Date & Time: Friday, June 26 - 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday, June 27 - 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sunday, June 28 - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: The Grapevine Convention Center
Address: 1209 S. Main St
Description: A great line up of exhibitors selling estate jewelry, fine jewelry, fashion jewelry, including jewelry manufacturers, and more beads and supplies than you'll ever see.  This show is open to the public. Buyers will not find better deals anywhere. Beading classes, Cab cutting and demonstrations by Jurassic Jewelry.
Cost: Admission is $5 at the door.

Boys and girls in grades 4-9 are invited to call to schedule an audition.  Auditions for the 2009-2010 Chorus year will be July 25 and August 15 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 5810 W. Plano Parkway. To schedule an audition or to learn more about the Chorus visit the website.

Date & Time: May 2nd to July 5th regular zoo hours
Location: Dallas Zoo
Address: I-35 at Marsalis, Dallas
Description: Enter an interactive butterfly exhibit that will have you all aflutter as you walk through a lushly landscaped setting with a bubbling fountain in the background and hundreds of butterflies flitting about. The seasonal exhibit features butterflies throughout their life cycle and more than a dozen Texas native species will be displayed, including monarch butterflies, zebra long wings, Gulf fritillaries, question marks, red admirals, and black, pipevine, and giant swallowtails. Located behind the Large Mammal Building in ZooNorth!
Cost: Admission is free with regular Zoo admission.

Date & Time: June 23 - July 5 - Times Vary
Location: Music Hall at Fair Park
Address: 909 1st Ave, Dallas
Description: Sensational sets, stunning special effects, an irresistible story, and an unforgettable Sherman Brothers score, including memorable classics like “Truly Scrumptious”, “Hushabye Mountain”, and, of course, the Oscar®-nominated title song, all add up to a Broadway blockbuster the whole family will love. 
Cost: Ticket prices vary - see Dallas Summer Muscial website for information and purchasing

Date & Time: Every Thursday from April 30th to July 30th from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Location: Dallas Arboretum at the Martin Rutchik Concert Stage and Lawn
Address: 8525 Garland Rd, Dallas
Description: Pack a picnic and enjoy a great concert!
Cost: Tickets may be purchased on the Dallas Arboretum website.

Date & Time: New alligator exhibit opens April 18 for Dallas Roars! 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily
Location: The Dallas Zoo
Address: 650 South R.L. Thornton Freeway (I-35E), Dallas, TX 75203.
The Zoo is located three miles south of downtown Dallas, on I-35E at the Marsalis exit.
Description: The legendary white creature with piercing pink eyes rising from the new swamp in the Pierre A. Fontaine Bird & Reptile Building is not a ghost. That fact becomes obvious when 9-foot Boudreaux opens his massive jaws to take a fish or piece of chicken from his keeper. The male albino American alligator joins two traditionally pigmented female alligators and other swamp residents in the new Ghosts from the Bayou exhibit at the Dallas Zoo, which opens on April 18, the first weekend of Dallas Roars!
Cost: $10.00 Adults (age 12-64); $7.00 Children (age 3-11); $7.00 Seniors (age 65 up);
FREE Children (age 2 and under)

Date & Time: Thursdays & Saturdays through October 17th from 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Liberty Park
Address: 200 Block of South Main
Description: Come experience open air European-style shopping in Historic Downtown Grapevine, featuring the finest in handmade jewelery, home decor, antiques and a whole lot more.  
Remember to get your fresh produce from the Farmers Market at the Gazebo on Main Street.  Thursdays & Saturdays 8 a.m. to sell-out.

Date & Time: Through Sept. 7
Location: Grapevine Vintage Railroad
Address: Grapevine, TX
Description: Experience the great train robbery on the Grapevine to Fort Worth train trip.  Shortly after your departure from the Grapevine depot, cowboys on horseback will rob your train with guns blazing.  The train stops to allow the villains on board, and then the fun really begins.
Cost: Tickets available on line

Date & Time: Thursdays, 6:00–8:00 p.m. April 9th through June 25th
Location: Dallas Museum of Art
Address: 1717 North Harwood, Dallas TX 75201
Description: Enjoy live jazz in the Atrium every Thursday and join us for a casual dinner in the Atrium Cafe or for sophisticated small plates and half-price bottles of wine in Seventeen Seventeen Restaurant. 

Date & Time: September 24th to October 18th - Times Vary
Location: Music Hall at Fair Park
Address: 909 1st Ave, Dallas
Description: The show includes such wonderful songs as Chim Chim Cher-ee, A Spoonful of Sugar, Let’s Go Fly a Kite and of course, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. The NY Daily News hails MARY POPPINS as “a roof-raising, toe-tapping, high-flying extravaganza!” Let your imagination take flight at this perfectly magical musical!
Cost: Ticket prices vary - see Dallas Summer Muscial website for information and pricing

Date & Time: July 24th and 25th at 7:30pm; July 26th at 2:30pm
Location: McKinney Performing Arts Center
Address: 111 N. Tennessee, McKinney
Cost: Tickets are $7

Date & Time: May 23, 2009 – January 4, 2010; Mon - Sat 10am to 5 pm; Sunday 12 pm to 5 pm
Location: Museum of Nature & Science
Address: Science Building, 1318 S. 2nd Ave. (in Fair Park), Dallas, TX 75210
Description: The interactive Science of Spying exhibit is part James Bond, part Jack Bauer and part “Lie to Me.” It gives eager spy-wannabes of all ages an opportunity to experience the latest spy gadgets and techniques - including remote-control spy planes, night-vision goggles, biometric scanning, infiltrating computer systems and the dolphin spy camera. They also learn how to detect liars, crack safes and find hidden clues.  Visitors begin to find out about the plans of the shadowy organization OSTECK and follow the clues to uncover the secret location of its HQ.
Cost: Admission is free for members.  Non-members:  adults - $13.75, children 3 to 11 - $9.75, youth 12 to 18 - $12, seniors 62 and over, and students 18 and over with an ID - $12.50.  Admission includes Science of Spying and all regular museum exhibits.

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Date & Time: March 7th to December 31st
Location: Dallas Arboretum
Address: 8525 Garland Rd, Dallas
Description: Storybook Playhouses, based on classical children's storybooks, is a unique opportunity to enhance the visitor experience and for local architects to have their creativity on display.  The Playhouses will tie into educational literacy targeted to children and will be on display in various locations throughout the garden. 

Playhouses will be based on the following books:

Teremok, The Little Prince; The Owl and the Pussycat; City Green; Eragon; Treasure Island; One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish; The Bamboo Cutter's Daughter; James and the Giant Peach; Peter Pan; Thumbelina; Alice in Wonderland; Hope for the Flowers; The Lorax; Hansel & Gretel 

Date & Time: July 10th through the 19th; Fri & Sat at 7pm, Sat & Sun at 2pm
Location: Crawford Center for the Arts
Address: 1720 South Edmonds, Lewisville
Description: Rodgers and Hammerstein's famous Broadway classic, based on the book by Magaret Landon, Anna and the King of Siam, tells the story of a British school teacher hired to educate the King's children.
Cost: Tickets on sale at the box office 30 minutes before the show: Adults $10, Students/Seniors $8, Kids under 10 are $7

Date & Time: June 17th through September 7th - Fridays at 10:30 AM; Saturdays at 10:30 AM and 1:00 PM; Sundays at 2:00 PM

Location: Slappy’s Puppet Playhouse Galleria Dallas, Second Level. You can find us near Old Navy on Level Three (Suite 3140).
Park in the Blue Garage.

Address: 13350 Dallas Parkway, Ste. 2230, Dallas, TX 75240
Description: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is based on the original Oz books written by L. Frank Baum.

Cost: Tickets for the marionette productions are $8.00 for Children & Seniors and $9.00 for Adults.

NEW LOCATION - near Old Navy on Level Three (Suite 3140), Park in the Blue Garage.