From the monthly archives: February 2011
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Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! Special Program Saturday in Sienna Plantation

By On February 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Don't Miss This, Kid Stuff, Weekend Treats

In celebration of Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss’s birthday, the Youth Services department at Fort Bend County Libraries’ Sienna Branch Library, 8411 Sienna Springs Blvd. in Missouri City, will present a special Seuss-ical storyteller, Glenn Ray Little, on Saturday, Feb. 26, beginning at 10 a.m., in the Large Meeting Room of the library.

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Celebrate National Engineers Week! (Yes, really.)

By On February 23, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Don't Miss This, Weekend Treats

I had no idea it was National Engineers Week this week. I’m married to an engineer! I didn’t get a gift or decorate a tree with engineering “stuff.” I had better get going on the celebrating. Maybe we can build something tonight.

Don’t have an engineer at home? Don’t panic! You can meet some real [...]

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Learn to Buy and Sell on eBay

By On February 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Don't Miss This

Has your child outgrown his clothes and you’d like to sell them? Do you need to replace a hubcap that flew off on the freeway? The Adult Services staff at Fort Bend County Libraries’ George Memorial Library, 1001 Golfview in Richmond, will present “The Basics of Buying and Selling on eBay,” beginning at 10 a.m. [...]

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Weekend Treats: Movies, Music and Men Who Cook … Win FREE Tickets to the Symphony!

By On February 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Weekend Treats

We’ve got a weekend treat for you, SugarLandMOMs! Comment on this post and tell us your favorite weekend activity and you could win four tickets to the Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra’s “Viva Italia” concert this Sunday at the Stafford Center. It’s that easy! Just leave a comment on this post before midnight tonight and you [...]

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Kid Stuff: Is Your Child Interested in a Career Working with Animals?

By On February 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Kid Stuff

What do you want to be when you grow up? For kids 12 years of age and older, it’s not too early to begin exploring the answer. At the Houston Zoo’s Teen Career Conference on February 27, kids interested in animal-related career fields can get answers straight from the horse’s mouth. Or, in this case, [...]

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Don’t Miss This: 60 ‘Celebrity’ Chefs Cooking for Schools Saturday

By On February 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Don't Miss This

Come for the food. Stay for the drinks. Leave with the auction items. Oh, yes, and help the schools!

The planning committee for Men Who Cook 2011, presented this year by Dr. Michael Amaro, is counting the hours until this year’s event, to be held Saturday, Feb. 19, at Safari Texas in Richmond. [...]

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Free Indian Cooking Class at Williams-Sonoma this Saturday

By On February 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In FrugalMOM, Weekend Treats

Williams-Sonoma at First Colony Mall has announced its February schedule of complimentary Technique Classes. Each hour-long class is dedicated to a specific topic and led by one of the retailer’s culinary experts. Class size is limited and reservations are suggested.

The February line-up of classes includes:

• Saturday, February 12 at 11:00 a.m.: Indian Cooking. [...]

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Sign Your Kids Up for a Space Mission

By On February 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Weekend Treats

Blast Into Outer Space On A Simulated Space Flight To The Moon!

During Family Space Night on Feb. 19, the Challenger Learning Center at the George Observatory will be open for individual children and adults to sign up for missions. No danger is involved!  Astronauts are assigned jobs aboard the Space Station Observer and work together [...]

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Weekend Treats

By On February 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Weekend Treats

Free this Saturday? Check out these fun events:

Celebrate Black History at the Houston Museum of Natural Science-Sugar Land

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday,  visit the Sugar Land campus of the Houston Museum of Natural Science to learn about the contributions of famous black scientists and inventors, including Benjamin Banneker, an astronomer, mathematician, surveyor, [...]

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Don’t Miss This: Girlfriends Giggle

By On February 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Don't Miss This

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