Events Thursday, October 4, 2007
BNI Preston Park Weekly Meeting
7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., La Hacienda Ranch (Dallas)
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Choir Cluster Concert Rehearsal and Performance
7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Hebron High School
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"Treasures of Peru's Amazon Jungle"
8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Fort Worth Botanic Garden (Free)
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Sarah Williams / Jenny Jones Exhibit
Union Gallery, Level 3
8 a.m. to 10 p.m., University Union (UNT) (Free)
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Bridwell Library presents: "Christian Writers and Their Readers"
8 a.m. to 11 p.m., Southern Methodist University (SMU) (Free)
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North Lake College Alumni Art Exhibit
8 a.m. to 10 p.m., North Lake Gallery (North Lake College) (Free)
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BCSA Art Faculty Exhibit
8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Forum Gallery (Brookhaven College) (Free)
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My Home Planet Earth
A bilingual, hands-on traveling exhibit for children
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Fort Worth Museum of Science and History ($7 - $8)
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Treasures from the Attic
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary
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A Bird in the Hand
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary
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IAA Wildlife Art Show
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Jaycee Park Center for the Arts (Free)
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The Gentlings: A Retrospective
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fort Worth Community Arts Center (Free)
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TAC Featured Artist: Bill Barter
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fort Worth Community Arts Center (Free)
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The Im/Materiality of the Everyday
9 a.m. to 8 p.m., The ARTS Gallery at CCCC (Free)
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Hispanic Heritage: A Children’s Drawing Contest
9 a.m. to 9 p.m., J. Erik Jonsson Central Library (Dallas Public Library) (Free)
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Exploring Our World
9 a.m. to 9 p.m., J. Erik Jonsson Central Library (Dallas Public Library) (Free)
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The World of Don Quixote: The Private Collection of Albert Askenazi
9 a.m. to 9 p.m., J. Erik Jonsson Central Library (Dallas Public Library) (Free)
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We Have Prevailed! A Photographic Exhibit Celebrating Breast Cancer Survivors
9 a.m. to 9 p.m., J. Erik Jonsson Central Library (Dallas Public Library) (Free)
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Dallas Opera 50th Anniversary
9 a.m. to 9 p.m., J. Erik Jonsson Central Library (Dallas Public Library) (Free)
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Neiman Marcus 1907-2007: Dallas Roots, Global Style
9 a.m. to 9 p.m., J. Erik Jonsson Central Library (Dallas Public Library) (Free)
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Medicare Assistance & Benefits Counseling
AARP trained Medicare volunteer advisors will be here.
9 a.m. to noon, Heritage Senior Center
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An Invitational Exhibit of Mosaic Art
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Patty Granville Arts Center
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Hamon Arts Library Book Sale
9 a.m. to 11 p.m., Southern Methodist University (SMU)
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Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuth’s Late Paintings of Lancaster
10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Amon Carter Museum
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Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke
10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Amon Carter Museum
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Barbara Frey and Thom Seawell
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Art Centre of Plano
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Enrique Chavarría: Surrealism and the Fantastic
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Latino Cultural Center (Free)
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Yrjo Edelmann / Kenda North / Jay Maggio
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Craighead-Green Gallery (Free)
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Declaring Space
Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein, Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth ($4 - $8)
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Arachnitopia
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fort Worth Zoo (Free - $10.50)
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Ron Mueck
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth ($4 - $8)
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A Tribute to Texas Art: The Gift of William J. Hill
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Meadows Museum (SMU) ($8)
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With New Eyes: Exploration and the American West
10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Amon Carter Museum (Free)
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Masterworks of American Photography
10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Amon Carter Museum (Free)
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100 Years of Autochrome
10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Amon Carter Museum (Free)
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Cottonwood Art Festival Preview Exhibit
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Eisemann Center for Performing Arts (Free)
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Baseball As America
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Museum of Nature & Science ($1)
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Tile Design in Valencia: From the Middle Ages through the early 20th century
10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Meadows Museum (SMU) ($8)
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Mike Osborne: Enter the Dragon
New Photographs from China and Taiwan
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Holly Johnson Gallery (Free)
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Bountiful Harvest
Art celebrating all we are thankful for
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Studio 2600 (Free)
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An Era of Elegance
Fashion exhibit
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park
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Terry Falke: Observations in an Occupied Wilderness
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Afterimage Gallery
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'Out On A Rail'
Photography exhibit by Michelle Winder
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Heliotrope
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Jerrel Sustaita: Viva la Celebracion
Presented by Artes de la Rosa
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Rose Marine Theater (Free)
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Lou Chapman: Fort Worth Through a Plastic Lens
Presented by Artes de la Rosa
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Rose Marine Theater (Free)
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Charlotte Smith "Inside Out"
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pan American Art Projects (Free)
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Roger Winter: Painting 40 Years
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art (Free)
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Frank Gohlke / Philip Lamb
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery (Free)
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Art for Peace and Justice
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Artizen Fine Arts (Free)
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Jane Helslander: Field Presence
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., William Campbell Contemporary Art (Free)
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Ted Kincaid: Grids/Blurs
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Marty Walker Gallery (Free)
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The Gallery at UTA presents "Al Souza: Addenda"
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Gallery at UTA (Free)
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One of a Kind
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass (Free)
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Space50: A Celebration of 50 Years of Space Flight
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Frontiers of Flight Museum ($5 - $8)
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Ribbons of Time
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Arlington Museum of Art (Free)
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Five Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics
10 a.m. to 9 p.m., The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art (Free)
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Through the Eyes of the Condor: An Aerial Vision of Latin America
Photography Exhibition
10 a.m. to 9 p.m., NorthPark Center (Free)
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The CARU Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part II
10 a.m. to 9 p.m., The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art (Free)
What is Tibetan Art? Selections from the Rubin Museum of Art
10 a.m. to 9 p.m., The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture, Asia / Asian-American
Fresh Beginnings: Ariston Jacks
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., African American Museum
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An Era of Elegance-Fashion Exhibit
Victorian and Edwardian Fashions from the 1870s to 1910s
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park (Free)
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The Evolving Document
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., 14th Street Gallery (Free)
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2007 State Fair of Texas
10 a.m. to 10 p.m., State Fair of Texas (Free - $14)
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Home School Day
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fort Worth Zoo ($3.75 - $5.50)
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Toddler Storytime
10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., George W. Hawkes Central Library (Arlington) (Free)
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Advanced Mosaic Workshop
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($500 - $530)
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Toddler Storytime
10:15 a.m. to 10:35 a.m., Grapevine Public Library (Free)
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Listener Story Time
10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., Lake Arlington Branch Library (Free)
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Children's Storytime
10:30 a.m., Barnes & Noble (Dallas / Preston Royal) (Free)
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Toddler Storytime
10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., Mesquite Public Library (North Branch) (Free)
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Morning Story Time
10:30 a.m., Bowles Life Center Branch Library (Grand Prairie) (Free)
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Preschool Storytime
10:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., Grapevine Public Library (Free)
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A Painting in the Palm of Your Hand: 18th-Century Painted Fans from the Wendy and Emery Reves Collec
11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) ($5 - $10)
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From the Ashes of Vesuvius, In Stabiano: Exploring the Ancient Seaside Villas of the Roman Elite
11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) ($5 - $10)
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Susan Kae Grant: A Retrospective
James Michael Starr: Fourteen Days in the New Works Space
11 a.m. to 9 p.m., The MAC (McKinney Avenue Contemporary) (Free)
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Beastly Words: Bradley Brown
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Road Agent (Free)
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Vernon Fisher: Heart of Darkness
Also featuring Gary Panter: Ideal Hatchling
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Dunn and Brown Contemporary (Free)
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Chrysalis
11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Light & Sie (Free)
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Away from It All: American Travels from the Collection of Works on Paper
11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) ($5 - $10)
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Oktoberfest Beer & Wine Tasting
11 a.m. to 8 p.m., WineStyles (Free)
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Serginho do Teclado e Companhia
Enjoy live music with lunch
11:30 a.m., Betchee's Brazil (Free)
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Team Networking Richardson Weekly Meeting
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Texas Land & Cattle Steakhouse (Richardson) ($15)
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Bilderriese
Two exhibits by local artists
Noon to 5 p.m., Norwood Flynn Gallery (Free)
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African Beauties: Women of the Motherland
Women of the Motherland
Noon to 5 p.m., African American Museum
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Star-Struck: Hollywood Costumes and Designs 1934 - 2006
Noon to 5 p.m., The Women's Museum
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The Ladies of the Camellias
Presented by Echo Theatre
Noon, Bath House Cultural Center (Free - $25)
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Urban Engagement Book Club Meeting
Discussing former President Jimmy Carter's "Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis"
Noon, Highland Park United Methodist Church (Free)
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Pilates / Yoga
12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m., Mansfield Activities Center ($40)
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Brown Bag Dance Series
12:30 p.m., Owen Arts Center (SMU) (Free)
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Aloha Fall Festival
1 p.m. to 9 p.m., Aloha Adventure Park ($14.99 - $23.50)
The Lion King
A 2007 Dallas Summer Musical and State Fair of Texas Show
2 p.m., The Music Hall at Fair Park ($29 - $72)
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Foreign Film Series: Mui du du Xanh
Room D-174
2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Richland College (DCCCD) (Free)
Search within: Richland College, Independent Films
“Climate Change and Texas: Consequences for wildlife and human health"
Featuring Dr. Camille Parmesan, University of Texas at Austin
2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Dallas City Hall (Free)
Search within: Environmental Issues, Dallas
Wonder of the World
Presented by Texas Woman's University
4 p.m., Redbud Theater (TWU) ($5 - $10)
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Pegasus NanoTX-Round-Up Celebration
4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Pegasus Plaza ($15 - $25)
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Heritage Tappers Dance Class
4:15 p.m. to 6 p.m., Heritage Senior Center
Doubles 8 Ball Tournament
4:30 p.m. to 2 a.m., Coconuts Night Club and Sports Bar ($2)
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Storytime For School Aged Children
4:30 p.m., Bowles Life Center Branch Library (Grand Prairie) (Free)
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Family Support and Aging Issues Family Roundtable
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Heritage Senior Center (Free - $7)
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Opening Reception - TAC Featured Artist: Bill Barter
5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Fort Worth Community Arts Center (Free)
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Pilates / Yoga
5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., Mansfield Activities Center ($40)
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Friends of the Library Membership Meeting and Booksale Preview
5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., South Garland Branch Library
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Electric Campfire Fun
Acoustic Jam
6 p.m. to midnight, Sons of Hermann Hall
Search within: Folk, Singer / Songwriter
Senior Center Thursday Night Dances
6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Carrollton Senior Center ($5)
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Thursday Senior Dances
6 p.m., Grand Prairie Senior Center ($5)
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Preschool Playhouse
6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Grapevine Community Activities Center
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The Heritage Swinger Practice
A Performing Senior Dance Group
6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Heritage Senior Center
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Dancing: Zumba
6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Boys Ranch Activity Center ($40)
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Garland ISD Board of Trustees Meeting
6 p.m., Garland ISD Harris Hill Administration Building (Free)
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Slocum Street Style Night
6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Dallas Design District (Free)
Search within: Antiques and Collectibles, Interior Design
Country Fried Soul / Sleeplab
6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Central Market (Fort Worth) (Free)
Search within: Jazz, R&B / Soul
Josh Lewin & Jim Sargent
Two Southlake dads perform R&R classics on keyboard, guitar
6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Central Market (Southlake) (Free)
Search within: Cover and Tribute Bands, Rock
German Beer Tasting
Oktoberfest Celebration
6 p.m. to 9 p.m., State Street Spirits (Free)
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Larry O'Brien, Founder and CEO of Hudak-O'Brien Lecture
Art History Building
6:15 p.m. to 8 p.m., The University of Dallas (UD) (Free)
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Dallas Singles Toastmasters Club
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Ozona Bar & Grill (Free)
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Tobacco Awareness Class
Room #1100
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Lewisville High School
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Southlake Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting
6:30 p.m., Southlake Town Hall (Free)
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BBQ and Texas 2-Step
Dance and Cooking Class Series
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Milestone Culinary Arts Center ($89)
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Family Story Time
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., George W. Hawkes Central Library (Arlington) (Free)
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Barry Pearson Trio Jazz Band
7 p.m., Bread Winners Cafe and Bakery (Dallas / McKinney & Hall) (Free)
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Live Music
Cowboys' house band
7 p.m. to 2 a.m., Cowboys Red River ($8 - $10)
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APL No Limit Texas Hold Em
7 p.m., Fox and Hound English Pub & Grille (Arlington) (Free)
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APL No Limit Texas Hold Em
7 p.m., Fox and Hound English Pub & Grille (Fort Worth / Hulen Mall area) (Free)
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Biker Night
Cruise on down!
7 p.m., Riscky's Barbecue (Fort Worth / Camp Bowie) (Free)
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Thursday Night Salsa
With complimentary Salsa dance lesson taught by Sandunga Dance Studio at 7pm
7 p.m., Nico's Cocina Mexican Grill & Bar (Free)
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Legacy Live
Outdoor music series
7 p.m. to 10 p.m., The Shops at Legacy (Free)
Search within: Popular Music
Children's Storytime
7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Carrollton Public Library (Hebron & Josey) (Free)
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Another Little Piece of My Art
7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Kettle Art (Free)
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Sketching in the Galleries
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) (Free)
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Creative Writing Circle
Bring whatever story or essay you’re working on and join us! It’s free, and fun!
7 p.m., Heritage Senior Center
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Lesser North Texas Writer's Group
7 p.m., Barnes & Noble (Plano / Preston & Park) (Free)
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Trophy Club Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting
7 p.m., Svore Municipal Building (Free)
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