FLASHLIGHTS DFW

The Dallas Mavericks play the Chicago Bulls tonight at 7:30pm at American Airlines Center.  2500 Victory Avenue, Dallas.  www.ticketmaster.com for tickets. Comedian Melanie Comarcho will be live in stand up at the Improv in Arlington at 8pm and 10:30pm.  309 Curtis Mathes Way #147.  Tickets are $17 and $27 Comedian Chris Porter will be live in stand up at Hyenas Comedy Nigh Club in Fort Worth tonight at 8:30pm and 10:30pm.  Tickets are $10.  425 Commerce St. You can enjoy the high energy sounds of the band Chinatown at Sambuca in Dallas tonight.  2120 Mckinney Ave.  Eat, drink and dance! Its the 32nd annual Irish Festival this weekend.  Today its from 6pm to 11pm with free admission until 7pm.  $10 after and $20 full day admission for Saturday.  Its going to be live music, exhibits and food.  Fun for the whole family.  Its at Fair Park, 1200 S. Second Ave., Dallas . Happy Friday!  Go Play Loves!

The Best Free Comedy Show in DFW!  Plus Free Buffet from 6pm to 8pm at the Brickhouse Lounge 2525 E. Arkansas Ln. #253 with comedians Derrick Cakley, Midnite, Quenton Q Coleman and Angelia Walker.  The Show starts at 9:15 The Dallas Stars go against the Carolina Hurricanes tonight at American Airlines Center at 7:30pm.  2500 Victory Ave., Dallas. Jazz in the Atrium at the Dallas Museum of Art.  1717 N. Harwood St., Dallas.  Its from 6pm to 8pm, its free, you can purchase food and drinks if you like however,  and tonight will be the Carolyn Lee Jones Quintet. The Quake Burlesque and Variety Show is going to be tonight at Three Links 2704 Elm St., Dallas.  It will be $10 to get in. Go Play Tonight Loves!

Tonight is the Flipside Experience at Scat Jazz Lounge in Fort Worth.  The music is a fusion of Jazz and Worldbeat.  It starts at 8:30pm.  111 W. Fourth St. Suite 11 The Mavericks play the New Orleans Pelicans tonight at 7pm at American Airlines Center 2500 Victory Ave., Dallas. Its a Jam Session/Open Mic at the Prophet Bar 2548 Elm St., downtown Dallas.  DJ Jay Clipp is in the mix.  Get there about 9pm. Its Wine Down Wednesdays at III Forks Steakhouse from 5pm to 7pm.  17776 Dallas Pkwy., Dallas.  For $15 you get to sample six wines and you get hors d’oeuvres. And there will be live music at chocolate Secrets & Wine Garden at 7:30pm.  3926 Oak Lawn Ave., Dallas. That’s all I have today!  Go Play Loves!!

Its Hookahs and Hip Hop at Momo’s, 2800 Routh St.  Get there about 9pm. It’s the Tuesday night Classical Open Mic at Buzzbrews Kitchen tonight.  4334 Lemmon Ave., Dallas.  It starts at 8pm.  Eat, drink, chill and listen to local classical musicians flex their muscle. It’s the Tuesday Night Jazz Jam at Sandaga 813 in Dallas.  813 Exposition Ave.  The music starts at 8pm. And at Scat Jazz Lounge, the entertainment series “Straight Ahead, A Tribute to the Music of the Blue Note Label” continues tonight.  Get there about 8pm.  There’s a Paint Night in Fort Worth tonight at Brewed 801 W. Magnolia Ave.  It starts at 7pm and you get an apron, canvas, paint brushes and paint and for a couple hours you sip and paint under the instruction of an artist.  It cost $45 Go Play!!

Its Adult Night at Legoland Discovery!  3000 Grapevine Mills Pkwy!  The fun starts at 7pm!  The Amsterdam Bar has great jazz on Monday night.  831 Exposition Ave., Dallas. Also, check out Barcadia for deals on food and to play a few arcade games!  1917 N. Henderson Ave., Dallas.  And in Fort Worth 816 Matisse Dr. Hit me up if you need to find somewhere in your area!  brandimholland@gmail.com Have fun loves!!

Dream Girls presented by the Grand Prairie Arts Council is at 8pm today.  120 E. Main St. Grand Prairie.  It cost $11, $17 and $22 Tonight is Valley Ranch Vegas Night!  Its at the Omni Dallas Mandalay Hotel, 221 E Las Colinas Blvd., Irving.  Free parking, $12 valet parking.  It starts at 7pm and $5 gets you $1000 worth of chips. Its $1 Margaritas all day today at all On The Border restaurants in honor of today being National Margarita day. The award winning play The Vagina Monologues goes on yet again at 8pm tonight at Community Unitarian Universalist Church in Plano, 2875 E. Parker Rd.  $15  You can enjoy live jazz at Chocolate Secrets and Wine Garden 3926 Oak Lawn Avenue, Dallas. 7:30 is the time to be there. Keep it in the Ring!  A black tie boxing and dinner event to take a stand against violence against women and children takes place tonight in Fort Worth at the Cedera Center.  3600 Benbrook Hwy on old weatherford traffic circle.  Its a little pricey to attend at $20

Comedian Sheryl Underwood will be live in standup tonight at the Addison Improv!  4980 Beltline Rd Suite 250.  She’s got an 8pm show and a 10:30pm show.  Tickets are $25.  www.improv.com The Vagina Monologues!  Go see this award winning play tonight at 7pm at the Community Unitarian Universalist Church in Plano.  2875 E. Parker Rd.  Tickets are $15 Comedian Lisa Landry will be performing at Hyena’s Comedy Night Club in Fort Worth tonight.  425 Commerce St.  She has two shows tonight 8:30pm and 10:30pm.  18 year veteran comedian Jammin Jay Lamont will be live in stand up tonight at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre, 650 Griffin St., Dallas.  He goes on stage at 9pm and tickets are $20. The DFW Auto Show continues tonight.  Todays hours are from 10am to 10pm.  Its at the Dallas Convention Center, 650 S. Griffin St.  For more info and tickets you can go to www.dfwautoshow.com or you can buy tickets are the door.  $12 for adults and $5 for kids. Ricki Derek and

The DFW Auto Show continues tonight at the Dallas Convention Center,  650 S. Griffin St., Dallas from 4pm to 10p.  Adult tickets are $11 at www.dfwautoshow.com   or you can get them at the door for $12. There’s Jazz in the Atrium at the Dallas Museum of Art from 6pm to 8pm.  Its free.  You can purchase food and drinks if you would like.  Tonight Dallas based drummer and composer Stockton Helbing and his quartet will be performing.   Its from 6pm to 8pm 1717 N. Harwood St., Dallas. Tonight at Scat Jazz Lounge is “Evidence- The Music of Thelonious Monk”  Get there about 8pm.  111 West 4 th Suite 11 in Fort Worth.  Cirque du Soleil Presents Verekai continues a second night.  The show is at 7:30pm.  http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/varekai/default.aspx for tickets. Go Play Loves!!

The DFW Auto Show starts today.  Its at the Dallas Convention Center, 650 S. Griffin St.  Its from 4pm to 10pm and its $12 for adults and $5 for children 6 to 12.  Cirque de Soleil presents Verekai!  An exhilarating show based in a captivating forest inhabited by whimsical and enchanted creatures.  Its going to be at the Dr Pepper Star Center in Frisco, 2601 Avenue of the Stars.  The show is going to be at 7:30pm daily until the 23 rd .  For more information and tickets visit http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/varekai/default.aspx Acoustic artist Thom Dukan is going to be performing to night in Fort Worth at Mambo’s Cantina, 1010 Houston St.  No cover!  Get there about 8pm That’s all I have tonight loves!  Go play!!

The Dallas Mavericks play the Miami Heat tonight at American Airlines Center 2500 Victory Ave., Dallas at 7:30pm.  www.ticketmaster.com The art gallery “Dance Theater of Harlem: 40 Years of Firsts” opens today.  Its free.  The gallery will focus on many accomplishments of African Americans and other minorities who dared to overcome prejudice and pursue their passion.  Its at the Irving Arts Center, 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd., in Irving. Enjoy the entertainment, food and fun of The Classical Open Mic at Buzzbrews Kitchen.  4334 Lemmon Ave., Dallas.  Its free to get in, and local classical artist get together to flex their muscle.  It starts about 8pm. Jazz artist Drea Kelley is performing at Sambuca in Dallas tonight.  2120 McKinney Ave. Get there about 8pm.   Its Hookahs and Hip Hop again tonight at Momo's!  2800 Routh St ., Dallas.  Its from 9pm to 2am.  The kitchen is open late.   Tonight at the Scat Jazz Lounge is the music of Jay Raymond and Tim Green Gr

Comedian Jeff Dunham will be live in stantdup tonight at American Airlines Center in Dallas 2500 Victory Ave.  www.ticketmaster.com Maze featuring Frankie Beverly and Bell Biv Devoe will be in concert tonight at Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie.  1001 Performance Pl.  The concert will be at 8pm and tickets range from $39.75 to $89.75.  www.ticketmaster.com Chris Watson Band will be at JJ's Blues Bar.  Performing at 10pm, the address is 937 Woodward St. The Dallas Symphony Orchestra's performance "Love is in the Air" will be performed again tonight at 8pm.  Go to www.dallassymphony.com for tickets Haunted house in february?  Dark Hour-Love is Blind is open again tonight.  Its at 701 Taylor Dr. Plano.  Its at 7pm and cost $26. The Half Price Books at 5803 E. Northwest Hwy., Dallas, is hosting an animal adoption event today until 4pm. Go Play!

Happy Valentines Day!  What to do?? Valentines Day Comedy at Backdoor Comedy Club.  8250 N. Central Expy., Dallas.  It cost $35 per person. Live music, Comedian Lisa Love, and two DJ’s at the Drunk In Love Party at The Loft at Gilleys.  1135 S. Lamar St., Dallas.  The party starts at 9:30pm. This is odd, but I thought was worth posting…  “Dark Hour Haunted House-Love is Blind” goes from 7pm to 11pm tonight at 701 Taylor Dr., Plano.  Its $26 per person. Dinner tonight at Five Sixty in Reunion Tower??  There will be a six course tasting menu featured this Valentine Day weekend.  Its going to cost about $125 per guest.  At Scat Jazz Lounge in Fort Worth it’s a Valentines Soiree with Tatiana Mayfield.  Its starts at 8pm and cost about $15.  111 W. Fourth St. Suite 11. Valentines Cruise! Its at Lake Grapevine on the Tejas Houseboat, at the Silver Lake Marina, 2500 Fairway Dr., Grapevine.  It sails off at 6pm and the cost is $149 per couple.  It’s a 2 hou

Happy hour at Blue Sushi Sake Grill in Fort Worth 3131 W. 7 th St.  Its from 3pm to 6:30pm.  $5 select Maki, discounted appetizers, $3 Sapporo Sake Bombs. Bone Thugs in Harmony will be performing tonight at Trees in Dallas 2709 Elm St.  The show starts at 8pm. www.treesdallas.com for tickets. Free! Jazz in the Atrium at the Dallas Museum of Art 1717 N Harwood St.  And tonight the Rober Holbert Group led by Tenor Saxophonist Rob Holbert will be performing.  Its from 6pm to 8pm. Tonight is Poetry Smash #3 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre.  650 Griffin St., Dallas.  It starts at 7:30pm and cost $10 to get in.  Poets assemble to tantalize your ears with word play.. Soulful guitarist Jackie Don Loe will be performing live at Keys Lounge in Fort Worth 5677 Westcreek Dr., H.   He goes on stage at about 9pm. A drunk in love dance off!  Its at Oils 4 Us party Room in Fort Worth.  3821 Jim Wright Fwy.  The fun starts about 6pm. Go Play Loves!!  

Snoop Dogg is going to be at the House of Blues tonight at 8pm.  220 N. Lamar St., Dallas.  The cost is going to be $35 to $79.50. There is going to be a Paint and Sip event tonight at the Fox & Hound in Arlington 1001 NE Green Oaks Blvd.  Its going to cost $45 and as with all these events you get your paints, brushes, smock, apron and a canvas and you  can sip on something while you paint. Fitness!  Explore Hip Hop Dance tonight at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center 223 W. Jefferson St., Dallas.  The fun starts at 7pm. Its Wine Down Wednesdays at III Forks Steakhouse.  17776 Dallas Pkwy., Dallas.  For $15 you sip wine and get Hors D’Oeuvres. Go Play Loves!  

Get out and enjoy Hookahs and Hip Hop Tuesdays at Momo’s Pasta 2800 Routh St., Dallas.  The fun starts at 10pm RSVP 214-233-4250 for free admission.   The Classical Open Mic at Buzzbrews Kitchen continues this week from 8pm to midnight.   4334 Lemmon Ave., Dallas.   Free admission.   Eat, drink and be entertained by local classical musicians flexing their muscle. “Straight Ahead- A Tribute to the Music of the Blue Note Label” continues tonight at Scat Jazz Lounge.  111 West 4 th Suite 11 in Fort Worth.    Ghost the Musical continues for those that love the movie.   Its at Bass Performance Hall, 525 Commerce St., Fort Worth 7:30pm.  Go to www.basshall.com for tickets. Go Play Loves!!

Ultimate Adult Game Night!!  Uno, Twister, Manopoly, Dominoes, Taboo, Hungry Hippos, Spades, Chess, Pac Man, Musical Chairs, Simon Says, Hula Hoops and More!  Its at Tailgaiters Bar and Grill 14831 Midway Rd., Addison from 8pm to 2am.  $8 to get in! The Dallas Stars take on the Phoenix Coyotes tonight at American Airlines Center 2500 Victory Ave., Dallas at 7pm.  www.ticketmaster.com The Comic Con Sci Fi Expo is going on now at the Irving Convention Center.  500 W. Las Colinas Blvd., Irving.  It cost $25 to $35.  It closes tonight at 7pm. Ricki Derek and the Vegas Six will be performing tonight at Scatt Jazz Lounge in Fort Worth.  111 W. 4th St.  Get there about 8pm Or you could trip out to the music of Pink Floyd joined to a light show at the UTA Planetarium 700 Planetarium Pl. Arlington.  Its from 7pm to 8pm and cost $6. Go Play Loves!

Its “Moulin Rouge, The Musical” tonight at the Art Centre Theatre in Plano.  5220 Village Creek Dr.  Its about $15 to $20.  www.theartcentretheatre.com The Dallas Mavericks go up against the Utah Jazz tonight at 7:30pm at American Airlines Center.  2500 Victory Ave., Dallas.  www.ticketmaster.com for tickets If you need live music that is going to get you up and dancing, you can go to Sambuca in Dallas and hear the sounds of Inversion.  2120 McKinney Ave., Dallas.  Eat, Drink, Dance or just Chill! Red Young is performing tonight at Scatt Jazz Lounge in Fort Worth.  111 West 4 th St.  Suite 11.  Get there about 8pm. Go Play Loves.

Snow Day!  Here’s a few delivery options you may or may not know about.. Rachels Soulfood in Fort Worth. 817-268-9093 4300 E. Rosedal St. Minimum $25 order and there is a $5 delivery charge. They don’t do web orders, but you can look at their menu online. www.rachaelssoulfood.com Quesa-D-Ya’s In the lower Greenville area 2820 Greenville Ave., Dallas 214-823-3927 Quesadyas.com Greenz In Addison and Uptown 5290 Beltline Rd., Ste 103A 972-385-7721 And 2808 Mckinney Ave., Ste 100 214-720-7788 The website is www.greenzsalads.com Also, my favorite, because I swear they have the best lemon pepper wings in the area Wing Town in Irving 1930 N. Story Rd. in the GTE Plaza 972-790-4444 www.wingtown.net You can always go with your favorite pizza or asian delivery.  Stay warm and safe loves!  Xoxo

Its Wine down Wednesdays at III Forks Steakhouse 17776 Dallas Pkwy.  For $15 you get to wine taste, and have hors d’oeuvres created by Chef Chris Vogeli.  For February they will be pairing wines from the US against wines from Europe. There is also a FREE wine tasting this evening at Cork 3636 McKinney Ave.  Its at 6pm. Open Standard Featuring Ricki Derek is performing tonight at Scat Jazz Lounge in Fort Worth.  111 West 4 th Suite 11.  They have a happy hour there from 5pm to 8pm and the show should start about 8pm. Something a little different…  A pottery class!  Its from 6:15pm to 8:15pm at Bedford Boys Ranch Park 2801 Forest Ridge Rd, in Bedford.  It’s a little pricey at $160 but…  To some people that’s like $20… So I figured I would post it J Go Play Loves!

You can go see Ghost The Musical at the Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas.  909 First Ave., Dallas.  Tickets start at about $20.  For more info and tickets visit http://dallassummermusicals.org/shows_ghost.shtm Classical Open Mic!  This Tuesday and every Tuesday at 8pm at Buzzbrews Kitchen! 4334 Lemmon Ave., Dallas.  This is the even where local classical musicians come out and flex their muscle!  Eat, drink, chill and be entertained. Scatt Jazz Lounge in Fort Worth continues “Straight Ahead- Tribute to the Music of the Blue Note Label” by Pete Clagett and Chris Milyo.    There is no cover charge.    111 West 4 th  Suite 11. There is an Open Mic tonight at Opening Bell Coffee that’s pretty cool.  These artist are mainly acoustic artists.  You can get in on the action also if you would like.  1409 S. Lamar St. Suite 012 Dallas.  7pm. Go Play Loves!