July 4 in Texas will be the next great celebration. With temperatures in the high 90’s and maybe even 100s, spending a whole day outside is probably not an option. Here are a few suggestions that could spice up July 4th holiday before the evening fireworks show.
Freedom Over TexasJoin Us Monday, July 4, 2011
Houston will set the stage for an extraordinary patriotic celebration at Mayor Annise Parker’s official Fourth of July event, Freedom Over Texas.The annual event is held on Monday, July 4, culminating with a fireworks extravaganza set to a perfectly timed bed of patriot and current musical selections. See Freedom Over Texas for more details.
Summer Symphony Nights 4th of July Celebration. At Miller Outdoor Theater in Herman Park. The Houston Symphony, led by Principal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski and Chris Hadfield, astronaut and vocalist Pearl Hall elementary Children’s Chorus, presents an all-American salute to Independence Day. The evening concludes with a fireworks display. 8:30-10:30pm, Call 281-373-3386 for more details.
Sugar Land’s 26th Annual Red, White & Bluefest
Oyster Creek Park 5-10 p.m.
The City of Sugar Land’s 26th annual Red White and Bluefest will set the skies ablaze over Oyster Creek Park. Celebrate America’s 235th birthday with family, friends and fellow residents while enjoying new main stage performances, delicious county fair-type goodies and numerous children’s activities. A free shuttle service will be provided from Mercer Stadium, 16403 Lexington Blvd., to Oyster Creek Park, 4033 State Highway 6 South, from 4:30-11 p.m. For more information, contact the Sugar Land Parks and Recreation Department at (281) 275-2885 or visit www.sugarlandtx.gov . Please mention you found this on www.SugarLandMagazine.com.
At the Downtown Aquarium. Houston : Shark Month – Education booths, shark crafts and activities all month. Two for Tuesdays – Each Tuesday of the month – Buy One Exhibit Pass Get One Free Discount (coupon required – online) Latin Beats – Every Friday Night! Learn to salsa dance and listen to great music! event throughout the summer.
At the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences:Showtimes & Events for Monday, July 4, 2011 from 10am-5pm, initial showtimes:
Burke Baker Planetarium 10:00AM
2012: Mayan Prophecies Visit the Classic Mayan cities of Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Tikal, and Palenque to discover how the Maya aligned their temples to watch their sky gods and used interlocking calendars to record the past and predict the future. Explore pyramids towering above the rainforest, designed as observatories to follow the sun.
Wortham IMAX Theatre 10:00AM
Born to Be Wild 3D Born to be Wild 3D is an inspiring story of love, dedication and the remarkable bond between humans and animals. This film documents orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them, saving endangered species one life at a time.
Burke Baker Planetarium 10:30AM
Secret of the Cardboard Rocket Two children turn a cardboard box into a rocket and blast-off on an awesome adventure with a close-up tour of each planet, including landings on Venus and Mars, a trip into the clouds of Jupiter and a journey through the rings of Saturn. Join these kids and their talking astronomy book as they learn about what makes each planet unique and Earth such a special place to live.
Sea Rex 3D Explore an amazing underwater universe inhabited by larger-than-life creatures including the powerful Liopleurodon, long-necked Elasmosaurus and gigantic Shonisaurus which were ruling the seas before dinosaurs conquered the Earth.
Burke Baker Planetarium 11:00AM
The Dinosaur Prophecy Long before dinosaurs’ massive extinction 65 million years ago, many individual species simply disappeared. Visit dinosaur graveyards, study their bones, and reconstruct how these creatures lived and died to solve four famous cold cases from the age of the dinosaurs in The Dinosaur Prophecy. Never before have so many types of dinosaurs come to life in full-dome immersive reality.
Burke Baker Planetarium 11:30AM
Earth’s Wild Ride Through his stories, a grandfather takes his grandchildren and the audience on a wild canyon ride, to an ice age winter with a woolly mammoth, and to the time when the dinosaurs lived and died. Each experience begins with a telescope view of the dynamic Earth in stark contrast with the unchanging lunar landscape.
Whatever you and your family and friends decide to do, I hope these little suggestions can help with 4th of July planning.
