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From the Grackle

Things to Do in Waco This Weekend

October 1–4

Food & Drink

Food & Drink: October 2026

A Shucking Good Corn Chowder

Waco Chat

Wade Bowen & Jill Goss

Red Dirt Country Music Artist and President of the Bowen Family Foundation; Vice President of the Bowen family Foundation

In this Month’s Magazine

Rebecca Malcik

Partnership Marketing Manager, Magnolia

By Susan Bean Aycock

Insider’s Guide to Silobration

A celebration of art, music and community

By Emily Ober

Building the City That Waco Wants

How city officials attract new businesses, and why we still don’t have a Trader Joe’s

By Gretchen Eichenberg

From the Grackle

The 254

Featured Events

Swatch Nines Surf & Skate

Oct 10, 2026 — Show starts at 2:00 p.m.

Waco’s Calendar of Events

October 1, 2026

Aquí, Escuchar at the Martin Museum of Art
From 12:00 am - 11:59 pm at Martin Museum of Art, 60 Baylor Ave, Waco, TX 76706, USA / More Info
Paradise Tossed at the Martin Museum of Art
From 12:00 am - 11:59 pm at Martin Museum of Art, 60 Baylor Ave, Waco, TX 76706, USA / More Info
"Attack of the Bloodsuckers!"
From 12:00 am - 11:59 pm at Mayborn Museum Complex, 1300 S University Parks Dr, Waco, TX 76706, USA / More Info
Chamber of Commerce Networking Forum
From 11:30 am - 12:30 pm at 6700 American Plaza studio b, Waco, TX 76712, USA / More Info

See More Events

Waco Chat

Wade Bowen & Jill Goss

Red Dirt Country Music Artist and President of the Bowen Family Foundation; Vice President of the Bowen family Foundation

DJ Lagway

Quarterback for the Baylor Bears

Annie Carrell

Assistant Director of Spirits & Traditions, Baylor University

from the Publisher

Michelle Johnson

Local Dining

From the Island to Your Plate

Tru Jamaica dishes up authentic Caribbean flavors

Crafted for Connection

AC Bar + Kitchen’s menu relaunch invites community

A Neighborhood Place

Blaine’s Restaurant & Wine Shoppe brings Fine dining to richland hills

Food & Drink

Food & Drink: October 2026

A Shucking Good Corn Chowder

Food & Drink: September 2026

Let the Good Times Roll

A Look Back

Rediscovering Waco Through 25 Years of Storytelling

Travel : Brooklyn

The Best View of Manhattan is … Brooklyn?

Travel

By Robert F. Darden

Laura Lalani

Adviser | Writer | Homecoming Queen

By Megan Willome

April Andreas

Professor | Mother | Math and Science Nerd

By Gretchen Eichenberg

There’s More to Healthy Food than Greens

Harvest on 25th offers a fresh menu with all the flavor

By Emily Ober