What: Trompo Goes to the Fair
When: 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23
Where: Trompo, 407 W. 10th St., No. 140 (Bishop Arts District)
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Stephanie Gray is hosting a Chicken and Dumplings Cookoff at Fraternal Order of Eagles Dallas. All proceeds go toward suicide awareness via Foundation 45.
What: Chicken and Dumplings Cookoff
When: 12 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24
Where: Dallas Fraternal Order of Eagles 3108, 8500 Arturo Drive (Far East Dallas)
Ticket: Donations recommended
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Watters Creek is hosting Bach and Brews, a Halloween-themed beer crawl. After picking up the Crawl Card and spooky treats at Concierge+ Lounge, guests can venture to participating restaurants, including Cru - Food & Wine Bar, Frogg Coffee Bar & Creperie, FireWater Kitchen & Bar, Fish City Grill, The Lion & Crown Pub and Village Burger Bar. Enjoy live music by the Allen Philharmonic Orchestra from 3 to 6 p.m. on your beer-binge. If participants get three stamps on their crawl cards from any of the above locations and return it to the concierge station by 7:15 p.m., they will be entered to win a $250 Watters Creek gift card.
What: Watters Creek Spooktober Beer Crawl
When: 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24
Where: Concierge+ Lounge (between J. Jill and Anthropologie), 909 Garden Park Drive, Allen
Registration: Register between 3 and 6 p.m. at Concierge Lounge. Beers are available for purchase at each business.
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Seely’s Mill is hosting San Antonio’s 2M Smokehouse at the Beeman Hotel for a “Smoker Takeover.” To celebrate SMU’s homecoming weekend, 2M Smokehouse is inviting Mustang fans to enjoy the team’s favorites. Bond over football, 10-hour-cooked barbacoa tacos on corn tortillas topped with onions and cilantro and sides of Mexican street corn and nopales.
What: 2M Smokehouse “Smoker Takeover”
When: 4:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24
Where: The Beeman Hotel, 6070 N. Central Expressway
Registration: Free
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Can’t get enough of football fun? Cheer for your team at the CANVAS Hotel’s Gallery Rooftop Lounge. Enjoy your Sunday sipping $5 draft beer, wells, mimosas and bloody mary cocktails with half-priced burgers, chips and salsa while watching the Cowboys.
What: CANVAS Hotel Rooftop Tailgate
When: 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25
Where: Canvas Hotel, 1325 S. Lamar St. (the Cedars)