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Volume 2026 August 6

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Set Your Rack

A Texas Hill Country tournament plays for rescue dogs on Tuesday

Paw Jongg for Pups is set for August 11 at the Church at Horseshoe Bay, with proceeds going to Highland Lakes Canine Rescue.

Highland Lakes Canine Rescue lists Paw Jongg for Pups on its events page for August 11, 2026. The rescue says the tournament raises vital funds to support its mission to save, rehabilitate and rehome abandoned dogs with special needs.

A Texas mah jongg tournament calendar lists the venue as the Church at Horseshoe Bay, in the Hill Country northwest of Austin, and says registration opened June 1 through the rescue's own site. Neither listing states a table count or an entry price, so anyone hoping for a seat five days out should follow the rescue's ticket link rather than assume.

One clarification, because the two are easily confused. This is not the Horseshoe Bay Resort tournament, which is a separate event on separate dates in September.

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The Academy for Lifelong Learning of Cape Cod opens a twelve week American mah jongg course on Monday, September 14, capped at twelve students.

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At the Table

A fifteenth annual tournament sets its tables in Richardson

The Lois Goldblatt and Barbara Wilpon Mah Jongg Tournament returns to the University of Texas at Dallas on September 27, and registration closes nine days before.

August 6, 2026 · Ryan Goldblatt Foundation

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