STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 History buffs and movie fans are invited to Tarleton State University\u2019s W.K. Gordon Center at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, to enjoy a glass of Bluffdale Vineyards wine and chat about the history of Thurber, Texas, and the outgoing exhibition, \u201cThe Face of Cinema: Evolution of Movie Posters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tickets for\u00a0the museum’s History Happy Hour\u00a0are $15 each, and your empty glass goes home with you.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tickets are available at the W.K. Gordon Museum\u2019s online gift shop \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/tarletonstate.us\/historyhappyhour<\/a>. Advance purchase is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For assistance call 254-968-1886,\u00a0gordoncenter@tarleton.edu<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter\/#upcomingevents<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center\u2019s main gallery tells the story of Thurber, Texas, a company owned coal mining and brick making town. The town owned and operated by the Texas & Pacific Coal and Oil Company started in 1886 and closed in 1936. The center is at 65258 Interstate 20, Exit 367, in Mingus and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More information is available at 254-968-1886,\u00a0gordoncenter@tarleton.edu<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter\/#upcomingevents<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 History buffs and movie fans are invited to Tarleton State University\u2019s W.K. Gordon Center at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, to enjoy a glass of Bluffdale Vineyards wine and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":46929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[382,424],"tags":[442,460],"class_list":["post-46927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-arts-events","tag-community-events","tag-w-k-gordon-center-for-industrial-history-of-texas"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"priddle","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/priddle-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/08\/6307-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["_Homepage<\/a>","Arts & Events<\/a>"],"unlinked":["_Homepage<\/span>","Arts & Events<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Community Events<\/a>","W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Community Events<\/span>","W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on August 23, 2022","modified":"Updated on August 25, 2022"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on August 23, 2022 11:10 am","modified":"Updated on August 25, 2022 3:16 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Brick building with large windows and a sloped lawn.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}