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It's Island Time!
The bloom of spring has finally arrived, so there's never been a better time to make your plans for an Island getaway!
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From the Blogs at blog.galveston.com 
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| Penguin Encounter at Moody Gardens: Up Close and Personal
The “Penguin Encounter” at Moody Gardens not only brings you up close with the cold weather birds, but also offers a chance for learning more about them.
| Summer Movie Preview
One of the things that Southeast Texas and Hollywood has in common is that their spring season is nearly non-existent. In Galveston we often get a few days of springlike weather, and then land right into a long and wonderfully sultry summer. Hollywood has learned that the summer box office revenues can’t start soon enough, which is why even at the beginning of May, heavyweights like Tom Cruise (Oblivion), and May opener Iron Man 3 are already in cinemas before the kids are even out of school.
| Stalking Beignets at the New Gumbo Diner
There is virtually no way to roust an “owl” personality into really enjoying the morning. No way of course, except the offer of a truly tasty memory from New Orleans. The newly opened Gumbo Diner on seawall is now offering that very enticement: freshly made New Orleans’s style Beignets!
| Bathing Beauties on Parade
Take a look at a picture of people enjoying a day at the beach from the 1920s or '30s and one thing stands out immediately: folks wore a lot more clothes on the beach than they do now. Modesty was the thing back then, and the Beach Revue, scheduled for May 17-18 in Galveston, celebrates this time when swimwear left much more to the imagination.
| Galveston to Host AIA Sandcastle Competition, Juneteenth Celebration Next Month
Two of Galveston’s greatest attractions are its beaches and history, and this June visitors have the chance to celebrate both with two major special events: the AIA Sandcastle Competition and the island’s annual Juneteeth festival.
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| Performing & Visual Arts |
Galveston's Grand 1894 Opera House is presenting a series of exciting fall performances - sure to have you laughing in the aisles, tapping your feet, and clapping your hands. |
| "Harvey" May 19th
"Harvey" is about Elwood P. Dowd, a goodnatured, mild-mannered eccentric who is known in all of the cafeterias and saloons in his small town. Elwood is polite and cheerful and always friendly toward any strangers he might encounter, and he has just one problematic character trait: his best friend is an invisible six-foot-tall rabbit, Harvey.
| Live Music at East Beach: Jesse Roach May 19th
Galveston's East Beach is the coolest and biggest beach in Texas. Located at the far eastern tip of the island, East Beach is famous for its great beach parties, fishing and bird watching.
| "Harvey" May 23rd
"Harvey" is about Elwood P. Dowd, a goodnatured, mild-mannered eccentric who is known in all of the cafeterias and saloons in his small town. Elwood is polite and cheerful and always friendly toward any strangers he might encounter, and he has just one problematic character trait: his best friend is an invisible six-foot-tall rabbit, Harvey.
| "Harvey" May 24th
"Harvey" is about Elwood P. Dowd, a goodnatured, mild-mannered eccentric who is known in all of the cafeterias and saloons in his small town. Elwood is polite and cheerful and always friendly toward any strangers he might encounter, and he has just one problematic character trait: his best friend is an invisible six-foot-tall rabbit, Harvey.
| "Harvey" May 25th
"Harvey" is about Elwood P. Dowd, a goodnatured, mild-mannered eccentric who is known in all of the cafeterias and saloons in his small town. Elwood is polite and cheerful and always friendly toward any strangers he might encounter, and he has just one problematic character trait: his best friend is an invisible six-foot-tall rabbit, Harvey.
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| Sports & Outdoors |
While there is a lot to do in Galveston, it's also a place where it feels comfortable to do little. At 10.4 miles long, the seawall lining the Gulf of Mexico is the world's longest continuous sidewalk and attracts walkers, joggers, bicyclists, surfers, sunbathers, skaters and sightseers year-round. It's a great place to exercise or just sit to watch a flock of brown pelicans skim across the waves at sunset. |
| Kayak Adventure: East End Lagoon Sunset May 24th
An easy paddle in natural wetlands, the East End Lagoon offers an up-close view of the entry to the second largest port in the United States.
| East Beach Grand Re-Opening May 25th
The Buzz 94.5 FM will kick off the Grand Opening of East Beach on May 25th with 5 local area bands on the Bud Light Stage from 2p-8p. The end of the night will feature a fireworks show presented by the Galveston Park Board.
| Galveston Island State Park Beach Walk May 25th
Get a close-up look at the many critters and birds that inhabit the sand, surf and seaweed. Tour activities include hands-on seining, digging and beachcombing under the guidance of beach combing volunteers from Galveston Bay Master Naturalists and Friends of GISP.
| Kayak Adventure: Cypress Swamp May 25th
An area of the lower Trinity River offers mystery and mazes in a 20,000 acre of brackish and freshwater marshes, as well as bald cypress trees. Among tall trees once harvested to build homes on Galveston Island, one might witness sleeping owls, resting bobcats, and sunning alligators
| Galveston Island State Park Bay Walk May 26th
On these walks, you discover the wetlands with a close-up look at the critters, grasses and birds that inhabit the marshland and bay. Tour activities include hands-on-seining, fiddler crab sightings and more under the guidance of volunteers from Galveston Bay Master Naturalists and Friends of GISP.
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