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What happens when “the show can’t go on?” It’s heartbreaking, that is for sure. Due to Covid-19 virus, Bastrop Opera House made the decision to cancel our last weekend of Neil Simon’s Fools and has had to cancel our musical, Hello! My Baby as well as The Odd Couple, a concert performance by Geno Gottchall and his Rockaholics, A Blood Feud Comes To Bastrop, as well as all our youth productions. Just like all the other theatres throughout the country, this has been extremely hard on our theatre. Not just emotionally, but financially as well.
Read moreThe Elgin Arts Association holds annual events to showcase artists in and around Elgin. The Pearls of Youth Art Show for young artists is held in the spring. The creativity and skills shown in the youth show have amazed and impressed the community every year.
Read morePark enthusiasts stuck at home due to COVID-19 had another option to explore the outdoors last week: an online game of I Spy hosted by the Elgin Parks & Recreation Department. Each day, a new challenge was posted, asking participants to find and photograph something in their backyard to match that day’s color. Participants then posted their photos in the activity’s Facebook event for a chance to win a prize.
Read moreAs the need to support people financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic has increased since March, the Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry has adapted to the challenge.
Read moreThe number of cases of COVID-19 in Bastrop County reached four dozen on Monday afternoon, seven people have reported recovering from the illness, and the county suffered its second death due to the virus last week.
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Elgin schools will remain closed through the end of the school year, according to a letter addressed to parents on Thursday.
Read moreAustin Community College (ACC) will move all summer classes online for the summer 2020 semester to help contain the spread of COVID-19 and ensure the health and safety of students and employees.
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