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Jose Gandara of Georgetown spent a relaxing afternoon at Berry Springs Park & Preserve Wednesday, March 1, 2023 with his daughters Sophia, 10, and Julia, 7, accompanied by the family's pet goats, Biscuit and B.J., both just a few months old.  He is shown here with Julia, Biscuit, left, and B.J.  The goats, siblings, are leash-trained and well-behaved. Sophia and Julia bottle-fed them at first. The family has a barn, but during recent icy weather, they were guests in the Gandara home. Photos by Andy Sharp

Jose Gandara of Georgetown spent a relaxing afternoon at Berry Springs Park & Preserve Wednesday, March 1, 2023 with his daughters Sophia, 10, and Julia, 7, accompanied by the family's pet goats, Biscuit and B.J., both just a few months old. He is shown here with Julia, Biscuit, left, and B.J. The goats, siblings, are leash-trained and well-behaved. Sophia and Julia bottle-fed them at first. The family has a barn, but during recent icy weather, they were guests in the Gandara home. Photos by Andy Sharp

Photos: Kiddin’ around at Berry Springs Park

Jose Gandara of Georgetown spent a relaxing afternoon at Berry Springs Park and Preserve Wednesday, March 1, with his daughters Sophia, 10, and Julia, 7, accompanied by the family's pet goats, Biscuit and B.J., both just a few months old.
Joanna Gunaraj, right, plays astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt in the Palace Playhouse production of “Silent Sky.” Ms. Gunaraj is joined by Linda Myers, who portrays astronomer Annie Jump Cannon in the show. Courtesy Suzanne McBride

Joanna Gunaraj, right, plays astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt in the Palace Playhouse production of “Silent Sky.” Ms. Gunaraj is joined by Linda Myers, who portrays astronomer Annie Jump Cannon in the show. Courtesy Suzanne McBride

Palace Playhouse celebrates National Women’s History Month with ‘Silent Sky’

During the late 19th century and into the early 20th, the Harvard College Observatory hired small groups of women to work as “human computers,” analyzing and recording the positions of stars on images captured by telescopes and transferred to photographic plates.
Folk music duo Jamestown Revival will perform April 29 in Georgetown.

Folk music duo Jamestown Revival will perform April 29 in Georgetown.

Red Poppy Festival books Jamestown Revival as headliner

Magnolia-based folk music duo Jamestown Revival will headline this year’s Red Poppy Festival.  The three day Red Poppy Festival takes place in downtown Georgetown April 28-30, with live music, entertainment, food and vendor booths.

Amplify Austin fundraiser to kick off on Wednesday

Amplify Austin is about to kick off again, shining a light on the nonprofit organizations that need support this year.  The annual Central Texas event is a 24-hour call to fundraise, publicized by nonprofit I Live Here, I Give Here for more than 10 years. This year’s event will start at 6 p.m.
Morgan Urbanovsky, left, as Annie, Hayden Smith, second from left, as Max, Ross Millsap, center, as Robert, Mikah Mazza, second from right, as Sandra, and Leslie Hethcox, right, as Dennis,  are shown in a Thursday, February 9, 2023 photo during the dress rehearsal for the Georgetown Palace production of "The Play That Goes Wrong."

Morgan Urbanovsky, left, as Annie, Hayden Smith, second from left, as Max, Ross Millsap, center, as Robert, Mikah Mazza, second from right, as Sandra, and Leslie Hethcox, right, as Dennis, are shown in a Thursday, February 9, 2023 photo during the dress rehearsal for the Georgetown Palace production of "The Play That Goes Wrong."

Playtime: ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ opens at the Palace

The Play That Goes Wrong debuted at London’s Old Red Lion Theatre in 2012 and has been delighting audiences since. The whodunnit comedy mystery was winner of the 2015 Olivier Award, for Best New Comedy.