WHAT'S GOING ON: Dec. 16, 2011

EVENTS

• Three special in-theater encore events will be shown on the big screen at 6:30 p.m. at Century Theatre, 4221 Preston Smith Road. Wednesday: Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” Thursday: Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel.” Jan. 4, 2012: “Rodelinda” by George Frideric Handel. Tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for seniors and $14 for children. Tickets may be purchased at the box office or at www.FathomEvents.com.

CONCERTS

• Bleu Edmondson will be performing in concert at 10:30 p.m. today at Graham Central Station, 4240 Preston Smith Road. Doors open at 9 p.m. Visit www.bleuedmondson.com or www.facebook.com/events/ 190756574345821.
• MIDLAND The Glovebox will perform in concert at 9 p.m. today and Saturday at Hot Shorts, 615 W. Wall St., Midland. Call 687-3582 or visit www.facebook.com/events/309109792433606.
• BIG SPRING Big Spring Symphony Orchestra has scheduled its 2011-12 concert season with the following performances at 8 p.m. at the Big Spring Municipal Auditorium. Saturday: Nutcracker Ballet. Feb. 4: Piano Celebration. March 31: Pops Celebration. Visit www.bigspringsymphony.com.
• MIDLAND The Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center, 1310 N. FM 1788, Midland, has scheduled Country Music Hall of Famer Ray Price in concert with special guest Gene Watson at 8 p.m. Jan. 10, 2012. Tickets are $25 to $65. Call 800-514-3849 or 552-4430 or visit www.etix.com or www.wagnernoel.com.

PERFORMANCES

• The Permian Playhouse, 310 W. 42nd St., presents “The Gospel According to Scrooge” at 8 p.m., today and Saturday and at 2:30 p.m., Sunday. Tickets are $14 for adults, $12 for students and seniors, $7 for children 12 years and younger and $10 for groups of 12 or more. Call 550-5456 or visit www.permianplayhouse.com.
• MIDLAND The Midland Festival Ballet has schedule performances of “The Nutcracker” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Big Spring Municipal Auditorium, Big Spring. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for children, students and seniors. Groups of 15 or more will receive a $2 discount per ticket. Call 686-0071 or visit www.midlandfestivalballet.org.
• MIDLAND The Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center, 1310 N. FM 1788, Midland, has scheduled the Moscow Ballet performance of “The Russian Nutcracker,” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 26. Tickets are $27.50 to $350. Call 800-514-3849 or visit www.etix.com or www.wagnernoel.com.
• The West Texas Talent Association, presents “Music, Mayhem, and Madness,” a Las Vegas style musical comedy review, at 8 p.m. Jan. 5-6, 2012 and at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Jan. 7, 2012 at Ector Theatre, 500 N. Texas Ave. Tickets are $12.50. Call 978-7405 or visit www.westtexastalent.com.

DANCE

• Allemander’s Square Dance Club has scheduled dances from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on the first and third Friday each month at the Northside Senior Center, 1225 N. Adams Ave. Call 367-9226 or email bg02sf@yahoo.com.
• MIDLAND High Sky Squares has scheduled square dancing from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. the second Saturday of each month at M Square Arena, 2800 W. County Road, Midland. Call 362-6042 or 653-0346 or email jdale22222@aol.com.
• Love To Dance Studio, 2817 JBS Parkway, Suite E-1, has scheduled the following dance classes: Salsa Fitness: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays. The class includes footwork, body movement along with hand and arm styling for the ladies. Ballroom & Latin classes: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays. Classes include instructions in swing, jitterbug, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, merengue, rumba, salsa and tango. Partners are not required. Beginners may start on any Tuesday. Belly Dance (Cabaret style): 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. Belly Dance (American Tribal style): 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays. Private lessons are also available. Call 349-1472 or visit www.lovetodancestudio.com.
• Allemander’s Square Dance Club has dances from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on the first and third Friday each month at the Northside Senior Center, 1225 N. Adams Ave. Call 367-9226 or e-mail bg02sf@yahoo.com.
• The Thursday Night Dance Club has scheduled dance nights with entertainment by a country-western band from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursdays at the Northside Senior Center, 1225 N. Adams Ave. Cost is $5 for members and $6 for guests. Visitors are welcome. Call 687-3413 or 697-0281 or email bob_evans1955@hotmail.com or maxking@grandecom.net.
• West Texas Circle of Friends offers dance lessons from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. every Monday at the Moose Lodge, 2711 N. Dixie Blvd. Dances taught are the two-step, the waltz, swing and line dances. The association also schedules a country-western dance for ages 40 and older from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on the second and fourth Sunday of each month at Graham Central Station, 4240 Preston Smith Road. On Graham dance nights, two-step and line dance lessons are from 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Call 208-9511 or 638-2593.

EXHIBITIONS

• ALPINE A BFA exhibition, “god is dirt,” by Sul Ross State University Student Antonio Manuel Castillo Gonzalez, will be on display starting Monday in the Sul Ross State University, Main Gallery, Francois Fine Arts Building, 400 N. Harrison St., Alpine. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Today: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., An opening reception will be held. Call 210-289-5855 or email RabbitJuiceStudio@gmail.com.
• The White-Pool House Museum, 112 E. Murphy St., has scheduled “A Farmhouse Christmas” through Thursday. The museum will be decorated with Christmas trees, antique ornaments and toys. There is no admission fee but donations are accepted. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Call 333-4072.  
• LUBBOCK Texas Tech’s International Culture Center, 601 Indiana, Lubbock, will be displaying Odessa College photography student and faculty works in the 11th annual “High and Dry: A Photographic Exhibition of Peoples and Places of the World’s Dry Lands,” through Jan. 13, 2012. The museum is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The museum is closed during University Holidays.
• The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, 4901 E. University Blvd., has scheduled the Freshman and Sophomore Art Exhibition 2011 to be on display through Jan. 15, 2012 in the Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery in the Visual Arts Studio. The displayed arts will be artworks by students that were enrolled in freshman and sophomore level art courses at UTPB during the last year. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.
• The Ellen Noël Art Museum, 4909 E. University Blvd., has scheduled its newest exhibit, “A Secret Passion: Vintage Costume Jewelry form the Linda Smetak Collection.” The exhibit will be on display through Jan. 15, 2012. The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free and open to the public.
• ALPINE The Museum of the Big Bend in Alpine has scheduled its newest exhibit, “The Lost Colony Texas Regionalist Paintings.” The exhibit will run through Jan. 29, 2012. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday. Admission is free and open to the public. Call 837-8730 or 837-8143 or visit www.sulross.edu/museum.
• MARFA Ballroom Marfa, 108 E. San Antonio St., Marfa, has scheduled a visual arts exhibit, “Autobody,” which will run through Jan 29, 2012. The gallery is open noon to 6 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Call 729-3600 or visit www.ballroommarfa.org for more information.
• The Ellen Noël Art Museum, 4909 E. University Blvd., has scheduled its newest exhibit, “From the Pueblo to West Texas: Paintings by René Alvarado.” The exhibit will be on display through Jan. 29, 2011. The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free and open to the public. Visit www.noelartmuseum.org.

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