Posts Tagged ‘Dallas Arboretum’
By Bruce Felps UPDATE: The ticket window just closed. All the free tickets have been claimed. I have six pair of tickets for Sunday night’s White Rock Lake Centennial Celebration finale concert because of the kind courtesy of Reena Morris, co-chair of the host committee. The show, performed by Beatles tribute band Hard Night’s Day [...]
By Bruce Felps This marks a busy week on the Martin Rutchik Concert Stage at the Dallas Arboretum. Although not the first concert on tap for the next 8 days this week, let’s start with Hard Night’s Day, the Beatles tribute band, which plays at 7 p.m., June 26. Tickets cost $20. The concert, officially [...]
By Bruce Felps Yes, it’s hot out, but you can’t sit in the air-conditioned inside all weekend long. No, you can’t.
By Bruce Felps Author and caterer Judy Scott makes a rather pinky-up appearance at the Dallas Arboretum this weekend. She’ll be st the botanical gardens from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., June 18 and 19, in the Hoffman Family Gift Store to autograph her book “Afternoon Tea at the Arboretum.”
By Bruce Felps Brave Combo, a Denton band that plays indefinable yet outstanding music, plays the Dallas Arboretum’s summer concert series tomorrow night. As with all shows in the Concerts in the Garden series, gates open at 6 p.m. for the June 2 installment at the Arboretum. Brave Combo takes the Martin Rutchik Concert Stage [...]
By Bruce Felps Most people have about four-ish hours remaining in the workday and week, some of us even less. That, right there, was a soon-to-be self-fulfilling prophesy. With three days of weekend ahead, the question of how to fill that time arises. There are plenty of options.
By Bruce Felps The Memorial Day three-day-weekend holiday marks the unofficial start to summer, and the Dallas Arboretum might provide the most scenic grounds in East Dallas for the unofficial start to summer. It also offers a children’s concert — performed by Eddie Coker, naturally — on Memorial Day, complete with picnic options.
By Bruce Felps The Fairy Tale Castles exhibit continues though the end of the year at the Dallas Arboretum, and now it’s time for kids to play favorites. Arboretum officials want children to selection their favorite from among the architectural interpretations of “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Princess and The Pea,” “Aladdin,” “Rapunzel,” “The Little [...]
By Bruce Felps There is no shortage of events happening around East Dallas this weekend for your entertainment pleasure. You got your White Rock Lake Festival. The Leukemia Regatta sails the rock. Then there’s the Hollywood Home Tour. Check out the chicken coops because you’ve never seen one … or you have and thought it [...]
By Bruce Felps Peter Rabbit makes a return engagement at this year’s Summer at the Arboretum festival featuring Peter Rabbit’s Flower Village. The Beatrix Potter character and his furry, flowery little storybook buddies will populate the village in topiary form, including a 15-foot tall version of the rabbit star.
