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Events - Community Calendar. Amy's Ice Creams' Trick Olympics The frozen dairy concoctions will be flying to benefit CASA of Travis County.

Events - Community Calendar

We're guessing the three-second rule will be suspended for the contest. Where else are you going to see spade juggling and team ice cream tricks? 7-9pm. The Highball. New Orleans Events Calendar. ArtsNewOrleans - Jewelry making workshops at Thomas Mann studioFLUX @ Thomas Mann Gallery I/O. Top 10 things to Do in New Orleans Besides Mardi Gras. Free U.S. Music and Dance Events. Daily Kennedy Center Concerts Washington, D.C.

Free U.S. Music and Dance Events

Every single day of the year, the renowned Kennedy Center offers a free performance on its Millennium Stage. Acts have included Egyptian jazz, Chinese string trios, and American classics. Performances take place every day at 6 p.m. at the Grand Foyer. No tickets are required. Chicago SummerDance Chicago, Illinois Whether it's salsa or Soul Train that gets you moving, you'll need an extra pair of dancing shoes for Chicago SummerDance, the largest outdoor dance series in the U.S.

Detroit Jazz Festival Detroit, Michigan On Labor Day Weekend, downtown Detroit hosts one of the world's best jazz festivals with five stages and over a hundred acts. Ultimate Adventure Bucket List 2011. At the cold upper reaches of the Atlantic, Iceland is marked by the fiery wrath of volcanoes and the cool precision of steamrolling glaciers.

Ultimate Adventure Bucket List 2011

It's also a spot of remarkable instability, situated right on top of the rift between the North American and European tectonic plates. Dubbed Silfra, the fissure is filled with water that, melted from glaciers and filtered through lava fields, is some of the clearest on the planet, often topping 300 feet (91 meters) of visibility. Though the water barely scrapes above freezing, it's a favorite among divers. The dive starts on a nondescript platform in the barren tundra of Thingvellir National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site. There, divers squeeze into down-lined drysuits and plunge into the water. Post-dive, emulate the Icelandic people, who spend much of the 20-plus hours of summer daylight in their wild and sparsely populated wildernesses. America's Best Adventure Towns. Grand Canyon National Park. Location: Arizona Established: February 26, 1919 Size: 1,217,403 acres The road to the Grand Canyon from the south crosses a gently rising plateau that gives no hint at what is about to unfold.

Grand Canyon National Park

You wonder if you have made a wrong turn. All at once an immense gorge a mile deep and up to 18 miles wide opens up. Nearly five million people travel here each year; 90 percent first see the canyon from the South Rim with its dramatic views into the deep inner gorge of the Colorado River. It's hard to look at the canyon and not be curious about geology. Did You Know? You don't need a ranger to guide you through the park, thanks to the cell phone audio tours available at popular sites throughout the park. Copy for this series includes excerpts from the National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of the United States, Seventh Edition, 2012, and the National Parks articles featured in "Cutting Loose" in National Geographic Traveler.

The Ultimate Road Trip Playlist - 50 Best Road Trip Songs&. No road trip is complete without a playlist of songs that capture the spirit of traveling on the open road.

The Ultimate Road Trip Playlist - 50 Best Road Trip Songs&

So we’ve compiled a list of the 50 best road trip songs . In order to make this be-all end-all totally definitive list that all other lists look up to, the songs had to meet the following criteria: a.) encompass the excitement and freedom of road tripping b.) make the time pass faster. How to Plan a Cross-Country Road Trip. For sheer iconic, devil-may-care travel, the American cross-country road trip stands out among all other vacations.

How to Plan a Cross-Country Road Trip

With thousands of miles of highway, destinations from Tombstone, Arizona, to Yeehaw Junction, Florida, and more roadside attractions than you can shake a corn dog at, road trips offer an adventure all their own. Step 1 Purchase a comprehensive US road atlas and look at possibilities. You can barrel across the country on I-80 or choose alternate routes that allow for more interesting back-road experiences. Jamie Jensen, author of “Road Trip USA,” identifies 11 good routes, both east to west and north to south. Step 2 Buy travel guides that cover points along your itinerary and keep them with you on the trip. Step 3 Make a list, with your travel companion(s), of trip guidelines, such as how you will share expenses, who will drive, how often you will stop and what sights interest you. Step 4 Step 5 Create an itinerary and leave space for the fortune and pitfalls of the road. California 2012 ballot propositions.

Altogether, thirteen statewide ballot propositions were on the 2012 ballot in California. 2012 was a high-stakes, high-drama ballot proposition year in California.

California 2012 ballot propositions

The 2012 ballot was the first time in the hundred-year history of initiative & referendum California that no legislative referrals were on a general election year ballot in the state.[5]