🥇 Going for gold

Good morning, Waco. This is The Waco Buzz, the local newsletter that's as satisfying as finding the closest parking spot to the door at HEB.

Let’s get to it!
— Sam Harper

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🏃 A Big Weekend for Waco's Fastest
The Clyde Hart Track & Field Classic is back at Baylor today and Saturday, named after the legendary coach who trained Olympic gold medalists including Michael Johnson. Coach Hart passed away on November 1, 2025 at the age of 91. This year they're holding a 50-meter dash open to local kids, with a chance to crown Waco's fastest young runner. Notable three time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas, Olympic heptathlon gold medalist Dalilah Muhammad, and members of the Jamaican track team will be competing among many others. General admission tickets are $11.

👉 Clyde Hart Classic details

Saturday morning the Bearathon returns, with the half-marathon starting at 7 a.m. and the Sic 'Em 6K at 8 a.m., both kicking off at McLane Stadium Plaza. Road closures run from 7 a.m. to noon along the route, so plan alternative routes if you're driving in the area that morning.

👉 Full details at the Baylor Student Foundation website

🐶 Mutt Madness Semifinals Are

Lucy Pearl won her quarterfinal by one vote. Tidus held on by three.

Now we're down to two semifinal matchups: Lucy Pearl vs. Tidus and Lilah vs. Luka. The finals get set Saturday morning and the champion gets crowned in Tuesday's newsletter. Vote, share it, and know that your participation already helped us send $400 to Fuzzy Friends Rescue this week.

👉 Vote: Lucy Pearl vs. Tidus & Lilah vs. Luka

👩‍🏫 100 Years of Teaching, One Couple
Last weekend, Vanguard and hundreds from around Waco honored Joe and Patty Flowers, who together logged 100 years in the classroom. Hard to imagine how many lesson plans, parent-teacher conferences, and pencils launched across the room that represents. A combined century of showing up for kids. That deserves a standing ovation.

🚇 Waco Almost Got a Tesla Tunnel
To the surprise of everyone and no one at the same time, Waco made the final 16 cities being considered for a tunnel system built by Elon Musk's Boring Company. We can call it the Tunnel Sweet 16. We did not advance further into the tunnel tournament. Shocking, we know.

They landed on Dallas, New Orleans, and Baltimore, but we'll always have the moral victory of making the bracket.

🎓 Social Studies — April 9 Dr. Leslie Hahner is a Baylor communication professor who studies how language and images shape the way we think. Her talk, Propaganda & Persuasion: From WWII to Right Now, couldn't be more timely.

Social Studies is all about meeting neighbors and engaging with world-class lectures in unexpected places around Waco. If you've been trying to make sense of what you're seeing in the news and on social media lately, this is a great one to come to.👉 Get a ticket here.

🍽 Waco Buzz Dinner Club — April 29 Take the quiz, get matched with five others and come out to meet some new friends. Optional after party details will be shared at dinner.👉 Grab your seat here.

Welcome to Open House, where this week's pick is a 1938 English Tudor in Dean Highland that proves they really did build them different back then.

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🎈 Friday, March 27:

Clyde Hart Classic Day 1 @ Hart Track Complex - Tickets
Field events start at 11 AM and running events start at 5:30 PM

Watercolor Workshop @ Magnolia - 4 PM

FRIDAY LIVE MUSIC
Freddy Kearney @ Magnolia Silos - 10 AM
Langley Cerovich @ Magnolia Silos - 1 PM
Aaron Watson Live @ The Backyard Bar Stage and Grill - 6 PM
Out Loud @ Lounge ‘93 - 7:30 PM
Sundae Drivers @ The Will - 8 PM
Lucas Jon Turner @ Freight Bar - 8:30 PM

🎈 Saturday, March 28:

Waco Downtown Farmers Market @ Bridge Street Plaza - 9 AM

Car Meet Extravaganza @ 1001 Webster Ave - 9 AM

Easter Festival @ Western Belle Farm - 10 AM

Small Business Resource Fair @ Waco Multi-Purpose Facility - 10 AM

Party on the Parkway @ 203 Colonnade Pkwy - 11 AM

Sanger Heights Garden Fest @ Seley Park - 1 PM

Walk & Talk with Friends of Cameron Park @ Nellies Pretty Place - 1:30 PM

Rootstock Wine Festival 2026 @ Earle-Harrison House - 2 PM

Dear Edwina @ Waco Civic Theatre - 7:30 PM Tickets

SATURDAY LIVE MUSICE
Langley Cerovich @ Magnolia Silos - 10 AM
Justin Rosolino @ Magnolia Silos - 1 PM
The Mister Fantastic Band @ Barnett’s - 7:15 PM
The Crue - Tribute to Motley Crue @ The Backyard - 8 PM
Johnny Bustamante & The Yacht Crew @ The Will - 8 PM

🎈Sunday, March 29:

HomeGrown Sunday Market @ The Will - 1 PM

Dear Edwina @ Waco Civic Theatre - 2:30 PM

Bohemian Pirates @ The Will - 3 PM

👀 Looking Ahead

🍖 Texas Food Truck Showdown — April 11 Ten years in and this one keeps getting better. The statewide food truck competition returns to Heritage Square in downtown Waco for a full day of food, live music, and family fun.

🎸 Post Malone + Jelly Roll at McLane — May 19 Two of the biggest names in music, one night in Waco. 👉 Tickets here

🎤 Henry Cho — October 2 & 3 | Waco Hippodrome Night one is already sold out. Grab tickets for October 3 before that one goes too.

💼 Product Owner — American Amicable If you're the person at work who translates between the business side and the tech team and somehow keeps everyone sane, American Amicable wants to meet you. Hybrid, great benefits, five years of experience preferred.

🩺 Family Medicine Residency Director — Waco Family Medicine is looking for a physician who wants to train the next generation of doctors. Waco Family Medicine has been doing that work for a long time and needs the right person to lead it.

📣 Marketing & PR Director — Heart of Texas Goodwill If you're a Waco marketer looking to put your skills to work for a cause you already believe in, Goodwill is hiring someone to run their whole communications operation. Press releases, events, media relationships, social media, the whole thing. Three years of experience and a marketing or comms degree preferred.

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