Blue Baker Adds Local Color To Austin

Founder Dave Fox stands in front of the bakery in the newest Blue Baker location in The Arboretum in Austin. The store opens to the public Wednesday, May 16, at 7 a.m.Look familiar? The new Austin Blue Baker brings a little bit of local B/CS color to Austin.There is nothing like the warm, delicious smell of freshly baked artisan bread or pastries to get the stomach growling and the mouth watering. This reaction has been all too familiar to residents and visitors to the Bryan/College Station area since 2001 when Blue Baker first opened its doors on Dominik Drive in College Station. The multifaceted bakery, sandwich shop and café has continued gaining the hearts and appetites of the Brazos Valley, opening a second store on University Drive in 2007 and new this year, the marketplace innovation of hot, fresh cookies delivered to your door.

This month Dave Fox, founder of Blue Baker, has just opened the newest location in Austin at the Arboretum, a far cry from their local following. With new markets for the bakery to serve, Fox is excited about the restaurant’s move to the live music capital of the world.

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The Brazos Locavores Hold Semi-Annual Luncheon

The Semi-Annual Luncheon will be at the Village Cafe in Downtown Bryan.The Brazos Locavores will hold their Semi-Annual Luncheon 12:30pm on Saturday, May 19, at the Village Café in Downtown Bryan. Joseph M. Quintana of AdventGX will present “Sustainable Community Development Practice – A Distributed Urban Farming Model” at the luncheon.

The Brazos Locavores link community members with local producers around the Brazos Valley. The group meets once a month for field trips to local dairies and farms to meet local producers and to learn more about why eating locally is better.

For more information on the Brazos Locavores or to get involved, visit BrazosGrows.org.

Camp Hearne Hosts Radio POW Event

Camp Hearne is located north of Hearne off of FM 845. Camp Hearne is sponsoring its first amateur radio field event in the POW Camp Theatre Saturday, May 19, from 10am to 4pm. The event will include a look at World War II history through the eyes of former POW Heino Erichsen and Bremond-based storyteller Arthur Burnett.

Guests will enjoy museum tours and stories at 11am, 1pm and 3pm from Arthur Burnett. Burnett will spin some yarns from Camp Hearne’s own dramatic past and some from the European front lines.

Heino Erichsen, the man who learned about freedom behind the barbed wire of Camp Hearne, will present his remarkable life story at 2pm, including his stint in Germany’s elite Afrika Korps and time as a "guest" of the USA during World War II.

Bryan Amateur Radio club has been invited to show some of the communications and technology used during WWII and to display some of the newer technology that is a direct result of the war. Visit www.bryanarc.org/camphearne for more information.

Juried Art Exhibition at MSC Forsyth Center Galleries

The MSC Forsyth Center Galleries presents the 4^th Annual Regional Juried Art Exhibition through August 19. The exhibit features contemporary works of art in different mediums from local and regional artists. Visitors can stop by the MSC from 10am to 8pm Monday through Saturday to view the displays.

Two-dimensional and three-dimensional works will be featured, including ceramics, blown glass, photography watercolor and oil paintings. 

The MSC is open later for special events. Visit http://forsyth.tamu.edu for upcoming events and programs.

Theatre Under The Stars Presents 'Best Little Whorehouse In Texas'

"The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" will run June 5-17 at the Hobby Center for The Performing Arts.The Theatre Under The Stars presents “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” June 5-17 at the Hobby Center for The Performing Arts in Houston. Guests will enjoy big songs and big hair during this energetic musical about a real brothel in Texas.

The musical features “Chicken Ranch,” the infamous brothel that’s put into the spotlight by reporter Melvin P. Thorpe. The story is brought to life by a town sheriff, the Texas A&M football team and Miss Mona’s risqué girls. Experience favorites such as “A Lil’ Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place” and “Hard Candy Christmas.”

Tickets are available online at tuts.com, by calling 713-558-TUTS (8887), or at the Theatre Under The Stars Box Office from10am-6pm Monday through Friday and Saturday through Sunday 11am-4pm.

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