Thursday, June 23

06/21/11 Mississippi Museum of Art's "The Orient Expressed" exhibit hangs through July 17. $12, $10 seniors, $6 students; call 601-960-1515. ... Ace Atkins signs copies of "The Ranger" at 5 p.m. at Lemuria Books (202 Banner Hall , 4465 Interstate 55 N.). $25.95 book; call 601-366-7619. ...

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Houston-area happenings July 6-13

07/06/11 First the Paleozoic, then the Mesozoic, and now the Mixer-Elixiric. Another era is coming to an end at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Come kick it with the smart crowd and raise a glass in fon

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A GOOD AGE: Hanover gardener turns one-acre house lot into woodland park

07/05/11 Dorothy Gullickson started at age 62, one rock at a time, stopping after work to pick up stones and yard fill. When she retired at age 65, her lifelong dream became a fultime project. Today, at 86, she still is hard at work developing her Hanover acre as a private woodland park with winding paths. It is one of seven gardens on the 30th annual garden tour of the South Shore Natural Science Center ...

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