Community at a glance

Today-May 2 The Amon Carter Museum presents Sights Once Seen: Daguerreotyping Fremont’s Last Expedition Through the Rockies. This exhibition brings together American history and the history of photography. It 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.

Today-May 9 The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History presents an interactive exhibit: Play It by Ear. This exhibit invites visitors to touch, hear and play with sound art. Admission to the exhibit is included with regular admission. 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 9 Picasso: The Cubist Portraits of Fernande Olivier is on exhibit at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas. Picasso was one of the 20th century’s most ground-breaking sculptors, greatly influencing the evolution of sculptural thought. Approximately 25 works in the mediums of painting, drawing and sculpture are on display Tuesday-Wednesday and Friday-Sunday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors, $5 for students and free for members and children under 12.

Today-May 15 Pocket Sandwich Theatre will continue its regular wacky fare of programming with Notorious Psycho Birds in the North by Northwest Rear Window, a comedy spoof. The comedy pokes fun at Alfred Hitchcock’s most famous potboiler mystery films. Performances are Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 7 p.m. in the Dallas theater. Prices are $8-$10. Call 214-821-1860 for information and reservations.

Today-May 16 The Literary Café at the Dallas Museum of Art hosts three evenings with writers and poets from area universities. Echo Theatre will give a stage reading of The Daughters of the Late Colonel by Katherine Mansfield at the final café on Friday, May 16. Literary Café is a part of a new initiative “Late Night at the Dallas Museum of Art.” The museum will stay open until midnight offering hundreds of experiences for visitors of all ages. Late night activities are free with paid admission to the museum.

Today-May 31 The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History presents 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.

April 22-25 The Dallas Symphony Orchestra welcomes award-winning pianist Stephen Hough in a three-weekend Rachmaninoff’s Festival. Hough and the DSO perform Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2. The program also includes Stravinsky’s The Right of Spring and Arensky’s Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky. Tickets range from $8-$100, and senior citizens receive a 20 percent discount on single-ticket purchases. For tickets, call 214-692-0203 or visit www.DallasSymphony.com.

April 22-25 NW Campus presents Sylvia by A. R. Gurney. The play is about a middle-aged man who finds a dog in a park and brings it home to his wife. Soon the wife begins to feel that all her husband’s affection is going to the dog. For reservations, call 817-515-7724.

April 24 Student Della Hall is performing in the College Hall in the Communication Arts Building at 3 p.m. on NE Campus.

April 26 Students from Workshop in Vocal Repertoire will perform in the South Campus recital Hall of the Carillon Theater 7:30-9 p.m. in a free concert. The concert will feature vocal students involved in the workshop.

April 26-May 7 The South Campus art department will show work from its students in the Performing Arts Center in the Carillon Gallery. The event is free and times are 1-4 p.m. each weekday. An artists reception will be Thursday, April 29, 6-8 p.m. in the Gallery.

April 28-May NE Campus presents the musical How to Succeed in Bu$iness Without Really Trying. This musical comedy is about the world of J. Pierpont Finch and his secret weapon, the How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying manual. As Finch climbs the ladder of success, he soon falls hopelessly in love and must decide between love or success. Tickets are $5, $3 for non-TCC students and seniors and free to TCC students, faculty and staff. To reserve tickets, call the TCC NE Playhouse box office at 817-515-6687 or e-mail neplayhouse@tccd.edu.

April 28- May 1 SE campus presents the musical Philemon by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. The story is about a third century clown, Cockian, in the Roman Empire who finds himself face-to-face with a rigid commander who thinks Cockian should be sent to his death. But because the commander likes him, Cockian is granted life on one condition: that he impersonate a missing Christian leader, Philemon, to enable the Roman Empire to catch and execute more Christians. With no choice, Cockian does the Commander’s bidding and in doing so begins to feel for the persecuted. Cockian “becomes” Philemon, overflowing with love and hope for a more humane world, thus earning his redemption … and his death. Show times are evenings at 8 p.m. and Friday and Saturday matinees at 2 p.m. General Admission is $5, children and seniors $3, and free for TCC students, faculty and staff. Call 817- 515-3599 to reserve tickets.

April 28- May 1 South Campus’ theater season finale Songs for a New World is a musical revue written by Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown. The show features a wide variety of musical entertainment from pop and gospel, to rock and contemporary show tunes. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. in the Carillon Theatre. Ticket prices are $5 for general admission and $3 for non-TCC students, children and seniors and free for TCC students, faculty and staff. For more information or to make reservations, call 817-515-4642.

April 29 Andrea Talladino will perform in a student recital 7:30-9 p.m. in the recital hall of the Carillon Theatre on South Campus.

May 3-4 The NW Campus music department will hold end-of-the-semester recitals for its students 7-8:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building recital hall, WFAB 1105. Students will perform both instrumental and vocal selections. Admission is free.

May 7-9 WildFlower! Arts & Music Festival will be at Galatyn Park in Richardson on US 75. The three-day festival features local, regional and national acts performing the best in rock, country, jazz, blues, swing, pop and folk music. Among performers are Stephanie Urbina Jones, The Classical Mystery Tour and the classic rock group Blue Oyster Cult, . Also performing are Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers and the Gin Blossoms. The festival will also feature a Nortel Network Kidz Korner, the City of Richardson’s Petting Zoo, The Acoustic Café and Faceination, WildFlower!’s signature face painting troupe from Belgium. Also the first annual Wild Bike Ride to benefit the Richardson Regional Cancer Center’s Lance Armstrong Shaped Beam Surgery Program will be held on the morning of May 8. For complete information, visit www.wildflowerfestival.com or call 972-744-4580. Three-day passes are available at $15 and single-day tickets are $10 and $3 for children ages 3-11.

May 28 Dallas Symphony Orchestra presents its 12th annual celebration of Hispanic Contributions to classical music. The event will be held at 8 p.m. at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. This year’s concert has two special guests. Guest conductor Germán Gutiérrez is returning for his seventh year, and cellist Jesus Castro-Balbi will also perform. An art exhibit will feature the work of local Hispanic artists. In order to reserve tickets, patrons should call the Patron Services Center at 214-692-0203.