Take Two: Pocahontas (1995) GET TICKETS Friday, November 18 | 7:15 p.m. | Members: $4 | Tickets: $5 81 min. – Animation/Adventure/Drama An English soldier and the daughter of an Algonquin chief share a romance when English colonists invade seventeenth-century Virginia. Lecture – Applying Forensics to Archaeology by Andrew Shortland […]
The full moon of November 14, 2016 will be the closest Supermoon to Earth since January 26,1948. The full moon won’t come this close again until November 25, 2034. Thus the November 2016 full moon is the closest and largest Supermoon in a period of 86 years! The moon turns precisely full at 7:52 […]
Photo courtesy of wikipedia Charles Wilson Peale: ever heard of him? Most people haven’t heard his name, but they probably have seen his work. Peale was one of the most famous portrait artists in the Colonies, and later the new United States, in the late 18th Century. He painted seven portraits of George Washington, some […]
Lecture – More than Genes: Predators, Parasites and Partners of the Human Body by Rob Dunn A great deal of recent research has suggested that many modern health problems relate to recent changes in our gut microbes. As we have started to look at skin and the environment of our homes, it looks as though […]
Do you consider yourself a master of chess? Does your prophetic understanding of strategy lead you to believe that you were a true king in a past life? You may think you know the game of chess, but what would happen if a river were suddenly placed in the middle of the board, or if […]
by Elizabeth Galante As a former teacher, I know that most parents ask their students when they get home “what did you learn today?” and they more often than not receive a shoulder shrug or a one-word response like “stuff” and “things”. I imagine it’s frustrating trying to connect with your student with a […]
The thought of small little animals running around our face cause most people to squirm a bit. As much as I do like the small animals like spiders and beetles, if I think I feel one crawling on my face I’ll very quickly try to brush it off. It’s not them, it’s me. Now we […]
This star map shows the Houston sky at 8 pm CST on November 1, 6:30 pm CST on November 15, and dusk on November 30. To use the map, put the direction you are facing at the bottom. The Summer Triangle is high in the west. The ‘teapot’ of Sagittarius sets in the southwest. How […]
I spent this past Saturday in a graveyard. But not just any graveyard, it was a forgotten one. I had first learned of its existence in a dusty volume published by the Crosby Historical Society in the early 90’s. Photocopied articles within described an African American Cemetery discovered by children in the Spanish Cove subdivision […]
Lecture – Fabergé Symposium – The Wonder of Fabergé November 4, 2016 at 6.30pm Get Tickets Here More than doubling in size since the 2013 Houston Fabergé Symposium, the McFerrin Collection now totals nearly 600 objects and will be displayed in its entirety for a limited time. Recent acquisitions focus on rare Imperial pieces […]
