Events Thursday, August 21, 2008
BNI Preston Park Weekly Meeting
7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., La Hacienda Ranch (Dallas)
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Stu Schlackman on "Value-Based Selling"
Presented by the Richardson Chamber of Commerce
7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Holiday Inn Express (Richardson) ($25 - $40)
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“Look Who’s Painting”
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mesquite Arts Center (Free)
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International Student Services Late Fall Orientation
8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., UTD Student Union Center (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)
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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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Medicare Assistance & Benefits Counseling
AARP trained Medicare volunteer advisors will be here.
9 a.m. to noon, Heritage Senior Center
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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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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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Dinosaur Roundup
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame (Free - $8)
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KidsArts/Kids’ Works 2008
9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Irving Arts Center (Free)
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Children's Art Exhibit/Competition - Transportation Summit
9 a.m. to 8 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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Beginning Fused Glass with Rebecca Romanek Johnson
Fall Session I
9 a.m. to noon, Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($165 - $195)
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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 8 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
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Cardio Fitness
9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Mansfield Activities Center
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Figurative Sculpture with Tomas Bustos
Fall Session I
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($185 - $215)
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Advanced Jewelry with Rebecca Swann
Fall Session I
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($185 - $215)
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Marsden Hartley and the West: The Search for an American Modernism
10 a.m. to 8 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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Children's Storytime
10 a.m., Borders Books & Music (Dallas / Greenville & Lovers) (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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The Impressionists
Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Kimbell Art Museum (Free - $16)
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Documenting China: Contemporary Photography and Social Change
10 a.m. to 9 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)
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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 8 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 9 p.m., The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art (Free)
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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 8 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 8 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 9 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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Family Festival Days
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art
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David Yurman Trunk Show
10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Neiman Marcus NorthPark (Free)
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Beauty and the Beach
Presented by Artie's Playhouse
10 a.m., Artisan Center Theater ($5)
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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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Ladies Morning Book Group
10:30 a.m., Barnes & Noble (Dallas / NorthPark area) (Free)
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Preschool Storytime
10:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., Grapevine Public Library (Free)
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Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy
11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) ($5 - $10)
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On Kawara: 10 Tableaux and 20,834 Pages
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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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
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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 9 p.m., Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) (Free)
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Lone Star Legacy II: The Barrett Collection of Contemporary Texas Art
11 a.m. to 9 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 9 p.m., Nasher Sculpture Center (Free - $10)
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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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Redefining the Disfranchised: The Political Art of Nina Allender
Noon to 5 p.m., The Women's Museum ($5)
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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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Intermediate and Advanced Fused Glass with Rebecca Romanek Johnson
Fall Session I
12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($165 - $195)
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Maryanne Meltzer / IAA Board Members
12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Jaycee Park Center for the Arts (Free)
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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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All Dimensional Drawing with Tomas Bustos
Fall Session I
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($185 - $215)
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Homeschool Book Club
2 p.m., Fort Worth Central Library (Free)
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Lafayette 148 New York Personal Appearance
2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Neiman Marcus NorthPark (Free)
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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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Stars of the Pharaohs & Universe
3:15 p.m., Museum of Nature & Science Planetarium ($4)
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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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Beer Tasting at Kindred Spirits
Free Boulevard ale tasting/food pairing
4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Kindred Spirits (Free)
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Heritage Tappers Dance Class
4:15 p.m. to 6 p.m., Heritage Senior Center
Genghis Khan
Shinichiro Sawai
4:20 p.m., Landmark Magnolia Theater and Bar ($9)
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Doubles 8 Ball Tournament
4:30 p.m. to 2 a.m., Coconuts Night Club and Sports Bar ($2)
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Anime Afternoon
4:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m., Lake Arlington Branch Library (Free)
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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SOF Orientation
5 p.m. to 6 p.m., UTD Student Union Center (Free)
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12th Annual Hatch Chile Tequila Dinner
12th Annual Hatch Chile Festival
5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Blue Mesa Grill (Addison) ($16.95)
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12th Annual Hatch Chile Tequila Dinner
12th Annual Hatch Chile Festival
5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Blue Mesa Grill (Dallas) ($16.95)
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12th Annual Hatch Chile Tequila Dinner
12th Annual Hatch Chile Festival
5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Blue Mesa Grill (Fort Worth) ($16.95)
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12th Annual Hatch Chile Tequila Dinner
12th Annual Hatch Chile Festival
5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Blue Mesa Grill (Plano) ($16.95)
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12th Annual Hatch Chile Tequila Dinner
12th Annual Hatch Chile Festival
5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Blue Mesa Grill (Southlake) ($16.95)
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Electric Campfire Fun
Acoustic Jam
6 p.m. to midnight, Sons of Hermann Hall
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Senior Center Thursday Night Dances
6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Carrollton Senior Center ($5)
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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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Drinking Liberally
6 p.m. to 8 p.m., The Quarter Bar and Grill (Addison) (Free)
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Southeast Arlington Reading Group
6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Southeast Arlington Branch Library (Free)
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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
6 p.m. to midnight, North Texas State Fairgrounds ($5 - $90)
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LBJ 100th Birthday Party
Dallas County Democratic Party celebrates Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas’ last great President
6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Cafe Rembrandt ($50)
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Garland ISD Board of Trustees Meeting
6 p.m., Garland ISD Harris Hill Administration Building (Free)
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Forever Midnight Sun / Deas Vail / Slow Motion Red Lights / A Bird A Sparrow / We Were Young
Also featuring We Were Young / One Minute Halo
6 p.m., Ridglea Theatre
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Denton Municipal Electric Community Forum
6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Denia Recreation Center
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Dallas Singles Toastmasters Club
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Ozona Bar & Grill (Free)
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Natural Change
Swagger Thursdays
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Sting Dallas
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Mugs, Jugs, and Throwing Large with Earline Greene
Fall Session I
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($185 - $215)
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Quickdraw with Al Kraayvanger
Fall Session I
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($185 - $215)
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Beginning Fused Glass with Rosanne Taylor
Fall Session I
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($165 - $195)
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Jewelry Basics with Rebecca Swann
Fall Session I
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
Fall Session I
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($185 - $215)
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Abstract Painting with Robert Moore
Fall Session I
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($185 - $215)
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Stone Sculpting with Art Wells
Fall Session I
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($185 - $215)
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Introduction to Woodcarving with Tomas Bustos
Fall Session I
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Creative Arts Center of Dallas ($185 - $215)
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