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From Missionaries to Visionaries: The Historical Story of Texas Wines
Dell City Vineyards in West Texas with the Guadalupe Mountains in the background. Photo courtesy of Spicewood Vineyards. [ [link removed] ]
Dell City Vineyards in West Texas with the Guadalupe Mountains in the background. Photo courtesy of Spicewood Vineyards.
Texas has a wine culture as old as can be found in the United States. Its grapes grow in soils made from ancient sea deposits from 100 million years ago, just like the grape-growing regions of Europe. Texas wine culture arrived on horseback in the 1600s with Spanish missionaries who settled and planted vineyards in El Paso del Norte. In the 1800s, hearing the call from Texas Land Empresario Stephen F. Austin, German and Italian immigrant farmers came to Texas; they considered wine a staple of everyday life. Texas is now America?s fifth-largest wine producing state. Join us to hear the story of Texas wines that come with a great historical legacy and pioneering spirit founded by visionary people in the true Texas tradition.?
*Presenter:* *Dr. Russell Kane aka ?Doc Russ Texas Wineslinger?* is an award-winning Texas writer, author, and wine aficionado with articles, tasting notes, and quotes that have appeared in local, regional, and national publications over the past 20 years.
***Date*: **Thursday, July 25, 6 p.m. Central
***Platform*: **Zoom ("Registrants will receive the link in their registration confirmation email and a follow up email to attend closer to the event date. Please watch your spam/junk folders!")
***Cost: *Free **("Donations [ [link removed] ]?in support of the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission are welcome and appreciated!")
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Juneteenth Rodeo: A Celebration of 1970s Black Western Culture
Book cover image of Juneteeth Rodeo featuring a African American on a bucking horse at a rodeo. [ [link removed] ]
Long before Americans began to officially commemorate Juneteenth, in the heat of East Texas, saddles were being cinched, buckles shined, and lassoes adjusted for a day on the Black rodeo circuit in honor of the holiday. In the late 1970s, as they had been doing for generations, Black communities across the region held local rodeos for the talented cowboys and cowgirls who were segregated from the mainstream circuit. It was to these vibrant community events that bestselling Texas writer Sarah Bird, then a young photojournalist, found herself drawn. Join us to hear more about the story of the Black rodeo circuit and the fascinating culture that thrived within it.
*Presenter:* *Sarah Bird* is the bestselling author of more than a dozen novels and essay collections. She is a NPR Moth storyteller, a winner of the Meryl Streep screenwriting competition, a Texas Institute of Letters Lifetime Achievement winner, an ALEX award winner, a member of the Texas Literary Hall of Fame, a finalist for the Dublin International Literary Award, and the hologram greeter for the Austin Central Library.
***Date*: **Thursday, August 8, 6 p.m. Central
***Platform*: **Zoom ("Registrants will receive the link in their registration confirmation email and a follow up email to attend closer to the event date. Please watch your spam/junk folders!")
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