out&about

01.07.10

SM a LL potatoe S

$6-$12 Described as “Celtic to cowboy”, this Chicago-based folk duo has been touring clubs and coffeehouses since 1993, including repeat appearances at the Kerrville Folk Festival. Jacquie Manning and Rich Prezioso will sing and perform on acoustic guitar and a variety of other instruments at 8 p.m. at Uncle Calvin’s Coffeehouse. The music venue is inside Northpark Presbyterian Church, 9555 N. Central. Small Potatoes migrates from country and blues to swing and Irish, peppered with occasional yodeling. Manning won the Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Contest in 1998. Tickets for the show cost $6 for youth and $12 for adults. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. For details, call 214.363.0044 or visit unclecalvins.org.

—E MIly ToMaN

01.15, 01.22 & 01.29 WInter VeGetaBLe pL antInG free North Haven Gardens, 7700 Northaven, will host a series of planting demonstrations at 10 a.m., explaining what you need to know about winter gardening. January plants include potatoes, asparagus, horseradish, rhubarb and onions. For details, call 214.363.5316 or visit nhg.com.

01.24-01.25 SHare tHe WorLd of anne franK free The Familiarts performing arts program and the Jewish Community Center present A Living Voices multimedia presentation, “Share the World of Anne Frank through the Eyes of a Friend”, 10 a.m.-noon on both Monday and Tuesday at the JCC, 7900 Northaven. Geared toward grades 4-12, the program tells the story of famed Holocaust survivor Anne Frank from her friend Sarah’s perspective, using historical footage and live theater. For details, call 214.739.2737 or visit jccdallas.org.

01.31 froM BaCH to BroadWay free

Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church presents a concert with the church’s best singers and instrumentalists performing classics and showtunes. The concert is at 7 p.m. in Emmanuel Hall, 9800 Preston. For more details, call 214.368.6348 or visit phpc.org.

Make it snappy

During the lunch hour at snappy salaDs, plenty of dudes are seated on the long, wooden tables chowing down on, yes, salads. “I made this place for me, a guy, so that I could eat a salad and not have people call into question my manhood,” says owner Chris Dahlander. He opened Snappy Salads in 2006 to create a healthy alternative to fast food. No processed foods here just fresh fruits and veggies along with hormone-free meats. The restaurant offers five different types of lettuce and about 18 signature dressings with calorie counts ranging from 32 to 180 if you go for the creamy Caesar. The Cobb salad is the No. 1 seller, loaded with iceberg and romaine lettuce, tomatoes, chives, egg, grilled all-natural chicken, avocado and Gorgonzola; light Brown Derby Cobb dressing enhances those flavors. Other options include Southwest, Greek, Asian and fried chicken, or customers can create their own — everything in moderation, Dahlander says. After switching to a salad diet, Dahlander lost about 40 pounds, now weighing as much as he did in high school. “I’m not a nutritionist, but my whole thing is that if you eat the right foods in moderation, you don’t need exercise and diet pills,” he says.

—Emily Toman