Dallas community calendar

February 26, 2009 by Jenna_blog
Filed under: Dallas County, Dallas Entertainment, Dallas News, Events, North Dallas Cities, Texas News

AREA

GriefWorks offers anticipatory grief support services to children ages 5 to 18 and their family members who are dealing with an anticipated death of a loved one. The center is at 6320 LBJ Freeway, Suite 126. To schedule an appointment, call 972-960-9981.

Academic Year in America, a program of the AIFS Foundation, Foreign Exchange Program, seeks host families for August to host foreign exchange students for five or 10 months. Families may choose the student, country and time of hosting. Students have their own insurance, spending money, clothes and personal products. Contact Dorothy Brown at 214-762-1418 or dorothybrown34@aol.com.

DOWNTOWN

The Black Academy of Arts and Letters presents “Comedy Night at the Muse” featuring comedian B-Phlat at 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Dallas Convention Center theater complex. Tickets are $15. Call 214-743-2400 or visit www.tbaal.org.

Dallas Genealogical Society presents a seminar on Irish genealogy led by Paul Milner from 9:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Saturday at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young St. Voicemail, 1-866-968-2347 or www.dallasgenealogy.org.

The Dallas Museum of Art celebrates Black History Month with a lecture, Ancient Egypt and Africa/Egypt in Africa, at 1 p.m. Saturday. Vicki Meek, manager of the South Dallas Cultural Center, and internationally renowned biological anthropologists Michael Blakey, College of William & Mary, and Shomarka Keita, Smithsonian Institution, will lead discussion on the ancient Egyptians and the newest technology being used to research the civilizations of ancient Africa. $15; discounts available for members, seniors and students. Reservations required. For tickets, call 214-922-1826. For details on all Black History Month programs at the museum, visit dallasmuseumofart.org.

The Old Red Museum of Dallas County History and Culture will present “Your Dallas: Carrollton Connections,” an exhibit on Carrollton’s history and development, through May 10. The exhibit, second in a series on Dallas County’s cities and towns, may be viewed in the first-floor gallery of the museum, 100 S. Houston St. The exhibit entry is included in general museum admission or available separately for $3 for adults and $1 for children. The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. For group reservations, call 214-745-1100. www.oldred.org.

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