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Uh oh, guess what day it is. Guess what daay it is! Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike what day is it Mike? Regular listeners of KWVH Wake Up Club on Wednesdays will recognize this bit that host John Mc-Gimsey loves to play for his audience. Johnny Mac as he is known on the air, is all about sending his listeners off to work on the upbeat, playing popular hits from the 60s through the 90s that send out a sunny vibe.

The Birdsong Project, a historic and unprecedented outpouring of creativity by more than 220 music artists, actors, literary figures, and visual artists, won the 2024 GRAMMY for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. The artists came together to celebrate the joy that birds bring to the world and to elevate the message of the environmental threats they face. The project was produced by Grammy Award-winning music supervisor Randall Poster. Original music, artwork, and poetry performances are available on digital streaming platforms and as a limited-edition LP box set. All proceeds benefit Audubon’s mission to protect birds and the places they need. For more information go to https://www.audubon. org/birdsong-project.

The Wimberley Birding Society will host Rufus Stephens, an award-winning wildlife biologist, author, and one of the founders of the Texas Master Naturalist program, on February 26, at 10 a.m. at the Wimberley Community Center. He will be discussing his book, “Land Stewardship for Birds: A Guide for Central Texas,” co-authored by educator Jan Wrede, published in August 2023. The talk is open to the public.

The Wimberley Valley Chamber of Commerce is hosting a State-of-the-Eclipse luncheon February 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Wimberley Community Center.

Riffs, Roams and Raves uncovers the creative, noteworthy and accomplished in the Wimberley Valley and beyond with tips on who to hear, where to go and what to see from managing editor Teresa Kendrick.

Have you ever wanted to be a citizen-scientist? If so, you have a great opportunity this month with the Great Backyard Bird Count. The GBBC is a fun, free and easy way to collect data that will give scientists at the Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology an idea of how birds are faring in our beautiful Wimberley and how they might be helped and protected. I am only a casual backyard birder, but I plan to participate.

Lt. Gov Dan Patrick joined with the world’s largest investment firm to pitch investors on building natural gas power plants in Texas at a summit held last week in Houston.

The Wimberley Players announce the first production of its 2024 Season, “Shakespeare in Love,” that opens February 23 and continues weekends through March 17.

The Hill Country Community Band will present their first concert of the year, “Feste Italiana”, on February 18 at 4 p.m., at the First Baptist Church in Wimberley. Directed by Dr. Manuel Arambula, this free and family-friendly program will include “some Italian blockbusters” such as “The Pines of Rome” by Ottorino Respighi, and transcribed by Guy M. Duker, “Nessum Dorma”, an aria from the final act of Puccini’s opera Turandot and one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera, and “Florentiner March”, an Italian Grand March, by Julius Fucik, Op.214, and edited by John R. Bourgeois.

The 220 Fine Art Gallery is hosting their first annual Lover’s Soiree and Toast to the Artists, February 17, from 5 to 9 p.m. A special, temporary exhibition of new work by Trisha McWaters awaits art lovers along with traditional Valentine’s Day treats of champagne, cherries and chocolate.