Here’s a list of things to keep in mind when planning out your weekend:
- Looking for something to do on Valentine’s Day? Head to Lakewood Theater for the double feature — a performance by Ricki Derek, followed by a screening of Casablanca. The event will be on Feb. 14. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the show starts at 8:30 p.m. Visit Lakewood Theater’s website for more. Tickets are $20-$30.
- Then, celebrate Valentine’s Day Weekend by stocking up on magazines (only 50 cents a bundle) and romance novels (35 cents to $1.00). The Skillman Southwestern Library Friends fundraiser held at and supports the Skillman Southwestern Library. The event will be held Thursday from 4 p.m. to 5:45 pm. Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- To celebrate President’s Day on Monday, Feb. 17, the Dallas Arboretum is planning an all American celebration themed “America the Beautiful.” Admission is $5 at the gate, and active and retired military get in complimentary with identification. The discount applies only to those purchasing tickets onsite at the ticket booth. Special children’s activities include face painting, a petting zoo, Presidential trivia and a tree scavenger hunt. There is also a costume contest for children coming dressed as their favorite president and prizes for the best costumes. The judging begins at 12:00 p.m. at the Martin Rutchik Concert Stage. Throughout the garden, patriotic music will greet visitors, and when hungry, guests can purchase $1 hot dogs, $1 popcorn and $1 fried cherry pie.
- Echo Theatre is turning the historic Art-Deco style Bath House Cultural Center into the fictional 1930’s “Echo Room Supper Club” and filling it with music, song and dance. They’ve gathered a group of singers from the varied backgrounds of opera, musical theater and indie-music, and they’re “thrilled” to be collaborating with the DGDG: Danielle Georgiou Dance Group; musical director and arranger Scott A. Eckert; and members of Matt Tolentino’s Big Band to bring Dallas audiences great music from women lyricists and composers circa 1900-1940 for the celebration of “HER SONG.” HER SONG will run until Feb. 22. Tickets $25-$35.
- “Go, Dog Go!” is on at Dallas Children’s Theater until Feb. 23. This stage adaptation of P.D. Eastman’s classic children’s book is geared towards the 4-year-old-and-up crowd. Tickets are $22-$28.
- It’s a tad out of our neighborhood, but The Reading Room is hosting an exhibition presented by the collective (wo)manorial until March 1. The title “never to be yourself and yet always – that is the problem” is taken from Virginia Woolf’s “The Modern Essay.” The group exhibition addresses those endless doubts and beliefs, searches and frustrations, manipulations and attempts to be honest with art and with ourselves, questioning the freedom that gives pleasure but also uncertainty. The Reading Room is a project space at 3715 Parry that’s dedicated to text and image. For further information, contact Karen Weiner 214.952.4109 or check out the website for more.
