Events Friday, August 22, 2008
Eagles Toastmasters
6:45 a.m. to 8 a.m., Denny's (Dallas / Meadow & 75)
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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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“Look Who’s Painting”
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mesquite Arts Center (Free)
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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
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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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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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Walk and Talk
9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Mansfield Activities Center (Free)
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The Blues/Jazz Experience: Paintings by Earnest “Ernie” Benton and Daggi Wallace
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Irving Arts Center (Free)
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Dinosaur Roundup
9 a.m. to 8 p.m., National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame (Free - $8)
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KidsArts/Kids’ Works 2008
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Irving Arts Center (Free)
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Children's Art Exhibit/Competition - Transportation Summit
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Irving Arts Center (Free)
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Ma Teresa Gomez-Martorell
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fort Worth Community Arts Center (Free)
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Lisa Nersesova
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fort Worth Community Arts Center (Free)
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Rat Snakes to Rattlers
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary (Free - $8)
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Animals of the World: A Conservation Exhibit
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary (Free - $8)
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Native Texas Butterflies
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary (Free - $8)
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Works of Rick Rembisz: Photo Exhibit
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Patty Granville Arts Center
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Variation & Theme: New Prints by Vance Wingate
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mildred Hawn Exhibition Gallery (Free)
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8th Annual Art Connection Members’ Show
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Irving Arts Center (Free)
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Charlotte Dubin: Character and Legacy
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Forum Gallery (Brookhaven College) (Free)
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Jana Miller / Manuel Pecina
9 a.m. to 10 p.m., The Visual Arts Building (UT Dallas) (Free)
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The Land that Shaped the People: Texas ranching heritage
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Hall of State (Free)
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The 13th Annual Summer Homeschool Conference and Bookfair
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Plano Centre
Search within: Books / Authors / Literary events, Schools
Stroller Strides
Fitness for mom, fun for baby
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Town East Mall
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Marsden Hartley and the West: The Search for an American Modernism
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Amon Carter Museum (Free)
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Texas Collects ASIA 2008: Chinese Art
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art (Free)
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Tim Noble and Sue Webster
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., The Goss-Michael Foundation (Free)
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Documenting China: Contemporary Photography and Social Change
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art (Free)
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Group Exhibition
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., William Campbell Contemporary Art (Free)
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Dallas Video Festival Art Video Series
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Conduit Gallery (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture, Movies / Film
Chick + Clix: mostly women photographers
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art (Free)
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Nell Dorr: From Everlasting to Everlasting
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Amon Carter Museum (Free)
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Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (Free - $10)
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BIG! Himalayan Art
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture, Asia / Asian-American
David Keens, Texas Artist of the Year
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Arlington Museum of Art (Free)
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Summer Reading Club
10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Arlington Northeast Branch Library (Free)
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Summer Reading Club
10 a.m. to 8 p.m., George W. Hawkes Central Library (Arlington) (Free)
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Summer Reading Club
10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Lake Arlington Branch Library (Free)
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Revisualizing Westward Expansion: A Century of Conflict, 1800–1900
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Amon Carter Museum (Free)
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Summer Exhibition: Gallery Artists Show
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Artizen Fine Arts (Free)
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Eyes on Earth
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Museum of Nature & Science ($5.50 - $8.75)
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Jack Kilby: The Eye of Genius Photographs by the Inventor of the Microchip
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Meadows Museum (SMU) ($8)
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3 D & More
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Texas Visual Arts Association Gallery (Free)
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Westward HO!
A photo exhibit by the Gutsy Broads of Creative Focus
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Manske Library (Free)
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Mirtha Aertker / Sharon Stevenson / Gabrielle Castaneda Pruitt
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., 14th Street Gallery (Free)
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Saved by Rock and Roll
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Cameron Gallery (Free)
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Great American Trucking Show
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., The Dallas Convention Center
Search within: Automotive
Family Festival Days
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art
Search within: Art and Sculpture, China
Women of Faith Conference
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., American Airlines Center ($50 - $129)
Search within: Christian, Christianity, Women's Issues
David Yurman Trunk Show
10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Neiman Marcus NorthPark (Free)
Search within: Fashion / Beauty, Shopping
St. John Trunk Show
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Neiman Marcus NorthPark (Free)
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Infant/Toddler Development Time
10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., Skillman Southwestern Branch Library (Free)
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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)
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Charisma Chorus
Voices needed!
10:30 a.m., Heritage Senior Center
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Preschool Story Time
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Fort Worth Library (Ridglea Branch) (Free)
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Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy
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)
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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)
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On Kawara: 10 Tableaux and 20,834 Pages
11 a.m. to 5 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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Beyond the Grasp: Sculpture Transcending the Physical
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Nasher Sculpture Center (Free - $10)
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Gastronomia / erotica y estimulante
11 a.m. to 9 p.m., The MAC (McKinney Avenue Contemporary) (Free)
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John Albok Gallery
11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery (Free)
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Contemporary Czech Photography
11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery (Free)
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Resisting Color: Textiles Tied and Dyed
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) (Free)
Search within: Textile / Woven Arts, Historical Exhibits
Lone Star Legacy II: The Barrett Collection of Contemporary Texas Art
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) (Free - $10)
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Tour Fort Worth's 2008 Southern Living Idea House
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Southern Living 2008 Idea House ($10)
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Sehnsucht (Aspiration)
Curated by Georges Armaos
11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Light & Sie (Free)
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Jacques Lipchitz: A Gift from the Artist's Estate
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Nasher Sculpture Center (Free - $10)
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Let Art Talk
11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Visual Arts Coalition of Dallas (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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Toddler & Preschool Storytimes
11:30 a.m., Frisco Public Library (Free)
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The Impressionists
Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago
Noon to 8 p.m., Kimbell Art Museum (Free - $16)
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Summer Show by Gallery Artists
Noon to 5:30 p.m., Norwood Flynn Gallery (Free)
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Redefining the Disfranchised: The Political Art of Nina Allender
Noon to 5 p.m., The Women's Museum ($5)
Search within: Art and Sculpture, Women's Issues
Tonybones: A Solo Exhibition of New Work
Noon to 7 p.m., The Public Trust (Free)
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Geomorph
Noon to 5 p.m., Centraltrak (Free)
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Frank Frazier - New Images; Old Conversations
Noon to 7 p.m., South Dallas Cultural Center (Free)
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Karen Piloto: Spectrum / Christopher Lee Martin Celestial Visions
Noon to 5 p.m., The Haley-Henman Gallery (Free)
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Seven Wonders & New Horizons
12:15 p.m., Museum of Nature & Science Planetarium ($4)
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Tracks of the Jaguar: Molina High School Art Exhibition
1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Ice House Cultural Center (Free)
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Wonders of the Universe & Secrets of the Sun
1:15 p.m., Museum of Nature & Science Planetarium ($4)
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80th North Texas State Fair and Rodeo
Come celebrate the "Cowboy Way" at the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo 80th Anniversary
1:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., North Texas State Fairgrounds ($5 - $90)
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Journey to Infinity & The Future is Wild
2:15 p.m., Museum of Nature & Science Planetarium ($4)
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Chess Team/Club Meeting
2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., UTD Student Union Center
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Stars of the Pharaohs & Universe
3:15 p.m., Museum of Nature & Science Planetarium ($4)
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Stephenie Meyer Book Club
4 p.m., Barnes & Noble (Lewisville) (Free)
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Wine Tasting: Taste Across Italy
4 p.m. to 11 p.m., Farpointe Cellar (Frisco) ($15 - $30)
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Wine Tasting: Taste Across Italy
4 p.m. to 11 p.m., Farpointe Cellar (Southlake) ($15 - $30)
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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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Starbucks Coffee Seminars
5 p.m. to 6 p.m., The Parks at Arlington (Free)
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Lecture: Martin A. Ryerson: A Chicago Lumber Baron Collects Botticelli and Monet
6 p.m., Kimbell Art Museum
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Maximum Acoustic
6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Central Market (Southlake) (Free)
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Christians on Campus Welcome Dinner
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., UTD Student Union Center
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Runnin' Behind
The Cowboys Dance Hall house band
7 p.m. to 2 a.m., Cowboys Arlington ($10)
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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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Karaoke
7 p.m. to 11 p.m., Riscky's Barbecue (Fort Worth / Camp Bowie) (Free)
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Christian Songwriters Night
Sponsored by Hope Fellowship Church
7 p.m. to 10 p.m., The Pigeon Hole ($2)
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River Legacy Friday Night Rides
7 p.m. to 9 p.m., River Legacy Living Science Center (Free)
Search within: Kids / Family, Cycling
Deep Ellum Good Buy
7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Kettle Art (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture, Popular Music, Historical Exhibits, Deep Ellum, Local History
River Legacy Friday Night Bicycle Rides
7 p.m. to 9 p.m., River Legacy Parks (Free)
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Discovery after Dark
7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Fossil Rim Wildlife Center ($45)
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The Tendency / The September Days / Before there Was Atlantis / Contryte
7 p.m., The Door (Plano) ($10)
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Unhappily Ever After
Presented by Plano Community Theatre
7:15 p.m., Plano Children's Theatre ($7 - $14)
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Four Day Weekend Comedy Troupe
Improv comedy featuring pianist Ray Sharp
7:30 p.m., Four Day Weekend Theater ($20)
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"Write Between the Eyes"
Murder mystery dinner
7:30 p.m., Riverwalk Cafe ($55)
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Karaoke with Big Tex
7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Little Pete's Lake Grapevine (Free)
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Menopause: The Musical
In the Countrywide Theatre
7:30 p.m., Eisemann Center for Performing Arts ($45)
Search within: Musicals
Peter Pan
Presented by Artisan Center Theater
7:30 p.m., Artisan Center Theater ($6 - $15)
Search within: Musicals, Children's Performance
Casanova Live Band
7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Little Pete's Lake Grapevine
Search within: Cover and Tribute Bands, Rock
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra - The Mahler Cycle
7:30 p.m., Bass Performance Hall
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Their Eyes Were Shut Forever / Marietta / If I Was Human / Divine Butchery / Cradle to the Grave
7:30 p.m., The Door (Fort Worth) ($10)
Richard Davis & Texas Red Legs / Ray Diffee & the Gringo Revolution / Davis Lane / Lisa Mickelson
7:30 p.m., The Door (Dallas) ($10)
Search within: Alt-Country / Americana
Shaam-e-Hyderabad 2008
7:30 p.m., Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum by the Galleria ($25 - $40)
Search within: Kids / Family, India
Nina Katrina / Kim Platko / Carl Hillman / Christopher McGuire
Cafe Casual Concert
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., First Christian Church (Free)
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"Just Jack" - One Man Show
7:30 p.m., Cox Building Playhouse ($22)
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R.L. Griffin / Hal Harris & the Lowlifers
8 p.m., R.L. Griffin's Blues Palace #2
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