Have an eye for photography? Sugar Land is inviting both amateur and professional photographers to submit their best photos for the city's 2010 calendar, the "Best of Sugar Land".

All photos should showcase the best of Sugar Land with pictures featuring its people, parks, businesses, neighborhoods, etc. The idea is to feature scenes and/or people that reflect the diversity and community life that makes Sugar Land so unique, and what makes it a fantastic city to live and work in.

Requirements state that all photographers must send in their photos in a high-resolution format, and their pictures must reflect the city somehow. It should also include the photographer's name, contact information (which includes address, phone number and email address), the location of each photo submitted and approximate dates when taken must also be noted.

Houston-based Mexican Restaurants Inc., owners of the Mission Burritos restaurant chain will be opening a new location in Sugar Land at the Lake Pointe Village shopping center at hwy. 59 and hwy. 6. It is scheduled to open on September 14th.

To learn more about Sugar Land's new restaurant, please visit www.missionburritos.com.

Source: Houston Business Journal

Fans of fantasy, science, and adventure have a new attraction to visit in the Fort Bend area.  The Houston Museum of Natural Science in Sugarland has just made tickets available for its exhibit, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition". The spectacle will open on October 3rd and run through January 18th.

Presented by Walt Disney, the exhibit is based off of the blockbuster movies and books by C.S. Lewis and will be a 10,000 square foot entertainment and educational experience that transports visitors to the world of Narnia.  Authentic props, costumes and set decorations from the Narnia films will provide museum goers with unparallelled immersion in an attempt to combine science with the fantasy world of Narnia.

President of Branded Entertainment at Exhibitgroup/Giltspur, Eddie Newquist said "This exhibition is a truly captivating and entertaining experience for all ages. From the scene displays and props seen in the Narnia films, to the scientific and educational aspects of the exhibition that stimulate the senses and the mind, guests will be transported into another world to experience Narnia like never before."

A local Sugar Land resident has taken it into her own hands to help Fort Bend children get new shoes. Or rather, she’s taken it onto her own feet.

Leola Anifowoshe is the founder of Shoes4School, a division of Keep Kids in School, Inc., a 501 (3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization, the only shoe charity of its kind in the Fort Bend area and surrounding counties. She and a group of volunteers strive to provide new shoes for area homeless and low-income children.

In order to spread awareness of the cause, Leola and her husband organized the “Sole Fest Concert 2009,” the organization's first ever music festival and health fair held at Oyster Creek park located at 4033 Hwy 6 in Sugar Land, only about 8 miles from the RiverPark West community.