January 10th, Galveston Historical Foundation will mark the 146th anniversary of the most important military event in Galveston's history: the Battle of Galveston, which took place on Jan. 1, 1863. Click here to read more...
Lone Star favorite the Gospel Stars makes their debut performance at The Grand 1894 Opera House, Sunday, January 4th for a special concert at 3 pm as part of The Grand's 114th Birthday. Click here to read more...
Galveston is home to hundreds of species of birds. Egrets, herons, ducks, hawks and gulls are a few who spend time on the Island. Learn all about them Saturday during Birding 101. Click here to read more...
Galveston.com Announces the Best of 2008 We're thrilled to announce the winners of the 2008 Galveston.com "Best of Galveston Web Survey,"
chosen by you - our loyal visitors. We salute the Island's
best of the best!
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Galveston Arts Center Hosts Mardi Gras Poster Contest Galveston Arts Center and the Galveston Island Convention and Visitors Bureau are pleased to announce an open competition for the design of Galveston Island's 2009 commemorative Mardi Gras poster. Click here to read more...
Keep Up with Galveston Isle Via Galveston.com Widgets Wanna be in-the-know with all things Galveston Island? Now it's easy with our two Galveston.com Widgets! What's a Widget? It's a tiny application, almost like a mini-website you can run on your computer desktop, or on the web. In addition to your desktop, Galveston.com Widgets can run on personal homepages like iGoogle, or on your profile on social networking sites like Facebook, Friendster or MySpace. Click here to read more...
In the News! New Partnership Between Galveston.com & The Daily News Great news! In an exciting new announcement, Galveston.com & Company and The Galveston County Daily News have now partnered to deliver content to each other's websites! Click here to read more...
Special Section: Galveston.com Tracks Hurricane Ike Galveston.com's special coverage of Hurricane Ike continues with storm PhotoShows, the Ike Video Channel, recovery-related stories and more. Click here to read more...
Beach Renourishment Now Underway on Galveston Isle Galveston Island's seawall is about to get a much-needed facelift. Islanders and visitors will begin seeing about 50 sand hauling trucks make their way down Seawall Blvd. this week transporting the first loads of sand for Galveston's emergency sand placement project. The project is slated to place sand on Galveston beaches from 10th Street to 61st Street. Click here to read more...
Stellaluna at The Grand January 13th The Grand 1894 Opera House's 2008-2009 Serious Fun performing arts season continues Tuesday, January 13, with KidsEntertainment's presentation of Stellaluna. Performance times are 10 am and 12 noon. Children of all ages will enjoy the enchanting story of a baby fruit bat who falls into a bird's nest and tries to fit in and be the best bird she can. Click here to read more...
Ronana Tynan Returns to the Isle January 17th Ronan Tynan returns to The Grand for a spectacular solo performance Saturday, January 17, at 8 pm. This performance is sponsored in part by Holliday Builders, Inc. and Saltwater Grill. Tynan, one of the former members of the original world-famous The Irish Tenors, has won American hearts by performing at the 9/11 Memorial Service and at political and sporting events throughout the country. With his magnificent vocal range and depth of emotion, Tynan is equally at home with broken-hearted laments as well as songs of inspiration and rousing crowd-pleasers.
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