Island Agenda




 

 

DAILY

• Port Aransas Community Park swimming pool, 700 Clark Parkway: swim lessons, water exercise and lap swimming. Open daily except Mondays for swimming, 1- 6 p.m., and more. Call 749-2416 for information.

Computer Center, Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.; closed Sunday. 430 N. Alister St. Free e-mail. 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.

A hardhead on deck

A hardhead on deck

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. 

WEEKLY

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

• Free low impact aerobics, JELM Center, 113 S. Alister St., Mon., Wed. and Fri., 8 a.m.

• 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, 8:15 a.m., noon and 6 p.m., Tues. – Fri. community park (heated) swimming pool, 700 Clark Parkway.

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.

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.

Golden Agers Lunch Bunch – full-time residents age 60 and over, Roberts Point Park. Meet at 11:30 a.m. Tues. Bring a sack lunch. Lunch at noon. Call 749-5319 for more information.

Port Aransas Volleyball Assoc. Tues., 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.

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

THIS WEEK

FOR SUMMER YOUTH ACTIVITIES CHECK THE KIDS’ CALENDAR, PAGE 8A.

THURSDAY, JULY 23

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, ‘Explosion of Life,’ 53 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

FRIDAY, JULY 24

• Guided Beach Walk, Horace Caldwell Pier under the purple flage, 9 a.m. (See story this page.)

• Sand Slam poetry competition, Tarpon Ice House, 321 N. Alister St., 8 p.m. (See story this page.)

SATURDAY, JULY 25

• Water Wackiness after-hours swim party, Community Park pool, 700 Clark Parkway,6:30 -8 p.m. (See story this page.)

MONDAY, JULY 27

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, ‘Climate on the Edge,’ 52 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

TUESDAY, JULY 28

• Girls Scouts informational session, H.G. Olsen Elementary School cafeteria, 7 p.m. (See story page 8A. )

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, ‘Open Ocean,’ 45 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29

• Free movie, UTMSI Visitors Center, ‘Origins,’ 53 min. Subject to cancellation without notice.

ON THE HORIZON

August 6-9: Texas Legends BillfishTournament

August 7: First Friday Art Reception

August 14: Sunset Sounds concert

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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