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The Art of Engaging Storytelling Freelance Writer Jade Fabello (Texas Monthly, Starwars.com) discusses storytelling tools across mediums and the barriers between message intended and message received.
Join the Williamson Museum in the backroom of Wildfire Restaurant on Wednesday, August 14th at 6:30 PM for our Salon speaker series. August’s speaker will be Jac Darsnek discussing his Texana photography project, Traces of Texas. Reservations are not required. Guests are encouraged to show up early to enjoy a meal beforehand and during the […]
Join the Williamson Museum in the backroom of Wildfire Restaurant on Wednesday, July 10th at 6:30 PM for our Salon speaker series. July’s Topic will be Latina Servicewomen in World War II presented by Valerie Martinez from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio. Reservations are not required. Guests are encouraged to […]
A Family Road Trip Through 400 Years of History Ralph Russell will present the history of Georgetown's Russell and Williams families from the 17th century onward. Interviewed by Don Guerrant, Mr. Russell will relate stories of his ancestors’ encounters with Comanches on the Chisholm Trail; a horde of Spanish gold (that’s still unrecovered); the 20,000-year-old […]
Women of Wilco with Helen Cordes Meet some wonderful women of Wilco! Journalist Helen Cordes went digging for Wilco herstories and found amazing females who made life better in lots of Wilco towns. From Buttercup to Weir, these ladies—from pioneering doctors to suffragists to tough cowgals to business queenpins—inspired future generations and contributed […]
Go Beyond the Road with TxDOT: Wilco Edition What goes into (and under) Texas's roads and highways? Rebekah Dobrasko, Cultural Resources Director for TxDOT Environmental Affairs, will take us on a road trip through TxDOT's environmental planning, archaeological sites in Williamson County, the discovery of Inner Space Caverns, and preserving the historic Austin Avenue […]
The Art of Loaning Art Join us at Wildfire on January 10th to welcome Ester Harrison, Art Registrar for Loans and Exhibitions at the Harry Ransom Center, as we follow the Center's art from Austin to South Africa. 6:30 PM at Wildfire restaurant, 812 South Austin Avenue Georgetown TX 78626 The Salon at […]
Texas Music Road Trip: Sounding the Geography of Central Texas From Buddy Holly on the high plains to Janis Joplin in Port Arthur, Freddy Fender in the Lower Rio Grande Valley to Blind Lemon Jefferson in Deep Ellum, Texas’s musical history is rich, diverse, and essential. And as with so much else, Central Texas is […]
Join us on August 9th to talk pirates, navies, sailing ships and steamships with Julia Stryker, PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Austin. Julia studies women's labor at sea in the nineteenth-century British empire, and her research on maritime culture has taken her from Newfoundland to Matagorda Bay and beyond.
Now Starring Texas! Since 1900, moving images have captured the people, landscapes, traditions, and stories of Texas. But both film and videotape are quickly obsolescing. The Texas Archive of the Moving Image’s mission is to preserve these important visual documents before it’s too late! Over the last 20 years, TAMI has worked with individuals and […]
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