Update on Houston Attractions After Hurricane Ike

We’ve received an update about many Houston area attractions and their status after Hurricane Ike:

· Space Center Houston : Closed until Saturday, Sept. 20

· Houston Museum of Natural Science: Closed Tuesday, Sept. 16; reopening date TBD

· Houston Symphony: Two concerts, Thursday September 18 at 8:00 p.m. at Jones Hall, and Friday September 19 at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion at the Woodlands, have been cancelled. The Saturday evening September 20 at 8:00 p.m. concert at Jones Hall with the orchestra, under the baton of music director Hans Graf and featuring violinist Gil Shaham as soloist, will be moved to Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. in observance of the city-wide curfew. The Sunday afternoon September 21st 2:30 p.m. concert at Jones Hall will proceed as scheduled. Patrons holding tickets to the Thursday evening concert will be contacted by the Symphony Customer Service Center to arrange changing them to either the Saturday or Sunday afternoon performance. In addition, the Symphony announced that it will make available several hundred free tickets for both the Saturday and Sunday afternoon performances. The tickets will only be available on a first come – first served basis at the Jones Hall box office an hour before the 2:30 p.m. performances.

· Houston Ballet: Due to Mayor White’s citywide curfew, Houston Ballet has canceled performances of Classically Modern on Thursday, Sept. 18 and Saturday, Sept. 20. An added performances of Onegin will take place on Sunday, Sept. 21 at 2:00 pm.

· Children’s Museum of Houston: Reopening Wednesday, Sept. 17

· The Galleria: In accordance with the curfew, the Galleria will close at 6pm on Tuesday, Sept. 16.

· Houston Zoo: Reopening Wednesday, Sept. 17