JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF
BURNET – From a snowman to a girl on fire, the entire family can enjoy this year’s Movies in the Park series at the Haley Nelson Park amphitheater, 301 Garden Trails.
The Burnet Parks and Recreation Department sponsors the free movies, which this year are “Frozen,” “The Boxtrolls,” “Maleficent” and “Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 1.” Continue reading “Burnet’s Movies in the Park features free family films”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — After doctors diagnosed Sheila Cooper with breast cancer more than five years ago, she admitted that talking about it with other people wasn’t easy. So she understands if some cancer survivors are apprehensive about attending the annual Survivors’ Dinner on April 16 at Lakeside Pavilion. Continue reading “Cancer survivors bond over life at annual dinner in Marble Falls”
JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF
BURNET — Chaos and destruction return this spring for a break in the serene wildflower scenes across the Hill Country.
The Burnet County Fair & Rodeo Association’s 23rd annual Demolition Derby is 7 p.m. April 11 at the Burnet County Fairgrounds, 1301 Houston Clinton Drive. Continue reading “Demolition Derby roaring back into Burnet on April 11”
It’s time to lace up those running (or walking) shoes for the fourth annual Run for the Son 5K/1K. The event is April 11 and starts at 8 a.m. at Double Horn Brewing Company, 208 Ave. H in Marble Falls. Register at www.myregistration.com. The event features an adult 1K, a kids 1K, an adult 5K and a Run for the Son 5K for teachers and coaches and students ages 11-18. All proceeds benefit the St. Peter’s Lutheran School Scholarship Fund. The Lutheran school is located in Marble Falls and offers pre-school and kindergarten classes. Courtesy photo
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
BURNET — Mona Bible knows the challenges young girls face. After all, before she became a mother of a teenager and an elementary student, she was a girl herself. Continue reading “Burnet’s DIVA Dawgs learn value of volunteering”
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
MARBLE FALLS — Seventeen name nominations for the city’s new dog park have been submitted, but officials are looking for more.
Marble Falls Parks and Recreation Director Robert Moss briefed the Parks and Recreation Commission during its regular meeting April 6. Continue reading “Marble Falls officials still seeking name for dog park at Westside”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — Katherine Golladay looked at the bandages. The 16-year-old’s hands were bleeding — skin torn from her second CrossFit workout just a few hours earlier. Continue reading “Intense CrossFit a perfect fit for Faith Academy student”
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
LLANO — The opportunity for young artists to showcase their works is the reason for the annual student art show hosted by the Llano Fine Arts Guild.
The show, which is free to attend, is April 9-12 and April 16-19 at the guild’s gallery, 503 Bessemer Ave. The gallery is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and noon-4 p.m. Sunday. Continue reading “Llano Fine Arts Guild bridges generation gap with student show”
FROM STAFF REPORTS
FREDERICKSBURG — After one of the Magrath sisters kills her abusive husband, the three women gather in the family home in Hazelhurst, Mississippi, to deal with aftermath. But they soon find themselves digging deep into past problems and relationships. Continue reading “Fredericksburg Theater Company presenting ‘Crimes of the Heart’”
