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Today 4 Out of 5 Doctors returns to Pocket Sandwich Theatre. The comedy troupe presents music, sketches and improvisational comedy. Rated R. Seating and food and beverage service begin at 6:30 p.m.; the show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10. Call 214-817-1860 for reservations.
Today-Feb. 13 The third annual Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition is on display in the Texas Woman’s University Fine Arts Galleries from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday and on weekends by appointment only. A closing reception Feb. 12 6-8 p.m. will honor the artist. Heautoscopy, works by Victoria Hirt, last year’s solo exhibition winner, is also on view. Hirt’s exhibit uses reappropriated images from historical references to create a modern group of color photographs that represent a new time. For information, call 940-898-2530.
Today-Feb. 13 The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is presenting the exhibition 125 Years of Justin Boots. For more information, contact Kelly at 817-509-8967.
Today-Feb. 14 NW Campus Visual Arts Lakeview Gallery will present Lenard Brown: One-Person Printmaking Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. For information, contact Eduardo Aguilar at 817-515-7207 or the fine arts office at 817-515-7686.
Today-Feb. 14 Lanford Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning romantic comedy Talley’s Folly is showing at Circle Theatre. The play is about a man who pleads his love for a woman, even though her family will never accept him. For reservations, call 817-877-3040.
Today-Feb. 15 NE Campus is sponsoring The University of Texas at Arlington photography students’ first group exhibition Focus in the College Hall Gallery. Dr. Kathryn Shields, a professor of art history at the university, is the exhibit curator. For more information, contact Paul Leicht at 817-715-1797.
Today-Feb. 22 The Jubilee Theatre is presenting Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting by Ed Schmidt. The story focuses on Branch Rickey, manager of the famed Brooklyn Dodgers in the late 1940s, as he stands ready to sign Jackie Robinson. He calls together a summit meeting with help from the greatest black men of the day, and they consider politics and philosophies and how their influence might keep peace at this volatile shift in culture. For ticket information, call 817-338-4411.
Today-Feb. 27 SE Campus is presenting Finding Time, a faculty and staff exhibition in Art Corridor II. Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. For information, contact John Frost at 817-515-3406.
Today-Feb. 29 The Irving Arts Center will present Exquisite Stitches: African American Quilts. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday and Tuesday.
Today-April 18 The Kimbell Art Museum in the Fort Worth Art District is exhibiting The Drawings of Francois Boucher (1703-1770) and Boucher’s Mythological Paintings. Hours are Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday noon-8 p.m. and Sunday noon-5 p.m.
Today-May 2 The Amon Carter Museum is displaying Sights Once Seen: Daguerreotyp-ing Fremont’s Last Expedition Through the Rockies. This exhibition brings together American history and the history of photography. The exhibit features more than 100 daguerreotypes by photographer Robert Shlaer, who from 1994-98 retraced the route of explorer John C. Fremont. Fremont led an expedition from Missouri to California in an attempt to locate a route for the proposed transcontinental railway. The museum is closed Mondays. Museum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday. For information, contact the museum or visit its Web site at cartermuseum.org.
Today-May 9 The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History in the Arts District of Fort Worth has opened a new exhibit: Play it by Ear. This exhibit invites visitors to touch, hear and play with sound art. Admission to the exhibit is $7 for adults; $5 for children (3-12) and seniors (60+). Exhibit hours are Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Friday-Saturday 9 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sunday 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. For more information, call 817-255-9300.
Today-May 31 The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is presenting Whodunit? The interactive exhibit explores scientific methods and technologies used to solve crimes, including DNA profiling, fingerprinting, firearm identification, forensic anthropology, pathology, entomology, odontology, evidence collection and trace evidence. Admission to the exhibit is included with regular admission. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children (3-12) and seniors (60+). Exhibit hours are Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Friday-Saturday 9 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sunday 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. For information, call 817-255-9300.
Feb.13-15 The Fort Worth Dallas Ballet will present Three of Hearts, a Valentine celebration with three ballets in one performance at Bass Performance Hall. The performances will include Serenade by Tchaikov-sky/Balanchine; Jitter Hoppin, swing music from the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s by Alex and Virginia Arizpe, and a third piece to be announced. For ticket information, call 817-763-0207 ext. 302.
Feb. 17 Elroy Roberts Productions is holding talent auditions 4-7 p.m. for the Millennium 2004 All-Star Variety Show. Roberts is seeking models, singers, dancers, comedians, bands, rappers and lipsingers. Auditions will be held at 4833-D Brentwood Stair Road in Fort Worth. Call 817-429-3116 for additional information.
Feb. 19-22 NW Theatre presents HONK!, a family entertainment musical production based on Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Ugly Duckling.” Honk! will run at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 19-21, with 2:30 p.m. matinees on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 21-22. Tickets are $5 for general admission, $3 for non TCC students and seniors and free for TCC students, faculty and staff. Call 817-515-7724 for reservations.
Feb. 20-21 Professional dancers from across the United States will present an evening of modern dance at 8 p.m. in the Denton Center for Visual Arts. Performers include Lacy & Shade, Sarah Gamblin, John Dixon, Laura Shandelmeier and Colleen Thomas. They will offer solos and duets to illustrate various moods and ideas. Co-sponsored by the TWU dance department and the Denton Arts Council, performances will cost $10 for adults and $5 for children.
Feb. 20-March 27 Shanghai Moon by Charles Busch opens at Pocket Sandwich Theatre. Shanghai Moon is a tongue-in-cheek look at the 1930s oriental movie melodramas. It involves the visit by a notorious young beauty to Shanghai, where she becomes involved in a steamy affair with a mysterious warlord and ensnared in an exotic world of opium addiction, drug smuggling and white slavery. Performances are 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets, ranging from $8-$16 are available at 214-821-1860.
Feb. 27-29 Agua, Azucarillos y Aguardiente by Frederico Chueca will be presented by the TCU Opera Studio with the TCU Symphony Orchestra. The performance features excerpts from Zarzuela performed by soprano Martha Guitérrez. Performances are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday in Ed Landreth Auditorium on University Drive.
March 2 The Cowtown Opry will celebrate and remember Texas Independence Day and the state’s heritage. The program begins at 5 p.m. and includes reenactments, dinner, entertainment and a silent auction. Tickets are $50 each. For reservations, call 817-366-9675.