Out & About

July 2012

July 4

Lakewood Fourth of July Parade

The 49th annual neighborhood parade and fun run kicks off at 8 a.m. with a one-mile run down the parade route. At 9:15 a.m., floats will begin to line up for the 10 a.m. parade, which begins at Lakewood and Cambria and continues to Winsted Park. Following the parade, friends and neighbors are invited to the park for watermelon, snow cones and more. This year’s theme is “Hollywood comes to Lakewood,” and the parade will be led by Grand Marshalls Mayor Rawlings and wife Micki. Lakewood at Cambria, lakewoodparade.com, free, $10 fun run (includes T-shirt)

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THROUGH JULY 15

‘Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters’

Dallas Children’s Theater presents the tale of a great African king’s search for a wife. Beautiful maidens, rhythmic drumming and African song make this show a lot of fun.

Rosewood Center for Family Arts, 5938

Skillman, 214.740.0051, dct.org, $20–$26

THROUGH JULY 21

Shakespeare in the Park

Shakespeare Dallas presents the 2012 season with “Twelfth Night” (through July 21) and “Coriolanus” (through July 20). Performances, which are held Tuesday–Saturday in an open-air amphitheater, begin at 8:15 p.m.

Samuell-Grand Amphitheatre, 1500 Tenison, shakespearedallas.org, $7–$10 (12 and under free)

THROUGH NOV. 5

‘Chihuly at the Dallas Arboretum’

The Chihuly exhibit continues with dramatic, colorful glass sculptures in more than 15 locations throughout the gardens. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings are “Chihuly Nights,” an opportunity to see the sculptures illuminated. Artist Dale Chihuly’s sculptures have been showcased in 97 exhibitions in seven countries in the last decade. Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland, 214.515.6500, dallasarboretum. org, $9 (child)–$15 (adult); Chihuly Nights $9–$20

JULY 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

Basically Beethoven Festival 2012

Festival concerts are held in the air-conditioned Grand Hall and feature free, classical chamber music performed by the talented musicians of the Dallas and Fort Worth symphony orchestras, The Dallas Opera Orchestra and more. The concerts, presented by the Fine Arts Chamber Players, are held every Sunday afternoon, July 1–29. A “Rising Star Recital” at 2:30 p.m. precedes each 3 p.m. concert.

Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park, 3601 Martin Luther King Jr., 214.520.2219, fineartschamberplayers.org, free

July 10–22

‘Peter Pan’

Tony Award-nominee Cathy Rigby is coming to the Dallas Summer Musicals stage to present “Peter Pan.” The beloved classic tale is full of fantasy and adventure, and this Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated production brings it all to life.

You could have hail damage and not realize it.

Music Hall at Fair Park, 909 First, 1.800.745.3000, dallassummermusicals.org, $15–$75