WHAT'S GOING ON: Jan. 6, 2012

EVENTS

• The Ellen Noël Art Museum, 4909 E. University Blvd., has scheduled Adventures in Art for children ages six through 12 years from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Registration and fee required. Call 550-9696 or visit www.noelartmuseum.org.
• A special in-theater encore event, “Faust” by Charles Gounod, will be shown on the big screen at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Century Theatre, 4221 Preston Smith Road. 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.
• The Black Cultural Council of Odessa has scheduled their 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration week with the following events. Jan. 14: 7 p.m., “A Night to Remember” talent show at Blackshear Magnet School, 501 S. Dixie Blvd. Admission is $3. Jan. 15: 3 p.m., Gospel Celebration at Bethlehem Baptist Church, 1000 W. Clements St with the Rev. Ray D. Hicks of Bethlehem Baptist Church as speaker. Admission is free. Jan. 16: 6 a.m., King Breakfast and 6:30 a.m. program at Odessa Regional Medical Center Community Room, 515 Adams St. The Rev. Timothy McNeil of St. James Baptist Church will be the speaker. Admission is free. Jan. 16: 11 a.m. King’s Rally at Southside Senior Citizens Center Parking Lot, 900 S. Dixie Blvd with Shawn Pierces of Permian High School as guest speaker. Admission is free. Jan. 16: Freedom March line-up will be at 11:45 a.m. and the march will begin at noon at the Southside Senior Citizens Center Parking Lot, 900 S. Dixie Blvd. Admission is free but everyone is responsible for their own signs. Prize will be given to the group with the highest number of participants. Jan. 16: Odessa Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Candlelight Vigil will be held immediately following the Freedom March at Woodson Community Center, 1000 E. Murphy St. Call 381-8080. Call 853-1344 for more information.
• MIDLAND The Permian Basin Poetry Society has scheduled a Texas-ku (Haiku) Workshop at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Ground Floor Coffee Shop, 203 W, Wall St. #104, Midland. Open Mic Night will follow at 7 p.m.
• The Odessa Art Association has scheduled their monthly meeting at 2:15 p.m. Jan. 15 at the Ellen Noël Art Museum Classroom, 4909 E. University Blvd. Letha Hooper, Collections Coordinator and registrar at the museum, will present the program. Visitors are welcome.
• MARFA Ballroom Marfa has scheduled their Autobody Film Program at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at Crowley Theatre in Marfa. Short films will include Matthew Barney's “Hoist,” Claude Lelouch's “C'était un Rendezvous,” and Kevin Jerome Everson's “The Prichard,” followed by Everson's feature, “Cinnamon.” This event is free and open to the public. Call 729-3600 or visit www.ballroommarfa.org.
• The White-Pool House Museum has scheduled a “Texas Hold ‘Em” Tournament at 7 p.m. Jan. 27. There is a $220 buy-in and space is limited to the first 60 players. Four big prizes go to the winners. Call 333-4072 for more information.
• Black Chamber of Commerce of the Permian Basin has scheduled their third annual Black Tie Gala 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Jan. 28 at MCM Grandé Hotel and FunDome, 6201 E. Business 20. There will be dinner, dancing and a fashion show by Mary’s Fashion. Formal attire is required. Cost is $50 per person or $500 for a table sponsor. Proceeds will benefit the Odessa Black Chamber of Commerce Charitable Fund. Call 332-5812 or visit www.odessablackchamber.com for more information.
• The Odessa Symphony Guild Gala Ball, “Sweet Sounds of the Symphony,” has been scheduled Feb. 25 at the Odessa Country Club, #1 Fairway Drive. A drawing will be held for Diamond earrings, Call 634-08152 to reserve a table.

CONCERTS

• MIDLAND The Midland-Odessa Symphony & Chorale has scheduled the following events at 7 p.m. at the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center, 1310 N. FM 1788. Saturday: Gustav Holst “The Planets.” All tickets are $40 each. Jan. 24: Masterworks III “Coming to America.” Tickets are $17. Seniors and student discounts and free admission to students of music. Call 563-0921 for more information and reservations.
• The University of Texas of the Permian Basin has scheduled Jose Martinez, Viola, Senior Recital at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center Rea-Greathouse Hall, 1310 N. FM 1788. Admission is free.
• 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. Tuesday. Tickets are $25 to $65. Call 800-514-3849 or 552-4430 or visit www.etix.com or www.wagnernoel.com.
• MIDLAND The Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center, 1310 N. FM 1788, Midland, is hosting the All-Region Concerts at 7 p.m. Jan. 14 and 4 p.m. Jan. 21. Admission is free.
• The Ector Theatre, 500 N. Texas Ave., has scheduled an Elvis Birthday tribute show, starring Vince King and tribute band Fevor from Fort Worth, at 8 p.m. Jan. 14. Tickets are $25. Call 580-0898 for reservations.
• 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. Feb. 4: Piano Celebration. March 31: Pops Celebration. Visit www.bigspringsymphony.com.

PERFORMANCES

• The West Texas Talent Association, presents “Music, Mayhem, and Madness,” a Las Vegas style musical comedy review, at 8 p.m. today and at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday at Ector Theatre, 500 N. Texas Ave. Tickets are $12.50. Call 978-7405 or visit www.westtexastalent.com.
• The Globe Theatre, 2308 Shakespeare Road, presents The Brand New Opree featuring “Sounds of Jericho” at 7 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $10. Call 580-3177 or visit www.globesw.org.
• MIDLAND Sewell Chevrolet of Andrews presents Broadway in the Basin with the following performances at Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center, 1310 N. FM 1788, Midland. Feb. 26: 7 p.m., “Stomp.” March 10: 8 p.m., “Lord Of The Dance.” April 13: 8 p.m., “Hal Holbrook’s Mark Twain Tonight!” May 4: 8 p.m. “The Rat Pack Is Back.” Four-show premium tickets are $325 for level one, $230 for level two and $170 for level three. You can become a VIP member for $200 and receive priority valet parking, hospitality room and pre show/intermission restrooms. VIP spots are limited and first come first serve. Call 552-4439 or visit www.broadwayInTheBasin.com, www.facebook.com/BroadwayInTheBasin or www.twitter.com/BwayInTheBasin.
• MIDLAND The Midland Festival Ballet has scheduled the following performances at the Midland High School Auditorium, 906 W. Illinois Ave., Midland. March 2: 7:30 p.m., “Beauty and the Beast.” April 21: 7:30 p.m., Spring Gala presents “Graduation Ball.” April 22: 2:30 p.m., Spring Gala presents “Graduation Ball.” Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for youth, students and senior citizens and groups of 15 or more will receive a $2 discount per ticket. Call 686-0071 or visit www.midlandfestivalballet.org.

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. Salsa: 8 p.m. Thursdays. Kid-Teen (ages 9-17) dance group class: 6 p.m. Fridays. Students will learn basic instructions in instructions swing, jitterbug, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, merengue, rumba, salsa and tango. Private lessons are also available. Call 349-1472 or visit www.lovetodancestudio.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

• Odessa College Options Gallery, 201 W. University Blvd., has scheduled their 25th annual Members Only Show sponsored by the Texas Photographic Society beginning Monday. The gallery is open from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call 335-6497 for more information.
• 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. 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 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 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. Call 552-3288 or visit www.utpb.edu.
• 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. 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. Call 550-9696 or visit www.noelartmuseum.org.
• 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. 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. 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. 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. Call 550-9696 or visit www.noelartmuseum.org.
• The Parker House Ranching Museum, 1118 Maple Ave., has scheduled their newest exhibit, “Larry Gatling and the Gatlin Brothers: 42 Years of Performing, Awards, Photographs, Costumes and Memorabilia,” on display through Feb. 17. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Call 335-9918.
• The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, 4901 E. University Blvd., has scheduled “Formed and Fused” artwork by Tommy Gregory and Leslie Slaughter to be on display Jan. 20 through March 4 in the Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery in the Visual Arts Studio with an opening reception being held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Jan. 20. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. Call 552-3288 or visit www.utpb.edu.
• The White-Pool House Museum, 112 E. Murphy St., has scheduled “Handcrafter Wood Items & Wood Working Tools,” to be on display Jan. 18 through March 10. The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Call 333-4072 or visit www.white-poolhouse.org.
• The Ellen Noël Art Museum, 4909 E. University Blvd., has scheduled its newest exhibit, “Downstream: Paintings by Joyce Howell.” The exhibit will be on display Jan. 21 though March 11. 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. Call 550-9696 or visit www.noelartmuseum.org.

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