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Friday, August 10, 2001
Around the Bend

APPLICATIONS/VENDORS
   APPLICATIONS: Applications are being accepted for food, art, and craft vendors by the Rockport Holly Days Festival to be held Dec. 1 in downtown Rockport. Information: Terry, (361) 729-9212.
   AUDITIONS/REHEARSALS
   AUDITIONS: Port Aransas Community Theater announces auditions for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" at 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the theater, 212 Beach St., in Port Aransas. Information: (361) 749-5801.
   COMMUNITY
   HEALTH FAIR: A Summer 2001 Health Fair is from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the North Side Manor Apts., 1401 N. Alameda St. Free HIV testing, Hepatitis C testing and immunizations for children. Information: 882-9979.
   WATER GARDEN: Corpus Christi Botanical Gardens to host "Water Gardens for Your Yard" seminar from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday in the Visitors Center, 8545 St. Staples St. Nurseryman James Gill will show slides and discuss various water features: sizes, shapes, materials, construction, pumps and plants. Cost: $5, $3.50 members. Reservations: 852-2100.
   WASHER PITCHING: A washer pitching event begins at 3 p.m. Sunday at The Texan, 3625 S. Staples St. Entrance fee: $6, includes barbecue plate. Information: 854-9257.
   CONFERENCE: Annual F.A.C.E. (Families and Communities Educating...Together) Fatherhood Conference is from 1 to 5 p.m. Aug. 17 at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Keynote speaker will be Bobby Verdugo. Limited seating. Reservations by Tuesday. Reservations: 854-9199.
   WORKSHOP: Texas A&M University-Kingsville's South Texas Archives is sponsoring a workshop Wednesday and Thursday on "Genealogy and Preservation: Issues for Librarians, Archivists and Researchers'' from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days at the James C. Jernigan Library. Fee: $15. Information: (361) 593-4154.
   DANCE
   DANCE: A dance is from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Northwest Senior Center, 9725 Up River Road. Music by Bud Whittington. Door prizes. Admission: $2. Information: 241-3956.
   DANCE: The Sparkling Seniors Inc. of Corpus Christi will hold their monthly senior dance from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Greenwood Senior Center, 4040 Greenwood Drive. Door prizes and dance contests.
   BALLROOM DANCE: Free Ballroom Dance Classes from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. Wednesday at the Garden Center, 5325 Greely St. Information: 980-9354.
   EXHIBITS
   EXHIBIT: The exhibit "Exploring the Seas with Sound'' will be on display Aug. 17 through Feb. 17 at the Texas Maritime Museum, 1202 Navigation Circle, Rockport. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. Admission: $4 adults, $2 for children ages 5-12 and free for children four and under. Information: (361) 729-1271.
   PAINTINGS: "Eclectic Selections'' by artist Vida Beauford is on display through Aug. 27 at the Multicultural Center, Galvan House, Heritage Park, 1581 N. Chaparral St. Artwork consists of landscape, seascapes and sprinkling of evening skies. The gum Bichromate prints is a collection of people, places and nature. Information: 883-0639.
   CLAY POTTERY EXHIBIT: "Earth Echoes,'' a clay pottery and sculpture exhibit featuring works by artists Marcia Dahlman, Kevin Finegan, Alice Smrcka and Lynn Woods, are on display in the main gallery, Rockport Center for the Arts, 902 Navigation Circle, in Rockport. Also: "Works in Clay'' by instructors Bill Hildebrand, Genie Mysorski and Analisa Kennedy, and their art students, are on display in the Garden Gallery of the center. Exhibits continue through Aug. 19. Information: (361) 729-5519.
   AWARDS: Coastal Bend Wildlife Habitat Education Program will host its First Biennial Awards Photo Exhibit through Aug. 17 at the Frost Bank Plaza. Information: 991-1624.
   PHOTOGRAPHS: Central Library Art Show to display photographic works by artist Eduardo Cervantes at the Corpus Christi Central Library, 805 Comanche St. Exhibit will continue through Aug. 31. Library hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday.
   EXHIBITION: Ron Sullivan: Retrospective Exhibition on display through Sept. 21 in the Joseph A. Cain Memorial Art Gallery, Fine Arts Center, Del Mar College. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon Fridays. A closing reception will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 21.
   REFLECTIONS: The exhibit "Reflections" is on display through Aug. 18 at the Janet F. Harte Public Library, 2629 Waldron Road, in Flour Bluff. Exhibit features artwork by artist Daryl Hause Tanner. Information: 937-6569.
   ONGOING EXHIBITS: The Texas State Aquarium has on display "Texas Trails" exhibit. Features crested caracaras, Swainson's hawks, red-tailed hawks, and other species from southern Texas habitats. "Texas Trails" is located in Conservation Cove, the aquarium's outdoor plaza.Also the "Seahorse Seatopia" exhibit on display at the aquarium through the end of the year 2001. Exhibit features the leafy sea dragons. The "Stingray Flats!" exhibit at the aquarium offers Shark/Ray Touch Time as a daily program offered.
   WILDLIFE EXHIBIT: "Art and The Animal" exhibition is on display through Sept. 9 at the Art Museum of South Texas, 1902 N. Shoreline Blvd. and also at the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History, 1900 N. Chaparral St.
   KIDS
   EXPLORER POST: Texas State Aquarium Explorer Post is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday. Program is designed for youth ages 16-21 interested in science, business, education, animals and the outdoors. Information: 881-1256.

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