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Paramount Productions presents this hilarious and heartfelt new musical based on the hit movie about an over-zealous elf from Santa's workshop who travels to New York City in search of his father. The show is performed entirely by young artists ages 8 to 18.

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.

A night of high-flying, high-energy entertainment. You will get to see superstars Seth Rollins vs Dean Ambrose, Ronda Rousey vs Nia Jax with Tamina, Finn Baylor vs Drew McIntyre vs Dolph Ziggler plus Sasha Banks, Bobby Lashley and many more of your favorite superstars of the WWE. Card is subject to change. 

Featuring Featuring guest speaker, Texas House Representative Barbara Gervin- Hawkins, District 120. Barbara is a passionate educator and businesswoman. She serves as the Special Projects Coordinator of the George Gervin Youth Center, and is co-founder of the Gervin Academy, a charter school serving over 1,500 students throughout Bexar County.

Join in for the annual Abilene MLK march held to remember the work and life of Dr. Martin Luther King. Organized by the Royal family this march has been held for more than 25 years.

The competition is open to students of Abilene Christian University, Cisco College, Hardin-Simmons University, McMurry University, and Texas State Technical College. Entries may be submitted in any medium as long as the finished piece meets the size and weight restrictions of the category. Cash prize awards available.

Wed.: Poultry Show - Wed., 11 a.m. - Big Country Hall; Steer Show followed by Heifer Show - 1 p.m. - Griffin Arena.  Thurs.: Lamb Show followed by Goat Show - 8 a.m. - Horse Barn; Rabbit Show - 5 p.m. - Big Country Hall.  Fri.: Swine Show - 8 a.m. - Horse Barn.  Sat.: Premium Sale - 12:30 p.m. - Horse Barn

Artist Members from the CCA are invited to pair the work they create with art currently on view at The Grace and speak about the connections between the two. The next artists to present will be husband and wife team Larry Millar and Kathie Walker-Millar. They will be creating a dialogue between their work and the work of artist-couple Harry Geffert and Linda Ridgway.

A grand evening of ballroom dancing featuring a mix of dances, such as the foxtrot, waltz, tango, and more.

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.

Works by Brahms and Shostakovich, and guest stars violinist William Hagen. Hagen was the third-prize winner of the 2015 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, making him the highest-ranking American since 1985.

Providing a safe environment for the public to come shop for guns, knives and ammo.

Featured artist Margaret Smithers-Crump builds her sculptures using a variety of recycled, hand-cut and formed plastics to create intricate installations. In her talk she will share about the inspiration and process she uses to create her unique artwork.

See 10,000 pound, car crushing giants compete in racing, wheelie contests, and then rock the house with amazing freestyle action. Plus, you can meet the drivers and see the trucks up close at the pre-event Autograph Pit Party!

The focus of the event is to connect community families, and people of all ages, with local businesses, organizations, sports leagues, and companies pertaining to sports, fitness, and health industries. This event is one of two fundraisers for AYSA.

The route will be down Elmdale Rd, turning right onto Potosi Rd. and then turn back around for the halfway point. The first 50 people to register will get a free t-shirt from the race. 

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.

Calling all singers to bring their best 2 minutes of a song to perform. The top 15 will be chosen to compete in the Abilene Idol Finale. All genres and all ages welcome. Judging will occur in two age groups: contestants age 17 and younger and those age 18 and older.

This empowering American Heart Association event focuses on preventing heart disease and stroke by promoting healthy lifestyles, building awareness and raising critically-needed funds to support research and education initiatives.

Put on your best dress for a sock hop theme, and come shake, rattle, and roll the evening away!  This event is for girls ages 3 through 13 and their dads or male role models.

A couple consisting of a photojournalist and a foreign correspondent battle the questions: 'Can you be an observer of horrific events, take pictures of them, record them, and still maintain a somewhat normal life?'

The Paramount Film Series presents Alfred Hitchcocks's 1959 classic thriller about a New York advertising executive who is chased by a ruthless spy after he is mistaken for a government agent. Starring Carey Grant and Eva Marie Saint. Not Rated.

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.

Provides boys and girls, ages 13 and younger, the opportunity to showcase their fitness through dribbling, shooting, and rebounding skills competition in the sport of basketball. Boys and girls compete separately in two different age groups: 11U and 13U. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers in each age and gender group are submitted and advance to a regional competition. Presented by Under Armor. 

Features love songs from Broadway and the Great American Songbook, performed alongside vocalist Rachel Tyler. Rachel has sung in many musicals all over the world, including Rocky Horror Show and Smokey Joe’s Café.

Artists' reception for Abilene Creative Arts Club Art Show featuring paintings by Officers and Committee Chairmen. In February, the show may also be viewed on weekdays during normal business hours at Studio 13.

Bring your family out and join City of Abilene Parks and Recreation and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for some rainbow trout fishing fun. No fishing experience is needed. The event will include fishing at the pond as well as activities that will highlight fish identification, casting, knot tying, and more. Hot dogs, chips, and hot cocoa will be provided. Please bring your own equipment if you have it.

When the planetarium is closed and the field trip is spoiled, Mrs. Frizzle once again saves the day. Join the class as the magic school bus blasts off to explore the solar system, musical style.

Love is an opportunity for local poets and writers to showcase their chops and perform poetry dealings with the theme of love. Writers must only enter original pieces, but may have another person read them aloud. The public is invited to listen to local poets recite heartfelt writings and ideas.

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.

Annual agribusiness event, in partnership with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office – Taylor County. Continuing Education Unit’s (CEU), seminars, equipment demonstrations and agribusiness related product showcase.

The first and last, two person exhibition of drawings and sculpture by two contemporary artists who worked together in life and in the studio for decades. The original concept for the exhibition has been transformed by the November 2017 tragic, sudden death of Harry Geffert.  A selection of Geffert’s recent sculpture and new drawings by Ridgway will be a celebration of their life and work. 

The art of Margaret Smithers-Crump is rooted in a life-long love of both our planet as well as personal and global human interactions with the natural world. Her current work examines microscopic and macroscopic relationships in nature. Travels aboard and experience of the vast open spaces of West Texas has had a particular influence on the works to be exhibited at The Grace Museum. Smithers- Crump’s installation will feature new work created from recycled Plexiglas. The delicate and ephemeral quality of the sculpture focuses on the vulnerability and interconnectedness of the Earth’s diverse life forms and ecosystems. 

Robert Langham’s kinetic still life, logic defying, photographs are made with a magician’s sleight-of-hand and the skill of a master-of-the-darkroom. Spending time with Robert Langham’s not-so-still life photographs, you will be surprised to discover that they are made using traditional film, low tech hands on tricks and dark room processes without the use of digital media or computer editing.

Philip John Evett’s sculpture exists outside of time. It is impossible to place the work into one particular style or art movement even though he was a prolific artist for more than 60 years.  Retro, modern, contemporary, and classical are all appropriate in describing his elegant sculpted forms. He originally worked with stone, clay, plastic, steel, and iron, but for the last 50 years, maple, cedar, mahogany, and  oak were his been his primary media.

A national art competition open to all artists 21 years of age and over. Artists can submit up to 3 artworks in various mediums. Submitted artwork must not have been shown previously at the Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA).

This exhibition will highlight the career of Abilene architect David S. Castle. As one of the most significant and prominent architects in Abilene and the Big Country in the early to mid-1900s, David S. Castle designed and built hundreds of schools, residential buildings, hotels, medical buildings, municipal buildings, churches, recreational buildings, and courthouses. The exhibition will discuss Castle’s role in the history of architecture in Abilene and the surrounding areas, concentrating on Castle’s contributions to the evolution and growth of Abilene. The buildings he designed are a reflection of the development of Abilene as a trade route and important hub in the oil industry throughout the early twentieth century.