Events Friday, May 2, 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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Christine Sanford: Paintings
8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Mildred Hawn Exhibition Gallery (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture
Advertising Design Exhibit
8 a.m. to 5 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 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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Viewpoints 2008
Statewide community college juried exhibition
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., The ARTS Gallery at CCCC (Free)
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Robert Sabuda: Travels in Time and Space
In the Dupree Theater Lobby
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Irving Arts Center (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture, Kids / Family
Eric Neilsen: Alternative Views to Yesterday and Today
In the Focus Gallery
9 a.m. to 5 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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Walk and Talk
9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Mansfield Activities Center (Free)
Search within: Health and Fitness, Seniors
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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Texas & Neighbors Five State Competition
9 a.m. to 5 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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SoFresh Spring 2008: A juried competition
Presented by Gallery 219 at Eastfield College
9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Eastfield College Performance Hall
Search within: Eastfield College, Arts and Crafts
Introduction to Microsoft Excel
9 a.m. to 11 a.m., The Richardson Public Library (Free)
Search within: Computers
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
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 5 p.m., Meadows Museum (SMU) ($8)
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100 Years of Autochrome
10 a.m. to 5 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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Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Gallery at UTA (Free)
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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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Fort Worth Landmarks in the 1950s: Watercolors by Bror Utter
10 a.m. to 5 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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Mothers and Daughters
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Studio 2600 (Free)
Search within: Art and Sculpture, Mother's Day
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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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
Justin Hunt: Voyeuristic Tones
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Cameron Gallery (Free)
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Italia: Original Paintings by Richard Chambers
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Cerulean 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 8 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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Maestros Tejanos I: Benito Huerta Solo Exhibit
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 5 p.m., Meadows Museum (SMU) ($8)
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May Flowers Old Fashioned Ice Cream Emporium
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dallas Arboretum (Free - $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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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
Search within: Choir / Chorale, Seniors
Preschool Story Time
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Fort Worth Library (Ridglea Branch) (Free)
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Planting and Growing (Part 1)
Fridays at the Farmstead programs for children 2-5
10:30 a.m., Heritage Farmstead Museum ($6)
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J. M. W. Turner
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) ($5 - $18)
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Julian Onderdonk: Bluebonnets and Beyond
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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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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Beyond the Grasp: Sculpture Transcending the Physical
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Nasher Sculpture Center (Free - $10)
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Fabulous Friday Storytime
11 a.m., Barnes & Noble (Fort Worth / Hulen Shopping Center) (Free)
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Weekday May Flowers Music
On The Lula Mae Terrace
11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Dallas Arboretum (Free - $8)
Search within: Classical Music
Weekday May Flowers Music
On The Loggia
11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dallas Arboretum (Free - $8)
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Either Side of Gray: Exploring Black and White
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) (Free - $10)
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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
Eyewitness to History: Jackie Tindel
11 a.m., The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (Free - $13.50)
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Arts Magnet Photography and Jewelry Show
11 a.m. to 9 p.m., The MAC (McKinney Avenue Contemporary) (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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Toddler & Preschool Storytimes
11:30 a.m., Frisco Public Library (Free)
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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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Naturally / Un-Ordinary Horizons
Also featuring Ethereal Illusin, works by Jesse English
Noon to 6 p.m., Bath House Cultural Center (Free)
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Benjamin Hancock: BitterSweet
Noon to midnight, Landmark Magnolia Theater and Bar (Free)
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Impressions of White Rock Lake
Noon to 6 p.m., White Rock Lake Museum (Free)
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Senior Awards Assembly
12:30 p.m., Trinity Christian Academy (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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Artslam
University Art Gallery, Moudy Building, North Entrance
1 p.m. to 4 p.m., J.M. Moudy Exhibition Hall (TCU) (Free)
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Preston Royal Purls Knitting Social
1 p.m., Preston Royal Branch Library (Free)
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Lidia and Joe Bastianich
2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Central Market (Dallas) (Free)
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First Friday Movie
3:30 p.m., Denton Public Library (South Branch) (Free)
Search within: Movies / Film, Kids / Family
Mayfest 2008
4 p.m. to 10 p.m., Trinity Park (Free - $8)
Search within: Popular Music, Festivals, Kids / Family
Educator Appreciation Reception
4 p.m., Barnes & Noble (Dallas / NorthPark area) (Free)
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Wine Tasting: Australian Wines
4 p.m. to 11 p.m., Farpointe Cellar (Frisco) ($15 - $30)
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Wine Tasting: Australian Wines
4 p.m. to 11 p.m., Farpointe Cellar (Southlake) ($15 - $30)
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Dinner & A Movie
4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Ferre Ristorante & Bar (Fort Worth) ($25.95)
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Southeast Teen Library Council
4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., Southeast Arlington Branch Library (Free)
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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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Opening Reception - Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
5 p.m. to 7 p.m., The Gallery at UTA (Free)
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Cinco de Mayo Celebration
5 p.m., Trece Mexican Kitchen and Tequila Lounge
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Havana NRG / DJ Jarvis
5:30 p.m. to 2 a.m., Iron Cactus (Free)
Search within: Dance / DJ / House, Latin
Paint for Peace Party
5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Quiggly's Clayhouse ($6 - $8)
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Friday Night Gallery Series
6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Reflection Fine Art (Free)
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Artist's Reception and Book Signing: Scot Miller
6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Sun To Moon Gallery (Coming Soon) (Free)
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Burleson’s 9th annual Cinco de Mayo celebration
Don’t miss the mouth-watering food and lively entertainment
6 p.m. to 11 p.m., Burleson City Hall (Free)
Search within: Cinco de Mayo, Burleson
Last Chance Band
6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Central Market (Fort Worth) (Free)
Search within: Cover and Tribute Bands, Rock
Hard Night's Day
Beatles tribute band
6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Club Dada ($5)
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Ross Allen Wolfe
6:30 p.m., PappaRotti's Wine Room (Free)
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Beer & Barbecue on the Patio
6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Central Market (Plano) ($55)
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Bastianich Wines Wine Dinner
6:30 p.m., Pappas Bros. Steak House ($125)
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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
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Presented by Casa Mañana’s Children’s Playhouse
7 p.m., Casa Mañana Theatre ($11 - $16)
Search within: Musicals, Children's Performance
Three Fools on Three Stools
7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Shady Oak Barbecue & Grill (Fort Worth)
Dan Fogelberg Tribute Night
Featuring Connections / Eric Folkerth / Rusty King / Cornell Kinderknecht / Michael Sheehan / Jan Apthorp
7 p.m., The Weekday School of Lovers Lane United Methodist Church
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Petty Theft
NRH Sounds of Summer concert series
7 p.m., NRH2O Waterpark (Free)
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State Project Dinner
Featuring music by Tommy White
7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Fraternal Order of Eagles ($8)
Kelsang Jampa: Introduction to Buddhism
7 p.m., Barnes & Noble (Fort Worth / Sundance Square) (Free)
Search within: Books / Authors / Literary events, Buddhism
Daryl Davis Studio Presents Reflection of Mind
7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Plano Centre (Free)
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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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Tony N' Tina's Wedding
7:30 p.m., The Sara Ellen & Samuel Weisfeld Center ($59 - $79)
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Beauty and the Beast
Presented by Creative Arts Theatre & School
7:30 p.m., Creative Arts Theatre & School ($10 - $15)
Search within: Musicals, Children's Performance
Perimeters
Presented by Labyrinth Theatre
7:30 p.m., Labyrinth Theatre ($12 - $25)
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra - Corigliano Percussion Concerto
7:30 p.m., Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center ($17 - $105)
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The Foreigner
Presented by Artisan Center Theater
7:30 p.m., Artisan Center Theater ($8 - $13)
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Ballet Performance
7:30 p.m., Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
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Marietta / The New Brave / Thy Shephard / Carthage
7:30 p.m., The Door (Fort Worth) ($10)
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New World Ballet: Spring Concert 2008
In the Countrywide Theatre
7:30 p.m., Eisemann Center for Performing Arts ($10 - $25)
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Eat (It's Not About Food)
Presented by Dallas Children's Theater
7:30 p.m., Rosewood Center for Family Arts ($12 - $21)
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This Structure of Mine / The Keep / Midnight Alibi / David's Drum
7:30 p.m., The Door (Dallas) ($10)
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Off Beat / The Mourning Report
On the side stage in the main room
7:30 p.m., The Door (Dallas) ($10)
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Robert Lee Cobb
7:30 p.m., Sambuca (Addison)
Search within: Cover and Tribute Bands, Singer / Songwriter
Sing For Your Supper
Presented by Azle Arts Association's Popcorn Players
7:30 p.m., Azle Arts Association Community Center ($5 - $10)
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Palace Movie Series: Amelie
7:50 p.m., Palace Theatre Arts Center ($7.50)
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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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Country and Western Dance Night
8 p.m. to midnight, A Time 2 Dance ($10)
Search within: Social Dancing