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Alligator Mardi Gras
Celebrate Mardi Gras at their 4th annual Fat Tuesday Party and Crawfish Boil. Live music starring the Hash Brown Band, featuring Miss Marcie and Cheryl Arena. The tent party calls for lots of beads, food and a clown for the kids. It’s an East Dallas wingding.
Alligator Cafe
4416 Live Oak Street
Dallas, TX 75204-6719
214.821.6900
Body Beautiful
That little red dress you need to get into Valentines Weekend will feel fabulously seductive after a Body Weight Loss Wrap before the main event. Couple that with a Sunless Airbrush Tan - no tan lines and the summer glow will surely send Cupid straight into space. Self confidence, now that’s a gift worth giving yourself! $35; Body Weight Loss Wraps, $35; Full Body Infrared Treatments, $30; Sunless Airbrush Tan. JPadilla
Body Beautiful Studio
4221 Bryan Street
February 11,12 & 13
214.979.0500
Poetic Valentine
we can’t tell you how many times we’ve heard someone try to explain the restaurant’s location to a newbie: “You know Munger and Gaston? Well, go about a block east and a bock south, across the street from the playground.” The Garden Café has long been one of Dallas’ not so secret secrets for lunch and breakfast but everyone once in a while they open for dinner on special occasions like Valentines and it’s BYOB.
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The Claremont Trio
“... astonishing facility and ensemble precision.” -Washington Post
After having performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington and Carnegie Hall this fall as part of their 10th anniversary season, the Claremont Trio is currently on a nationwide tour and will be performing for one night only as part of the Dallas Chamber Music’s season.
The trio made up of twin sisters Emily Bruskin (violin) and Julia Bruskin (cello) with Donna Kwong (piano) was formed in 1999 by the girls at The Juilliard School.
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Call to Artist and Artist Lecturer
Every year, artists from all ethnicities and creeds are chosen to be represented in the Latino Cultural Centers annual Hecho en Dallas (Made in Dallas) exhibition show. That’s the thing about art; Talent is colorless! If you choose to enter, the 7th annual show will make it possible to realize a dream of having work seen in a gallery setting, admired and possibly purchased.
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Local Honey Holiday Mix
So, the relatives or friends are in town this weekend for the holidays and you want to show them that there is soooo much more to Dallas than the Cowboys and shopping. Well, if they have a musical bone in their body, you’re going to want to take them to Local Honey’s 4th Annual Holiday Mix at Lakewood Theater, where the amount of musical talent assembled on one stage is sure to blow their doors off.
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Block Party
The newish annual event will have you rubbing elbows with artists, photographers, non-profit volunteers and restaurateurs for the second Love All, Serve All block party. The little shops on the corner have grown since last year. Victors Café, Paper Arts and the It’ll Do Club have been joined by Ledoux Art Gallery, Clay Austin Studio, Karen Blessing Studio, Today Marks the Beginning and Queen City in East Elm at Peak and Elm. There’ll be food and drinks and fun and it’s all complimentary. Hosted by Jeff Swaney, the after 10 party progresses around the corner (take a right) to gentleman Jack Ruby’s old hideaway the It’ll Do Club at 4322 Elm Street.
Peak & Elm Merchants
North Peak at Elm Street
Saturday, December 12; 6 – 10 pm
Jimmy's Open Sunday
Never on Sunday? Phhht! When it’s a holiday, anything goes and Jimmy’s not normally open on Sunday’s, will be open this Sunday only for holiday shopping. They also say they have a couple of Tuscan closeouts on Placido Chianti Classico Riserva ’04 – Was $17.99 – Now $7.99 and Placido Rosso di Montalcino ’05 – Was $18.99 – Now $8.99. Now that’s amore! DHarris
Jimmy’s Food Store
4901 Bryan at Fitzhugh
214-823-6180
Only this Sunday!
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Coffee Table Book
Dallas Arboretum
The Dallas Arboretum has published its first coffee table book, The Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden,. At 76 pages, the book is perfect for side tables and won’t overwhelm small condo living rooms.
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Duke of Ellingson
On Friday, March 5, Jazz Trio, The Ellingson’s featuring Kay Ellingson on vocals, Kent Ellingson on Keys with special guest star Chuck Pangburn on guitar will play at Watel’s Jazz during dinner. Of course you can dine anytime, however the jazz starts at 8 pm. $5 cover
Jazz Dinners
Watel’s WORLD PIECE CAFE
1802 Greenville Avenue
214.720.0323
Lakewood Theater
Burlesque Comedy Show
Remember the I Love Lucy skit when she was in burlesque costume trying to break into the movies in a movie scene– my favorite part was when the star (not Lucy) was shot with a gun and Lucy took the opportunity to pretend she was shot to get the attention of the director and producer. Although it didn’t work out, she got back at them by writing her name on the bottom of her shoe so viewers would know who she was. Hold that thought and magnify The Amour Show performance to the Nth degree.
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Casablanca Screening
Just before the screening of the film classic Casablanca, Rick Derek and his Cupid Trio will perform the top hits of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Mel Torme and Dean Martin.
Voted best American Screen romance on AFI’s list, the evening in the historic building built in 1938 and bathed in red velvet will get you back in the good graces of whoever you’ve neglected lately.
Lakewood Theater
1825 Abrams Road
214.821.7469
8:30 pm
$20
English.French.Spanish
14th Annual International Festival
Teatro Dallas, celebrating 25 years will hold its 14th International Festival and Workshop. The event will be celebrated with works of theatrical performances every weekend in February either at the Latino Cultural Center or Teatro Dallas’ permanent home on Record Crossing on the Trinity River. Groups groups from Mexico, Spain, Belgium and the United States will perform according to director Cora Cordona.
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The Amour Show
With the resurgence in Burlesque theatrical performances sweeping the nation and International competitions heating up, fitness clubs and gyms are adding the dance technique to a line up of classes along with Zumba and other popular dances so I sat down with Shoshana Portnoy (shown) over lunch recently for a Q & A about the vintage art form. Shoshana is the owner of Pin Curl Magazine and Pin-Up Photography.
Q: Everyone is talking about burlesque, so what exactly is it these days?
Portnoy: By definition, burlesque means “to make a spectacle of”. Burlesque is a performance art and can encompass a wide range of performances, but a visual spectacle which focuses on the tease, are both essential elements.
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Other Worlds
It’s love at first sight for some coming in contact with the art work of Austin based artist Skip Noah and with the interaction of beaming color, mystical creatures and profound shapes the paintings speak for themselves. Nature and outdoors draws Noah’s attention as he captures unforeseen objects and contour and gives you a brilliant and bold interpretation.
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