Events this weekend
Friday
High School Sports
- Tivy boys soccer — Antler Stadium, 4 p.m. The details: The Antlers play host to Uvalde.
- Tivy boys basketball — Tivy High School, 6:30 p.m. The details: The Antlers play host to Wagner in a district matchup.
- Ingram Tom Moore girls basketball — Ingram Tom Moore High School, 6:30 p.m. The details: The Warriors play host to Blanco in a district matchup.
Agriculture
- Kerr County Stock Show — Hill Country Youth Event Center, 1 p.m. Information: http://www.hcdjls.org The details: Pigs, heifers and steer take center stage today at the show.
The Performing Arts
- Viral — Playhouse 2000 VK Garage Theater, 7:30 p.m., through Saturday Information: http://www.caillouxperformingarts.com The details: A woman googles “painless suicide” and finds people who agree to help her end her life – if she’ll let them film it. “Viral” is a frank, humane, and surprisingly funny look at some very complex issues—assisted suicide, fetish, dignity, and the role of art in life and death in the internet age, where there’s nothing so twisted that it doesn’t have an audience. Viral is a production of Yellow Lab Productions for mature audiences. It contains strong adult themes, including references to self-harm, sexual content, and language.
Live music
- Soul Twang — Pier 27 River Lounge and Pizzeria, 8 p.m. Information: 830-896-7437
Saturday
Books
- Meet Author Rhonda Wiley-Jones — Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library, 2 p.m. Information: (830) 258-1274 The details: Author Rhonda Wiley-Jones for an “Author Talk” . in the library meeting room. Wiley-Jones is the author of the newly released historical fiction book “Song of Herself,” which tells the story of American Fiona Weston in early 20th century India.
Live music
- Symphony of the Hills Western Swing — Cailloux Theater, 7:30 p.m. Information: http://www.symphonyofthehills.org The details: If you love the big sound of Texas Western Swing, this is the show for you! Tickets are limited.
- Reuben Darnell — Cafe at the Ridge, 6 p.m. Information: http://www.shopsattheridge.com
- Daniel Robinson — Trailhead Beer Garden at Schreiner University, 7 p.m. Information: http://www.trailheadbeergarden.com The details: The Dusky Son, a Kerrville native raised in the Hill County offers a homegrown Texas country sound for two steps and Waltz. $5 cover charge.
- Chris Boss — Pier 27 River Lounge and Pizzeria, 8 p.m. Information: 830-896-7437
Agriculture
- Kerr County Stock Show — Hill Country Youth Event Center, 1 p.m. Information: http://www.hcdjls.org The details: This is the gala end to the show — a live auction. All the proceeds go to participants’ scholarship funds.