Dallas Events - April 2008 - July 2008
09/01/07 to 04/30/08
Dallas Theater Center 2007 - 2008 Season
Dallas Theater Center
Under the direction of Richard Hamburger, the Dallas Theater Center produces outstanding performances and unforgettable theatrical moments.
214-522-8499
09/01/2007 to 05/01/2008
Dallas Stars 2007 - 2008 Season
American Airlines Center
Come out and see the NHL Dallas Stars heat up the ice!
214-467-8277
09/22/2007 to 08/31/2008
Building From Scratch...Sustaining the Legacy of An Institution and Its People
Black Academy of Arts and Letters
This exhibit includes vintage and contemporary photographs, film footage, institutional documents, oral histories, celebrity memorabilia and archival ephemera. James E. Kemp Gallery.
214-743-2440
10/01/2007 to 11/30/2008
Fall Meeting of Champions - 2007 Season
Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie
Enjoy the exciting action of live quarter horse racing.
972-263-7223
11/01/2007 to 06/30/2008
Broadway Contemporary Series 2007 -2008
Majestic Theatre
The best of Broadway comes to the Dallas stage in this intimate historical theater.
214-421-5678
11/12/2007 to 10/12/2008
Filming Kennedy-Home Movies from Dallas
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
A special exhibition of over one dozen home movies featuring John F. Kennedy from 1960 through 1963, taken by Dallas area residents. The exhibition also features profiles of the men and women behind the home movie cameras and a hands-on educational area.
214-747-6660
01/18/2008 to 04/01/2008
Texas Collects Asia 2008: Japanese Art
Crow Collection of Asian Art
For the first time in history, The Crow Collection has personally organized this broad exhibition, which honors the legacy of private collectors like the Crows, who love Asia and have shared that with Texans.
214-979-6430
01/25/2008 to 04/06/2008
With An Even Hand (Brown vs Board at 50)
Fair Park Dallas
Don't miss your opportunity to view this wonderful, inspiring exhibition and take a trip back in time.
214-670-8400
02/10/2008 to 05/18/2008
J.M.W. Turner Exhibition
Dallas Museum of Art
This exhibition of approximately 140 works, divided almost evenly between oils and works on paper, will include masterworks representing Turner's extensive range of subjects - seascapes, historical events, mythology, and scenes from his own fertile imagination.
214-922-1200
02/15/2008 to 05/10/2008
Real Time
Dallas Contemporary
A new media exhibition of live streaming video of virtual art sent by mobile phones. Come check it out!
214-821-2522
02/16/2008 to 06/14/2008
1893 World's Fair
Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park
The influence of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago on Dallas and Texas residents is brought to life in special exhibits and through historically costumed characters sharing their Fair plans and visits.
214-421-5141
03/01/2008 to 04/30/2008
Six Flags Over Texas Spring Season
Six Flags Over Texas
Get ready to ride! Six Flags opens their spring season with guaranteed thrills! From new shows to old favorites, they're sure to have something exciting in store for you.
817-530-6000
03/05/2008 to 04/12/2008
Special Exhibit at Old Red: A History of Irving
Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture
The exhibit gives an overview of Irving history, from a collective of farming communities in the late 1800's to the beginnings of the city in the early 1900's.
214-745-1100
03/08/2008 to 09/01/2008
Stingray Bay
Dallas Zoo
Feed and interact with these flat-winged cousins of the shark. Known for a long tail with a sharp barb that can be quite dangerous, these stingrays are safe to touch and a delight to watch.
214-670-5656
03/10/2008 to 05/27/2008
Mommy and Me MONDAYS
Dallas Arboretum
Due to the popularity of the program, they have been extended to run all the way though the spring this year with new activities and experiences that will be sure to please both you and your little one. These fun filled, action packed activities will be held every Monday in The Pecan Grove throughout Dallas Blooms 2008 and are focused on nature, health, safety, and fitness. 10 to 2 pm.
214-515-6500
03/10/2008 to 05/27/2008
Tiny Tot TUESDAYS
Dallas Arboretum
Due to the popularity of the program, they have been extended to run all the way though the spring this year with new activities and experiences that will be sure to please both you and your little one. These fun filled, action packed activities will be held every Tuesday in The Pecan Grove throughout Dallas Blooms 2008 and are focused on nature, health, safety, and fitness. 10 to 2 pm.
214-515-6500
03/23/2008 to 07/20/2008
Julian Onderdonk: Bluebonnets and Beyond
Dallas Museum of Art
This exhibition presents the first critical reexamination of the work of Julian Onderdonk (1882-1922), one of Texas' most important painters and one of the most overlooked landscape artists of the early 20th century.
214-922-1200
03/26/2008 to 05/03/2008
Greendale
Undermain Theatre
Performed with a live band and sung by an ensemble cast, Greendale explores the lives of three generations of the Green family through themes ranging from corruption to mass media consolidation and environmentalism.
214-747-5515
03/28/2008 to 04/12/2008
The Unexpected Guest
Irving Arts Center
This 'edge of your seat' production is set as a stranger walks into a house to find a man murdered and his wife standing over him with a gun.
972-252-2787
03/31/2008 to 04/06/2008
SpeedZone of Dallas - SpeedWeek!
Speed Zone
Nascar driver appearances, giveaways, great entertainment, race specials and more!
972-247-7223
04/01/2008 to 09/28/2008
Texas Rangers - 2007 Season
Ameriquest Field
Watch Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers chase another American League West pennant in their attempt to reach the World Series of Baseball.
817-273-5100
04/05/2008 to 05/26/2008
Scarborough Faire - 2008 Season
Scarborough Faire The Renaissance Festival
Sixteenth century themed festival with 10 entertainment stages, hundreds of performers, full combat jousting, falconry, music, and artisan demonstrations. Fun for the whole family! SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS only, will include Memorial Day.
972-938-3247
04/05/2008
Target First Saturdays
Nasher Sculpture Center
Communication, “Discover the stories” Art Project: Storybooks; Take-home: Photo Story Collages
214-242-5177
04/05/2008
Saturday Night in the City
Nasher Sculpture Center
Join us this summer for a very special line-up of Saturday Night in the City events featuring celebrity performances, movies in the Garden, picnics, and socializing in the Nasher Sculpture Center’s spectacular garden oasis.
214-242-5100
04/10/2008
Ray Romano and Brad Garrett Live
NOKIA Theatre at Grand Prairie
All the way from the TV Show, the stars of "Everybody Loves Raymond" will be here to tickle your funny bone for sure! 8 pm.
972-854-5111
04/11/2008 to 05/02/2008
Reflectionist Show
Reflection Fine Art Gallery
Showcasing artist that share an emphasis on color combined with multidimensional effect.
214-965-9027
04/12/2008
Mary J. Blige & Jay-Z Live in Concert
Superpages.com Center formerly the Smirnoff Music Centre
Come hear these two superstars as they perform an amazing concert! 7:30 pm.
214-421-1111
04/13/2008
Voices of Change New Music Opera: Orpheus and Euridice
Bath House Cultural Center
OBIE-award winning new opera by Ricky Ian Gordon*, directed by John de los Santos, featuring Gina Browning, soprano, Jonathan Jones, clarinet, and Joe Illick, piano
214-378-8670
04/14/2008
Bon Jovi's Lost Highway Tour
American Airlines Center
One of the most popular bands of the 80's and still going strong! 7:30 pm.
214-222-3687
04/15/2008 to 04/27/2008
The Wedding Singer
Music Hall at Fair Park
A good-natured, high-energy musical,” is based on the 1998 hit film starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Dreams of being a singer/songwriter are gone, replaced by a desire to find the right girls and settle down. When his fiancée leaves him at the altar, he becomes a wedding planner’s worst nightmare, taking out his bitterness on stage.
214-565-1116
04/17/2008
Roots of Thanksgiving in the Ancient Near East
Thanks-Giving Square
Seminar led by Dr. Marcel Sigrist of the British Museum and Yale School of Architecture, French Biblical and Archeological School in Jerusalem. 11 to 1:30 pm.
214-969-1977
04/18/2008 to 04/20/2008
Texas Ballet Theater’s Dracula
Music Hall at Fair Park
Set to the spellbinding music of Franz Liszt, the tale unfolds in the Count’s castle in Romania, where ghostly lighting draws the audience into the chilling castle crypt. The atmosphere breathes with the spirit of evil as Dracula seals his latest marriage with a bite.
214-369-5200
04/18/2008 to 04/21/2008
Austin Jr Volleyball Mizuno Lone Star Classic
Dallas Convention Center
Come experience the excitement!! The largest qualifier in the country!
214-939-2700
04/18/2008 to 04/19/2008
Comedy Night at the Muse Featuring Pierre
Black Academy of Arts and Letters
From ComicView, Badboys of Comedy, Def Jam, and Comedy Central, PIERRE is no joke! He’s ready and waiting to set Dallas on fire with laughter. 9 pm.
214-743-2440
04/18/2008 to 04/20/2008
Memory Road Parade & Show
Texas Motor Speedway
This three day show will feature marching bands, color guards, dance teams, floats, beauty queens, and more all "For the Children Foundation". And don't forget the largest classic car show, car auction, boat show, ATV show, motorcycle show and much more!
972-347-5052
04/18/2008
Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance
NOKIA Theatre at Grand Prairie
The moment the lights go down, this combination of precision dancing, and state-of-the-art lighting will leave you breathless as they do a magical performance that will have you begging for more! 8 pm.
972-854-5111
04/19/2008
“Art in Action” – Plein Air Texas 2008 Quick Draw Event
Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park
The south central United States outdoor painting event, Plein Air Texas 2007, hosted by Dallas’ Southwest Gallery and the Outdoor Painters’ Society, will hold a “Quick Draw.”
214-421-5141
04/19/2008 to 06/08/2008
Butterflies
Dallas Zoo
Get an up close view of the life cycle of butterflies. Immerse yourself in a garden of living jewels as you tour this limited engagement exhibit.
214-670-5656
04/19/2008 to 05/11/2008
Dallas Roars!
Dallas Zoo
The Dallas Zoo ushers in spring with the third annual Dallas Roars! festival, an exciting, community event that offers four full weekends of fun.
214-670-5656
04/19/2008
Bancroft Family Concerts
Dallas Museum of Art
The Bancroft Family Concerts are free public concerts of classical chamber music, performed by professional musicians from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Opera Orchestra and others. The concerts are for all ages and no reservations are required.
214-922-1200
04/19/2008
DADA Gallery Walk
Dallas Art Dealers Association
This free event provides art lovers an opportunity to socialize and roam (in a car) from gallery to gallery all in one day. The walk is designed to stimulate awareness of the visual arts in the community.
214-943-1099
04/20/2008
KERA Presents Andre Rieu & His Johan Strauss Orchestra
NOKIA Theatre at Grand Prairie
Don't miss your chance to experience the "King of Waltz" live as he amazes the audience across the globe with their magnificent mastery of classical music. 8 pm.
972-854-5111
04/22/2008
Allegro Guitar Society of Dallas Series Presents Roland Dyens, France
Latino Cultural Center
His musical talents include performing, composing and teaching throughout the world. 7:30 pm.
214-670-3320
04/22/2008 to 04/26/2008
Where's Papa Ray's Money?
Black Academy of Arts and Letters
What happens when Papa Ray drops in on the family after a funeral and declares that not only are his life savings hidden in the house, but in order for any family member to claim a share of the inheritance, they must spend two days together with the family in the house! Naomi Bruton Main Stage.
214-743-2440
04/23/2008 to 05/18/2008
The Misanthrope
Dallas Theater Center
In a world ripe with gossip, intrigue, and endless litigation, one man takes a brave stand against hypocrisy — while all the time remaining blind to his own.
214-252-3924
04/23/2008
A Conversation with Darryl Heikes
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
The museum curator Gary Mack interviews the former Dallas Times Herald photographer, whose award-winning work includes some of the most well-known images taken the weekend President John f. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. 7 pm.
214-747-6660
04/24/2008 to 04/27/2008
EDS Byron Nelson Championship
Four Seasons Resort & Club, Las Colinas
The $6.3 million in prize money for the 2008 EDS Byron Nelson Championship is among the largest purses for a non-major PGA TOUR event. The champion of this prestigious event receives $1.134 million.
972-717-0700
04/24/2008
Uptown Gallery Walk
Dallas Art Dealers Association
This free event provides art lovers an opportunity to socialize and roam (in a car) from gallery to gallery all in one day. The walk is designed to stimulate awareness of the visual arts in the community.
214-943-1099
Real. Texas. Festival
Mesquite Championship Rodeo at Resistol Arena
From the carnival to the 51st anniversary edition of the Mesquite Championship Rodeo, there is truly something for everyone at the Real. Texas. Festival.
972-216-6499
04/25/2008
Rush Live in Concert
Superpages.com Center formerly the Smirnoff Music Centre
Don't miss your chance to see Rush live in concert! 7:30 pm.
214-421-1111
04/26/2008
Race Car Driver For A Day
Texas Motor Speedway
Feel the rush of adrenaline as you get behind the wheel of a 450+ Horsepower Z06 Corvette on the Infield Road Course or experience 5 exhilarating laps as our professional driver takes you through gravity-defying turns at top speed! Wanna try out your own wheels? Join us for "Our track, your car". Must be at least 18 years old to drive.
817-430-4343
04/26/2008
Avril Lavigne Live in Concert
Superpages.com Center formerly the Smirnoff Music Centre
Avril Lavigne is a Canadian rock/punk-pop singer, musician and actress. In a word, she's "hot". 7 pm.
214-421-1111
04/26/2008 to 04/27/2008
12th Annual Dance for the Planet
Samuell - Grand Park
Everyone is invited to find their inner dancer and set their feet to moving. Be immersed in this unique outdoor dance festival, the only one of its kind in North Texas & as always, admission is free. Noon to 5 pm.
214-670-1374
04/27/2008
AEG Live & LOGO Presents Margaret Cho
NOKIA Theatre at Grand Prairie
With Special Guests Liam Sullivan and musical guest Kelly. 8 pm.
972-854-5111
04/28/2008
The Wizard of Oz
Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Follow the yellow brick road on a fantastic musical journey filled with imagination, adventure and fun. This delightful production gives new life to a classic masterpiece. Naomi Bruton Main Stage. 10 am.
214-743-2440
04/29/2008 to 05/11/2008
Whistle Down the Wind
Music Hall at Fair Park
A 15-year-old girl growing up in America's Deep South in the 1950s discovers a mysterious man hiding out in a barn; when she asks who he is, the first words he utters are "Jesus Christ.” She and the town's other children vow to protect the stranger from the world that waits outside – the townspeople who are determined to catch a fugitive hiding in their midst.
214-565-1116
05/01/2008
Kanye West Glow in the Dark Tour
Superpages.com Center formerly the Smirnoff Music Centre
You already know to get your tickets now, 'cause it's gonna be a baaadddd concert! 7 pm.
214-421-1111
05/01/2008
28th Original National Day of Prayer Breakfast
Dallas Convention Center
With Brigadier General Cecil R. Richardson, Air Force Deputy Chief of Chaplains, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. Held in Ballroom A, 7:30 to 9:00 a.m.
214-969-1977
05/02/2008 to 05/03/2008
Profiles of Me
Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Stage, film and television actress TOMMIE “TONEA” STEWART and her talented vocalist sister, BEVERLY BRANSON, render a spell-binding portrayal of Aunt Sarah, Safronia, Sweet Thing and Peaches in this gutsy performance with music, song and dance. Clarence MuseCafé Theatre. 8 pm.
214-743-2440
05/02/2008
Roger Waters Live in Concert
Superpages.com Center formerly the Smirnoff Music Centre
This English rock musician; singer, bassist, guitarist, songwriter, and composer is best known for his career with the band Pink Floyd; and now performing live on stage for all to enjoy! 7 pm.
214-421-1111
05/03/2008
Legends, Yarns and Fables Storytelling Festival
Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park
A storytelling festival peppered with the flare and fun of blues, poetry, ballads and banjo, encompassing a wealth of cultures and styles.
214-421-5141
05/03/2008
Target First Saturdays
Nasher Sculpture Center
Nature, “Growing with art”
Art Project: Sculpture Garden Dioramas; Take-home: Nature Walk Collage
214-242-5177
05/03/2008
Saturday Night in the City
Nasher Sculpture Center
Join us this summer for a very special line-up of Saturday Night in the City events featuring celebrity performances, movies in the Garden, picnics, and socializing in the Nasher Sculpture Center’s spectacular garden oasis.
214-242-5100
05/03/2008 to 05/04/2008
Sam's Club MS 150 Frisco-to-Fort Worth Bike Tour
Dr Pepper Ballpark
Over 3,000 cyclists are expected to participate in this two day, 150-mile ride from Frisco RoughRiders' Dr Pepper Ballpark on May 3rd and finishes ata Sundance Square in Downtown Fort Worth on May 4th, following overnight at Texas Motor Speedway.
214-373-1400
05/06/2008
Preschool Program: Play It!
Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture
Children will practice description, comparison, and counting skills as they play with historic games. Children will also learn about Mr. Potato head's history as they make their own Mr. Potato head pieces to stick on to a real potato! 10:30 to 11:30 am.
214-745-1100
05/08/2008
Second Thursday Gallery Talk: Boosterism in Dallas: The City of Splendid Realities
Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture
Within months of its founding, Dallas relied on aggressive self-promotion to attract settlers. Cindy Ingram will take visitors on a journey throughthe history of boosterism in Dallas. 12:30 to 1 pm.
214-745-1100
05/11/2008
Mother's Day
Museum of the American Railroad
Mom gets in free for Mother's Day, with one paid child's admission.
214-428-0101
05/13/2008 to 05/25/2008
Ring of Fire
Music Hall at Fair Park
From the heart of the songs of Johnny Cash comes a unique musical show about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, home and family.
214-565-1116
05/16/2008 to 05/17/2008
Spring Celebration Series
Majestic Theatre
Come out and see the Dallas Black Dance Theater perform one of their spectacular performances! 7:30 pm.
214-880-0137
05/16/2008 to 05/17/2008
A Night With Tony Award Winner Linda Hopkins
Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Seeing LINDA HOPKINS live onstage at 82 will be an experience you’ll never forget! She’s back by popular demand performing one of her show-stopping numbers, “Meet Me with Your Black Draws On.” Recently receiving her star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, this Tony Award winner is absolutely awesome!! Clarence Muse Café Theatre. 9 pm.
214-743-2440
05/17/2008 to 05/18/2008
Get Caught Reading
Museum of the American Railroad
Bring your engineer in training to listen to train stories being read aloud in our Parlor-Club car.
214-428-0101
05/17/2008
Bancroft Family Concerts
Dallas Museum of Art
The Bancroft Family Concerts are free public concerts of classical chamber music, performed by professional musicians from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Opera Orchestra and others. The concerts are for all ages and no reservations are required.
214-922-1200
05/17/2008
Race Car Driver For A Day
Texas Motor Speedway
Feel the rush of adrenaline as you get behind the wheel of a 450+ Horsepower Z06 Corvette on the Infield Road Course or experience 5 exhilarating laps as our professional driver takes you through gravity-defying turns at top speed! Wanna try out your own wheels? Join us for "Our track, your car". Must be at least 18 years old to drive.
817-430-4343
05/17/2008
Drop-In Workshop at Old Red: Presidential Party
Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture
Enjoy this special exhibit with a day of presidential proportions and play a "beat the expert" game of presidential trivia, race to name the presidents in order, and much more. 11 to 3 pm.
214-745-1100
05/18/2008 to 08/24/2008
On Kawara: 10 Tableaux and 20,834 Pages
Dallas Museum of Art
On Kawara has created paintings, drawings and books that mark time in various ways, from paintings of individual dates to mailed postcards to diagrams and charts of weeks and months since the 1960s.
214-922-1200
05/18/2008
Radiohead Live in Concert
Superpages.com Center formerly the Smirnoff Music Centre
Check out this live band as they get their groove on! 7:30 pm.
214-421-1111
05/21/2008
The Police Live in Concert
Superpages.com Center formerly the Smirnoff Music Centre
With Special Guest Elvis Costello & The Imposters. 7:30 pm.
214-421-1111
05/22/2008
Film Screening: Beauty in the Bricks and Beauty Leaves the Bricks
Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture
In 1980, Beauty in the Bricks documented the lives of four African American teenage girls who were intimate friends growing up in a Dallas housing project known as, "The Bricks." It captured their hopes and dreams, then fifteen years later, the story shows where they have been, where they are today, and how their life experiences have changed them. 7 to 9 pm.
214-745-1100
05/24/2008 to 05/25/2008
LURE 2008
Dallas Convention Center
LURE 2008 is a hybrid exposition means it combines the traditional expo with the consumer tradeshow. The expo is designed to include all aspects of sport fishing, from bank to fly, and fresh to salt.
214-939-2700
05/27/2008 to 06/01/2008
Cats
Music Hall at Fair Park
The musical takes place in a junkyard where the local cats are auditioning to be chosen by their leader, Old Deuteronomy, to journey to the Heavyside Lair to be reborn.
214-565-1116
05/31/2008
Farm & Flower Festival
Dallas Farmers Market and Resource Center
Celebrating the best of the farm and flower world, this free and open to the public "scent-sational" outdoor family event will showcase urban gardening with educational seminars and special guest speakers!
214-670-5880
06/03/2008 to 06/15/2008
The Drowsy Chaperone
Music Hall at Fair Park
It's about a glamorous starlet and her hilarious wedding day, complete with all the madcap drama you expect from a celebrity wedding and plentythat you don't.
214-565-1116
06/06/2008 to 06/07/2008
The Roots and Reggae Concert
Black Academy of Arts and Letters
If you like Caribbean music, then you’re sure to like reggae singer RAS TUMBA and ASHANTI’I. He’ll touch the Rasta in your soul and have you dancing reggae style the Caribbean way! Clarence Muse Café Theatre. 7 and 9 pm.
214-743-2440
06/07/2008
Target First Saturdays
Nasher Sculpture Center
Nationality, “Freedom of expression”
Art Project: Personal Flags; Take-home: New Food Portraits
214-242-5177
06/07/2008
Saturday Night in the City
Nasher Sculpture Center
Join us this summer for a very special line-up of Saturday Night in the City events featuring celebrity performances, movies in the Garden, picnics, and socializing in the Nasher Sculpture Center’s spectacular garden oasis.
214-242-5100
06/07/2008
Bancroft Family Concerts
Dallas Museum of Art
The Bancroft Family Concerts are free public concerts of classical chamber music, performed by professional musicians from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Opera Orchestra and others. The concerts are for all ages and no reservations are required.
214-922-1200
06/11/2008 to 06/15/2008
Senior Softball USA
Kiest Park
Calling all baseball lovers! Come out and see the Texas State Championships and root to your favorite team.
214-670-7618
06/11/2008
28 Days at the Piccadilly: A Civil Rights Demonstration
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Panelists Clarence Broadnax and Rev. Earl Allen discuss their roles as organizers of the 1964 demonstration in downtown Dallas marking the 45th anniversary of President J.F. Kennedy's televised address on civil rights. Doors open at 6:30 pm. A question and answer session will follow.
214-747-6660
06/13/2008 to 06/14/2008
Swinging with Martha
Black Academy of Arts and Letters
She’s back for the fifth season with her distinctive melodies, pulsating rhythms and engaging style! You’ll hear some of Martha’s original songs from her long-awaited inaugural CD, plus many popular tunes sung in her sassy, sexy style! Clarence Muse Café Theatre. 9 pm.
214-743-2440
06/14/2008 to 09/14/2008
Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy
Dallas Museum of Art
This exhibition explores the extraordinary lives of Sara and Gerald Murphy and the couple's influence on a remarkable constellation of creative artists who flourished in Paris and the Riviera in the 1920's and 1930's.
214-922-1200
06/14/2008
Race Car Driver For A Day
Texas Motor Speedway
Feel the rush of adrenaline as you get behind the wheel of a 450+ Horsepower Z06 Corvette on the Infield Road Course or experience 5 exhilarating laps as our professional driver takes you through gravity-defying turns at top speed! Wanna try out your own wheels? Join us for "Our track, your car". Must be at least 18 years old to drive.
817-430-4343
06/17/2008 to 06/22/2008
STOMP
Music Hall at Fair Park
STOMP! convinces its audience that the background music of our everyday lives is worth listening to.
214-565-1116
06/21/2008 to 06/22/2008
2008 Built Ford Tough Series
American Airlines Center
Bull riding is back in Dallas at the American Airlines Center. Come join us at this exciting event!
214-222-3687
06/21/2008
Kids Train Festival
Museum of the American Railroad
Bring your engineers to enjoy kids' crafts, balloons, tours of our Parlor-Club & Dining cars, live steam whistle demonstrations, our vintage steam calliope, and much more!
214-428-0101
06/24/2008 to 06/29/2008
Hairspray
Music Hall at Fair Park
It’s 1962 and Baltimore’s Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion – to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, “The Corny Collins Show” and, overnight, is transformed from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity.
214-565-1116
06/26/2008 to 07/05/2008
2008 USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championships
Dallas Convention Center
The tournament will crown 19 champions in age divisions ranging from 12 to 18. Further, the event draws not only thousands of family and friends, but hundreds of college recruiters looking for the next top players for their programs.
214-939-2700
06/27/2008 to 06/28/2008
Comedy Night at the Muse Featuring B Cole
Black Academy of Arts and Letters
B Cole, a ComicView all-star, is live and in living color! Everybody needs a dose of B Cole. Don’t miss him. He’s a hoot!! 9 pm. Clarence Muse Café Theatre.
214-743-2440
07/02/2008 to 07/13/2008
High School Musical
Music Hall at Fair Park
The story of two high school students from rival cliques: Troy Bolton, captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella Montez, a shy transfer student try out for the lead parts in their high school musical.
214-565-1116
07/02/2008
The March for Independence 5k Walk-A-Thon
Hilton Anatole Hotel
The March for Independence is a 5K walk-a-thon and celebration demonstrating the independent spirit of the nation's organized blind, their friends, family, and supporters, which will raise funds for the Imagination Fund.
866-543-6808
07/05/2008
Target First Saturdays
Nasher Sculpture Center
Nationality, “Freedom of expression” Art Project: Personal Flags; Take-home: New Food Portraits
214-242-5177
07/05/2008
Saturday Night in the City
Nasher Sculpture Center
Join us this summer for a very special line-up of Saturday Night in the City events featuring celebrity performances, movies in the Garden, picnics, and socializing in the Nasher Sculpture Center’s spectacular garden oasis.
214-242-5100
07/06/2008
Basically Beethoven Festival
Dallas Arboretum
A series of free classical chamber music concerts that take place every Sunday afternoon at 3pm.
214-515-6500
07/10/2008 to 07/13/2008
HPEF Presents Portus 2008: A Harry Potter Symposium
Hilton Anatole Hotel
Portus will be the place to gather with friends and explore what might still remain beyond the rotating doors. Literary scholars and adult fans from all over the globe will converge together for four days of magic. This conference is not endorsed, sanctioned or any other way supported, directly or indirectly, by Warner Bros. Entertainment, the Harry Potter book publishers, or J.K. Rowling and her representatives.
214-748-1200
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