Galveston.com Lectures, Workshops, & Special Tours

Cooking Class: Gnocchi, It's What's for Dinner! June 18th

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:57 -0500

Mangia Italiano! Take a cooking class at The Kitchen Chick! The Italian Wooden Spoon and The Kitchen Chick have teamed up to teach you how to make authentic Italian cuisine!

Art Class: Fabric Art with Ilse Bernard June 21st

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:57 -0500

Galveston Arts Center is pleased to announce summer art classes for kids age 5 thru 12, coming to historic Moody Mansion.

Stop and Smell the Rosé! Summer Wine Primer June 22nd

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:57 -0500

More than just a tasting, wine aficionado Jennie Rohrer's talent and tips will help you hone in on your favorite summer glass.

Menard Lecture: "The Galveston-Houston Packet; Steamships on Buffalo Bayou" June 23rd

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:57 -0500

Galveston Historical Foundation will host summer lectures, from June through August, at the historic Menard Campus.

Art Class: Printmaking with Jessica Antonelli June 28th

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:57 -0500

Galveston Arts Center is pleased to announce summer art classes for kids age 5 thru 12, coming to historic Moody Mansion.

Art Class: Clay 1 with Amber Kaiser July 5th

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:56 -0500

Galveston Arts Center is pleased to announce summer art classes for kids age 5 thru 12, coming to historic Moody Mansion.

Mangia Italiano Cooking Class July 8th

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:56 -0500

Mangia Italiano! Take a cooking class at The Kitchen Chick! The Italian Wooden Spoon and The Kitchen Chick have teamed up to teach you how to make authentic Italian cuisine!

Art Class: Clay 2 with Amber Kaiser July 12th

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:56 -0500

Galveston Arts Center is pleased to announce summer art classes for kids age 5 thru 12, coming to historic Moody Mansion.

Ocean Star Family Day "Rigs to Reefs" July 13th

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:56 -0500

"Rigs to Reefs": Learn how obsolete oil platforms are being converted into artificial reef habitats and why sea creatures make these structures home. Create a Deep See porthole - a unique view of an amazing underwater habitat.

Menard Lecture: "Historic Tales of the Texas Republic, A Glimpse of Texas Past" July 14th

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:55 -0500

Galveston Historical Foundation will host summer lectures, from June through August, at the historic Menard Campus.

Art Class: Beach Find Wind Charms with Rachel Wiley July 19th

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:55 -0500

Galveston Arts Center is pleased to announce summer art classes for kids age 5 thru 12, coming to historic Moody Mansion.

Mangia Italiano Cooking Class July 25th

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:54 -0500

Mangia Italiano! Take a cooking class at The Kitchen Chick! The Italian Wooden Spoon and The Kitchen Chick have teamed up to teach you how to make authentic Italian cuisine!

Art Class: Nature Prints with Laura McIntyre July 26th

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:54 -0500

Galveston Arts Center is pleased to announce summer art classes for kids age 5 thru 12, coming to historic Moody Mansion.

Art Class: Self Portraits with Joan Finn August 2nd

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:54 -0500

Galveston Arts Center is pleased to announce summer art classes for kids age 5 thru 12, coming to historic Moody Mansion.

Menard Lecture: "The First Texas Navy, 1835-1837" August 4th

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:54 -0500

Galveston Historical Foundation will host summer lectures, from June through August, at the historic Menard Campus.

Mangia Italiano Cooking Class August 5th

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:54 -0500

Mangia Italiano! Take a cooking class at The Kitchen Chick! The Italian Wooden Spoon and The Kitchen Chick have teamed up to teach you how to make authentic Italian cuisine!

Art Class: Batik on Paper August 9th

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:53 -0500

Galveston Arts Center is pleased to announce summer art classes for kids age 5 thru 12, coming to historic Moody Mansion.

Ocean Star Family Day "Needle Through a Balloon" August 10th

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:53 -0500

"Needle Through a Balloon": Insert a bamboo skewer coated with petroleum jelly into a balloon and model the elasticity of polymers. Find those areas on the balloon that can be stretched allowing the skewer to penetrate through the balloon without it popping

Ocean Star Family Day "Life on a Rig" September 14th

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:53 -0500

"Life on a Rig": Step aboard the Ocean Star and find out about the different kinds of offshore structures, what they do, and who works on them. Learn what you would look like as an offshore oil worker. Try on safety gear, explore the old control room and participate in a scavenger hunt during your visit. Circle the safety gear items on the My Safety Gear page.

Ocean Star Family Day "Sources of Energy" October 12th

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:52 -0500

"Sources of Energy": Come learn about the 10 different energy sources and how each source is important to everyday life. Create your own ‘energy wheel’ as you discover why renewable and non-renewable energy affects your life, and where petroleum fits in.

Ocean Star Family Day "What's on Your Plate?" November 9th

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:52 -0500

"What’s on your Plate?": The continents once formed a large land mass known as Pangea. The spreading of the sea floor separated the one large land mass into continents. Label the continents on the Student Page, cut them out, and try to fit them together as they may have been million of years ago.

Ocean Star Family Day "Put the Poly in Polymer" December 14th

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:58:51 -0500

"Put the Poly in Polymer": Tiny molecules strung in long repeating chains form polymers. The materials commonly called plastics are called synthetic plastics. Create a model of a simple carbon chain, ethane, using green and red construction paper. Use red construction paper for the carbon and green for the hydrogen.