Coffee Memorial Blood Center in Amarillo will host the Boots & Badges Canadian Community Blood Drive on Thursday, July 13, 1-6 pm, at the Church of Christ Fellowship Hall.
Donors will receive a Boots & Badges t-shirt and one WOW Pass to Wonderland Amusement Park.
Photo ID is required. You must be at least 17 years old to donate. Donors that are 16 may donate with a signed parental consent form.
In conjunction with the release of his sixth studio album (the second from the independent record label Mexican Summer), Hayden Pedigo will perform in his native Amarillo. The 28-year-old performance artist, politician, model and fingerstyling maestro whose talent is as irrepressible as it is undeniable, will take the stage at the Amarillo College Concert Hall Theater, adjacent to the Amarillo Museum of Art, followed by a cocktail reception at AMoA.
This past evening, June 20, friends and relatives of Trae Francis gathered on Main Street behind Stitch where they staged a benefit for the 4-year-old’s medical expenses. Trae is the son of Travis and Tessa Francis of rural Lipscomb County and Canadian. He has been fighting the effects of a serious Shiga E. coli infection for several weeks in the Dallas-area Cook Children’s Medical Center. Last week, he finally made it back home. After volunteers served up about 200 burgers in the heat, folks settled into their lawn chairs and on the ledge.
Sometimes, traditions become so routine it’s hard to remember how they began. This is true even in a community that cherishes long-standing traditions.
Many returning 4th of July spectators are sure to recognize and enjoy the Smiley Johnson Municipal Band on the Courthouse lawn the morning of the “Star-Spangled Salute” parade.
While many know how the band has evolved throughout the years, some might not. It’s important to remember this history so the tradition can be loved for years to come.
AMARILLO, Texas –– The internationally acclaimed "Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition” arrived in Amarillo June 9 and runs through July 23. It will be the inaugural exhibit at the newly renovated Sunset Center in Amarillo---now called Arts in the Sunset. This globally successful exhibit has been all around the world, from Shanghai to Chicago, Phoenix, Berlin, Vienna, and more.
Tickets are on sale and can be purchased online at artsinthesunset.org.
Child well-being in Texas is on the ropes, with a new study showing significant declines in third grade reading, eighth grade math proficiency and the number of young children attending preschool and Kindergarten.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is out with its 2023 Kids Count Data Book, focusing on what it calls the nation's "broken child care system."
CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University’s Bain-Schaeffer Buffalo Stadium will be thundering July 17 with the return of some of the country’s best drum and bugle corps.
The Citadelle Art Museum is introducing its new intern, Gabriel Halloway. He is in the process of earning his Master’s degree in Museum Science from Texas Tech University and will be doing a nine-month practicum with the staff at The Citadelle.
Executive Director and Curator of Art of The Citadelle Art Museum Wendie Cook said, "We hope you’ll welcome Gabriel if you see him out and about in Canadian. We'd love to invite you to the museum to meet him."
Canadian City Manager Joe Jarosek notified The Record this morning of his staff’s efforts—now underway—to suppress the growing mosquito population in town. The problem has been compounded by the abundance of precipitation this area has received over the last three weeks.
