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| Where: The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza | Phone: (214) 747-6660 |
Showcasing silent moving images of President John F. Kennedy, from his 1960 presidential campaign through his funeral in 1963, "Filming Kennedy: Home Movies from Dallas" is highlighted by eleven amateur films shown in their entirety. Filmed by Abraham Zapruder, Orville Nix, Elsie Dorman and others, these reels also contain footage of family life during the early 1960s - birthday parties, ball games, and vacations. The temporary exhibition includes a narrated compilation of nearly two dozen home movies, profiles of the men and women behind the cameras, and an interactive educational area. Regular Museum admission includes this exhibition.
- Downtown @ Sundown Plano
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Saturday, 05/10/2008 thru Sunday, 11/09/2008
Where: 15th Street, between K Avenue and J Place Phone: (972) 941-5260 All of North Texas is invited to come see what downtown Plano is all about during this exciting evening of food, entertainment and shopping! The 2008 Downtown @ Sundown Series is a fun-filled mixture of live music, an Art Walk, a vendor marketplace, and many shops and restaurants...which will all be open late to accommodate shoppers and diners. The Marketplace will showcase vendors of homemade arts and crafts, gourmet foods, photography and resale items...PLUS a LIVE BAND!...2nd Saturday of each month until November 8. So come have an evening out on the town --- Downtown @ Sundown!
- Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy Dallas
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Sunday, 06/08/2008 thru Sunday, 09/14/2008
Where: Dallas Museum of Art Phone: (214) 922-1200 This exhibition explores the extraordinary lives of Sara and Gerald Murphy and the couple’s influence on a remarkable constellation of creative artists that flourished in Paris and the Riviera in the 1920s and 1930s. Friends of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, Igor Stravinsky, Cole Porter, Dorothy Parker, Alfred Hitchcock, and Fernand Léger, the Murphys strove to make something fine and beautiful of their lives through “living well,” creating art, and encouraging artist and writer friends. The result was some of the most noteworthy literature, music, theater, and art of the last century.
- Farmers Market at Chestnut Square Historic Village McKinney
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Monday, 06/23/2008 thru Saturday, 10/25/2008
Phone: (214) 544-1407 Saturdays 8 a.m. to noon, through Oct. 25; 315 S. Chestnut Street.
- The Impressionists: Master Paintings from The Art Institute of Chicago Fort Worth
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Sunday, 06/29/2008 thru Sunday, 11/02/2008
Where: Kimbell Art Museum Phone: (817) 332-8451 Some of the most celebrated Impressionist paintings are coming to the Kimbell! "The Impressionists" is an array of masterpieces by such artistic geniuses as Manet, Degas, Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, and Toulouse-Lautrec. Many are defining works of the Impressionist movement that are familiar images even to those who have never visited the Art Institute. This unprecedented loan of Chicago's greatest treasures, exclusive to the Kimbell, is truly a once-in-a-lifetime event.
- Native Texas Butterflies McKinney
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Monday, 07/14/2008 thru Sunday, 09/28/2008
Where: Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary Phone: (972) 562-5566 Experience the splendor of Native Texas butterflies! Be immersed among hundreds of butterflies in an 800-plus square foot butterfly house. The exhibit also creates a beautiful place for pictures. Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, 1 Nature Place, McKinney; 972-562-5566.
- Labor Day Sale Allen
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Friday, 08/29/2008 thru Monday, 09/01/2008
Where: Allen Premium Outlets Phone: (972) 678-7000 Save even more on your favorite brands at participating stores.
- 46th Annual National Championship Indian Pow Wow Grand Prairie
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Friday, 09/05/2008 thru Sunday, 09/07/2008
Where: Traders Village Phone: (972) 647-2331 Colorful tribal dance contests, arts & crafts, cultural heritage demonstrations, teepees and Indian food will be part of this years annual National Championship Indian Pow Wow on Friday evening through Sunday afternoon, September 5 - 7, 2008 at Traders Village in Grand Prairie. Sponsored by the Dallas/Fort Worth Inter-Tribal Association, the two-and a-half day event is free to the public. Several hundred Native Americans, representing dozens of tribes from across the United States, will take part in this colorful celebration of culture and heritage. Dancers in full regalia of feather, buckskin, beadwork and bells will be competing in many different dance categories for prize money and special awards. The drums will beat for the dancers in the following categories: Tiny Tots (0-6 yrs), Junior Girls (7-15 yrs Junior Boys (7-15 yrs) Men & Women Golden Age (55 yrs and over) Women (16-54 yrs) Buckskin, Cloth, Fancy Shawl, Jingle Dress Men (16-54 yrs) Straight, Traditional, Grass, Fancy War Dance Artist, craftsmen and traders from across the country will showcase their wares and talents in the Indian Arts and Crafts Show in the Green Expo Building. Indian jewelry, pottery, baskets, paintings and other artwork, rugs, clothing, and much more will be exhibited and available for sale to the public. The Pow Wow teepee exhibit will provide visitors with a close-up look at life with this age-old form of portable shelter. Everyone will want to try the American Indian food, including authentic fry bread, Indian tacos, corn soup and more. The dance contest will take place on Friday from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., on Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. and on Sunday from 1 :00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. in the Indian Dance Arena on the west side of the market. The arts and crafts show and Indian food booths will be open Friday night from 6:00 p.m. to midnight, Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to midnight and on Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. There is no admission charge to Traders Village, open every Saturday and Sunday, year round. Parking is only $3.00 per vehicle. Traders Village is located at 2602 Mayfield Road in Grand Prairie, five miles south of Six Flags Over Texas, just off State Highway 360 near I-20. For more information, call 972-647-2331.
- Diez y Seis Festival Irving
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Wednesday, 09/10/2008
Where: Texas Stadium Phone: (972) 785-4000
- 22nd ANNUAL GRAPEFEST Grapevine
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Thursday, 09/11/2008 thru Sunday, 09/14/2008
Phone: (817) 410-3185 The largest wine festival in the Southwest drew more than 250,000 people the last two yearsand features the largest consumer-judged wine competition in the U.S. Not limited to wine, GrapeFest features fun activities for the entire family. GrapeFest has again been voted a Top 100 Event in the USA & Canada for 2008.
- Arts, Antiques & Autos Extravaganza Denton
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Saturday, 09/13/2008
Where: Downtown Denton - Courthouse Square Phone: (940) 349-8529 Hot rods, classic and custom cars lining the square, antique appraisals and dealers, juried art show, and strolling entertainment.
- Stillness in Time: Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler Fort Worth
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Sunday, 09/14/2008 thru Sunday, 01/04/2009
Where: The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Phone: (817) 738-9215 An exhibition of photographs and videos by the collaborative artistic team of Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler, their first major survey in an American museum. This exhibition reveals how, by presenting picturesque, often brilliantly saturated imagery in vaguely narrative loops, Hubbard and Birchler create videos that operate in an ethereal zone between realism and reverie.
- Sounds of Lewisville Fall Concert Series Lewisville
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Tuesday, 09/16/2008 thru Thursday, 10/16/2008
Where: Old Town Lewisville Phone: (972) 219-3401
- Addison Oktoberfest Addison
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Thursday, 09/18/2008 thru Sunday, 09/21/2008
Where: Addison Circle Park Phone: (972) 450-6202 An authentic re-creation of the Munich Oktoberfest with food, music and fun for the whole family. $5 ages 4 and older
- Plano Balloon Festival Plano
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Friday, 09/19/2008 thru Sunday, 09/21/2008
Where: Oak Point Park Phone: (972) 867-7566 See it…as thousands of smiling faces are awestruck by the vision of hot air balloons filling the sky with a of colors and shapes. Hear it…Friday and Saturday evening as the roar of burners being ignited adds to the thrill of seeing special shapes and colorful balloons set against the back drop of the dark night sky. The balloon glow is a MUST see!
- AT&T & Granada Theater Present Main Street Live 2008 Dallas
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Saturday, 09/20/2008
Where: Pegasus Park, at the corner of Main & Akard in downtown Dallas Saturday Sept 20, Oct 4, Oct 18 & Nov 1 Pegasus Park, at the corner of Main & Akard in downtown Dallas. FREE BEFORE 5PM 24 Bands Total Over 4 Festival Dates Including performances by Louis XIV, Fair To Midland, Reverend Horton Heat, Mae as well many of TX's best local artists such as The Riverboat Gamblers, Black Tie Dynasty, The Crash That Took Me, Lions, The Feds, Record Hop, Vallejo and many more...
- Sherman Arts Festival Sherman
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Saturday, 09/20/2008
Where: Sherman Municipal Lawn Phone: (903) 957-0310
- Hispanic Heritage Festival Sherman
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Saturday, 09/20/2008
Where: Historic Downtown Square Phone: (903) 957-0310
- Carlos Mencia Grand Prairie
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Saturday, 09/20/2008
Where: NOKIA Theatre @ Grand Prairie Phone: (972) 854-5111 Tickets are available through Ticketmaster at 214-373-8000 or 972-647-5700 or at www.ticketmaster.com. For more information call NOKIA Theatre, at 972-854-5111 for schedule, 972-854-5030 voice, or visit www.NOKIAtheatreDFW.com. Ticket booth opens 1 hour prior to live shows. Parking $15 at gate.
- Brazos Bash Cutting Weatherford
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Monday, 09/22/2008 thru Saturday, 09/27/2008
Where: Silverado on the Brazos Phone: (817) 341-7770
- State Fair of Texas Dallas
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Friday, 09/26/2008 thru Sunday, 10/19/2008
Where: Fair Park Phone: (214) 565-9931 Come enjoy the largest and longest State Fair in the country. Enjoy a variety of exhibits, shows, rides, games, food and events.
- 22nd Annual Autumn in Bonham Bike Rally & Expo Bonham
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Friday, 09/26/2008 thru Saturday, 09/27/2008
Where: Fannin County Multi Purpose Complex Phone: (903) 583-4811 22nd Annual Autumn in Bonham Bike Rally & Expo
- Fall Meeting of Champions Grand Prairie
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Friday, 09/26/2008 thru Saturday, 11/29/2008
Where: Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie Phone: (972) 263-7223
- The Temptations with The Four Tops Grand Prairie
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Friday, 09/26/2008
Where: NOKIA Theatre @ Grand Prairie Phone: (972) 854-5111 Tickets are available through Ticketmaster at 214-373-8000 or 972-647-5700 or at www.ticketmaster.com. For more information call NOKIA Theatre, at 972-854-5111 for schedule, 972-854-5030 voice, or visit www.NOKIAtheatreDFW.com. Ticket booth opens 1 hour prior to live shows. Parking $15 at gate.
- Bark in the Park Duncanville
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Saturday, 09/27/2008
Where: Lakeside Park Phone: (972) 785-5086
- Glenn Beck Grand Prairie
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Saturday, 09/27/2008
Where: NOKIA Theatre @ Grand Prairie Phone: (972) 854-5111 Tickets are available through Ticketmaster at 214-373-8000 or 972-647-5700 or at www.ticketmaster.com. For more information call NOKIA Theatre, at 972-854-5111 for schedule, 972-854-5030 voice, or visit www.NOKIAtheatreDFW.com. Ticket booth opens 1 hour prior to live shows. Parking $15 at gate.
