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JUNE 2014 > BIGBENDCOUNTRY
ODESSA: Opree at the Globe Theatre June 7.
Begins at7 p.m. www.globesw.org 432/335-6731
ODESSA: Juneteenth Celebration June 19-22.
Includes a parade, picnic, blues music, gospel
celebration and basketball tournament. Woodson
Community Park, 1020 E. Murphy. www.odessabcc.org
432/853-1344
PECOS: West of the Pecos Rodeo and Parade
June 25-28. The parade starts at Highway 17 and
ends at the Sheriff's Posse Barn. Rodeo events take
place at Buck Jackson Arena. www.pecostx.com
432/445-2406 or 800/588-2855
VAN HORN: Frontier Days and Fourth of July
June 27-28. A Van Horn tradition since 1899, this
event features fireworks on Friday night, rodeo, enter-
tainment, food, a golf tournament, 5K run and street
dance. Van Horn Convention Center, 1801 W. Broadway.
www.vanhornchamber.com 432/283-2682
GULF COAST
ARANSAS PASS: Shrimporee June 13-15. The
largest shrimp festival in Texas, now in its 66th year,
offers live entertainment and dancing all weekend, as
well as culinary events, carnival rides and a parade.
Johnson Community Park. www.aransaspass.org/
Shrimporee.cfm 361/758-2750 or 800/633-3028
BEAUMONT: Artwork by Abigail McLaurin in
Cafe Arts June 1. Art Museum of Southeast Texas,
500 Main St. www.amset.org 409/832-3432
BEAUMONT: Texas City Burning: The 1947 Texas
City Disaster June 1-30. Intriguing photographs
chronicle the worst industrial disaster in U.S. history as
viewed by the fire departments that responded and the
journalists that reported the tragedy. Many of the
images have never been exhibited before. Fire Museum
of Texas, 400 Walnut St. www.firemuseumoftexas.org
409/880-3927
BEAUMONT: Mark(ing) Time: Works on Paper
Invitational June 1-July 6. This exhibit invites
several internationally recognized artists to show
their works on paper. Dishman Art Museum.
www.lamar.edu/dishman 409/880-8959
BEAUMONT: Beili Liu: Opposing Forces
June 1-August 31. Beili Liu, an associate professor at
the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at
Austin, creates a site-specific installation with materi-
als suspended from the gallery ceiling. Art Museum of
Southeast Texas, 500 Main St. www.amset.org
409/832-3432
BEAUMONT: Karin Broker: wired, drawn and
nailed June 1-August 31. This Houston-based
artist's exhibition is comprised of collages, large
drawings, wired objects and large boxes. Although
this exhibition does not include direct printmaking
per se, all of the artwork is either influenced by print-
making or incorporates preprinted materials. Art
Museum of Southeast Texas, 500 Main St.
www.amset.org 409/832-3432
BEAUMONT: First Thursdays on Calder Avenue
June 5. The street comes alive with music and
vendors selling everything from clothing and acces-
sories to art and handmade wares. Downtown.
www.beaumontcvb.com/events
BEAUMONT: Gator Rescue Tournament June 7.
Two-person teams compete for cash prizes as they
4 Texas Highways Events Calendar Summer 2014wrestle and wrangle untaped, 6-foot alligators. Quick
hands or no hands! Gator Country Adventure Park.
www.gatorrescue.com 409/794-9453
BEAUMONT: Spindletop Spin June 7. Riders on
four routes-covering distances of 6, 30, 52 or 100
miles-travel through scenic Southeast Texas and
the Big Thicket National Preserve. Starts and ends at
The Event Centre, 700 Crockett St. www.spindletop
spin.com 409/839-2332
BEAUMONT: Calder Twilight 5K Run/Walk
June 13. The route of this chip-timed race winds
through Historic Old Town and takes runners down
the recently renovated Calder Avenue. Downtown.
www.beaumonttexas.gov 409/785-4701BEAUMONT: Bill Pickett Zydeco Festival, Trail
Ride and Rodeo June 13-15. At 7400 Boyt Road.
www.bptrailriders.com 832/398-1425
BEAUMONT: The Great Puzzle Challenge June
14. The streets of Southeast Texas are the playing
field in this challenge event that sets teams of four on
a path of clues leading to 12 stops throughout the
area. Collect all the puzzle pieces and head to the fin-
ish line to assemble the puzzle and get a shot at the
prize. www.texasgpc.com 409/882-4089
BEAUMONT: Bubble Day June18. Various activity
stations allow children to experiment with bubble
sizes, walls, shapes and colors while discovering the
physics of soap bubbles. Texas Energy Museum.
www.texasenergymuseum.org 409/833-5100
BEAUMONT: Great Outdoors Day at Gladys City
June 21. Children enjoy some good, old-fashioned
fun outdoors. Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown
Museum. www.spindletop.org 409/880-1750
CLUTE: Night Dive at Mammoth Lake June 7.
Mammoth Lake Scuba Park. www.mammothlake
waterpark.com 979/529-9174
CORPUS CHRISTI: Metal in Motion II: Mark
"Scrapdaddy" Bradford June 1-22. Houston artist
Mark "Scrapdaddy" Bradford creates whimsical and
unusual kinetic sculptures from scrap metal found in
scrapyards and other recycling centers. His sculp-
tures range from tabletop to giant outdoor pieces
and have been featured on television shows
"Battlebots" and "Junkyard Wars." Bradford's work is
exhibited throughout the Museum and at the South
Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center. ArtMuseum of South Texas, 1902 N. Shoreline Blvd.
www.artmuseumofsouthtexas.org 361/825-3500
CORPUS CHRISTI: Scrapdaddy: Metal in Motion
2 June 1-September 1. Houston sculptor Mark
"Scrapdaddy" Bradford-best-known for his robotic,
hydraulic scrap-metal creations-brings huge,
mind-blowing art cars and other contraptions to
South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center.
At 8545 S. Staples St. www.stxbot.org
CORPUS CHRISTI: Happy Tiki Nightime 5K and
10K Runs June 21. Enjoy a beautiful nighttime
beach run with a tropical flair. Begins at 8:30 p.m.
North Beach and at Fajitaville, 221S. Hotel Place.
www.fight-tothefinish.com 956/793-4713
EAST BERNARD: Czech Kolache-Klobase
Festival June 14. Features a full day of Czech music,
food, arts and crafts, children's activities, and plenty
of kolaches. Riverside Hall, 14643 Buls Road.
www.kkfest.com 979/335-7907 or 979/531-9747
FREEPORT: Skimmer Day June 28. This event
offers a rare chance to view one of the largest nesting
colonies of Black Skimmers on the Texas Gulf Coast.
Meet at the Dow A-41 Gate on F.M. 523, approximate-
ly 1 mile south of Highway 3323. A bus shuttles visi-
tors to the viewing site from 9 a.m.-noon. www.visit
brazosport.com 979/238-4649
GALVESTON: ArtWalk June 7. Art Walk promotes
local artists and extends alternative places to see
and learn about art, from galleries and nonprofit
spaces to restaurants and stores. Hours are 6-9 p.m.
www.galveston.com/artwalk 800/821-1894
HOUSTON: Magritte: The Mystery of the
Ordinary, 1926-1938 June 1. This is the first major
museum exhibition to focus exclusively on the
breakthrough surrealist years of Belgian artist Rene
Magritte, creator of some of the 20th century's most
extraordinary images. The Menil Collection,
1515 Sul Ross. www.menil.org
HOUSTON: War Horse June 1. Hobby Center for
the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby St. www.thehobby
center.org
HOUSTON: Free Press Summer Festival June 1.
Music festival features performances by Jack White,
Vampire Weekend, Dwight Yoakam, Lauryn Hill,
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, The Wu-Tang
Clan, Childish Gambino, Die Antwoord, DMX and oth-
ers. Eleanor Tinsley Park. http://fpsf.com
HOUSTON: Tristar Collectors Show June 1.
Find sports autographs, trading cards and
collectibles. Reliant Park, 8400 Kirby Drive.
http://reliantpark.com/events/consumer-shows/
tristar-collectors-show-1
HOUSTON: Escape June 1-5. Maryam Lavaf's
abstract paintings originate from life experience, with
content based on elements like the earth, sun, plants
and her emotional responses to nature. Archway
Gallery, 2305 Dunlavy. www.archwaygallery.com
HOUSTON: The Wartime Escape: Margret and
H.A. Rey's Journey from France June 1-15. More
than three generations of Americans have grown up
reading stories of an irrepressible little brown monkey
known as "Curious George," but few know about the
incredible journey made by his creators to escape the
Nazi invasion of Paris that allowed their eventual pub-
lication. This exhibit explores how Margret and H.A.
Rey brought their story to life from World War Ito set-
tling in the United States. Holocaust Museum
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