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This event occurs the First Saturday of each Month from 06/02/2012 to 00/00/0000
Event Time: 10:00:00 AM till 02:00:00 PM
Cost: Free
Ages: All Ages
Location Name: Crow Collection of Asian Art
Location Address: 2010 Flora Street Dallas, Texas 75201 Click for Google Map
Description: Join us each month for a free day of family fun at the Crow Collection! Enjoy performances, face painting, storytelling, art activities, and more.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs the First Saturday of each Month from 09/02/2017 to 00/00/0000
Event Time: 10:30:00 AM till 11:30:00 AM
Cost: preschool-development levels and their adult partners
Ages: FREE
Location Name: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Location Address: 1700 University Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76107-3400 Click for Google Map
Description: Join Bella for reading and exploratory activities in the Burk Children's Library and the Tree House at BRIT! “Bella” is the host of BRIT’s family story times. Much more than a hand-puppet, Bella represents a begonia collected by field research botanists in Peru and sent to BRIT as a specimen.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs Daily from 02/01/2021 to 02/28/2021
Ages: Recommended for grades 4 - 6
Location Name: Allen Public Library
Location Address: 300 N Allen Dr, Allen, TX 75013 Click for Google Map
Description: Virtual Activity: Put your puzzle caps on and answer the questions to solve the hunt and to learn some awesome facts about Black History.
Click here for more informationDate of event: 02/01/2021
Event Time: 10:00:00 AM till 08:00:00 PM
Cost: Free
Ages: Grades 4-6
Location Name: Online via the Library Website
Description: Put your puzzle caps on and answer the questions to solve the hunt and to learn some awesome new facts about Black History.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs each Week on Saturday
Event Time: 01:00:00 PM till 05:00:00 PM
Location Name: Rodenbaugh Natatorium
Location Address: 110 E Rivercrest
Description: The rock climbing wall at the Don Rodenbaugh Natatorium is 24 feet high and 18 feet wide. The sandstone textured wall challenges climbers of all skill levels. During open climb, a trained instructor is present to assist climbers, ages five and up, at all times. Members FREE. Non-Members $5.
This event occurs the First Saturday of each Month from 01/07/2012 to 00/00/0000
Event Time: 10:00:00 AM till 11:30:00 AM
Cost: $10 adults; children under 12 are free with an adult
Location Name: Dallas Museum of Art
Location Address: Flora & Harwood Dallas, TX
Description: Our 90-minute outdoor architecture walking tour is led by a trained tour guide and will examine buildings from the 1890’s to the present day. You will explore the architectural detail of the district as well as the institutions, individuals and visionaries who are a part of this fascinating story. Reservations and payment must be made in advance. Due to the necessity of scheduling docents, we are unfortunately unable to accommodate walk-ups.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs every day.
Event Time: 07:00:00 AM till 06:00:00 PM
Location Name: Dallas Farmers Market
Location Address: 1010 South Pearl Street
Description: Closed on special holidays. Local farmers display fresh produce, herbs, plants etc.
This event occurs every day.
Location Name: African-American Museum
Location Address: 3536 Grand Ave, Dallas, TX 75210-1005 Click for Google Map
Description: Facing The Rising Sun presents the remnants of a once thriving North Dallas Community. Facing the Rising Sun contains photographs, found objects, and historical documents that provide an insight into a community called Freedman's Town and later known as short North Dallas and now known as Uptown. Interactive video kiosks allow visitors to see and hear from the people who knew Freedman's Town first-hand.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs the First Saturday of each Month from 03/01/2018 to 00/00/0000
Event Time: 11:00:00 AM till 02:00:00 PM
Cost: Free
Ages: All ages
Location Name: Klyde Warren Park
Location Address: 2012 Woodall Rodgers Freeway Dallas, TX 75201 Click for Google Map
Description: Science is closer than you think! Join educators from the Perot Museum of Nature and Science for fun family experiments on first Saturdays in Klyde Warren Park. Each month will feature a new topic with hands-on investigation and experimentation.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs Daily from 02/05/2021 to 02/06/2021
Cost: $25 per couple ($5 additional for each participant)
Ages: all ages
Location Name: Sherman Parks & Recreation Father Daughter Dance
Location Address: Sherman Municipal Building 405 N. Rusk St. Sherman, TX 75090 Click for Google Map
Description: We welcome young ladies and their fathers or male adult father figure to join us in a night of celebration, dance, and music. The Ball is special moment for men to show these young girls how a respectful man should treat them. These dances have left a lasting impression on the lives of many girls throughout the year. The decorations, lights, and the treats are great, but the memories that each couple makes is the best part. This year, we are limiting the number of participants in each dance to 150. To make this more feasible, we have added a third dance. We will also make changes to the way refreshments will be served. Each participant must be wearing a mask to enter into the Ball. Price increases on January 25, 2021 Deadline is February 5 at 9:00AM
Click here for more informationThis event occurs every day.
Event Time: 10:00:00 AM till 01:00:00 AM
Cost: Free, donations accepted
Ages: All Ages
Location Name: Crow Collection of Asian Art
Location Address: 2010 Flora Street Dallas, Texas 75201 Click for Google Map
Description: Enjoy a look at the museum’s new, pedestrian-friendly entrance, lobby and street-level galleries and a stunning Japanese exhibition. Fierce Loyalty: A Samurai Complete showcases the Crow Collection’s most spectacular acquisition to date – a suit of Samurai armor from the Edo period (1603-1868).
Click here for more informationThis event occurs the First Saturday of each Month from 04/03/2010 to 00/00/0000
Event Time: 10:00:00 AM till 04:00:00 PM
Cost: $3/Adults; $1.50/Children 3-12, Under 3 is Free
Location Name: Blackland Prairie Raptor Center
Location Address: Brockdale Park - cross streets: Lucas Road (FM 3286) & Brockdale Park Road.
Description: Come enjoy the outdoors and meet our raptor ambassadors. Hands-on discovery activities for children including: How to identify local birds; How big is your wingspan? Guided Walks
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Location Name: Fort Worth Stockyards
Location Address: 121 E Exchange Ave, Fort Worth
Description: At 11:30am & 4pm (subject to weather and the longhorns' dispositions) the world's only daily cattle drive clip-clops its way over the brick-paved streets of the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards. Starting at the Livestock Exchange Building, the trail boss and his cowhands on horseback lead a couple dozen Texas longhorns almost single file down Exchange Avenue and back to their holding pens behind the Exchange Building.
This event occurs every day.
Location Name: Fort Worth Omni Theater
Location Address: 1600 Gendy St., Fort Worth, TX 76107 Click for Google Map
Description: The first original large-format dinosaur film in over a decade, Dinosaurs of Antarctica will introduce you to the amazing and bizarre prehistoric creatures that inhabited Antarctic forests and swamps hundreds of millions of years ago. With major support provided by the National Science Foundation, the film follows a team of paleoecologists on a quest to understand the southern continent’s profound transformation, from a warm and bio-diverse Mesozoic to the frozen desert we know today.
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Location Name: Fort Worth Omni Theater
Location Address: 1600 Gendy St., Fort Worth, TX 76107 Click for Google Map
Description: The first original large-format dinosaur film in over a decade, Dinosaurs of Antarctica will introduce you to the amazing and bizarre prehistoric creatures that inhabited Antarctic forests and swamps hundreds of millions of years ago. With major support provided by the National Science Foundation, the film follows a team of paleoecologists on a quest to understand the southern continent’s profound transformation, from a warm and bio-diverse Mesozoic to the frozen desert we know today.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs each Week on Saturday
Event Time: 01:00:00 PM till 03:00:00 PM
Cost: Free
Ages: All Ages
Location Name: National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum
Location Address: 3400 Mount Vernon Avenue Fort Worth, Texas 76103 Click for Google Map
Description: Parents are encouraged to bring their children to experience free storytelling at the museum. Area celebrities and other guest storytellers will read and share their favorite stories to children, highlighting the history of the settling of the American Western Frontier as well as discussing the modern-day sport of rodeo and other cowboy & western heritage entertainment.
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Cost: $20/Adults; $17/Students & Seniors; $10/Kids
Ages: Family friendly
Location Name: Cowtown Winery
Location Address: 112 W. Exchange Ave, Fort Worth TX Click for Google Map
Description: Real hauntings, real history! The paranormal activity in the stockyards is one of the most active & written about in the US. Tours leave from the winery. The Ghost Tour guide will lead you through the streets of the historic Fort Worth Stockyards. The tour is a 90 minute walking tour.The Ghost Tour is family friendly & is great fun for all ages. Reservations recommended. Tours run Thurs - Sat.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs every day.
Event Time: 09:00:00 AM till 05:00:00 PM
Cost: $10.00 Adults (age 12-64); $7.00 Children (age 3-11); $7.00 Seniors (age 65 up); FREE Children (age
Location Name: The Dallas Zoo
Location Address: 650 South R.L. Thornton Freeway (I-35E), Dallas, TX 75203
Description: The legendary white creature with piercing pink eyes rising from the new swamp in the Pierre A. Fontaine Bird & Reptile Building is not a ghost. That fact becomes obvious when 9-foot Boudreaux opens his massive jaws to take a fish or piece of chicken from his keeper. The male albino American alligator joins two traditionally pigmented female alligators and other swamp residents in the new Ghosts from the Bayou habitat at the Dallas Zoo.
This event occurs each Week on Saturday
Event Begins at: 10:00:00AM
Cost: $8 to $26
Location Name: Grapevine Vintage Railroad Cotton Belt Depot
Location Address: 709 South Main Street, Grapevine Click for Google Map
Description: The one hour Grapevine Fun Run departs Grapevine’s Cotton Belt Depot. This shortened excursion allows children and families the opportunity to experience a vintage railroad ride at a length that is ideal for younger ages. The Grapevine Fun Run takes place on Saturdays only.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs each Week on Saturday
Event Time: 10:00:00 AM till 04:00:00 PM
Cost: $2/Adults; $1/Children ages 3 - 12; Free - 2 & under
Location Name: Lone Star Hi-Railers Model Train Association
Location Address: 410 W. Dallas Rd, Grapevine TX Click for Google Map
Description: Visit the Lone Star Hi-Railers’ unique hi-rail O gauge model train layout built inside an authentic vintage baggage car and located less than one block from the Cotton Belt Depot. The exhibit is open Sat @ 10am – 4pm; Sun @ 10am – 3pm.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs each Week on Saturday
Event Time: 09:00:00 AM till 12:00:00 PM
Cost: Free
Location Name: Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge
Location Address: 9601 Fossil Ridge Rd. Fort Worth, Texas 76135 Click for Google Map
Description: Individuals can help keep the Nature Center beautiful by volunteering for Natural Guard. Volunteers assist Refuge staff in trail maintenance, brush clearing, bridge building and much more. Please call 817-392-7410 for information on projects and meeting places.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs each Week on Saturday
Event Time: 10:00:00 AM till 12:00:00 PM
Cost: $5/Adults; $2/Children 3-12 yrs; under 3 yrs - Free
Location Name: Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge
Location Address: 9601 Fossil Ridge Rd. Fort Worth, Texas 76135 Click for Google Map
Description: Join a naturalist for a leisurely hike on the trails of the FWNC&R. Hikes feature current natural history events such as blooming wildflowers, commonly seen insects, birds, other animals and current projects on the Refuge. Bring water and dress for the weather. Free with paid admission
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Event Begins at: 10:00:00AM
Cost: $8/Adults; $6/Children 4-12 yrs
Location Name: National Scouting Museum
Location Address: 1329 West Walnut Hill Lane Irving, TX 75038-3085 Click for Google Map
Description: The National Scouting Museum is home to one of the world's largest collections of original Norman Rockwell art. Showcasing the work of Rockwell, Joseph Christian Leyendecker, Howard Chandler Christy, Dean Cornwell, and Joseph Csatari, this exhibition takes a look at the artists behind America's largest youth organization.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs each Week on Saturday
Cost: $15/Adults; $8/Children
Ages: All Ages
Location Name: Cowtown Coliseum
Location Address: 121 E. Exchange Ave. Fort Worth, TX 76164 Click for Google Map
Description: The show features trick roping, trick shooting, trick riding, cowboy songs and an entertaining look at history. Wholesome entertainment for the entire family full of animals, spectacular performers with ropes, bullwhips, pistols and even a singing cowboy! Shows @ 2:30pm & 4:30pm.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs Daily from 01/01/2021 to 02/28/2021
Event Time: 09:00:00 AM till 04:00:00 PM
Cost: $8 ages 3 and up, free ages 2 and under
Ages: all ages
Location Name: The Dallas Zoo
Location Address: 650 R. L. Thornton Fwy. Dallas, TX 75203 Click for Google Map
Description: Penguin Days are back! The temperature AND the admission price may be dropping, but the fun is not stopping! Penguin Days are back again!
Click here for more informationThis event occurs each Week on Saturday
Cost: Free
Ages: All ages
Location Name: Watters Creek
Location Address: U.S. 75 and Bethany Dr, Allen, Texas.
Description: DFW Lab Rescue hosts a Meet and Greet on the 1st Saturday of each month. Location: Market Street, next to Eddie Bauer Time: 12 noon to 2 p.m. Legacy Humane Society is at Watters Creek on the 2nd Saturday of each month. Location: Market Street, on the patio next to Frogg Coffee Bar & Creperie. Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. League of Animal Protectors (LAP) Come meet adoptable pets on the 4th Saturday of each month. Location: Market Street, on the patio next to Frogg Coffee Bar & Creperie Time: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Check Watters Creek website for time changes or cancellations due to weather. As we move into summer months adoption groups may move times to early evening to accommodate their animals in the Texas heat.
This event occurs each Week on Saturday
Event Time: 11:30:00 AM till 12:00:00 PM
Cost: Free
Ages: All ages
Location Name: Galleria Mall near the Children’s Play Place and Nordstrom on Level 3
Location Address: 13350 Dallas Pky, #3080 Dallas, TX 75380 Click for Google Map
Description: Join the family-fun entertainment event happening adjacent to Galleria’s award-winning Play Place on Level 3. Every Saturday, dozens of children and their families make time to enjoy the amazing FREE entertainment. Each week the performance is different.
This event occurs the First Saturday of each Month from 10/02/2010 to 00/00/0000
Cost: $5/person
Location Name: Rafes Urban Astronomy
Location Address: 2350 Tom Cole Road, Denton, TX Click for Google Map
Description: At Star Parties, you can learn about the night sky from our knowledgeable staff and students and enjoy an opportunity to see objects in space through our telescopes! Star Parties begin 30 minutes after sundown. (Weather permitting)
Click here for more informationThis event occurs each Week on Saturday
Event Begins at: 08:00:00PM
Cost: $10-$20
Location Name: Cowtown Coliseum
Location Address: 121 E. Exchange Ave. Fort Worth, TX 76164 Click for Google Map
Description: Come and enjoy Family Fun every weekend. The Stockyards Championship Rodeo features a Dash for the Cash & Run for the Money calf scramble for kids of all ages. Race to get the ribbon off the calf's tail and win cash prizes!
This event occurs each Week on Saturday
Event Time: 01:00:00 PM till 03:30:00 PM
Location Name: Dallas Museum of Art
Location Address: 1717 N. Harwood, Dallas
Description: Create crowns of peace out of unique materials inspired by crowns in the Museum's collections.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs the First Saturday of each Month from 11/07/2009 to 00/00/0000
Event Time: 10:00:00 AM till 02:00:00 PM
Cost: Free
Location Name: Nasher Sculpture Center
Location Address: 2001 Flora St, Dallas 75201 Click for Google Map
Description: Free admission from 10am to 5pm. Kids art activities, scavenger hunts, family tours, storytime and more until 2pm!
Click here for more informationThis event occurs each Week on Saturday
Event Begins at: 11:45:00AM
Cost: Free
Ages: All Ages
Location Name: Historic Fort Worth Stockyards
Location Address: 130 E. Exchange Ave. Fort Worth, TX 76106 Click for Google Map
Description: Watch a real cattle drive and a gunfight! Summer Gunfight Shows with The Legends of Texas - FREE, family friendly show every week-end. Show times: 11:45 am and 4:15pm -- right after the Fort Worth Herd Cattle Drives!
Click here for more informationThis event occurs Daily from 02/06/2021 to 09/06/2021
Location Name: Perot Museum
Location Address: 2201 N. Field Street, Dallas, Texas Click for Google Map
Description: How does one develop the ability to do 36 consecutive pull-ups using only their pinky fingers? What does it take for someone to create the world’s smallest stop-motion film? And what motivates someone to learn how to solve three Rubik’s Cubes simultaneously … whilst juggling? Discover the marvels of GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS attempts and the science (and secrets) behind their triumphs when The Science of Guinness World Records™ exhibition, presented by Highland Capital Philanthropies, makes its U.S. debut at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science on March 6, running through Sept. 6, 2021. Guests will learn what it takes to crash through these seemingly impossible ceilings, the physical and mental thresholds humans possess, and the scientific principles that explain their awe-inspiring feats. Dozens of engaging exhibits – from the largest Pac-Man videogame, to reaction competitions, speed drumming and a dance-a-thon – will challenge and encourage all ages to go behind the scenes and discover the discipline driving these fascinating accomplishments.
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Location Name: African-American Museum
Location Address: 3536 Grand Ave, Dallas, TX 75210-1005 Click for Google Map
Description: The AAM, Dallas has one of the largest collections of African American folk art in the country. The Billy R. Allen Folk Art Collection, named for a founding board member, has grown to include more than 500 objects. Dr. Warren and Sylvia Lowe of Lafayette, Louisiana, Sally Griffiths and Dr. Bobby Alexander of Dallas, Texas have been major contributors. Pieces from the collection are rotated, twice each year, in the Sam and Ruth Bussey Gallery. Artists include Clementine Hunter, Mose Tolliver, Reverend Johnnie Swearingen, David Butler, Sister Gertrude Morgan, and Isaac Smith to name a few.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs the First Saturday of each Month from 07/07/2012 to 00/00/0000
Event Time: 09:00:00 AM till 11:00:00 AM
Cost: $10/Person; $5/Members
Location Name: John Bunker Sands Wetland Center
Location Address: 655 Martin Lane Seagoville, Texas 75159 Click for Google Map
Description: Dan Harvey and Jane Ramberg lead bird walks. Binoculars and field guides are available for use
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