2025 Car Show: Check out all the rides at this fundraiser for United Way of Amarillo and Canyon. (10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 4341 I-27; 806-358-4891)
THURSDAY, MAY 15
Chamber Event: BusinessConnetion Tradeshow
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Amarillo Civic Center – 4th & Buchanan
This is the area’s largest business-to-business tradeshow. Reserve a booth and show off your products and services and network with several thousand show attendees.
More Information: Mary, (806) 373-7800
“Spring Open House: Amarillo Railroad Museum hosts a closer look at all kinds of transportation. (10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 3160 I Ave.; 806-335-3333)
Gals: This woman-centric shopping event at Arts in the Sunset will feature 60 vendors and food trucks. (11 a.m. 3701 Plains Blvd.; free; 806-354-8802)
At Healing Through Him Ministries, we serve domestic violence victims with compassion, safety, and Christ-centered healing.
We’re on a mission to build a tiny home village—a place of refuge and renewal for survivors and their families. We’ve been seeing God move in powerful ways through the ministry. His hand is truly at work, and we are grateful to witness His faithfulness.
Courtney Spielbauer
Ministry Services Director
Healing Through Him Ministries
Email: courtney.hthm@gmail.com
Mobile: 806-336-4956
Cheers! To Mariposa: Enjoy games, food trucks, nature-themed activities and music from Bomb City Bluegrass as Wildcat Bluff Discovery Center celebrates the opening of its Mariposa Trails. (4 to 7 p.m. May 10; 2301 N. Soncy Road; tickets $20 with drinks, $10 without; 806-352-6007)
Be among the first to explore the sce-
nic new Mariposa Trails at the Wildcat.
Bluff Nature Center during ‘a family-
friendly event set for Friday, May 10,
from 4 to 7 p.m.
The celebration, marks the grand
opening of the center’s new trails sys-
tem and will feature fun, food, and mu-
sic in the great outdoors. Bomb City
Bluegrass will be performing soulful,
bluesy folk music, and food trucks to be
on hand include local favorites such as
Kodiak’s Kitchen, Smash That’z, Sugar
Bear Sweet Shop, Kings &Queens Fries
and JR Family Catering.
Guests 21 and older can enjoy com-
plimentary drinks within the event. At-
tendees can also play oversized ver-
sions of their favorite games with
friends and family and wind down with
the beloved campfire treat of s’mores
and more.
General admission is $10, or $20 for
bar access for those 21and older. Com-
munity members who want to explore
the new trails at any time during the
day will have access to the Wildcat Bluff
reduced to $1per person.
For sponsorship inquiries, please
contact Daniella Ramos at dra-
mos@dhdc.org. Visitwww.wildcatbluf-
f.org for more event details and up-‘
dates.
Other community news
West Texas A&M University’s first-
ever national championship rodeo
team will be inducted into the WT Ro-
deo Hall of Fame at a May 3 banquet.
Also named to the hall’s inaugural class
are an accomplished former coach, the
team’s first national champion rider,
and two major supporters. The banquet
will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Piehl-
Schaeffer Pavillion in the Agricultural
Sciences Complex on WT’s Canyon
campus. Tickets are $50 at the door,
payable by cash or check only, and in-
clude a three-course steak dinner,
drinks and dessert. Auction items also
Galapalooza: Lubbock comedy troupe Laugh Hub City offers a pre-Mother’s Day show at Butler’s Martini Bar. (8 p.m. 703 S. Polk St.; tickets $13 to $23; 806-359-8003)
Randall King: The rising country star with Panhandle roots returns to town with opener David Lewis for a show at Azteca Music Hall. (8 p.m. 500 N. FM 1912; tickets $25 adults, $30 ages 18 to 20; 806-335-9990)
Lorraine-Dietrich: The Kansas City progressive rock band hits town for a show at The 806 Coffee + Café. (9 p.m. 2812 SW Sixth Ave.; no cover, donations accepted; 806-322-1806)