HAPPENINGS

• CHAIRS classes at the Alpine Public Library, with instructor Cathy Wright: January 6, 13, 20, and 27, from 6-7 pm. In these classes you will learn short processes (lessons) designed to give you more options to sit in a dynamic way and to improve your coordination as you go from standing to sitting and the reverse. Movements learned in these processes emphasize the transmission of force throughout the skeleton, which is essential for bone strength. A $10 donation to the library is suggested for each class. For more information, and to sign up, please call the library at 837-2621.

• Yarn Arts meets every Friday morning from 10 am to noon in the community room of the Alpine Public Library. We welcome anyone interested in yarn arts (spinning, knitting, crocheting, weaving, et al.) at all participation levels from listening to personal projects to group activities. Experienced yarn artists are available to answer questions and offer advice on your personal projects as requested. And, as always, last Fridays are FO (finished object) show and tell days! Please join us.

• Come to the Alpine Farmers Market on Historic Murphy Street. Get fresh vegetables all year round, plus baked goods, crafts and more from over fifteen regular vendors. Also, we have a secure child play area with chalkboards, sand box, and toys. Every Saturday year round, rain or shine, 9 until noon in the courtyard of the Hotel Ritchey (corner of 5th St. and Murphy St.). New vendors always welcome; call Deb or Mark at 432-837-0118. Like the Alpine Farmers Market on Facebook.

• Terlingua Farmers Market is held in the Community Garden in the Terlingua Ghost Town every Saturday through March, from 10 am to 2 pm. Area vendors sell locally-grown plants and produce, homegrown herbs & spices, quilts, clothing, food, art and music. New vendors with locally made or grown products are always welcome. For more information contact Shannon (432) 371-3196, [email protected] or Zoey (432) 371-2172, [email protected]. Think community, buy local!

• Girls Rock! is an empowerment group for girls in the 3rd and 4th grades presented in partnership with the Family Crisis Center of the Big Bend. The group will meet from 4:30-5:30 in the Community Room of the Alpine Public Library on the following dates: January 8: Goals and Dreams; January 22: Leadership and Community. For more information, call Caroline Miller, BSW, Community Education and Prevention Coordinator with FFCCBB at 837-7254, or call Mary Beth at the library, 837-2621.

• Resuming January 12, weekly HOOPDANCE classes, every Monday from 5:30-6:30 pm at the Granada Theater, 207 E. Holland Avenue in downtown Alpine are open to anyone age 14 and older interested in hooping. Each class will offer a great workout, as well as hooping instruction for hoopers of all ages and interest levels, from total beginners to the experienced. $12 drop-in, or $9-10 per class if you buy a package of six to fourteen classes. For more information and updates, please visit www.farouthooping.com, or contact certified hoopdance instructor Marlys: [email protected] or 432.386.0479.

Get down and meet new friends at our Alpine hooping jams, every Monday evening from 6:45-8 pm at the Granada Theater on E. Holland Avenue in downtown Alpine. FREE, informal gatherings for hoopers of all skill levels. Get together and enjoy grooving in the hoop: all are welcome and encouraged to join. Bring your hoop, plenty of water to drink, and come dressed to dance and sweat. Children are welcome but must be supervised by their parent or caretaker at all times.

• Busy Bee Quilters, every Tuesday 1-4 pm, The Sunshine House on E. Sul Ross Ave. in Alpine. For more information call (432) 837-5640.

• Family Story Time at the Alpine Public Library, every Tuesday 3-3:45 pm.

• Library Lizards at the Alpine Public Library, every Tuesday, 4:30 – 5:30 pm, for first- and second-graders.

• Basic Computer Class at the Alpine Public Library, every Tuesday, 6-8 pm. Instructor Gerardo Gonzalez. For more information call (432) 837-2621.

• “One day at a time” in Terlingua: Anyone who has a desire to stop drinking or remain sober is welcome to attend our Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in Terlingua Thursdays at 7:30 pm (Closed Discussion) at the Big Bend Baptist Church (just north of the Terlingua Post Office, on HWY 118). Literature is available in our local library. Carpooling may be available to Alpine AA (Wednesdays) and Al-Anon (Thursdays) meetings. Contact phone numbers are posted on the church doors. AA is not affiliated with any religious organization but is grateful to the Big Bend Church (north of the post office) for allowing us to meet there.

• Big Bend Ultra Run on Sunday, January 18 — this year in Big Bend Ranch State Park! The 2015 30K, 50Miler and 10K share the start and finish at the Barton Warnock Visitor Center at Big Bend Ranch State Park, a mile from Lajitas. Camping and lodging are readily available in the area. For more information, visit www.bigbend50.com.

• Alpine Public Library presents and ongoing series of FREE travel talks: Local Residents share stories and pictures from journeys abroad. Take a monthly tour from the comfort of Alpine. Hosted by Jim Glendinning and other area travelers. Join us the fourth Friday of each month at 7 pm in the AEP Multipurpose Room at Alpine Public Library. For more information, visit the library at 805 W Ave E or call (432) 837-5752.

• The Museum of the Big Bend is proud to be chosen as the premier venue for the exhibit and book launch of Paul V. Chaplo’s “Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of the Big Bend Country,” published by Texas A&M Press. The exhibition will be on display now through January 18, and features over 30 large format color photographs taken during Chaplo’s flights over rugged terrain. The works cover a large area from the Rio Grande north to Alpine and Fort Davis including the Chisos Mountains, Santa Elena Canyon, Marfa Flats, Capote Falls, Davis Mountains, Chihuahuan Desert, and many more mountains, canyons, and badlands. Open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm, and Sundays, 1-5 pm. Closed on Mondays. For more information: (432) 837-8143, www.museumofthebigbend.com.

• Embrace the beauty of the Chihuahuan Desert by surrounding yourself in it at the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center. Enjoy over three miles of hiking trails, a 20-acre botanical garden, and cactus and succulent greenhouse with over 200 species of cactus native to the Chihuahuan Desert. For more information 432.364.2499, at [email protected] , or visit our website: www.cdri.org. The Nature Center is open year-round, Monday-Saturday, 9 to 5, located four miles south of Fort Davis, on HWY 118.

• Interpretive talks and hikes at the magical Davis Mountains State Park, north of Fort Davis: birding (for kids and for adults), campground nature walks, highlights of the Davis Mountains, Geocaching 101, trail jogging, and the moon and all of its phases. For a complete list of this month’s activities, visit http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/davis-mountains/park_events or call 432-426-3337.

Would you like your happening listed? Just send us the information: [email protected]. Deadline: 23rd of this month for events during next month. Thanks!