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October 20, 2010

Featured Events

SCARECROW TRAIL
  • Recurring daily
  • 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2010
  • Times: Mon.-Sat. 9 AM-5 PM & Sun. Noon-5 PM
  • Address: 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue Huntsville, AL 35805
  • Phone: (256) 830-4447
  • Admission: Admission charged
  • Venue: Huntsville Botanical Garden

September and October brings the Scarecrow Trail back to the Huntsville Botanical Garden. Dozens of wild, wacky, scary and funny crows are once again hiding behind the trees throughout the Garden.

Ongoing Events

EXHIBIT: 55 YEARS OF BURRITT MUSEUM
  • Recurring daily
  • 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2010
  • Times: Tues.-Sat. 9 AM-5 PM & Sun. Noon-5 PM
  • Address: 3101 Burritt Drive Huntsville, AL 35801
  • Phone: (256) 536-2882
  • Admission: Admission charged
  • Venue: Burritt on the Mountain

HARMONY PARK ANIMAL PRESERVE
  • Recurring daily
  • 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2010
  • Times: 10 AM-Sundown
  • Address: 431 Cloud's Huntsville, AL 35803
  • Phone: (877) 726-4625
  • Admission: Admission charged
  • Venue: Harmony Park Safari

Enjoy drive-through observation & feeding of free ranging rare & endangered animals. Your self-guided tour also includes reptiles & amphibians from around the world, as well as various species of fowl.

TATE FARMS COTTON PICKIN' PUMPKINS
  • Recurring daily
  • 10/01/2010 - 10/30/2010
  • Times: Mon.-Fri. 2-6 PM, Sat. 9 AM-6 PM & Closed Sundays
  • Address: 8414a Moores Mill Road Meridianville, AL 35759
  • Phone: (256) 828-8288
  • Admission: Admission charged

Activities include hay bale & cotton picker slides, mini John Deere tricycles, horse tire swings & farm animals.  And, of course, you can pick your own pumpkins & gourds.

ENCOUNTERS: MARK MESSERSMITH
  • Recurring daily
  • 10/03/2010 - 10/31/2010
  • Times: Tues.-Sat. 10 AM-5 PM, Thurs. 10 AM-8 PM & Sun. 1-5 PM
  • Address: 300 Church Street Huntsville, AL 35801
  • Phone: (256) 535-4350
  • Admission: Admission charged
  • Venue: Huntsville Museum of Art

The latest exhibition in this long-standing showcase for outstanding regional contemporary art focuses on this Florida artist’s richly layered narrative paintings. Messersmith renders the coastal Southeastern landscape as a mysterious environment still inhabited by powerful birds, vigilant panthers, weary gators, blackwater swamps and old cypress trees—all vying with mankind for space and survival.

TURNING WOOD INTO ART
  • Recurring daily
  • 10/03/2010 - 10/31/2010
  • Times: Tues.-Sat. 10 AM-5 PM, Thurs. 10 AM-8 PM & Sun. 1-5 PM
  • Address: 300 Church Street Huntsville, AL 35801
  • Phone: (256) 535-4350
  • Admission: Admission charged
  • Venue: Huntsville Museum of Art

Showcasing nearly 70 objects from one of the world’s foremost holdings of contemporary wood sculpture—this exhibition underscores the quality, artistic expression, and technical innovation recently achieved in the field of turned wood. Organized by the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC; circulated by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services, Kansas City, MO.

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE EXHIBITION
  • Recurring daily
  • 10/09/2010 - 10/31/2010
  • Address: One Tranquility Base Huntsville, AL 35805
  • Phone: (256) 837-3400
  • Admission: Admission charged
  • Venue: U.S. Space & Rocket Center

Based on the epic film series & C.S. Lewis' beloved fictional books, the 10,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art entertainment & educational experience offers visitors the opportunity to tour scenes from the fantastical literary world of Narnia.  Through authentic costumes, props & set dressings from Disney's magical films, visitors will enter a world that combines the wonders of science with elements of fantasy.

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE EXHIBITION
  • Recurring daily
  • 10/10/2010 - 10/31/2010
  • Address: One Tranquility Base Huntsville, AL 35805
  • Phone: (256) 837-3400
  • Admission: Admission charged
  • Venue: U.S. Space & Rocket Center

Based on the epic film series & C.S. Lewis' beloved fictional books, the 10,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art entertainment & educational experience offers visitors the opportunity to tour scenes from the fantastical literary world of Narnia.  Through authentic costumes, props & set dressings from Disney's magical films, visitors will enter a world that combines the wonders of science with elements of fantasy.

GO GABBA GABBA LIVE SHOW
  • 10/20/2010 - 10/20/2010
  • Times: 2 & 6:30 PM
  • Address: Concert Hall, 700 Monroe Street Huntsville, AL 35801
  • Phone: (256) 533-1953
  • Admission: Admission charged
  • Venue: Von Braun Center

This production for preschoolers & families features music, singing, dancing & animation.  Kids can see their favorite elements from the TV show come to life.


 

 

 

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