August 20, 2015

THURSDAY Only

August 20….Buddy Holly Center Summer Showcase Concert Series - The BHC is gearing up for another hot summer of music and fun. This week's featured act is Patricia Vonne (Latin Roots Rock). Performances are every Thursday evening from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. in the Meadows Courtyard. Summer Showcase is FREE to the public. There will be a cash bar, beverages and food available for purchase. No outside beverages are allowed. Buddy Holly Meadows Courtyard, 1801 Crickets Ave.

August 20….Junior’s Listening Room – Music meets wine every Thursday in an intimate music experience at Cap*Rock Winery, bringing out some of Lubbock’s talented artists. Your host Junior Vasquez will perform along with special guests. There will be local food trucks serving from 6 p.m. onward. Cap*Rock will offer half-off bottles and various cocktails.Music starts at 7 p.m. For more info visit http://www.junior-vasquez.com/. Cap*Rock Winery, 408 E Woodrow Rd; 6 – 9:30 p.m.

FRIDAY Only

August 21….Summer Night's Drive-In - Gather up the kids and head over to Safety City Friday, August 21, for a “Drive-In” Movie event. Guests are welcome to arrive early, bring bicycles or battery powered cars, or enjoy one of our pedal cars, and ride around Safety City from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m. before the movie starts at dusk. Kids can sit on their bikes or bring blankets and lawn chairs for more comfortable seating. This event is free and fun for the whole family! Located inside Clapp Park on 46th Street and Avenue U, Safety City is a unique, miniature town where throughout the school year students learn hands – on the rules of pedestrian , bicycle and traffic safety. For more information call Katie Yandell at 767-2712 or 775-2670. Safety City, 46th and Ave U; 5 – 11 p.m.

August 21….Cactus Theater Presents Max Stalling - Texas based songwriter, Max Stalling, has a style that is modern with a vintage feel. With Jeff Howe on drums and percussion, Clay Willis on guitar, and Jason Steinsultz swapping between upright and electric bass, Stalling creates a dynamic live show that’s smart, charming and as listenable as it is danceable. Stalling and troupe are equally at home on a huge concert stage in front of thousands or playing an acoustic set for a hundred. Despite playing the same circuit as many household names in Texas country, grouping Stalling with them would be premature. His unique voice and amusingly clever song lyrics pull him in a different direction. Don’t miss this opportunity to see Max Stalling live on the Cactus stage! Please contact the box office at 806-762-3233 to reserve tickets. Reserved seating. Cactus Theater, 1812 Buddy Holly Avenue; 8 p.m.

FRIDAY and SATURDAY

August 21-22….Moonlight Musicals ”Oklahoma" - Come out to the Moonlight Musicals Amphitheatre (previously the Wells Fargo Amphitheatre) in the beautiful outdoor setting of Lubbock’s Mackenzie Park this August as Lubbock Moonlight Musicals presents their 10th anniversary production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” Music by Richard Rodgers. Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Making use of Texas Tech and local talent, Lubbock Moonlight Musicals always strives to create high quality, family-friendly entertainment that all ages may enjoy. “Oklahoma!” is a musical masterpiece not to be missed! Rodgers & Hammerstein’s first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, having set the standards and established the rules of musical theatre still being followed today. Set in a Western Indian Territory just after the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Although the road to true love never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics holding the reins, love’s journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road. That they will succeed in making a new life together we have no doubt, and that this new life will begin in a brand-new state provides the ultimate climax to the triumphant OKLAHOMA! www.rnh.com. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “OKLAHOMA!” is based on the play “Green Grow the Lilacs” by Lynn Riggs. Original Dances by Agnes de Mille. Picnic suppers welcome, though our newly expanded concession building will be open immediately prior to and during the shows. Tickets are now available through Select-A-Seat by calling 806.770.2000, online at www.SelectASeatLubbock.com, at all Select-A-Seat locations, and at the Moonlight Musicals Amphitheatre box office immediately prior to shows. Moonlight Musicals Amphitheatre, 413 East Broadway; Gates open at 7 p.m.; show begins at 8 p.m.

SATURDAY Only

August 22....Lubbock Downtown Farmers Market - Held each Saturday, June through October, this unique gathering of area producers, specialty food and beverage providers and select artisans specializing in homegrown or homemade. Held in the Depot District area, this weekly event has become a highlight of the summer months and offers something for everyone. Support your local growers and be part of the "locally produced" movement. Be there at 9:00 am – produce is available until vendors sell out! Tornado Gallery,1822 Buddy Holly Avenue; 9 a.m.

August 22….“The Art of Edgar Sotelo” Exhibit and Reception - A one-man exhibit featuring 22 oil paintings by Western artist Edgar Sotelo will open Saturday, August 22, with a meet-the-artist reception. Sotelo is a fourth generation artist who was born in Durango, Mexico, and came to the United States to attend Texas Tech University. He graduated in 1988 with a degree in food technology from the Department of Animal and Food Sciences. As a student, Sotelo paid some of his college expenses with the proceeds he earned from selling pencil sketches. After years of working in corporate America, Sotelo now devotes full-time to his art career. He lives with his wife and three daughters on a ranch near Sulphur Springs and raises American Quarter Horses. Last year the American Quarter Horse Association named Sotelo as signature artist for its 2014 America’s Horse in Art Show and Sale. In addition, he has been the featured artist at such premiere events as “Trappings of Texas” at the Museum of the Big Bend at Sul Ross University and the 2015 National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Convention. A largely self-taught artist, Sotelo paints vibrant, accurate depictions of ranch scenes, charreadas (Mexican rodeos) and portraits. He realistically portrays the life of pioneers, Native Americans and the working cowboys and charros of the American West. Because Sotelo believes in experiencing what he paints, he attends charreadas in Texas and visits Texas ranches that allow him to ride alongside the ranch hands to observe, record and preserve the cowboy/charro way of life. Sotelo’s paintings can be found throughout the country, including in the atrium of the Animal and Food Sciences Building at Texas Tech. His paintings have garnered national attention through award-winning placings at shows in Arizona, Texas and California. In addition, his work has been featured on the covers of such publications as American Horse magazine. The Sotelo exhibit will be on display through November 21. at the National Ranching Heritage Center. Admission is free. For additional information, contact Dr. Scott White at scott.white@ttu.edu or 806.742.0498. Mary Belle Macy Gallery of the National Ranching Heritage Center, 3121 Fourth St;. 4:30 to 7 p.m.

August 22 (Repeats August 29)….Tribute to Bon Jovi, Van Halen, and Poison - Get out the Aqua Net and tights…. time to ROCK to the music of the 80’s bands Bon Jovi, Van Halen, and Poison! The Cactus Stars will show you “Nothin’ But A Good Time” while performing 2 hours of the BEST from these three 80’s groups! Featuring Jason Fellers, Dustin Garrett, Amber Pennington, and other Cactus favorites, you’ll “Jump” out of your seats and rock out at The Cactus! Please contact the box office at 806-762-3233 to reserve tickets. Reserved seating. Cactus Theater, 1812 Buddy Holly Avenue; 7:30 p.m.

Looking Ahead in the Calendar....

Aug. 28….Tribute to Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Doobie Brothers
August 28 - 30….Hub City Comic-Con
September 18….Music in the Meadow with Mac Davis
Sept. 19….Inaugural "Mud Pie Festival" Ladies Craft Retreat
September 26….Funky Junk Roundup

Many more UPCOMING FUN THINGS TO DO are listed on our website...lots further out than the weekly postcard. Click here to go to our CALENDAR OF EVENTS for more info on these activites and MORE>

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