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his weekend, the City of Roanoke hopes to welcome thousands to its 30th annual Hometown Holiday event. The festivities will include a parade, a tree-lighting ceremony, and a street festival across six blocks in the historic downtown area on Sat, Dec 2, from noon to 8pm. The whole family-friendly day is free to attend. To review the schedule and event map and plan your full day of free family fun, visit RoanokeTexas.com/271/ Hometown-Holiday. Along with an alpaca petting zoo, balloon twisters, carolers, chainsaw wood carving, crafts, children’s activities, elf entertainers, face painting,
ice skating, live music, photos with Santa, sledding, and wagon rides – plus the parade and tree lighting, of course – another activity is knocking out some holiday shopping with the 50 artisan vendors that will be onsite. In addition to all of the activities and shopping, the City of Roanoke will be proudly unveiling the new Roanoke Route Historic Walking Tour, the result of a year-long collaborative process, integrating work from the Roanoke Art & History Trail Committee, the Public Works and Parks Departments, and the Roanoke Visitor Center & Museum. The route highlights the city’s rich history and dedication to preservation and education with the purpose of showcasing the connection of Roanoke’s unique history to its modern success. On Sunday, stop by Soul Fire Brewing Co (206 N Oak St, Ste 180, Roanoke, 682-237-7379) – located in a building known as “The 206” – for the Christmas Market Pop-Up. From noon to 5pm, shop for handcrafted items and unique finds, including jewelry, seasonal items, and more, from 25 local vendors hosted by Happily Ever After Sip & Shop Markets by Taylor Pendleton Art. If someone in your group thinks shopping isn’t their bag, be sure to tell them that they can play lawn games and enjoy Roanoek-brewed beer while you shop. #WinWin
Find art, crafts, jewelry, handmade soaps, and more this Saturday at Hometown Holiday in Roanoke.
More handmade items can be found in Roanoke on Sunday at Soul Fire.
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Enjoy a parade, treelighting, and holiday shopping in Roanoke.
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The exhibition is organized by the Kimbell Art Museum and The Phillips Collection. It is supported in part by Frost, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the Fort Worth Tourism Public Improvement District, and by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
Promotional support provided by Pierre Bonnard, Dining Room in the Country (detail), 1913, oil on canvas. Lent by the Minneapolis Institute of Art, The John R. Van Derlip Fund. © 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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NIGHT&DAY Jane Fonda and Robert Redford star in Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park at the Modern Wed, Nov 29.
We’re leavin’ together, but still, it’s farewell. And maybe we’ll come back to Thursday Earth. Who can tell? Cheesy Europe lyrics aside, voting does end tonight at midnight for the 2023 Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards. If you’re out wandering the universe tonight, there’s still time to catch Jacob Furr (Folk and Vocalist nominee) at Music Club nominee The Post at River East (2925 Race St, Fort Worth, 817-945-8890) or Dirty Pool featuring Keyboardist nominee Justin Pate at The Cicada (1002 S Main St, Fort Worth, @The_Cicada_FTW) before completing your ballot at bit.ly/FWWMA23. For a full list of the nominees and a glimpse into how this works, go to FWWeekly.com and look for “Music Awards” in the Music drop-down.
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You are officially notified (or warned) that Christmas carols will be sung throughFriday out the evening by churchand-bar-going types who enjoy meeting up to sing at area pubs and eat. Yes, at 8pm, the Tavern Hymns social group will herald the holiday season with their annual Tavern Carols event at J. Gilligan’s Bar & Grill (500 E Division St, Arlington, 817-2748561). There is no cost to attend.
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The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History (1600 Gendy St, 817-255-9300) invites you to immerse
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Broadway Baptist Church (305 W Broadway Av, Fort Worth, 817-336-5761) Sunday continues its tradition of inviting the community to sing along to the choruses from Handel’s Messiah — including the “Hallelujah” one (don’t forget to stand up) — along with musicians from the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. This annual Advent gathering kicks off Broadway’s Christmas season. Music scores are provided, and there is no cost to attend. Child care is available for children aged 3 and under to ensure this will be a sing-along, not a cry-along.
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At 7pm, Tarrant County Orchestra, a community/ collegiate symphony, will Monday host its annual Holiday Concert at the Hurst Conference Center (1601 Campus Dr, 817-581-0044). During intermission, there will be a silent auction benefting the orchestra, so you can do some holiday shopping while you’re at it. This event is free to attend.
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Sundance Square Plaza (425 Houston St, Ste 250, Fort Worth, 817-222-1111) Tuesday is ready for the holidays. At 6:30pm Wed, singer Marie Osmond will host a mini holiday concert before assisting Mayor Mattie Parker at the tree lighting ceremony, and thru Thu, Dec 7, you can donate to one of eight North Texas and global charities via the Light the World Texas Giving Machine, “a vending machine with a heart.” Osmond is also doing two nights at Arlington Music Hall (224 N Center St, 817-226-4400) Thu-Fri, Dec 7-8. Tickets to Marie Osmond: A Symphonic Christmas start at $39 at Eventbrite.com.
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yourself in Winterfest. From 10am to 4pm, explore the winter traditions of various cultures, partake in holiday activities and crafts, drink hot chocolate, and take a picture with Dynamo, the museum’s dinosaur mascot. Guests are invited to wear their pajamas. This event is free with general admission, which starts at $12 at FWMuseum.org.
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On select Wednesdays at 2pm thru the end of January, Wednesday the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (3200 Darnell St, 817-738-9215) hosts My Favorite Films, a series curated by the museum’s auditorium manager Tina Gorski, a lifelong cinephile. Tonight’s movie is Barefoot in the Park (1967). Soon after free spirit Corie (Jane Fonda) and uptight lawyer Paul Bratter (Robert Redford) get married, Corie sets up her lonely mother Ethel (Mildred Natwick) with eccentric neighbor Victor (Charles Boyer). Hilarity and conflict ensue in this adaptation of the Neil Simon play of the same name. Tickets are $5 at the museum admission desk or at TheModern.org.
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