May 4 2025

Lights Out Texas: Spring Migration - Texas (March 1- June 15)

Mar 1 2025 - 11:00pm to Jun 15 2025 - 6:00pm

Texas is a major flyway for migrating birds. Outdoor lighting can be deadly for the wildbirds who mostly travel by night. The lights distract and disorient them leading to exhaustion and building collisions. Houston and Dallas are ranked in the top three most dangerous cities for migrating birds.

Building owners, businesses, developers and homeowners can help protect migrating birds by turning off all non-essential nighttime lighting on buildings and other structures from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night.

Migration season runs March 1-June 15. Peak migration is April 22-May 12.

Event Website:

https://tx.audubon.org/urbanconservation/lights-out-texas

Fort Worth Botanic Garden: Blooms and Beats - Fort Worth (March 14-May 9)

Mar 14 2025 - 6:30pm to May 9 2025 - 8:30pm

Fort Worth Botanic Garden

3220 Botanic Garden Blvd

Fort Worth , TX

See map: Google Maps

Enjoy live music in the Garden. Food trucks, adult beverages.

March 14 | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

• Performing Artist: The Seven6 Band
• Food Trucks: Gordo’s Mexican Cantina & Mission Burgers

April 11 | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
• Performing Artist: Jimmy Barcus and His Rockabilly Band
• Food Trucks: Leo’s Churro Bar & Smackin Mac Gourmet Mac and Cheese Bowls

May 9 | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
• Performing Artist: Dalton Torres
• Food Trucks: Monkeyshine’s Smashburgers & Mama Lama

Adults: $15 (Members $10)
Children (6-15): $6
Children (0-5): Free
Members (0-18) Free.

Event Website:

https://fwbg.org/full-calendar/blooms-beats/

Frost Bank: Shred Events - Statewide (April 2-May 16)

Apr 21 2025 - 9:00am to May 16 2025 - 1:00pm

See website for locations TX

See map: Google Maps

Frost Bank is hosting complimentary onsite shredding services. Only paper products will be accepted, with a limit of 10 boxes/bags per visitor. Below are events coming up in North Texas. See website for complete list of dates and locations.

April 21 - The Stockyards Financial Center, Fort Worth, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

April 22 - Tanglewood Financial Center, Fort Worth, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

April 23 - Wylie Financial Center, Wyline, noon to 3 p.m.

April 24 - Mansfield Financial Center, Mansfield, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

April 25 - Kyle Financial Center, Kyle, Noon to 3 p.m.

April 25 - Redbird Financial Center, Dallas, Noon to 3 p.m.

April 28 - Rockwall Financial Center, Rockwall, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

April 28 - Lewisville Financial Center, Lewisville, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. RSVP.

May 2 - Plano Central Financial Center, Plano, 9 a.m. to noon.

May 8 - McKinney South Financial Center, McKinney, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

May 9 - Medical District Financial Center, Dallas, 9 a.m. to Noon.

May 9 - Matlock Financial Center, Arlington, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

May 15 - Keller Financial Center, Keller, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Event Website:

https://locations.frostbank.com/events

Liveable Arlington: Revealing Pollution Through the Life Cycle of Natural Gas - Arlington

May 4 2025 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm

George W. Hawkes Downtown Arlington Library

100 S Center St

Arlington , TX

See map: Google Maps

Presentation: Revealing Pollution through the Lifecycle of Natural Gas with Optical Gas Imaging: From Well Head to Exports to Power Plant

Speaker: Sharon Wilson, Director of Oilfield Witness and a Certified Thermographer, will present images of oil and gas pollution that is invisible to the human eye, captured with an Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) instrument.

Videos she has filmed document pollution at every stage of the natural gas export cycle:

Upstream - extraction at wellhead

Midstream - pipelines and compressor stations

Downstream - processing plants, export and import terminals from Texas to Japan, and end use at a power plant.

An Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) instrument uses a cooled filter that is calibrated to a narrow range of the magnetic spectrum where hydrocarbons like methane and volatile organic compounds absorb infrared light. As the hydrocarbons absorb infrared light, they appear opaque through the OGI instrument, and the onboard camera records the images.

RSVP

Event Website:

http://bit.ly/4iOLJlQ