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Springtime At The Arboretum

$6-$9.50 For the past four years, ArtScape has been a highlight of the Dallas Arboretum’s annual floral festival, Dallas Blooms. The art show and sale, which takes place the weekend of March 20 and 21, highlights work by more than 80 artists from around the nation. All art in the show is either made of things found in nature or has nature as a theme, and the featured pieces include paintings, photographs, sculptures, jewelry, ceramics, mixed media and more. Dallas Blooms, the springtime celebration at the arboretum, features about 500,000 spring-blooming bulbs, as well as a petting zoo, and arts and crafts. Admission to the Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland, is $6 for children, $8 for seniors, and $9.50 for adults. For more information, call 214.515.6500 or visit dallasarboretum.org.

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JAZZ CONCERT FREE The New Horizons Band and UpSwing jazz ensembles will perform for the Casa Linda AARP chapter at 10 a.m., followed by a covered dish lunch. Casa Linda United Methodist Church, 1800 Barnes Bridge Road, 214.321.1705.

$15 The North Texas Irish Festival at Fair Park is in its 28th year, but this is the first time the DART Green Line can take revelers there. The festival features a horse show, music, children’s games that teach them about Celtic culture, food and more. The event is FREE to children under 12 and to members of the police or military. Tickets are available at Tom Thumb or at ntif.org.

KINDERGARTEN ROUNDUP FREE

Lipscomb Elementary School’s kindergarten roundup is from 9:30-11 a.m. Parents and children can meet the school’s kindergarten teachers and tour the school, 5801 Worth. For more information, contact Pauline Mayfield at pmayfield@ swbell.net or 214.827.5859.

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VOLUME OF SMOKE $10$15 “Volume of Smoke” is a play that tells the story of the 1811 Richmond Theatre fire. When the theater burned to the ground, it held a standing room only crowd of 600, and 70 people died. Clay McLeod Chapman’s play pieces together the story based on interviews with survivors. Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther. 214.670.8749 or bathhousecultural.com.

DASH DOWN GREENVILLE $20$30 The 8:30 a.m. 5k preceding the annual St. Patty’s Day parade begins and ends at the Lovers and Greenville Central Market. Registration costs $20 until March 5, $25 afterward and $30 on race day. The race benefits the North Texas Food Bank. 214.821.0909 or dashdowngreenville.com.

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DAY’S PARADE FREE

This year’s parade down Greenville from Park to Mockingbird starts at 11 a.m., and the official after party is at the Granada Theater, 3524 Greenville.

Garland Road Meeting

Garland Road Vision is having a community meeting in the Bryan Adams High School auditorium, 5101 Millmar, at 6:30 p.m. The group is seeking the community’s input to create a new plan for Garland Road, garlandroadvision.org.

SHREDDING FREE The Friends of Tietze Park Foundation invites neighbors to bring documents they need to trash so that Brinks Document Destruction can throw them in the shredder, starting at 9 a.m. For more information, contact Lisa Marshall, 214.212.4257 or tietzeshred@ sbcgloal.net.

Pictured: Bouillabaisse

THEY SAYIFAIN’T BROKE, DON’T FIXIT. That’s true indeed at Daddy Jack’s. Not much has changed in its 17 years, down to the redcheckered tablecloths, and folks like it that way. “This here is Doyle Bramhall,” owner Cary Ray says, pointing to one of the photos on the wall. “He played drums for Stevie Ray Vaughn, and we snapped this one night he was back in the kitchen goofing around.” He says it’s common for couples to have their first date here, and return to celebrate anniversaries. “I say we’re providing the neighborhood a service: love and lobster.” But even if you strike out with a love connection here, you can’t miss with Daddy Jack’s whole Maine lobster, or the bouillabaisse: lobster, clams, mussels, shrimp and scallops bathed in a rich saffron fennel broth. “You don’t have to go somewhere stuffy to enjoy good seafood,” Ray says. “That’s a misconception.” —MARLENA CHAVIRA-MEDFORD

The Mexican shrimp martini here is made tableside, so you can tell the waiter how generous to be with the avocado and how heavy handed to be with the tequila.

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