The Calendar

Friday, April 8

• Libertarian Party of Texas 2016 State Convention; Norris Conference Center, 618 NW Loop 410, #207, San Antonio (April 8-10)
  
• Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association 139th annual Cattle Raisers Convention; Fort Worth Convention Center, 1201 Houston St., Fort Worth (April 8-10)
• Republican Party of Bexar County Lincoln Day Celebration with guest speaker Karl Rove; Alzafar Shrine, 901 North Loop 1604 W, San Antonio (6 p.m.)

Saturday, April 9

• Presidential nominating contest: Wyoming (Democratic only)
• Cocktails on the Colorado Gala, hosted by the Colorado River Alliance; Hotel Van Zandt, 605 Davis St., Austin (6 p.m.)

Wednesday, April 13

• SBOE District 9 candidate Keven Ellis fundraiser, with special guests state Reps. Dan Flynn, R-Canton, and Trent Ashby, R-Lufkin; Austin Club, 110 E. Ninth St., Austin (11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.)

Friday, April 15

• Texas Agricultural Land Trust event: Going, Going, Gone: Impacts of Loss of Rural Land on Water, Wildlife & Agriculture; Omni Corpus Christi Hotel, 900 N. Shoreline Blvd., Corpus Christi (9 a.m.-2 p.m.)
  

Tuesday, April 19

• Presidential nominating contest: New York
• State Sen. José Rodríguez, D-El Paso, fundraiser; Austin Club, 110 E. Ninth St., Austin (4:30-6 p.m.)

Thursday, April 21

• American Leadership Forum's annual Joseph Jaworski Leadership Award Dinner, honoring Melanie Gray and Mark Wawro with the Joseph Jaworski Leadership Award and Stephen Klineberg with the ALF Public Service Award; Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa, 111 N. Post Oak Ln., Houston (6:30 p.m.)