CELEBRATING THE ARTS
Join the Hill Country Poets, on April 9, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., at the Richter Breezeway, 153 S. Main Street, between Cork and Keg and Boerne Bookstore. This quickly growing and talented group of local poets will be celebrating Poetry Month and feature Bulverde poet, D. Ellis Phelps.
Wine (first glass) and nibbles provided; donations requested and appreciated.
Preview of the work of D. Ellis Phelps: Once my son-in-law asked me, “How do you pray?”
All I could think to say was, I breathe, mostly. But I would add, I sit. Especially in nature … I listen for clues. This poem is an example of one such morning.
this too — a prayer in the exact crook of the chaste tree that leans itself into the light like a warm conversation over tea and bread a cardinal cadmium lit like a bulb sits on the branch bright in the sun but just for an instant and then he is gone flown over my shoulder as i watch him go — `a yellow finch aglow on the sunflower feeding on this common seed just beyond a frond of grass plays in the light this too — a prayer & the thrum of this mud under these bare feet like the anole his red dewlap establishing his territory I am established in this mud how the hummingbird flirts with the turk’s cap and now the swallowtail Butterfly black and yellow flash a breath a breeze the song of the wren
Meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month, same location, 6-8 p.m. These evenings are easygoing and welcoming where you can share your own work, read a favorite poem, or just come listen — no pressure, just good energy.
If you have been searching for something creative, this would be a good place to start. Join their Facebook page and let them know you plan to attend. HCCArts is happy to welcome them to our creative community.
Additionally, Hill Country Poets, having delighted festival-goers last year, will entertain with their poetry and drumming at the May 23 Hill Country Art & Wine Festival on Main Plaza.
Hill Country Council for the Arts’ mission is to enhance and promote the Arts in Texas Hill Country. Join. Volunteer. Donate. Refer to our website often www.hccarts.org; like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram.
HCCA Calendar
“Angel Street (Gaslight)” a Victorian thriller, at Boerne Community Theatre, 907 E Blanco, Boerne. Opens this weekend and runs March 27-April 12. Tickets are $20-24. Reserve online at www.boernetheatre. org, or call the box office 830-249-9166.
43rd Annual RoundUp Exhibition and Sale, Opening Gala Weekend, April 24-26, is quickly approaching. The exhibition and sale will bring together more than 50 top Western Artists presenting more than 150 original works of Western Art. The exhibition runs through June 6. For information call 830896-2553, or refer to the website, www.museumofwesternart.com.
