Confident people look to the future with hope, and on Optimist Day we celebrate the volunteers who share their enthusiasm, skills, and talent to make that tomorrow a vibrant and peaceful one.
On the first Thursday in February, recognize an optimist whose endeavors have made a difference in your community
Groundhog Day is one of the most intriguing traditions in North America. Every February 2, Americans and Canadians follow a superstition that if a groundhog emerges from its burrow and sees its shadow, it will retreat to its den and a “second winter” will happen during six more weeks
Girls Who Science Program
Girls Who Science program, which is resuming February 5th . We will be bringing in a respiratory and sleep therapist for this FREE program for 10-18 year old girls.
Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you!
Contact: Ady Brady or Sophia Britto
abrady@dhdc.org
sbritto@dhdc.org
DHDC celebrates another year of the Girls Who Science program for 2024
Amarillo, TX – Girls Who Science is a monthly program put on by the Don Harrington Discovery Center, which started in February of 2023. Girls aged 10-18 are encouraged to attend to hear from women in the STEM industry, conduct interactive experiments, and explore career-focused STEM activities at NO COST.
The programs of 2024 are from 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm, the first Monday of every month.
DHDC has brought in professors, surgeons, doctors, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service, and engineers from Pantex to speak at Girls Who Science. Young women in upper elementary school through high school are encouraged to attend.
Follow DHDC on Facebook and Instagram for more information on their community programs. Information can be found on their website as well.
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The Don Harrington Discovery Center is a hands-on science center that makes science exciting, relevant, and interesting to all types of learners by providing interactive exhibits and programs that actively engage children, adolescents, and their families.
Wildcat Bluff Discovery Center is a nonprofit organization that fosters awareness, understanding, and appreciation of nature within the Texas Panhandle and to encourage education in the natural sciences from a current and historical perspective.
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Choose Your Discovery:
The WT Enterprise Center is starting a new program for entrepreneurs to invest in their financial leaders. The Financial Leadership program is led by Eric Alexander. He was also so successful and brilliant as the CFO for Happy State Bank that he started his own business called Six Arrows Consulting. The program begins on Feb. 20, and is a 10-month program that will provide finance leaders with group sessions and individualized coaching to explore keys to effectiveness and strategies for personal and professional growth in their vital roles. The cost is $3,000 and space is limited to 15 participants. We have already filled six spots, so please feel free to call us at 806-651-8500, or apply online at WTEnterpriseCenter.com/FinLead now before it the deadline closes on Feb. 13.
SAFER INTERNET DAY U.S.
Every year, Safer Internet Day brings tools, education, and awareness to create a safer internet for both kids and adults. From cyberbullying and identity theft to fraud and human trafficking, the internet can be a frightening place. Safer Internet Day and ConnectSafely.org aim to make the internet a better place
Amarillo Home & Garden Show
The WT Enterprise Center is starting a new program for entrepreneurs to invest in their financial leaders. The Financial Leadership program is led by Eric Alexander. He was also so successful and brilliant as the CFO for Happy State Bank that he started his own business called Six Arrows Consulting. The program begins on Feb. 20, and is a 10-month program that will provide finance leaders with group sessions and individualized coaching to explore keys to effectiveness and strategies for personal and professional growth in their vital roles. The cost is $3,000 and space is limited to 15 participants. We have already filled six spots, so please feel free to call us at 806-651-8500, or apply online at WTEnterpriseCenter.com/FinLead now before it the deadline closes on Feb. 13.
Join Amarillo Museum of Art and Panhandle PBS for a series of films, art and free lunch
Join Amarillo Museum of Art and Panhandle PBS for an on-campus series of films, art and free lunch each Wednesday in February in the third-floor library at the Amarillo Museum of Art, located at 2200 S. Van Buren.
This event series explores Native American perspectives on identity, storytelling, the buffalo, and more. Designed to connect the Amarillo Museum of Art’s new exhibition, “In Our Own Words: Native Impressions” with local and national Panhandle PBS content around the Ken Burns film, “The American Buffalo,” the series is free of charge and open to the public.
Each event in the series will begin at 11:45 a.m. with a free lunch while supplies last, followed by a 12 p.m. film screening and a 12:30 p.m. gallery talk on the exhibit, “In Our Own Words: Native Impressions.” Screenings include:
February 7: Ken Burns “The American Buffalo” – Segments of the Ken Burns film tracing the mammal’s evolution, its significance to the Great Plains, and its relationship to the Indigenous People of North America.
February 14: “Strong Spirit,” Episode One – Local Panhandle PBS production featuring the Goodnight buffalo herd at Caprock Canyons State Park and how bison impact the ecosystem.
February 21: “Homecoming” – New PBS film directed by Julianna Brannum extending the story of “The American Buffalo” to present by examining the return of buffalo to Indigenous lands today, with additional new content from Panhandle PBS on Native American representation in cultural and historical institutions.
February 28: “Strong Spirit,” Episode Two – Local Panhandle PBS production exploring the way Native Americans use storytelling to pass down tribal knowledge and traditions.
For more information about “In Our Own Words: Native Impressions,” contact the Amarillo Museum of Art at (806)371-5050 or amoa@actx.edu. For more information about “The American Buffalo,” or local content like “Strong Spirit,” visit panhandlePBS.org/AmericanBuffalo.
This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed at these events does not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or Humanities Texas.
“In Our Own Words: Native Impressions” is one in a series of American art exhibitions created through a multi-year, multi-institutional partnership formed by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art as part of the Art Bridges Cohort Program.
Local support for “The American Buffalo” was provided by the Carol K. Engler Foundation, the Jason Roselius Memorial Foundation, and West Texas A&M University. Corporate funding for “The American Buffalo” was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and by The Better Angels Society and its following members: The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation fund at the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation; Diane and Hal Brierly; The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment; John and Catherine Debs; Kissick Family Foundation; Fred and Donna Seigel; Jacqueline Mars; John and Leslie McQuown; and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tudor Jones. Funding was also provided by The Volgenau Foundation.
“Dreaming America through Latinx Poetry”: Janel Pineda and Sara Uribe offer a poetry reading for the West Texas A&M University Distinguished Lecture Series. (6:30 p.m. Wednesday; Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex Recital Hall on WT’s Canyon campus; free; 806-651-2412)