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Annual Beverly Drive Polo Cup and Concorso Prestonwood CC Golf Course : May 25
There was a time when being a royal male meant more than helping to camouflage a baby bump or dodging zoom lenses on exotic Grecian islands. Not many years ago, being royalty meant being a proper diplomat, strategizing with heads of state and spending every spare moment attempting to wrangle a... More >>
Richardson & Vicinity	Sports - Spectator

Carmina Burana Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center : May 25
Apocalyptic drumbeats and blazing brass are quickly followed by the hushed, pulsing chants of a choir as Carl Orff’s darkly seductive masterpiece begins. The opening notes of Carmina Burana, performed live by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Chorus on Saturday, are an instantly... More >>
Downtown & Deep Ellum	Music

Dallas International Festival Centennial Hall : May 25
This weekend, the DFW International Community Alliance brings more than 85 nations and cultures together to wave their flags as part of the second annual Dallas International Festival. Relocating to Centennial Hall at Fair Park (1300 Robert B. Cullum Blvd.), the family-friendly fest will... More >>
Fair Park	Festivals, Outdoors

SpringFest Closes With Two Dance Performances Wyly Theatre : May 25
Summer is taunting us, with its beady eyes peeking around every corner, so to relish these final fleeting days of spring, the Texas Ballet Theater offers up amazing dance performances as part of SpringFest. Slated for the final weekend of the TBT festival is a can’t-miss double feature at... More >>
Downtown & Deep Ellum	Dance

The Black Angels Granada Theater : 7:00 p.m. May 25
There’s been an absolute resurgence of psychedelic music over the past few years. It’s not as though it ever left, but it’s jumping from the tongues of quite a few garage singers these days. Austin’s The Black Angels deserve much of the credit for the psychedelic... More >>
East Dallas & Lakewood	Music

Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran Dallas Cowboys Stadium : 7:00 p.m. May 25
Tickets are going fast for Taylor Swift's stop in Dallas on her 2013 North American tour. Back in November, the singer-songwriter released her fourth full-length album, Red, and it already tops the iTunes album sales charts in 40 countries worldwide. More >>
Arlington	Music

The Tomato Battle Fair Park : May 26
Tomatoes are all kinds of awesome. The magical fruit, which mistakenly poses as a vegetable from time to time, comes in as many varieties as it has uses. But there’s one hard and fast rule with the almighty tomato: Overripe ones are disgusting. So, what’s one to do with old,... More >>
Fair Park	Pop Culture

Air Review, Dark Rooms, Great Big Beluga The Where House : 8:00 p.m. May 26
This awesome 10-dollar lineup is the most expensive show I've seen listed at Fort Worth's fabulously artsy, DIY music venue The Where House. That's the beauty of it. Bands like folk-pop group Air Review, who first picked up steam in 2009, and has since opened for heavy-hitters like Flaming... More >>
Fort Worth	Music

Memorial Day at Lone Star Park Lone Star Park : May 27
If drafting up a list of things that feel lucky, you’d have to include the following: A day off from the rat race. Getting to choose from a wide variety of awesome food that comes from a festival of mobilerants (aka food trucks). Bounce houses and pony rides, hello. All of this stuff is... More >>
Grand Prairie	Sports - Spectator, Family Events

Consciousness Couture MVC Performance Hall : May 28
Podiums are boring. A sculpture deserves a befitting platform, and while a rectangular box painted gallery white with a matte finish might be appropriate for formal work, pieces that veer toward the avant garde deserve something special. Or so believes fabric artist Chesley Williams, whose new... More >>
Cockrell Hill	Arts

Bosnian Rainbows, Zorch Trees : 7:00 p.m. May 28
The breakup of The Mars Volta happened so far under the radar that it was almost ninja-like. A brief announcement of a hiatus was followed four months later by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez calling time on the musical project he had created in 2001 with Cedric Bixler-Zavala after the dissolution of... More >>
Downtown & Deep Ellum	Music

Deepak Chopra The Winspear Opera House : May 29
Did you know Deepak Chopra gave spiritual advice to 50 Cent? Why that relationship was never turned into a reality show is an unsolvable riddle, but he taught Curtis Jackson how to meditate by giving him the mantra “I am.” Chopra’s status as a celebrity advisor might often... More >>
Downtown & Deep Ellum	Lectures, Mind and Body, Literary Events

Guns N' Roses House of Blues : 9:00 p.m. May 29
Running through a jungle with a crazed redhead whom people refer to as “Mr. Brownstone” screaming “Welcome to the jungle; we’ve got fun and games” wouldn’t seem like a way to spend your Wednesday night. But when the crazed redhead is Axl Rose crooning... More >>
Downtown & Deep Ellum	Music

Total Control, UV Race, Parquet Courts, Infernoh, Effluxus, Vaginors, Strange Factory, The Novice Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios : 9:00 p.m. May 29
The Savage brothers, now of Parquet Courts, spent some time in Denton bands before moving to New York. Local connections aside, this underground punk act has received its fair share of critical acclaim since they put out their cassette debut American Specialties in 2011. This was followed by a... More >>
Denton	Music

Fleetwood Mac American Airlines Center : 7:00 p.m. June 4
Tickets are on sale now for Fleetwood Mac's 34-city U.S. tour, which will mark the 35th anniversary of their classic album, Rumours. To coincide with the tour and anniversary, a new deluxe reissue of Rumours, with previously unreleased studio and live tracks, will be released in early 2013 from... More >>
Uptown & Oak Lawn	Music

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Torres Three Links : 8:00 p.m. June 11
Brooklyn-based 23-year-old Aly Spaltro will play guitar and sing with a handful of talented musicians on her Midwest tour for her debut album, appropriately titled Ripely Pine; and it should be mentioned that she opens for Neko Case on some of those dates. More >>
Fair Park	Music

She & Him Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie : 7:00 p.m. June 15
Since the Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward pairing in 2006, indie rock aficionados from all corners of the world have not been able to get enough of their stripped down, minimalist folk. Volume 3 will be the duo's next follow-up to their first two full-lengths, Volume One and Volume Two, and will be... More >>
Grand Prairie	Music

Tesla House of Blues : 8:00 p.m. June 15
Tesla is the '80s rock band whose songs make you go, "Oh snap, I didn't know they did that song!", and they're coming to town at late notice, so if you want tickets to a show that will take you back to the late '80s, get your tickets now. More >>
Downtown & Deep Ellum	Music

Tim McGraw, Brantley Gilbert, Love and Theft Gexa Energy Pavilion : 7:00 p.m. June 22
Tickets go on sale Friday for country music superstar Tim McGraw's "Two Lanes of Freedom" tour," presented by none other than Penzoil. Up-and-comers Brantley Gilbert and Love and Theft will help fill out the bill this summer. Also, McGraw has partnered with Tumblr to create the "Fanticipation"... More >>
Fair Park	Music

New Kids on the Block, 98 Degrees, Boyz II Men American Airlines Center : 7:00 p.m. June 28
Whoa. Just look at this bill. It's now 2013, so the New Kids definitely aren't so new anymore, and since they're all middle-aged, I'd say they've been around the block a time or two. Because the show isn't until June, you have plenty of time to pick out your outfit for Bill Hicks' favorite band. More >>
Uptown & Oak Lawn	Music

Beyonce American Airlines Center : 7:00 p.m. July 6
Tickets went on sale in February for the "Mrs. Carter Show" world tour, with stops in more than forty cities worldwide. The North American dates kickoff in L.A. on June 28. If Queen Bey's Superbowl half-time show was any indication of what her upcoming tour will be like, I say get your tickets... More >>
Uptown & Oak Lawn	Music

Alpha Rev Granada Theater : 8:00 p.m. July 12
Austin's Alpha Rev is on the up-and-up it seems. Their Kirtland Records release, Bloom, is--pardon the French--"indie", in all ways. The band is slotted to play several fests this summer, so if you don't catch them at Granada this weekend, you can probably see them around Texas. More >>
East Dallas & Lakewood	Music

Josh Groban American Airlines Center : 7:00 p.m. November 13
Josh Groban has pretty much done it all, including going multi-platinum, and nowadays he's hitting the road for his "In the Round" Tour, where he performs on nothing but 360-degree stages. More >>
Uptown & Oak Lawn	Music

Justin Timberlake American Airlines Center : 7:00 p.m. December 4
Yes, Justin Timberlake, the crown prince of pop/viral video appearances will bring his 20/20 Experience Tour to Dallas on December 4. It's at the American Airlines Center, and tickets went on sale Monday, May 13 at 10 a.m. More >>
Uptown & Oak Lawn	Music

Meerkats 3D Perot Museum of Nature and Science : Daily
Impossibly adorable and standing only 12 inches tall, the meerkat clan in the new National Geographic release Meerkats 3D is freakishly relatable. That’s likely due more to the film’s design then its subjects — the animals’ existence is narrated with highly emotive plot... More >>
Uptown & Oak Lawn	Film