River
Oaks Shopping Center,
75 upscale stores
offering entertainment, a
variety of cuisine, storefront
parking, unique shops and
boutiques. |
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Minute
Maid Park home
to the Houston
Astros. |
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Bayou
Place,
restaurants, movie theaters,
concerts, entertainment complex. |
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19th Street, in the Heights
offering antique stores, dining
and an eclectic shopping
experience. |
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Jones Hall, home
of the Houston
Symphony, Society
of Performing Arts and Broadway productions. |
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The Alley
Theater, two
stages for drama theatre. |
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The Wortham Center, with
two theaters for Houston
Grand Opera and The
Houston Ballet. |
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Hobby Center for the
Performing Arts, future
home to Theater
Under the Stars,
musical performances and
concerts. |
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Verizon
Wireless Theater,
concerts. |
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Medical Center ... located
within 4 miles of Sara's. |
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Galleria, shopping,
movies, ice skating.... |
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Houston
Museum of Fine Arts,
oldest comprehensive museum in
the Southwest United States.
You're invited to come see its
treasures - art of world
cultures from antiquity to the
present. New at MFAH is the
new Audrey Jones Beck Building
which opened on March 25,
2000. The Beck Building will be
the central repository for the
museum's outstanding collections
of European art from antiquity
to 1920. |
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Houston
Museum of Natural Science,
Wortham IMAX Theatre
(713-639-IMAX), the Cockrell
Butterfly Center and its
rainforest environment, the
Burke Baker Planetarium and
three floors of permanent
exhibits with everything from
dinosaurs to the elaborate
Cullen Hall of Gems and
Minerals. |
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Contemporary Arts Museum,
modern, all-metal structure
houses its collection and
exhibits, as well as a wide
variety of educational programs
for adults and children.
Admission is free to the museum,
which is open every day except
Monday. For hours of operation
and general information, call
(713) 284-8250. |
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The
Houston Zoo/Houston Zoological
Gardens,
located in Hermann Park.
Houston's only urban jungle is a
breathtaking example of spring
and the renewal of life.
Giraffes play, tigers swim and
elephants trumpet as the zoo
comes to life. Also visit
Natural Selections, the Houston
Zoo gift shop, for unique
souvenirs. For information, call
(713) 284-1300. |
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The Children's Museum, highest-attended
youth museum in the country, the
Children's Museum of Houston
serves more than 450,000
visitors annually. Committed to
the mission of learning, the
museum features 10 galleries of
hands-on, minds-on activities
that invite exploration by
children, educators and
families. The Children's Museum
at 1500 Binz is open every day
except Monday, and Thursday
night is free from 5-8 p.m. For
more information call (713)
522-1138. |
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