The Wimberley High School UIL Academic Team won the regional meet held in LaVernia on April 22-23. In total, WHS students qualified for the State UIL Meet in 11 individual spots. In addition, three teams placed first in the team competitions, qualifying them to compete at the state meet as well. In all, WHS placed first at the meet, 6 points ahead of second-place Tuloso-Midway HS, to win the Academic UIL Regional Championship.
The city of Wimberley was officially designated a Texas Music Friendly Community on Friday night by the Texas Music Office.
Traveling around the world with music, the Hill Country Community Band will transport listeners to “Faraway Places” at their concert on Saturday, May 21. The concert, free to all, will take place at 2 p.m. at the Wimberley First Baptist Church. The Band is directed by Dr. Manuel Arambula.
The hills will be alive with the sound of music as Wimberley Market Day occurs on Saturday, May 7. An outstanding lineup of popular music makers take the three stages at Lions Field to help usher in the spring season in Wimberley. On the Pavilion Stage is the always popular Wimberley Valley Big Band. Their orchestrated renditions of American songbook classics is a perfect match for a beautiful spring day at Wimberley Market Day. On the Shady Grove Stage is country singer and songwriter Cheyenne Saenz of San Antonio. Chey enne, whose voice has been compared to Kasey Chambers, recently played the Austin Rodeo. Lyda Plummer plays the Hill Top Stage. Lyda, from Galveston, Texas, is a singer and songwriter whose work has been recorded. All the music is free at Market Day and goes naturally with a cool drink and delicious Market Day food. The music begins on each stage around 11:00 a.m.
The Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center will showcase its new transitional housing complex during an open house on Friday.
Greg Bonewald was named the lone finalist by the Wimberley ISD Board of Trustees in the search for the next superintendent. Bonewald will succeed retiring Superintendent Dwain York.
The 22nd Annual Butterfly Festival has burst out of its two-year chrysalis transformed with perhaps one its biggest crowds in their history.
The Texas Music Office has officially designated the city of Wimberley as a Music Friendly Community following the city’s completion of a multi-step certification process.
This week, Hays County is finalizing its purchase of a portion of El Rancho Cima, the more than 530-acre property with a mile of Blanco River frontage that previously operated as a boy scout camp.
The Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) Board of Directors approved the ballot for the 2022 PEC election. Five cooperative members will run for two director positions in districts 4 and 5.
The Wimberley Valley Art League announces its next juried show which will be a hybrid show. The juror is Austin artist Joseph Hammer. The show began on Thursday, April 7 at the Wimberley community center. This show will continue until Tuesday, July 12. The show will also be available online. The show will feature 50 works by local talented artists. All submissions will be for sale so if you are interested in obtaining great original art from our talented members, this is your chance to do so. Not all artists will be represented at this show but you can access other artists on our website by clicking on the members' gallery. There is great art to be viewed and most are for sale.
The 30th almost annual Pie Social was held this past Saturday at the Wimberley Valley
Don’t miss Katherine Anne Porter School’s 6th annual Flavor and Fire Chili Cook-Off and Open House April 28, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The fundraiser supports KAPS, a free public charter high school serving students grades 9-12 from Wimberley and surrounding communities.
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