Page 3½ - June 14, 2018

The St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Picnic takes place in Ammannsville this Sunday, June 17. The parish will serve its famous fried chicken and sausage meal begining at 11 a.m. The Moravians and the Ennis Czech Boys will provide musical entertainment throughout the day. Here's a video of the Ennis Czech Boys playing in Ammannsville last year.

Red and White Gallery in Fayetteville will feature work by Houston artist Linda Hofheinz in the gallery's "Birds in Art" show, which opens this Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. Read about the the show on page C1. Check out some of Hofheinz's art below:

Coverage of the young musicians performing at Festival Institute in Round Top continues in today's issue of the paper. FCR intern Kara Koether interviewed 25-year-old cellist Claire Marie Solomon from Pelham, New York. You can follow Solomon on Instagram, where she often posts videos of herself playing the cello. Read more about Solomon on Page B4.

In case you missed it, here's a video of the Festival Hill opening on June 9 shared by Alain Declert on Facebook:

Fiddler Paul Schlesinger and his Texas Knights perform this Saturday at the St. Michael's Picnic in Winchester. Schlesinger was recently named as one of the top 5 western swing male vocalists of the year at the 22nd annual Will Rogers Academy of Western Artists awards banquet in March in Fort Worth. Read about Schlesinger on page A3. Below is a video of Schlesinger performing "The Old Fiddle" at Country Fellowship Church in College Station this past Easter.