The Cabinet will host a second Silent Disco from 9 p.m. until midnight on Friday in the Hunter Welcome Center. The Silent Disco is a dance party in which dancers use headphones to hear the music instead of listening through loudspeakers. The Cabinet hired Headphone Disco to DJ both of the disco events. Ty Kelley, a member of the cabinet, said ... [Read More…]

The Cabinet reserved a Cinemark XD theater for the opening night of "Avengers: Endgame" at 10 p.m. on April 25. This is the second time they have hosted an event at the theater, as the Cabinet hosted a movie event for "Avengers: Infinity War" last year. The CAB has planned other events involving movies – they had a showing of Elf at the ... [Read More…]

The Student Wellness and Recreation Center is hosting boot camp classes for members through April 18. Classes are Monday through Thursday from 6:15 to 7:15 a.m. in Studio A. Trainers leading the camp are Lily Balogh, instructor of barre, pilates and dance evolution, and Aaron Krauss, junior nutrition major from Elkton, Maryland. Krauss is ... [Read More…]

The ultimate frisbee team is hosting their annual tournament fundraiser at Wildcat Stadium on April 6 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Each team must have seven to 14 players registered and at least two girls must be on the field at all times. The team will decide whether to use pool play or brackets for the tournament format on Saturday ... [Read More…]

For the first time, a Galaxy member will be the beneficiary of the Kirk Goodwin Run. The recipient of the run this year is Raelynn Dawn Riddle, 11-month-old daughter of Galaxy member Ben Riddle. Raelynn was born with a heart condition called Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries (CCTGA) This rare heart defect is when the ... [Read More…]

ACU for Life is hosting a benefit concert, Sonder, on March 29 from 6-9 p.m. at the Beauchamp Amphitheater. The event will have food trucks and live music from Willow City, with opener Weston and the Evergreen, and the money raised from the event will be going to Pregnancy Resources of Abilene. ACU for Life was founded in 2015 by three people ... [Read More…]

The Student Recreation and Wellness Center is offering country dance lessons on March 25 from 7-9 p.m. in studio B. The first hour of lessons will focus on line dancing, and the second hour will focus on partner dancing. The cost to attend the dance lessons is five dollars. Two of the teachers are Anne Crane, assistant coordinator for ... [Read More…]

The Mall of Abilene will celebrate 40 years in business with a celebration on March 14 in the Men's Dillard's Courtyard from 2-4 p.m. There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by the Abilene Chamber of Commerce Redcoats. Food and refreshments will be provided, along with entertainment from the "Piano Man," Mike Schuler. Original tenants ... [Read More…]

The Air It Out Elite Academy conducted a spring camp session last weekend at The Fieldhouse Gym in Abilene. The Elite Academy is a branch of Air It Out Passing Camp and has been around for six years. The camps take place three times during the winter, spring and summer. Twenty-five middle and high school quarterbacks and 20 receivers attended ... [Read More…]

The fourth annual Trout Derby took place on Saturday at Cal Young Park. The event was hosted by Abilene Parks and Recreation and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Participants over the age of 17 had to provide a Texas fishing license before they could cast their fishing lines out into the creek. After doing so, they fished for the ... [Read More…]