Mid America Motorworks is gearing up for an extraordinary 2017 Corvette Funfest in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the 1967 Corvette. The Mid America Motorworks campus will host the 2017 Corvette Funfest, September 14th – 17th.
The Largest Corvette Party in the World will celebrate the 1967 Corvette Sting Ray. Corvette Funfest attracts thousands of Corvette Enthusiasts from around the country, as well as internationally, with four full days of activities designed to promote the Corvette hobby.
Mid America Motorworks is thrilled to announce that preparations are under way for Corvette Funfest 2017. The four-day event will pay tribute to the 1967 Corvette and will also feature special displays and parking for all Lucky Seven’s celebrating Anniversary’s of the 1957, 1967, 1977, 1987, 1997, 2007 and the 2017
Corvette Funfest features a variety of technical seminars lead by Industry Celebrities, an extensive variety of on-site installations and upgrades featuring the latest products on the market, a fashion show featuring the latest Corvette Lifestyle & Apparel products available in the Fun Dome, Celebrity Choice Awards, Celebrity Choice Awards, and Autograph Panels with your favorite Corvette Celebrities.
We don’t leave the ladies out during Corvette Funfest! Designed with women in mind, Funfest Paradise offers on-site seminars throughout the weekend. Wanna get away? We’ve added a Wine & Art Excursion at Tuscan Hills Winery as well as a Cooking Demonstration at the Firefly Grill.
And you won’t just go back to the hotel at 5pm! Join hundreds of your friends on the Thursday Night Fun Run Road Tour, the Annual Friday Night Charity Event, and Headlining music on the Funfest Amphitheater on Saturday night!
NCM Attending
Monday, September 23rd
- The Bar at San Luis – Angelo Tolentino, 7-10
- Island Pier Club – Geoff Fish,7-10
- Nick’s Pool Bar – DJ Nonstopp, 2-8
- Rumors – Karaoke, 8-12
- Sharky’s Tavern – Karaoke, 8-10
- Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2
Tuesday, September 24th
- The Bar at San Luis – Angelo Tolentino, 7:30-11:30
- B. Jiggers – Music Bingo, 8-9, Karaoke, 9-12
- Rumors – Karaoke, 8-12
- Sealy Pavilion – Galveston Beach Band, 7-10
- Sharky’s Tavern – Open Mic with Falcon Eddy, 8-12
- Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2
LEARN POTTERY!…
Pottery Art Classes/Ceramics in Galveston Private Studio of artist located in mid-town Galveston. Class times are Tues and Thurs from 9am-11am and students pay by the month, which includes 8 classes.
Class includes all of your clay, use of all tools, glazes, paints, pottery wheel, and lessons will be taught on hand building, wheel, and your pieces are fired in the kiln.
Come learn pottery! Adult classes, Senior Citizens Welcome!
www.Studio908Pottery.com
Call to R.S.V.P. and for information: 409-795-4268
Every Monday (10am-10pm): Military Monday – Active Military members can visit Moody Gardens with half-off of the Value Pass every Monday. Tickets are just $30 (regular price $69.95).
Senior Tuesdays (10am-10pm): Senior Tuesday – Seniors 65 years old and above get half off a Value Pass to experience all of the great attractions like the Rainforest and Aquarium Pyramid.
Every Wednesday (10am-10pm): Mommy (or Daddy) Wednesday at Moody Gardens – Come and enjoy #MommyWednesday, where Moms or Dads can bring their toddlers 4-5 years old and enjoy all the exhibits for half-off per person. Explore the depth of the Aquarium Pyramid, see if you can find both sloths in the Rainforest Pyramid, and enjoy a 3D and 4D movie.
Moody Gardens is located at 1 Hope Blvd. in Galveston. For more info or tickets go to moodygardens.com.
On view through November 17th is Erin Curtis’ “Night and Day.”
Curtis’ exhibition includes recent large-scale paintings that are dense with color and pattern. Her layered, cut-canvas works contain disrupted surfaces and reflect an interest in geometric abstraction and its historical roots in weaving, architecture, nature, and ritual. The paintings in “Night and Day” are nearly overwhelmed by an unreadable chaos that is pulled back to the edge of order by familiar patterns and forms. The exhibition will be on view through November 17th, 2019.
Erin Curtis is an artist living and working in Austin, Texas. Curtis’s work combines utopian ideals of beauty and structure, with process and chance. Primarily working as a painter, she also creates large-scale, site-specific installations and public art projects.
She has received grants from the Dallas Museum of Art, the Andy Warhol Foundation, the City of Austin and the District of Columbia. Curtis has had solo shows at Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX (2017), CalPoly, San Luis Obispo, California (2016), Big Medium Gallery, Austin, Texas (2015) and Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC (2015). She has created commissioned works for the Chicago Transit Authority, the City of Washington D.C., Facebook, Art in Embassies and the City of Austin. In the summer of 2019, a 20- foot tall cut brick mural commissioned by Intelligentsia Coffee will be installed in downtown Austin. Curtis attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2010 and was awarded residencies at Anderson Ranch (2012) and Vermont Studio Center (2014). In 2008-2009, Curtis was a Fulbright Scholar in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Curtis graduated from Williams College with a BA in Liberal Arts in 1999 and received her MFA from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007.
For more info go to erinelizabethcurtis.com.
In GAC’s second-floor galleries, the exhibition Exchange Rate is on view through October 6th, 2019. The exhibition features artists who incorporate currency in their work as material and subject matter. “Exchange Rate” features work by Corey Ackelmire, Mike Beradino, Rene Cruz, Kevin Curry, Kathy Hall, Mary Jeys, Virginia Lee Montgomery, Ken Little, Deborah Mersky, Phillip Pyle II, Dan Tague, The Art Guys, and Anthony Thompson Shumate.
These exhibitions are supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
GAC is the organizer of ArtWalk, which takes place every six weeks in downtown Galveston. The ArtWalk brochure, which lists participating venues, hours, information, and map can be downloaded at galvestonartscenter.org. The galleries are open to the public Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-5pm, and Sunday 12 noon-5pm. Admission is free at all times.
Come out and enjoy some great music and song writers.
Save the date for Float the Boat 2019, the annual Artist Boat fundraiser and gala. This year, Artist Boat celebrates its 15th birthday Saturday, November 16th, 6-9:30pm at The Trolley Station, 2021 Strand, Downtown Galveston. The event will include a plated gourmet dinner, live music, live and silent auctions; plus you can enter to win a kayak! Listen to live music from Alligator Handshake while enjoying beer, wine & signature cocktails from Del Papa, a gourmet dinner, dessert, and the live and silent auction! This year’s theme is ‘Shapes of the Sea.” This year’s event will be honoring the West Galveston Island Property Owners Association, a long time supporter of Artist Boat. WGIPOA’s mission is to preserve and protect the Gulf and bay shoreline and the quality of life as the west end continues to develop. Purchase tickets at artistboat.org. Sponsorships are currently available. You can purchase Raffle tickets at artistboat.org/float-the-boat/.
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.
Includes…
• $10 for one
• 3 for $25
1. In Person, at MOD Coffeehouse, 2126 Postoffice St., Galveston, TX, 77550
2. Mail Check to: Artist Boat, P.O Box 16019 Galveston, TX, 77552
3. By Phone: Call Artist Boat (409) 770-0722
4. Online: www.artistboat.org/float-the-boat
The winner will be announced at 9pm, at the event. You do not have to be present to win the kayak raffle. 100% of the proceeds goes directly to Artist Boat.
For more info call (409)770-0722, email residency@artistboat.org, or go to artistboat.org.
Wednesday, September 25th
- 23rd Street Station – Laura Magers, 6-9
- The Bar at San Luis – Angelo Tolentino, 7:30-11:30
- Hearsay on the Strand – Live Music, 5-7
- Playground Patio & Grill – Mark Lum, 7-10
- Rumors – Music Bingo, 8-9, Karaoke, 9-1
- Sound Bar – Karaoke, 9-2
- Stuttgarden – Karaoke, 9-1
- Tremont House – Lee & Mel, 6-9
