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02/28/2012

2012 Farmers Insurance Group. SWAC Basketball Tournament. Presented By Verizon. This is where Hoops & Entertainment Collide. Elevating The Game. March 5th - March 10th. The Special Events Center. 4999 Naaman Forest Blvd. Garland, Texas.

02/27/2012

An Evening With Drake. March 2, 2012. 10PM- 2AM. At Zouk. 703 McKinney Avenue. Dallas, Texas. 75219

02/01/2012

The COCOLuxe...On The L Train. {Celebrating Love, Liberty, & Life of The Aquarius} Saturday, February 4, 2012 ::10pm-2am. ALoft Hotel | 1033 Young St. (downtown Dallas) E3000 Group | WillUBeThere.com | Final Friday DFW | The Catalysts Love Factor: Aquarius & Couples free until 10:30pm w/ RSVP. Ladies free until 10:30pm w/RSVP.

01/31/2012

“LIVE FROM BOURBON STREET” SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH 2012
The 9th Annual Cajun Gras. THE OFFICIAL DFW MARDI GRAS PARTY
"Good times never felt so Good". Come out and Let The Good Times Roll. ( L a i s s e z L e s B o n T e m p s R o u l e r ! )T h e M a g n o l i a H o t e l 1401 Commerce St. Doors open at 9pm T a k i n g Yo u D o w n B o u r b o n S t r e e t with New Orleans very own BIG DADDIE the DJ & North Louisiana's very own DJ Phil of The Ricky Smiley Morning Show. Masquerade VIP Ultra Lounge. Drink and Food Specials all nite. Bar Menu Available until Midnight. All Premium Bottle Service $150 until 11PM. 3 levels of Sophisticated, Classy, Sexy, Cool ambiance
and more...Doors open at 9pm. RSVP NOW for Complimentary admission until 10:00pm. **MASQUERADE VIP Ultra Lounge Tickets ONLY $10 From 9p-10p**RSVPs must be received by Friday, Feb. 3 @ 5pm.

01/30/2012

Thursday, February 2. Thursday Night Live 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Jazz in the Atrium. Roger Boykin Trio. February 2, 2012; 6:00–8:00 p.m. Roger Boykin, nationally recognized multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and soloist, performs with his group. Boykin, a legend on the Dallas jazz scene, has toured with such superstars as Leon Spencer, David “Fathead” Newman, and Isaac Hayes. Atrium. Free with general admission

01/27/2012

7 JAZZ DIVAS CONCERT Featuring Jazz in Pink With Special Guest MAYSA
Saturday, 4 @ 8pm Naomi Bruton Main Stage $15-Orchestra Level $10-Mezzanine. Join the jazz party in a thrilling night of entertainment when seven women jazz musicians hit the stage like melodic volcanoes. Special guest MAYSA from Incognito and JAZZ IN PINK group violinist KAREN BRIGGS, flutist ALTHEA RENE, keyboardist GAIL JOHNSON, guitarist DARLENE MORENO, bassist LYNN KELLER and drummer POCKETT posses class, sass and style running the jazz musical marathon from traditional to smooth to contemporary jazz sounds! This tour de force concert is a wonderful night of music. If you enjoyed 3 Mo' Tenors then you'll love 7 Mo' Divas! Hosted by Board Members Beverly Bolden, Annette Williams and Gwen Hunt and TBAAL Women's Guild.

01/26/2012

Thursday, January 26 Homeschool Class Fashion Forward. January 26, 2012; 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The Dallas Museum of Art’s homeschool classes offer an interactive Museum experience for families with children ages 6 and above. Parents and children learn about works of art together in the galleries, participate in hands-on activities as a family, and create a work of art together in the studio. During the program, parents learn techniques and skills for creating their own educational experiences in the gallery. Explore fashion in the Museum’s collection and think about how our clothes tell others about us. In the studio, transform an ordinary block of wood into a character complete with a designer outfit that you get to design! C3

01/25/2012

Saturday, January 28. Autism Awareness Family Celebrations Explore color! January 28, 2012; 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. The Dallas Museum of Art’s Autism Awareness Family Celebrations provide a safe, comfortable way to introduce the Museum to families of children with autism and show them how they can have a successful visit to the Museum with their child on the Autism Spectrum. Pre-registered families can visit the Museum free of charge and enjoy the Museum’s Center for Creative Connections (C3) before the Museum opens to the public. Explore color! Enjoy a morning filled with colorful experiences including art-making in the studio, a brightly hued interactive musical performance, and a new story board in the Young Learners Gallery. Meet and watch an artist demonstration with Grant Marnier, a talented 16-year-old artist from Houston who will share his eco-friendly artwork made from magazines, wallpaper, posters, food wrappers, puzzles, and other found objects.
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01/24/2012

The Annual African American Male Academic Bowl Aiming For The Stars 2012 Presented By Dallas County Community College District Project Still I rise. Inc & The University Of North Texas At Dallas. Saturday January 28th 8:00AM- 5:00P North Lake College Campus
5001 MacArthur Blvd. Irving, Texas 75038. www.aimingforthestars.org

Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD), Project Still I Rise, Inc., and The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), along with other community partners, are planning the second annual African American Male Academic Bowl. This event targets participation from students within all Texas indepen...

01/23/2012

Homeschool Class: Fashion Forward. January 24, 2012; 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
The Dallas Museum of Art’s homeschool classes offer an interactive Museum experience for families with children ages 6 and above. Parents and children learn about works of art together in the galleries, participate in hands-on activities as a family, and create a work of art together in the studio. During the program, parents learn techniques and skills for creating their own educational experiences in the gallery.
C3Members $5 per participating child/nonmembers $7 per participating child (ages 6 and up). To register for the class online https://www.tickets.dallasmuseumofart.org/public/ select "Family Programs" from the sidebar on the left and follow the instructions to add the number of tickets you need for the class (one ticket per child).

Delivery:Exhibition and lecture tickets are Will Call only.Arts & Letters Live tickets may also be mailed (select Mail delivery option at checkout).

01/20/2012

POETS n' JAZZ #1 Friday, 20 & Saturday, 21 @ 9pm. Clarence Muse Café Theatre. $10. Back by popular demand, poets GINO MORROW and SHARON SMITH KNIGHT know how to jazz it up with their words. When the deep voiced Morrow and the sassy Knight team up, you can bet this will be one hell-of-a night of spoken word and jazz!

01/18/2012

The South Dallas Cultural Center. Kicks Off Their First Theater Production of 2012 (Dallas, Texas) - “My Tidy List of Terrors” is a coming of age tale based in Atlanta in 1980. American history and African rituals are intertwined and a mother and son’s perspectives on salvation clash. Written by award-winning playwright, Jonathan Norton and directed by internationally acclaimed director Cora Cardona, My Tidy List of Terrors was commissioned by the South Dallas Cultural Center’s Diaspora Performing Arts Commissioning Program.