FLASHLIGHTS DFW

Its Thursday!  Time for Jazz in the Atrium at the Dallas Museum of Art!  Austin based trumpet player Ephraim Owens is here to bless your ears.  Of course this is free, and you can purchase food and or drinks if you would like.  The entertainment is from 6pm to 8pm.  1717 N. Harwood St., Dallas. Tonight the Dallas Mavericks play the LA Clippers at American Airlines Center.  2500 Victory Ave., Dallas.  The Game is at 7:30pm and you can purchase tickets at www.ticketmaster.com Get active, laugh, have fun and get new dance skills with your boo by taking Salsa Dance Lessons tonight at Vive By Design Fitness and Dance Studio from 6:30pm to 7:30pm.  2704 W. Park Row in Arlington.  The class is $10.  Comedian Rachel Feinstein is live in stand up tonight at Hyena’s Comedy Night Club in Dallas at 8:30pm 5321 E. Mockingbird Ln.  It cost $10. Live music?  Artist Lugman Rasada is performing at Soho Food and Jaz...

Happy Hour at Blue Sushi Sake Grills Sake Bombers Lounge.  3131 W. 7 th St. Fort Worth.  Its from 3pm to 6:30pm $5 select maki, discounted appetizers and $3 Sapporo Sake Bombs. Opening Bell Coffee will have live Classical music today at 8pm.  1409 S. Lamar St., Dallas.  Warehouse, A Dave Matthews tribute band, will be playing tonight at the Blue Martini in Plano.  7301 Lone Star Dr.  They go on about 8pm You can go see Cats at Casa Manana Theatre.  3101 W. Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth.  Tickets are $41 to $76.  https://www.casamanana.org/performances/cats for tickets.  The show starts at 7:30pm.

Its Fat Tuesday! The Hookah Tuesday “Mardi Gras Party” is tonight at Momo’s Kitchen.  2800 Routh St., Dallas.  $5 Hurricanes, New Orleans themed music, Hip Hop, Hookahs, party favors and crawfish will be included on the menu.  Get there by 8pm…  Or after. . Its Fat Tuesday at The Free Man Cajun Café and Lounge!  2626 Commerce St., Dallas.  And they are doing it big!  Live music starts at 2pm with a 5 piece New Orleans Style Band.  They will be doing a “Tumble” Through Deep Ellum and the pre party for that starts at 5pm.  The tumble runs from 6pm to 7pm.  From then on the flagship band of the Free Man, The Free Loaders will play. The Classical Open Mic continues at Buzzbrews Kitchen 4334 Lemmon Ave., Dallas.  It starts at 8pm.  Go eat, drink and listen to local classical artists flex their muscle. Scat Jazz Lounge in Fort Worth is having a “Phat” Fat Tuesday Party!  Lol!  111 West 4 th Suite 11....

The Dallas Stars play the Buffalo Sabres today at 7pm at American Airlines Center.  2500 Victory Ave., Dallas.  www.ticketmaster.com for tickets. It’s a Paint Night tonight at La Hacienda Ranch Restaurant in Colleyville.  5250 Highway 121.  Paint and Sip!  Be instructed by an artist and get all the tools you need.  Your smock, paint brushes, paints, and canvas. Eat, drink, chill and listen to the contemporary sounds of Blue Side at Sambuca in Dallas, 2120 Mckinney Ave.  Get there about 8pm.   Thats all I have for today loves...  Its cold!!  Go Play!

Comedian Melanie Comarcho is live in stand up again tonight at the Improv in Arlington. 309 Curtis Mathes Way #147.  Shows are at 7pm and 9:30pm and tickets are $17 to $27.  You can get tickets online at www.improv.com There will be live jazz with at Chocolate Secrets and Wine Bar with Jazz Guitarist Terry Hankins at 7:30pm.  3926 Oak Lawn Ave., Dallas. Comedian Chris Porter is live in stand up in tonight at Hyenas Comedy Night Club in Fort Worth.  425 Commerce St.  His shows are at 8pm and 10:30pm and tickets are $10 . The Grand Prairie Arts Council presents Dream Girls at the Uptown Theater.  120 E. Main St. in Grand Prairie.  The show is at 7:30pm and cost $11, $17 and $22. 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!!

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 c...

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 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 S...

The Dallas Mavericks play the Sacramento Kings tonight at American Airlines Center at 7:30pm.  2500 Victory Ave, Dallas. Liz Mikel will be performing at Scat Jazz Lounge tonight at 9pm.  111 W. Fourth St., Fort Worth. Comedian Ian Bagg is live in Stand up tonight at Hyena’s Comedy Night Club in Fort Worth 425 Commerce St.  He’s got a show at 8:30pm and 10:30pm.  Cost $10 Sommore!  This funny lady’s Standing Ovation Tour stops here in the DFW tonight at Verizon Theater in Grand Prairie 1001 Performance Place.  972-854-5050 and www.ticketmaster.com for tickets.  Her show is at 8pm. Sip wine, eat wood fired pizza, and listen to the smooth sounds of the Mark McKenzie Jazz Quartet at Two Corks and a Bottle, 2800 Routh St., Suite 140 in Dallas. Funny man Jeff Burghart is live in stand up tonight at Hyena’s Comedy Night Club in Dallas, 5321 E. Mockingbird Ln.  He’s got two show’s.  One at 8:30pm and one at 10pm. ...

The Dallas Mavericks go up against the Houston Rockets at 7:30pm at the American Airlines Center.  2500 Victory Ave., Dallas.  www.ticketmaster.com for tickets. There is a Paint and Sip event tonight in Arlington at the Fox and the Hound, 1001 NE Green Oaks Blvd.  As with all Paint and Sip events you get Paints, Paint Brushes, a Smock and Canvas and you’re instructed by a professional artist.  The event starts at 7pm and cost $45.  If you haven’t seen it yet, you can still go and see the beautiful displays at the Chinese Lantern Festival at Fair Park, 1200 S. Second Ave., Dallas.  $15 for adults and $10 for kids with discount code VIP2013.  Its open from 5:30pm to 9:30pm.  I think this is a great way to take a romantic stroll, or to tire out your kids!  Bundle up! Live jazz?  Page 43 Is performing tonight at Buttons in Addison and they have half off bottles tonight as well.  Eat, drink, chill and be entertai...

It’s Adult Lego Night at Legoland Discovery Center!  3000 Grapevine Mills Pkwy., in Grapevine.  Its from 7pm to 9pm and cost $12.99 to get in. A new Monday night event is starting fresh today!  May be great to unwind after work!  Its Magnum Mondays at WORK Bar and Grill!  New to Deep Ellum.  2618 Elm St., Dallas.  $4 drink specials, a rustic atmosphere, and BBQ!  Get there about 8pm. You can have dinner and enjoy the smooth contemporary sounds of Blue Side at Sambuca in Uptown this evening.  2120 McKinney Ave.  The Colorado Avalanche go up against our Dallas Stars tonight at American Airlines Center, 2500 Victory Ave., Dallas.  The bout starts at 7:30pm and you can get tickets on www.ticketmaster.com That’s all I have for today loves!  Grab your boo and go shake off the Monday drama!

Its Poets  and Jazz tonight at the Clarence  Muse Cafe Theater,  650 Griffin St.,  Dallas.   It cost $10 and starts  at 9pm. Ishmael Sings is performing  tonight  at Buttons in Addison.   15207 Addison Road.  He goes on at 8.  Eat,  drink,  chill! STAG!  Austin based comedy group is going to be at the Dallas Comedy House tonight,  2645 Commerce St.  Tickets are $10 to $12, the show is at 7:30 and they  sell out  crowds... If you like spicy food,  Zest Fest continues today and they will be roasting pig,  briscuit, and Ribs and there  will be drinks!   500 W.  Las Colinas Blvd.   $16 to get in.   The food is from 6pm to 9pm. Tyler Perry's play Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned is going on today at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie.   www.ticketmaster.com 8pm Funny man Steven Michael Quezeda is live in st...

Enjoy live jazz at Scatt Jazz Lounge tonight!  It’s a Tribute to Charles Mingus!  111 W. Fourth St., Suite 11 in Fort Worth.  The show starts at 9pm. The Dallas Stars go up against the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight at American Airlines Center 2500 Victory Ave., in Dallas.  The bout starts at 7pm.  www.ticketmaster.com Enjoy live music, wine tasting and wood fired pizza at Two Corks and a Bottle!  2800 Routh St., in Dallas.  The live music is from 7pm to 10pm. Free!!  Its Thursday!!  Time for Jazz in the Atrium at the Dallas Museum of Art!  1717 N. Harwood St., Dallas.  Free admission and you can purchase food and cocktails!  I’m feeling frisky…  Kinda bored..  So I’m sure someone else is too…  Soooo…. I’m going to suggest Beamers Happy Hour!  J Free buffet, discounted drinks, hip hop, and you can request passes at www.beamersclub.com 2443 Walnut Hill Ln., Dallas Go Pla...

The Classical Open Mic at Buzzbrews Kitchen continues! 4334 Lemmon Ave., Dallas.    Its FREE!    Go hear local classical musicians flex their muscles!    Eat, Drink and be Merry! The Dallas Stars go up against the Minnesota Wild tonight at 7pm at American Airlines Center, 2500 Victory Ave., Dallas.  www.ticketmaster.com Its Hookahs and Hip Hop Tuesdays at Momo’s Pasta! 2800 Routh St., Dallas!  Free admission with RSVP 214-233-4250! Then there’s the Dallas Comedy House Open Mic!  2645 Commerce St., Dallas.  Its free.  Go, laugh and hangout! Also, the Open Mic at Opening Bell Coffee is cool.  Artist here are mainly using Acoustic and Keybourds.  Its at 2301 Flora St., Dallas and starts around 8pm.  Sets are about 15 minutes. Revenge of the Band Geeks is tonight!  Basically the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony and the Dallas Wind Symphony will be having a concert tonigh...

The Alcove is a great little trendy bar.  Very comfy, and a great place to relax off your work day stress.  2907 State St., Dallas. Joe Cajun.  Not really a fancy place but evidently this place has the best crawfish in Arlington.  1115 E. Pioneer Pkwy., Arlington.  Even if you don’t get out and go, I think this place is worthy of bookmarking for crawfish season. Scat Jazz Lounge is going to be having the smooth sounds of Open Standard featuring Ricki Derek tonight.  111 W. 4 th St., #11 in Fort Worth.   Get there about 8pm.  Chill and enjoy. This place is kinda cool if you like Louisiana Style Daiquiris….  May also be noteworthy to remember for the summer.  The Daiquiri Shop 692 W. Pioneer Pkwy Suite 120 in Grand Prairie.  They are open from 10am to 9pm and they stay open until 11pm on Friday and Saturday. Chiladas in Plano has a happy hour from 4pm to 7pm.  6145 Windhaven Pkwy.  Go Pla...

The Mav’s play the Orlando Magic tonight at 7:30pm at American Airlines Center 2500 Victory Ave., Dallas.  www.ticketmaster.com Half priced food at Barcadia!  Eat, Drink and Play arcade games!!  1917 N. Henderson Ave., Dallas and in Fort Worth the address is 816 Matisse Dr. There is an open stage at the House of Poets in Richardson.  Go, be entertained, relax, eat drink and be merry.  580 W. Arapaho Rd.  Its starts at 7pm and it cost $5 to get in. Live music, food and drink?  You can enjoy the contemporary sounds of Blue side at Sambuca in Uptown 2120 Mckinney Ave.  214-744-0820. Go play loves!!

Acoustic artists Domino and Amy will be performing tonight at Sambuca 2120 Mckinney Ave., Dallas.  Get there about 8pm.  Eat good, vibe, chill, and relax off your Monday! Relaxing pilates tonight at the Texas Discovery Gardens 3601 Marting Luther King Jr. Blvd., Dallas at 6pm.  The cost is $15. Mid Cities!!  It’s a Paint and sip night at La Hacienda Ranch in Colleyville 5250 Highway 121.  Its going to be at 7pm and the cost is $45. They’ll be watching the college football championship (Florida State Seminoles and Auburn Tigers) at Sambuca 360 in Plano at 6:30pm 7200 Bishop Rd. #270.  

Hi Loves!!  The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is performing tonight at the American Airlines Center, 2500 Victory Ave., Dallas at 7:30pm tonight!!  This should be epic!!  Go to www.ticketmaster.com for tickets.   There’s an Open Mic at Opening Bell Coffee.   I think this is going to be cool because you never know what kind of awesome talent will show up to entertain you…   It starts at 6:45, is free and is located at 1409 S. Lamar St., in Dallas. Tonight is Adult Night at Legoland Discovery Center in Grapevine, 3000 Grapevine Mills Pkwy.    Its open from 7 to 9pm and cost $12.99. Tonight, eclectic/contemporary artist Mick Tinsley will be performing at Sambuca, 2120 McKinney Ave., Dallas.  You can eat good, maybe sip, and be entertained. Happy Monday Loves!  You Can Make It!  And Later…  Go Play!!  Xoxo

Donnell Rawlings will be doing his funny stand up act again tonight at the Arlington Improv @ 7pm, 309 Curtis Mathes Way.  Tickets are $30. Red Young is performing at Scat Jazz Lounge tonight 111 W. Fourth St., Fort Worth.  8pm isca good time to get there. Creative Souls Band Date!  Learn to play an instrument and 2 hours later play a song for a crowd!!  It cost $25 and is at Creative Soul Music School 5236 S. Hulen St., Fort Worth. Funny man Nick Guerra is doing stand up tonight at Hyena's Comedy Night Club, Dallas.   5321 E. Mockingbird Ln., Dallas.   The show is at a 8pm and cost $10 to $15 For the open minded couple... You can go enjoy Ruby Revue Burlesque tonight at the House if Blues.  2200 N. Lamar St., Dallas.  $20-$30.  Its going to be beautiful, artistic and entertaining.. and could inspire some ideas. Country? Randy Rogers Band is performing at Billy Bobs Texas at 8pm.  2620 Rodeo Plaza.  Go Play Loves!! ...