Events Thursday, April 24, 2008
BNI Preston Park Weekly Meeting
7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., La Hacienda Ranch (Dallas)
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Business Recycling Workshop
7:30 a.m. to noon, Lewisville City Hall ($25 - $35)
Search within: Networking Functions, Environmental Issues
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
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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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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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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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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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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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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)
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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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Justin Hunt: Voyeuristic Tones
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Cameron Gallery (Free)
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Hal Samples / Mark Nelson / Luke Harnden
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., HCG Gallery (Free)
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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)
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GED Classes at the Library
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Grand Prairie Main Library (Free)
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Springtime Appetizer Party
10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Central Market (Dallas) ($55)
Search within: Recipes / Cooking
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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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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False Space and Time of the Apartment
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Centraltrak (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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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., 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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2nd Annual Adult Spelling Bee
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church (Dallas)
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In the Beginning
Noon to 5 p.m., The Women's Museum (Free - $5)
Search within: Art and Sculpture, Judaism, Women's Issues
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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Benjamin Hancock: BitterSweet
Noon to midnight, Landmark Magnolia Theater and Bar (Free)
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Cowgirl vs. Cowboy Cuisine with Paula Disbrowe and Robb Walsh
Part of the Arts and Letters Live series.
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) ($30)
Search within: Books / Authors / Literary events
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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Egyption Animals Assembly
1 p.m., Lake Dallas Primary School
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Homeschool Book Club
2 p.m., Fort Worth Central Library (Free)
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The Wedding Singer
Presented by Dallas Summer Musicals
2 p.m., The Music Hall at Fair Park ($45 - $50)
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Environmental Club
3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m., Max O. Vaughan Elementary School (Free)
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After School Enrichment - Chess
3:30 p.m., Akiba Academy of Dallas (Free)
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After-School Program: I am a Poet
3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Arcadia Park Branch Library (Free)
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After-School Movie
3:30 p.m., Audelia Road Branch Library (Free)
Search within: Movies / Film, Kids / Family
Family Support and Aging Issues Family Roundtable
4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Heritage Senior Center (Free - $7)
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Dancemakers Concert, Too
4 p.m., Margo Jones Performance Hall (TWU) ($4 - $6)
Search within: Texas Woman's University, Dance
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)
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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)
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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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4th Annual Camp Bowie Crawl
5 p.m., Camp Bowie Boulevard in Fort Worth
Dallas ISD Board of Trustees Meeting
5:30 p.m., Dallas ISD Administration Building (Free)
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Lecture: Why is Dallas Here? One Geologist’s Perspective, Prof. Robert J. Stern
5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture (Free)
Search within: Local History
Eastfield College Clay Guild Spring sale
5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Eastfield College (DCCCD) (Free)
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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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Prison “Letters”: Fiction as Remembrance
6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture ($25 - $85)
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Big Daddy Band
6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Central Market (Fort Worth) (Free)
Search within: Cover and Tribute Bands, Pop, Rock
After Work Mix & Mingle
6 p.m. to 11 p.m., Pearl at Commerce ($5)
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Opening Reception - Benjamin Hancock: BitterSweet
6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Landmark Magnolia Theater and Bar (Free)
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SoFresh Spring 2008: A juried competition
Presented by Gallery 219 at Eastfield College
6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Eastfield College Performance Hall
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Dallas Singles Toastmasters Club
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Ozona Bar & Grill (Free)
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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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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
Crowley ISD Board of Trustees Meeting
6:30 p.m., Crowley ISD Administration Building (Free)
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Auteur Film Series
6:30 p.m., Angelika Film Center (Plano)
Search within: Collin County Community College, Movies / Film
Sunlight
Presented by the Arts District Chorale in collaboration with the Dallas Museum of Art
6:30 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) ($5 - $20)
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5th Annual Candlelight Vigil: "A Candle for Hope, A Call for Action"
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Collin County Community College (Spring Creek Campus) (Free)
Search within: Collin County Community College, Singer / Songwriter, Sexual Assault
Grgich Hills Wine Dinner
6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Old Hickory Steakhouse ($135)
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Thirsty Thursday: France
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Central Market (Plano) ($40)
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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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