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Texas & Neighbors events roundup
02:25 PM CDT on Tuesday, May 6, 2008
The first concert of this year's Roots Music in the Texas Hill Country series in Fredericksburg is May 17. It features blues bands Omar and the Howlers of Austin and Ezra Charles and the Works of Houston.
Other concerts:
•June 28, Texas dance hall music
•July 26, progressive bluegrass and mountain music
•Aug. 16, Western swing
•Sept. 27, Celtic and world music
All concerts are outdoors at the Pioneer Museum in downtown Fredericksburg. Guests may bring lawn chairs or use folding chairs that are provided. Catered dinners and refreshments are sold at the site. Proceeds benefit the Gillespie County Historical Society.
Contact: 830-997-2835; www.pioneermuseum.com. Area information: www.fredericksburg-texas.com. About the music: www.omarandthehowlers.com; www.ezracharles.com.
The Ford Model T turns 100 years old this year, and to celebrate the milestone more than 40 vehicles will be displayed at the Texas Transportation Museum in San Antonio May 17-18.
T Fords of Texas and other Model T clubs will show a variety of body styles, from sedans and town cars to ambulances and trucks. The Model T line ended in 1927.
Restored Model T's also will cruise along Broadway in downtown San Antonio at 9:30 a.m. May 18.
Contact: 210-394-0483; www.txtransportationmuseum.org.
The 2008 season of outdoor movies at the Port Isabel Lighthouse opens May 9 in Port Isabel with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End .
The Lighthouse Establishment Cinema season continues through August, with an additional night in October.
Movies are projected onto the side of the lighthouse, and the audience brings folding chairs and blankets to sit on the lawn. Screenings are free.
This year's lineup:
•May 9, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
•June 6, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
•June 20, Charlotte's Web
•July 4, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
•July 18, Jaws
•Aug. 1, Blue Hawaii
•Aug. 15, Three Amigos
•Oct. 24, Creature From the Black Lagoon
Contact: 956-943-7602; www.portisabel-texas.com.
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Oklahoma is offering wildflower walks May 10, 17 and 24.
Tour participants will ride a bus to several sites within the refuge, where they will take short walks to view and identify various species of wildflowers. Each tour lasts about three hours.
Space is limited, and reservations are required. The refuge northwest of Lawton, Okla., near Fort Sill Military Reservation, is managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Contact: 580-429-2151; www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/oklahoma/wichitamountains.
Arkansas is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its state park system this year.
The state credits the Depression-era work of the Civilian Conservation Corps with making the parks accessible to the public in 1933 by building cabins, pavilions, bridges, trails and other structures.
Special features have been added to the Arkansas State Parks Web site for the anniversary, including a Tell Us Your Story section that encourages park users to share their memories in stories and photos.
Contact: www.arkansasstateparks.com.
Traditional and innovative Indian tacos will be in abundance May 17 at the National Indian Taco Championship in Pawhuska, Okla.
Sponsored by the Osage Nation, whose capital is Pawhuska, the contest has added a Dessert Indian Taco competition this year. Contestants are urged to go all out and not to count calories, fat grams or carbohydrates.
Indian tacos originated with food rations the U.S. military gave to American Indians during the 1800s. The foundation component is Indian fry bread, which takes the place of a tortilla.
Pawhuska is about 310 miles north of Dallas.
Contact: 1-877-287-5398; www.osagetribe.com.
Volume 22 of The Collector's Guide, an annual printed guidebook about art in New Mexico, is available.
The 2008 book features galleries, artist studios and museums in northern New Mexico and other areas.
The 370-page guide is available free at galleries and other locations in Santa Fe, Taos and Albuquerque. It's also available by mail with a paid subscription.
Contact: 1-800-873-4278; www.collectorsguide.com.
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