This week, July 15-17, The Exchange Club of East Dallas presents its 91st-annual Dallas Junior Golf Championship, part of which takes place at Tenison Golf Course on East Grand. Go to dallasjuniorgolfchampionship.com or call 214.670.1403 for more.
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.
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.
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.