Arts and Entertainment Calendar

Saturday, December 8

• Free Community Workout – 5 a.m., Camp Gladiator, Texas Lottery Plaza at Toyota Music Factory
• Blue Christmas Pancake Breakfast – 9 a.m., Plymouth Park Baptist Church
• “Home for the Holidays” – 7:30 p.m., Irving Symphony Orchestra, Carpenter Performance Hall

Sunday, December 9

• ICE! Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – open daily through January 1, 2019 – Gaylord Texas, Grapevine
• December AquaStars – 11:30 a.m., Heritage Aquatic Center
• Second Sunday Funday:  A Lone Star Christmas – 1-4 p.m., Irving Arts Center
• “Fanfares” – 3:30 p.m., New Philharmonic Orchestra of Irving, Carpenter Performance Hall

Monday, December 10

• Garth Williams:  Illustrator of the Century – through January 27, 2019, Dupree Lobby
• Leading Ladies Film Series: “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947, Maureen O’Hara) – 7 p.m., Angelika Film Center & Café, Plano

Tuesday, December 11

• Elf Academy – 10 a.m.-Noon, through December 18, Hillside Village Shopping Center, Cedar Hill
• “A Christmas Carol” – 7:30 p.m., through December 30, Dallas Theater Center, Wyly Theatre, Dallas

Wednesday, December 12

• Winterfest:  Ring in the Holidays with Mrs. Claus – 7 p.m., Valley Ranch Library
• “Have Yourself a Broadway Little Christmas” – 7:30 p.m., through December 14, Dupree Theater

Thursday, December 13

• Downtown Plano Art and Wine Walk – 5:30-9 p.m., Downtown Plano
• Trivia on the Patio: U.S. Armed Forces – 7:30 p.m., West Irving Library

Friday, December 14

• Deck the Halls and Welcome All:  Christmas at the White House – 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Bush Presidential Library, Dallas
• Candy Land Christmas – 11 a.m., Georgia Farrow Recreation Center
• Christmas on Main – 2-5 p.m., Historic Downtown Grapevine
• Holiday in Sound – 7:30 p.m., Carpenter Performance Hall

Saturday, December 15

• Santa Saturday at Irving Arts Center – 2-4 p.m., Irving Arts Center Suite 200
• Cinema13*:  Mamma Mia Here We Go Again! – Valley Ranch Library
• “Holiday of Color” – 7:30 p.m., Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra, Carpenter Performance Hall

Sunday, December 16

• Arjoon KC:  Reality of Unheard Stories – through January 6, Irving Arts Center Carpenter Lobby
• “The Nutcracker Untapped” – 2 & 5 p.m., Rhythmic Souls Tap Company, Dupree Theater
• Pink Ice 2018 Mission:  I’m Possible – 6 p.m., Cachet Youth Group, Carpenter Performance Hall

Monday, December 17

• Live to Read Book Club:  What I Know for Sure – 7 p.m., South Irving Library 

Tuesday, December 18

• Taco Tuesdays – 4-10 p.m., Nosh & Bottle
• Irving Writers’ Salon – 7 p.m., West Irving Library

Wednesday, December 19

• 2018 Irving Art Association Animal Art Exhibition – through December 31, Irving Arts Center Courtyard Gallery 
• Home for the Holidays Adoption Event – 10 a.m.-5 pm., Irving Animal Care Campus 

Thursday, December 20

• Teen Winterfest:  3D Christmas Cards – 5:30 p.m., Valley Ranch Library

Friday, December 21

• Holiday Tea at the Adolphus – 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., through December 30, The French Room, Dallas
• “Twas the Night Before Christmas” – 1 p.m., through December 23, Casa Manana, Fort Worth 
• Holiday in the Park – 2-10 p.m., through December 31, Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington
• Keith and Margo’s Slay Ride:  A Holiday Mystery Dinner Adventure – 7:30 p.m., Old Mill Inn, Dallas