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Jun 19

CALENDAR RELEASE: Buffalo Bayou Park Completion & Grand Opening – Oct. 3

“Celebrate, Recreate and Create” – Park Completion and Grand Opening Celebration Rescheduled for October 3, 2015

BBPark Grand Opening

WHAT:                

The public is invited to “Celebrate, Recreate and Create,” the completion of improvements to the iconic Buffalo Bayou Park. Improvements to the 160-acre park include trails, pedestrian bridges, signature blue lighting, public art works, and new destinations like the Johnny Steele Dog Park, Barbara Fish Daniel Nature Play Area, Lost Lake/The Dunlavy, and The Water Works.

The public celebration will include walking tours, lectures, children’s crafts, recreational opportunities, delicious food, live music, programming that will showcase Houston’s diverse arts community, and culminate in an illuminated evening procession designed in partnership with New York-based Processional Arts Workshop, known for its work on the second phase opening of the High Line, and many community volunteers. Free and open to the public.

WHEN:                

Saturday, October 3, 2015

1:30-9:30 pm

Free and open to the public

WHERE:              

Buffalo Bayou Park – various locations from Shepherd Drive to Sabine Street

105 Sabine Street, Houston, Texas 77007

For press inquiries, email Trudi Smith, Director of PR and Events, or call 713.752.0314 ext. 103.

News Coverage

  • Day Trips: Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, Houston Austin Chronicle, March 26, 2021
  • A New, (Literally) Underground Art Installation in a Houston Cistern Reflects Our Lost-in-Space Pandemic Moment Texas Monthly, March 24, 2021
  • Anri Sala’s subterranean installation is out of this world Wallpaper* Magazine, March 18, 2021
  • Otherworldly 'Time No Longer' debuts at the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern Houston Chronicle, March 16, 2021
  • Cistern continues being underground cool as it hosts immersive art Houston Chronicle, March 11, 2021
  • Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s East Sector Plans Get a $10 Million Boost Houstonia Mag, December 9, 2020
  • What’s next for Buffalo Bayou? $10 million grant accelerates master plan's 3 key projects Houston Chronicle, December 9, 2020
  • Here's the next show coming to the Cistern. Imagine a turntable. Houston Chronicle, November 24, 2020
  • Houstonians toast Buffalo Bayou Park's birthday with picnic under the stars Culture Map, November 11, 2020
  • Houston’s Beloved $58 Million Park Celebrates a Milestone With the Ultimate Starry Night Paper City, November 9, 2020
more

Press Releases

  • Houston Endowment Awards Buffalo Bayou Partnership $10M Grant December 9, 2020
  • Immersive Installation by Anri Sala in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern November 23, 2020
  • Houston Celebrates Texas Arbor Day by planting 600 trees at Buffalo Bend Nature Center November 10, 2020
  • Carmen Herrera: Estructuras Monumentales (En Español) September 28, 2020
  • A “musical scavenger hunt” with ROCO and Buffalo Bayou Partnership September 21, 2020
  • Artful Anniversary: A series of virtual and visual arts events through the month of October to celebrate 5 Years of Buffalo Bayou Park September 10, 2020
  • Carmen Herrera: Estructuras Monumentales September 3, 2020
  • Harris County Flood Control District and Buffalo Bayou Partnership Making Repairs along Buffalo Bayou as part of the Hurricane Harvey Recovery Program August 20, 2019
  • Carlos Cruz-Diez at the Cistern: Spatial Chromointerference April 11, 2018
  • Encounter: Meeting Points on Buffalo Bayou March 5, 2018
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Monthly Newsletters

  • Buffalo Bayou eNewsletter - March 2021 March 5, 2021
  • Buffalo Bayou eNewsletter - February 2021 February 10, 2021
  • Buffalo Bayou eNewsletter - January 2021 January 13, 2021
  • Buffalo Bayou eNewsletter - December 2020 December 10, 2020
  • Buffalo Bayou eNewsletter - November 2020 November 10, 2020
  • Buffalo Bayou eNewsletter - October 2020 October 1, 2020
  • Buffalo Bayou eNewsletter - September 2020 September 9, 2020
  • Buffalo Bayou eNewsletter - August 2020 August 12, 2020
  • Buffalo Bayou eNewsletter - July 2020 July 17, 2020
  • Bringing Buffalo Bayou to You: Part 9 May 28, 2020
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Banking on Buffalo Bayou

  • Banking on Buffalo Bayou - Winter 2020 January 2020
  • Banking on Buffalo Bayou - Spring 2019 May 2019
  • Banking on Buffalo Bayou - Winter 2019 January 2019
  • Banking on Buffalo Bayou - Summer 2018 July 2018
  • Banking on Buffalo Bayou - Summer 2017 August 2017
  • Banking on Buffalo Bayou - Spring 2017 March 2017
  • Banking on Buffalo Bayou - Winter 2016 December 2016
  • Banking on Buffalo Bayou - Summer 2016 July 2016
  • Banking on Buffalo Bayou - Spring 2016 March 2016
  • Banking on Buffalo Bayou - Fall 2015 December 2015
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