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Festival Week: A summer’s worth of fun in seven days!

Friday, April 9th, 2010 by 

Have you seen the schedule for Festival Week? If you haven’t, pop over to SummerInTheCity.com and have a look. Trust me. There’s a lot going on in Hastings June 18-26 and you may want to start making plans now! This is especially true for the bookend events – the Cottonwood Festival and Flatwater Folk Festival. [...]

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Give “Just Lookin” A Look See

Thursday, March 25th, 2010 by 

The new one man show at Graham Gallery is called “Just Looking” and it is a must see event that you need to schedule soon. (It opened March 22nd and closes April 10th) The artist, Michael Neary is relatively new to Hastings.

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Whoopers and Hoopers: Before and after the game

Thursday, March 18th, 2010 by 

Are you in town for the mega-large Whoopers & Hoopers basketball tourney this weekend? Or maybe you’re just checking out TheHWord.com, written by the folks who live in Hastings, for the first time. In either case, here are a few tidbits from previous posts on TheHWord you may find helpful.

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Into the Mouth of (March) Madness

Monday, March 15th, 2010 by 

I began the day with high motivation and grand intentions of taking down the Christmas lights that are perched atop my gutters and silently threatening to stay there through the Ides of March. In order to embark on such a dreaded task, however, I deemed it necessary to first plop down on my couch for a moment of pre-chore motivational contemplation (read: “TV-watching”). In that precise moment, I became a victim of March’s silent productivity killer: madness—MARCH MADNESS.

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HA³C=GR8

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 by 

The Hastings African American Annual Convention (hence HA³C, also known as Black History Banquet) takes place every year, on the last Saturday of February at the Hastings Fairground. This year marked its 13th, and it grows bigger in attendance numbers each time.

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Taking Hastings “Higher”: An HJCT Theater Experience

Monday, March 1st, 2010 by 

Over the next few months, TheHWord.com will feature blog posts related to a theatre production being presented by the Hastings Junior Community Theatre (HJCT). This group will be performing “Higher”, an original play written by Superior, Nebraska, native AP Andrews. The initial post is from the playwright himself. Enjoy.

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Give a gift of art on Valentine’s Day

Monday, February 8th, 2010 by 

Just in time for Valentines Day, an event called “An Evening for Art Lovers” will be held Friday, February 12th at Graham Gallery in Hastings. It should be as advertised, a great evening for those who love art.

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Making a Difference In Hastings

Friday, January 15th, 2010 by 

I like the sense of community that I feel living here. I don’t have a lot of money to give to things that I am passionate it about, but I have time and energy, so I like to give that instead. I like Hastings because I feel like I can make a difference here.

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