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DECEMBER 2011
1-4, 29-1 CANTON: First Monday Trade
Days Largest trade days event in the nation
includes more than 7,000 vendors on 200 acres.
On 1-20 in Canton from exits 523, 526, 527 or
528. www.visitcantontx.com 877/462-7467 or
903/567-1849 PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-9 WICHITA FALLS: Santa House Enjoy an
early 20th-century Christmas in a historic house
with a tour, storytelling, making cookies and orna-
ments, and visiting Santa. Reservations encour-
aged. Kell House Museum. www.wichita-heritage.
org 940/723-2712 PANHANDLE PLAINS
1-10 EL PASO: The Boys Next Door El
Paso Playhouse presents a funny yet touching
play about four mentally disabled men and a sin-
cere, but increasingly despairing, social worker. El
Paso Playhouse, 2501 Montana Ave. www.elpaso
playhouse.com BIG BEND COUNTRY
1-10 KERRVILLE: Texas Furniture
Makers' Show This is a statewide competition
of the finest custom-furniture makers in Texas.
Kerr Arts and Cultural Center. www.kacckerrville.
com 830/895-2911 HILL COUNTRY
1-10 NACOGDOCHES: Nine Flags Festival
Relive the city's history and honor its three rebel-
lion flags with this annual festival. Includes holiday
festivities, the Jingle Bell Run on Dec. 3, an origi-
nal production by the SFA School of Theatre
Dec. 2-4, a tour of homes from 1-4 p.m. Dec. 10
and more. www.nineflagsfestival.com 888/653-
3788 PINEY WOODS
1 -11 COTTONWOOD SHORES: Southern
Hospitality Presented by Hill Country Commu-
nity Theatre, 4003 F.M. 2147 www.hcct.org
830/798-8944 HILL COUNTRY
1-1 1 DALLAS: Afterlife: The Story of
Henri Matisse's Ivy in Flower This piece,
rarely on view because it is a light-sensitive
work on paper, is on display. Dallas Museum of
Art. www.dallasmuseumofart.org 214/922-1200
PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-11 FORT WORTH: Amon Carter Museum
of American Art: The First 50 Years
This exhibit commemorates the first half-century
of one of Fort Worth's leading art institutions.
3501 Camp Bowie Blvd. www.cartermuseum.org
817/738-1933 PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-11 HOUSTON: Ana Serrano: Salon of
Beauty Serrano creates a cardboard cityscape
of buildings that playfully reveal the ephemeral
nature of cities made and unmade by its resi-
dents. Rice University Art Gallery. www.ricegallery.
org/new/exhibition/serrano.html GULF COAST
1-11 SAN MARCOS: The Dazzling Instant
Each photograph in this exhibit can be seen as a
powerful or poetic moment, including classics by
Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange. Texas State
University's Alkek Library, seventh floor. www.
thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu 512/245-2313
HILL COUNTRY
1-1 1 SAN MARCOS: The Edge of Time:
Photographs of Mexico This exhibition
features nearly 60 silver-gelatin photographs of
Mexico that Mariana Yampolsky created from
1964-94. Texas State University's Alkek Library,
seventh floor. www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu
512/245-2313 HILL COUNTRY
1-16 HOUSTON: KJV@400: From Hamp-
ton Court, around the Globe and to the
Moon This exhibit features 16th-century printings
of the English Bible, early editions of the King
4James version, and a Bible taken to the Moon with
Apollo XIV. Dunham Bible Museum at Houston
Baptist University. www.hbu.edu/biblemuseum
281/649-3287 or 281/649-3997 GULF COAST
1-17 CORPUS CHRISTI: 100@$100 Fund-
raiser Texas A&M-Corpus Christi University
Galleries display 100 pieces of art being sold for
$100 or less. Islander Art Gallery. http://cla.tamu
cc.edu/art/ 361/825-3756 GULF COAST
1-17 INGRAM: Irving Berlin's White
Christmas The Point Theater. 830/367-5121
HILL COUNTRY
1-18 DICKINSON: Babes in Toyland Bay
Area Harbour Playhouse. www.harbourplayhouse.
com/season.html 281/337-7469 GULF COAST
1-18 SAN ANTONIO: Shakespeare to
Sondheim: Designs from the Tobin
Collection Includes four thematic groupings
of drawings, maquettes and costumes, plus rare
theater books, costume bibles and more. McNay
Art Museum. www.mcnayart.org 210/824-5368
SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS
1-18 SAN ANTONIO: Holiday Boat
Caroling More than 185 choral groups float
along the San Antonio River each evening. River
Walk. 210/227-4262 SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS
1-21 CORPUS CHRISTI: Christmas Tree
Forest Christmas trees decorated by children in
the holiday symbols and cultures ot 30 countries
from around the world are on display. The Art
Museum of South Texas. www.artmuseumofsouth
texas.org 361/825-3500 GULF COAST
1-21 SAN ANTONIO: "Jeme Souviens":
The Return of Napoleon Select memora-
bilia illustrate the celebrated return of Napoleon
Bonaparte's remains to France in 1840. Villa
Finale Visitor Center, 122 Madison. www.villafinale.
org 210/223-9800 SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS
1-22 DALLAS: Madeline's Christmas
Presented by the Dallas Children's Theater.
Rosewood Center for Family Arts. www.dct.org
214/740-0051 PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-22 DALLAS: The Nutcracker Tchaikovsky's
masterpiece is brought to life with dazzling pup-
petry. Rosewood Center for Family Arts. www.dct.
org 214/740-0051 PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-23 DALLAS: Ebenezer Scrooge Pocket
Sandwich Theatre. 214/821-1860 PRAIRIES
AND LAKES
1-24 DALLAS: A Christmas Carol The Dallas
Children's Theater presents this holiday classic.
Kalita Humphreys Theater. www.dallastheater
center.org PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-24 HOUSTON: The Winter Wonderettes
Stages Repertory Theatre. www.stagestheatre.
com 713/527-0123 GULF COAST
1-24 SPRING: Home for the Holidays in
Old Town Spring Enjoy train rides, entertain-
ment and shopping each weekend. In Old Town,
403 Main St. www.oldtownspring.com 281/353-
9310 or 800/653-8696 GULF COAST
1-24 SUGAR LAND: Jolly and Bright Light
Show Nightly light show entertains visitors. See
website for showtimes. First Colony Mall. www.
firstcolonymall.com 281/265-6123 GULF COAST
1-27 HOUSTON: A Christmas Carol: A
Ghost Story of Christmas Alley Theatre.
www.alleytheatre.org GULF COAST1-27 HOUSTON: The Nutcracker Presented
by the Houston Ballet. Wortham Theater Center.
www.houstonballet.org GULF COAST
1-30 COLLEGE STATION: Texas Commis-
sion on the Arts' Principles of Design
Arts Council of Brazos Valley. www.acbv.org
979/696-2787 PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-31 AUSTIN: Storied Past: Four
Centuries of French Drawings from the
Blanton Museum of Art Exhibit features 60
works of art from the 16th-20th centuries, includ-
ing Jean-Baptiste Greuze and Francois Boucher.
Blanton Museum of Art. www.blantonmuseum.org
512/471-7324 HILL COUNTRY
1-31 BURNET: Christmas Trail of Lights
Celebrate Christmas on the square with seasonal
activities and follow the Trail of Lights from Wal-
lace Riddell Park to Hamilton Creek Park. www.
cityofburnet.com 512/756-6093 HILL COUNTRY
1-31 CLEBURNE: Whistle-Stop Christmas
More than 3 million lights shine in the 11-acre
Hulen Park. www.cleburnechamber.com 817/645-
2455 PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-31 DALLAS: Dallas Blooms: It's a Fairy
Tale World This one-of-a-kind exhibit features
seven castles designed and built by local archi-
tecture and construction firms. Dallas Arboretum.
www.dallasarboretum.org 214/515-6500
PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-31 DALLAS: Ornament Extravaganza
Features glass ornaments from artists nationwide.
Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass, 5100 Beltline Road,
Suite 820. www.kittrellriffkind.com 888/865-2228
or 972/239-7957 PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-31 EL PASO: Bodies Human: Anatomy
in Motion Learn about human physiology and
the effects of lifestyle choices on health at this
exhibit of 100 real human specimens. Adults must
accompany children younger than 13. Lynx Exhib-
its, 300 W. San Antonio Ave. www.lynxexhibits.
com 915/533-4330 BIG BEND COUNTRY
1-31 FARMERS BRANCH: Christmas Tour
of Lights Drive-through display includes more
than 300,000 lights. Begins at 1-35 and Valley
View. www.farmersbranch.info 972/919-2620
PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-31 FORT WORTH: Will Barnet:
Relationships, Intimate and Abstract,
1935-65 This exhibit of nearly 50 prints, draw-
ings and paintings explores the evolution of Bar-
net's art from realism to abstraction. Amon Carter
Museum of American Art. www.cartermuseum.org
817/989-5067 PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-31 GALVESTON: Festival of Lights Enjoy
holiday music, photos with Santa, a poinsettia tree
and outdoor ice rink. Moody Gardens. www.
moodygardens.com 800/582-4673 GULF COAST
1-31 GRAND PRAIRIE: Prairie Lights
Drive-Through Holiday Light Display
Hours are 6-9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday,
and 6-10 p.m. Friday, Saturday and holidays.
Lynn Creek Park. www.prairielights.org 972/237-
GLOW PRAIRIES AND LAKES
1-31 HOUSTON: Celebrating 15 Years of
History at Holocaust Museum Houston
This exhibit offers a visual storytelling of the
museum's history by highlighting archived items
such as photographs, program and event materi-
als, as well as exhibition announcements.
5401 Caroline St. 713/942-8000 GULF COAST
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