At 7:00 p.m., the North Texas Archeological Society (NTAS) will hold their monthly meeting. In these monthly meetings, attendees discuss NTAS Announcements, which include upcoming volunteer opportunities, upcoming NTAS events, and upcoming Texas Archeology Society (TAS) events. For more information contact the North Texas Archeological Society.
Events
November 14, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
Event
November 16, 2024
Conference
On November 16, The Voces Oral History Center will host their 25th anniversary conference. For more information, contact the Voces Oral History Center.
November 16–17, 2024
Festival
The Texas Book Festival will take place November 16–17 in and around the State Capitol in downtown Austin. The Festival Weekend is free and open to all, featuring more than 300 authors of the year’s best books across all ages and genres. For more information contact Texas Book Festival.
November 16, 2024, 5:00–7:00 p.m.
Public lecture
From 5:00–7:00 p.m. on November 16, San Jacinto Museum will hold the lecture "San Jacinto and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas" with Sally Anne Schmidt and Eron Tynes as part of their History Under the Star lecture series. For more information, contact San Jacinto Museum.
November 19 - December 31, 2024
Exhibition
In the last decade, archeologists have made a number of fascinating new discoveries about the way Paleoindians lived and even how they arrived in the land we now call Texas. These first peoples passed on knowledge and traditions through the generations, eventually giving rise to many culturally distinct Tribes and Indigenous American communities. Some Indigenous Americans traditional stories say that their ancestors were always here. Archeologists, who study objects and evidence left behind from early cultures, believe people have lived here for at least 16,000 years. Both ways of understanding the past are important to the study of Paleoindian history. A Time Before Texas considers both current science and cultural tradition to explore what life was like for the first people to call early Texas home. A Time Before Texas is created by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and ciruculated in partnership with Humanities Texas. For more information contact the Coleman Public Library.
November 20, 5:00–6:30 p.m.
Workshop
"Teaching Shakespeare with The Bard in the Borderlands: Part III" will take place on Zoom from 5:00–6:30 p.m. CT on November 20. In partnership with the Borderlands Shakespeare Colectiva, this webinar will feature Shakespeare's works from Borderlands perspectives. The webinar will draw on Volume 2 of the open-access anthology The Bard in the Borderlands: An Anthology of Shakespeare Appropriations en La Frontera. The webinar will be team-taught by the cofounders of the Borderlands Shakespeare Colectiva: Katherine Gillen and Adrianna M. Santos of Texas A&M University–San Antonio and Kathryn Vomero Santos of Trinity University.
November 22, 2024, 12:00–1:00 p.m.
Public lecture
From 12:00–1:00 p.m., join Music Director George Jackson and other performing artists for the Amarillo Symphony’s lunch hour to enjoy a presentation about the music from the Amarillo Symphony’s upcoming concert, Epic Movie Music. Tickets are fifteen dollars each and include a boxed lunch with the presentation. For more information, contact the Amarillo Symphony.
December 1, 2024-January 31, 2025
Exhibition
In the last decade, archeologists have made a number of fascinating new discoveries about the way Paleoindians lived and even how they arrived in the land we now call Texas. These first peoples passed on knowledge and traditions through the generations, eventually giving rise to many culturally distinct Tribes and Indigenous American communities. Some Indigenous Americans traditional stories say that their ancestors were always here. Archeologists, who study objects and evidence left behind from early cultures, believe people have lived here for at least 16,000 years. Both ways of understanding the past are important to the study of Paleoindian history. A Time Before Texas considers both current science and cultural tradition to explore what life was like for the first people to call early Texas home. A Time Before Texas is created by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and ciruculated in partnership with Humanities Texas. For more information contact the Historic Upshur Museum.
December 6–December 7, 2024
Symposium
From December 6–7, 2024, the Festival of Texas Fiddling will present the annual Texas Fiddle and Dance Symposium in Blanco. For nearly a decade, this event has explored the unique styles and traditions of fiddling from across the many regions and cultures of Texas, with presentations by scholars of music and dance, in addition to concerts by musicians and dancers. For more information, contact the Festival of Texas Fiddling.
December 6, 2024, 6:30 p.m.
Film screening
At 6:30 p.m. on December 6, the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum will continue their family- and community-oriented film series with the film The Black Power Mixtape: 1967–1975. The screening will be followed by a scholarly panel discussion. For more information, contact the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum.