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KILLEEN



Hot Summer Nights Concert Series

The City of Killeen Parks and Recreation department and Time Warner Cable present the Hot Summer Nights Concert Series featuring Old School band The Grooves at the Killeen Amphitheater, from 8-10 p.m. Friday. Concessions will be available.

For more information, contact Killeen Parks and Recreation at 501-8889.



Junior Golf Clinic - Beginners

A Junior Golf Clinic for beginners will be held 9-11 a.m. through Friday.

The clinic is open to children 18 years old and younger for $55 per child.

For more information, call Stonetree Golf Club at 699-6034.



Street Scene Car Show

The Street Scene Car show, sponsored by Deep Stage Motorsports, will be held 10 a.m.-5 p.m. July 18 at the Killeen Special Events Center.

For more information, call 539-6693.



BELTON



Market Days in Downtown Belton

Buying, selling and trading will occur in downtown Belton from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. July 18.

Visit vendors and the farmer’s market in the historic downtown district along Central Avenue.

This event takes place every third Saturday of the month.

For more information, visit www.killeen.com.



Taste of Bell County

Taste of Bell County will be held at the Bell County Museum 2-4 p.m. July 18. German streusel will be available for attendees, who also can view the new traveling exhibit, The Inspired Line: Selected Prints from Rembrandt and Durer. Free activities and crafts also will be available for children.

For more information, call 933-5243 or visit www.bellcountytx.com/Museum.



TEMPLE



Family Fun Day

The Temple Railroad and Heritage Museum will have a Military Family Fun Day from 10 a.m.-2 p.m July 18.

For more information, call 298-5165.



Hot Summer Sounds

The Scott and White Health Plan presents Hot Summer Sounds featuring light rock music performed by Pride and Joy from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday at Miller Park, Temple.

For more information, call 298-5401.

Salado

Boom Town, or The Sinister Slickster’s Fuelish Frame-up

Cheer the hero and boo the villain in the Silver Spur’s fifth annual melodrama, “Boom Town, or The Sinister Slickster’s Fuelish Frame-up” at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. July 18 at the Saldo Silver Spur Theater. It’s chock full of slapstick and satire on stage; on screen, the show includes an original silent-movie chase sequence through the streets of Salado.

The show will play on July 24, 25 and 31, as well as Aug. 1, 7, 8, 14 and 15.

For more information, call 947-3456 or visit www.saladosilverspur.com or www.salado.com/calendar_single.cfm?id=999.

Austin

To the Moon: The American Space Program in the 1960s

Continuing through July 20, celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library is hosting “To the Moon.”

The exhibit will cover events from the Sputniks through the first moon landing of Apollo 11 in 1969.

Each step of the space programs will be featured, as well as the milestone flights of astronauts Alan Shepard, John Glenn and Ed White.

For more information and museum hours, call (512) 721-0200 or visit www.lbjlib.utexas.edu.



White House exhibit

The White House exhibit is on display at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. Included in the exhibition are photographic overviews of rooms in the White House and a seven-eighths scale replica of the Oval Office as it was during the Johnson presidency.

For more information and museum hours, call (512) 721-0200 or visit www.lbjlib.utexas.edu.



NEW BRAUNFELS



Concerts in the Park

For more than 25 years, Concerts in the Park has been the place to be on summer evenings. Come to the Landa Park Dance Slab on Landa Lake from 7:30-10 p.m.

On Saturday, Tom Teboe Band, a classic country band, will perform.

Admission is free. For more information, call (830) 221-4350 or visit www.nbtexas.org.



GRUENE



The Derailers

Mozie’s Bar and Grill presents country band The Derailers, with Bo Porter opening, at 9 p.m. Saturday.

Blues-folk group, porterdavis will appear earlier in the day from 1-5 p.m.

There is no cover charge for porterdavis; admission for The Derailers is $10.

For more information, visit www.gruenehall.com/july2009.html.



ADDISON



Sebastian Maniscalco

Sebastian Maniscalco’s facial expressions and complete disgust with human behavior have given him the reputation as one of the most sought after comedians working today. He will appear Friday at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Friday and 6:30 p.m., 9 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

For more information on Sebastian Maniscalco, visit www.sebastianlive.com. For more information on the Addison Improv, visit www.improv2.com.



DALLAS



STARBURST® Summer Concert Series

Six Flags Over Texas presents award-winning American actor, comedian, guitarist, singer/songwriter, and occasional television director, Drake Bell live in concert on Saturday as part of the STARBURST® Summer Concert Series.

Tickets are free with park admission, which can be bought online for the kids’ price of $31.

Print the tickets at home and go straight to the gate. Doors open at 6 p.m.

For more information on the band, visit www.mtv.com/music/artist/bell__drake/artist.jhtml. For more information on Six Flags, visit www.sixflags.com/overTexas/events/CalendarEvents.aspx.



BANDERA



BR Lightning Ranch Rodeo

The Lightning Ranch Rodeo begins at 8 p.m. every Saturday through Aug. 29 and features the world’s only high-diving aqua mules.

There also will be open bull riding, junior bull riding, steer riding, calf roping, team roping, barrel racing, chute dogging, calf scramble and mutton busting events.

The books close at 7:45 p.m., with the rodeo beginning at 8 p.m. There will be slack after each performance, and separate payoff and points for each night.

Overnight trailer parking is available.

For more information, call (210) 219-5262 or visit www.lightningranch.com/rodeo_series.htm.



FREDERICKSBURG



Clay McClinton

Clay McClinton will perform at Hondo’s on Main Street 8-11:30 p.m. Saturday. This singer/songwriter/guitarist has an eclectic sound born in Texas, where honky-tonk, Delta blues and soulful rock meld seamlessly.

For more information on the singer, visit www.claymcclinton.com. For more information on the performance, visit www.hondosonmain.com.



KERRVILLE



‘1776’

Playhouse 2000 presents “1776” now through July 18 at the Kathleen C. Cailloux Theater.

This seminal event in American history blazes to life in an unconventional medley of Broadway hits. It’s the summer of 1776, and the nation is ready to declare independence...if only our founding fathers can agree to do it. “1776” follows John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson as they attempt to convince the members of the second Continental Congress to vote for independence.

Showtimes are Thursday through Saturday 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m.

For more information, call (830) 896-9393 or visit www.caillouxtheater.com.



LAMPASAS



Spring Ho Festival

Lampasas presents its annual Spring Ho Festival through Sunday.

Events include music, a queen contest, county fair, fireworks show, parade, street dances and kids’ activities.

Attend the Spring Ho Beauty Pageant, hayloft party talent contest, kiddie fishing derby, county fair, Keystone Square Museum special exhibits, Spring Ho carnival, dance contest, arts and crafts fair, a pet parade, diaper derby, barbecue cook-off, dance on the square in the historic district, a 10K and one-mile runs, Spring Ho grand parade, washer and horseshoe pitching contests, and clogging and singing in the park and downtown.

For more information, call (512) 556-5301 or visit www.springho.com.



SAN MARCOS



Summer in the Park Concert Series: Terri Hendrix Band

Get your picnic baskets, blankets, and lawn chairs packed. The San Marcos Performing Arts Association and San Marcos Parks and Recreation present the Terri Hendrix Band today from 7:30-9 p.m. As one of the few artists who owns all of their own masters, Hendrix is indeed a DIY queen.

The concerts continue every Thursday through Aug. 13.

For more information on this or any of the Summer in the Park performances, call the Parks and Recreation main office at (512) 393-8400 or visit www.sanmarcostexas.com.



Summer Concerts



July 11

Keith Urban

Keith Urban will perform at 7:30 p.m. July 11 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.

Earth, Wind and Fire and Chicago

Earth, Wind and Fire and Chicago will perform at 8 p.m. July 11 at the Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie in Grand Prair-ie.

Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx will perform at 8 p.m. July 11 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin.



July 17

Aerosmith and ZZ Top

Aerosmith and ZZ Top will perform at 7:30 p.m. July 17 at the Woodlands Pavillion in the Woodlands.



July 21

Coldplay

Coldplay will perform at 7 p.m. July 21 at the Superpages.com Center in Dallas.



July 23

American Idols Live! Tour

American Idols Live! Tour will perform at 7 p.m. July 23 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.



July 24

Tori Amos

Tori Amos will perform at 8 p.m.

July 24 at Nokia Theatre At Grand Prair-ie.

Tool

Tool will perform at 8 p.m. July 24 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio.



For more information on upcoming concerts, visit www.ticketmaster.com.



For more information on events at the Frank Erwin Center, visit www.uterwincenter.com/events.



Palmer Theater



JUly 9

Thursday

Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, PG-13



July 10

Friday

Land of the Lost, PG-13



July 11

Saturday

4 p.m. Up, PG

7 p.m. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, PG



July 12

Sunday

Land of the Lost, PG-13



July 13

Monday

Up, PG



July 14

Tuesday

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, PG



July 15

Wednesday

Land of the Lost, PG-13



All shows start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.



Palmer Theater is located in Bldg. 334 at the corner of 31st Street and 761st Tank Battalion Avenue.



For a recording of all upcoming features, call 287-3851.