Here's what's up in SETX,
A Broadway tour about pie in Orange, gumbo at a Port Arthur juke joint, and a free garden festival with pony rides in Beaumont. Busy week.
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Waitress Brings Its 10th Anniversary Tour To Orange
Photo: Lutcher Theater
Pie Hard : Grammy winner Sara Bareilles wrote the music and lyrics. Jenna, a small-town waitress and pie maker, sees a baking contest as her way out of an unhappy marriage.
Whisk Takers : Tony winner Diane Paulus directs, and Jenna's pies carry names like "The Key (Lime) to Happiness Pie" and "Betrayed By My Eggs Pie."
📍 Lutcher Theater for the Performing Arts, 707 Main Ave, Orange
🕐 Sat, Oct. 24 · 7 PM
🎟️ $68 to $128, fees included. Tickets at lutcher.org. Contains mature content.
Beaumont Botanical Gardens Throws Its Sixth Annual Fall Festival
Photo: Beaumont Botanical Gardens
Pony Up : A petting zoo, pony rides, nature crafts, face painting and a DJ fill the day. Costumes are welcome.
Gourd Time : The Jefferson County Master Gardeners run a kids' craft table, part of Beaumont's Museum Madness Month.
📍 Beaumont Botanical Gardens, 6088 Babe Zaharias Dr, Beaumont
🕐 Sat, Oct. 24 · 10 AM to 3 PM
🎟️ Free admission and parking
The Boudain Hut Serves Chicken And Sausage Gumbo In Port Arthur
Photo: Google Maps
Bowl Over : The Hut Gumbo is a large bowl of chicken and sausage gumbo over rice, with potato salad or fried okra. Boudain balls share the menu.
Floor Show : It is a small juke joint with a dance floor, and the painted sign out front reads "Live Music 5 Nights Weekly" and "Fresh Boudain Made Daily."
📍 5714 Gulfway Dr, Port Arthur, TX 77642 · (409) 962-5079
⏰ Opens 11 AM Tue to Sun · closed Mon. Call for closing time.
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Cottage Cuttings Sells Plants And Gifts In Orange
Photo: Google Maps
Root Cause : Patrick and Debbie McHenry began by selling cuttings at the local farmers market, and the Greater Orange Area Chamber cut the nursery's ribbon in April 2015.
Branch Out : The nursery stocks annuals, perennials, herbs, native plants, shrubs, fruit trees and vegetables, with curbside pickup.
📍 1315 Bancroft Rd, Orange, TX 77632 · (409) 571-3362 · cottagecuttings.com
⏰ Tue to Sat 9 AM to 5 PM · closed Sun and Mon
🎯 3 FUN THINGS TO TRY THIS WEEK
Kayaks on Village Creek, a marsh boardwalk at Sea Rim and a music hall of fame in Port Arthur, all open Monday.
✅ Register for Tuesday's Savage job fair : Sign up on WorkInTexas first. The fair runs Tue, Oct. 20, 10 AM to 1 PM, at 4680 FM 365, Port Arthur. KFDM →
✅ Take back old medicine by Saturday : Take Back Day runs Sat, Oct. 24, 10 AM to 2 PM, for pills, patches and sealed liquids. Find a drop-off at DEATakeBack.com. DEA →
✅ Pick up a free smoke alarm by Friday : Central Fire Station in Orange hands them out to residents Mon to Fri, 8 AM to 5 PM, while supplies last. City of Orange →
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📌 GOOD TO KNOW
🚧 Trail Closures : Village Creek State Park's Tupelo, Village Creek and Loblolly trails have been closed since Oct. 3 for storm damage. TPWD →
🚧 Limb Yard : Vidor's free limb yard on Watts Street reopened Oct. 6 for residents' vegetative debris. City of Vidor →
🎉 Hope Restored : Hope Restored opens its new, larger home with a ribbon cutting Tue, Oct. 20, 10 to 11 AM, at 3871 Stagg Dr, Beaumont. Chamber →
🏆 THE SPORTS DESK
🔴 Streak Snapped : Lamar football fell 31-34 at Southeastern Louisiana on Oct. 17, ending a four-game win streak. Homecoming vs. Houston Christian is Sat, Oct. 24, 3 PM, in Beaumont.
🏈 Friday Lights : West Brook 28, Beaumont United 14 · Nederland 38, Santa Fe 0 · Port Neches-Groves 34, Dayton 0.
🏈 Rivalry Round : Nederland meets Port Neches-Groves Fri, Oct. 23, 7 PM.
🕰️ THIS DAY IN SETX HISTORY
October 24, 1930 : J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson Jr. was born in Sabine Pass. He started as a teenage DJ at KTRM in Beaumont, and "Chantilly Lace" reached No. 6 in 1958.
Source: TSHA Handbook of Texas
💼 JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Industry pulse: Port Arthur held a Bechtel veterans fair on Oct. 7 and a fall job fair on Oct. 14.
🔧 Plant Maintenance Mechanic | City of Beaumont Water Utilities | Beaumont
$18.80 to $20.80 an hour, full time. A Class C license is required, with a Class A CDL within 6 months. Apply →
❄️ HVAC/R Assistant | Lamar University Building Maintenance | Beaumont
$33,330 to $43,329 a year. A high school diploma and 3 years in a building trade, including 1 on HVAC. Apply →
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📣 YOUR TURN
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🥧 Waitress is all about pie. Where do you go for a slice in SETX?
🍲 Chicken-and-sausage or seafood gumbo? Tell us your bowl.
🛶 Village Creek by kayak or Sea Rim on foot: which first?
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