Saturday & Sunday: 2012 Home Expo

The 2012 Home Expo will be held on the weekend of February 25-26 at the Brazos County Expo Center located at 5827 Leonard Road in Bryan. The Home Expo will be open to the public on Saturday from 10am to 5pm and on Sunday from 1pm to 5pm. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for seniors. Children under 12 years old are free.

Tickets will be sold at the main entrance to the Expo Center. The Home Expo, sponsored by McCoy’s Building Supply, will feature a myriad of fabulous exhibits for everything homeowners need for inside and outside the home. A full schedule of seminars on home building, remodeling, landscaping, interior decorating, energy efficiency and much more will be offered and are included with the entity ticket price.

Special activities for kids will be offered in the Pavilion, including a petting zoo and a Junior Master Gardner’s exhibit where they can learn hands-on gardening techniques. Kids will also have a Bouncy House while their parents tour the other exhibits.

For more information about the 2012 Home Expo, conctact the Bryan/College Station Home Builders Association at (979) 696-0272 or visit the HBA website at www.bcsbuilders.org.

Epicurean Extravaganza: A Taste of Aggieland

If you've been to the Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce's annual Epicurean Extravaganza: A Taste of Aggieland before, you'll find the same smorgasbord of tasty offerings by area restaurants as in previous years, but you'll also some find some new treats including an Iron Chef contest and a hot-wing eating contest. This year's event is on Tuesday, March 6, at the Brazos County Expo Complex and will allow local restaurants, caterers, and beverage distributors to showcase their delicious food and drinks while offering diners a "one-stop" sampling of local fare. Some 42 different booths will be set up allowing hundreds of visitors to stroll by and get a taste of some of the appetizing cuisine each restaurant has to offer.

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OPAS Presents Max Rabbe February 27

Max Raabe & The Palast Orchester

February 27 at 7:30 p.m., listen to the sounds of Max Raabe & The Palast Orchester presented by MSC OPAS in Rudder Theatre.

Be whisked away to the high style and musical glory of the 1920s and 30s! Already a hit in Europe, MAX RAABE & THE PALAST ORCHESTER arrive on the OPAS season after receiving rave reviews in the states (including three standing ovations in their Carnegie Hall debut). Overflowing with witty nostalgia, the charismatic singer Max Raabe is the picture of debonair elegance as he flawlessly recreates the sounds of German dance and film music of pre-WWII times. Joined onstage by his 12-member orchestra, Raabe’s vocal prowess teases every nuance from the melodies as he performs everything from Cuban rumbas to cheerful foxtrot.

Call (979) 845-1234 or visit mscopas.org for tickets and more information.

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I ❤ Science: Saturday Morning Physics is 4 U

Love your inner geek at the spring Saturday Morning Physics programs at Texas A&M University. This free program is a National Science Foundation funded event designed to indulge Texas high school students in the fascinating subatomic world of modern physics. No prerequisites, except curiosity, are necessary to attend the 9 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday morning series that includes seminars, discussion, quizzes, experiments and tours of campus.

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Getting to the Core: New Brazos Valley Museum Exhibit Explores 'Secrets of the Earth'

The Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History, in cooperation with the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) presents  Getting to the Core: the JOIDES Resolution, from through April 28.

This fascinating exhibition takes visitors "out  to  sea" through images and information from the ship, the JOIDES Resolution.  “JOIDES” stands for Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling. The name reflects the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program's (IODP) commitment to the science of exploring what lies beneath the ocean floor. “Resolution” honors an earlier ship, the HMS Resolution, commanded more than 200 years ago by Capt. James Cook, who explored the Pacific and Antarctic regions. Around the ship, in the lab and during on-shore operations, the JOIDES Resolution is affectionately referred to as The JR.

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