🐣 Your Easter weekend, handled.

Good morning, Waco! This is The Waco Buzz, the newsletter that feels like cracking open a plastic Easter egg and actually finding real money inside.

Let’s get to it!
— Sam Harper

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🐣 Your Easter Weekend

Tonight is First Friday, and downtown is doing something a little different this month. National Poetry Month means readings, art, and an excuse to wander in and out of places you've been meaning to try. Full list of participating businesses at 1stfridaywaco.com.

One thing worth knowing before you plan Saturday: a big storm is rolling in and temperatures are expected to drop back into the 50s by Sunday morning. Get your outdoor plans locked in for Saturday and save Sunday for brunch.

Egg Hunts Around Waco

🥚 Hewitt Community Easter Egg Hunt at Hewitt Park on Saturday. The hunt starts exactly at 10am

🥚 Community Easter Egg Hunt at Seley Park on Saturday at 12pm with 10,000 hidden eggs, free food, and a relaxed park setting. Free to the public and one of the bigger hunts in town.

🥚 Easter Festival at Western Belle Farm Friday and Saturday starting at 10am both days. Admission includes over 30 farm activities, chick holding, apple blasting, and crowd-free egg hunting for kids 10 and under.

🍳 Easter Brunch Worth the Reservation

If you haven't locked down Easter brunch yet, do it today. Sunday is going to be cool and quiet and perfect for a long meal somewhere good.

Opal's Oysters | 228 S. 8th St. | Sunday 10am-4pm | Lobster rolls, a prime rib carving station, shaved-truffle deviled eggs, and a patio that feels like the Gulf Coast dropped into downtown Waco. Went here last year, did not disappoint. Reservations

The Brasserie at Hotel 1928 | 701 Washington Ave. | Southern classics inside one of the most beautiful rooms in the city. The Dr Pepper fudge cake alone is worth showing up for. Easter bunny will be there and one winner will win a free stay at the hotel. Reservations

Call ahead to confirm Easter Sunday hours before making plans.

🛹 Tony Hawk Rolled Through Waco Earlier this week, Tony Hawk made a quiet stop at Sul Ross Skatepark and left a signed skateboard behind. No announcement, just the GOAT showing up and leaving something for the community. Check it out.

Buddy is a one-and-a-half-year-old Dachshund mix at Fuzzy Friends Rescue, and at 16 pounds he is exactly the right size to take up just enough of the couch to make it his. He's got the long body, the big personality, and the kind of face that makes it very hard to say no to anything he wants.

If you've been thinking about adding a dog to the family, Buddy is ready. Stop by Fuzzy Friends Rescue this weekend or learn more about Buddy here.

🎬 Let Me Clear Something Up Wednesday's post about Blockbuster coming to Waco this fall? Not real. Please check the date of that post. April 1st, if you forgot. That said, hundreds of Wacoans let me know they would show up so if someone wants to make it happen, the demand is there.

🎂 Cake Party On Tuesday I floated the idea of a Waco Buzz Cake Party and the response was 99% approval. Time to start figuring out how to make it happen. The idea is everyone brings a cake, gets to meet new people, and enjoy one of God's greatest gifts to mankind. I'll start meeting with some folks in Waco's cake world and keep you posted. For now, I'll be spending the weekend learning how to correctly pronounce and apply ganache.

🎓 Social Studies this coming Thursday Dr. Leslie Hahner is a Baylor professor whose research on propaganda and visual persuasion has been featured in The Atlantic and BBC World News. At Social Studies next Thursday, she takes us from WWII propaganda posters to the social algorithms reshaping how we think today. Doors open at 6:30. Lecture starts at 7.👉 Get a ticket here.

Welcome to Open House, where this week's pick is a quiet cul-de-sac retreat near Lake Waco that makes a strong case for having no back neighbors.

👉 Take your best guess at the list price, then peek at the photos and answer here.

Have an upcoming event everyone should know about? Let us know here.

🎈 Friday, April 3:

First Friday Downtown National Poetry Month - All evening
Western Belle Farm Easter Festival - 10am

Magnolia Easter Egg Hunts @ Magnolia Silos - 10 am

Annual Good Friday Crawfish Boil @ Helberg BBQ - 11am

Baylor Baseball vs BYU @ Magnolia Field - 6:30 pm
Baylor Softball vs Houston @ Getterman Stadium - 6:30 pm

FRIDAY LIVE MUSIC
Pappy Check @ Magnolia Silos - 1pm
Serendipity with Brian Brown @ Uncle Dan's BBQ - 6:30pm
Willie Snell @ Blue Pup Wine & Martini Bar - 7pm
La Dolce Vita @ Lounge '93 - 7pm
JP & Jon Fox @ Lounge '93 - 7:30pm
Stan Wilfong @ The Grape Wine Bar and Bistro - 8pm
Bobby Dean & the Timeless Country Band @ The Will - 8pm
Broke LJ & Abby Smith @ Twisted Sisters Patio Bar - 8pm
Logan Ryan Band @ The Backyard - 8:30pm

🎈 Saturday, April 4:

Beast of the Brazos Trail Run @ Cameron Park - 7am

Waco Downtown Farmers Market @ Bridge Street Plaza - 9am

Yoga Flow @ Milo - 9am

Hewitt Community Easter Egg Hunt @ Hewitt Park - 10am

Story Time & Egg Hunt @ Carleen Bright Arboretum - 10am

Western Belle Farm Easter Festival - 10am

Easter Celebration @ China Spring’s Cougar Stadium - 11am

"Healing and Resilience" Gallery Opening @ Art Center Waco - 11am-2pm | Free

Community Easter Egg Hunt @ Seley Park - 12pm

Baylor Baseball vs BYU @ Magnolia Field - 1pm

Baylor Softball vs Houston @ Getterman Stadium - 2pm

SATURDAY LIVE MUSIC
JP & Jon Fox @ Lounge '93 - 7pm
Jazz Saturdays @ Segovia Wine Bar - 7pm
The Taylor Tots @ MARIE'S Wine Bar - 7pm
Brandon Johnson @ Waco Ale Co. -7pm
D-Rail Acoustic @ Barnett's Whiskey House - 8pm
Chris Whitten @ Twisted Sisters Patio Bar - 8pm
Keegan McInroe @ Texas Music Cafe - 8pm
Mark McAllister @ The Will - 8pm
Huser Brothers Band @ The Backyard - 8:30pm

🎈Sunday, April 5:

Easter Sunday in Waco is a day celebrated across the city at churches marking the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Worth noting as you make your weekend plans: Target, Aldi, Sam's Club, Lowe's, Kohl's, Best Buy, and H-E-B are all closed for Easter.

👀 Looking Ahead

🏓 Waco Table Tennis Club Tournament April 11 hosted at The Center More information on how to register here.

🌟 Light Up the Dark 5K April 18 at Cameron Park Zoo
Unbound Now's glow-in-the-dark 5K raises funds for anti-human trafficking work in Waco. Food trucks, music, zoo experiences, finisher medal. Price goes up after April 10. 👉 runsignup.com/Race/TX/Waco/lutn

🏃 Race ONE | Mission Waco April 25 at Jubilee Park You get to vote on which Mission Waco program gets your entry fee, finish with food and neighbors in the park. Residents of Brook Oaks and Sanger Heights run free. 👉 MissionWaco.org

💼 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.

🚜 Equipment Sales - WCTractor has been family-owned since 1939 with 15 locations across Texas, and their Waco team is growing. If you know your way around hay equipment or just love being out in the field building relationships, this one's worth a look. Base salary plus uncapped commission as a full time role.

💻 Customer Success Project Manager - AxisCare is a Waco-headquartered software company helping home care agencies across all 50 states manage scheduling, billing, and more. This role is all about turning complex product knowledge into clear, engaging learning experiences for customers.

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