The Hill Country Arts Foundation has been part of this community for 67 years. The floods destroyed 75% of its physical property. It never closed.
"Art is meant to teach and delight," she said. "And so some things delight and some things teach and some things do both. You need a balance."
Dowdy, the orchestra's conductor and artistic director, appeared alongside Board President Tim Summerlin to discuss a season that is both one of the symphony's most programmatically ambitious in its 26-year history.
Kerr County's calendar this week runs deep on live music and community outreach, with more than 60 listed events spanning eight categories — from qigong sessions to a rodeo. Here's what stands out.
Kerr County's weekend lineup runs from qigong at the Center for Fitness to a Saturday night rodeo at Crider's, with live music venues across town booking acts nearly every night through Sunday.
A closing weekend at the Cailloux, throwback movie nights at The Arcadia and a music lineup running from wineries to saloons all week
Performances continue Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday matinees Aug. 2 and 9 at 2:30 p.m., at the Cailloux Theater, 910 Main St. Tickets are $24 to $28 for adults and $15 for children and students, available at the door or in advance at the Cailloux Box Office, by phone at 830-896-9393, or online at CaillouxPerformingArts.com, where a $2.50-per-ticket convenience fee applies.
A tally of this week's public listings, compiled from The Kerr County Lead's community calendar, turns up roughly 87 distinct happenings between Monday, July 27 and Sunday, August 2.
The show stars married couple Jeffrey Brown and Jane L. Sansom-Brown as Tevye and Golde, leading a cast of 35 local volunteer singers and dancers under director Heather Cunningham, music director Alexis Korbe, choreographer Ambra Harrah and stage manager Kerri Sparkman. Brown is also Playhouse 2000's executive director, a post he's held for 15 years.
The marquee event of the week is the opening night of "Fiddler on the Roof" at the Cailloux Theater on Friday at 7:30 p.m., with a preshow dinner available at 6 p.m. The production runs a second performance Saturday, also at 7:30 p.m.
