The 14th edition of Yaga’s Chili Quest & Beer Fest will feature a cookout, the Beerfooter 5K fun run, a cornhole tournament, live music by Katy’s Will Carter Band and more.
“Lone Star,” a one-act comedy that opened on Broadway to great acclaim in 1980, opens 8 p.m. Friday and runs through Jan. 28 at Island ETC, 2317 Mechanic St. in Galveston.
Canadian Ray Bonneville, a fixture of Austin’s singer-songwriter community, takes his regret-ridden lyrics and knack for hypnotic grooves to the Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe on Sunday.
Co-produced by next-door neighbor Galveston Bookshop and the “Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers” anthology series, the TXPOE Expo vent offers panels examining Poe’s influence in a variety of media; poetry by Dead Edgar; horror-themed vendors galore; and more.
Play on: In James McClure‘s “Lone Star,” a big-talking Vietnam vet, his brother and their no-account friend get rip-roaring drunk in the backyard of a West Texas bar until secrets start spilling out. A prized pink Thunderbird eventually comes into play in the one-act comedy, which opened on Broadway to great acclaim in 1980. To round out the evening, Island ETC, 2317 Mechanic St. in Galveston, has cooked up a “surprise” before the play, which opens 8 p.m. Friday and runs through Jan. 28. Tickets are $35 for adults and $30 for students and seniors, available through islandetc.org.
“Lone Star,” a one-act comedy that opened on Broadway to great acclaim in 1980, opens 8 p.m. Friday and runs through Jan. 28 at Island ETC, 2317 Mechanic St. in Galveston.
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Sky bags away!
Popular as a patio pastime, cornhole can also be quite lucrative. The bean-bag-tossing sport has its own governing body, colorful terminology — “cow pie,” “shucker,” “sky bag” — and tournaments televised by ESPN. Prizes up to $5,000 will be up for grabs this weekend at Moody Gardens in a number of divisions, including blind draw, doubles, sit and go and the round-robin-style rounders. Players of all skill levels are welcome; blind draw entry fee is $20. Bean bags start flying 2 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday; see moodygardens.com for details.
Tell-tale hearts
Edgar Allan Poe would have been 214 years old on Jan. 19; he didn’t make it past 40. But his benighted legacy as one of history’s true masters of macabre fiction is more than secure, as seen in the new Netflix film “A Pale Blue Eye” and now the brand-new TXPOE Expo 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday at the Bienville Social private-events venue, 323 23rd. St. in Galveston. Co-produced by next-door neighbor Galveston Bookshop and the “Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers” anthology series, the event offers panels examining Poe’s influence in a variety of media; poetry by Dead Edgar; horror-themed vendors galore; and more. Tickets are $7 via txpoe.com.
Co-produced by next-door neighbor Galveston Bookshop and the “Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers” anthology series, the TXPOE Expo vent offers panels examining Poe’s influence in a variety of media; poetry by Dead Edgar; horror-themed vendors galore; and more.
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Feeling chili
More than 40 teams will compete to fry your taste buds Saturday on The Strand in downtown Galveston, luckily with plenty of liquid refreshment to wash it all down. Scheduled for noon to 6 p.m., the 14th edition of Yaga’s Chili Quest & Beer Fest also features the Beerfooter 5K fun run, a cornhole tournament and live music by Katy’s Will Carter Band, nominees for country band of the year at last year’s Texas Country Music Association awards. Sold separately, a ticket for the indoor beer tasting buys an opportunity to sample more than 70 brewers and distillers, including Saint Arnold, Karbach, Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co. and Galveston Island Brewing. See yagaschiliquest.com for details and to buy tickets.
The 14th edition of Yaga’s Chili Quest & Beer Fest will feature a cookout, the Beerfooter 5K fun run, a cornhole tournament, live music by Katy’s Will Carter Band and more.
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Touch of pink
Fronted by beguiling dual chanteuses China Forbes and Storm Large, long-running lounge ensemble Pink Martini recently enjoyed some priceless prestige-drama promotion when several tunes surfaced in the second season of HBO’s angsty-vacationer anthology “The White Lotus.” The Portland-based group’s multilingual, impeccably orchestrated songs already sound beamed in from an earlier, more elegant era, making for a perfect Saturday-night date at The Grand 1894 Opera House, 2020 Postoffice St. Tickets available, starting at $35, through thegrand.com.
Pink Martini will perform Saturday at The Grand 1894 Opera House, 2020 Postoffice St.
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‘On the Blind Side‘
Originally from Western Canada, Ray Bonneville is now a fixture of Austin’s singer-songwriter community, a weatherbeaten troubadour with regret-ridden lyrics and a knack for hypnotic grooves a la J.J. Cale. In a similar class with sometime collaborators Ray Wylie Hubbard, Gurf Morlix and Mary Gauthier, Bonneville won a Juno Award (aka the Canadian Grammy) for his 1999 album “Gust of Wind,” and stops by the Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe Sunday afternoon on the heels of recent singles “The Way It Was Before” and “On the Blind Side.” A new album is due soon; see oldquarteracousticcafe.com for tickets.
Canadian Ray Bonneville, a fixture of Austin’s singer-songwriter community, takes his regret-ridden lyrics and knack for hypnotic grooves to the Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe on Sunday.
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