Get your dose of #eventstobescene and check out these awesome local Halloween and Fall 2020 celebrations! Fall is here, and Abilene has plenty for you and the family to do this time of year. Check out these Halloween and Fall activities in Abilene! Sep 19 - Oct 18 Keep Abilene Beautiful 2020 Fall Sweep This year's annual Keep Abilene Beautiful Fall Sweep clean-up event … [Read more...]
Volunteers Keep CALF Moo-ving
Justin Crowe is a long-time Children’s Art & Literacy Festival volunteer who has been involved from both the planning and guest experience perspectives. One of the CALF projects he is most proud of is helping create a digital scavenger hunt. “A small team of us came up with the idea and the amazing Trish Trifilo brought a product to the table that has really … [Read more...]
#EventsToBeScene: Holidays 2019 Edition
Happy Holidays Abilene! Get your dose of #eventstobescene and check out these awesome local Holiday 2019 activities. Nov. 12, 7 p.m. Abilene Opera presents “Hansel & Gretel” by Humperdink, Disney Medley at Paramount Theatre. Tickets are $5 at the door. Nov. 16, 2 p.m. Abilene Ballet Theatre’s Sugar Plum Fairy Tea at the Abilene Woman’s Club. Tickets $25-$40. … [Read more...]
#EventsToBeScene: Halloween 2019 Edition
It's #SpookySzn y'all. Get your dose of #eventstobescene and check out these awesome local Halloween 2019 celebrations. Don't forget to bring your boo. Oct. 12, 8 a.m. Haunted Half Marathon The city’s parks department is hosting this family friendly event that starts at 8 a.m. at Elmdale Baptist Church, 233 Elmdale Road South, and runs down Elmdale to Potosi Road, down … [Read more...]
Top 8 Reasons to Enter a 100-Mile Bike Race
By Jeff Wyatt The Benefit of Training and Preparation At age 60, I set a goal: go to Wichita Falls and break the five-hour mark in their 100-mile bike race, in August, in the heat, aptly named Hotter ‘N Hell Hundred. After many years of jogging casually, my body would no longer tolerate running without injury. I made the switch to cycling (fancy word for … [Read more...]