March means spring break and special programs at the library. On Tuesday, March 16, from 10 a.m. until noon, members of the Native Plant Society will be helping with plant-related arts and crafts projects. This will be a new twist on our usual art event and we think it will be fun and educational. Wednesday [...]

The Williamson County Chamber Ensemble (woodwinds and horns) will perform for your pleasure on Sunday, March 21, from 2 to 4 p.m. The ensemble is composed of professional and amateur musicians who play together because they love music. (They all have day jobs that span the spectrum from music educator to scientist.) Members of the [...]

The Main Street Program is excited to announce that the inaugural Georgetown Swirl event has sold out.
Tonight starting at 6 p.m., the lucky 250 people with tickets will be able to sample offerings from nine wineries and local restaurants at locations around the downtown Square. There will be a silent auction in the Williamson County [...]

Our audience loved Jim Fain’s romantic guitar music last February so we’ve invited him back. He’ll be here on Sunday, February 21, from 2 to 4 p.m., with A Premium Blend (cellist Julia Cory and pianist Brenda Bedell) and an expanded repertoire. This year they will perform some Spanish and flamenco guitar pieces and some [...]

The next author in the Friends of the Library’s Hill Country Authors Series is Stephen Harrigan, a resident of Texas since he was five and a writer who hasn’t yet run out of things to write about Texas. Harrigan’s four Texas novels: Aransas (1980), Jacob’s Well (1984), Gates of the Alamo (2000), and Challenger Park [...]

The Georgetown Swirl…Sip, Savor, Shop event is coming to the Georgetown Square to kick-off Valentine’s weekend on Friday, February 12. Like a grown-up scavenger hunt, participants can walk around the downtown district to sample fine food and wine at a variety of local shops from 6 to 9 p.m.
The Georgetown Main Street Advisory Program and [...]

The Georgetown Public Library, 402 W. 8th Street, will host a traveling exhibit from the Hatikvah Holocaust Education Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, from January 17 through February 13. Congregation Havurah Shalom of Sun City is sponsoring the 27-panel exhibit, A Reason to Remember. Through photos, documents, and images of artifacts, visitors to the exhibit will [...]

The Georgetown Square is the subject of a new marketing campaign that started December 10. Messages on three existing billboards along Interstate 35 encourage drivers to stop and “Savor the Georgetown Square.”

The billboard messages were developed by the Main Street program’s Economic Restructuring Committee volunteers and Economic Development department staff. The goal is to inform [...]

Residents of Georgetown have two new places to share news of their latest Georgetown finds: shop.georgetown.org and its sister site Facebook.com/ShopGeorgetown. These sites have been created as a way to remind residents of all the terrific items that can be found right here in Georgetown, as well as to encourage visitors to come to town [...]

The Breast Cancer Resource Centers of Texas accepted a check for $4,500 on Tuesday from the Georgetown Association of Professional Firefighters. The donation was a result of money raised from the Pink Heals Tour stop in Georgetown this fall. Georgetown firefighters raised money through the sale of 1,000 special Pink Heals T-shirts.

Pictured above are, front [...]