February 2005
Ongoing The Sid Richardson Collection of Western Art in Sundance
Square
exhibits 60 master works by famed artists Frederic Remington & Charles
Russell.
Russell’s work was inspired by nostalgia for history and Native
American culture.
Remington admired American cowboys and painted an impressionist’s
view of
their lives. Hrs. Tues. & Wed. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. & Fri.
10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sat.
11 a.m.-8 p.m. & Sun. 1-5 p.m. Free. 309 Main St., 817-332-6554,
www.sidrmuseum.org.
Ongoing Ft. Worth Botanic Garden-Wander among
trees, flowers and along
waterways of the 109-acre park. An exhibition greenhouse and gift
shop are
two detours in the journey. The main gardens are free & open
daily from 8 a.m.
until sunset. A small fee is required for the 7.5 acre Japanese garden,
which
is open daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and offers tours that take about an
hour. A small
fee is also required for the conservatory-open Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-9
p.m., Sat.
10 a.m.-4 p.m. & Sun. 1-4 p.m. The Gardens Restaurant and the
Treasure Tree
Gift Shop are also on site. Off University Dr. at 3220 Botanic Garden
Blvd.,
817-871-7689, www.fwbg.com.
Ongoing
Grapevine Vintage Railroad Excursions-Puffy, the 1896 Steam Engine
#2248, pulls the train’s period coaches several times weekly
on its Grapevine to
Ft. Worth Stockyards run and a modern diesel engine travels on Wednesdays.
Schedules are: Grapevine, Texas to the Ft. Worth Stockyards-leaves
Grapevine
Fri. & Sat. at 10 a.m. to arrive in the Stockyards about 11:30
a.m.; returns to
Grapevine about 4 p.m.; Sun. departs at 1 p.m. & arrives in the
Stockyards
around 2:30 p.m.; boards again at 5 p.m. & arrives back in Grapevine
about 6:30
p.m. An hour-long ride from the Fort Worth Stockyards and back, called
the
Trinity River Run, is Fri. & Sat. at 1 p.m. & Sun. at 3:30
p.m. Grapevine to the
Stockyards $20 (1-way, $14), seniors 55+, $18 (1-way, $12) & children
3-12, $10
(1-way, $7). Trinity River Run Gen. Ad. $10, seniors $9 & children
$6. Plan to
be at the station 1 hr. before departure. Depots are located in Grapevine,
707 S. Main St. & the Ft. Worth Stockyards Station, 140 E. Exchange
Ave.,
817-625-7245, www.gvrr.com.
Ongoing Glen Rose, TX-Fossil Rim Wildlife
Center is a unique wildlife Refuge
situated in the sprawling Texas hill country that features guided
tours,
camping and wildlife studies. Hrs. 9 a.m. until two hrs. before sunset.
Open daily
except major holidays. Gen. Ad. $16.95, seniors $12.95, children
3-11, $10.95,
children under 3, free. 3 miles south of Glen Rose, off Hwy. 67,
254-897-2960, www.fossilrim.org.
Ongoing The Ft. Worth Zoo, home
to over 5,000 native and exotic animals and a
world famous reptile collection, is rated one of America’s
top zoos by Family
Life magazine, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and Southern Living
Reader’s
Choice Awards. Texas Wild!, an 8-acre area allows guests to encounter
more
than 300 creatures and visit 6 regions of the Lone Star State in
just hours. The
Zagat Survey U.S. Family Travel Guide recently rated it the #1 attraction
in
the DFW area and #19 among the “50 Overall Top-Rated Attractions” in
the
entire United States. Daily 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thanksgiving, Christmas
and New Year’s
Day noon to 4 p.m. Gen. Ad. $9.75, seniors 65+, $6.25, children 3-12,
$7.25,
toddlers 2 & under, free. Ticket price includes entry into Texas
Wild!. Parking
$5. Half-price tickets on Wednesdays. 1989 Colonial Pkwy., 817-871-7050,
www.fortworthzoo.org.
Ongoing The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall
of Fame houses over 2,000
artifacts and information about more than 400 remarkable women. The
$21 million,
33,000 square foot museum honors women who have distinguished themselves
while
exemplifying the pioneer spirit of the American West. Hrs. Tues.-Sat.
10 a.m..-5
p.m., Sun. noon-5 p.m., closed Mon. Gen. Ad. $6, seniors $5 & youths
6-18,
$4, children 5 & under, free. 1720 Gendy St., 817-336-4475, 800-476-3263,
www.cowgirl.net.
Ongoing Ft. Worth Trinity Park-The Log Cabin Village
living history museum
depicts the lifestyle of pioneers who settled this area in the mid-to-late
1800s. Hrs. Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. & Sun. 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
Gen. Ad. $2.50,
seniors & youths 4-17, $2, children under 4, free. 2100 Log Cabin
Village Ln.,
817-926-5881, www.logcabinvillage.org.
Ongoing Arlington, TX- “Johnnie
High’s Country Music
Revue” is a live show
performed on Fridays and Saturdays in the Arlington Music Hall by
an 8-piece
band and 20 performers. High celebrated his 30th year in the entertainment
business in September 2004. 7:30 p.m. 224 N. Center St., 817-226-4400,
www.johnniehigh.com.
Ongoing Arlington, TX-The Legends of the Game
Baseball Museum, at Ameriquest
Field in Arlington, features baseball uniforms, balls, playing cards
and
photographs depicting the history of the sport. The Learning Center
for Children
houses interactive exhibits on baseball and how the sport is related
to fields
such as science, math, history, geography and communications. Tours
of the
ballpark are available. 1000 Ballpark Way, 817-273-5842.
Ongoing
Fort Worth Stockyards Historical District-The Texas Longhorn Cattle
Drive occurs twice daily, weather permitting, but they don’t
mosey-along on
major holidays. Herders dressed in 19th-century cowboy gear drive
15 to 17 head
of cattle down Exchange Ave. Best viewing areas for the 11:30 a.m. & 4
p.m.
drives are the front lawn of the Livestock Exchange Bldg. or across
the street
near the Stockyards Visitor’s Center. Watching the herd is
free. Along E.
Exchange Ave., 817-336-4373.
Ongoing Fort Worth’s history is
housed in the 94-year-old Fire Station No. 1
building located in the City Center Complex. This Fort Worth Museum
of Science
&
History exhibit traces Fort Worth’s development from its beginning
as a
frontier outpost, through its rowdy youth as a cattle town to the
present. The
exhibit features graphics, historical artifacts, photographs and
documents,
reproduced paintings and original posters. Hrs. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. daily.
Free. Corner
of 2nd & Commerce Sts., 817-255-9408.
Ongoing The Modern Art Museum
of Fort Worth has a permanent collection that
includes various movements, themes and styles, including Abstract
Expressionism, Color Field Painting, Pop Art and Minimalism. The
museum focuses on
Post-World War II international art in all media. Tours Tues.-Sun.
at 2 p.m.,
beginning in the lobby (free with admission). Gen. Ad. $6, seniors
and students with
an ID, $4, children under 13, free. Tues. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Wed., Thurs.,
Sat. 10
a.m.-5 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. & Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed
Mondays,
Christmas & New Year’s Day. 3200 Darnell St., 817-738-9215,
www.themodern.org.
Ongoing Black Dog Tavern presents “The Jazz
Monsters,” a
20-piece
professional jazz band consisting of esteemed musicians who have
taught and performed
throughout the Metroplex for years. Enjoy big band jazz from the ‘40s
though the
‘
90s, featuring arrangements by Count Basie, Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich,
Tom
Kubis and many others. First Sunday of each month from 5-7:30 p.m.
Admission is
free but donations are accepted. Downtown Fort Worth, 903 Throckmorton
St.,
817-332-8190.
Ongoing Rose Marine Theater-Fort Worth Latin Arts Association’s
performing
arts and film series. Experience an introduction to the Hispanic
settlers who
enriched Fort Worth with their cultural heritage. An upcoming collage
of music
and dance entertainment includes a Flamenco Dance Company representing
Spain,
performers from San Antonio, a Bolivian performing group, and a film
series
honoring worldwide Hispanic culture all presented in a restored movie
palace,
circa 1918. 1440 N. Main St., 817-624-8333, www.rosemarinetheater.com.
Saturdays
Grapevine’s Palace Theatre-Yellow Rose Productions
presents the
Grapevine Opry Country Music Showcase. 7:30 p.m. Gen. Ad. $12, children
$8.
Senior & group discounts available. 300 S. Main St., 817-481-8733.
Through
Feb. 6 The Kimbell Art Museum presents “Stubbs and
the Horse,” the
first major exhibition in 20 years featuring the work of George Stubbs.
Stubbs
(1724-1806) was a great British painter of animals and outdoor life,
and the
first ever to focus on the central theme of his art, the horse. A
selection of some 40 paintings and 30 drawings and prints will show
the remarkable range and variety of Stubbs’ images
of the horse, from anatomical studies to equine portraits and scenes
of
mortal combat in the wild. The life-size painting of the racehorse
Whistlejacket,
perhaps Stubbs’ most widely admired work, is part of the exhibition.
Curated by
the Kimbell’s Malcolm Warner, “Stubbs and the Horse” was
organized by the
Kimbell Art Museum in association with the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
and the
National Gallery, London. A catalogue, written by Warner and independent
scholar Robin Blake, is available in paperback for $29.95 or hardcover
for $50 in
the Museum Shop. Gen. Ad. $8, seniors 60+/students with ID $6, children
6-11,
$4, children under 6, free. Half-price Tuesdays. Hrs. Tues.-Thurs.
10 a.m.-5
p.m.; Fri. noon-8 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m. Closed
on major
holidays. 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817-332-1034, www.kimbellart.org.
Through Feb. 6 Western art by women artists from throughout the
southwest are
featured at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame’s
exhibit. Featured
artists include Cowgirl Hall of Fame honoree Glenna Goodacre. Goodacre
presents an 8-foot Sacajawea statue as part of the exhibit. Gen.
Ad. $6, seniors $5,
children 6-18, $4, children 5 and under free. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5
p.m. and
Sun. noon-5 p.m. 1720 Gendy St., 817-336-4475, www.cowgirl.net.
Through
Feb. 6 Arlington, TX-Theatre Arlington’s cast performs
Alfred Uhry’s
Pulitzer Prize winning play Driving Miss Daisy. This is a warm-hearted,
humorous and affecting study of the unlikely friendship between an
aging, crotchety
white Southern lady, and a proud, soft-spoken black man, spanning
25 years
during the rise of the Civil Rights movement. Tickets $13-$17. Showtimes,
Thurs.
7:30 p.m., Fri. & Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. 3050 West Main St.,
817-275-7661,
www.theatrearlington.org.
Through
Feb. 6 Come celebrate western heritage and Texas tradition at the
nation’s oldest and most prestigious livestock show, the Southwestern
Exposition
&
Livestock Show & Rodeo, at Will Rogers Memorial Center. As usual,
the Stock
Show has a fast-paced format, planned with something to appeal to
everyone.
Some of the scheduled events include the Ranching Heritage Weekend,
the American
Quarter Horse Association’s Best of the Remuda Sale, the “Best
of the West
Invitational Ranch Rodeo” and the “Best of Mexico Celebración”with
Jerry Diaz,
a fourth-generation Charro. Plus the more than 20,000 head of livestock
on
exhibit including dairy cattle, Longhorns, llamas, pigeons, sheep,
swine,
Nigerian Dwarf goats and some rabbits. Gen. Ad., adults $8, children
6-16, $4,
children 5 and under, free. 3401 W. Lancaster Ave., 817-877-2420,
www.fwstockshowrodeo.com.
Through Feb. 6 One of the most popular
works in the Modern’s
collection,
Ruckus Rodeo, by New York artist Red Grooms, has been installed in
the Museum’s
new building for the first time, coinciding with the 2005 Southwestern
Exposition and Livestock Show and Rodeo. Ruckus Rodeo is an immense
work made up of
painted two-dimensional surfaces and sculptural three-dimensional
figures that
re-create the Fort Worth rodeo. Grooms has referred to this work
as a
“sculpto-pictorama.” Sculpture wire, canvas, burlap, acrylic
paint and a fiberglass
compound called celastic were used to construct Ruckus Rodeo’s
larger-than-life,
three-dimensional caricatures, which include the rodeo queen and
her steed, a
bucking bronc, playful rodeo clowns, and a giant yellow bull named
Butter.
Tues., Wed., Thurs., Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. & Sun.
11 a.m.-5
p.m. Closed Mon. and major holidays. Gen. Ad. $6, seniors (60+) & students
with
ID, $4, children 12 and under, free. Free Wednesdays and first Sunday
of every
month. 3200 Darnell St., 817-738-9215, www.themodern.org.
Through
Feb. 20 Granbury, TX-The Granbury Opera House (restored from
1886) cast performs Driving Miss Daisy. The original cast of the
critically
acclaimed production returns to the Opera House for one last time.
This is the
heartwarming story of the unlikely relationship between an aging,
crotchety,
determined white Southern lady and a proud, soft-spoken black man
who becomes
her driver. Don’t miss the opportunity to see it again. Fri. & Sat.
2 p.m. & 8
p.m. and Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets $16-$24. On the Square. 866-572-0881,
www.granburyoperahouse.org.
Through Feb. 20 Jubilee Theatre’s
new production is playwright August
Wilson’s Fences. Wilson won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize with his
story about Troy
Maxon’s shattered dreams. In his youth, Maxon played great
baseball, but it was
before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in sports, and Maxon
ended up as a
hard-working garbage collector. Set in the 1950s, Maxon’s second
son, Cory, a
gifted athlete, wants to attend college on a sports scholarship.
Maxon’s
experience, however, convinces him that Cory’s dreams will
be dashed by the same
bias that he encountered years ago. A maze of fences develop as the
family tries
to work through their differences. Thurs. (Feb. 10 only) 8 p.m.,
Fri. 8 p.m.,
Sat. 3 & 8 p.m. & Sun. 3 p.m. For tickets, call 817-338-4411,
Downtown Fort
Worth at 506 E. Main St.
Through Feb. 26 Circle Theatre’s cast
performs Vanities, by Jack Heifner.
Vanities concerns the 1974 reunion of three small-town Texas women
who were high
school cheerleaders and college sorority sisters. Susan Sargeant
directs. PG
Rating. Showtimes, Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 3 & 8:30
p.m. Tickets
$15-$25. In Sundance Sq., 230 W. 4th St., 817-877-3040, www.circletheatre.com.
Through
March 3 The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History’s
Omni Theater
is showing SOLARMAX. Every 11 years the sun’s poles reverse
with unimaginable
violence. The peak of the storm is called a solarmax. SOLARMAX takes
viewers on
a journey through space and time, telling the story of man’s
burning
curiosity about the sun throughout history including today’s
advances in solar
science. Witness a total eclipse and the beauty and magnificence
of the Aurora
Borealis, viewed from both Earth and space. The film uses computer
data generated by
the Solar and Heliospheric Observer, which gives you the sense of
actually
being there. Director John Weiley and his crew received access and
cooperation
from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the European
Space
Agency while they were making this film. They traveled to every continent
to
build this story of the sun. Gen. Ad. $7, seniors 60+ and children
3-12, $5. For
showtimes call 888-255-9300 or go to www.fortworthmuseum.org. 1501
Montgomery
St.
Through March 3 Fort Worth Museum of Science and History brings
back three of
its most popular films to its giant Omni screen. Lewis & Clark:
Great Journey
West is a National Geographic production, dramatizing the remarkable
and
perilous journey undertaken by Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery
between 1804
and 1806. The film tells the story of the spectacular wildlife they
encountered, the punishing winters they endured, the diverse Native
American tribes they
met, the breathtaking vistas they experienced. Also running through
March 3 is
Horses: The Story of Equus. Equus is the story of three foals, born
on the
same night. The Chestnut, Racer, is born to be a racehorse. The Bay,
Rascal, is
trained to compete in the tough sport of eventing. The Black, Runaway,
is
taken 1,000 miles north to be used for stud purposes. Jan. 1-May
26 the Omni also
screens Journey into Amazing Caves. It’s the story of two tenacious
young
women, Dr. Hazel Barton and Nancy Aulenbach, “extreme scientists” who
gather
knowledge and data in treacherous, unforgiving zones of the environment.
Audiences
follow these leaders through small, twisting passages, drop into
gleaming
blue labyrinths of ice, swim through flooded underground vaults,
and enter a
world of extremes where the microscopic creatures that live there
are called
extremophiles. Gen. Ad. $7, seniors 60+ & children 3-13, $6.
For showtimes, call
817-255-9300 or go to www.fortworthmuseum.org. 1501 Montgomery St.
Through
April 3 “Of Birds and Texas,” the Fort Worth
Museum of Science and
History’s collection of bird paintings by Scott and Stuart
Gentling, returns to
the Museum. The 40 original watercolor paintings of Texas birds that
inhabit
the state for all or part of the year marks the first time all the
paintings
have been displayed together since 1992. The works are the result
of an unusual
collaboration by the Gentlings, Fort Worth artists and twin brothers,
who
spent more than eight years creating the paintings for their book,
Of Birds and
Texas. Gen. Ad.$7, seniors 60+ & children 3-12, $6. Mon.-Thurs.
9 a.m.-5:30
p.m., Fri. & Sat. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sun. 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
1501 Montgomery
St., 817-255-9300, www.fortworthmuseum.org.
Through April 24 The Amon
Carter Museum presents “First Sight: Artist-Explorers of the
American West.” Approximately thirty
watercolors, drawings, prints and illustrated books depicting instances
of “first sight”-whether
it is a place, a people, a thing or a “way of seeing”-are
on view. Artists include Karl Bodmer, Alfred Jacob Miller, John Mix
Stanley and Carl Wimar. Free. Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun. noon-5 p.m. Closed
Mon. & major holidays. 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817-738-1933,
www.cartermuseum.org.
Through
May 8 The Amon Carter Museum displays “Stamped
with a National
Character: Nineteenth-Century American Color-Plate Books.” Take
a journey back in
time to nineteenth-century America when the practice of producing
beautiful
color books was a point of national pride. This special exhibition
features one of
the country’s finest collections of rare illustrated books,
offering insight
into the culture, tastes and interests of the time. Many of the Carter
library’s most important rare volumes will also be on view.
Free. Exhibition hours
are Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.,
Sun. noon-5
p.m. Closed Mon. 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817-738-1933, www.cartermuseum.org.
Through
May 15 The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and Scholastic
Entertainment have teamed up to bring a new traveling exhibit, entitled
“Joshua’s Journey: A Black Cowboy Rides the Chisholm Trail,” based
on the Scholastic
Dear America/My Name is America book. Focusing on a small slice of
American
history known as the trail drive era, the exhibit introduces museum
visitors to
life on the Chisholm Trail through the eyes of Joshua Loper, a 16-year-old
black cowboy. Like the book, the “Joshua’s Journey” exhibit
begins with young
Joshua leaving his home in South Texas to help drive a herd of cattle
up the
Chisholm Trail. On the way, Joshua writes about his travels in a
journal, thus
providing a glimpse into the little-known role that black cowboys
played during
the late 19th century. The exhibit features a life-sized mannequin
of Joshua
dressed in period clothing. In the “Ranch Life” area,
young visitors can try
on Western hats, boots, chaps and bandanas. “On the Trail” offers
a better
understanding of the grueling days of a trail hand’s work.
Gen. Ad. $7, seniors
60+, and children (3-12) $6. Exhibit hours are Mon-Thurs. 9 a.m.-5:30
p.m., Fri
& Sat 9:00 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sun. 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 1501 Montgomery
St.,
817-255-9300, www.fortworthmuseum.org.
Through May 26 Fort Worth Museum
of Science and History’s Omni
Theater has
added the fascinating Aliens of the Deep to its film schedule. The
movie is
about the deep sea expeditions of a team of young marine biologists
and NASA
researchers who descend into the Atlantic and Pacific oceans where
the sun cannot
reach. Albino creatures swim by the windows of the submersible where
the
biologists watch in wonder as never-before-seen creatures swim by –a
large white
fish, a white octopus and a gossamer creature that moves gracefully
through its
environment. One octopus tries to wrap a tentacle around part of
the
submersible. The teams visit hydrothermal vent sites in volcanic
regions where a
biomass of shrimp seek the right location in the flow of super-heated,
life-giving
water that surrounds these “chimneys.” Directed by Academy
Award winning
director James Cameron and Steven Quale. Produced by Andrew Wight
and James
Cameron. Rated G for general audiences. Daily with extended hours
on weekends.
General admission $7, Seniors and children 3-12, $6. For current
times call
817-255-9300 or 1-888-255-9300 or go to www.fortworthmuseum.org.
1501 Montgomery St.
Through June 26 Amon
Carter Museum features the exhibit “Becoming
Texas
Today.” This exhibition offers photographers’ reflections
on three key cultures
that helped build and define today’s Texas, from the open range
in the early
twentieth century, to the oil economy in the 1940s, to the urbanization
of the
twenty-first century. These images provide a fascinating look at
changes in the
state during the past 100 years. Photographers include Erwin E. Smith,
Russell
Lee and Skeet McAuley. Free. Exhibition hours are Tues., Wed., Fri.,
Sat. 10
a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun. noon-5 p.m. Closed Mon.
3501 Camp
Bowie Blvd., 817-738-1933, www.cartermuseum.org.
Every Fri. & Sat.
Night Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic
District-Cowtown Coliseum hosts the Stockyards Championship Rodeo.
8 p.m. Reserved box
seats $12.50, VIP $10.50, Gen. Ad. $9, seniors 60+ $7.50 & children
3-12, $5.50.
121 E. Exchange Ave.1-888-COWTOWN, www.StockyardsRodeo.com, see ad
on p. 33 for
discount.
4-6 The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, under the direction
of Miguel
Harth-Bedoya, brings Cool Jazz and Latin Heat to the Bass Performance.
The vitality of
American jazz and the rich, musical colors of France and South America
come
together in this unique concert. Two vibrant homages to jazz open
and close the
concert: a suite from Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera and
Darius Milhaud’s
musical picture postcard of an infamous jazz bar in Brazil. The world
famous
soprano soloist Dawn Upshaw brings her radiant voice to the seductive
Songs of
the Auvergne and a breathtaking group of new songs for orchestra
by today’s
hottest young composer, Osvaldo Golijov. Tickets $13-$72. Showtimes:
Fri. &
Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Corner of 4th & Calhoun Sts., 817-665-6000,
www.fwsypmphony.org.
4-6,
11-13 The Magnolia at the Modern is an ongoing series featuring critically
acclaimed films. February features Bad Education, a film topping
many critics’ lists for best
films of 2004.
Pedro Almodóvar’s poignant examination of the effect
of Franco-era religious
schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends stars
Mexican film
sensation Gael García Bernal. Rated NC-17; 109 minutes. Spanish
with English
subtitles. Tickets $7.50. Showtimes: Fri. 6 & 8 p.m., Sat. 5
p.m., Sun. 2 & 4
p.m. 3200 Darnell St., 817-738-9215, www.themodern.org.
4-20 Grapevine,
TX-Runway Theatre presents William Shakespeare’s
The Taming
of the Shrew, Texas style. Set in the Old West, the storyline involves
an eager
suitor who wants to rope in a wife, but her older sister, who’s
as mean as a
snake, has to be married off first. It’ll take quite a man
to wrangle this
feisty filly and rassle her into submission! The plot includes deception,
payoffs, romance and rancor. Tickets, adults $15, seniors 55+, $10,
18 and under and
college students with ID $10. Showtimes: Fri. & Sat. 8 p.m.,
Sun. 3 p.m. 215
North Dooley St., Grapevine, 817-488-4842, www.runwaytheatre.com.
4
Billy Bob’s Texas-Trent Willmon. 10:30 p.m. $9 & $13.
2520 Rodeo Plaza,
817-624-7117, www.billybobstexas.com.
5
Billy Bob’s Texas-Mark Wills. 10:30 p.m. $9 & $13. 2520
Rodeo Plaza,
817-624-7117, www.billybobstexas.com.
5 Grapevine, TX-The Grapevine
Opry presents Radio KGVO: Hilarious Spoof Of An
Ol’ Timey Radio Show. Tickets $15. Showtime 7:30 p.m. Palace
Theatre, 300 S.
Main St., 817-481-8733, www.palace-theatre.com.
8-20 The Bass Performance
Hall brings Off-Broadway’s innovative
play, Tony
‘n Tina, to Cliburn Hall. It’s the wildest social event of the
season, and you’re
invited! This inclusive, interactive show begins as you join Tony ‘n
Tina and
their hilariously dysfunctional families at a wedding ceremony that
will move you
to tears of laughter. Then you’ll meet and greet your way through
a raucous
reception and graze at the sumptuous Buffet of Love. You’ll
join the wedding
party in a champagne toast and feast on a most unusual wedding cake.
Kiss the
bride. Dance with the groom. Hilarity will ensue. Tickets $55. Showtimes:
Mon.-Sun. 7 p.m., Sat. & Sun. 1 p.m. No show on Wed., Feb. 16.
330 E. 4th St.,
817-212-4325, www.basshall.com.
11-13 An evening with Texas Ballet
Theater at the Bass Performance Hall is a
perfect way to celebrate Valentine’s Day. In “Five of
Hearts,” see the world
premiere by choreographer Bruce Wood as well as the TBT premiere
of Ben
Stevenson’s Five Poems, and more! Tickets $16-$95. Showtimes:
Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 7
p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Corner of 4th & Calhoun Sts., 877-212-4280,
www.texasballettheater.org.
11 Billy Bob’s Texas-Junior Brown.
10:30 p.m. $8 & $12.
2520 Rodeo Plaza,
817-624-7117, www.billybobstexas.com.
12 Fort Worth Brahmas Hockey
vs. New Mexico, Fort Worth Convention Center,
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders/Rally Towels for the first 2,000 fans.
7:30 p.m.
$10-$25. 1111 Houston St., 817-336-4423 or www.Brahmas.com.
12 Billy
Bob’s Texas-Dierks Bentley. 10:30 p.m. $9 & $15.
2520 Rodeo Plaza,
817-624-7117, www.billybobstexas.com.
12 The Chamber Music Society
of Fort Worth, under the artistic direction of
Robert Davidovici and Carter Enyeart, returns to the Modern Art Museum
of Fort
Worth for a second stellar season. Composed of leading chamber musicians
primarily from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the group performs in
chamber ensembles
of two to five members playing works from the Baroque, Classical,
Romantic and
contemporary periods. This month’s featured artist is Jon Nakamatsu
playing
Haydn, Shostakovich, and Tchaikovsky. Tickets $20, seniors $15, students
and
children $5. 2 p.m. 3200 Darnell St., 817.877.3003,
www.chambermusicsocietyoffortworth.com.
12-July 31 The Amon Carter
Museum presents the exhibit “Kipton
Kumler: A
Portfolio of Plants.” A small installation of 10 meticulously
crafted
platinum-palladium prints reveal photographer Kipton Kumler’s
transformation of plants,
through close-up photography, into graphic images of form and light.
Also on
display at Amon Carter is “The Collodion Era in Photography.” Introduced
in
1851, the wet-collodion process revolutionized the young art of photography
and
rapidly supplanted the daguerreotype. Presented in the Focus on Photographs
Gallery, this exhibition explains the process and features ambrotypes,
tintypes
and photographs produced during the collodion era. Free. Exhibition
hours are
Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun.
noon-5 p.m.
Closed Mon. 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817-738-1933, www.cartermuseum.org.
13
Fort Worth Brahmas Hockey vs. Odessa. 3 p.m. $10-$25. Fort Worth
Convention Center, 1111 Houston St., 817-336-4423, www.Brahmas.com.
14
Bring your special someone for a truly romantic dining experience
at Café
Modern. Enjoy a glass of champagne and a four-course meal lovingly
served by
the café’s attentive staff. Choose from an extensive
list of wines to perfectly
complement the evening’s selections. Café Modern’s
serene and elegant
ambiance is sure to make an impression. $65 per person. Reservations
are available
at 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30 and 8 p.m. To make reservations at 817-840-2157.
3200
Darnell St., www.themodern.org.
14 Grapevine, TX-The Grapevine Palace
Theatre offers you a Valentine’s
Day
Dinner & a Movie, featuring Sabrina. Dinner (with entertainment)
will feature
wine, hors d’oeuvres, three-course gourmet dinner, including
a special dessert!
For the past three years - a sell out! Call today! Tickets $75 per
person;
movie tickets $15. Dinner at 7 p.m. in the Lancaster Theatre; 8:15
p.m. movie in t
he Palace. Palace Theatre, 300 S. Main St., 817-481-8733,
www.palace-theatre.com.
15-20 Casa Mañana brings rock ‘n’ roll
to the Bass Performance Hall in
Grease. The fifth-longest running musical in Broadway history, Grease
takes a peek
at Rydell High where the king of the Burger Palace Boys, Danny Zuko,
almost
loses his cool and his summer love, Sandy Dumbrowski, forever. It
takes a dab of
Brylcreem, drive-in movies, pajama parties, cool cars, some tough-talking
Pink Ladies and their very own Teen Angel to keep these lovebirds
on course.
Featuring legendary screen actor Frankie Avalon, Grease is filled
with blast from
the past hits, like “Greased Lightnin’,” “Summer
Nights” and “We Go
Together.” Tickets $25-$75. Showtimes: Tues.-Thurs. 8 p.m.,
Sat. 2 & 8 p.m., Sun. 2 &
7 p.m. Corner of 4th & Calhoun Sts., 817-332-2272, www.casamanana.org.
17
The Fort Worth Classic Guitar Society, a nonprofit organization
dedicated
to presenting and promoting the work of internationally acclaimed
classical
guitarists to the Fort Worth/Dallas community, presents Quaternaglia
to the
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Tickets $24. 8 p.m. 3200 Darnell
St.,
817-498-0363, www.guitarsociety.org.
18-20 The Magnolia at the Modern
is an ongoing series featuring critically
acclaimed films. This month see The Merchant of Venice, one of Shakespeare’s
most complex works, adapted and brought to film by director Michael
Radford (Il
Postino). Al Pacino is virtually unrecognizable as Shylock, bringing
an
old-world gravitas to the role and clearly inspiring the rest of
the cast to match
his intensity. Rated R for some nudity; 131 minutes. Tickets $7.50.
Showtimes:
Fri., 6 & 8:15 p.m., Sat. 5 p.m., Sun. 2 & 4:15 p.m. 3200
Darnell St.,
817-738-9215, www.themodern.org.
18-March 6 Casa Mañana’s
Children’s Playhouse
presents The Princess And The
Pirate, a tale of great adventure on the high seas. Enjoy the world
premiere
of this musical comedy. When the king is kidnapped, it is up to the
courageous
young princess to rescue him. While at sea in search of her father,
the
princess befriends a swashbuckling pirate and his rag-tag band of
buccaneers who
help save the day! Tickets $12-$15. Showtimes: Fri. 7:30 p.m., Sat.
2 and 6 p.m.,
and Sun. 2 p.m. 3101 West Lancaster, 817-332-2272, www.casamanana.org.
18-May 21 The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame exhibit, “Donna
Howell-Sickles: The Timeless Image of the Cowgirl,” features
the works of artist
Donna Howell-Sickles, from her early form-driven watercolors to her
most current
work that captures the timeless image of the cowgirl. Gen. Ad. $6,
seniors $5,
students 6-18, $4, children under 6, free. Hrs. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5
p.m.,
Sun. noon-5 p.m., closed Mondays. 1720 Gendy St., 817-336-4475, www.cowgirl.net.
18
Fort Worth Brahmas Hockey vs. San Angelo, RadioShack Trading Cards
Night #2 for the first 2,000 fans. 7:30 p.m. $10-$25. Fort Worth
Convention Center, 1111 Houston St., 817-336-4423, www.Brahmas.com.
18 Billy
Bob’s Texas-Aaron Watson/ Jake Hooker. 10:30 p.m.
$8 & $11. 2520 Rodeo Plaza, 817-624-7117, www.billybobstexas.com.
19 Fort Worth
Brahmas Hockey vs. Bossier-Shreveport, Youth Jersey Night for the
first 2,000 fans under 12. 7:30 p.m. $10-$25. Fort
Worth Convention Center, 1111 Houston St., 817-336-4423 or www.Brahmas.com.
19 Billy Bob’s
Texas-38 Special. 10:30 p.m. $9 & $17. 2520
Rodeo Plaza, 817-624-7117, www.billybobstexas.com.
23 Kimbell Art Museum’s
Art in Context Lecture series features Ruth Wilkins Sullivan, research
curator emeritus, whose topic is “Elegance
and Enchantment: How Pisanello Italianized King Arthur 1’s
Code of Chivalry at the Court of Ferrara.” 12.30 p.m. Free.
3333 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817-332-8451.
23
Embrace the tradition of imperial musicians as The Vienna Choir Boys
return to Bass Hall with their enchanting voices, unique charm
and a repertoire that ranges from medieval to contemporary and experimental
music. Tickets $30-$45. 8 p.m. Corner of 4th & Calhoun Sts.,
817-212-4325, www.basshall.com.
25
Kimbell Art Museum Special Evening Lectures presents David Mitten,
James Loeb Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology, and George
M. A. Hanfmann Curator of Ancient and Byzantine Art, Harvard university
Art Museum, whose topic is “Alexander the Great: A Man for
all Seasons.” 7
p.m. Free.3333 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817-332-8451
25 Billy Bob’s Texas-Charlie Robison. 10:30
p.m. $9 & $15.
2520 Rodeo Plaza, 817-624-7117, www.billybobstexas.com.
25-27 Arlington, TX-Neil Sperry’s 2005 All Texas Garden Show
comes to the Arlington Convention Center. Admission: adults $8, seniors
$7, children under 12, free. Fri. 2-7 p.m.,
Sat. & Sun.
9 a.m.-6 p.m. 1200 Ballpark Way, 800-752-4769, www.neilsperry.com.
25-March
13 Arlington, TX-The cast of Theatre Arlington performs James and
the Giant Peach. This is the story of James Henry Trotter,
a lonely orphan sent to live with his horribly wicked and greedy
Aunts Spiker
and Sponge. When James meets a strange old man who promises that
marvelous things
will happen, indeed they do. Escaping his aunts by climbing inside
a giant peach that mysteriously and suddenly grows on their barren
tree, he meets
some very unusual new friends, and as they break free in the peach
from
Spiker and Sponge, they embark on a series of wildly imaginative
adventures. Tickets
$10. Showtimes: Fri. & Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sat. & Sun. 2 p.m.
305 West Main St., Arlington, 817-275-7661, www.theatrearlington.org.
25-March 20 Granbury, TX-The Granbury Opera
House (restored from 1886) cast performs A Closer Walk With Patsy
Cline. Julie Johnson
returns to the Opera House for eight weeks in her critically acclaimed
performance
as the unforgettable singer. The show traces Cline’s footsteps
from her early days singing on the radio and in honkytonks, to her
rise
to fame at the Grand Ole Opry, and her triumphs in Las Vegas and
Carnegie Hall. This musical contains
21 of Cline's greatest hits including “Crazy,” “Walkin'
After Midnight,” “I Fall To Pieces,” “She's
Got You,” and “Sweet
Dreams.” Fri. & Sat. 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. and Sun. 2 p.m.
Tickets $16-$24. On the Square. 866-572-0881, www.granburyoperahouse.org.
26 Billy Bob’s Texas-Loretta Lynn.
10:30 p.m. $9 & $25.
2520 Rodeo Plaza, 817-624-7117, www.billybobstexas.com.
26 Texas Camerata (formerly
Fort Worth Early Music) returns to the Modern Art Museum of Fort
Worth with four exciting concerts. Texas Camerata is dedicated to
continuing the performance of the rich and varied
repertoire of the Baroque era at the highest artistic level, using
period instruments
with an emphasis on historically correct style. This month is “An
Image of Love,” with
vocal and instrumental works by Handel, Scarlatti, Monteverdi and
Couperin. Tickets: adults $20, seniors $15, teachers with ID $10,
students
with ID $5, children under 12 free with adult admission. 2 p.m. 3200
Darnell
St., 817-921-9275, www.fwearlymusic.org.
26-28 The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra brings “Russia’s
Finest” to Bass Performance
Hall. Japanese violin sensation Sayaka Shoji makes her Fort Worth
debut in the greatest of all virtuoso violin concertos, the mighty
Tchaikovsky. Popular
returning guest conductor David Lockington opens the concert with
a witty suite
of pieces by Stravinsky followed by Shostakovich’s lighthearted
Symphony No.9, one of his rare sunny pieces and his homage to the
great symphonies
of Haydn. Tickets $13-$72. Showtimes: Fri. & Sat. 8 p.m., Sun.
2 p.m. Corner of 4th & Calhoun
Sts., 817-665-6000, www.fwsypmphony.org.
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