2010-05-13 / Island Agenda

Island Agenda

DAILY

• Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway: swim lessons, water exercise and lap swimming. Open daily except Monday. Open swim: Tuesday through Thursday,1- 2 p.m., Friday through Sunday, 1 to 6 p.m. Lap swim: noon to 1 p.m. Call 749-2416 for more lap swim hours and information.

Computer Center, Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Closed Saturday and Sunday. Hours subject to volunteer availability. 430 N. Alister St. Free email. 749-4011.

Art Center for the Islands: Classes, workshops. 749-7334.

• The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) Visitors Center: Open Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. -- 5 p.m. Free.

Port Aransas Museum, Alister at Brundrett street. 1 - 5 p.m. Thursday - Saturday.

PELICANS AT SUNSET PELICANS AT SUNSET Trolley: 10 a.m. - 5:55 p.m. Wave down anywhere along the route from Roberts Point Park to Beach Access Rd 1A and State Hwy. 361 South. Maps, schedules available at the Tourist Bureau.

Flexi-B bus service between Port Aransas and Corpus Christi by appointment.Call City Hall, 749- 4111 to make reservations. Picks up passengers at 7:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Mon. – Fri. and at 10 a.m. Sat. Leaves Corpus Christi at 3:30 p.m. Mon. – Sat. $1.25 each way. Del Mar and TAMUCC students ride free.

WEEKLY

• Free Wetland Education Center tours, UTMSI, 10 a.m. Tues. and Thurs.

• Port Aransas Running Club and Walkers, Too, 7 a.m., Tues., Wed., Thurs., community park swimming pool parking lot. Contact Steve Canion, 749-3388.

Rotary Club, noon Thurs., Pelican’s Landing Restaurant, 337 N. Alister St.

Adult water exercise classes, 60 minutes, 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and noon, Tues. – Fri. community park (heated) swimming pool, 700 Clark Parkway.

Low-Impact Aerobics, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 8 to 9 a.m., at the JELM Center, 113 S. Alister. Class is free, but $1 donation to the center is appreciated.

Meditation and relaxation class, alternating Thursdays, April meetings on the 15th and 29th, at 6:30 p.m., Roberts Point Park small pavilion. For more information, call Pam Greene at 749-4158.

Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting, 8 p.m. Monday through Sunday, Sharp Pavilion behind Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 433 Trojan. 749-6449.

Adult tennis, 7:30 a.m. Mon., Wed., Fri., and 7 p.m. Mon. and Wed., PAISD courts on Station Street. Free, no partner needed. Call Murray 749-4861 or 749-5131.

• Port Aransas Museum tours of the Little Chapel on the Hill, third Friday and Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. Call or visit the museum for reservations, 749-3800.

Story Time, 10:30 – 11 a.m. Sat., Bill Ellis Memorial Library, 749-4116.

Creative writing group, 10-noon Mon., JELM library, 113 S. Alister St.

Port Aransas Volleyball Assoc. Mon., H.G. Olsen Elementary School gym, 100 Station St.

Birding on the Boardwalk, guided bird walk with Nan Dietert, 9 a.m., Wed. 749-4158.

Friends of the Library, meets on alternating Wednesdays at the Ellis Memorial Public Library, 710 W. Ave. A, 6 p.m.

Kiwanis Club, noon Wed., Jay’s Seafood and Spaghetti Works, 710 State Hwy. 361.

Project FREE Free, anonymous and confidential testing for HIV, hepatitis-C, syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia, 10 a.m. on the first and third Tuesday of every month,JELM Center office,113 S. Alister St. Walk-ins O.K.

THIS WEEK

THURSDAY, MAY 13

• Fiesta de Mayo, Port Aransas Community Center, 408 N. Alister St.,6:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

• Port Aransas Swim Team registration, Port Aransas Community Pool, 700 Clark Parkway, 4 to 5:30 p.m. (See story Page 7A.)

• Parrot Heads monthly business meeting, 612 Lantana Dr., at 6:30 p.m.

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Savage Sun,’ 50 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

FRIDAY, MAY 14

• The Sunset Sounds free concert series, Patsy Jones Amphitheater in Roberts Point Park, 7 to 9 p.m. (See story this page.) . SATURDAY, MAY 15

• ArtFest, Tarpon Inn courtyard, 200 E. Cotter Ave., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.(See story this page.)

• Port Aransas Youth Soccer League registration, Community Park, 700 Clark Parkway, 10 to 11:30 a.m. (See story Page 10A.)

SUNDAY, MAY 16

• ArtFest, Tarpon Inn courtyard, 200 E. Cotter Ave., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.(See story this page.)

MONDAY, MAY 17

• Songwriters’ Showcase, Cinnamon Shore, 5009 State Hwy. 361, 7 p.m. (See story this page.)

• Marlin Athletic Booster Club banquet, Port Aransas Civic Center, 700 W Ave. A, 6:30 p.m. (See story Page 11A.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘If We Had No Moon,’ 50 min Subject to cancellation without notice

TUESDAY, MAY 18

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Next World: Future Life on Earth,’ 60 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 19

• VFW Post 8967 dinner, at the post, 311 N. Alister St., 6:30 p.m. (See story this page.)

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, 3 p.m., ‘Bring Back the Cranes,’ 18 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

ON THE HORIZON May 20:

• Houston Express Children’s Theatre’s “The Three Little Pigs” at PACT

• Registration for The Port Aransas Youth Soccer League

May 21: Blood drive

PAHS field day

May 22: Fourth Saturday art sale

THE ISLAND AGENDA IS FREE OF CHARGE TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OF PORT ARANSAS FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. CALL 749-5131OR E-MAIL SOUTHJETTY@CENTURYTEL. NET BEFORE NOON TUESDAY TO LIST AN EVENT OR MEETING.

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