Hello, Abilene! Maybe you caught our Facebook Live or maybe you’ve seen a little ad in our emails about this new program. It’s very exciting and so I wanted to share a little bit about it with you on the blog today. This is your last chance to show love to some of your favorite Abilene businesses. I know you’ve always wanted to #supportyourlocalbusiness. The ballot closes at … [Read more...]
Growing a Storybook Garden
The donors who made it possible By Sidney Schuhmann LevesqueOn the evening of June 8, the Abilene Cultural Affairs Council will open the newest addition to the Storybook Sculpture Project, the Adamson-Spalding Storybook Garden. Thanks to the generosity of many donors, the garden continues to enhance Abilene’s reputation as the Storybook Capital of Texas.In … [Read more...]
Shrek the Musical JR.
The Paramount is one of my Abilene favorites, as I’ve said before. This issue’s Look Inside is super interesting because as many times as I’ve been there I’ve never seen the marquee room, or a few other interesting corners of this lovely old building. I once attended a wedding where the bridal party stood onstage. But this was a much different event.Growing up, … [Read more...]
Haunted Abilene
By Loretta FultonPhotography by Beth DukesDon't believe in ghosts?Well, don't be so sure. Your own hometown may have been haunted before it even existed.Thirty years before the city was founded, an apparition was said to have appeared to soldiers stationed at a new fort just north of present-day Abilene. One legend holds that while soldiers were sitting … [Read more...]
Ghost of the Bayou
Rare Reptile a Special Summer Exhibit at the Abilene ZooContributed by the Abilene ZooGuests at the Abilene Zoo are enjoying a special summer exhibit this year – a rare albino alligator.Dubbed the “Ghost of the Bayou,” the 6-foot-long female alligator is a temporary guest at the zoo, on exhibit until Sept. 8. The animal’s permanent home is the St. Augustine … [Read more...]