NATIONAL BEAN COUNTER DAY
National Bean Counter Day on April 16th is every accountant’s favorite day of the year. After the flutter and the flurry of preparing taxes right up until the stroke of midnight, these diligent number crunchers are well past due for a day off. Discover more…
NATIONAL EGGS BENEDICT DAY
On April 16th, National Eggs Benedict Day celebrates a long-favored breakfast or brunch dish. Eggs Benedict consists of poached eggs with Hollandaise sauce and Canadian bacon or ham on English muffin halves. Discover more…
NATIONAL ORCHID DAY
Each year on April 16th, National Orchid Day recognizes one of the world’s diverse and widespread flowering plant families. The orchids’ often colorful and fragrant blooms grow in abundance around the world. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species. Not only are they prolific, but they range in size from the 2.1 mm wide Platystele jungermannioides to broad-bloomed Grammatophyllum speciosum. Learn more…
NATIONAL WEAR YOUR PAJAMAS TO WORK DAY
Each year on April 16th, National Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day allows us a reprieve after meeting a late-night deadline shuffling receipts, and adding columns to file our taxes. Read more…
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).
THURSDAY, APRIL 17
Ribbon Cutting: Camp Lane Storage
2:00 p.m.
New Member to the Chamber
More Information: Elaine, (806) 358-0309
THURSDAY, APRIL 17
Ribbon Cutting: The Lodge at Cadillac Creek
4:30 p.m.
New Business Grand Opening
More Information: Toby, (806) 437-0483
Dan “The Piano Man” Hanson: The Amarillo musician tickles the ivories every Thursday at Public House. (5:30 p.m. 3333 S. Coulter St.; 806-398-7777)
Luis Torres: The Amarillo singer offers a dinner show at Pescaraz. (6 p.m. 3415 S. Bell St., Unit K; 806-350-5430)