Events Friday, May 9, 2008
Eagles Toastmasters
6:45 a.m. to 8 a.m., Denny's (Dallas / Meadow & 75)
Search within: Networking Functions
Unique Toastmasters Meeting
7 a.m., Mimi's Cafe (Lewisville) (Free)
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Plano Chamber of Commerce Business Interchange
7:30 a.m., Plano Chamber of Commerce ($1)
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Experience Greater Dallas - Development
Greater Dallas Chamber offers 3-part crash course in regional issues
7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Trammell Crow Center ($175 - $300)
Search within: Networking Functions, Texas-Wide Issues
Advertising Design Exhibit
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Pegasus Gallery (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
My Home Planet Earth
A bilingual, hands-on traveling exhibit for children
9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Fort Worth Museum of Science and History ($7 - $8)
Search within: Kids / Family, Nature, Hispanic / Latino
Treasures from the Attic
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary
Search within: Science
A Bird in the Hand
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary
Search within: Nature
Viewpoints 2008
Statewide community college juried exhibition
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., The ARTS Gallery at CCCC (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Robert Sabuda: Travels in Time and Space
In the Dupree Theater Lobby
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Irving Arts Center (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture, Kids / Family
Eric Neilsen: Alternative Views to Yesterday and Today
In the Focus Gallery
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Irving Arts Center (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Filming Kennedy: Home Movies from Dallas
9 a.m. to 6 p.m., The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (Free - $13.50)
Search within: Historical Exhibits
Walk and Talk
9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Mansfield Activities Center (Free)
Search within: Health and Fitness, Seniors
The Blues/Jazz Experience: Paintings by Earnest “Ernie” Benton and Daggi Wallace
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Irving Arts Center (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Texas & Neighbors Five State Competition
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Irving Arts Center (Free)
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Todd L. Thomas Art Exhibit
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Patty Granville Arts Center (Free)
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Jennifer Morgan: We're All Pink
9 a.m. to 10 p.m., The Belmont Hotel (Free)
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Introduction to Microsoft Word
9 a.m. to 11 a.m., The Richardson Public Library (Free)
Search within: Computers
"The Beauty of Fo Guang and Texas" Photo Exhibition
9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., International Buddhist Progress Society (Free)
Search within: Photography Exhibits, Buddhism
Sketchbook Journaling Workshop with Marianne Gargour
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($95 - $125)
Search within: Arts and Crafts
Fernando Gallego and His Workshop: The Altarpiece from Ciudad Rodrigo
Paintings from the Collection of the University of Arizona Museum of Art
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Meadows Museum (SMU) ($8)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
100 Years of Autochrome
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Amon Carter Museum (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture, Photography Exhibits
Intimate Modernism: Fort Worth Circle Artists in the 1940s
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Amon Carter Museum (Free)
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Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Gallery at UTA (Free)
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Martin Puryear
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth ($4 - $8)
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Texas Collects Asia 2008: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art (Free)
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Jan Neil / Marlena Horak
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Artizen Fine Arts (Free)
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Fort Worth Landmarks in the 1950s: Watercolors by Bror Utter
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Amon Carter Museum (Free)
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Lee Akins Retrospective (3D)
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Art Centre of Plano (Free)
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Real Time: Live Streaming Video
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art (Free)
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Mothers and Daughters
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Studio 2600 (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture, Mother's Day
When Raven Speaks
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Texas Visual Arts Association Gallery (Free)
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Lone Star Glass Invitational
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass (Free)
Search within: Arts and Crafts, Art and Sculpture
Justin Hunt: Voyeuristic Tones
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Cameron Gallery (Free)
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Italia: Original Paintings by Richard Chambers
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Cerulean Gallery (Free)
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Hal Samples / Mark Nelson / Luke Harnden
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., HCG Gallery (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture, Photography Exhibits
Donald S. Vogel
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Center (Free)
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Art and Love in Renaissance Italy
10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Kimbell Art Museum
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Los Méxicos de Mariana Yampolsky: Ritos y Regocijos
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Latino Cultural Center (Free)
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Maestros Tejanos I: Benito Huerta Solo Exhibit
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Latino Cultural Center (Free)
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Fun Fest 2008
School Music Festival
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sandy Lake Amusement Park (Free - $2)
Search within: Kids / Family
Charmed!
In the Retail Area
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., South Side on Lamar
Search within: Arts and Crafts, Mother's Day
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Gallery at UTA
Search within: University of Texas at Arlington
Infant/Toddler Development Time
10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., Skillman Southwestern Branch Library (Free)
Search within: Kids / Family
Toddler & Preschool Storytimes
10:30 a.m., Frisco Public Library (Free)
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Family Storytime
10:30 a.m., Irving Public Library (Southwest Branch) (Free)
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Willy Wonka
Presented by Slappy's Puppet Playhouse
10:30 a.m., Slappy's Puppet Playhouse ($8 - $9)
Search within: Kids / Family
Charisma Chorus
Voices needed!
10:30 a.m., Heritage Senior Center
Search within: Choir / Chorale, Seniors
Preschool Story Time
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Fort Worth Library (Ridglea Branch) (Free)
Search within: Kiddie
Mother’s Day
Fridays at the Farmstead programs for children 2-5
10:30 a.m., Heritage Farmstead Museum ($6)
Search within: Kiddie
J. M. W. Turner
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) ($5 - $18)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Julian Onderdonk: Bluebonnets and Beyond
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) ($5 - $10)
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Family Storytime
11 a.m., Irving Public Library (Northwest Branch) (Free)
Search within: Kids / Family
Infant/Toddler Development Time
11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Skillman Southwestern Branch Library (Free)
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Children's Storytime
11 a.m., Barnes & Noble (Fort Worth / Hulen Shopping Center) (Free)
Search within: Books / Authors / Literary events
Children's Storytime
11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble (Denton / Golden Triangle Mall) (Free)
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Sarah Ann Lobb: New Paintings / Wouter Deruytter: Wicked Creek
11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Light & Sie (Free)
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False Space and Time of the Apartment
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Central Track (Free)
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Beyond the Grasp: Sculpture Transcending the Physical
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Nasher Sculpture Center (Free - $10)
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Carmen Menza: New Works
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Cedars Art Gallery (Free)
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Tracy Hicks: "Global Warming: still/LIFE" / Billy Hassell: "Field Notes"
11 a.m. to 9 p.m., The MAC (McKinney Avenue Contemporary) (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture, Environmental Issues
Fabulous Friday Storytime
11 a.m., Barnes & Noble (Fort Worth / Hulen Shopping Center) (Free)
Search within: Books, Kids / Family
15th annual Genesis Mother’s Day Luncheon
With former Secretary of State James Baker
11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Hilton Anatole Hotel ($150)
Search within: Charity, Mother's Day, U.S. Government
Mother's Day at Fish City Grill
11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Fish City Grill (Dallas / Frankford & Tollway)
Search within: Dining / Restaurants, Mother's Day
Mother's Day at Fish City Grill
11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Fish City Grill (Arlington)
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Mother's Day at Fish City Grill
11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Fish City Grill (Dallas / Henderson Avenue)
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Mother's Day at Fish City Grill
11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Fish City Grill (Dallas / Preston & Royal)
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Mother's Day at Fish City Grill
11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Fish City Grill (Flower Mound)
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Mother's Day at Fish City Grill
11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Fish City Grill (Garland)
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Mother's Day at Fish City Grill
11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Fish City Grill (Southlake)
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The Princess and the Pea / The Tortoise and the Hare
Presented by Dallas Puppet Theater
11 a.m., The Women's Museum ($6 - $7)
Serginho do Teclado e Companhia
Enjoy live music with lunch
11:30 a.m., Brazil Brasileiro (Free)
Search within: World
Toddler & Preschool Storytimes
11:30 a.m., Frisco Public Library (Free)
Search within: Kids / Family
UTA School of Social Work Commencement Ceremony
11:30 a.m., Texas Hall (UTA) (Free)
Search within: University of Texas at Arlington
Don McRay
11:30 a.m., Love Shack
Search within: Alt-Country / Americana, Country, Singer / Songwriter
Works by Melissa Auberty
Noon to 5:30 p.m., Norwood Flynn Gallery (Free)
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The Annual Voertman Student Art Competition
Noon to 5 p.m., University of North Texas Art Gallery (Free)
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Danny Williams: World Apart
Noon to 5 p.m., Barry Whistler Gallery (Free)
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Naturally / Un-Ordinary Horizons
Also featuring Ethereal Illusin, works by Jesse English
Noon to 6 p.m., Bath House Cultural Center (Free)
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Benjamin Hancock: BitterSweet
Noon to midnight, Landmark Magnolia Theater and Bar (Free)
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Visual Arts Society of Texas 40th Annual Juried Exhibition
1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Center for the Visual Arts (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Senior Interior Design Students Exhibition
University Art Gallery, Moudy Building, North Entrance
1 p.m. to 4 p.m., J.M. Moudy Exhibition Hall (TCU) (Free)
Search within: Texas Christian University, Fine Arts
Preston Royal Purls Knitting Social
1 p.m., Preston Royal Branch Library (Free)
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Flowers and Trees
Fridays at the Farmstead Programs for children 6-12
1:30 p.m., Heritage Farmstead Museum ($8)
Search within: Kiddie
2008 Spring Commencement Ceremonies
School of Architecture
3 p.m., Texas Hall (UTA) (Free)
Search within: University of Texas at Arlington
Wine Tasting: Warm Weather Wines
4 p.m. to 11 p.m., Farpointe Cellar (Frisco) ($15 - $30)
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Wine Tasting: Warm Weather Wines
4 p.m. to 11 p.m., Farpointe Cellar (Southlake) ($15 - $30)
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Dinner & A Movie
4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Ferre Ristorante & Bar (Fort Worth) ($25.95)
Search within: Movies / Film, Food and Drink
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at the DFW Gun Range
5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., DFW Gun Range ($20 - $75)
Search within: Self defense
Taste Addison 2008
5 p.m. to midnight, Addison Circle Park ($5 - $10)
Search within: Alternative / Indie, Pop, Rock, Taste Addison, Food and Drink
Wild About Flower Mound
Festival celebrating Flower Mound, featuring Richard Marx / Le Freak
5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Bakersfield Park (Free)
Search within: Popular Music, Festivals, Kids / Family
Wake The City / Handshakes And Highfives / waitjustwait / Vice The Monster / Buckwylde
5 p.m., Rock Steady ($10)
Search within: Alternative / Indie, Christian, Rock
Got Milk? Chief Health Officer Tour
5 p.m. to 7 p.m., El Rancho
Search within: Health and Fitness, Kids / Family
Mother-Daughter Happy Hour
5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Studio 2600
Search within: Arts Event Opening, Art and Sculpture
Opening Reception - When Raven Speaks
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Texas Visual Arts Association Gallery (Free)
Search within: Arts Event Opening, Art and Sculpture
MAC Gala Reception for Tracy Hicks / Billy Hassell
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., The MAC (McKinney Avenue Contemporary)
Search within: Art and Sculpture, Environmental Issues
Friday Night Gallery Series
6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Reflection Fine Art (Free)
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Blackland River Devils / Fish Fry Bingo
6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Fred's Texas Cafe ($5)
Opening Reception - New Artist Show
6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Reflection Fine Art (Free)
Search within: Arts Event Opening, Art and Sculpture
Artist vs. Poet / First Class Fever / Silence After Sundown / A Bird A Sparrow / Kid Liberty
6 p.m., The Max ($10)
Search within: Alternative / Indie, Rock
Austin Brown Sounds / Osage / Teresa Marie
6 p.m., Fat Daddy's Sound Shack ($12)
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Brad Thompson
6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Central Market (Southlake) (Free)
Search within: Singer / Songwriter
Jenifer McNeil Baker - 'Restlessness'
6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Suzana Gordon Design Studio (Free)
Search within: Photography Exhibits
Hard Night's Day
Beatles tribute band
6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Club Dada ($5)
Search within: Cover and Tribute Bands, Rock
Lou Cobon
The best of Motown and R&B
6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Kirby's Steakhouse (Plano) (Free)
Search within: Jazz, R&B / Soul
Ross Allen Wolfe
6:30 p.m., PappaRotti's Wine Room (Free)
Search within: Lounge, Singer / Songwriter
Classical & Flamenco Music Night
6:30 p.m., Borders Books & Music (Fort Worth / West Freeway & Hulen) (Free)
Search within: Classical Music, Latin
Dinner for Mom
6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Central Market (Dallas) ($60 - $110)
Search within: Recipes / Cooking, Mother's Day
Runnin' Behind
The Cowboys Dance Hall house band
7 p.m. to 2 a.m., Cowboys Arlington ($10)
Search within: Country
Live Music
Cowboys' house band
7 p.m. to 2 a.m., Cowboys Red River ($8 - $10)
Search within: Country
Karaoke
7 p.m. to 11 p.m., Riscky's Barbecue (Fort Worth / Camp Bowie) (Free)
Search within: Karaoke
Christian Songwriters Night
Sponsored by Hope Fellowship Church
7 p.m. to 10 p.m., The Pigeon Hole ($2)
Search within: Christian
River Legacy Friday Night Rides
7 p.m. to 9 p.m., River Legacy Living Science Center (Free)
Search within: Kids / Family, Cycling
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Presented by Casa Mañana’s Children’s Playhouse
7 p.m., Casa Manana Theatre ($11 - $16)
Search within: Musicals, Children's Performance
Dance Recital
7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Bishop Lynch High School (Free)
Search within: Bishop Lynch High School
Country and Western Dancing
7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Burleson Senior Activity Center
Search within: Seniors, Social Dancing
Mother & Son Dance
7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Dalworth Recreation Center (Free)
Search within: Kids / Family
St. Alcuin Middle School - "West Side Story"
In the Countrywide Theatre
7 p.m., Eisemann Center for Performing Arts ($5 - $20)
Search within: Musicals, St. Alcuin Montessori
Chess, the Musical
Presented by Plano Children's Theatre
7:15 p.m., Plano Children's Theatre ($7 - $9)
Search within: Musicals, Children's Performance
Four Day Weekend Comedy Troupe
Improv comedy featuring pianist Ray Sharp
7:30 p.m., Four Day Weekend Theater ($20)
Search within: Comedy
"Write Between the Eyes"
Murder mystery dinner
7:30 p.m., Riverwalk Cafe ($55)
Search within: Dining / Restaurants, Murder Mystery Games
Karaoke with Big Tex
7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Little Pete's Lake Grapevine (Free)
Search within: Karaoke
Tony N' Tina's Wedding
7:30 p.m., The Sara Ellen & Samuel Weisfeld Center ($59 - $79)
Search within: Plays
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra - Mendelssohn & Shostakovich
American Airlines Symphonic Series
7:30 p.m., Bass Performance Hall
Search within: Classical Music
Lincoln Heights
Presented by Teatro de la Rosa
7:30 p.m., Rose Marine Theater ($7 - $12)
Search within: Plays, Hispanic / Latino
Beauty and the Beast
Presented by Creative Arts Theatre & School
7:30 p.m., Creative Arts Theatre & School ($10