Fort Worth Gives Here
Anette and Joseph Landeros at Casa Azul
Issue 46 | Passion Projects March/April 2025
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Fort Worth Events - Mar/Apr 2025
Through Mar 15
Animal Crackers New Works by Jim Malone Artspace111.com
Through Apr 28
Abuelita’s Kitchen: Mexican Food Stories fwmuseum.org
Through Apr 30
Re/Framed cartermuseum.org
Mar 3
NARUTO The Symphonic Experience dickiesarena.com
Mar 6-22
Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fats Waller Musical circletheatre.com
Mar 7-9
Mar 15
The Marmen Quartet: Multiple Levels of Virtuosity cmsfw.org
Mar 15
Loom Beading - Fort Worth Public Library, East Regional fortworthtexas.gov/ departments/library/ events/loom-beading-estr
Mar 17-21
Art Break! Spring Break at the Modern themodern.org
Mar 17-21
Spring Break Zoo Camp fortworthzoo.org
Mar 17
Tyler the Creator ticketmaster.com
Mar 18-21
Spring Break at the Carter cartermuseum.org
Mar 18-23
Les Misérables basshall.com
Apr 5
The Carter’s Family Member Day cartermuseum.org
Apr 5
26th Annual Fort Worth Zoo Run fortworthzoo.org
Apr 5
Historic Self-Care: Skincare and Cosmetics in the 1800s logcabinvillage.org
Apr 5
Shannon and the Clams with Being Dead tulipsftw.com/calendar
Apr 12 & 19
SiNaCa Kid’s Camp 2025 sinacastudios.org
Apr 11
The Kimbell Happy Hour Featuring Paul Metzger kimbellart.org
Apr 11 through May 4
Stolen Shakespeare Festival 2025 stolenshakespeareguild.org
Apr 12
CMSFW Ensemble: Solo Chamber Music cmsfw.org
2025 Needle Art Love Story historicfortworth.org
Mar 7
A Hip Soiree hippocket.org
Mar 8
Camp Classic at El Tesoro campfirefw.org
Mar 8
Lost ‘n Sound: A Near Southside Music Experience lostnsound.org
Mar 9-12
Women’s & Men’s American Basketball Championship dickiesarena.com
Mar 9
Mar 21-23
Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic dickiesarena.com
Mar 22-May11
Soldaderas to Amazonas: Escaramuzas Charras cowgirl.net
Mar 25-30 Clue basshall.com
Mar 26-27
Apr 16 through May 11 Rift, or White Lies amphibianstage.com
Apr 17 through May 10
The Hatmaker’s Wife circletheatre.com
Apr 19
Make Your Own Family Coat of Arms fortworthtexas.gov/ departments/library/ events/coat-of-arms-fwhc
Apr 17 & 19
Texas Independence Jam fortworthstockyards.org
Mar 13
Artist Talk: Jean Shin cartermuseum.org
Mar 13-30
Hedwig and the Angry Inch stagewest.org
Mar 14
Josh Weathers billybobstexas.com
Mar 14
The Kimbell Happy Hour
Presents Carly Tate kimbellart.org
Mar 15
The Cliburn Concerts
Present Simone Porter, Blake Pouliot, and Hsin-I Huang cliburn.org
Mar 29
FWADA 2025 Spring Gallery Night fwada.com
Apr 3
Disney on Ice: Let’s Dance dickiesarena.com
Apr 4 through May 11
Thunder Knocking on the Door jubileetheatre.org
NCAA Women’s Gymnastic Championships dickiesarena.com
Apr 25
Rocky Dale Davis: Live in Fort Worth (comedian) fortworth.blcomedy.com
Apr 25
Bellamy Brothers billybobstexas.com
Apr 26
The Carter’s Adult Workshop: Drawing with Charcoal cartermuseum.org
24th Annual Cowtown Goes Green fortworthstockyards.org
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Following Her Bliss: BerÁem İpekbayrack and the Soul of Creativity
“Follow your bliss.”
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