WHAT'S GOING ON: Jan. 27, 2012

EVENTS

• The White-Pool House Museum has scheduled a “Texas Hold ‘Em” Tournament at 7 p.m. today. 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 its third annual Black Tie Gala 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday at MCM Grandé Hotel 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.
• MIDLAND The Tall City Blues Fest is now offering a 2012 Pre-VIP special offer through Tuesday. The fest has been scheduled for July 26-29. Call 262-0034 or visit www.tallcitybluesfest.com for more information.
• A special in-theater event, “Kevin Smith: Live from Behind featuring Jay and Silent Bob Get Old,” will be shown on the big screen at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Century Theatre, 4221 Preston Smith Road and at Hollywood Tall City 14, 4915 W. Loop 250 N., Midland. Tickets are $15 at the Midland location. Tickets may be purchased at the box office or at www.FathomEvents.com.
• ALPINE The Museum of the Big Bend, 400 N. Harrison St., Alpine, has scheduled its 26th annual “Trappings of Texas” with the following events. Feb. 23: 6 p.m. Texas Art Exposition dinner and discussion at the Gage Hotel, 102 NW First St., Marathon. Tickets are $65 per person. Call 386-4205 for reservations. Feb. 24: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Opening reception and sale at the museum. Tickets are $50 per person. Feb. 25: 10 a.m., Public auction at the Granada Theatre, 207 E. Holland Ave., Alpine. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Free and open to the public. Call 837-8143 or visit www.sulross.edu/museum.
• 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.
• The Ellen Noël Art Museum has scheduled their annual Shrimpfest fundraiser at 7 p.m. Feb. 27 at Building G at the Ector County Coliseum, 4201 Andrews Highway. The event will include all-you-can-eat shrimp, a silent auction, a live auction and music by the Main Stream Jazz Quartet. Tickets are $35 and may be purchased at the museum or online. Sponsor tables are available for $1,200, $3,000 or $5,000 which includes admission to the sponsor-only cocktail reception from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Call 550-9696 or visit www.noelartmuseum.org.
• ABILENE The Second Annual Outlaws & Legends Music Fest has been scheduled 8 p.m. to midnight March 2 and 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. March 3 at the Abilene Speedway, 6825 W. Highway 80, Abilene. Proceeds will benefit the Abilene-based Disability Resources Inc. Gates will open at 4 p.m. March 2 and attendees must vacate by noon March 4. Any size coolers are welcome for a fee of $20 per cooler. Three hundred RVs spaces are available for $40 on a first come, firs served basis. A special Outlaws and Legends rate of $49 will be provided at The Whitten Inn Expo, 840 E. Business 20, Abilene. Call 800-727-7704 or visit www.outlawsandlegends.com or www.abilenevisitors.com.
• Ellen Rakieten Entertainment is now accepting applications for a new docu-series following a mother and a daughter who are both pregnant at the same time. Email mothersanddaughtersExpecting@gmail.com and explain why you should be a part of the docu-series and what is going on in your lives since becoming pregnant. Also include your phone number, email address and the city and state you live in. Applicants must be 18 years or older. Call 646-278-7630 or visit www.facebook.com/PregnantMothersPregnantDaughters for more information.

CONCERTS

• A special in-theater concert event, “The Goat Rodeo Sessions LIVE” featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer, Stuart Duncan and guest vocalist Aoife O’Donovan, will be shown on the big screen at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Century Theatre, 4221 Preston Smith Road and at Hollywood Tall City 14, 4915 W. Loop 250 N., Midland. Tickets are $15 at the Midland location. Tickets may be purchased at the box office or at www.FathomEvents.com.
• Odessa College will host a Music Master Series with Richard Dowling, Steinway pianist, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Globe Theatre, 2308 Shakespeare Road. Tickets are $10. Admission if free for students and OC employees with school ID’s.   Call 580-3177 to reserve tickets.
• The Globe Theatre, 2308 Shakespeare Road, presents Odessa’s Brand New Opree, featuring Latter Rain Ministries Craig De Armond Family and Friends, at 7 p.m. Feb. 4. Tickets are $10. Call 332-1586 or 580-3177, email hamlet@globesw.org or visit www.globesw.org. >> The Ector Theatre, 500 N. Texas Ave., has scheduled “Legends of Country Music” at 8 p.m. Feb. 4. This event features Doug Brewin as Alan Jackson, Larry Turner as George Strait and Todd Sulivan as Tim McGraw. Tickets are $25. Call 580-0898.
• 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.
• Club Patron, 5850 W. University Blvd., has scheduled a concert with members of Aventura and Xtreme joining to form VENA from 8 p.m. to midnight Feb. 12. VIP and pre-sale tickets are on sale at the far west office. Visit www.facebook.com/events/303601529676896/?notif_t=event_invite.
• Los Arcos Ballroom, 2205 Whitney Lane, and Univision 18, have scheduled Valentines Dance Concert with Conjunto Primavera from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Feb. 17. Tickets are available at La Nueva Moda, El Centenario and CD Trucking. Call 438-3051 or 230-0841 for reservations and more information.

PERFORMANCES

• The Permian Playhouse, 310 W. 42nd St., presents Cindy Ward and Friends in “You’re Lookin’ at Country” at 7 p.m. today and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students and $7 for children 12 years and younger. Call 362-2329 or visit www.permianplayhouse.com.
• MIDLAND The Midland Community Theatre, 2000 W. Wadley Ave., Midland, presents, “Guys & Dolls, Opening Musical – An American Classic,” at 8 p.m. Feb. 3-4, Feb. 10-11, Feb. 17-18, Feb. 24-25 and March 2-3, 2 p.m. Feb. 12 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23. Tickets range from $12 to $18. Call 682-2544 or visit wwwmctmidland.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. Practice Party: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Students of all levels may join in for dance practice night. There is no charge to participate. Visitors are welcomed. 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. Ballroom & Latin classes: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, starting Feb. 7. 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. Country Two Step: 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, starting Feb. 1 through Feb. 22. Students will progress each week starting from the basics through intermediate-advance combo variations. Partners are not required. New beginners must start Feb. 1. Salsa: 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursdays, starting Feb. 2, through Feb. 23. These classes are led by West Texas Salseros instructor Manny Valerio. Students will learn basic footwork, follow and lead techniques and turn variations. Material will be included in each class for all levels. Partners are not required. New beginners must start Feb. 2. 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

• ALPINE The Museum of the Big Bend in Alpine has scheduled, “The Lost Colony Texas Regionalist Paintings.” The exhibit will run through Sunday. 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, “Autobody,” which will run through Sunday. 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, “From the Pueblo to West Texas: Paintings by René Alvarado.” The exhibit will be on display through Sunday. 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, “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 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. today. 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.
• Odessa College, 201 W. University Blvd., is displaying Odessa College photography student and faculty works in the Texas Photographic Society “Members’ Only Exhibition,” through March 9 in the Odessa College Options Gallery in the Murry H. Fly Learning Resources Center. The gallery is open 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 or email sgoff@odessa.edu.
• The White-Pool House Museum, 112 E. Murphy St., has scheduled “Handcrafter Wood Items & Wood Working Tools,” to be on display through March 10. The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Admission is free. Call 333-4072 or visit www.white-poolhouse.org.
• The Ellen Noël Art Museum, 4909 E. University Blvd., has scheduled, “Downstream: Paintings by Joyce Howell.” The exhibit will be on display starting Saturday 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.
• The Ellen Noël Art Museum, 4909 E. University Blvd., has scheduled, “The Mike and Linda Tilton Collection.” The exhibit will be on display Feb. 3 through April 8. 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, 400 N. Harrison St., Alpine, has scheduled “Trappings of Texas” on display Feb. 25 through April 15. 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 837-8143 or visit www.sulross.edu/museum.

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