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Looking for a special event to commemorate the closing of the year? The Westin Riverwalk in San Antonio is hosting a Fire & Ice New Year’s Eve party on Dec. 31 from 9:30 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. Guests are encouraged to dress up in holiday attire and add a masquerade mask to ring in the new year.

Wimberley Valley Arts and Cultural Alliance to hold StoryFest 2023

Dear Readers, Every year during the holiday season, the library gets questions about entertaining and etiquette. What follows is a sampling of those questions:

Austin’s oldest film festival, aGLIFF, announces a special event and screening of the Whitney Houston biopic musical “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.” A private screening of the film will be held at 7 p.m. on Dec. 28 at the Galaxy Theatres Austin, located at 6700 Middle Fiskville Road. Hosted by All American Goddess at Large Nadine Hughes, the screening will feature a pre-movie Whitney Houston singalong with Austin-based musician Tina G.

Entertaining is a big part of the holiday season. Calendars are packed this time of year with gatherings with friends, family and professional colleagues.

Tanger Outlets San Marcos is official Scout Elf Adoption Center

The San Marcos Art League is hosting its annual Food Drive for the Hays County Food Bank and, with the help of several local artists, will be donating the proceeds from a variety of artwork purchases this holiday season. This year, local artists have joined the Art League in donating different works in order to raise money for the Hays County Food Bank through the San Marcos Art Center in Downtown San Marcos. A portion of the proceeds will be donated from any purchase of a glass Christmas tree, ornament on the Art League tree inside the Art Center or any works marked as part of the fundraiser.