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Celebrate your Valentine with Music!
There are lots of fun ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your special someone! A classical concert? A swinging dance? A special symphony performance? All are great options to celebrate Valentine’s Day (early) with your sweetheart. Here are some special Valentines themed music events we have coming up: Sunday Feb 12th at 4pm – Masterpiece Concert No. 2 – Classical violin, viola and cello music concert (Lakeway Activity Center) Monday Feb 13th at 7pm – Valentine’s Big Band Bash – Swing and jazz music big band concert with lots of dancing (Lakeway Activity Center) And for a unique Valentine gift, surprise your special someone with Austin Symphony Orchestra tickets (starting…
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Start the Holiday Season with a Classic Lakeway Tradition
There is no better way to kick off the holidays than at Lights On! at the City Hall in Lakeway! This event marks the beginning of the holiday season in Lakeway with the first lighting of the Trail of Lights behind City Hall. Join us on Friday December 2nd from 6-8pm at City Hall and have fun decorating cookies, roasting marshmallows at the fire pit and playing the newest addition of Reindeer Games. There will be a special appearance of Santa and Mrs. Claus to plug in the Trail of Lights display and to visit with all of the good little boys and girls of Lakeway. Enjoy Christmas tunes sung by a live…
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Teen Read Week Art Exhibit at Lake Travis Library
In November and December the Lake Travis Community Library will display artwork from the annual Teen Read Week Art Contest, a competition where participants were invited to create an original piece of art inspired by their personal reading experiences. The exhibit will include the six award-winning entries and five honorable mentions. “We are absolutely amazed by the creativity and quality of the entries again this year. Kudos to all the young artists who participated.” – Judges Ben Kuenemann, Ann Neighbors, and Pam Sachant. Thanks to the Friends of the Library, cash prizes were awarded to the winners. All are welcome to view this special exhibit in the library’s meeting room.…
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Enchanting Animals at Lake Travis Library
During the month of October, local artist Georgia Hagan’s realistic animal portraits are on display at the Lake Travis Community Library (LTCL). Georgia’s love of art blossomed while taking lessons at a local Tulsa art museum in her teens. She attended the University of Tulsa, where she met her husband, Marvin. After many years, they moved to Lakeway together and that’s when she began to paint in earnest again. Georgia became a part of the Lakeway Painters in 2015 and quickly discovered that she enjoys creating animal portraits and looking for ways to make her paintings more lifelike. She found that using colored pencils on sanded paper helps her to…
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Celebrate 100 Frightful Years of Nosferatu with the LTHS Chamber Orchestra
Join us for the spine tingling 100 year anniversary of the classic vampire horror film, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. The talented LTHS Chamber Orchestra performs music to the 1922 silent film, Nosferatu at Lakeway Activity Center. Discover what a real thriller horror movie was like for your great grandparents (or great-great grandparents) with this classic film accompanied by a real chamber orchestra! Concessions available and sales support the Lake Travis High School Chamber Orchestra. Open to the community and don’t forget to wear your best vampire contest for the costume contest! Why does the film need a live orchestra? This 1922 film is a silent film and had to…
