WHAT'S GOING ON: Dec. 30, 2011

EVENTS

• MARFA Ballroom Marfa has scheduled Charlie Chaplin’s “The Kid” with live score by Shahzad Ismaily at 7:30 p.m. today at Crowley Theatre in Marfa. Ismaily will also live score Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid’s short experimental film, “Meshes of the Afternoon.” Doors open at 7 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Call 729-3600 or visit www.ballroommarfa.org.
• Big Show Events has scheduled the second annual AST/Jammin’ 94.7 New Year Year’s Eve Jam Celebration from 7 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday at Hilton Garden Inn, 5221 JBS Parkway. This year there will be a dance off with a prize of $100. Tickets are $30 per person in advance which includes the party, with music, dancing, gift cards give-a-way, a champagne toast at midnight and breakfast. Cash bar will be available. Romance packages are available for $139 per couple which includes two tickets to the party, champagne toast, breakfast and a room for the night. For tickets or more information call 254-1910 or visit www.bigshowevents.com or www.facebook.com/events/171092619654701. Call 366-5800 to reserve the romance package.
• MIDLAND VFW Post 4149, 409 Veterans Airpark, Midland, has scheduled a New Year’s Eve party from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday. The Trey Austin Band will be performing and a potluck will be held so bring your favorite foods to share. This is a BYOB event. There will be a key bowl and no drinking and driving. This is an adult party only, no children will be allowed. Cover charge is $10 per person. Call 254-7542 or 684-9226 for more information and for overnight accommodations or visit www.facebook.com/events/323256884360840.
• The Knights of Columbus have scheduled their 12th annual New Year’s Eve Gala at 8 p.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Celebration Hall, 7601 N. Grandview Ave. There will be live music by The Tejano Express, featuring Pano Mata. This is a BYOB event, sodas will be available for purchase and free menudo and tamales will be served after midnight. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 the day of the event. Table reservations are first come, first serve and are $20 per table. Call 296-9100 for tickets and table reservations.
• MIDLAND Gritos, 106 S. A St., Midland, has scheduled a New Year’s Eve Tejano Bash on Saturday. There will be music by Tejano Vibes Radio. Admission is $10 and free menudo will be served after midnight. Call 553-6866 or email info@tejanovibes.com for table reservations or visit www.facebook.com/pages/Gritos-Tejano-Smokehouse-Saloon/228365597196634 or www.gritosmidland.com.
• A special in-theater encore event, “Rodelinda” by George Frideric Handel, 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.
• MARFA Ballroom Marfa has scheduled their Autobody Film Program at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 21, 2012 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.
• Black Chamber of Commerce of the Permian Basin has scheduled their third annual Black Tie Gala from 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.

CONCERTS

• 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.
• 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, 2012: Piano Celebration. March 31, 2012: 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. Thursday and Jan. 6 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.
• 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, 2012: 7 p.m., “Stomp.” March 10, 2012: 8 p.m., “Lord Of The Dance.” April 13, 2012: 8 p.m., “Hal Holbrook’s Mark Twain Tonight!” May 4, 2012: 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, 2012: 7:30 p.m., “Beauty and the Beast.” April 21, 2012: 7:30 p.m., Spring Gala presents “Graduation Ball.” April 22, 2012: 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. Country Two Step: 8 p.m. Wednesdays. Salsa: 8 p.m. Thursdays. Kid-Teen (ages 9-17) dance group class: 6 p.m. Fridays, starting Dec. 30. 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

• 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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