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July 2017

Life Off-Campus: BCS Events, July 6 - 9 teaser image
Here’s to hoping y’all took a day off from your reading & writing & arithmetic and had a wonderful 4th of July enjoying brats, fireworks, and celebrating the U.S.A. There’s lots to do this weekend, and I’m hoping to see some of you around. I’m particularly looking forward to First Friday and making a succulent beer can planter, which I will probably kill within a week because those are just the kind of thumbs I have.

Email me your pictures from around town at brittany {DOT} Segundo {AT} tamu.edu if you’d like to be featured in next week’s post! Let me know in the comments what I’ve missed.

This weekend:
Thursday, July 6
  • Aggie Women First Thursday at Messina Hof Wine Cellar, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
    Free-ish
    There will be a cash bar at this informal networking social hour hosted by the Aggie Women, which is open to the public.
     
Friday, July 7
  • July First Friday in Historic Downtown Bryan, 6:00 – 10:00 pm
    If you haven’t been to First Friday yet, you’re missing out on a BCS institution! Well, from what I can tell, based on a year in BCS. Musicians and bands play on the sidewalk, and Brice and The Lonesome Strings will be playing at the Palace Theater at 7:30. The classic movie 1776 will be showing at Square One Downtown Bryan Event Center and Loft, and, if that isn’t enough, the Bryan Animal Center will be out in front of Carnegie with some adorable animals. Besides, Brazos Cedar Works will be having a drawing for a $50 gift card…so…see you there?
    Listen here:
    Take Me Down by Brice and the Lonesome Strings
  • Midnight Express In Concert at Grand Stafford Theater, 8:30 – 11:00 pm
    Free General Admission
    From the event page, “The Big Sound of Midnight Express will roll in…to perform a Set of the Top Hits from the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s and more!”

Saturday, July 8
  • Outdoor Yoga at Lake Walk at Lake Walk Town Center, 8:00 am – 9:00 am
    Free
    From the event page: “Classes are catered to a wide range of audiences and ages…Please bring your own mat, water, and towel.”
  • Saturday July 8th Market at 500 N Main St, Bryan, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
    Free-ish
    From the event page: “We will have music by Reagan Quinn and food by Aggieland Pita Pit and breakfast tacos by Chilly Willy's Hawaiian Ice, LLC. Besides all the great produce, jams, jellies, pickles, baked goods and many other items.” Listen here:
    Someone Reagan Quinn
  • Beer Can Succulents hosted by Bryan/College Station Girls Pint Out at Blackwater Draw Brewing Co. (Downtown Bryan Location – 701 N. Main, Bryan), 2:00 – 4:00 pm
    Ticket: $11.34 (with service fee) – MUST be purchased in advance The ticket price includes a succulent, potting soil, and one beer. A local gardener will be there to offer insight and expertise.
  • Beekeeper Tim Elliot at Larry J. Ringer Public Library, 3:00 – 4:00 pm
    Free
    Tim Elliot, one of only seven master beekeepers in all of Texas, will share the “inner workings of a bee hive, what beekepers do, [and] how to become an apprentice beekeeper.” He will also conduct a demonstration involving live bees. This event is for adults (18+) only.

Sunday, July 9 Upcoming & Ongoing:
  • Cheers to Craft Beer in Historic Downtown Bryan, TX, July 22
    Tickets: $30, includes “a keepsake tasting glass, a koozie, a map of all of the participating merchants in Downtown Bryan, and the opportunity to taste different beers at participating Downtown merchants!”
    Purchase advance cash tickets for $25 at participating locations.

Brittany Segundo  | Industrial and Systems Engineering
 
Brittany Segundo is a PhD student in the department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and president-elect of the INFORMS student chapter.
 

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