Knock Knock Children's Museum set to open this summer after flood-related delays →

Knock Knock Children’s Museum is set to debut in Baton Rouge’s City Brooks Community Park on Dalrymple Drive sometime this summer after being hit with flood-related construction delays.

The precise opening date of the BREC facility remains vague, and the total cost of the museum is also a moving target, says Project Manager Melissa Bell, until final plans are set in concrete.

With a promise of full interactive “learning zones” for kids to consume more brainpower, the museum’s learning zones are designed to connect a child’s every day experience to learning, said Aza Bowlin, chairwoman of the facility’s board of directors.

Bowlin said design experts and community volunteers created these exhibits, guided by a survey of Baton Rouge’s specific early education needs. Some of the learning zones will be unique to Louisiana culture.

Roughly 30,000 square feet in three floors of Knock Knock’s learning zones will help children learn reading, writing, math, visual arts, performance, science, technology, engineering, health and wellness while having fun.

$185 Million Budget Approved For Santa Clara Swim Complex And Hall of Fame →

A budget for initial plans of a $185 million swimming and recreation center was approved Tuesday night by the Santa Clara City Council.

The project would boast a multi-million dollar swimming complex, community recreation center, gym, and additional parking in the form of a three-to-four story parking garage. Additionally, the aquatics stadium would be the host for the new site of the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF).

The proposed features of the new project match up with artist renditions of the ISHOF/Santa Clara Swim Center, released in January of 2015.

While the Santa Clara International Swim Center has produced world class athletes since its opening in 1968, the building’s age is beginning to show. Cynthia Owens, executive director of Silicon Valley Aquatics Initiative, commented to the NBC Bay Area that “the whole infrastructure, the piping, the filtration system, the electricity, everything is shot, and it cannot be fixed.”

Gov. McCrory celebrates completion of aquarium renovation →

Gov. Pat McCrory was joined by state and local officials at the N.C. Aquarium on Roanoke Island Wednesday for a formal ribbon cutting to mark the completion of a $6.5 million renovation project.

“These improvements are the product of several years of planning and $6.5 million in private and public funding as part of our overall goal to further enhance North Carolina’s excellent quality of life,” McCrory said.

“This beautiful aquarium is one of the region’s top tourist draws, and these improvements will help support the growing number of visitors flocking to our state’s natural and cultural attractions.”

The N.C. Aquarium Society contributed $5.5 million to the project, according to society board member Charles Evans of Manteo.

New Exhibit At TD Garden Sports Museum Highlights Female Athletes →

The TD Garden’s Sports Museum is spotlighting female athletes in a new exhibit.

“TEAMMATES: Voices From Title IX” celebrates the rise of women in team sports since the passage of Title IX. The 1972 law requires gender equity in every educational program that receives federal funding, including sports.

The exhibit features a wall-to-wall interactive timeline highlighting notable female sports figures, including coaches, executives and sports journalists.

It includes photos, audio and other artifacts to highlight athletes including tennis champion Billie Jean King to more recent stars like the members of the U.S. women’s national soccer team that won the World Cup in 1999 and the WNBA’s Maya Moore.

The exhibit opened Thursday at the home arena for the NBA’s Celtics and NHL’s Bruins. It’ll be on display for three years.

Title IX Sports Museum Exhibit Debuts at TD Garden →

"You know, when I was growing up, I said I love to write and I love sports. I'd love to be a sportswriter, but can I even do that?"

These are the words from ESPN Boston's Jackie MacMullan on Thursday morning as she reflected on how the climate for women in sports used to be.

Jackie is one of five women featured at a new exhibit on the 5th floor at TD Garden. The exhibit, "TEAMMATES: Voices From Title IX," celebrating the rise of women in team sports since the passage of Title IX in 1972, was unveiled on Thursday morning.  

The event was hosted by Hall of Fame sportscaster Lesley Visser and featured Jackie and a panel of other established women in sports, including TD Garden President Amy Latimer, who was named the first female president of a U.S. arena in 2012, US Hockey Olympian Angela Ruggerio, and URI Women's basketball coach Daynia La-Force. 

"I'm as proud of this exhibit as anything we have ever done," said Dick Johnson, curator of The New England Sports Museum.  "Exhibits are about storytelling and this exhibit allows us to tell a great story. It captures the spirit and substance of the competitors, the chroniclers and the builders of sport that just happen to be female who were given that opportunity by Title IX"