All classes are held on Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. with hands-on projects completed on the Arboretum grounds. Most classes also include take-home items assembled in class. Materials and tools required for each class will be provided.

Course Instructor: Joe Blanton, the Arboretum’s Conservation Director, is certified by National Wildlife Federation as a Backyard Habitat Designer.

CLASS SERIES:
February 7th: Building Spring Nesting Sites for Wildlife
(Projects: Bird Nest Boxes & Solitary Bee Houses)

March 7
Using Native Plants to Attract Wildlife
(Projects: Hummingbird Garden Installation)

April 11
Capturing Rainwater to Benefit Wildlife
(Projects: Rain Garden Installation)

Cost per class:
$40 for members;
$50 for non-members
Arboretum members can sign up for the series of classes (3) at a discounted rate of $100.

Register using our online form found at http://www.houstonarboretum.org.
Start Time: 13:00
Date: 2010-04-11
End Time: 17:00

All classes are held on Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. with hands-on projects completed on the Arboretum grounds. Most classes also include take-home items assembled in class. Materials and tools required for each class will be provided.

Course Instructor: Joe Blanton, the Arboretum’s Conservation Director, is certified by National Wildlife Federation as a Backyard Habitat Designer.

CLASS SERIES:
February 7th: Building Spring Nesting Sites for Wildlife
(Projects: Bird Nest Boxes & Solitary Bee Houses)

March 7
Using Native Plants to Attract Wildlife
(Projects: Hummingbird Garden Installation)

April 11
Capturing Rainwater to Benefit Wildlife
(Projects: Rain Garden Installation)

Cost per class:
$40 for members;
$50 for non-members
Arboretum members can sign up for the series of classes (3) at a discounted rate of $100.

Register using our online form found at http://www.houstonarboretum.org.
Start Time: 13:00
Date: 2010-03-07
End Time: 17:00

All classes are held on Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. with hands-on projects completed on the Arboretum grounds. Most classes also include take-home items assembled in class. Materials and tools required for each class will be provided.

Course Instructor: Joe Blanton, the Arboretum’s Conservation Director, is certified by National Wildlife Federation as a Backyard Habitat Designer.

CLASS SERIES:
February 7th: Building Spring Nesting Sites for Wildlife
(Projects: Bird Nest Boxes & Solitary Bee Houses)

March 7
Using Native Plants to Attract Wildlife
(Projects: Hummingbird Garden Installation)

April 11
Capturing Rainwater to Benefit Wildlife
(Projects: Rain Garden Installation)

Cost per class:
$40 for members;
$50 for non-members
Arboretum members can sign up for the series of classes (3) at a discounted rate of $100.

Register using our online form found at http://www.houstonarboretum.org.
Start Time: 13:00
Date: 2010-02-07
End Time: 17:00

Frida Escobedo founded her Mexico City firm in 2006. In 2009, she was selected as one of the winners of the Architectural League of New York’s 2009 Young Architects Competition. She has described her office’s work as focusing on “the residual and the forgotten: from decadent suburbs that are being subdivided, to rundown tourist spots, to unused roofs and basements” and the identification of “forces that change the configuration of cities…central and powerful or marginal, formal or informal.”

Her work includes the renovation of the Boca Chica Hotel in Acapulco; Casa Negra and Casa 662 in Mexico City; and Caja Gris for which she received the 2005 Young Creator’s Grant in the National System of Arts, Mexico. Additionally, in 2006 Escobedo’s firm received first place in a national affordable housing competition in Mexico.

Escobedo graduated in 2003 with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. She is currently a professor in the architecture faculty at that institution.

Series Tickets:
$20 – RDA, MFAH members
$15 – Senior citizens 65 and older
$10 – Students with identification
$35 – Others

Single Tickets (upon availability):
$7 – RDA, MFAH members; Senior citizens 65 and older; Students with identification
$10 – Others
For additional information, please call 713-348-4876
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2010-02-24

Derek Dellekamp graduated from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, and in 1999 founded Dellekamp Arquitectos. His interest in urban scale led to the formation of MXDF Urban Research Center with other colleagues to investigate the intricate urban reality of Mexico City. Immersed in contemporary architectural discourse, Dellekamp’s work is often informed through collaboration with other disciplines.

In 2003, Dellekamp was the recipient of an Honorary Distinction in the Jose Vasconcelos National Library Competition in collaboration with Dominique Perrault, Michel Rojkind, and Miquel Adriá. His work is featured in books such as the Wallpaper Architects Directory, Phaidon’s 10 X 10 and the Atlas of World Architecture, and periodicals like Architectures á Vivre, Arquine, Summa +, and GA House. Dellekamp was a selected speaker in the Emerging Voices lecture at the Architectural League of New York.

Series Tickets:
$20 – RDA, MFAH members
$15 – Senior citizens 65 and older
$10 – Students with identification
$35 – Others

Single Tickets (upon availability):
$7 – RDA, MFAH members; Senior citizens 65 and older; Students with identification
$10 – Others
For additional information, please call 713-348-4876
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2010-02-17

The “City of Palaces” is what radio announcers used to call Mexico City in their daily broadcasts—an apt nickname since its architectural treasures are unmatched in the Western Hemisphere. As Richard Neutra pointed out in a 1952 essay, only Peru can rival its Pre-Colombian and Colonial riches, but no other city in the Americas can boast of monuments from both of these eras, as well as an extraordinary body of modern architecture that keeps growing. During 2010 Mexico will be celebrating the bicentennial of its independence, as well as the centennial of the Mexican Revolution. The Rice Design Alliance joins the celebrations with a lecture series featuring a remarkable group of young architects who are making an impact on Mexico City with their built projects.

Join us as we continue the Spring Lecture series with Javier Sanchez, principal, JSa .

Series Tickets:
$20 – RDA, MFAH members
$15 – Senior citizens 65 and older
$10 – Students with identification
$35 – Others

Single Tickets (upon availability):
$7 – RDA, MFAH members; Senior citizens 65 and older; Students with identification
$10 – Others
For additional information, please call 713-348-4876
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2010-02-10

Eleven leatherback sea turtles are taking part in the Great Turtle Race, speeding from foraging grounds in the frigid waters of Canada to nesting beaches on the sun-soaked shores of the Caribbean. The turtles are tagged with state-of-the-art satellite tracking devices that allow us to follow their incredible 3,700-mile (6,000-kilometer) journey.

The data collected from the turtles during the migration will help scientists in their own race to save this endangered species from threats such as coastal development, fishery bycatch, and egg harvesting.

Which turtle will reach the finish line first? Which will dive the deepest or go the farthest afield? Will they all make it to the end? Follow the turtles as they race across the Atlantic! More at http://www.greatturtlerace.com/.

The Gulf Restoration Network also provides information about the beginning of Sea Turtle Season: http://action.healthygulf.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=27055.

LOCAL sea turtle information can be found at http://www.ridleyturtles.org/, the website for member organization Healp Endangered Animals-Ridley Turtles (HEART). There are a number of articles about local happenings, and you can sign up for a newsletter at http://www.seaturtles.org/article.php?id=945.