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Dates for events listed in this
calendar are subject to change.
Please confirm dates in advance by calling
the number listed or by contacting the local
chamber of commerce or convention and
visitors bureau.
1- MCKINNEY: Art History Brown-Bag
Lunch Art historian and artist Annie Royer
presents lectures on a variety of painting styles
to heighten appreciation of art and provide
insight into the mind of the artist. Begins at
12:30 p.m. Heard-Craig House, 205 W. Hunt St.
www.heardcraig.org 972/569-6909 PRAIRIES
AND LAKES
1 --TEXARKANA: Annual Regional Juried
Student Exhibition Regional Arts Center,
321 W. Fourth St. www.trahc.org 903/792-8681
PINEY WOODS
1-2 --COLLEGE STATION: Reflections of a
Special Olympics Athlete Exhibit features
works from a program that encourages Special
Olympics athletes and special-needs artists to
express artistically how they feel about their
sports. Arts Council of Brazos Valley, 2275
Dartmouth St. www.acbv.org 979/696-2787
PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-4 FORT WORTH: Fort Worth Opera
Festival This festival showcases some of the
best productions in the nation each year.
Bass Performance Hall, 525 Commerce St.
www.fwopera.org 877/731-0726 PRAIRIES
AND LAKES
1-4 GONZALES: Texas Junior High
Rodeo Finals J.B. Wells Park on U.S. 183 S.
830/672-6532 PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-4- HOUSTON: In Order to be Safe
Carmen Flores' drawings explore the prolifera-
tion of violence in the culture and its impact on
the human psyche. Lawndale Art Center, 4912
Main St. www.lawndaleartcenter.org 713/528-
5858 GULF COAST
1-4 -HOUSTON: Into the Sunset Features
works by Leigh Merrill, including photographs
and digitally constructed scenes that explore
built environments and the American West.
Lawndale Art Center, 4912 Main St. www.lawn
daleartcenter.org 713/528-5858 GULF COAST1-4 - HOUSTON: MEASURED Features works
by Hillerbrand+Magsamen, Daniel McFarlane
and Anthony Thompson Shumate. Lawndale Art
Center, 4912 Main St. www.lawndaleartcenter.
org 713/528-5858 GULF COAST
1-4 HOUSTON: Walpurgis Afternoon
Exhibit curated by Robert Boyd features works
by Marc Bell and Jim Woodring. Lawndale Art
Center, 4912 Main St. www.lawndaleartcenter.
org 713/528-5858 GULF COAST
1-4--SAN ANTONIO: Leaving Home,
Finding Home: Texas Families
Remember the Mexican Revolution
Exhibit explores the turmoil and social upheaval
that prompted thousands of Mexicans to flee
their homeland and seek a new life in Texas
in the early 1900s. Institute of Texan Cultures,
801 E. Durango Blvd. http://texancultures.com
SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS
1-4 SHERMAN: Melody Ranch
Bluegrass Festival Melody Ranch, 1977
White Mound Road. www.chrystalopryhouse.
com 903/546-6893 PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-S- AUSTIN: Arte en la Charreria: The
Artisanship of Mexican Equestrian
Culture This exhibit presents the work of
Mexican artisans who make the articles and
costumes that embellished and distinguished
the tradition of the Mexican cowboy-el charro
-long before cowboys gained iconic status in
American lore. Bob Bullock Texas State History
Museum. www.thestoryoftexas.com 512/936-
8746 HILL COUNTRY
1-5--DALLAS: Language of Angels The
disappearance of a young girl lost in the cave at
the edge of a North Carolina town gathers the
community to puzzle out the meaning and the
circumstances of the mysterious loss. Theatre
Three. www.theatre3dallas.com 214/871-3300
PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-5 HOUSTON: Fragile Fragments:
Expressions of Memory This exhibit
examines the complex relationship between art
and loss as seen from the perspectives of sev-
eral female artists, including Thea Weiss, Roz
Jacobs, Ziva Eisenberg, Nancy Patz and author
Susan L. Roth. Holocaust Museum Houston,
5401 Caroline St. www.hmh.org 713/942-8000
GULF COAST
1-5- NASSAU BAY: Prelude-to a Kiss
Immediately after a young couple exchanges
wedding vows, an unknown elderly man asks
to kiss the bride. During this kiss, their souls
exchange, and the groom must work fever-
ishly to set things right again. Clear Creek
Community Theatre. www.clearcreekcommunity
theatre.org 281/335-5228 GULF COAST
1-5 WAXAHACHIE: Plein Aire Paint Out
Ellis County Art Association Fine Art Center.
972/937-3414 PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1, 8, 15, 22- WOODWAY: Midsummer
Nights Concert Series Performances
begin at 8 p.m. Carleen Bright Arboretum,9001 Bosque Blvd. www.woodway-texas.com
254/399-9204 PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1, 8, 1 5, 22, 29 AMARILLO: Center
City's High Noon on the Square Each
week features a different performing group
and a different lunch offering. Potter County
Courthouse Square. www.centercity.org
806/372-6744 PANHANDLE PLAINS
1, 8, 1 5, 22, 29 DENTON: Concerts on
the Square Local musicians perform from
11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Courthouse on the Square,
110 W. Hickory St. www.dentonparks.org
940/349-8289 PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1, 8, 15, 22, 29 SEABROOK: Sailboat
Races on Clear Lake Professional and
amateur sailors get together for a friendly sail-
boat race on Clear Lake. The course is set so
spectators can watch the races from restaurants
around the lake. Begins at 6:15 p.m. www.clear
lakeracing.com 281/468-6909 GULF COAST
1-11 IRVING: You Can't Take It With
You When young Alice falls in love with wealthy
Tony Kirby, and the stuffy, aristocratic Kirbys
come to the Sycamores' home for dinner, the
event is, naturally, a disaster. Irving Arts Center,
Dupree Theater. www.irvingartscenter.com
972/252-2787 PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-1 1 PLANO: Murder at the Orient
Burlesque Presented by Rover Dramawerks.
Cox Building Playhouse, 1517 H Avenue.
www.roverdramawerks.com 972/849-0358
PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-12 DALLAS: Mighty Meili Metals:
Sculpture from 19th-Century Japan
The confidence of Japan's new nationalistic
identity in the Meiji era is displayed in this small
exhibition of outstanding works of art. Crow
Collection of Asian Art, 2010 Flora St. www.
crowcollection.com/upcoming-exhibitions.aspx
214/979-6430 PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-12 HOUSTON: Joan Son-Part
Geometry, Part Zen: A Personal
Exploration Through Paper Celebrated
paper and origami artist Joan Son focuses on
the themes of the elements found in nature-
fire, water, earth and air. Houston Center for
Contemporary Craft, 4848 Main St. www.craft
houston.org 713/529-4848 GULF COAST
1-12 HOUSTON: Rock of Ages! This
arena-rock love story is told through the mind-
blowing, face-melting hits of Journey, Night
Ranger, Styx, Whitesnake and many more.
Hobby Center for Performing Arts, 800 Bagby.
www.tuts.com 713/558-TUTS 888/558-3882
GULF COAST
1 -12- - KERRVILLE: Kerrville Folk Festival
This international songwriter's festival features
more than 100 songwriters and their bands with
concerts, a songwriting competition, seminars
and workshops, children's concerts, arts and
crafts, food and camping. Quiet Valley Ranch,
9 miles south of Kerrville, 3876 Medina
Highway. www.kerrville-music.com 830/257-
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