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Kilgore's Wes Ferguson is working on a book about the Blanco River.

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The Unseen Sabine River

by Wes Ferguson | Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 1:02 pm CST

Hands on a Hardbody, a musical adaptation of the cult-classic documentary film, ran at San Diego’s La Jolla Playhouse in a production directed by Neil Pepe last summer.

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A Hard Body, Repossessed

Wed, Jan 16, 2013 |

Hands on a Hardbody, a musical adapted from the hard-to-find 1997 documentary Hands on a Hard Body, is set to open on Broadway March 21, following a seven-week run last spring at the La Jolla Playhouse in California. Read More

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