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Holiday Items on Sale at Green Market at Discovery Green
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Release Date: 6-Nov-08 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan Category: News Release Subcategory: Fall Programming Season
With its emphasis on healthy living, Discovery Green is proud to host a weekly organic urban market every Thursday afternoon from 4:00 – 7:30 p.m. Managed by the Central City-Co-op, the market currently features up to 12 vendors weekly, showcasing their organically grown produce, fruits, clothing and specialty foods. The market organizers are delighted to announce that holiday gift items will be available to shoppers in November and ...
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Explore Discovery Green this Holiday Season
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Release Date: 16-Oct-08 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan Category: Events Subcategory: Fall Programming Season
Houston’s downtown park, Discovery Green, will offer a spectacular menu of holiday activities this season. Reconnect with family and friends and enjoy these holiday festivities at the park.
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Inprint Readings on the Green presents Andrea White, reading from her new children’s novel Window Boy, and gifted young writer Jemma Leech
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Release Date: 13-Oct-08 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan Category: Events Subcategory: News Release
Inprint Readings on the Green presents Houston First Lady Andrea White, reading from her new children’s novel Window Boy, and gifted young writer Jemma Leech. The reading takes place on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 7 pm, at Houston’s Discovery Green Park, in Downtown Houston at 1500 McKinney, near the main stage of the Park. The reading is free and open to the public and is followed by a book sale and signing. For more information, visit ...
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SCREAM on the Green at Discovery Green
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Release Date: 3-Oct-08 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan Category: Events Subcategory: News Release
Ghouls and Ghosts will be lurking around downtown on Halloween at Discovery Green. Dress up the family for a free, fun-filled spooky outdoor Halloween party. Throughout the evening guests will compete in adult, children, and even dog costume contests while enjoying Halloween treats and scary music. The entertainment includes an opportunity to sing along with your favorite Halloween tunes at Café Scary-oke presented by KPFT and dance under the ...
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High School for the Performing and Visual Arts at Discovery Green Honoring Nancy G. Kinder
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Release Date: 1-Oct-08 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan Category: Events Subcategory: News Release
Houston’s best young musicians, actors, dancers and singers from the internationally renowned High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) will dazzle audiences in a free event on Friday, October 17 at Discovery Green. The event is a tribute to Nancy G. Kinder, former Board Chair, Discovery Green Conservancy. Made possible by generous support from Andrea and Mayor Bill White, this annual event will take place every year until 2010 and ...
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Thank You, Houston: A Celebration of Gulf Coast Voices, Music and Food
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Release Date: 23-Sep-08 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan Category: Events Subcategory: News Release
Houston's Katrina community postponed its September 13 commemoration of the hurricane’s third anniversary due to the impending landfall of Ike. Originally planned as an opportunity to express survivors’ gratitude to the city, Thank You, Houston, has been re-constituted as and re-scheduled a citywide salute to the generous spirit of giving that Houston has shown all of its residents – old and new – in such times of need. On Friday September 26, ...
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Downtown Green Market at Discovery Green
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Release Date: 20-Aug-08 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan Category: News Release Subcategory: News Release
Fresh fruits, vegetables and organic foods available each Thursday at the new downtown park. Houstonians seeking to supplement their Thursday afternoon happy hour have an exciting alternative in downtown Houston. With its emphasis on healthy living, Discovery Green is proud to host weekly organic urban markets every Thursday afternoon from 4:00 - 7:30 p.m....
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Outdoor Ice Skating Debuts at Discovery Green
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Release Date: 14-Aug-08 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan Category: News Release Subcategory: Holiday Skating on The Ice
Outdoor ice skating makes a welcome return to downtown Houston with The Ice at Discovery Green, Holiday Skating on the Lake, presented by the Houston Chronicle. Sure to be a favorite holiday destination, the ice rink opens Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2008 and runs through Martin Luther King Day, January 19, 2009.
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Discovery Green Fall Programming Schedule
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Release Date: 12-Aug-08 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan Category: News Release Subcategory: Fall Programming Season
Discovery Green has been a popular destination with Houstonians and visitors to the city since its official opening on April 13, 2008. Located in downtown Houston across from the George R. Brown Convention Center, Discovery Green is 12 acres of urban green space including one-acre lake, children’s playground area, interactive water features, multi-use amphitheater stage and sloping lawn, small and large dog runs, and two restaurants, the Grove ...
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DockDogs ® Made Successful Local Debut at Discovery Green Houston's New Downtown Park
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Release Date: 2-Jul-08 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan Category: Recent News Subcategory: News Release
Houston, well-known for its enthusiastic sports fans, embraced another exciting athletic event as DockDogs®made its Houston debut at Discovery Green, Houston’s newest park located across from the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston...
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Diverse Programming Set for Spring & Summer at Discovery Green
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Release Date: 11-Apr-08 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan Category: News Release Subcategory: News Release
April 10, 2008 -- The much-anticipated new downtown park – Discovery Green – will open on April 13, 2008. An inaugural Spring/Summer Programming Season will kick off on April 13, 2008 and run through August 8, 2008. A diverse series will to offer activities and programs for Houstonians and visitors of all ages. More...
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Discovery Green - Houston's New Urban Park - Opens April 2008
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Release Date: 4-Mar-08 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan Category: Events
Discovery Green, a 12-acre park located in downtown Houston, will open to the public on April 13, 2008. The long-awaited destination fulfills a commitment from Mayor Bill White and major private Houston foundations to create and preserve green space within Houston’s central city. With its proximity to the George R. Brown Convention Center, Minute Maid Park and Toyota Center, Discovery Green is an ideal location for the city’s newest attraction. ...
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Concert to Salute Robert "Doc" Morgan
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Release Date: 31-Jan-08 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan Category: Events
One for Doc Concert to Salute Robert “Doc” Morgan Concert is the First Public Event at the New Downtown Park HOUSTON, TX (January 31, 2008) – Saturday, March 1 will be a memorable day for Dr. Robert Morgan, Director of Jazz Studies Emeritus, High School for Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA). HSPVA and Morgan will be honored during a free concert at Discovery Green featuring some of the school’s most accomplished former students. The ...
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'One for Doc' Concert Planned as Park Preview Event - March 1, 2008
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Release Date: 26-Dec-07 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan Category: Recent News
December 26, 2007 - Houstonians are invited to preview Discovery Green, Houston's newest urban park, for a spectacular evening of jazz on Saturday, March 1.
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Discovery Green Conservancy Announces Several New Appointments
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Release Date: 2-Oct-07 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan Category: Recent News Subcategory: Board
Following the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Discovery Green Conservancy, a private non-proift created to develop and operate the downtown park, the Conservancy announced several new appointments: Tom Castro was elected to the Board, Bob Eury was appointed Ex-Officio Board Director and Guy Hagstette was appointed President of the Conservancy.
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Gift from BP America to Discovery Green Focuses on Solar Technology
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Release Date: 13-Sep-07 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan Category: Recent News
The Discovery Green Conservancy announced today $1 million of support and a solar utility vehicle (SUV). This contribution will aid the park in pursuing LEED certification.
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Houston Arts Veteran Susanne Theis Joins Discovery Green
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Release Date: 5-Jul-07 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan
HOUSTON, TX (July 3, 2007) – The Discovery Green Conservancy announced today the addition of Susanne Theis, currently executive director of The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, as programming director for the new downtown Houston park set to open in early 2008. Commenting on the selection of Theis, Discovery Green Conservancy President Guy Hagstette said, “Susanne’s work for The Orange Show and the Art Car Parade has ...
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Jean Dubuffet’s “Monument Au Fantome” to Move to Discovery Green
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Release Date: 3-Jul-07 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan
HOUSTON, TX (July 2, 2007) – Renowned French painter and sculptor Jean Dubuffet’s (1901-1985) “Monument Au Fantome” will find a new home at Houston’s downtown park, Discovery Green. The distinctive and privately-owned sculpture was donated by Fantome Tower L.P., the owner of the downtown office building at 1100 Louisiana, to the Discovery Green Conservancy, a gift valued at well over $1,000,000. The seven-piece ...
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Downtown developer donates trees in preparation for new apartment tower
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Release Date: 18-Nov-06 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan, Elmore Public Relations
HOUSTON, TX - November 18, 2006 - Marvy Finger and the Finger Companies, Discovery Green and Harris County Pct. 3 Commissioner Steve Radack want to keep Houston green by relocating trees from the downtown block that Finger is developing as One Park Place, a 37-story luxury apartment building, adjacent to Discovery Green, the new downtown park. The Finger Companies’ offer to donate the trees currently on the property, in ...
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Discovery Green debuts at Groundbreaking Ceremony
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Release Date: 17-Oct-06 Author or Contact: Claudia Morlan, Elmore Public Relations
HOUSTON, TX – October 17, 2006 – With much fanfare and an “explosion” of dirt, Mayor Bill White and the board of the Houston Downtown Park Conservancy broke ground today on the construction of a new 12-acre downtown park. The groundbreaking occurred only moments after the Conservancy Board announced the official name of the park as “Discovery Green.” The new name was one of more than 6,200 ...
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Discovery Green Conservancy

1500 McKinney
Houston, TX 77010
Ph 713-400-7336

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