Do your young ones have a passion for art, science, nature, and love to work with their hands? If so, a specialty art camp like Artist Boat’s Eco-Art Camps may just be the perfect fit. Camps run all summer long and can be taken a week at a time. Sign up now as spaces are limited to ensure small camp size and individual attention.
Artist Boat uses S.T.E.A.M., an educational approach to learning that uses science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics as access points for guiding student inquiry, dialogue, and critical thinking.
Artist Boat has won national recognition for its educational programs and is a leader in outdoor educational experiences for small groups led by scientists and artists.
Campers use the scientific method to investigate processes in our ocean. Each camp culminates in the creation of artworks that illustrate the knowledge that campers have acquired about our ocean. Camp sessions are designed for children Kindergarten-Sixth Grade and split into groups of ages 5-8 and ages 9-12.
Summer Camp sessions are $150 per week for half day sessions or $300 per week for full day sessions. Camps are held from 9am-12 noon and 1-4pm. Sessions are limited to 12 campers.
Register at artistboat.org/eco-art-camps. Dates and topics are:
- June 3rd-7th (Ages 5-8): “Fish Frenzy” and “Whale of a Time”
- June 10th-14th (Ages 9-12): “Shark Mania” and “Marine Inverts”
- June 17th-21st (Ages 5-8): “Off the Deep End” and “Fish Frenzy”
- June 24th-28th (Ages 9-12): “Whale of a Time” and “Shark Mania”
- July 8th-12th (Ages 5-8): “Marine Inverts” and “Off the Deep End”
- June 15th-19th (Ages 9-12): “Fish Frenzy” and “Whale of a Time”
- July 22nd-26th (Ages 5-8): “Shark Mania” and “Marine Inverts”
- July 29th-August 2nd (Ages 9-12): “Off the Deep End” and “Fish Frenzy”
- August 5th-9th (Ages 5-8): “Whale of a Time” and “Shark Mania”
Artist Boat’s purpose is protecting our Gulf Coast through land conservation and with fun, educational, inspiring adventures that spark creativity, awareness, and action.
Since its inception, over 100,000 participants have helped bring 40,000 students to estuaries by kayak, foot, or vessel; created over 50+ public artworks; conserved over 600+ acres on west Galveston Island forming the Coastal Heritage Preserve and creating a place for the future Gulf Coast Environmental Education Center; restored over 50 acres of dunes and prairies to assure recovery of these ecosystems following Hurricane Ike; formed the Bucket Brigade comprised of a Marine Debris Task Force; conducted interpretive tours; and beautified buckets for trash, recycle centers, and more on Galveston beaches.
For more info call (409)770-0722, email residency@artistboat.org, or go to artistboat.org.
Try scuba diving in the fun and easy environment provided by the Go Dive Now Pool experience. Attendees can try diving in a comfortable environment with the help of trained professionals – all at no additional cost. Bring your swimsuit – we’ll provide the rest. Plan to start your underwater adventure today – for more information about diving visit GoDiveNow.com!
GO DIVE NOW POOL DETAILS:
The 30-foot, 15,000-gallon Go Dive Now pool and exhibit is complete with all the latest scuba gear including regulators, tanks, wetsuits, masks, fins, and more. The pool will be staffed professional instructors and dive leaders from local professional dive centers.
Attendees over the age of 10 are welcome to try diving at no additional cost. Children ages 10 and 11 must have an adult try diving with them. Children 12 or older can get in on their own as long as an adult is present at poolside.
Pool Hours :
Friday June 7, 2019 | 10:00am – 4:00pm
Saturday June 8, 2019 | 10:00am – 4:00pm
Sunday June 9, 2019 | 10:00am – 4:00pm
Click here for information on the Moody Gardens World Oceans Day: http://www.moodygardens.com/attractions/
New parents, we welcome you to the early literacy world! We feel passionately about babies and respect how much they learn those first years. Come show off your baby, learn some early literacy tips and get an introduction to children’s literature and explore some hands-on opportunities for you and your baby. This is a drop-in event so come when convenient and when your baby is wide-awake and ready to play.
The Galveston Art League’s featured artist for June is Kimvak Jen. Her artwork, along with dozens of pieces by other Galveston Art League members, will be exhibited 12 noon-6pm Thursdays-Sundays May 30th to June 23rd at the Galveston Art League Gallery, 2117A Postoffice St. in Galveston.
Jen, a Rosharon resident, had an import-export business before retirement allowed her to indulge her love for painting. She likes to instill feelings into her paintings, making them spring with life. “Good paintings have life and soul,” she says. Jen describes herself as “a positive and happy person, aggressive and full of hope for everything, which I demonstrate through my paintings. They are sometimes brilliant with colors and sometimes are black and white, darkness, and light.”
As an 8-year old, Jen had dreamed of becoming an artist. She was awed by the beauty of nature – the colors of flowers, the majesty of trees, and the miracle of God’s work – when she studied the veins of leaves, the components of flowers, and the gnarled trunks of trees. Jen studied the art of Chinese brush painting with Master Liu Shi, a famous art master in Taiwan.
Her works have been exhibited at various locations, including the Galveston Art League Gallery; visit GalvestonArtLeague.com to learn more about this nonprofit organization and how to join.
For more info visit GalvestonArtLeague.com or email gallery2117@gmail.com.
Moody Gardens is located at 1 Hope Blvd. in Galveston. For more info or tickets go to moodygardens.com.
Join in the fun with live entertainment on Friday and Saturday nights from 6-10pm. Get up and dance, relax in your lounge chair and enjoy the music featuring your favorite R&B, Top 40, Country and other genres.
The evening wraps up with a fireworks finale at 9:30pm. It’s perfect to kick off your weekend island-style! Scheduled bands are:
- June 7th: A Sure Thing (Variety Dance)
- June 8th: Chromatics (80’s)
- June 14th: Hattrick (Variety)
- June 15th: The Line Up (Variety)
- June 21st: Rapture (Variety Dance)
- June 22nd: The Max (Variety)
- June 28th: David Joel Band (Country)
- June 29th: Shotgun Road (Country Rock)
- July 5th: Chinatown (Variety)
- July 6th: Big E and the Lowdown (Rock)
- July 12th: The Slags (Variety Dance/Rock)
- July 13th: The L.A.B. (Variety/Rock)
- July 19th: Velvet Punch (Rock/80s)
- July 20th: The Max (Variety)
- July 26th: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Dance)
- July 27th: Vertigo (80’s Variety Rock)
- August 2nd: Hattrick (Variety)
- August 3rd: Chinatown (Variety)
- August 9th: Diamond Jack (Classic Rock)
- August 10th: The Line Up (Variety)
Join a fun and totally cool tour with Galveston Ghost Tours! Several different tours are available:
Walking Historic Galveston Ghost Tour
This walking tour has been conducted since 2009, and no gravestone has been left unturned to bring Haunted Galveston’s history to you. Meet on the corner of Sealy Ave. and 23rd St.
Ghost Bus Tour – Seawall Departure
This is a 10-mile, approximately 60-minute tour of Galveston! You’ll hear from ghost eyewitnesses in their own words. Galveston is well known for its haunted history, and as you visit the Island, you’ll hear stories of hauntings and paranormal activity at locations nearly everywhere you go. For times, costs and such contact: info@GalvestonExperience.com, call (409)741-340, or go to galvestonexperience.com.
More in-depth stories can be heard on the Galveston Ghost Podcast at GalvestonGhostPodcast.com. The Galveston Ghost podcast brings you firsthand interviews in the words of the ghost eyewitnesses. Be sure to subscribe so you are notified when each new episode is released.
Schedules are available at galvestonexperience.com/calendar/.
From the author of the book comes a wonderful tour and a riveting journey through the forgotten parts of downtown Galveston that were once bustling with wild parties and generous offerings of hourly love.
Join renowned author and speaker Kimber Fountain as she brings to life the tales – both tragic and triumphant – of Galveston’s Red Light District: A History of The Line
Known today as a colorful resort destination featuring family-friendly entertainment and a thriving arts district, Galveston was once notorious for its flourishing vice economy of illegal liquor and gambling and an infamous red light district called simply, “The Line.”
This unassuming five blocks of Postoffice Street came to life every night and remained a stubborn mainstay of the island cityscape for nearly seventy years. In the late 1950s, the era was known as the “Free State of Galveston” finally came to an end, and today, almost all that remains of its history has been sensationalized and marginalized.
Galveston was more than just a city of “gangsters” and lewd women, and Kimber Fountain pursues the authentic, sequestered story of women who wanted to make their own rules and the city that wanted to let them.
Tours are every Wednesday-Saturday starting at 7pm. Tickets are $25 per person and can be purchased online at redlightdistricttoursofgalveston.com in advance or at the start of the tour (cash only).
Reservations are required for cash/onsite tickets, and both online ticket purchases and cash reservations must be made by 5pm the day of the tour.
The tour meets on the north steps of the old Galveston Post Office at 601 25th Street (corner of 25th and Church St.). Meet at the north steps located on Church Street side.
Tours begin promptly at 7pm. Please arrive at least 5-10 minutes early to ensure ample time to park and/or purchase onsite tickets. Due to mature content, this tour is strongly recommended for adults and older teens only. Tour content will not be censored for younger audiences, and teens and children must be accompanied by an adult.
For more info go to redlightdistricttoursofgalveston.com, email GalvestonRedLightTours@gmail.com, call or text (409)526-6883. Reservations required.
This year we will be holding the Mr & Miss Pride Galveston Pageant on Friday night June 7, 2019 as usual at 23rd St. Station Piano Bar. Address is 1706 23rd St., Galveston, Texas 77550 Start time is 9-PM. Saturday June 8, 2019 from 10-AM until roughly 5-PM we will have the Pride Galveston Beach Bash with our sponsors, BBQ, chips, water, music, and other assorted goodies. If you have been in years past you know there will be all kinds of goodies. This is a rain or shine event held at Apffel Park – 1923 Boddeker Dr., Galveston, Texas 77550. When you arrive at the beach go to the right behind the building and we are on the far end, and you will see the pride flags. Sunday June 9, 2019 there will be two weekend closing parties, one at 23rd St. Station, and one at Robert’s Lafitte – Details coming soon. Please tell your friends and pack the car for a wonderful weekend to celebrate our pride and diversity! The events will be free to attend! Also please note that the host bars will each have entertainment lined up for Saturday night.
Dollie Barnes (Houston, Texas)
Dollie Barnes, hailing from Houston, mixes pop sensibilities with dream like vocals into a pot of 60’s and 70’s inspired writing while still maintaining a sound that is all it’s own, grabbing hold of the listener from the first note.
www.dolliebarnes.com
Claire Morales (Denton, Texas)
Claire Morales has been playing shows since she was 13. 2015 saw the transition solo singer songwriter to full scale band with her debut LP ‘Amaranthine.’ Folky roots have given way to melodic, hazy, 70s inspired rock. Intense and intricate lyrics echo in and out of fuzzed guitar like a warbly, warm dream.
Listen if you like: PJ Harvey, Angel Olsen, Laura Marling.
www.clairemoralesmusic.com
EL LAGO (Galveston, Texas)
El Lago has been repping Galveston since 2014. Debut album ‘Colors’ is now available on opaque pink vinyl on Wallflower Records. A new EP, ‘Pyramid,’ is due this Fall and was made with Steve Christensen and Austin Sepulvado.
www.ellagoband.com
Friday, June 7
Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe
$8 cover / All Ages
8:30 doors
9:00 music
- 23rd Street Station – Thomas Cokinos, 9-12
- The Bar at San Luis – Angelo Tolentino, 7-11
- B. Jiggers – The Nailers, 9-1
- Bliss Lounge – DJ, 9-1
- Hotel Galvez – Reg & Cary, 5-10
- Mod – Brightwire, 7-9
- Nick’s Pool Bar – Nigel Edison , 7-11
- Pleasure Pier – Nick & The Groove, 7-10
- Poop Deck – Satisfied Drive, 9-1
- Rumors – DJ, 8-12
- Saengerfest park – John Evans Band, 7-10
- Sharky’s Tavern – Zack Tate, 9-1
- Shearn’s Lounge – Steve Newsom, 7-11
- Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2
- Stuttgarden – Shaun Michael, 9-1
- Three Doors Down – Kickin It Dixie, 6-9
- Tipsy Turtle – Salty Sounds Band, 6-9
- Tremont House – Leah’s Trio Du Jour, 6-10
- Woody’s – Pushwater, 3-7
- Yaga’s – Chad Cooke, 10-1
