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Reconnect with old friends, rediscover old favorites and renew your relationship with ACU! From chapel to the parade to JamFest and the annual fireworks show, there's something for every member of your family.

The artists of Mike Lanier's Studio 13 presents an art event like no other with art by 32 local artists all under one roof and under the lights in Mikes patio area on the east side of the building. Enjoy light refreshments to celebrate the upcoming 2019-2020 Art Show Season.

 Over 70 events for alumni, students, family and friends. Highlights include the homecoming luncheon, All-School SING, reunion gatherings, alumni awards, activities for children and youth, and athletics events ... all culminating in the annual alumni-led worship service on Sunday morning.

Join us for drinks and music featuring: Whole Milk (Denver), Surf Jazz Lake Dads (Amarillo) and Chillwave Jurassic Netz (Denver).

Head out to the speedway for a weekend of thrilling car racing.

Watch players compete in this collegitate tournament.

Join th ACU Theatre as the 'tale as old as time' returns in a beautiful , enchanting score. Directed by Dawne Swearingen Meeks and choreography by Lily Balogh.

Largest pumpkin patch in the big country with a cornmaze, hayrides in the haunted woods, barrel train rides, giant slide, sling shot, magic pumpking experience, pumpkin painting yard games, farm animals, facepainting, ice cream and food trucks. 

Come listen to MerKaba blues, covers and originals. Also, enjoy the featured MerKaba drink.

An evening filled with fun and suspense you won't soon forget. Enjoy dinner and drinks as you get to know the stories behind our guest actors. Secrets will be revealed, motives exposed and your sleuthing skills will be put to the test as you are left to solve the crime. Prizes will be awarded to the top detectives and crime solvers.

Shop with more than 45 local merchants for farmhouse furniture and decor, fashion, shoes and jewelry, kitchenware and gifts, sweet eats, body soaps, lotions and more. 

Family fun festival with activities, games, hay ride, bounce house, baked goods, and more! Bring your non perishables for the canned goods food drive.

Human trafficking is the fastest-growing criminal industry in the world, generating more than $150 billion every year, second to drug trafficking which is the most profitable form of transnational crime. Go on the 1 mile walk to support an end to this industry. 

The ultimate guitar experience of the year. Carvin was voted one of the 50 Greatest Blues Guitarists of all time by Guitartist Magazine.

This 3 mile hike along Cedar Creek a family friendly event that is open to the public, and leashed dogs are welcome to join as well. 

Meet at the Kirby Lake Park Pavilion to sign-in and help gussy up our park and lake front as the weather cools down and people can get out and enjoy the park before winter sets in. Food, cleaning supplies and t-shirts will be provided. Bring heavy gloves if you have them.

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.

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

Danny Jaymes opens for Abilene's own SecondHand Prophets - a band that serves up Texas Roadhouse country and rock with a side of hard hitting originals.

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

Mark your calendars for the Fall Concert. Donations will be collected for the Joe Stephens Community Band Endowment Fund.  

Featuring Abilene Art Award winners who volunteered and supports an arts organization and celebrating arts organizations that received grants from the Abilene Cultural Affairs Council. The decor each year is based on the upcoming summer NCCIL artist being celebrated at the Children's Art & Literacy Festival, which involves most of our downtown arts groups.

Come hear Jim Sadler play live on the patio.

Food trucks, candy, trunk or treat, tumble bus, bounce houses and more.

Thursday Evening: Tipi Village - Distinguished Alumni Dinner; Friday: Social Club Receptions - Luncheon - Chanters Performance - Reunion Dinners; Saturday: Family Tailgate before the 2 p.m. football game.

To observe 40 years of providing care services to victims of family violence and sexual assault, Noah Project will host a celebration featuring Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong sharing her story of surviving domestic violence.

Atheles compete in this team tennis regional championships.

This show is open to any exhibitor – you do not need to qualify! There will be 2 complete shows with placings and awards for each day. Points earned on both days of competition are added together to determine the Stock Horse World Champions.

Largest pumpkin patch in the big country with a cornmaze, hayrides in the haunted woods, barrel train rides, giant slide, sling shot, magic pumpking experience, pumpkin painting yard games, farm animals, facepainting, ice cream and food trucks. 

Family friendly, haunted house, haunted graveyard, scary movies, children’s area and scary maze garden. Food, popcorn and more will be available for purchase. 

Once again the site will be out on China Street as we reverse engineer the course by starting at Sockdolager Brewing Co. and finishing half a K down the street at Pappy Slokum Brewery. This is for all comers because we can all manage to stroll 1,638 feet. This second of a kind event benefits Connecting Caring Communities, the folks who are all about loving your neighbors and loving your neighborhoods. Pooches with their owners on a leash are welcome. Costumes are encouraged. 

Silent auction, handmade crafts, baked goods, jewelry and more. Proceeds to benefit local church ministries and area non-profits.

The Abilene Philharmonic’s second performance of the season features symphonic photochoreography provided by Westwater Arts. During the performance of Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait and Rodeo Suite, photos will be projected on multiple digital displays above the orchestra creating a full multimedia concert experience. Narrating the powerful Lincoln Portrait is Abilene’s own Mayor Anthony Williams. Also on the program is a suite from the comedic opera by Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier, and Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis.

Come in your Halloween costumes for a car show, trunk or treat, fun and games and a haunted house. 

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 disc golf tournament held by The Rotary Club of Abilene and The Abilene Disc Golf Association. Funds raised go to the design, equipment, and development of a new course at Lake Abilene in progress.

Featuring Casey Donahew with proceeds benefiting Habitat for Humanity. Opening acts are Brandon Rhyder, Morgan Reatherford, Ken Walker and Adam Florez.

Hosted by Hendrick Regional Blood Center.

Dress in your best costume and trick-or-treat and enter to win the contest. Games, prizes and candy provided by community organizations and trick-or-treating available at participating retailers. Sponsored by Coca-Cola.

Come hear Johnny Cooper play live on the patio.

The Paramount Film Series presents the 1980 horror film about a grief-stricken composer who leaves his home in New York City for a giant, secluded house near Seattle and soon starts to feel the presence of a ghost, a boy who drowned in the bathtub there. Starring George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere. Rated R.

The Swenson House Historical Society has a new Halloween party for people 21 and older. Enjoy a DJ, snacks, beverages and compete in 1 of 8 costume categories in the costume contest. Benefitting the Swenson House.

Annual high school girls golf invitational tournament.

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.

A NTSSA sanctioned youth soccer tournament - unrestricted. 3 game minimum per team.

Largest pumpkin patch in the big country with a cornmaze, hayrides in the haunted woods, barrel train rides, giant slide, sling shot, magic pumpking experience, pumpkin painting yard games, farm animals, facepainting, ice cream and food trucks. 

Don't miss out on your one stop shop for holiday shopping. Bring your list and waltz through our Enchanted Forest full of merchants who are ready to make your Christmas wondrous. 

Teams participate and raise money for the American Heart Association.

Support college athletes as they compete for the championship.

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.

Guinness Book of World Records-holder and master bubble wrangler Jeff Boyer blows bubbles like no one else, creating big bubble effects such as bubble rainbows with people inside and gigantic bubbles that blow their own bubbles. Mixing comedy, music and millions of bubbles, Jeff engages and delights audiences of all ages.

Enjoy conservation minded, fair chase hunting films filled with awesome stories and breathtaking cinematography. All funds raised are being generated for Texas wildlife conservation. Tickets are are limited.

Enjoy a delicious meal and learn about the impact CFA and their donors had on the community over the past year. This event typically sells out; get your tickets while you can.

Girl's softball tournament. 4 games guaranteed - 2 pool games and double elimination. All players and coaches must bring a non-perishable item to donate to West Texas Food Bank.

Arts, crafts, gifts, and prizes.

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.

Celebrating 25 years of the Zambia Medical Mission. Hear about people who have been a part of the medical mission, the role they played and a short video of past missions.

USTA sanctioned tennis tournament. Boys and girls ages 12-18 compete.

Join us in celebrating and honoring veterans, America's heroes. Thank you to The City of Abilene, Abilene Police Department, Dyess AFB, The Chamber of Commerce and TMI for their support. 

The classic 1952 Hollywood musical about film star from the silent era who has a difficult time making the transition to 'talking pictures.' Starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor. Rated G.

A celebration of the Storybook Capital of America, and the characters that come alive here. 

Hosted by Hardin-Simmons University.

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.

Come network with other drone professionals in this Texas-based workshop. Rub elbows with the best of the best among commercial drone operators. VIP Option day - limiting seating for a day of hands on instruction. See website for details.

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.

Russia American artist, Igor Melnivok, challenges traditional associations with portraiture through his haunting paintings of emotionally ambiguous children isolated on a dark background. Although he often bases his paintings on children he knows, he also relies old photographs as well as memories and dreams for details. He states that his main objective is not to record a likeness but rather to suggest the childlike innocence and vulnerability we once possessed.

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.

Up Close and Personal: Portraits from the Reaves Collection of Texas Art.

Artists have been creating paintings that produce the illusion of real objects for centuries. Trompe l’oeil—from the French phrase 'deceives the eye'—is the art term that describes the effect of their visual deception. Contemporary artists often create an additional level of content by adding visual references relevant to contemporary events, situations, and observations. Nobody’s Fool highlights the work of contemporary artists Kirk Hayes and Michael Bane.