THE PROGRESSIVE FORUM PRESENTS BRIAN GREENE Date: Sept. 29 Time: 7:30 pm Location: Wortham Center, Cullen Theater. Contact: http://www.progressiveforumhouston.org/. Complete Description: Explore the cosmos through the exhilarating advancements of modern physics. Dr. Brian Greene’s presentation is renowned for its inspiration. With dazzling big-screen imagery, you’ll be amazed at the wonders of universe, what man has learned in its quest for…
THE WORTH OF WATER Date: September 29 Time: 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Location: Houston Arboretum Contact: http://www.houstonseminar.org/Fall2009/water.html Complete Description: The Houston Seminar is holding four days of presentations called The Worth of Water: Our Priceless Bayous, Rivers, Ports, and Wetlands. “We never know the worth of water till the well is dry†is as true now as when Thomas…
THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEADate: September 27 – October 2 Time: 8:00 p.m. ET Location: Broadcast via PBS Contact: http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/ Complete Description: PBS will air the new Ken Burns documentary series, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA, in fall 2009. The 12-hour, six-part documentary series, directed by Burns and co-produced with his longtime colleague, Dayton Duncan, who also wrote…