Root for the home team during the homecoming game this Friday, Oct. 24 when Woodrow takes on Hillcrest High School at Franklin Field at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5. Arrive early for the best seating and a cook-out by the Woodrow Athletic Boosters.
Show off your carving skills during Walton Garden’s pumpkin carving contest this Saturday, Oct. 25 at Walton’s Garden Center. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. and judging begins at 11 a.m. Bring your best carved pumpkin to be judged. The top three winners win gift cards.
The J.L. Long Band is hosting its first ever Long City Limits Benefit Concert this Saturday, Oct. 25th from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Samuell-Grand Amphitheater. Join them for an all day music festival featuring local bands of various genres. The proceeds will support the Long Band and The Shropshire Foundation. All-day access wristbands will be $20 for adults and $10 for DISD students and children under 10. Go to the square account to purchase wristbands.
Through this weekend, Oct. 25, The Bath House Cultural Center is hosting “The Two Character Play,” a rarely produced piece by Tennessee Williams in which two actors arrive on a deserted theater stage and begin to enact the play alone. Soon the actors and audience are treading the fine line between reality and illusion. Bath House Cultural Center is located at 521 E. Lawther. Go to the website for more, or call 214.670.8749. Tickets are $20-$22.
Through Oct. 31, the cult classic “Night of the Living Dead” returns to Dallas Children’s Theater, presented by Teen Scene Players. Radiation from a fallen satellite transforms the dead into flesh-eating zombies, and no one is safe. It’s the 1968 black and white, B-movie horror classic brought to life — figuratively speaking. Enjoyed by ages 13 and up. Dallas Children’s Theater is located at 5938 Skillman. Check out the website or call 214.978.0110. Tickets are $12-$14.
Through Oct. 26, Dallas Children’s Theater hosts its hilarious musical take on the classic fairy tale, Princess Rapunzel.
Dallas Children’s Theater is located at 5938 Skillman. Check out the website or call 214.978.0110. Tickets are $17-$28.
The Angelika Dallas Film Center is hosting its annual suspense fest Hitchcocktober, a month-long film homage to master of mystery, Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, in the Mockingbird Station mezzanine, just outside the Angelika Film Center. Every Thursday at 8 p.m. in October, guests are invited to lounge in front of Mockingbird Station’s large outdoor movie screen and take in a free showing of a classic Hitchcock film. This weekend, Angelika will host a screening of “Vertigo” on Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. For more information, visitAngelikafilmcenter.com.
Through Oct. 30, don’t forget about Concerts at the Arboretum . Every Thursday night, the Dallas Arboretum hosts a different band on the Martin Rutchik Concert Stage and Lawn. Bring your family, friends and your favorite food and drinks, and enjoy a concert overlooking White Rock Lake. All fall concerts are from 7-9 p.m. Gates open at 6 p.m. The Dallas Arboretum is located at 8525 Garland. Email reservations@dallasarboretum.org or call 214.515.6615 if you have questions. Admission is $15-$17 for adult members, $25-$27 for adult nonmembers, and $10 for children ages 3-12.
Through Nov. 23, enjoy ”The Cycles of the Fig Tree” by Carlos Cázares at St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts center, in the Justus Sundermann Gallery, at 5100 Ross. Cázares, a Mexican visual artist specializing in the disciplines of painting, sculpture and graphics, seeks to expose his heart to the light of the Creator, and constantly seeks a way to impress the life of God on his canvases. Through his experimentation with pigments and mineral deposits, he has found that materials such as gold and silver offer a beautiful refraction of light that enriches his work. His abstract works reflect an appreciation of ancient techniques applied in a contemporary setting. Go to cathedralartsdallas.org or call 214.887.6552 to schedule a free visit.
