Island Agenda
Daily • Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway:Open Tuesday-Saturday. Hours: Water exercise: Tuesday, noon. Openswim: Tuesday-Thursday, 1-2 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Lap swim(shared time): Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wednesday,8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Lap swimonly: Saturday, noon-1 p.m. Deep water aerobics, Wednesday-Friday,1 p.m. Youth lessons, Tuesday-Friday for 2 weeks each […]
Fun on tap at style show
Thursday at Civic CenterIn addition to the latest spring fashions from Port Aransas boutiques, shopping from a variety of “boothtiques,” wine and hors d’oeuvres, those who attend the Thursday, March 7, “Fashions and Flip-Flops” style show will have the opportunity to win a number of drawing prizes. A limited number of tickets still are available for the show for $20 each at participating […]
‘Tuna’ play wraps up run
Thursday through Sunday at PACTThe comedy “Red, White and Tuna” is close to wrapping up its run at Port Aransas Community Theatre (PACT). The remaining shows will be 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, March 7 to 9; and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 10. “Red, White and Tuna” is one of a few comedic plays (preceded by “Greater Tuna” and “A Tuna Christmas,” and followed […]
Impact of spill from Deepwater Horizon is MSI lecture topic
A research scientist will speak on the impacts of oil spills at a free public lecture Thursday, March 7, at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) visitors center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The lecture, in the visitors center auditorium, starts at 7 p.m. The speaker will be Dr. Ed Buskey of UTMSI. A consortium of six universities […]
Little noticed, long lasting
Sylvia Garcia of Houston should be in the Texas Senate for the next several years. Or at least for three years and nine months. Garcia, 62, won a special runoff election Saturday, by just over a thousand votes, to pick a replacement for the late Sen. Mario Gallegos, D-Houston. He died Oct. 16 of complications from a 2007 liver transplant. […]