Jump into fall this November with our top picks of events, shows, and activities. Make sure to watch the video above, as seen in the Highland Park Village Theatre.
Friday, Nov. 1, 2013
Bradfield Rocks! Carnival
Bradfield Elementary School
4300 Southern
Highland Park, TX 75205
2:30 pm – 6:00pm
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Friends and families of Bradfield Elementary are invited to join its students from 2:30-6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, for carnival fun at Bradfield Rocks. Enjoy rides, creepy critters, a game truck, an expanded midway of games, the all-new Silly Town with confetti eggs, silly string and much more. Wristband tickets will be available for purchase at the carnival.
Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas Stars Hockey game
American Airlines Center
Dallas, TX
7:30pm
Ticket prices vary.
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Enjoy the excitement of the game at the hockey match between Colorado’s Avalanches and the Dallas Stars!
Saturday, Nov, 2, 2013
Color in Motion 5k - Benefiting MAKE A WISH! Foundation
Ranger Park
1000 Ballpark Way
Arlington, TX 76011
9:00am
$45 Regular registration if purchased by Nov. 1 | $50 registration fee per person day of Nov. 2nd
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Color in Motion is your moving body plastered in an explosion of vibrant color with all your friends!
It’s always best if you can combine two things you love at the same time, right? At CIM5k we want to be sure to combine having a great time, all while helping a worthy cause! So while you’re getting plastered with Color, you’ll have the extra feelings of happiness knowing that you’re helping make someone’s dreams come true! A minimum of $5,000 will be donated to Make-A-Wish Foundation North Texas!
How many times have you paid money to run around a few city blocks, drink a cup of warm Gatorade, eat a banana, and be given a t-shirt that you will probably only wear once every two months while doing yard work? Why not color outside the lines while being active, social, and a little wacky! The Color in Motion 5k gives you all these benefits plus unforgettable fun and heaps of memories! By the end of the CIM5k your blank canvas will be brighter than ever-your clothes, health, and outlook on life will be changed for the better!
You just show up wearing white and we do the rest! As you sprint, jog, waddle, or leisurely stroll along you will be bombarded with bright colors that transform a group of ordinary runners into a moving rainbow. The color that you will be showered in is completely safe and washes off easily. If you don’t think you can beat your friends with speed, see if you can be the real winner by coming out of the race covered head to toe in a vibrant springtime camouflage.
Saturday, Nov. 3, 2013
Dinosaurs!
The Perot Museum
2201 N. Field Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
10:00am – 5:00pm
$27 adults / $18 kids (ages 2 - 11) / $22 (ages 12 - 17)
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Towering dinosaurs, rare fossils and virtual paleo-habitats are just a few of the features that make the T. Boone Pickens Life Then and Now Hall a must-go destination for dinosaur lovers, fossil collectors or just about anyone who has ever wondered what life was like when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Here inside the 11,000-square-foot exhibition space, you’ll discover awe-inspiring fossil finds like the infamous predator Tyrannosaurus rex or the plant-eating Alamosaurus. And with the push of a button, you can launch a video interview with the scientist who discovered parts of this gargantuan fossil skeleton. You’ll also discover how plants and animals have adapted to changing conditions over the millennia — and you’ll have the chance to introduce beneficial adaptations of your own as you create a virtual animal to do battle in our videogame challenge. Other highlights include:
- The advanced paleo methods and tools currently in use in the field and lab
- Behind-the-scenes footage of our own Perot Museum paleontologists
- How a land-dwelling animal evolved into a giant marine predator called the Mosasaurus
- The transition of Dallas from underwater to Ice Age to present day
- The “megafauna” of the Ice Age and why they became extinct
- Our hands-on Fossil Lab, where you can examine and manipulate fossil replicas to solve ancient mysteries
- Compare the jaws and teeth of meat eaters with those of plant eaters
- Explore predator-prey adaptations of then and now
- Learn what ancient animal tracks can tell us about family group structure and behavior
- Examine the winter survival strategies of modern mammals for clues that could explain how northern dinosaurs might have endured the cold season
- Visit our Little Bend Dinosaur Dig!
Friday, Nov. 8, 2013
Hollydays at Hyer Elementary School
Hyer Elementary School
3920 Caruth Boulevard
University Park, Texas
4:00pm – 8:00pm
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The 2013 Hyer Preschool Association will host its 35th Anniversary Happy Hollydays Bazaar on November 8th & 9th, 2013. Grab your holiday shopping list! This event continues a rich-tradition that brings together high-quality vendors with more than 1,000 shoppers from across the Park Cities and the greater North Dallas area. Net Proceeds support vital projects and programs at Robert S. Hyer Elementary and its mission to provide continued educational excellence.
Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013
Purple Stride 5k – Supporting Pancreatic Cancer Research
Klyde Warren Park
1909 Woodall Rodgers Fwy.
Dallas, TX 75201
Tickets are $10-$35
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The Dallas/Fort-Worth Affiliate of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network will present the PurpleStride DFW 5K timed run and 1-mile awareness walk, bringing together pancreatic cancer survivors, families, friends and supporters to raise money to help advance research, support patients and create hope.
Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013
Highland Park Centennial Landmarking Ceremony
Highland Park Village
47 HIGHLAND PARK VILLAGE
DALLAS, TEXAS 75205
Free
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Attend a special Centennial Landmarking Ceremony presented by the Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society at various locations including Dallas Country Club, Armstrong School, and Highland Park Village.
Friday, Nov. 15, 2013
LATE NIGHTS! At the Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas Museum of Art
7:00pm – Midnight
FREE (some exhibitions require an admission ticket)
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Throughout the night, enjoy music, talks, films, readings, and family activities inspired by the work of Edward Hopper. DMA Partners can get a sneak peek of Hopper Drawing: A Painter’s Process.
Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013 (onward)
Pictures with Santa at North Park
North Park Mall
Monday – Saturday, 11 am – 2 pm, 2:30 pm – 5 pm, 5:30 pm – 7 pm; Sunday, 12:30 pm – 3 pm, 3:30 pm – 5 pm;
Prices vary.
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Create special memories with NorthPark Center’s Santa Claus, who has been sharing visits, wish lists and photos with generations of boys and girls. Children feel right at home in Santa Claus’ cozy living room complete with fireplace, holiday tree and a comfy leather armchair. Capture the moments of those special times with Santa Claus on your own camera or purchase professional portraits by Marc Robins Photography.
Tickets available starting at 9 am, Monday – Saturday, and 10 am on Sunday.
Sunday, Nov. 30, 2013
The Nutcracker Ballet
AT&T Performing Arts Center - Winspear Opera House in Dallas, US
2403 Flora Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
8:00pm - Tickets starting at $75
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Don’t miss the return of the all new production of Ben Stevenson’s The Nutcracker! This dazzling production is the perfect way to celebrate the season as the classic holiday tale delights audiences anew with waltzing snowflakes, battling mischievous mice, adorable children, a glittering swan sleigh, a flying carpet and spectacular dancing. Last season this highly-rated performance stunned and entertained sold-out audiences with lavishly detailed sets and brilliant costumes, so subscribe and purchase your tickets today!
Ongoing Events Throughout November
Autumn Festival at the Arboretum
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens
3920 Caruth Boulevard
University Park, Texas
Tickets $18 adult /$13 children (ages 3 -12)
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Autumn at the Arboretum returns for another season of fall family fun. The garden will transform with thousands of blazing colored florals as over 50,000 pumpkins, gourds and squash come together to form the nationally acclaimed storybook pumpkin village. A multitude of special events will also be available on weekdays and weekends along with the hay bale maze, the great pumpkin search, and the Tom Thumb pumpkin patch.
Chinese Lantern Festival
Fair Park
1121 FIRST AVENUE
DALLAS, TX, 75210
Tickets: Adults $14, Children $9 (ages 4-12)
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The Chinese Lantern Festival is igniting the lagoon at Fair Park all over again—this time with 24 spectacular lantern displays. The Lantern Festival wowed Dallas last year with brilliant, glowing artworks in vivid colors, and offers even more impressive displays this year.
Come “Light a New Dream”, and marvel at spectacular displays that include the Imperial Dragon Boat. Stretching over 120 feet, this royal craft welcomes passengers aboard in the middle of the lagoon. Elsewhere, the Porcelain Pagoda’s nine towering spires command attention, reaching as high as 53 feet. It’s inspired by a Buddhist temple in China, and will match the height of the original. But ours is composed of an astounding 68,000 pieces of porcelain dishware—plates, bowls, spoons, and cups—all hand-tied using traditional techniques.
A full cast of characters will be ready to greet you—monkeys, pandas, even a baby T-rex just hatching! Walk through a garden of giant tulips, pass a fanciful castle, and into a stately hall of enormous lanterns. The dreams alight from September 27, 2013, through January 5, 2014. Come reignite that sense of awe and wonder you forgot you had.
Jim Hodges: Sometimes Beauty
Dallas Museum of Art
1717 N Harwood
Dallas, TX 75201(214) 922-1200
11:00 am – 5:00 pm - Tickets: $16 adults / $12 students
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See the work of contemporary American artist Jim Hodges. Co-organized by the Dallas Museum of Art and the Walker Art Center, Jim Hodges explores the trajectory of the artist’s twenty-five-year career, highlighting the major themes that unify his multilayered and varied practice.
Comprising approximately seventy-five works produced from 1987 through the present, this exhibition examines how Hodges transforms both everyday and precious materials into poignant meditations on themes including time, loss, identity, and love. Jim Hodges brings together photography, drawing, works on paper, and objects rendered in mirror, light bulbs, and glass alongside several major room-size installations to examine and illuminate Hodges’ command of material and gesture.
On view at the Dallas Museum of Art from October 6, 2013, through January 12, 2014, Jim Hodges is co-curated by Jeffrey Grove, the DMA’s Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, and Olga Viso, Executive Director of the Walker. Following its debut at the DMA, the exhibition will travel to Minneapolis’s Walker Art Center, where it will open in February 2014, and then proceed to the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston in June, and the UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, in October.
The Merchant of Venice: AN UNABRIDGED STAGED READING
AT&T Performing Arts Center - Hamon Hall
Tickets: $10
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Venice, 1596. Melancholy Antonio loves the youthful Bassanio, so when Bassanio asks for 3000 ducats, Antonio says yes before knowing it’s to sue for the hand of Portia. His capital tied up in merchant ships at sea, Antonio must go to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender he reviles. Shylock wraps his grudge in kindness, offering a three-month loan at no interest, but if not repaid, Antonio will owe a pound of flesh. The Jew’s daughter elopes with a Christian, whetting Shylock’s hatred. While Bassanio’s away wooing Portia, Antonio’s ships founder, Shylock demands his pound of flesh. With court assembled and a judgment due, Portia swings into action to save Bassanio’s friend.
Pay-what-you-can Admission to the Sunday performances for students with a valid student ID.*
*(Student tickets will be available at the door only. No pre-purchase. Subject to availability. Two tickets per student ID.)
Art Lab
The Perot Museum
2201 N. Field Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
10:00 am – 5:00 pm - General Admission Ticket required
Headed down to the Moody Family Children’s Museum with your little one? Then come and explore creativity and science with your child in the Art Lab, located inside the Children’s Museum. Hands-on projects are guided by an early childhood professional each day. No registration is required — all you need is a general exhibits admission ticket to the Perot Museum!
Peninsulas and Dragon Tails – Southeast Asian Art
The Crow Collection
2010 Flora Street
Dallas, TX 75201
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. - Free Admission
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The Crow Collection’s latest AdventureAsia will let you learn about the geography of Southeast Asia through the exhibition Peninsulas and Dragon Tails: Southeast Asian Art from the Crow Collection, create artworks inspired by the collection, hear stories from across Asia and enjoy family yoga with Yogiños: Yoga for Youth.
Carmen by Bizet
Winspear Opera House
Nov. 11, 2013
Tickets Starting at $15
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She’s the woman no man can resist and, as performed by mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine in her American debut, who would want to say non? Hailed as “Best Newcomer” in the 2011 French Classical Music Awards, Margaine will have her hands full with two head-turning, heart-melting Don Josés: tenors Brandon Jovanovich, who sang Pinkerton to great acclaim in his most recent appearance here in 2010, and Bruno Ribeiro (making his company debut). This truly phenomenal cast, from Mary Dunleavy in the role of Micaëla to Dwayne Croft as Escamillo the Toreador, will bring on the sizzle — as well as the steak! Featuring a classic Jean-Pierre Ponnelle set design from the San Francisco Opera, this production conducted by Emmanuel Villaume and directed by Chris Alexander will make all the other good/bad girls of opera seem tame, if not lame, in comparison.
Don’t miss our first Carmen in the Winspear Opera House — because, unlike our tempestuous title character, you may live to regret it.
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