Weekly Newsletter

March 2, 2026

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Belton is getting a new mural.

As part of the Belton Area Chamber of Commerce Leadership Belton program, one of this year’s teams is leading an effort to bring a large-scale public mural to the exterior of the Belton Public Library in downtown Belton. The mural is intended to reflect the heart of our community and create a lasting visual landmark.

The mural will be professionally designed and painted by the muralist team Laced and Found and created specifically for Belton.

This is a fully community-funded project.

The team is currently raising $25,000 to cover artist fees, materials, equipment, and installation. The project has already received early community support, and the team is grateful for those who have stepped forward.

Those who would like to be part of this meaningful community initiative are invited to learn more.

More details are available at: https://beltonmural.com

#BetterTogether #LeadershipBelton #DowntownBelton #BeltonTX

Schoepf's BBQ ~ Cody Hibbard

March 5 at 6pm

Cody Hibbard – Acoustic Night at Schoepf’s

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Schoepf’s – Belton, TX

Intimate Acoustic Performance

Belton Parks and Recreation

Get Ready for PICKLEBALL MANIA!

Belton Parks & Rec is serving up TWO days of fun, competition, and community at Pickleball Mania — and you won’t want to miss it!

Thursday, March 5

FREE Intro to Pickleball Sessions

No registration required

Sessions at 9 AM & 6 PM

Whether you’re brand new or just want to give it a try, come learn the game everyone is talking about!

Friday, March 6

Ready to compete? Grab your paddle and join the action!

Pickleball Tournament

Registration required

$40 per person

Starts at 6:30 PM

Enjoy food trucks, giveaways, prizes, and plenty of high-energy fun at Chisholm Trail Park!

Secure your tournament spot now: Rec.us/belton

All ages and skill levels are welcome — so bring your friends, your family, and your game face!

Bell County Museum ~ Historic Escape Games

March 6th, 6pm - 8:15pm

There has been a crime at the museum and it is up to you to find the culprit! You have 60 minutes to work together, solve the crime, and escape!

There are 2 game times for the Robbery game: 6:00pm and 7:15pm

Tickets are $12/person. Pre-registration is required. Games are private and limited to 8 guests (ages 13 years and older) of the same group per game time. Players under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult player.

Submit one form per group as all games are private. Please be mindful of the age requirements. Payments can be made through the payment link on the registration form below.

Join us for Feeling Lucky – High Tea, a festive twist on Ruby Tearoom’s classic evening High Tea service.

This elevated experience features warm, savory bites, indulgent sweets, and playful seasonal touches inspired by a little extra luck.

Elevated evening High Tea

Warm savories and decadent sweets

Optional Lucky Tea Flight tasting

A cozy, playful, and elegant way to enjoy a spring evening at the tearoom.

Please note:

This experience features a set menu and we cannot accomodate dietary or food allergies.

TICKETS

This is our 9th Annual CASA 5K Race and Fun Run. Our unique loop running course in Temple was voted “Best 5K Route” last year by our race participants. Come run our fully paved, well-marked, and measured route on Saturday, March 7th. The route is excellent for serious runners as well as those who enjoy supporting a great cause with a fun run. This is a chip-timed race with official results. In addition to all of the running prizes for the various age categories, our race includes prizes for “Best in Theme” dressed runners, largest club/group participation prize, youngest and oldest runners, and an award for the runner that travels the farthest to participate. Have fun and support CASA of Bell and Coryell Counties – join us on Saturday, March 7th as we run for CASA!

Come join us for the first market of the year at Highland Acres! Amazing vendors, delicious treats, fluffy animals, live music and fun for the whole family!

This large-scale hiring event will feature dozens of employers from a variety of industries and professions, all in one place. Whether you’re job searching, considering a career change, or ready for a fresh start, this event connects you directly with employers.

Multiple industries

In-person employer connections

Opportunities for all experience levels

Bring your résumé and spring forward into your future!

Belton Public Library

Join us on Tuesday, March 10 at 4:00 PM for a fun and interactive class designed just for kids ages 7–10!

Help your child build smart money habits early — in a way that’s easy to understand and fun to learn!

Spots may fill quickly, so be sure to join us! Link in the comments to register or give us a call at 254.933.5830.

Registration

Bold Republic Brewery

March 14th @10am

4th Annual Shamrock Shuffle

Lace up and get ready, Temple! The 4th Annual Shamrock Shuffle is back—bringing green gear, good vibes, and plenty of local fun to the streets of Temple.

Whether you’re running, walking, or just here for the post-shuffle celebration, this annual tradition is all about community, movement, and St. Patrick’s Day spirit. Grab your friends, throw on some green, and join us for a morning of fun capped off with well-earned celebration.

What to expect:

• 4th annual community Shamrock Shuffle

• All paces welcome — run or walk

• Festive vibes and local support

Mark your calendar, get shamrock-ready, and let’s keep this Temple tradition rolling.

TICKETS

Celebrate the season with Ruby Tearoom’s Luck of the Irish Afternoon Tea, a festive take on our classic Afternoon Tea service. Traditional three-course Afternoon Tea

Irish-inspired seasonal touches

Optional Lucky Tea Flight featuring Irish blends and green tea selections

A cozy and cheerful way to enjoy a spring weekend at the tearoom. Three services available at 11 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM.

Please note: This experience features a set menu. Gluten-free orders require 3-day advance notice. For food allergies or special accommodations, please contact the tearoom before booking.

TICKETS

Help us celebrate 4 yrs of business! We are having a cigar & bourbon night. Must be 21+ and buy 2 cigars pp or a $10 cover pp. Cigar Cut & Light with Faustino Cigars. This is a new line we brought into our humidor. They are bringing their roller who will be doing live demonstrations of rolling cigars!

We will be having a Bourbon Night also. Bring extra cash to buy raffle tickets for great prizes.

Free food while it lasts!

SPRING BREAK MADNESS

Bowling + Shoes • Laser Tag • Unlimited Video Game Play*

$19 per person • March 16-20 • We’re bringing the FUN for Spring Break!

Join us during Spring Break for all the Bowling, Laser Tag, and Video Games you can handle for only $19 per person! Available Monday-Friday from 11AM-Midnight! YES, $19 covers each of you for the entire day! Whether it’s just you and some friends, or you’re bringing the WHOLE FAMILY, join us for some great, affordable FUN during Spring Break!

*Redemption points, merchandise, and VR games not included. Must be 44″ tall to play Laser Tag. Walk-ins Only.

Join us during spring break for our Touch a Truck Event!

This FREE family-centric event will offer children a hands-on opportunity to explore working trucks of all types, as well as meet the people who build, protect, and serve the City of Belton. Touch-A-Truck provides the unique opportunity for children to explore vehicles of all types, including public service, emergency, and landscaping, all in one place!

Temple Civic Theatre presents: Cabaret

In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish.

Temple Civic Theatre's Spring Fest is back! Visit the Easter Bunny and join in one of our THREE Easter egg hunts! We will have vendors, music, games, and more!

Join us for our monthly market with an Easter twist. Great craft and treat vendors, fluffy animals, live music, and fun for the whole family!

CenTex SHRM Annual Conference: Celebrating 50 Years!

When: April 9^th

Where: Frank Mayborn Center Temple, TX

Time: 8:30AM – 5PM

Looking for sponsors! www.centexshrm.com

Temple Civic Theatre presents: Ken Ludwig's ~ Dear Jack, Dear Louise

U.S. Army Captain Jack Ludwig, a military doctor stationed in Oregon, begins writing to Louise Rabiner, an aspiring actress and dancer in New York City, hoping to meet her someday if the war will allow. But as the war continues, it threatens to end their relationship before it even starts. Tony Award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig (Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Lend Me a Tenor) tells the joyous, heartwarming story of his parents’ courtship during World War II and the results are anything but expected.

BBQ for a Cause!

Join us for an exciting, family-friendly Chamber Smoke-Off where local teams battle it out for BBQ bragging rights — all while supporting Feed My Sheep!

FREE admission

Taster cards available for purchase to sample competition BBQ and vote for "Peoples Choice Best Bell County BBQ"

Live music

Kid Zone

Local vendors

Raffle prizes

…and more!

Bring your appetite, bring the kids, and bring your friends for a day full of food, fun, and community impact. You won’t want to miss this!

We imagine a world where families in rural Nigeria no longer spend hours each day searching for what should be basic—clean, safe water.

If you believe in that future too, join us on April 25, 2026 | Temple, TX for GALA NITE—an elegant evening supporting life-changing clean water projects in rural Nigeria.

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Temple Civic Theatre presents: Rodgers & Hammerstein's ~ Oklahoma!

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, setting the standards and rules of modern musical theatre. In a Western territory just after the turn of the 20th century, a high-spirited rivalry between local farmers and cowboys provides a colorful background for Curly, a charming cowboy, and Laurey, a feisty farm girl, to play out their love story. Their romantic journey, as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road, contrasts with the comic exploits of brazen Ado Annie and hapless Will Parker in a musical adventure embracing hope, determination and the promise of a new land.

Temple Civic Theatre Guild presents:

Texas Hold 'Em Tournament

Join the fun with a classic Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament. Enjoy refreshments while you play or watch!

Saturday, July 18, 2026 7-10pm

$50 – Play, Food and Drink

$25 – Food and Drink Only

Come check out Central Texas' BIGGEST EVENT of the year!

Event: Bell County Comic Con

Date: Aug 1 & 2, 2026

Time: 10AM-6PM

Bringing together 80's, 90's, 00's Pop Culture, Celebrities, Artists, Vendors, Food Trucks, and More.

You don't want to miss it!

Get your tickets now:

www.bellcountycomiccon.com

Every student deserves the opportunity to pursue a Christian education, no matter their income. That's why we're introducing UMHB Promise — a free tuition program for eligible first-time freshmen and new transfer undergraduate students, beginning with the incoming fall 2026 class.

The program is open to students with a family income of $65,000 or less. For a complete list of requirements, visit www.umhb.edu/admissions

American Legion Post 55 Belton is holding a shoe drive collecting used, not torn-up shoes. They have a metal box on their porch at 101 W. Avenue A , Belton, to drop them off. They will be cleaned and then recycled to children without shoes all around the world.

Trim & Tonic

204 N Penelope Street Suite E1, Belton

Your spot for fresh cuts, calm atmosphere, and clean handmade products for the family!

Welcome to The Tea Club — Ruby Tearoom’s weekly CommuniTEA Table!

Every 3rd Thursday of the month at 3 PM, we set the table for connection, conversation, and a good cup of tea. Whether you’re coming solo, with a friend, or just curious to try tea & find communiTEA, this is your chance to join the club.

✨ Free to join — simply RSVP below so we know to save you a seat!

RSVP