Enjoy and learn more about the great Texas Hill Country outdoors on a guided nature walk at the Lyndn B. Johnson Park & State Historic site in Stonewall, on Saturday from 10:30 to 11:30 am.
See wildflowers, wildlife and an 1800’s German log cabin house while walking the trails.
Free, but donations encouraged. Water, binoculars and cameras are recommended.
The 5th Annual Reflections of the Sixties education conference at the LBJ Ranch is a great learning opportunity for persons interested in understanding the impact of the 1960s on the fabric of our country.Guest speakers such as authors, former legislators, and historians talk about topics relevant to the 1960′s.
Reminisce with 60’s classic cars and 60’s music.
Admission is free. Gather near the Texas White House at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, 16 miles East of Fredericksburg, Texas, on Hwy 290 in Stonewall.
Call (830) 868-7128 for more information.
Take part this Saturday, March 24, in the 5th Annual LBJ 100 Bicycle Tour at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park on Hwy 290 near Stonewall. Routes are from 10 miles to 64 miles in distance and are along scenic Hill Country roadways. Registration begins at 7:00 a.m., with a staggered start beginning at 9:00 a.m. Also along the tour are three historic country schools open for viewing. You can register online.
Today, December 22, on the 99th anniversary of Lady Bird Johnson’s birth, the general public will have access to the entire first floor of the preserved Johnson family home, known as the Texas White House, on the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park outside Stonewall on U.S. Hwy 290 E. Now see the public and private rooms of this famous family as the first floor contains the bedrooms of both President and Mrs. Johnson. Cost to view the home is $2.
Load up the kids and head out to the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site on Hwy 290 E. near Stonewall for a Seed Stomp from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. this Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25. Help scatter wildflower seeds in open areas and fields to help ensure a gorgeous park facility next spring. All seeds and containers will be provided by the park at this free event. For more information, call 830-644-2252.
The public is invited to enjoy a free 7:30 p.m. screening of the 2010 movie, Yogi Bear, this Saturday, July 9, at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park on Hwy 290 E. near Stonewall. Starring the voices of Dan Aykroyd (as the animated Yogi) and Justin Timberlake (as Yogi’s sidekick, Boo Boo), this family film is a favorite of many! Gates open at 7:00 p.m. with show time at sunset. Parking is available on the airstrip. Bring your chairs, blankets and picnic baskets for this fun night under the stars! Free popcorn will be available. For details, call 830-868-7128, ext. 244
Traditional German heritage activities and everyday farm life at the Sauer-Beckmann Farm at the LBJ Ranch State Park will be celebrated June 18, from 10 am to 3 pm. See blacksmithing and soap making done the traditional way. Try your hand at rope making, but don’t get tied up there, move on over to rub-a-dub-dub at the clothes washing and see what the garden is doing. Discover the long lost art of hair wreath making and how skills and crafts are carried on from generation to generation. Learn how important a milk cow is to a farm family. Finish the day pitching some washers or learn the old German card game of Skät. Accessible for the mobility impaired. Call (830) 644-2252 for more information.
The LBJ State Park & Historic Site will host a fishing clinic for children and their parents from 10 am to 12 pm Saturday June 4. After the clinic, participants will be able to fish in the state park on the banks of the Pedernales River. This is an annual event to get outdoors and have fun. This event is hosted through a partnership by LBJ State Park & Historic Park and Wal-Mart. Fishing equipment and worms provided or bring your own. Fishing is free. Please no dogs.
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park invites the public to view a classic American western movie on Saturday, June 5 at 8:30 p.m. by attending a screening of The Searchers. It stars John Wayne as a middle-aged Civil War veteran who spends years looking for his abducted niece, along with Jeffrey Hunter as his adoptive nephew, who accompanies him. The film was a commercial success, although it received no Academy Award nominations. It was named the Greatest American Western of all time by the American Film Institute in 2008, and it placed 12th on the American Film Institute’s 2007 list of the Top 100 greatest movies of all time. The movie will be projected onto an 18 by 25 foot outdoor screen that includes a professional sound system.
Everyone should bring their own choice of seating, and picnicking before and during the movie is permitted. President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson often invited friends and neighbors to attend movie showings in their airplane hangar, which also served as a location for press conferences and family gatherings. The movie will be shown in the area adjacent to the historic hangar. The public can drive on to the LBJ Ranch beginning at 7:00 pm with free parking on the taxiway adjacent to the ranch airplane hangar.
The next film in the Movies under the Stars series is Yogi Bear on Saturday, July 9. For further information and driving directions, please call (830) 868-7128, ext. 244.
Kudos to Creative Marketing!
Debbie Farquhar-Garner and her staff at Creative Marketing have just been hired to manage both the Texas Festivals & Events Association and the Texas Association of Fairs and Events. Congratulations!
Tickets on sale now for upcoming Hill Country Film Festival
Several ticket pricing levels are now available for the upcoming Hill Country Film Festival, April 28-30. In its second year, this film festival focuses on independent film. Open to the public, this festival will be held at the Stagecoach Movie Theater on Hwy 87 S in Fredericksburg. Three ticket levels are available for purchase/your viewing pleasure:
All-Access Badges ($100): entitling one guest access to attend all festival events and screenings; ticket sold online and at theater.
Day Pass for Friday or Saturday only ($40): entitling one guest to all screening programs on the designated day; sold online and on day of pass..
Individual Tickets ($10): entitles one guest to view one block of film screenings; sold at theater only.
All tickets sold at the theater are cash only. For more about this festival, visit www.hillcountryff.com.
Wednesday afternoon show at Rockbox Theater
The cast of Rockbox Theater will perform a special afternoon performance this Wednesday, April 13 at 2:00 p.m. at the theater at 109 N. Llano St., in Fredericksburg. Show will run between 50-55 minutes.. Tickets are $20 (plus tax) and there will be no intermission or concessions – just lots of ‘funtabulous’ music and fun! For details or to purchase your tickets, call 866-349-6688. For more about this cast and future shows, visit www.rockboxtheater.com.
Fredericksburg Marketplace (Mall) to hold fashion show this Thursday at Marktplatz
Check out the fashion show by merchants from the Fredericksburg Marketplace this Thursday, April 14 from 4:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.. at the Marktplatz on the 100 block of W. Main St., in Fredericksburg. To learn more about the Fredericksburg Marketplace, stop by this mall at 142 E. Main St. And, for more details about the fashion show, call 830-997-6707.
FAL&HA meeting to be held this Wednesday
The April Fredericksburg Area Lodging and Hospitality Association (FAL&HA) meeting will be held this Wednesday, April 13 at 5:30 p.m. in the Nimitz Ballroom at the National Museum of the Pacific War, 340 E. Main St. in Fredericksburg.
Lyndon B. Johnson scholars, authors and Vietnam Veterans will be on hand to speak at this annual event – Reflections of the ’60s – to be held Friday, April 15 from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at the LBJ National Historical Park off Hwy 290 E near Stonewall. Hear noted speakers reflect on this turbulent era. While there, check out the 1960s-era cars on display. Held on the grounds of the Texas White House, this event is free to the public. For information, call 830-868-7128, ext. 231.
