Free Stuff To Do in Dallas
Thursday May 15, 2008
Here's a smattering of activities around Dallas that are free to attend.
- Every Thursday night, the Angelika Dallas shows 30 Rock, The Office, and Lost on one of their big screens. Admission is free. A full bar and menu is available for purchase to take in the theater with you or to eat upstairs in the cafe.
- US Congressman Sam Johnson will be in Plano to help with a Foreclosure Prevention Seminar. Representatives from housing organizations will be there to answer questions. The seminar is on Saturday, May 17 from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. at the Plano Centre at 2000 East Spring Creek Parkway.
- Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Traders Village is having a Cajun Festival with zydeco, gumbo, and crawfish, among other Cajun things. Admission is free. Traders Village is T 2602 Mayfield Road in Grand Prairie.
- The Dallas ISD, the African-American Museum of Fair Park, and the Dallas Public Library are sponsoring a Children's Book Fair (pdf file) and Literary Festival at the J. Erik Jonsson branch -- the Central Library, which is across from City Hall in downtown Dallas. The festival starts at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 17. Fourteen children's authors and illustrators will be there. Admission is free.
- Sorbeteria is celebrating its grand opening by giving away free full-sized sorbets or smoothies on Saturday, May 17 from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. Sorbeteria is located at 7700 Northwest Highway, across the street from Northpark Center.
- Def!nitely Maybe, a bluesy rock band, will be playing a concert benefitting American Eagle Youth at Carrollton City Hall on Sunday, May 18, 1:30 p.m.-5 p.m. The concert is free, but donations are encouraged.
- Karma (at 15203 Knoll Trail in Dallas) is hosting a free fashion show called "The Freakum Edition" on Sunday, May 18. Admission is free and the first drink is free. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the show starts at 9 p.m.