{"id":82822,"date":"2025-12-10T06:36:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T06:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/82822\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T06:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T06:36:06","slug":"8-events-to-check-out-in-hays-county-this-january-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/82822\/","title":{"rendered":"8 events to check out in Hays County this January, February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tParticipate in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, a handful of 5Ks and more with this list of upcoming events in the Hays County area.<\/p>\n<p>This list is not comprehensive.<\/p>\n<p>Resolution Run<\/p>\n<p>For The Love of Go, a local nonprofit organization, will host its annual 5K that is open to all ages.<\/p>\n<p>Polar Bear Splash<\/p>\n<p>The city of Kyle is inviting area residents, ages 6 and older, to brave the frigid temperatures and dive into the new year.<\/p>\n<p>Walk-in Pottery Painting <\/p>\n<p>Buda-area residents can tap into their creativity at the Inspired Minds Art Center and paint a pottery piece of their choice. Each artwork will be fired in a kiln and available for pickup one to two weeks later.<\/p>\n<p>Benefit Gala<\/p>\n<p>The LBJ Museum of San Marcos will host its 20th annual Benefit Gala that will feature appetizers during a silent auction, a three-course dinner with wine and a cash bar, and guest speakers.<\/p>\n<p>Jan. 17, 6:30 p.m.$120 and up (tickets\/tables)LBJ Student Center, 109 Student Center Drive, San Marcos<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lbjmuseum.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.lbjmuseum.com<\/a>MLK Walk &amp; Celebration<\/p>\n<p>The Dunbar Heritage Association will honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Crossroads Memorial in downtown San Marcos before a silent walk to the Hays County Courthouse Square. It will be followed by a reception with free food and music at the Dunbar Recreation Center.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Ground Water Association Convention<\/p>\n<p>More than 500 water well professionals, groundwater science professionals and other leading industry representatives will be in attendance for educational exhibits, networking and scholarship fundraising.<\/p>\n<p>Jan. 28-29, times vary$20-$400, depending on event packageEmbassy Suites Hotel &amp; Conference Center, 1001 E., McCarty Lane, San Marcos<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tgwa.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.tgwa.org<\/a>25th annual Golden Sweethearts Ball<\/p>\n<p>The Valentine\u2019s celebration for San Marcos-area residents, ages 50 and older, will feature an \u201celegant dance,\u201d music, door prizes and a catered dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Spark Love 5K<\/p>\n<p>For The Love of Go and Ancora Ministries will host the fifth annual Spark Love 5K. Proceeds from the event will be invested in programs dedicated to feeding children in Central Texas and Guatemala.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Participate in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, a handful of 5Ks and more with this list&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[39453,132,134,133,18789,39982,39984,13982,39987,39983,39986,39985,2428,39988],"class_list":["post-82822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-5k","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-buda","tag-for-the-love-of-go","tag-golden-sweethearts-ball","tag-kyle","tag-lbj-museum-of-san-marcos","tag-martin-luther-king-jr-day","tag-polar-plunge","tag-resolution-run","tag-san-marcos","tag-texas-ground-water-association-convention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}