Library’s Online Podcast Club Focuses on the Great Outdoors in August

The next meeting of the University Branch Library’s Online Podcast Club will take place on Thursday, August 18, beginning at 6 pm. The theme for the month is “The Great Outdoors.” A link to the Webex meeting will be emailed to all who register. Similar to a book club, the Podcast Club provides an...

Fort Bend County Fair Talent Contest Entries Open

Do you have talent? The 2022 Fort Bend County Fair is seeking entries for the Talent Contest. Earn yourself some cash and bragging rights if you have the most talent. Entries of all kinds are being accepted. The competition is open to anyone who has musical, vocal, dance, or any other skill set. Musical...

Fort Bend County Fair Queen Candidates’ Enrichment Day

The Fort Bend County Fair’s Queen Enrichment Day took place this weekend; from the crown to careers, it was a success. The 2022 Fair Queen Candidates and 2021 Fair Queen Meadow Votis were part of the day’s events that offered life skills and business etiquette. The day began with a group workshop on...

Fort Bend County Fair Queen Candidates

The tradition of being Fort Bend County Fair Queen has begun. Twelve young ladies are in the chase for the crown and will be the recipient of the Fair Queen Scholarship. The candidates took part in a mandatory meeting, posed for pictures, and met with the Queen Scholarship Committee members. “For 2022,...

Texas Master Naturalists Complete Major Project

Members of the Coastal Prairie Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist Program recently completed a project to construct roosting racks for the incredible native birds that live and move through our community. The racks were built on an island in the middle of the Wetland Pond at Seabourne Creek Nature Park...

47th Annual Vintage Glass and Antique Show

Come on out to the 47th Vintage Glass and Antique Show and Sale on August 20th and 21st at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds, located at 4310 Hwy. 36 South in Rosenberg. Early shopping hours are 8 am to 10 am with an admission fee of $10, which is also good for regular shopping hours both Saturday and Sunday....

New and Expectant Moms are Invited to the Community Baby Shower at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital

Houston Methodist Childbirth Center at Sugar Land invites new and expectant moms – along with their partners and babies – to the annual Community Baby Shower from 10 am to 2 pm on Thursday, August 4th. This event is held in recognition of World Breastfeeding Week and will take place in the Brazos...

Fort Bend County Libraries’ Online Book Club to Discuss “The Lost City of The Monkey God”

Fort Bend County Libraries’ virtual book club – FBCL Reads– will meet online on Wednesday, June 22nd, beginning at 10 am. The book to be discussed is The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story, written by Douglas Preston. FBCL Reads book-club meetings will be live-streamed through Webex so that...

Fort Bend County Fair Queen Scholarship Contest

The Fort Bend County Fair is now accepting entries for contestants for the Fair Queen Scholarship Contest. The number of contestants is limited to the first 20 entries, and the registration deadline is June 13, 2022. A mandatory orientation meeting will be held on Sunday, July 10, 2022, at 2:30 pm at the...

OakBend Medical Center Plants Tree in Remembrance of Ann Council

On Tuesday, May 17th, OakBend Medical Center planted a tree in remembrance of Ann Council. Anna Mae (Ann) Covell Council, 85, of Richmond, Texas, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 24th, 2021. It was at Sam Houston State University where she met the love of her life Jeff Council and the two were...