Festivals and Expos

Hours:

Sat, 10am-5pm

Sun, 11am-5pm

Organizers have booth spaces open for crafters who would like to offer for sale their crafts made of recycled items. There is a $30 fee for a 10-foot-by-10-foot space. 

Additionally, there are several free spaces open for non-profit environmental groups to pass out information about their organizations, their projects, their issues. These spaces are 10 feet by 10 feet, but we do encourage organizations to share with another compatible group. Sales, however, are not allowed.

Contact: grumpdopey@gmail.com or call Judy at 972-291-2710.  

Info: http://www.oakcliffjazzfest.org.

Come out and support local art and handicrafts, enjoy art space for kids and food on the South Parking Lot lawn of the Garden. Free.

The annual even provides free entertainment and educational activities for the entire family. Master gardener booths at the festival will cover topics such as propagation, lawn care, designing a water-wise landscape, herb growing, worm composting and a dozen other topics. Seminars on gardening will be offered in classroom areas, including “Perennial Gardening” by Marilyn Simmons and “Transitioning from Sprinkler to Drip” by Patrick Dickinson.

 Live entertainment will be provided by the Flower Mound Community Orchestra, Voices of Flower Mound, Studio B Performing Arts Center, Texas Harmony Chorus (Sweet Adelines) and Dallas Tap Dazzlers. Vendors will offer hand-crafted items and information about maintaining a sustainable environment.

ART IN THE GARDEN: As part of the cultural district’s Gallery Night, the Garden Center of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden will feature more than 90 entries of juried art for sale. The media include jewelry, watercolor, 3D art, drawing/pastel, mixed media, photography and oil/ acrylic. Reception featuring artists on a come-and-go basis will be hosted on Sat. from 6-8 pm. 

Hours: 

Fri, Sept. 5, noon-7pm

Sat, Sept. 6, 9am-8pm

Sun, Sept. 7, 1-5pm

ARTISAN FAIR: On Sat, Sept. 6 from 10am-5pm, this outdoor event will feature a variety of arts & crafts from over 35 local artists and a Kids’ Artspace. 

PARKING: Free parking in front of the Garden Center.  

Info: Steve Huddleston, senior horticulturist, Steve.Huddleston@fortworthtexas.gov.

City of Dallas festival featuring green vendors, organizations and entertainment. Free.

Presentations will cover topics that bluebirders, new and experienced, will find interesting and informative.

Featured Speakers: 

Keith Kridler,author and naturalist - Bluebirds and More 

Jim Varnum,  Texas Master Naturalist -  Native Plant Gardening to Attract Birds and Butterflies 

Other Presentations: Bluebird Basics, House Sparrow Control, and more 

Special Screening: Bluebird Man, a half-hour documentary film about the role of 91-year-old Al Larson in the recovery of the bluebird

Registration:

Standard Advance Registration: $15. Box Lunch and 2 Door prize tickets.    Deadline:  August 9th 

At-the-door Registration: $6. No meal and no door prize tickets. 

Friday Evening Dinner and Social:

Pay-as-you-go dinner at Spring Creek Barbeque, $10 refundable reservation required on registration form.*    

Social immediately after in La Quinta Meeting Room. BYOB (donations for Margaritas).   Deadline: Aug. 9th.

Green Source DFW, a project of the Memnosyne Institute, is hosting its first-ever fundraising 5K run. The inaugural Run for the Environment will be held Oct. 11, 2014 at Cedar Hill State Park.

The event will be timed on a measured course.  

Proceeds will support Green Source DFW and its mission to advance the environmental movement in North Texas. 

For more information, contact Phillip@GreenSourceDFW.org

Part of the North Texas Innovative Technology & Diversity Summit. This two-day summit [Aug. 6-7] brings together national and local industry leaders, corporate executives, technology experts, entrepreneurs and business owners. In addition, NTITDS will also honor and award outstanding women in technology and the leading innovative small business in North Texas.

Keynote speaker: Caroline Cummings, VP Bus Development

2014 Women in Tech Award Winner: Julie Bugala, VP of Talent Mgmt, AT&T

2014 Innovcative Small Business Award Winner: Nominations open until July 25. Prize $1,000.

Aug. 6 Awards Dinner: $30
Aug. 7 Tech & Diversity Expo & Conference: $30
Entire Summit: $50, students, $15 w/student ID 

The Solar Car Challenge was established in 1993 to help motivate students in science and engineering, and to increase alternative energy awareness. The Challenge teaches high school students around the world how to build roadworthy solar cars. 

On alternating years, teams race around the world-famous Texas Motor Speedway or drive cross-country to share their projects with millions of people.

The 2014 Solar Car Challenge hosted by Austin Energy is a hybrid closed-track/cross-country event, spending two days at the world famous Texas Motor Speedway July 21-22, then heading out on the road to Austin July 23-24. Come share the fun... meet the kids and see their solar cars.

See website for schedule. Read the Green Source DFW story.