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May 31, 2007

Summer’s Calling

Here are a few ways to take advantage of the next three months
despite a busy schedule

Story by: Cassie Smith

The Shorthorn staff

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The Shorthorn: Michael Henderson

If you’re looking for a little something different to do this summer, Scene has a playlist for you. While we have officially entered summer, many of you are still working just as hard, spending just as many hours flipping through the pages of a textbook and

plugging away in a classroom. That childhood vision of fun in the sun has seemingly been lost among the hours of

studying. However, summer is here, and it’s calling your name.

Don’t feel that the summer is lost because you’re taking classes. Recapture that summer feeling by embracing the things summer has to offer. We suggest taking advantage of the opportunities season presents and escape, even for a few hours, for that much-needed and deserved vacation.

Dr Pepper Museum Where: 300 S. 5th St., Waco Hours: noon-4 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday Admission: adults $6 seniors: $4 students and children: $3 Go to: museum website For the many Dr Pepper drinkers out there, take the time this summer to appreciate the “Home of Dr Pepper,” as listed by the National Register of Historic Places. The Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute in Waco is devoted to telling the story of the soft-drink industry. According to its Web site, the Dr Pepper company is the oldest major manufacturer of soft drinks in the U.S. – first sold in 1885 in Waco.	Cosmic Café Where: 2912 Oak Lawn Ave., Dallas Hours: 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday noon-10 p.m. Sunday Go to: Cosmic Café Instead of just eating out, Cosmic Café offers a variety of things to do after your meal. This vegetarian restaurant offers yoga classes, meditation sessions, and esoteric poetry readings on Mondays; live instrumental sitar and tabla music on Fridays; and a European gypsy duo on Sundays.	Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Go to: Texas Parks website The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department offers several outdoor events in different locations throughout the summer, including Lake Whitney, McKinney Falls, the Brazos River and Fairfield Lake. The calendar of events includes acoustic concerts in a cave, a summer adventure series, fishing derbies and tournaments, advanced backpacking series, and a night of fireworks on the Brazos.
NOKIA Theatre at Grand Prairie Where: 1001 Performance Place, Grand Prairie Admission: ticket prices vary Go to: NOKIA Theatre website Nokia Theatre features several artists this summer. Ludacris, Norah Jones and Nelly Furtado are a few scheduled to perform in June. Hippiefest will be Aug. 5 and will include The Turtles, Iron Butterfly and The Zombies.	F6 Gallery Where: 2800 W. Division St., Suite F6, Arlington Hours: 7:00 p.m.-midnight Admission: free Go to: F6 Gallery website F6 Gallery is an art gallery that hosts shows with a party atmosphere. Dallas-Fort Worth artists monthly show many styles of artwork, including graffiti art, canvas, glass, and photography. The summer schedule includes “Electro Shock,” an electronics-inspired show on June 30; “Temporary Environments” on July 28; and the “Big Secret Installation” show Aug. 18.	Downtown Houston Tunnel System Where: Houston Hours: Monday-Friday 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Go to: Downtown Houston Tunnel System website Chances are we will have another scorching summer this year. To avoid the heat but still manage to get all the necessary shopping and eating-out experiences, try doing these things underground and in air conditioning. The Houston Tunnel System is 20 feet below Houston’s downtown streets. The nearly seven-mile tunnel system is a series of passageways with several food courts, dry cleaners, sandwich shops, quality restaurants, gift shops, specialty shops, clothing boutiques, drug stores and beauty salons.