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Abilene Yoga House will take over the space at Sockdolager's and invade their spotify with a teachers choice music themed yoga class. Bring a yoga mat, sign in through mind body app. Beginners welcome.

A yoga class on a stand up paddleboard. Come and enjoy a West Texas sunset and explore a cooler type of yoga on water. No yoga or paddleboard experience is required.

Texas native playing gritty and bluesy rock and roll.

Dr. Jerry Taylor will speak on the topic, 'Why Courage Matters!' Dr. Jerry Taylor is associate professor of Bible, missions and ministry, and founding executive director of the Carl Spain Center on Race Studies and Spiritual Action at Abilene Christian University.

An opportunity like nothing else in West Texas. Meet some of Abilene’s wildest residents, raise a cold glass of beer, and sit on the zoo lawn while listening to live music from Top Texas Artists.

Get ready for some of the finest country music in the Big Country from The Last Dance Band. 

Teams from all over Texas and Oklahoma compete. All the money raised goes to local scholarships and community sponsorships.

Event features food booths and homemade chili cooked by the Taylor County Sheriff’s Officers Association and Dyess volunteers in the World’s Largest Chili Pot sponsored by H-E-B. Cooking teams performing skits competing for showmanship awards. There will be kids games, a live auction and live music by The Morgan Rutherford Band

Collegiate - annual cross country meet includes Alfred Rugema Men's 8K followed by Casi Florida Women's 6K.

A come-and-go family program offered by our art educators who will help you and your little ones create a work of art using the style and medium of the featured artist in the gallery. Emphasis is on having fun while picking up valuable knowledge.

This mom and tot program for preschoolers combines different aspects of visual and verbal literacy by exposing the children to books and art based on the featured artist in the gallery.

The TLBAA is a nonprofit organization working to protect the integrity of the Texas Longhorn by providing guidelines for desirable breeding practices, promoting public awareness of the breed, and advancing the scientific knowledge of historical and future breeding practices.

The Abilene Yoga House presents yoga night at The Mill.

The Big Country Mudslinger is an approximate 3 mile obstacle course mud run. We have 16 obstacles you will climb over, under, through and more. We will have multiple mud pits to ensure you get as muddy as possible.

Enjoy Adventure Cove's last day of the 2019 season with you and your furry, four-legged friend.

A come-and-go family program offered by our art educators who will help you and your little ones create a work of art using the style and medium of the featured artist in the gallery. Emphasis is on having fun while picking up valuable knowledge.

Jimmy Dorrell, pastor of Church Under the Bridge and founder of Mission Waco/Mission World, will discuss how impoverished neighborhoods are being developed and lives are being changed through partnerships between businesses, cities, universities, nonprofits and faith communities. Benefitting Christian Services Center.

Cheer on collegiate athletes as they compete in this tournament. 

College men and women compete in singles and doubles tennis tournament.

A fun night of dueling pianos with the Eighty Eights.

The Paramount Film Series presents 1975 comedy about a mythical King of the Britons. When he leads his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail, they face a wide array of horrors, including a persistent Black Knight, a three-headed giant, shrubbery-challenged knights, the perilous Castle Anthrax, a killer rabbit, and a handful of rude Frenchmen. Starring John Cleese, and Terry Gilliam. Rated PG.

Center for Contemporary Arts National Juried Competition artist reception and awards ceremony. 

Award-winning artists from the Center for Contemporary Arts 2019 National Juried Competition will participate in this event.

Support the Center for Contemporary Arts and all they bring to downtown by attending this special dinner.

A come-and-go family program offered by our art educators who will help you and your little ones create a work of art using the style and medium of the featured artist in the gallery. Emphasis is on having fun while picking up valuable knowledge.

Vocal Majority, the 13-time international men’s barbershop chorus champion, will join local first responders, military members and local youth choruses as we honor our God, country and community in this concert presented by Herald of Truth Ministries, Inc.

Voted 'Best Austin Band' at the 2018 Austin Music Awards. Future Fund is partnering with Open Road Abilene to present this concert benefiting Future Fund. Space is limited, so get your tickets before they're gone!

Featuring Brian Fowler on fiddle and vocals, Robert Allen on guitar and vocals and Marshall Williams on guitar, mandolin and vocals.

Join alumni, Jenavene Hester Bazacas and Seth Bazacas for a night of song, soul, and celebration. Audiences have seen both Jenavene and Seth on national tours, cruise ships, Lincoln Center, Papermill Playhouse and Broadway workshops. Seth serves as the pastor and Jenavene is pastor of care at Wellspring Church NYC. This is a Lights Up! ACU Theatre Fundraiser Cabaret. Event includes a light hors d'oeuvres reception.

The Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. This inspiring event calls on participants of all ages and abilities to join the fight against the disease. When you participate in Walk, your fundraising dollars fuel our mission, and your participation in the event helps to change the level of Alzheimer’s awareness in your community.

Sixty years later, Round Up for Rehab continues to raise money and awareness through livestock sales. We appreciate our Big Country Chairman, Randy Carson and Ikie Taylor for all they do for West Texas Rehab.

An exciting night of celebrating the Abilene Chamber of Commerce members and award winners featuring the 2019 Outstanding Citizen of the Year. Reception, dinner and dancing.

Invitational high school boys golf tournament to be played at Diamondback Golf Club.

A full scale anime, cosplay, gaming, comic, convention. Full of fandom, cosplay, anime, special guest appearances, artists, vendors, table top games, video games, card games, exciting panels, contests, collectibles and giveaways. 

Collegiate women compete in this tennis championships.

A come-and-go family program offered by our art educators who will help you and your little ones create a work of art using the style and medium of the featured artist in the gallery. Emphasis is on having fun while picking up valuable knowledge.

 Featuring artist Yung Bleu. 

All current and former military personnel and their families receive free admission to the Taylor County History Center.

From the Gibson Girl to the Flapper, women's fashion evolution from the early 1900s to the 1920s in the United States was due to new economic and social factors for women. These three decades were a defining time as many women fought for the right to vote, joined the work force during World War I, and changed the traditional social norms for women from the previous century.

Photography exhibit by Bill Wright at The Center for Contemporary Arts.

A solo exhibition of the recent work of Chinese-born American contemporary artist, Hung Liu in a variety of media including mixed media, resin, tapestry, oil and works on paper. She is best known for masterful recreations of historical Chinese photographs.

Photographer Paul James Black presents an intimate group of Polaroids and black and white photographs of only one person; his wife Carol. The photographs in the exhibition, Paul Black: Carol, were taken in the first two decades of their marriage and offer an intimate record into their private world in the 1960s and 70s. Carol is the only subject in this chronicle.

Using 19th and 20th century photographic archives of mug shots, Sarah Ball creates a series of intimate portraits of anonymous protagonists. Her meticulously-rendered paintings in this solo exhibition feature expressionless faces taken out of context and reflect on contemporary issues of bias in an increasingly judgmental culture.