Events
Mindy Graber is guest speaker at WCAG
Ellen Greeney
The Williamson County Art Guild welcomes Mindy Graber as the guest speaker for its February 7 meeting. She is an artist in the Austin area working primarily in mosaic and resin art.
Her love of art started as a very young child doodling fostered by her father, who is also an artist.
Saturday, February 4, 2023
Rev. Dr. William Quickly, President, Georgetown Fellowship of Churches, offers an invocation during the 69th Juneteenth Celebration conducted by the Georgetown Cultural Citizen Memorial Association on Saturday, June 19, 2021. (Sun Archive)
Black resistance coined as national, local theme for Black History Month
Brigid Cooley
February is Black History Month and the Georgetown Cultural Citizen Memorial Association is celebrating with a series of events following the month’s national theme of “Black Resistance.
Saturday, February 4, 2023
Weather postpones Georgetown’s State of City address until February 15
Brigid Cooley
Georgetown’s State of City address, originally scheduled for February 1, has been postponed because of inclement winter weather.
The event will now take place at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, February 15, at City Hall, 808 South Martin Luther King Jr. Street.
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Parkinson’s support group starts the new year with ping-pong
Ellen Greeney
The Georgetown Area Parkinson’s Support Group is starting the year with a bevy of new speakers and is continuing its boxing, voice, yoga, dance and music classes.
Friday, January 27, 2023
Roundabout: Things to do in Georgetown this February
News Staff
Musicale at Southwestern
February 3, 3 p.m.
The Sarofim School of Fine Arts’ Music Department will present “Musicale,” is a regularly occurring recital that showcases the performances our music students have been developing throughout the semester.
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Georgetown ISD to hold State of the District address
Katherine Hamilton
Georgetown ISD will hold its annual State of the District event March 2, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Hammerlun Center, 507 East University Avenue.
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Georgetown bulky-waste pickup changes dates
Brigid Cooley
Bulky pickup days are changing for Georgetown residents. Pickup services will coincide with each customer’s regular trash day beginning Monday, February 6.
Services were previously provided on Saturdays. Waste pickup days vary depending on each residential and commercial address.
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Georgetown ISD to induct six into GHS and Carver alumni Hall of Honor
Katherine Hamilton
Six Georgetown High School alumni are the 2023 inductees into the GHS and Carver Hall of Honor.
Their induction ceremony will be held at 6 p.m., February 23, in the Georgetown High School Main Gym.
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Broadway, film veterans to take the stage at Palace Theatre fundraiser
Brigid Cooley
Musical theater fanatics and newbies alike are invited to the Georgetown Palace Theatre’s upcoming “Love, Broadway” show and fundraiser.
The fundraising productions, which feature Broadway veterans Carter Calvert and Raymond Jaramillo McCleod, begin at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Adam Davenport poses for a photo on Thursday, January 19, with the mural he's painting of World 100 Meter champion and Olympics Silver medalist Fred Kerley, a Taylor native. The mural is being painted on the Ford Ground Storage Tank at 1606 North Main Street, Taylor. Mr. Davenport says he has about ten days of work to complete the project. The city will dedicate it during a ceremony on February 4 at 10 a.m. (Photos by Andy Sharp)
Taylor honors hometown Olympian Fred Kerley with mural
Brigid Cooley
At age 27, Taylor native Fred Kerley has certainly made his mark on the world as a track and field star.
Saturday, January 21, 2023