Jodi Thomas’s Ransom Canyon Screening: Next Tuesday, April 22, Amarillo College is hosting a celebration and free screening of the first episode of Ransom Canyon, the Netflix adaptation of the book series by local resident Jodi Thomas. The event is open to the public, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., but seating is limited. Brick & Elm interviewed Thomas about the 10-episode series last summer. “I got a chance recently to visit the set. It’s amazing to see what the set designers and producers have done to make the world of Ransom Canyon come alive,” she told us. “I think readers are going to love how the world translates from the page to the screen. I was truly blown away by how real and beautiful the sets were.” Watch the Ransom Canyon trailer here.
AC/WT Student and F.culty Exhibition
goes on display at Am.rillo Museum of Art
Amarillo Museum of Art, 2200 S. Van Buren on the
Washington Street campus of Amarillo College, is pre-
senting the Amarillo College / West Texas A&MUni-
versity Student / Faculty Exhibition. It showcases the
best works from current students and faculty.
The exhibit runs no~through April 27. Since 1972,
Amarillo College and the West Texas A&MUniversity
Visual Arts Departments have enjoyed this partner-
ship with AMoA. Students learn to prepare work for
the exhibition and gain a sense of pride in sharing their
work with the community in the professional setting
of the museum.
AMoAhours are 11a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday through
Saturday and 1-5p.m. Sunday. For additional informa-
tion, visit www.amoa.org, email amoa@actx.edu, or
call 806-371-5050 or 806-371-5392 (weekends).
Andy Chase: The Amarillo mainstay offers tunes every Wednesday at Public House. (6:30 p.m. 3333 S. Coulter St.; 806-398-7777)
AC/WT Student and F.culty Exhibition
goes on display at Am.rillo Museum of Art
Amarillo Museum of Art, 2200 S. Van Buren on the
Washington Street campus of Amarillo College, is pre-
senting the Amarillo College / West Texas A&MUni-
versity Student / Faculty Exhibition. It showcases the
best works from current students and faculty.
The exhibit runs no~through April 27. Since 1972,
Amarillo College and the West Texas A&MUniversity
Visual Arts Departments have enjoyed this partner-
ship with AMoA. Students learn to prepare work for
the exhibition and gain a sense of pride in sharing their
work with the community in the professional setting
of the museum.
AMoAhours are 11a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday through
Saturday and 1-5p.m. Sunday. For additional informa-
tion, visit www.amoa.org, email amoa@actx.edu, or
call 806-371-5050 or 806-371-5392 (weekends).
We’ve got a second chance to network this month with another Business After Hours at Cactus Cove Inn & Suites on Thursday, April 24th from 5-7pm. Check out the video we shot with Matt Marrs, owner of Cactus Cove about this fun event and the new life of this property. Watch or share it from YouTube or Facebook.
“Business After Hours” are FREE business networking events for current and future members of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce. They include food, drinks, door prizes, and networking with other business professionals! Look for events on Facebook and invite your friends!
Summer is calling—are you ready?!
Get your child signed up for the Maverick Boys & Girls Club 2025 Summer Camp—where adventure, fun, and friendship await!
In-person registration will be completed ON-SITE during one of our required Parent Orientations at:
Dykeman Unit – 1923 S. Lincoln, Amarillo, TX 79109
Choose ONE to attend:
Thursday, April 24 | 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Saturday, April 26 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Camp runs June 9 – August 1
(Closed July 3 & 4)
Only $270 per child for the whole summer!
What’s included?
Global Adventures theme
Field trips to the zoo, swimming, fishing, skating & more
Arts, crafts, dancing, and creative fun
Breakfast, lunch & snacks
Community service projects
Spots are LIMITED and camp fills up EVERY year—don’t wait!
Give your child a summer they’ll never forget!
Mike Fuller: The Amarillo folk singer serves up tunes at Pescaraz. (6 p.m. Thursday; 3415 S. Bell St., Unit K; 806-350-5430)
“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”: The classical musical comes to vivid life in the season-ending production from West Texas A&M University Theatre. (7:30 p.m.; continues through May 4; Branding Iron Theatre in the Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex; tickets $16 adults, $12 seniors and students, free for WT student, faculty and staff; 806-651-2810 or artsboxoffice@wtamu.edu)
April 25th, we observe National Telephone Day. Around the world, there are over 9.82 billion mobile phones. And while some predicted the landline to be obsolete by
2020, there are still about 931 million landlines
around the world.
February 14, 1876, Marcellus Bailey, one of Bell’s attorneys, rushed into the U.S. Patent office in Boston to file the patent for what would be the telephone.
Later the same day, Elisha Gray filed a patent caveat for a similar device. A caveat is an intent to file for a patent.
There was also a third contender. Antonio Meucci filed a caveat in
November of 1871 for a talking telegraph but failed to renew the caveat due to hardships.
Because Bell submitted his record first, the patent office awarded Bell the patent on March 7, 1876. Gray contested this decision in court, but without success.
Born March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Bell taught at a boys’ boarding school. The sounds of speech were an integral part of his life. His father
developed a “Visible Speech” system for deaf students to communicate. Bell would later become a friend and benefactor of Helen Keller.
Three days after the patent was approved, Bell spoke the first words by
Three days after the patent was approved, Bell spoke the first words by telephone to his assistant. “Mr. Watson, come here! I want to see you!”
By May, Bell and his team stood prepared for a public demonstration. And there would be no better place than the grand stage of the World’s Fair in Philadelphia. On May 10, 1876, in a crowded Machinery Hall, a man’s voice transmitted from a small horn and carried out through a speaker to the audience. One year later, the White House installed its first phone. The telephone revolution began.
Bell Telephone Company
was founded on July 9, 1877, and they installed the first public telephone lines from Boston to Sommerville, Massachusetts, the same year. By the end of the decade, nearly 50,000 phones existed in the United States. In May of 1967, phone companies across the country installed the 100 millionth telephone line.