Events Thursday, April 17, 2008
BNI Preston Park Weekly Meeting
7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., La Hacienda Ranch (Dallas)
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Christine Sanford: Paintings
8 a.m. to midnight, Mildred Hawn Exhibition Gallery (Free)
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Student Photography Exhibit
8 a.m. to 8 p.m., The Pegasus Gallery (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)
Search within: Kids / Family, Nature, Hispanic / Latino
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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Viewpoints 2008
Statewide community college juried exhibition
9 a.m. to 8 p.m., The ARTS Gallery at CCCC (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
Search within: Seniors
Robert Sabuda: Travels in Time and Space
In the Dupree Theater Lobby
9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Irving Arts Center (Free)
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Eric Neilsen: Alternative Views to Yesterday and Today
In the Focus Gallery
9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Irving Arts Center (Free)
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Filming Kennedy: Home Movies from Dallas
9 a.m. to 6 p.m., The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (Free - $13.50)
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5 + 1 ( Five women + 1 Man)
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Banks Fine Arts (Free)
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Annual Exhibition of Irving ISD Student Artwork
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Irving Arts Center (Free)
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The Blues/Jazz Experience: Paintings by Earnest “Ernie” Benton and Daggi Wallace
9 a.m. to 8 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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The Best of the Biennial
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fort Worth Community Arts Center (Free)
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Friends of EASL
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fort Worth Community Arts Center (Free)
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Cynthia Brants: Beyond the Circle
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fort Worth Community Arts Center (Free)
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Figurative Sculpture with Tomas Bustos
Winter/Spring Session II
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($195 - $225)
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Advanced Jewelry with Rebecca Swann
Winter/Spring Session II
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($185 - $215)
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Cardio Fitness
9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Mansfield Activities Center
Search within: Health and Fitness, Seniors
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 8 p.m., Meadows Museum (SMU) ($8)
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100 Years of Autochrome
10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Amon Carter Museum (Free)
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Intimate Modernism: Fort Worth Circle Artists in the 1940s
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Amon Carter Museum (Free)
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The Art of the American Snapshot
10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Amon Carter Museum (Free)
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UTA Faculty Biennial IX
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Gallery at UTA (Free)
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Big Mama's House by Sedrick Huckaby
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Center
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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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John Loengard: A Gifted Perspective
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Afterimage Gallery
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Children's Storytime
10 a.m., Borders Books & Music (Dallas / Greenville & Lovers) (Free)
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Fort Worth Landmarks in the 1950s: Watercolors by Bror Utter
10 a.m. to 8 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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Casey Williams: New Work
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Holly Johnson Gallery (Free)
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Vincent Falsetta / Justin Quinn
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Conduit Gallery (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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Recent Prints from Beatriz Milhazes, Polly Apfelbaum, James Nares, and Roland Fischer
Also featuring work by Alison Elizabeth Taylor
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Marty Walker Gallery (Free)
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"Naughty and Nice"
Art Depicting the Powers of Good and Evil
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Studio 2600 (Free)
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Drama in Black and White
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Texas Visual Arts Association Gallery (Free)
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Julie Lazarus: Abstracted Reflections
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., William Campbell Contemporary Art (Free)
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Magnus Sigurdarson / Leon Ferrari
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pan American Art Projects (Free)
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Service & Grace amid a Class Struggle: The Story of the Pullman Porter
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Age of Steam Railroad Museum ($2.50 - $5)
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Jim Woodson: Continuous Mediating Contingencies
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Center (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
Video Art: The Early Years
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Haggerty Art Building Auditorium (UD) (Free)
Search within: University of Dallas, Fine Arts
Cottonwood Art Festival
Emerging Artists Show
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Eisemann Center for Performing Arts (Free)
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Ambient Scenes, Artwork by Keith Williams
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Janette Kennedy Gallery
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Art and Love in Renaissance Italy
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Kimbell Art Museum
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Elaine Ferguson: London Calling
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Kristy Stubbs Gallery (Free)
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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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Apocalypse: Images from the Book of Revelation
10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Meadows Museum (SMU) ($8)
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Arlington Collects 2008
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Arlington Museum of Art (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
2008 Main St. Arts Festival
The Southwest's largest, four-day visual arts and entertainment festival, four days of fine art, food, fun and festivities hits Main Street in Fort Worth
10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sundance Square (Free)
Search within: Arts, Popular Music, Festivals
GED Classes at the Library
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Grand Prairie Main Library (Free)
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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 Story Time
10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., Southeast Arlington Branch Library (Free)
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Toddler Story Time
10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., East Arlington Branch Library (Free)
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Sharing the Past Through Art
10:30 a.m. to noon, Amon Carter Museum (Free)
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Preschool Storytime
10:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., Grapevine Public Library (Free)
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J. M. W. Turner
11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) ($5 - $18)
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Julian Onderdonk: Bluebonnets and Beyond
11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) ($5 - $10)
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Children's Storytime
11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble (Denton / Golden Triangle Mall) (Free)
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Palace Does Dallas: Sterling Allen, Peat Duggins and Ali Fitzgerald
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Road Agent (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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Igor Malijevsky
11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery (Free)
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David H. Gibson: Ephemeral Moments / David Dreyer: Recent Paintings & Sculpture
Also featuring David Eugene Everett: Practical Dreaming
11 a.m. to 9 p.m., The MAC (McKinney Avenue Contemporary) (Free)
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Beyond the Grasp: Sculpture Transcending the Physical
11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Nasher Sculpture Center (Free - $10)
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Light and Easy Exercise
11 a.m., Mansfield Activities Center
Search within: Health and Fitness, Seniors
Either Side of Gray: Exploring Black and White
11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) (Free - $10)
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Roots of Thanksgiving in the Ancient Near East
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Thanks-Giving Square ($20 - $30)
Search within: Judaism
Bouncing Babies Story Time
11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., Southwest Arlington Library Branch (Free)
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Serginho do Teclado e Companhia
Enjoy live music with lunch
11:30 a.m., Brazil Brasileiro (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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The No Limit Network Business Networking Luncheon
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Texas Land & Cattle Steakhouse (Plano) (Free)
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Mystery Book Lover’s Book Club
11:30 a.m., Burleson Public Library (Free)
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Nicholas Kristof - Reporting from Darfur: First Genocide of the 21st Century
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Hyatt Regency Dallas ($45 - $60)
In the Beginning
Noon to 5 p.m., The Women's Museum (Free - $5)
Search within: Art and Sculpture, Judaism, Women's Issues
The Amateur Birder's Journal
Noon to 6 p.m., White Rock Lake Museum (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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Recent Works by Frank Campagna
Noon to midnight, Landmark Magnolia Theater and Bar (Free)
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Annual Student Photo / Imaging Exhibition Reception
Brazos Gallery - C140
Noon to 1:30 p.m., Brazos Gallery (Richland College)
Search within: Richland College, Photography Exhibits
Blood Drive and Bone Marrow Registration
Mobile Unit Near the Flagpoles
Noon to 6 p.m., Cedar Valley College (DCCCD) (Free)
Search within: Cedar Valley College, Health and Fitness
Bedford BookWorms
Noon, Bedford Public Library (Free)
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Greater Dallas Chamber Legislative Luncheon
Noon to 1:15 p.m., The Westin City Center ($45 - $90)
Search within: Networking Functions, Texas Legislature
Dallas County Schools Board of Trustees Meeting
12:30 p.m., Dallas County Schools Administration Building (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)
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New Works by Stephanie Atkins
1 p.m. to 9 p.m., South Dallas Cultural Center (Free)
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Job Fair
1 p.m., Irving Public Library (Central Library) (Free)
Search within: The Economy / Employment
Homeschool Book Club
2 p.m., Fort Worth Central Library (Free)
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After School Enrichment - Chess
3:30 p.m., Akiba Academy of Dallas (Free)
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Family Support and Aging Issues Family Roundtable
4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Heritage Senior Center (Free - $7)
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Hedda Gabler
Presented by Texas Woman's University
4 p.m., Redbud Theater (TWU) ($5 - $10)
Search within: Texas Woman's University, Plays
Children's Programming at Heritage Park
4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Botanical Gardens at Heritage Park ($5)
Search within: Mother's Day, Gardening
Songs of South Africa
4 p.m., Walnut Hill Branch Library (Free)
Search within: Kids / Family, Africa
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)
Search within: Pool / Billiards
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
Opening Reception - Land Over Sea
4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA)
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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
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 - Sarah Ann Lobb: New Paintings / Wouter Deruytter: Wicked Creek
5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Light & Sie (Free)
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Association for Strategic Planning Meeting
5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Park City Club ($50)
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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)
Search within: Seniors, Social Dancing
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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Garland ISD Board of Trustees Meeting
6 p.m., Garland ISD Harris Hill Administration Building (Free)
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Drinking Liberally
6 p.m. to 8 p.m., The Quarter Bar and Grill (Addison) (Free)
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Asian Art Club for Teens (Ages 15-18)
6 p.m. to 8 p.m., The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art ($10 - $12)
Search within: Teen
Crescent Spring Celebration 2008
6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Rosewood Crescent Hotel ($75)
Search within: Charity, Festivals, Food and Drink
Prison “Letters”: Fiction as Remembrance
6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture ($25 - $85)
Search within: Books / Authors / Literary events
The Crescent Spring Celebration 2008 at Rosewood Crescent Hotel
6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Rosewood Crescent Hotel ($75)
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Writers in the Round: On Fiction, Truth, and Three Chords
6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Garden Cafe (Free)
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Dallas Singles Toastmasters Club
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Ozona Bar & Grill (Free)
Search within: Networking Functions, Dating / Relationships
UnNatural Disasters
6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., The Visual Arts Building (UT Dallas) (Free)
Search within: University of Texas at Dallas, Arts
Ceramic Mural Making with Kathy Loucas
Winter/spring Session II
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($185 - $215)
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Contemporary Clay Sculpture with Keith Livingston
Winter/Spring Session II
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($195 - $225)
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Quickdraw with Al Kraayvanger
Winter/Spring Session II
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($185 - $215)
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Observational Drawing: Things and Places with Michael O'Keefe
Winter/Spring Session II
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($185 - $215)
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Metal Sculpture with Dan Sellers
Winter/Spring Session II
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($185 - $215)
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Mosaic Fountain with Katrina Doran
Winter/Spring Session II
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($165 - $195)
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Stone Sculpting with Art Wells
Winter/Spring Session II
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($185 - $215)
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Ross Allen Wolfe
6:30 p.m., PappaRotti's Wine Room (Free)
Search within: Lounge, Singer / Songwriter
Natural Change
Swagger Thursdays
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Sting Dallas
Search within: Jazz, R&B / Soul
PTA Meeting
4th Grade Music Performance
6:30 p.m., Jessie Marie Riddle Elementary
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Evening for Educators
Hindu Perspectives
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art (Free)
Search within: Hinduism
Mystery Book Lover’s Book Club
6:30 p.m., Burleson Public Library (Free)
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Dallas Uncorked's 4th Anniversary
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., The Candleroom ($15 - $20)
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Museum 27th Anniversary Party - Dinner and Silent Auction
6:30 p.m., International Museum of Cultures ($25)
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