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The State Fair of Texas is the largest and longest running fair of it’s kind in the world. Do you feel up to entering your prize photograph or canned peaches in this year’s competition? If so, entries are being accepted through July 31, 2009.

If you want to enter something in the 2009 Creative Arts competition at The State Fair of Texas? The 2009 Creative Arts Handbook is now available online!

The 2009 Creative Arts handbook is available now for $5.00 or download it here for free. Deadline for registration forms and entry fee is Friday, July 31, 2009.

Information regarding delivery of entries can be found in the book and online. Cooking contests are held during the Fair and are listed on the Competition Calendar — there is no pre-registration for these contests. Registration forms are the yellow pages in the back of the book

To order a Creative Arts hand book send a check or money order in the amount of $5.00 to:

State Fair of Texas
Creative Arts Department
P.O. Box 150009
Dallas, Texas 75315

Where is the Creative Arts Building?

The building sits on Adm. Nimitz Drive, with the Cotton Bowl on its ‘back doorstep.’ Ribbon winners in more than 1,100 categories, including canning, quilts, photography and crafts are artfully displayed in their 1,700 square foot home. Daily contests before live audiences and cooking demos are included in the mix.

Alliance Francaise de Dallas Presents the French Movie of the Month at The Mac (3120 McKinney Avenue, Dallas, 75204) tomorrow (Saturday), 14 March 09 at 2p.

LA FILLE SUR LE PONT is directed by Patrice Leconte and stars Vanessa Paradis and Daniel Auteuil. The romance was released in 1999 and runs 1h 30m. In french with English captions. Rated R.

Daniel Auteuil and Vanessa Paradis charm in this funny and intriguing twist on Boy Meets Girl. A beautiful waif is prepared to leap to her death in the Seine but is rescued from her grim fate by a raffish carnival knife thrower. If you are wondering why Vanessa Paradis’ name sounds familiar, she’s Johnny Depp’s girlfriend and a major star in France in her own right.

The always fantastic North Texas Irish Festival is going on RIGHT NOW at Fair Park in Dallas. This event will probably pull in record numbers this year because of the gorgeous weekend weather we are having!

Check out the doghouses built to benefit Habitat for Humanity, Scottish clans, bagpipers, cutting edge AND traditional Celtic music, dancing, tons of vendors offering everything from foods to clothing to swag you just gotta have!

This IS a dog-friendly event so bring Fido out with you.

If you’ve not attended this event before, you really must make time for it today or tomorrow. Today’s schedule (Saturday) will be 10:30a - 11:30p; Sunday: 11:30a - 7:30p. Ticket prices are $15.

Make plans to visit the Nasher Sculpture Center tomorrow for Target First Saturdays. There will be FREE Admission from 10a - 2p.

Treat your family to their popular monthly event designed especially for children. This month’s Big Idea, Process, will feature interactive activities and hands-on art projects, which will encourage creative thought and artistic expression.

Schedule of Activities
Children’s Art Activity: 10 am - 12 noon
Art Scavenger Hunt: 10 am - 2 pm
Art in Action Sculpture Demo: 10 am - 12:30 pm
Family Tours: Hourly from 10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yoga in the Garden by YogaSport: 11:30 am
Storytime with the Dallas Public Library: 12:30 pm
NasherKids Live! Featuring Hip-Hop For Kids: 1 pm
NasherKids Meal Available at Nasher Cafe: 11 am - 2 pm

Check out these great activities happening tonite at the Dallas Museum of Art:

Thursday Night Live presented by Sprint
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (individual program times vary)
Atrium, galleries, C3 (most programs meet at Visitor Services Desk)
Free
Reservations: Not Required

Jazz in the Atrium
James Gabriano
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Atrium
Free
Enjoy live jazz concerts, dinner, and drinks in the Atrium café every Thursday.

Sketching in the Galleries
Led by Lisa Nersesova
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Free
Meet at the Hamon Visitor Services Desk
Improve your drawing ability with direct instruction from professional and practicing artists. All levels of experience are welcome. Bring your pencils and sketchbooks.

Make It/Take It at the Materials Bar
7:00–9:00 p.m.
Center for Creative Connections
Free
Belly up to the Materials Bar and try a new material or technique to expand your artistic imagination. Beginners and experts welcome.

Lecture: Boshell Family Lecture Series on Archaeology
How Did They Do That? Tools and Technology in the Time of Tutankhamun
Dr. Emily Teeter, Research Associate and Special Exhibits Coordinator, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
7:00 p.m.
Theater, Center for Creative Connections
$15, discounts available for members, seniors, and students, for tickets call 214-922-1826
The jewelry, furniture, coffins, and stonework in the exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs are true masterpieces. But how were the ancient craftsmen able to produce such refined objects without sophisticated tools? This lecture will discuss the often simple, but effective, tools and techniques used in the time of Tut.

Join Alliance Francaise de Dallas and The MAC for their monthly FREE mothlyFrench Film Night

Tonite’s screening of “L’homme du train” will begin at 7p.

Directed by Patrice Leconte and staring Johnny Hallyday & Jean Rochefort. A running time 1h30m with English subtitles. Rated R.

Gather up your funky hats and beads and head to downtown Dallas today for the festivities at MystiQal Mardi Gras Parade!

The Grand Parade steps off at 6:30pm at the intersection of Main/Ervay in Downtown Dallas.

The Parade features Mardi Gras floats from Popeyes, Quick and lots of other groups. There’s plenty of dancing, marching and places for folks who want to have fun!

Returning for their second engagement in Popeyes MystiQal is the Grambling State University Fighting Tiger Marching Band! Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind collegiate marching band that’ll entertain your socks off.

The Street Festival will feature street vendors, crawfish, beignets, Popeyes chicken and biscuits and more! Street festival opens at 5pm and all festivities will end at 11pm.

So, step into our very own French Quarter. You can choose one of three Popeyes MystiQal Party Pavilion viewing locations:

* Pegasus Plaza (Main & Akard)
* Main & Lamar
* The West End