Events Friday, December 26, 2008
109th Christmas Bird Count
6 a.m., Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary
Search within: Nature
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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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
Walk and Talk
9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Mansfield Activities Center (Free)
Search within: Health and Fitness, Seniors
Animals of the World: A Conservation Exhibit
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary (Free - $8)
Search within: Nature
Dinosaurs Alive!
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary (Free - $8)
Search within: Nature
Denise Fleming: Painting with Paper
In the Dupree Theater Lobby
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Irving Arts Center (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Quiltmania II - New Beginnings: Quilts by Texas Quilt Artists
In the Carpenter Performance Hall
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Irving Arts Center (Free)
Search within: Arts and Crafts
"Best on the Block" Quilt Mania II
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture ($5 - $8)
Search within: Arts and Crafts
16th Annual Holiday Exhibition & Tree Decorating Competition
In the Main Gallery
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Irving Arts Center (Free)
Search within: Christmas Season
Charles M. Russell and the Art of Counting Coup
9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sid Richardson Museum (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Deck the Halls
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture ($1 - $8)
Search within: Christmas Season
Visions of Ireland: Photographs by Darla Bostick
In the Focus Gallery
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Irving Arts Center (Free)
Search within: Photography Exhibits, Ireland
2008 9 x 12 Works on Paper Show
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fort Worth Community Arts Center (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
FW 15: When Imagination Makes Images
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fort Worth Community Arts Center (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Top Secret: Mission Toy
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame ($7 - $8)
Search within: Kids / Family
United Commercial Realty’s 20th Anniversary: Images of the Retail Environment
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture (Free)
Search within: Photography Exhibits, Booker T. Washington
Stroller Strides
Fitness for mom, fun for baby
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Town East Mall
Search within: Health and Fitness, Kids / Family
Stillness in Time: Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth ($4 - $8)
Search within: Photography Exhibits
Texas Collects ASIA 2008: Contemporary Asian Art and Japanese Folk Art
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Quilt Mania II: Blackland Prairie Quilts
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Art Centre of Plano (Free)
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Holiday Group Exhibition
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thornwood Gallery (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Mark Stephen Smith: In Search of Memory: New Work in Color
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., William Campbell Contemporary Art (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
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
Sentimental Journey: The Art of Alfred Jacob Miller
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Amon Carter Museum (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Dallas Works by David Leonard
Also featuring new works by Ray-Mel Cornelius
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Norwood Flynn Gallery (Free)
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Mary Lucier: The Plains of Sweet Regret
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Amon Carter Museum (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
The People Choose: 1860 & 1900
Today's Lives Shaped by Historical Presidential Campaigns
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park
Search within: Historical Exhibits
Native Words, Native Warriors
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Frontiers of Flight Museum
Search within: Historical Exhibits, Local History
FOCUS: Ranjani Shettar
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth ($4 - $10)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Tending the Afterlife: Chinese Tomb Art from the Neolithic Period to the Ming Dynasty
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture, Historical Exhibits, China
David H. Gibson: Along Cypress Creek / Philip John Evett: Recent Sculpture
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Center (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Molas of the Kuna People of Panama
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Latino Cultural Center (Free)
Search within: Textile / Woven Arts
An American Original: George Bellows, His Lithographs, and the 1936 Texas Centennial
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Amon Carter Museum (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
“Ornament Extravaganza”
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass (Free)
Search within: Arts and Crafts, Christmas Season
Susan Sales / Raymond Saa
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Craighead-Green Gallery (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Kenneth Holder / Group Show / Mary Emma Hawthorne
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Conduit Gallery (Free)
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Exhibition by the Enclave of Breckinridge Artists
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Eisemann Center for Performing Arts (Free)
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Sorry, No Bluebonnets
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fort Worth Community Arts Center (Free)
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Rusty Scruby
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Pan American Art Projects (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture, Photography Exhibits
Air Transportation Art Exhibit
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum
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Papel Chicano: Works on Paper
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Latino Cultural Center (Free)
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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
Preschool Story Time
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Fort Worth Library (Ridglea Branch) (Free)
Search within: Kiddie
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)
Search within: Kids / Family
Children's Storytime
11 a.m., Barnes & Noble (Fort Worth / Hulen Shopping Center) (Free)
Search within: Books / Authors / Literary events
Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) ($5 - $10)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Children's Storytime
11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble (Denton / Golden Triangle Mall) (Free)
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Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) ($15 - $32.50)
Search within: Historical Exhibits
In Pursuit of the Masters: Stories from the Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Nasher Sculpture Center ($5 - $10)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Bill Owens: New Suburbia
11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery (Free)
Search within: Photography Exhibits
Holiday Tea
11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Dallas Arboretum ($33.50 - $43.50)
Search within: Food and Drink, Christmas Season, Nature
Materials & Meanings
In the Center for Creative Connections
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) (Free - $10)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Toddler & Preschool Storytimes
11:30 a.m., Frisco Public Library (Free)
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Partisan Pieces: Quilts of Political and Patriotic Persuasion
Noon to 5 p.m., The Women's Museum (Free - $5)
Search within: Arts and Crafts, Textile / Woven Arts
The In/Materiality of the Everyday
Noon to 6 p.m., Bath House Cultural Center (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
DallasArtsRevue's Winter Show
Noon to 6 p.m., Bath House Cultural Center (Free)
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Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art
Noon to 6 p.m., White Rock Lake Museum (Free)
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On Solid Ground
A Group Exhibition of Work by Kevin Bell, Colin Chillag, Christi Haupt and Steven Larson
Noon to 7 p.m., The Public Trust
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Diana Walker: Photojournalist
Noon to 5 p.m., The Women's Museum
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Preston Royal Purls Knitting Social
1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Preston Royal Branch Library (Free)
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17th Annual La Virgen de Guadalupe Art Exhibition
1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Ice House Cultural Center (Free)
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Universe & Live Sky Show
1:15 p.m., Museum of Nature & Science Planetarium ($4)
Search within: Space
Wonders of the Universe & Live Sky Show
1:15 p.m., Museum of Nature & Science Planetarium ($4)
Search within: Space
Stephenie Meyer Book Club
4 p.m., Barnes & Noble (Lewisville) (Free)
Search within: Books / Authors / Literary events
Manga Book Club
4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Mesquite Public Library (North Branch) (Free)
Search within: Anime, Comic Books
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
2008 Vaderville Extreme Christmas Light Show
6 p.m. to 11 p.m., Vaderville (Free)
Search within: Charity, Christmas Season
Victor Andrada
6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Central Market (Southlake) (Free)
Search within: Singer / Songwriter
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
Christian Songwriters Night
Sponsored by Hope Fellowship Church
7 p.m. to 10 p.m., The Pigeon Hole ($2)
Search within: Christian
Meet the Costume Character Madeline
7 p.m., Barnes & Noble (Stonebriar Mall) (Free)
Search within: Kiddie
Karaoke with Big Tex
7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Little Pete's Lake Grapevine (Free)
Search within: Karaoke
R.L. Griffin / Hal Harris & the Lowlifers
8 p.m., R.L. Griffin's Blues Palace #2
Search within: Blues
Country and Western Dance Night
8 p.m. to midnight, A Time 2 Dance ($10)
Search within: Social Dancing
Bosnian Turkish Brotherhood Night
8 p.m., The Raindrop Foundation (Free)
Search within: Kids / Family
A Cold-Hearted Christmas
Holiday murder mystery
8 p.m., Riverwalk Cafe ($55)
Search within: Christmas Season, Murder Mystery Games
Frank Caliendo
Rescheduled from Oct. 4th
8 p.m., WinStar World Casino ($25 - $35)
Search within: Comedy
Mannheim Steamroller
8 p.m., Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center ($35 - $110)
Search within: Holiday Music, Christmas Season
Todd Snider / Dedringers / Trey Johnson
8 p.m., Granada Theater ($15 - $20)
Search within: Alt-Country / Americana, Folk
The Code of the Woosters
Presented by Stage West
8 p.m., Stage West Theatre ($15 - $28)
Search within: Plays
Closer Than Ever
Presented by Contemporary Theatre of Dallas
8 p.m., Contemporary Theatre of Dallas ($22 - $32)
Search within: Musicals
Preston Grey / Camille & Eric
8 p.m., Opening Bell Coffee (South Side) ($5)
Search within: Pop, Singer / Songwriter
The Camera Eye / Lone Star Floyd / Ice 9
Rush, Pink Floyd, Queensryche tribute bands
8 p.m., Skillman Street Pub
Search within: Cover and Tribute Bands, Metal, Rock
The Beulaville Baptist Book Club Presents: A Bur-Less-Q Nutcracker
Presented by MBS Productions
8 p.m., Addison Theatre Center ($18 - $21)
Search within: Plays, Christmas Season
Levi Weaver / Tiebreaker / Aaron Long
8 p.m., The Prophet Bar ($10)
Search within: Folk, Singer / Songwriter
Unconscious Collective / Smith / Prickett / Gonzalez / Swirve
8 p.m., AllGood Cafe ($10)
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The Goldfish Girls
12-year-old dynamic duo, Paige & Charly, kickin' it Old School.
8:30 p.m., Absinthe Lounge
Search within: Dance / DJ / House
Murder in Paradise, A Murder Mystery Dinner Show
8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., Paradise Event Center ($69 - $79)
Search within: Murder Mystery Games
Flo Hernandez
8:30 p.m., Hyena's Comedy Night Club (Fort Worth / Sundance Square) ($10 - $15)
Search within: Comedy
Weekly "Best Of" Showcase
Stand-up Comedy
9 p.m., Doubletree Hotel (Dallas / Northwest Hwy and Central) ($14)
Search within: Comedy
Captain Karl
Downstairs Tuesdays through Saturdays
9 p.m., Gator's Croc & Roc
Search within: Singer / Songwriter
Le Freak
9 p.m., Sherlock's Pub (Arlington)
Search within: Cover and Tribute Bands, Dance / DJ / House
Adakain / Deaf Angel / Addernim / Armour Through The Inside / Dead Rising
9 p.m., Rock Star Sports Bar
Kelly Spinks & Miles of Texas
9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., Pearl's Dancehall & Saloon ($10)
Search within: Country
The Angelus / Beastheart / Blackbird Harmony
9 p.m., Double Wide
Search within: Alternative / Indie, Folk
Dominican Republic Noche Buena
9 p.m. to 2 a.m., Sandunga Dance Studio ($5 - $20)
Search within: Christmas Season, Social Dancing, Hispanic / Latino
Vega / Yeahdef / Females / Blake
"Holidazed and Confused"
9 p.m., Hailey's (Free - $5)
Search within: Dance / DJ / House, Rap / Hip-Hop, Christmas Season
Whiskey Pants
9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., Flying Saucer (Addison) ($3)
Search within: Cover and Tribute Bands, Rock
The Quitters
9:30 p.m., Flying Saucer (Fort Worth) ($2)
Search within: Cover and Tribute Bands, Rock
Spoonfed Tribe / Mike Dillon's Go Go Jungle
10 p.m., Lola's ($10)
Search within: Experimental / Avante-Garde, Jam Bands, World
The Allmost Brothers
Allman Brothers tribute band
10 p.m., Dan's Silver Leaf ($8)
Search within: Cover and Tribute Bands, Jam Bands
Mark McKinney / South First Band
10 p.m., The Horseman Club ($10 - $15)
Search within: Alt-Country / Americana, Country
Wee-Beasties / Chancellor / Braker Lane
10 p.m., Andy's Basement Bar & Grill
Search within: Alt-Country / Americana, Rock
Flo Hernandez
10:30 p.m., Hyena's Comedy Night Club (Fort Worth / Sundance Square) ($10 - $15)
Search within: Comedy
The Santaland Diaries
Presented by Contemporary Theatre of Dallas
11 p.m., Contemporary Theatre of Dallas ($12)
Search within: Plays, Christmas Season
Food for the Soul
Time TBA, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library (Dallas Public Library)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Erik Lee Thompson: “Black Jesus and Others”
Time TBA, Landmark Magnolia Theatre and Bar (Free)
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