25, 2024
Fourteen 14 students from the Fredericksburg High School Jazz Band earned spots in the Region Jazz Band, nine of whom also qualified for Area Jazz Ban...
Pears are a fruit for still life or preserves
Gillespie Life, Taste
Pears are a fruit for still life or preserves
Culinary Adventure Mark Wieser 
September 25, 2024
Planting trees was my dad’s passion — even before immigrating to Texas. In 1964, I got to stand under the apples trees he had planted half a century e...
Elijah elated to find forever home
Gillespie Life, VINE
Elijah elated to find forever home
September 25, 2024
Elijah, a two-year-old Kelpie mix, is searching for his forever home. Caretakers describe Elijah as “the embodiment of fun,” and he gets along well wi...
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