FW: DRI Presents Phil Currie Talk, Brian Cooley Exhibit, April 24, Airdrie

["Steven Coombs" <gasperex@hotmail.com>]

Subject: Dinosaur Research Institute Open House


For those who might be interested, here is notice of the Dinosaur
Research Institute Open House. They will be selling tickets at the APS
Talk 7:30 PM Friday April 16th (Art Sweet, Stories told by Plant
Microfossils: Diamonds, time and paleo-environments). Alternatively you
can contact Darla Zelenitsky at the U of C ( dkzeleni@ucalgary.ca ).


Phil

Dinosaur Research Institute and Cooley & Co. OPEN HOUSE

       Location: 43 East Lake Crescent (Bay 507), Airdrie, AB
                         Date: April 24, 2004
                   Time: Open house: 3:00PM-6:00PM
                        Lecture: 5:00PM-6:00PM
                    Cost: $18/ adult; $6.00/child

                              The Event:
    The open house will display 10 life-size models of sauropods,
ceratopsians, and theropods by dinosaur sculptor Brian Cooley, which
are
 to go on exhibit at the Indianapolis Children's Museum and the Royal
Tyrrell Museum. There will also be a one hour public lecture by
dinosaur
 paleontologist Dr. Philip Currie on recent field work in Argentina.

<http://www.dinosaurresearch.com/special_events.htm>Brian Cooley Bio:
Brian Cooley's dinosaur sculptures appear in museums all over the
world,
including The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, as
well as in travelling exhibitions and public areas such as the Calgary
    International Airport. He has done many artworks for National
Geographic, with photographs of his sculptures appearing on the cover
                             three times.

                        Philip J. Currie Bio:
 Dr. Philip Currie is a world-renowned dinosaur paleontologist, whose
quest for dinosaurs has taken him across the globe, from the Arctic to
 the Antarctic and from Alberta to Asia. His research focuses on the
anatomy, behaviour, and interrelationships of meat-eating dinosaurs,
and
on the origin of birds. He is Curator of Dinosaurs for the Royal
Tyrrell
Museum of Paleontology, Adjunct Professor at the University of Calgary,
       and Vice-President of the Dinosaur Research Institute.

This event is co-sponsored by the Dinosaur Research Institute and
Cooley
& Co. Proceeds will go to the Dinosaur Research Institute, a non-profit
   organization that directly funds research projects on dinosaurs
   (www.dinosaurresearch.com <http://www.dinosaurresearch.com/>).

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