May 20078- Huntsville Events Calendar - Part 2

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Now thru July 13, 2008
Looking At The Collection: Art In 3-D
Admission charged. This family-friendly exhibition teaches the basics for understanding the elements of art through a rotating selection of sculpture and other three-dimensional from the Museum’s permanent collection. Mon.-Sat. 10 am.-5 pm , Thurs. 10 am.-8 pm & Sun.1-5 pm . Huntsville Museum Art, 300 Church. For more info, call (256) 535-4350.

Now thru December 30, 2008
Antebellum Trail Driving Tour (Athens)
Free admission. Athens-Limestone County Historic Area—Self-guided using a brochure or a CD ($5 for the CD). Tour area rich in late 19th- and early 20th-century architecture, including 24 antebellum homes, three antebellum churches, an antebellum college, two working cotton plantations, an old post office and a stagecoach inn and tavern. For more information, call 256-232-5411.

Now Thru December 31, 2008
Spring Park Fountain Show (Tuscumbia)
Free. Tuscumbia Spring Park Fountain & Water Show at Spring Park--Spectacular 40-minute show with a magnificent display of water shooting from jets as high as 150 feet into the air, choreographed to lights and music. Musicians perform with seasonal holiday shows, including Memorial Day, 4th of July and Christmas. Fri.-Sun. check the website for times (which vary year round) For more information, call 256-383-0783.

Now Thru Nov. 30
Harmony Park Safari
$6 per person, under 2 free. 10 am-Sundown. Observe antelope, oryx, zebra, zebu, tortoises, lizards, llamas, deer & a camel while driving in the safety of your car. Directions: South on Memorial Parkway, left onto Hobbs Island Road, go about 9 miles, right onto Cloud's Cove Road, 431 Cloud's Cove Road. For more information, call (877) 726-4625. br]
Now Thru-July 15
Dinosaur Uproar
Admission charged. Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 1-5 p.m. at Huntsville Botanical Garden. This unique display features real-life settings for these giants, complete with numerous plants from ancient times. A 30-foot Edmontosaur and a 30-foot Parasaurolophus are featured in the collection. An 8-foot Africanus primitive crocodile, a 20-foot Allosaurs and several 8-inch cockroaches will also be highlighted. Real petrified wood specimens will allow visitors to touch the past. For more information, call (256) 430-3572, ext. 239.
Dinosaur Photos

May 1-Sept. 30
Butterflies In The Garden
Admission charged. Mon.-Sat. 9 am-8 pm & Sun. 1-5 pm at Huntsville Botanical Garden, 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue. Welcome to the nations' largest seasonal butterfly house. Home to over 30 species of North American butterflies, caterpillars, eggs & chrysalis. Frogs, birds & other critters also inhabit the ponds, trees & waterfall. For more information, call (256) 830-4447. (my photos)

May 15
Thursday Evening Concerts At The Library
Free. 6 pm at Huntsville Public Library, 915 Monroe Street. The Library will host a series of evening concerts exploring our city's musical past. This week the First Missionary Baptist Church will perform a African American gospel favorites. For more information, call (256) 532-5975.

May 15
Brass Band of Huntsville
Admission charged. 7:30 pm at Trinity United Methodist Church Sanctuary at 607 Airport Road/ Concert: PRISM Projections-A Night at the Movies." For more information, call (256) 650-0345.

May 15-17
Theatre Huntsville: "I Hate Hamlet"
Admission charged. Thurs.-Fri. 7:30 PM & Sat. 2 & 7:30 PM at Von Braun Center Playhouse, 700 Monroe Street. Andrew Rally seems to have it all: celebrity & acclaim from his starring role in a hit TV series; a rich, beautiful girlfriend; a glamorous, devoted agent; a perfect New York apartment once occupied by John Barrymore; & the chance to play Hamlet in Central Park. But the series has been cancelled, his girlfriend is full of romantic notions but very little passion & he has no desire to play Hamlet. Andrew's life changes dramatically & hilariously after a seance summons Barrymore's ghost & Andrew has to wrestle with his conscience, duel with Barrymore & fulfill his destiny as an actor. Recommended for teen & adult audiences. For more information, call (256) 536-0807.

Don't forget to visit these great local attractions:
Burritt on the Mountain , U.S. Space & Rocket Center , Sci-Quest , Huntsville Museum of Art , EarlyWorks Children's Museum , Old MacDonald's Petting Zoo , Huntsville Botanical Garden, Weeden House Museum , Harmony Park Safari ,Constitution Village , Clay House Museum , Cathedral Caverns State Park , North Alabama Railroad Museum, Historic Lowry House and Veterans Memorial Museum.

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