AMARILLO – The City of Amarillo (COA) Amarillo Animal Management and Welfare Department (AAMW) is again joining the national campaign to help pet adoption – NBC’s Clear the Shelters initiative.
Clear the Shelters runs from Aug. 10 through Sept. 30.
This will be the 10th year for the campaign nationally – with more than 1 million animals adopted across the country during Clear the Shelters in 2023.
“Clear the Shelters is a wonderful program that really helps increase public awareness of pet adoption,” said AAMW Outreach Coordinator Samantha Bennett. “We look forward to participating in this event every year. It really helps highlight the need in the Amarillo community for pet adoption, in addition to the many services provided here at AAMW.”
AAMW is providing a Clear the Shelters special throughout August. Adoption fees for dogs are $25 and cats are $5. Fees include spaying/neutering, vaccinations and micro-chipping. Specific information regarding animals available for adoption at AAMW (including photos, breed, age, etc.) is available online at:
amw.amarillo.gov/adoption-and-resources/adoption-list
For more information contact City of Amarillo Media Relations Manager Dave Henry at (806) 378-5219 or by email at David.Henry@amarillo.gov
Thanks,
David Henry
Media Relations Manager
Office of Engagement & Innovation
O: 806-378-5219
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National Geographic photo exhibit
to open at Arts in the Sunset
Arts in the Sunset visitors will wit-
ness some ofthe most surprising animal
behavior in the new National Geograph-
ic exhibition, “The Greatest Wildlife
Photographs.” The exhibit opens Sept.
23 in the Ann Crouch Gallery and is free
and open to the public.
The very best wildlife pictures from
the pages of National Geographic maga-
zine have been chosen to be dis.played in
this exhibition, according to the Amaril-
lo Arts Institute news release.
Curated by renowned nature picture
editor, Kathy Moran, this exhibition is a
celebratory look at wildlife with images
taken by National Geographic’s most
iconic photographers such as, Michael
“Nick”Nichols, Steve Winter, Paul Nick-
len, Beverly Joubert, David Doubilet
and more.
Showcasing the evolution of photog-
raphy, the images convey how innova-
tions such as camera traps, remote im-
aging, and underwater technology have
granted photographers access to wild-
life in their natural habitat.
“The Greatest Wildlife Photographs”
will remain open at Arts in the Sunset
until Dec. 22.
Tolearn more, visit www.nationalge-
ographic.org or follow them on Insta-
gram, Twitter and Facebook.

Save te date for this year’s Chamber BBQ Cook-Off happening at the Tri-State Fairgrounds on Thursday, October 3rd. More information is coming soon, so watch our website. We are currently signing up teams that participated in the event in 2023 and will open it up to new teams in August. If you had a team last year and have not registered yet, please contact Lindsey at (806) 342-2006 ASAP to secure your space for this year.
Find this event on Facebook and help us spread the word.

Sunset Marketown is coming summer 2024! On Saturday mornings from June 8-September 28 we will be hosting an artisans/artists market alongside the Golden Spread Farmers Market. This is a great opportunity for local creators to share and sell their work to the public. Please complete an interest form if you are a vendor interested in having a booth. We will be sending out applications to interested vendors in March and notifying vendors in April. The Golden Spread Farmers Market will take place under the north colonnade and the artisans/artists market will be in the AJ Swope Performance Plaza. If you are a grower and interested in having a booth, please reach out to the Golden Spread Farmers Market via their Facebook page.

AMARILLO – The City of Amarillo (COA) Amarillo Animal Management and Welfare Department (AAMW) is again joining the national campaign to help pet adoption – NBC’s Clear the Shelters initiative.
Clear the Shelters runs from Aug. 10 through Sept. 30.
This will be the 10th year for the campaign nationally – with more than 1 million animals adopted across the country during Clear the Shelters in 2023.
“Clear the Shelters is a wonderful program that really helps increase public awareness of pet adoption,” said AAMW Outreach Coordinator Samantha Bennett. “We look forward to participating in this event every year. It really helps highlight the need in the Amarillo community for pet adoption, in addition to the many services provided here at AAMW.”
AAMW is providing a Clear the Shelters special throughout August. Adoption fees for dogs are $25 and cats are $5. Fees include spaying/neutering, vaccinations and micro-chipping. Specific information regarding animals available for adoption at AAMW (including photos, breed, age, etc.) is available online at:
amw.amarillo.gov/adoption-and-resources/adoption-list
For more information contact City of Amarillo Media Relations Manager Dave Henry at (806) 378-5219 or by email at David.Henry@amarillo.gov
Thanks,
David Henry
Media Relations Manager
Office of Engagement & Innovation
O: 806-378-5219
| Virus-free.www.avast.com |
National Geographic photo exhibit
to open at Arts in the Sunset
Arts in the Sunset visitors will wit-
ness some ofthe most surprising animal
behavior in the new National Geograph-
ic exhibition, “The Greatest Wildlife
Photographs.” The exhibit opens Sept.
23 in the Ann Crouch Gallery and is free
and open to the public.
The very best wildlife pictures from
the pages of National Geographic maga-
zine have been chosen to be dis.played in
this exhibition, according to the Amaril-
lo Arts Institute news release.
Curated by renowned nature picture
editor, Kathy Moran, this exhibition is a
celebratory look at wildlife with images
taken by National Geographic’s most
iconic photographers such as, Michael
“Nick”Nichols, Steve Winter, Paul Nick-
len, Beverly Joubert, David Doubilet
and more.
Showcasing the evolution of photog-
raphy, the images convey how innova-
tions such as camera traps, remote im-
aging, and underwater technology have
granted photographers access to wild-
life in their natural habitat.
“The Greatest Wildlife Photographs”
will remain open at Arts in the Sunset
until Dec. 22.
Tolearn more, visit www.nationalge-
ographic.org or follow them on Insta-
gram, Twitter and Facebook.

Save te date for this year’s Chamber BBQ Cook-Off happening at the Tri-State Fairgrounds on Thursday, October 3rd. More information is coming soon, so watch our website. We are currently signing up teams that participated in the event in 2023 and will open it up to new teams in August. If you had a team last year and have not registered yet, please contact Lindsey at (806) 342-2006 ASAP to secure your space for this year.
Find this event on Facebook and help us spread the word.
A new photography exhibition,
r “Shades of Compassion,” is on display at
the Amarillo Museum of Art (AMoA)
now through Dec. 29.
The exhibition aims to promote com-
passion worldwide through inspiration-
al; thought-provoking photographs.
Drawn from a diverse roster of 41inter-
national fine art photographers, the ex-
hibit’s 50 photographs encompass a di-
verse spectrum of perspective, subject
and artistic expression.
The museum is at 2200 S. Van Buren
on the Washington Street campus of
Amarillo College. AMoA hours are n
a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday through Satur-
day and 1-5p.m. Sunday. For more infor-
mation, visit www.amoa.org, email
amoa@actx.edu, or call (806) 371-5050
or (806) 371-5392 (weekends).
Maxwell’s Pumpkin Farm: Celebrate the autumnal season with activities including cornhole, kids’ activities, the eponymous maze and more weekends through Nov. 3. (1 to 7 p.m. Sunday; admission $19.95 online, $24.95 at the gate; 12908 S. Bell St.; 806-373-9600)

“Doctor Miracle”: West Texas A&M University Opera opens its season with a production of Bizet’s farce. (2:30 p.m. Sunday; Mary Moody Northen Recital Hall on WT’s Canyon campus; tickets $15; 806-651-2840)
