Events for April 13, 2024

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Passive Program: Make Your Own Chess Set

Ector County Library
Humanities

**Ongoing monthly activity available at the Children’s circulation desk.** This month’s passive program is a fun adventure of wits and strategy – each chess move is a step towards exciting victories! Pick up supplies at the Children’s circulation desk to make your own chess set. Later in the month we will have a special Chess Class on April 22, 2024. Come to the basement activity room and learn to play chess with Chase Ross, the chess coach for Goddard JHS and Bunche Elementary School in Midland. Learn to move your pawns, the moves a knight can make, and how to checkmate your opponent.

Ongoing

Awkward Family Photos: The Exhibition

Ellen Noel Art Museum 4909 E. University, Odessa
Museum

Face it, every family has their awkward moments, there is no way around it. Awkward Family Photos: The Exhibition, aims to explore the imperfectly perfect moments that come with being a family, while taking comfort in the fact that your family is not alone. Awkward Family Photos features over 200 authentic photographs, each framed in vintage, era appropriate frames, capturing the essence of awkward family moments. Visitors will not only enjoy the visual display but also delve into the hilarious “behind the awkwardness” stories shared by the actual families involved. Created by the minds behind AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com, this exhibition has been on the road since 2012, capturing audiences with its humor and relatability. Whether you’re looking for a delightful family outing or seeking a good laugh, Awkward Family Photos is an exhibition you won’t want to miss. Open March 21 – June 2, 2024 Opening day is March 21st.

Brahms! – Masterworks Series

Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center 1310 FM 1788, Midland
Music

Reuben Kebede, violin Violin Concerto - SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Variations on a Theme by Haydn -  JOHANNES BRAHMS Hungarian Dances - JOHANNES BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture - JOHANNES BRAHMS Side-by-side with UTPB Orchestra & Local Students Featuring violinist Reuben Kebede, with the resident graduate string quartet at Juilliard, and favorites for orchestra by Brahms.