Bob Schneider: Photo from Facebook
This Saturday, July 11, Austin-based pop/folk musician Bob Schneider plays an 8 p.m. show at the Granada Theater, located at 3524 Greenville. Call 214.824.9933 or visit granadatheater.com for more information. Tickets are $25.
Tomorrow, July 9, at Lakewood Library kids can learn about bridges and build their own using drinking straws and tape, then test it to see how much weight it will support. This 2 p.m. event is a part of the Mayor’s Summer Reading Program. Lakewood Library is located at 6121 Worth. Call 214.670.1376 or visit dallaslibrary.org for more information. The event is free.
CASA celebrates its 20th-annual Parade of Playhouses
Kicking off on July 10 and running until July 26 is the 20th anniversary celebration of Parade of Playhouses at NorthPark Center to benefit Dallas CASA, which is located in East Dallas. It features specially designed and constructed children’s playhouses, built and donated by corporations and sponsors. It is free to view the playhouse, and you can also enter for a chance to win one by purchasing a raffle ticket for $5 each or five for $20. Tickets are available now at www.dallascasa.org or NorthPark Center. The drawing to announce the playhouse winners takes place during the closing ceremony at NorthPark Center on the final day of the event. Winners do not need to be present to win.
Sunday, July 12, will be Too Hot To Handle. Can you handle the heat? If so, run this race — 5k or 15k — with the Dallas Running Club. It’s at Norbuck Park at White Rock Lake. Go to runproject.org for more info. Entrance is $20-$65.
Don’t miss Summer at the Arboretum, which includes fairytale flower houses with a Texas twist, a replica of the Rio Grande, a covered chuck wagon, two topiary longhorn cattle and a hay-bale maze. On Fridays the arboretum also has face painting, a petting zoo and music for the little ones. The Dallas Arboretum is located at 8525 Garland. Call 214.515.6615 or visit dallasarboretum.org for more. Entrance is $10-$15.
For “Irrational City,” which runs until Aug 1, Dwayne Carter curates an exhibit of paintings, digital art, video, interactivity, installations and performance art that “focuses on constructions of identity amid an imagined post-apocalyptic cultural landscape.” An opening reception is from 7-9 p.m. Friday, July 3, at the Bath House Cultural Center, located at 521 E. Lawther. Go to dallasculture.org/athhouseculturecenter for more or call 214.670.8749. The exhibit is free.
Shakespeare in the Park runs through July 25. Every week is a traditional staging of “Romeo and Juliet,” which runs until July 25 alongside “The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (abridged) [revised],” wherein actors blaze through all 37 of the bard’s plays in 90 minutes. That runs through July 24. All shows start at 8:15 p.m. Samuell Grand Amphitheater is located at 1500 Tenison. Call 214.559.2778 or visit shakespearedallas.org for more information. Tickets are $10-$15.
Through July 12, “The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley” follows a 10-year-old boy whose wish is granted to be flattened and mailed around the world. Dallas Children’s Theater is located at 5938 Skillman. Call 214.740.0051 or visit dct.org for more information. Tickets are $22-$28.
Erika Jaeggli’s charcoal artwork
Through July 11, Lakewood artist Erika Jaeggli is hosting a charcoal art exhibit at WAAS Gallery that explores the darker side of the “fear of missing out” or “FOMO” — the anxiety and sense of dread that threatens the self, convincing you that you do not really exist if you are not socially engaged. Learn more.
Vickery Meadow Good Local Market will set up shop in the parking lot of the Flagship HPB every Sunday, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The market provides a connection between local farmers, food producers and craftsmen within our community. Shop food, clothes, jewelry and more, all made by North Texans. The Vickery Meadow Good Local Market accepts debit/credit cards and the Lone Star Card. Support for the market comes from the Vickery Meadow Improvement District. Go to the website for more.
Still have that old VHS player? If you’re looking for a reason to dust it off and give it a whirl, stop by the flagship location of Half Price Books on Northwest Highway on Friday. All VHS tapes in stock priced at $4.98 or less will be sold for $1 on Fridays only, until further notice. Call 214.379.8000 for details.
