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Marcus High School Theatre Arts Department is proud to present Alice in Wonderland, the stage adaptation by Brainerd Duffield. Audiences are invited to the children’s world of make-believe, where the impossible becomes possible, the unreal, real, and where the heights of adventure are limited only by the depths of imagination. The show runs November 5-8.

Follow the young, imaginative Alice as she chases the beleaguered White Rabbit down the rabbit-hole to encounter some of the most enduring and strangest characters in all of literature. The moralizing Duchess, the Mad Hatter, the rotund and rollicking Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the diabolical Queen of Hearts, and the philosophical Cheshire Cat are only some of the characters that you will meet in this theatrical interpretation of Carroll’s classic works, Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. In the photo are Kole Franklin as the Mad Hatter, Morgan Andersen as the Dormouse, Jessica Wilson as Alice, and Luke Swinney as the March Hare.

Children are also invited to attend a Mad Tea Party before the Saturday, November 7 matinee starting at 1 p.m. Tickets for this event are $10 for children and $15 for adults. This includes the tea party and a ticket to the show. They will have a chance to meet and chat with the characters, tour the theater and stay for the show. Reservations for the Mad Tea Party are taken up to 24 hours before the event. Tickets include the tea party and the show. For Mad Tea Party ticket prices and reservations, please email marcustheatretickets@yahoo.com.

Performances of Alice in Wonderland are November 5, 6, 7 and 8 at the Larry Sigler Auditorium at Marcus High School located at 5707 Morriss Road in Flower Mound. Show times are 7:30 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2:30 on Saturday and Sunday. Ticket prices are $12 for adults, $8 for seniors and students and $5 for children 5 and under. Pre-sale tickets are available. Tickets can also be purchased at the box office outside auditorium 45 minutes before the show begins. To get more information about ticket sales, please contact marcustheatretickets@yahoo.com. You can also visit http://mhs.lisd.net/finearts/theater.htm.

“People are sometimes confused by the September timing of Addison’s Oktoberfest event,” says Barbara Kovacevich, Special Events Administrator for the Town of Addison. “But we schedule Oktoberfest in Addison to coincide with the opening of the world renowned Oktoberfest celebration in Munich.”

This year, Grammy-award winners Brave Combo will join dozens of authentic German entertainers at the festival, which draws guests from across the Southwest. Special hotel packages, featuring lodging, event tickets and more, will be available from many of Addison’s diverse hotels.
EVENT SPECIFICS:
When: Thursday, September 18, 2008 5pm – 11pm
Friday, September 19, 2008 5 pm – Midnight
Saturday, September 20, 2008 12 noon – Midnight
Sunday, September 21, 2008 Noon – 6 pm

Where: 4970 Addison Circle Dr. Free parking located at the northwest corner of Dallas Parkway and Arapaho.

What: An authentic recreation of the Munich Oktoberfest featuring more than 30 hours of continuous family-oriented entertainment. German entertainers in authentic costumes perform traditional Bavarian folk dances, schuhplattling, oompah music, sing-a-longs, yodels and more. A special “Oktoberfest” Paulaner Bier is served along with several types of German sausage, sauerkraut, strudel, giant pretzels and more.

There are carnival rides, midway games, children’s entertainment and activities and a 5K run benefiting Wipe Out Kids’ Cancer.

Cost: $5 for ages 4 and older; FREE on Thursday. Discount tickets available at Tom Thumb Stores. Food & Beverage tickets are available for pre-sale. Go to Addison website for locations. For every $50 you pre-purchase, you will receive $5 free.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: call 1(800) ADDISON or visit www.addisontexas.net . Addison
Oktoberfest is presented by the Town of Addison.

Festivities begin at 7AM at Unity Park with a 1K and 5K Run and from 9-11 am participate in a Family Fish Out.  Bring your fishing poles.

Beginning Saturday evening, the action switches to Copperas Branch Park where the gates open at 5pm and entertainment will be provided by Wade Bowen (6:30pm) and Reckless Kelly (8:15pm).   Additionally for kids, there will be a bounce house, face painting and clowns.

Then shortly after dark, the Grand Finale Fireworks will begin.  Admission to all is FREE!  There is free parking in designated areas around each park, as well as a free shuttle from Marcus High School.  Bring your folding chairs and blankets.   Sorry, no pets, glass containers, alcoholic beverages or coolers permitted.

Copperas Branch Park is located adjacent to I-35 at Lake Lewisville and the Garden Ridge exit (454B).  Note, the 454B southbound exit will be closed from 9pm-Midnight!

Hours are:

Friday, Feb. 1st: 2PM-8PM
Saturday, Feb. 2nd: 10AM-8PM
Sunday, Feb. 3rd: 11AM-6PM

General Admission – $8.50
Kids Under 12 – Free!
Friday Only – Sr. Citizens (65+) – $6.50

For more information, direction and ticket purchase, click here.

They also offer a $1 printable discount coupon by clicking here.

The highlight of the hotel is an 80,000 square foot indoor water park as well as a unique large outdoor pool and water slide area. Great Wolf will cater primarily to families and leisure travelers. We also expect to see the Great Wolf as an alternative for business travelers with group meetings at the Texan who may bring along their families to enjoy the Wolf’s recreational opportunities. Of course the Wolf offers other amenities such as restaurants and Elements, an Aveda concept spa.

To Visit Great Wolf’s website for more information, click here.

We started out putting a few lights on our home many years ago, and it grew and grew as our kids grew. Now we hang lit wreaths in our windows and call it a day! But we’re grateful many of you go all out with the lights. They were being strung all over Flower Mound this weekend. We hope to get out and catch pictures of some of the best, but in the meantime, thought we’d share one incredible location a short drive up SH-121 in Frisco.

We went to see them last year and were amazed. This year, they’ve added even more with 65,000 lights, all computer controlled, and synchronized to music you can enjoy by tuning your car radio to 92.9FM.

It’s Free, but there may be a wait at times. Cars tend to pull up on the cul-de-sac in front of their home and park through a couple of song sets in groups of roughly 5-8 vehicles, then hopefully drive away so others can pull up. Visit http://www.friscochristmas.com for hours and directions.

Jeff Trykoski the homeowner is also credited with lighting Frisco Square (North Dallas Tollway and Main Street in Frisco). Presented by Frisco Square and NBC 5i you’ll find an incredible light show strung across the roadway connecting a series of buildings and the Frisco Town Hall.

For More information click here. Be sure to check their nightly schedule before making the drive.

This report is updated at the beginning of every weekend with additional updates throughout the weekend so be sure to check in often for the latest.

It’s officially pumpkin time! We all sense the change in weather and enjoyed the drop in temperatures, at least in the mornings! Yes, it’s still strangely warm hitting the 90′s in the first week of October, but nonetheless, the Pumpkins, Patches, and Haunted Houses have arrived.

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Visit a local Pumpkin Places to Pick your Preferred Plump Pumpkin! I love saying that.

If you’ve lived long in Flower Mound, you know that pumpkin shopping is more than just going to the store. It’s a short drive into the country…well almost the country, to the Pumpkin Patch or Pumpkin Village, located right next to each other on FM1171 just West of Bridlewood before you get to Lusk. Both will offer entertainment and recreational events for whole family, especially the kids. Each offers something unique such as face painting, hay rides, hay bale mazes, petting zoo, hay pyramids, teepees, pony rides, picnic tables, bounce houses, slides and oh, of course, pumpkins! There are also settings to get great photos of your children.

The Aloha Adventure Park, aka Putt Putt, sits quietly at the Northwest corner of FM407 and I-35E and has added an Aloha Fall Festival, running through November 11, 2007. For their flyer and to get a discount pumpkin coupon, click here. While they do charge admission, they offer a variety of attractions and events, including miniature golf, a hay maze, pony rides, bounce houses, a petting zoo, carnival games, batting cages, a hay ride, go karts and mini-go karts.

We’ll add more information on other activities, such as Haunted Houses later.

Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch

Flower Mound Pumpkin Village

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Calloway’s Nursery Fall Harvest Kid’s Day, Saturday October 6, 9am-6pm

Calloway’s sets aside this special day for family activities. Children can take part in bounce house shenanigans and gleeful pumpkin decorating. And, they give each child one free pie pumpkin to decorate.

• Shop the old fashioned Farmer’s Market
• Choose the perfect scarecrow from Scarecrow Village
• Visit the Pumpkin Patch — mounds of carving pumpkins, plus rare and unique gourds, squash and pumpkins
• Capture a photo of your child in the Picture Takin’ Place
• Select from dozens of Color Creations — our beautiful pre-made container gardens

And especially for Children:

• View the incredible Mad Science show
• Watch your children perform in the Bounce House
• See the artwork emblazoned in the Chalk Garden
• Enjoy the harmless (but slimy) sculptures of Slime Station
• Attend the free Clinics, see listing, at right.
• Gain the extra protection of Ident-A-Kid, for your children

Full schedules are posted at each Calloway’s and on line: www.calloways.com.
Click “Specials” and scroll to “Events…”
At every store on Saturday, October 6
? 10:15 am – Colorful Fall Flowers-best performers.
? 11:15 am – Pumpkin Centerpiece Decorating, Workshop

Each Store also has additional unique events. Click on the location below for details.

See a “Farmer’s Market,” the “Picture Takin’ Place,” a fun “Scarecrow Village” and much more!
Click Below on the store’s near Flower Mound to see the schedule for that location.

Lewisville
423 East FM 3040, near Vista Ridge Mall, 972.315.3133

Grapevine
3525 Highway 121 South, near Hall-Johnson, 817.421.6667

Addison
14120 Marsh Lane, at Spring Valley, 972.484.0784

Denton
1601 Dallas Drive, Northwest of Golden Triangle Mall, 940.591.8865

Plano
1000 Preston Road, near Plano Parkway, 972.964.3084
1621 Custer Road, at 15th, 972.596.5211

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Shops at Highland Village Open

Last weekend’s Grand Opening was reportedly a success, according to center officials with over 20,000 shoppers visiting the new center over the 3 day grand opening. The property is very nice, but limited on restaurant choices at present. Pot Belly Sandwiches, Corner Bakery and Texas Roast are open with Rockfish coming this weekend and Snuffers soon too. The AMC Movie Theatre is scheduled for an early December opening. Approximately 35 stores opened and by this time next year, they hope the property will be built out at around 70 stores.

Click here for a list of the stores and pictures of the Opening Weekend.

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Marauder and Jaguar Friday Night Football

Friday Night at 7:30, the Flower Mound Jaguars will travel to Hebron. The Marcus Marauders will be playing Creekview at Goldsmith Stadium.

For Flower Mound’s full schedule, click here.
For Marcus Marauder’s schedule, click here.

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State Fair of Texas – Sept 28-Oct 21, 2007
Fair Park, South of Downtown Dallas

THE SKY’S THE LIMIT!

Did you know the State Fair of Texas is the largest state fair in the United States based on attendance? Did you also know that it has been held at Fair Park since 1886? And did you know that it has the largest ferris wheel in North America?

This year the fair will re-introduce us to a new ride, the Texas Skyway, a $5 Million sky gondola system that will take you on an aerial tour of Fair Park. There are 34 Art-Deco gondolas each capable of holding 8 passengers, covering 1,800 feet traveling 65 feet above the ground.

Of course the centerpiece of the Fair is the annual football game, shootout, red-river rivalry, Big Red-Crimson Orange match…yep, the Oklahoma-Texas football game played in the Cotton Bowl at Fair Park.

The State Fair of Texas is the only Fair in the country to include a full blown auto show. It includes over 300,000 square feet of new model vehicles, two buildings, a Truck Zone and a Test Drive Track. The State Fair has been the site for several international launches including the 2007 Chevy Tahoe, the 2007 Ford Sporttrac and the 2008 Chevy Silverado.

Fair officials are also offering an online digital edition of their show guide you may access by clicking here.

For more information, show schedules, and to purchase tickets online, click here.

Ticket Prices:

Season Pass $39.95
Adult Advance Purchase $11.95 Regular Price $14
Seniors Advance $8.95 Regular Price $10
Children Advance Purchase $ 8.95 Regular Price $10
(Under 48″ tall)
2 and under – Free

NOTE: DISCOUNT TICKETS are available at all area Kroger stores!

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MOVIES

The box office winners last weekend were:

1. The Game Plan (new)
2. The Kingdom (new)
3. Resident Evil: Extinction (1)
4. Good Luck Chuck (2)
5. 3:10 to Yuma (4)

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It looks like everyone was either looking for a relaxing good time of comedy or someone’s in love with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, pulling in almost $23 Million in it’s opening weekend. Jamie Foxx’s action movie, The Kingdom, came in a distant second with $17 Million. Resident Evil: Extinction and the rest brought in less than $8 Mill. . The weekend brought 2 new movies into the top 5 box office producers. We’ve seen Good Luck Chuck which was entertaining, but definitely strong R, bordering on NC-17 and 3:10 to Yuma which is great as a modern-produced western.

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NEW THIS WEEKEND

Heartbreak Kid – Ben Stiller stars as a bachelor who after years of being single, and being pressured by his father, Doc, and best friend Mac, Eddie starts to wonder if he is being too picky about the women he meets. So when a chance encounter with an alluring blonde named Lila leads to a sweet romance, he impulsively proposes. But right after the wedding, as the newlyweds get to know each other on the drive down the California coast, Eddie begins to realize he’s made a terrible mistake. Soon after reaching their exotic Mexican hideaway, he falls for the down-to-earth Miranda, who has no clue he’s on his honeymoon. Now Eddie has to find a way to extricate himself from his days-old marriage without losing the girl of his dreams.

The Seeker – The Dark is Rising – A young man, Will Stanton, discovers he is the last of a group of immortals dedicated to fighting dark forces of evil. Traveling back and forth through time, Will uncovers a series of clues, some dating back to biblical times, that lead him to a showdown with forces of unimaginable power.

Penelope Cruz, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Danny DeVito star in The Good Night. Gary, a once successful musician, struggles with his career and an inert relationship with his girlfriend Dora. As his work as a commercial jingle writer spirals into ever more degrading depths, his best friend and former band mate Paul seems to find success at every turn. Gary is depressed and dejected until he meets Anna. She is everything Gary wants sexually, artistically and intellectually–she is the girl of his dreams, literally. But Gary can only be with Anna in sleep which consequently sends him on a quest for more frequent slumber. With the help of a new age guru named Mel, Gary shuns reality for the comfort of his dreams even as the troubles of his waking life increase.

George Clooney returns to the big screen in Michael Clayton. Michael Clayton is an in-house “fixer” at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care of his company’s dirty work at the behest of the firm’s founder. Though burned out on his job, a bad divorce, a failed business venture and mounting debt have left Clayton inextricably tied to the firm. Meanwhile, the career of litigator Karen Crowder rests on the multi-million dollar settlement of a class action suit that Clayton’s firm is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. But when Kenner Bach’s brilliant and guilt-ridden attorney Arthur Edens sabotages the case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his career and his life.

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Continuing This Weekend

Feast of Love - With Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, and Selma Blair. In a coffee shop in a tight-knit Oregon community, local professor Harry Stevenson witnesses love and attraction whipping up mischief among the town’s residents. From the unlucky in love, die-hard romantic coffee shop owner Bradley who has a serial habit of looking for love in all the wrong places; to the edgy real estate agent Diana who is caught up in an affair with a married man; to the beautiful young newcomer Chloe who defies fate in romancing the troubled Oscar; to Harry himself, whose adoring wife is looking to break through his wall of grief after the wrenching loss of a beloved…they all intertwine into one remarkable story in which no one can escape being bent, broken, befuddled, delighted and ultimately redeemed by love’s inescapable spell.

The Game Plan – The Rock returns to the Theater as a superstar quarterback whose bachelor life is turned upside down when he discovers he has a young daughter.

The Kingdom – In this high-impact action movie, Jamie Foxx heads an elite U.S. counter-terrorism team investigating a deadly attack on Americans in Saudi Arabia. The movie also features Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman and Jeremy Piven.

Good Luck Chuck
A man breaks up with his long-time girlfriend only to see her get engaged to the next guy she dates. The same pattern occurs with his next girlfriend, and continues to repeat. All of a sudden he finds himself becoming a lucky charm for women, who all want to date him…with one goal in mind. This is our pick for weekend box office winner. Strong Sexual Content!

Sydney White
Amanda Bynes stars in a modern retelling of Snow White, as gorgeous freshman Sydney White, goes to college to pledge her late mom’s once-dignified sorority. But while surviving the pledging process wrought by an evil campus witch Rachel, Syd finds out this version of sisterhood isn’t remotely what it’s cracked up to be. Banished to a condemned house on Greek Row, Syd finds her rightful place with a band of seven very socially challenged guys. With the help of one lovestruck frat boy named Tyler, she and the doofs campaign to take over the student government. Fighting for the rights of misfits everywhere, Syd and her “gang” revolutionize the system, once and for all.

Resident Evil: Extinction
In a new installment in the Resident Evil series, Milla Jovovich returns as Alice, now in hiding in the Nevada desert, once again joins forces with Carlos Olivera and L.J., along with new survivors try to eliminate the deadly virus that threatens to m

ake every human being one of the undead. Since being captured by the Umbrella Corporation, Alice has been subjected to biogenic experimentation and becomes genetically altered, now, of course, having much needed super-human strengths, senses and dexterity. These skills, and more, will be needed if anyone is to remain alive.

The Brave One
New York radio host Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) has a life that she loves and a fiancé she adores. All of it is taken from her when a brutal attack leaves Erica badly wounded and her fiancé dead. Unable to move past the tragedy, Erica begins prowling the city streets at night to track down the men she holds responsible, dishing out Vigilante justice as well as any man could.

Our Review: Well Acted, but Jodie Foster can pull off about any role. Violent, which seems consistent with Ms. Foster’s last several movies, and somewhat difficult to watch a few scenes due to the graphic nature of the violence. Even though most of the scenarios weren’t realistic, you could feel her character’s emotions and empathize with her objectives.

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Mr. Woodcock

John Farley (Seann William Scott), author of a best-selling self-help book about letting go of the past, violates his own advice when he returns to his small hometown to receive the community’s highest honor. While there, John learns, to his horror, that his widowed mother, Beverly (Susan Sarandon), is engaged to be married to none other than Mr. Woodcock (Billy Bob Thornton), the gym teacher whose sadistic exploits were the bane of John’s youth. While casting is good, critics give this movie an average C++…but what do they know!

Our Review: Funny. Billy Bob Thornton took his character over the top…almost all the time. Susan Sarandon was surprisingly funny and light-hearted as opposed to her usual character. Seann William Scott (American Pie famous), is starting to develop his own acting personality, but is he forever stereotyped as a corny-comedic actor? Their chemistry was well presented.

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Eastern Promises

Naomi Watts is a London midwife who looks into the death of a patient, putting her in the sights of a ruthless Russian mobster. Critics give this one a B average, though it’s probably not a high-volume revenue generator.

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In The Valley of Elah, stars a couple of our favorite actors, Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron and Susan Sarandon. This is the story of a war veteran (Tommy Lee Jones), his wife (Susan Sarandon) and the search for their son, a soldier who recently returned from Iraq but has mysteriously gone missing, and the police detective (Charlize Theron) who helps in the investigation. We like the storyline and the actors, and hope this one is a success.

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3:10 to Yuma is yep, just what it sounds like-a Western from the director of Walk the Line. Can a western make a comeback? Well with Christian Bale as a struggling rancher who agrees to help transfer Russell Crowe, a notorious outlaw, into the hands of authorities, it’s got potential.

Our Review: The best western movie we’ve seen this year. LOL. Classic Good vs Bad Guys. Crowe hits it home with his character, the Bad Guy of course, but with several redeeming qualities that don’t quite offset his evil nature. It’s actually kinda odd seeing a modern produced western. So much more visual. Christian Bale, and especially his son, Logan Lerman showed the importance of a Dad in the eyes of his son. We were really impressed with Lerman, only 15, but he’s got a long list of credentials including What Women Want, Jack and Bobby, Hoot and more.

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Halloween, yep, the movie studios are thinking of those scary days already! In this rework, director Rob Zombie re-imagines the 1978 horror slasher classic, with Tyler Mane starring as masked serial killer Michael Myers. After being committed for 17 years, Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, is mistakenly released from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger. We’re not excited.

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Farmer’s Market

There are still good Farmer’s Markets to go to right now!

Lewisville Farmers Market – Saturday 8am until sell-out. Every Saturday through Oct. 27, The Lewisville Old Town Business Association presents the Old Town Farmers Market for the second year, operating in Wayne Ferguson Plaza in Old Town near the City Hall.

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If you’ve never been, the Dallas Farmer’s Market is huge. Located in the southeastern corner of the central business district in downtown Dallas at 1010 South Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201, it provides a unique opportunity to shop for fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers, specialty and international products.The Dallas Farmers Market is open Sunday through Saturday 7am to 6pm. There are other Farmers Markets in the area, Grapevine, Coppell, etc. Let us know if we should add others.

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Keep checking. We always add more!

Now in their third week with two more weeks to go, The City of Lewisville’s Fall Concert Series will hold their next concert on Tuesday evening, Sept 25th, from 6:30-8:30. Performing will be Briefcase Blues, which as their name hints, is a Blues Brothers Review.

Founded in 1983 (one year after John Belushi’s untimely death) and STILL going strong for 24 years now, backed by a hot 8-piece showband (4 horns, 4 rhythm players), the stars of the show J.W. Leggio (as Jake) and Lee Schwing (as Elwood) faithfully re-create the Blues Brothers in true Belushi & Aykroyd style!

The performance starts at 6:30 in Old Town Lewisville, directly in front of the new Lewisville City Hall at Poydras and Main.

Click here for a map. There will two be additional performances by top area bands each Tuesday Night through October 9th, 2007. Bring blankets or lawn chairs. No Alcohol, glass containers or pets permitted.

There is generally a different genre of music each week. For more information on the concert series go to:

www.soundsoflewisville.com

This report is updated at the beginning of every weekend with additional updates throughout the weekend so be sure to check in often for the latest.

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This weekend Addison to celebrate their 20th Anniversary of Oktoberfest! Come out to enjoy authentic German food and beverages including several types of sausages, sauerkraut, potato pancakes, pretzels and strudel, plus American fare such as hamburgers and hot dogs. Plenty of Paulaner beer will be available in lager, dark and a traditional Oktoberfestbier. Don’t miss the array of German wines in the Weingarten and European Bier samples in Biers of the World. There will also be arts and crafts, carnival/midway rides and games.

More than 60,000 fans of polka, German food and Paulaner Bier will gather at the Addison Circle Park for four days of music, folk dancing, sing-alongs, children’s entertainment and more at the 20th Anniversary of Oktoberfest, September 20-23, 2007.

Set a World Record – Join the Town of Addison as they try to SHATTER the World Record for the Largest Simultaneous Yodel – Friday, September 21 – Registration starts at 8:00, Yodel at 9:00pm.

TAP THE KEG TEXAS STYLE! Join Addison Mayor Joe Chow and other officials tap the giant keg, officially kicking off Addison Oktoberfest– Friday, September 21 –7:00pm

RUN FOR THE FUN! Join Wipe Out Kids Cancer at the Oktoberfest 5K and 1 Mile Run for the Children. All participating runners get a special t-shirt and admission to Oktoberfest. And, new this year, the first (20) 5K runners who complete the course will get a 20th Anniversary Bier Stein — Saturday, September 22

FROM MUNICH WITH LOVE! As the most authentic Oktoberfest this side of the Atlantic, Addison Oktoberfest has always been the closest thing to going to celebrate in Munich. This year, guests can get even closer to the famed festival, as they enjoy live simulcasts from Munich –Saturday, September 22

IT’S “DACH”SUNDAY! On Sunday, wiener dogs rule! First, see the celebrated Bavarian hounds as they parade across the main stage. Then, dachshunds from all over the Metroplex will compete in dachshund races — Sunday, September 23; Parade at 2:00pm, Races at 3:00pm.

HOIST SOME HILARITY! Join the fun at the Bowl Stage as guests hoist full bier steins to see who can hold them up the longest –and keep them full of their favorite beverage. Contests will feature men, women and children, all trying to keep the steins aloft –All weekend long.

ROLL OUT THE BARREL! Watch as teams from around the area compete in a fun, bier barrel rolling relay. Winners will be announced each day — All weekend long.

Addison’s four-day, authentic German festival is one of the largest Oktoberfest festivals outside of the famed Munich celebration.

WHEN: Thursday, September 20 through Sunday, September 23, 2007.

HOURS:
Thursday: 5 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Friday: 5 p.m. – midnight
Saturday: Noon – midnight
Sunday: Noon – 6 p.m.

TICKETS: Tickets can be purchased at the gate.
PRICES: $5 ages 4 and up

ADVANCE TICKET SALES: Discount tickets will be available beginning September 4, 2007 at DFW area Tom Thumb stores.

For more information, click here.
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Dallas Arboretum -
Cool Thursday Concert with A Hard Day’s Night, A Beatles Tribute Band
Thursday, 7:30pm

(Outside if Sunshine, inside if Rain)

There are a few Beatles tribute bands performing these days. A Hard Day’s Night has been together now for 10 years and focuses on the 40 years of the Beatles since the release of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. They have received multiple awards including DFW Best Cover Band. For more information on the band and their song list, visit here. Check out their website here – www.hardnightsday.com.

Concerts on the lawn at the Arboretum are a great way to spend an evening. Enjoy the beautiful lawn hillside setting, overlooking the lake, bring your own food and drinks (alcohol is permitted), or purchase it all right there. EatZi’s will offer a nice selection of their wonderful food just for the evening.

Relax, have a picnic and when A Hard Night’s Day cranks it up, get up, dance and sing along! Tickets may be purchased online here or at the Arboretum ticket booth. $16 /adults, $7 /children 3-12, and $6 for members of the Arboretum and their children.

Tickets often sell out quickly, so be sure to purchase your tickets early. And if you purchase an Arboretum member pass, tickets are only $6 each and parking is free! Where else could you hear live music in such as beautiful setting for only $6 and the weather should be perfect too!

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Marauder and Jaguar Friday Night Football

Friday Night at 7:30, both the Marcus Marauders and the Flower Mound Jaguars will take to the fields for Fall football.

The Jags will take on Fossil Ridge at Home and the Marauders will travel to Keller.

For Flower Mound’s full schedule, click here.
For Marcus Marauder’s schedule, click here.

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Plano Balloon Festival – Sept 21-23, 2007
As many as 75 Hot Air Balloons will be on display and will take to the sky as Plano celebrates their Annual Balloon Festival. We could not find details on how many years this festival has been around, but we remember going to it about 25 years ago, and it has grown to be one of the premier festivals of it’s kind in the US.

There will be parachute team exhibitions, balloon glows, balloon launches, an “Elvis” concert, street dances. The show is also well known for many uniquely shaped balloons.

As you might guess, there will also be many, many food and craft vendors, exhibits and kids activities. This is a great opportunity bring the family out for a fun day or evening.

Festival Operating Hours are as follows:
Friday 4PM – 10PM
Saturday 6:00AM – 10PM
Sunday 6:00AM – 7PM

Ticket pricing is:
$5 per person event ticket
$8 per person day ticket
$4 per person discount (9am-3pm)
$1 off Seniors 65 and over
Kids under 36 inches-Free

Location:

Oak Point Park
2801 E. Spring Creek Pkwy.
Plano, TX 75074

Official website: www.planoballoonfest.org

For a convenient PDF sheet with hours, pricing, and most importantly, parking information, click here.
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Fort Worth Indoor RV Show – Thursday-Sunday

Billed as the largest completely indoor RV show in Texas, the Tarrant County RV show will be even larger this year as a result of new expansion in the Fort Worth Convention Center.

Check out the latest in RV innovations in indoor comfort. There will be hundreds of Recreational Vehicle units of all shapes and sizes on display, and for sale…from the smallest of pop-up tent campers to the most luxurious of live-aboard Class “A” motor coaches with all the amenities of a modern home! There will be everything there the RV enthusiast could want.

BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY TO CHECK OUT ALL KINDS OF RV’S….AND MAKE YOUR TRAVEL AND CAMPING DREAMS COME TRUE!

Thursday, September 20 – 1PM to 8PM
Friday, September 21 – 1PM to 8PM
Saturday, September 22 – 10AM to 8PM
Sunday, September 23 – 11AM to 6PM

Admission is $7.00 Adult or $3.00 for Children 6-12, under 6 Free
Seniors (55+) $6.00

BUT by visiting this link, you can print as many coupons as you want for $1.00 off each Adult or Senior ticket.

www.fortworthrvshow.com
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FM Theatre-The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds – Sept 20-Sept 30, 2007

Performed by the Flower Mound Performing Arts Theatre in Parker Square, This Pulitzer Prize winning play by Paul Zindel, is the story of Beatrice and her daughters, Ruth and Matilda. A widowed eccentric, Beatrice is looking for her life in the classified ads while all about her is the rubble of an unkempt house. All she needs is the right opportunity, she says puffing on a cigarette. Poorly equipped to survive the vagaries of modern life, she has nonetheless always managed to muddle through. Ruth, epileptic and making her way through the rebellious phase of adolescence, seems doomed to make the same mistakes as her mother. Quiet Matilda, on the other hand, seeks refuge in her animals and her schoolwork. The play’s title is the subject of Matilda’s science project at school and serves as a metaphor for life — how some are able to find opportunity in adversity and thrive and how some succumb when the burden becomes too heavy.

For more information click here to visit the FM Performing Arts Theatre.

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A Music Festival and Old-Fashioned Fair

Come visit a place where the past meets the present at the Dallas Heritage Village “crossroads.”
Join in for the 2nd annual Texas Crossroads Festival, a family event filled with music, games, heritage, crafts and fun! You’ll have the opportunity to learn more about the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago (yes, that’s 1893), the inventions, and how it all impacted Dallas.

There will be carriage rides, crafts demonstrations, costumed characters, old fashioned carnival games. And of course, music, from old style country to Celtic.

There will also be an arts and crafts fair and bake sale! Click here for more information and to purchase tickets online.

To learn more about the Dallas Heritage Village, visit their website here- www.dallasheritagevillage.org

Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park

Nestled in 13 wooded acres just south of downtown Dallas, Dallas Heritage Village provides visitors, young & young at heart, a unique museum experience.

Their mission is to preserve structures, artifacts & other historical materials related to the history of Dallas & North Central Texas & through educational programming, interpret these historical materials to the public.

“Living Breathing Texas History”
Dallas Heritage Village is a living history museum portraying life in North Texas from 1840-1910. The museum is composed of 38 historic structures & boasts a working Civil War era farm, a traditional Jewish household, elegant Victorian homes, a school, a church & commercial buildings.
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MOVIES

The box office winners last weekend were:

1. The Brave One (new)
2. 3:10 to Yuma (1)
3. Mr. Woodcock (new)
4. Superbad (3)
5. Dragon Wars (new)

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As we had predicted last week, The Brave One starring Jodie Foster took #1 in the Box office with $13.5 million. The weekend brought 3 new movies into the top 5 box office producers. One big surprise to us was Dragon Wars, but then again, it only produced $5 Million, barely edging out The Bourne Ultimatum and Halloween so that indicates a generally slow box office weekend overall. Superbad hung in the top 5 for the fifth straight week.

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NEW THIS WEEKEND

Good Luck Chuck
A man breaks up with his long-time girlfriend only to see her get engaged to the next guy she dates. The same pattern occurs with his next girlfriend, and continues to repeat. All of a sudden he finds himself becoming a lucky charm for women, who all want to date him…with one goal in mind. This is our pick for weekend box office winner.

Sydney White
Amanda Bynes stars in a modern retelling of Snow White, as gorgeous freshman Sydney White, goes to college to pledge her late mom’s once-dignified sorority. But while surviving the pledging process wrought by an evil campus witch Rachel, Syd finds out this version of sisterhood isn’t remotely what it’s cracked up to be. Banished to a condemned house on Greek Row, Syd finds her rightful place with a band of seven very socially challenged guys. With the help of one lovestruck frat boy named Tyler, she and the doofs campaign to take over the student government. Fighting for the rights of misfits everywhere, Syd and her “gang” revolutionize the system, once and for all.

Resident Evil: Extinction
In a new installment in the Resident Evil series, Milla Jovovich returns as Alice, now in hiding in the Nevada desert, once again joins forces with Carlos Olivera and L.J., along with new survivors try to eliminate the deadly virus that threatens to make every human being one of the undead. Since being captured by the Umbrella Corporation, Alice has been subjected to biogenic experimentation and becomes genetically altered, now, of course, having much needed super-human strengths, senses and dexterity. These skills, and more, will be needed if anyone is to remain alive.

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Continuing this Weekend

The Brave One
New York radio host Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) has a life that she loves and a fiancé she adores. All of it is taken from her when a brutal attack leaves Erica badly wounded and her fiancé dead. Unable to move past the tragedy, Erica begins prowling the city streets at night to track down the men she holds responsible, dishing out Vigilante justice as well as any man could.

Our Review: Well Acted, but Jodie Foster can pull off about any role. Violent, which seems consistent with Ms. Foster’s last several movies, and somewhat difficult to watch a few scenes due to the graphic nature of the violence. Even though most of the scenarios weren’t realistic, you could feel her character’s emotions and empathize with her objectives.

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Mr. Woodcock

John Farley (Seann William Scott), author of a best-selling self-help book about letting go of the past, violates his own advice when he returns to his small hometown to receive the community’s highest honor. While there, John learns, to his horror, that his widowed mother, Beverly (Susan Sarandon), is engaged to be married to none other than Mr. Woodcock (Billy Bob Thornton), the gym teacher whose sadistic exploits were the bane of John’s youth. While casting is good, critics give this movie an average C++…but what do they know!

Our Review: Funny. Billy Bob Thornton took his character over the top…almost all the time. Susan Sarandon was surprisingly funny and light-hearted as opposed to her usual character. Seann William Scott (American Pie famous), is starting to develop his own acting personality, but is he forever stereotyped as a corny-comedic actor? Their chemistry was well presented.

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Eastern Promises

Naomi Watts is a London midwife who looks into the death of a patient, putting her in the sights of a ruthless Russian mobster. Critics give this one a B average, though it’s probably not a high-volume revenue generator.

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Across The Universe is a movie that it seems like we’ve been seeing previews for a year or so now. That’s usually a bad sign meaning they’ve run it past a couple of test audiences and had to rework it several times to make people like it.

It’s a flashback to the 60′s psychedelic romantic musical told mainly through numerous Beatles songs performed by the characters. A young man from Liverpool comes to America during the Vietnam War to find his father. He winds up in Greenwich Village, where he falls in love with an American girl who has grown up sheltered in the suburbs. Together they experience the sweeping changes of America in the late 60′s. It’s long at 2hr 13min and the critics give it a B- average. We’ll see! Not sure if we can survive sitting through this one ourselves, but it is the Beatles music. It’s actually in limited release to only a few theaters at present.

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Another limited release movie this weekend is In The Valley of Elah, with a couple of our favorite actors, Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron and Susan Sarandon. This is the story of a war veteran (Tommy Lee Jones), his wife (Susan Sarandon) and the search for their son, a soldier who recently returned from Iraq but has mysteriously gone missing, and the police detective (Charlize Theron) who helps in the investigation. We like the storyline and the actors, and hope this one is a success.

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3:10 to Yuma is yep, just what it sounds like-a Western from the director of Walk the Line. Can a western make a comeback? Well with Christian Bale as a struggling rancher who agrees to help transfer Russell Crowe, a notorious outlaw, into the hands of authorities, it’s got potential.

Our Review: The best western movie we’ve seen this year. LOL. Classic Good vs Bad Guys. Crowe hits it home with his character, the Bad Guy of course, but with several redeeming qualities that don’t quite offset his evil nature. It’s actually kinda odd seeing a modern produced western. So much more visual. Christian Bale, and especially his son, Logan Lerman showed the importance of a Dad in the eyes of his son. We were really impressed with Lerman, only 15, but he’s got a long list of credentials including What Women Want, Jack and Bobby, Hoot and more.

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Halloween, yep, the movie studios are thinking of those scary days already! In this rework, director Rob Zombie re-imagines the 1978 horror slasher classic, with Tyler Mane starring as masked serial killer Michael Myers. After being committed for 17 years, Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, is mistakenly released from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger. We’re not excited.

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Shoot’EM Up
In Shoot’Em Up, Clive Owen, as Mr. Smith, a mysterious loner, teams up with an unlikely ally to protect a newborn baby from a determined criminal who hunts them throughout the bowels of the city. You can guess what to expect from the title alone.

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Superbad
The teen movie, Superbad, has now racked over $111 Million. This is an example of teen buying power these days! Actually, the critics and public give this movie an average B+ rating. In the story, two co-dependent high school guys want to hook up with girls before they graduate and go off to different colleges, but, after a calamitous night just trying to buy alcohol for a school party, overcoming their separation anxiety becomes a greater challenge than getting the girls. Note it is an R-Rated film.

Ok, We’ve seen Superbad, and as mentioned, the storyline fits just what most teenage boys think about-duh, but is full of laughs and ultimately has a solid message in the end.

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The Bourne Ultimatum

After 6 weeks on the top 5, The Bourne Ultimatum slid to #7. It has generated $216 Million! In perhaps the best of the Bourne series, Matt Damon portrays a government-trained killer Jason Bourne, a man without a past on the run from the CIA. This time Bourne returns home to face head on those chasing him. The consequences are disastrous, but for whom?

Our Review: This may be the best IMHO of the Bourne series. The action is great, the stunts incredible and the sites shown around the world are awesome. Our favorite line in the movie: “Because if you were in your office right now, we would be having this conversation Face to Face”

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Farmer’s Market

There’s still good Farmer’s Markets to go to right now!

Lewisville Farmers Market – Saturday 8am until sell-out. Every Saturday through Oct. 27, The Lewisville Old Town Business Association presents the Old Town Farmers Market for the second year, operating in Wayne Ferguson Plaza in Old Town near the City Hall.

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Bartonville Farmers Market – Saturday 8am until sell-out. Bartonville Town Center Northside. 2650 FM 407.And if you’ve never been, the Dallas Farmer’s Market is huge. Located in the southeastern corner of the central business district in downtown Dallas at 1010 South Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201, it provides a unique opportunity to shop for fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers, specialty and international products.The Dallas Farmers Market is open Sunday thru Saturday 7am to 6pm. There are other Farmers Markets in the area, Grapevine, Coppell, etc. Let us know if we should add others.

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Keep checking. We always add more! There’s a lot going on this weekend, and of course, the Texas State Fair opens next Friday! Then we start slowing down and settling into a routine for the Fall! This is a great time to get out and enjoy the fall weather…take a walk, go bicycling, do things with your kids!

This report is updated at the beginning of every weekend with additional updates throughout the weekend so be sure to check in often for the latest.

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An Evening With Charles Langley – Britteny Sage Lindt Benefit Concert - Saturday, Sept 15, 7pm

Charles Langley is a Plano native with a voice described as one that can tear your heart out. And Friday night, this star of the Broadway Stage will be singing his heart out at a Charity Fundraiser sponsored by Capital One for the Britteny Sage Lindt Charity. Charles has the ability to make people cry and then have them tapping their feet all in one evening. His talent is entirely appropriate for the evening given the somber reason for the concert, but the cause and his voice can lift us all to a higher plateau. This will be one of his only concerts in the DFW area this year so don’t miss the opportunity to be touched by his voice and be a part of this benefit.

Britteny was a 15 year old Highland Village resident, a Marcus High School Cheerleader whose light was dimmed far too early in August, 2006 by an alleged drunk/reckless driver in a bizarre boating accident, but her family has vowed to give cause to the tragic loss. The Lindt family created the Britteny Sage Lindt Fund as a comprehensive campaign to raise awareness and to enact changes to the laws regulating alcohol use and abuse and unsafe watercraft & motor vehicle operation.

Family and Friends of Brittney ARE making a difference. Here’s a couple of notes from their website.

• 01/07 – 2 scholarships in Britteny’s name, were set up for Marcus High school students. In Jan. 2008 we will start another available for all of LISD.
• 03/07 – 4 bills were presented to the Legislature to improve water safety. 3 have passed through the Senate committee to be voted on, and the 4th is still in negotiation. If all 4 of these bills pass, statistically, the number of boating accidents will decrease by 70% within the next 6 years, in Texas.
• 04/07 – The Britteny Sage Lindt Fund donated a 21 ft. Sea Ray boat to the Parks & Wildlife for their “Nobody’s Waterproof” campaign which will travel the state raising awareness of boating safety.

Please visit brittenylindt.com and help as you can.

To view a Britteny Memorial video, click here.

For tickets, click here.

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Fall Festivals and Activities Kick In!

Grapevine Grapefest, Sept 13-16th

We love Grapevine Grapefest. It’s the closest ‘large-scale’, yet hometown festival to us. The shops on Main street have great charm and the merchants are extremely friendly and hospitable. It’s a great opportunity to wander aimlessly down mainstreet without having to worry about vehicular traffic and see some of the architecture of Grapevine that dates back nearly a century. There’s multiple stages with entertainment from opening to closing each day.

There are great arts, craft, clothing and jewelry exhibits, good food, and oh, did we forget…WINE TASTING! Numerous wine tasting ‘stations’ are located up and down the street. One of our favorites, is always right on Main. D’Vine Wine is located at 409 S. Main. Stop in to try 4 samples of their in-store made wine for only $5.00. They’ll also give you a card good for a 10% discount on any purchased until Nov 30th. Or, stop in the Soda Jerk at 405 S. Main for an old-fashioned ice cream treat.

There are also special events such as a grape-stomping competition, cooking demonstrations, peoples-choice tasting events, champagne courtyard.

There are numerous automobile exhibits from Hummer, Saturn, Ford and others. While we didn’t wander into the carnival area, there are many children and teen rides for every level of thrill-seeker.

• Thursday, September 13 10:00am – 10:30pm FREE ADMISSION
• Friday, September 14 10:00am – 5:00pm FREE ADMISSION
• Friday, September 14 5:00pm – 11:30pm
• Saturday, September 15 10:00am – 11:30pm
• Sunday, September 16 11:00am – 6:00pm

Admission is FREE all day Thursday & Friday until 5pm!

Adults $8
Seniors (62+) &
Children (6-12) $5
Children 5 & under FREE
Weekend Pass Pin $18

For more information and the official site, click here. A HIGHLY RECOMMENDED EVENT!

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DUELING HOME AND GARDEN SHOWS – Sept 14-16

Well, they won’t really be “Dueling”, but you’ll have to pick which one to visit as there are two simultaneous Home and Garden Shows this weekend, both about the same distance from us up here in Flower Mound. One is at Dallas Market Hall and the other is at the Fort Worth Convention Center.

Click here for more information.

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KALIDASCOPE OF HOME TOUR – LA CANTERA, Fort Worth, Through Sept 16

Ok, it’s a far drive to Southwest Fort Worth’s La Cantera community, but these are the big dudes. Huge homes are beautifully furnished for the showcase benefiting Cook Children’s range from $1.5 to $2.5 Million and more. As a part of what was once Team Ranch, La Cantera is a master-planned community features 95 wooded estate home sites in a private, gated environment. Team Ranch has a rich Texas history as an area that once covered 14,000 acres, established by C.B. Team a once prominent Mule Rancher! With spectacular views and the scenic beauty of rolling terrain, oak trees and natural wildflowers, Team Ranch sits atop one of the highest points in Tarrant County. You’ll almost get a feel for being in the mountains…well not really, but for North Texas, it’s pretty hilly!

Team Ranch is located in Southwest Ft.Worth, easily accessible from the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metropolitan area. From West Loop 820 take the Team Ranch Road exit, just north of Interstate 20.

OPEN THROUGH SUNDAY: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
(LAST TICKET SOLD ONE HOUR PRIOR TO CLOSING)
TICKETS ADULTS: $11.00 CHILDREN (4-12) $7.00

For their official website, click here.

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Parker Square Car Show, Sunday 1pm-5pm

This is Parker Square’s Biggest Monthly car show, held on the square around the Gazebo.

For more information go to www.carsroadshow.com, or visit Visit Parker Square Events.

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KVIL at Jaguar Friday Night Football game for “Your Town’s Tailgate Party”

KVIL 103.7 is celebrating the Fall High School football season with a series they call “Your Town’s Tailgate Parte”. This Friday night they will be in Flower Mound. First, KVIL host Terry King and crew will be broadcasting live from the Albertson’s at 2499/3040 between 10-3pm.

Then that night at 6pm, they will come over to Max Goldsmith Stadium where they’ll have games, prizes and more! The Flower Mound Jaguars will take on Grapevine at 7:30pm

For Flower Mound’s full schedule click here.

The Marcus Marauders will be playing Mansfield Summit at Goldsmith Stadium at 7:30pm. Click here for the Marauder’s schedule.

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MOVIES

The box office winners last weekend were:

1. 3:10 to Yuma (new)
2. Halloween (1)
3. Superbad (2)
4. Shoot ‘Em Up (new)
5. The Bourne Ultimatum (3)

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It was no surprise to see 3:10 to Yuma take the top box office spot last weekend. Surprising is to find it was a very slow weekend only producing $14 Million. Halloween still hung in there at number 2.

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NEW THIS WEEKEND

The Brave One
New York radio host Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) has a life that she loves and a fiancé she adores. All of it is taken from her when a brutal attack leaves Erica badly wounded and her fiancé dead. Unable to move past the tragedy, Erica begins prowling the city streets at night to track down the men she holds responsible, dishing out Vigilante justice as well as any man could

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Mr. Woodcock

John Farley (Seann William Scott), author of a best-selling self-help book about letting go of the past, violates his own advice when he returns to his small hometown to receive the community’s highest honor. While there, John learns, to his horror, that his widowed mother, Beverly (Susan Sarandon), is engaged to be married to none other than Mr. Woodcock (Billy Bob Thornton), the gym teacher whose sadistic exploits were the bane of John’s youth. While casting is good, critics give this movie an average C++…but what do they know!

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Eastern Promises

Naomi Watts is a London midwife who looks into the death of a patient, putting her in the sights of a ruthless Russian mobster. Critics give this one a B average, though it’s probably not a high-volume revenue generator.

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Across The Universe is a movie that it seems like we’ve been seeing previews for a year or so now. That’s usually a bad sign meaning they’ve run it past a couple of test audiences and had to rework it several times to make people like it.

It’s a flashback to the 60′s psychedelic romantic musical told mainly through numerous Beatles songs performed by the characters. A young man from Liverpool comes to America during the Vietnam War to find his father. He winds up in Greenwich Village, where he falls in love with an American girl who has grown up sheltered in the suburbs. Together they experience the sweeping changes of America in the late 60′s. It’s long at 2hr 13min and the critics give it a B- average. We’ll see! Not sure if we can survive sitting through this one ourselves, but it is the Beatles music. It’s actually in limited release to only a few theaters at present.

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Another limited release movie this weekend is In The Valley of Elah, with a couple of our favorite actors, Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron and Susan Sarandon. This is the story of a war veteran (Tommy Lee Jones), his wife (Susan Sarandon) and the search for their son, a soldier who recently returned from Iraq but has mysteriously gone missing, and the police detective (Charlize Theron) who helps in the investigation. We like the storyline and the actors, and hope this one is a success.

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Continuing this weekend

3:10 to Yuma is yep, just what it sounds like-a Western from the director of Walk the Line. Can a western make a comeback? Well with Christian Bale as a struggling rancher who agrees to help transfer Russell Crowe, a notorious outlaw, into the hands of authorities, it’s got potential and we expect to go check it out.

Halloween, yep, the movie studios are thinking of those scary days already! In this rework, director Rob Zombie re-imagines the 1978 horror slasher classic, with Tyler Mane starring as masked serial killer Michael Myers. After being committed for 17 years, Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, is mistakenly released from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger. We’re not excited.

In Shoot’Em Up, Clive Owen, as Mr. Smith, a mysterious loner, teams up with an unlikely ally to protect a newborn baby from a determined criminal who hunts them throughout the bowels of the city. You can guess what to expect from the title alone.

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The teen movie, Superbad, has now racked over $103 Million. This is an example of teen buying power these days! Actually, the critics and public give this movie an average B+ rating. In the story, two co-dependent high school guys want to hook up with girls before they graduate and go off to different colleges, but, after a calamitous night just trying to buy alcohol for a school party, overcoming their separation anxiety becomes a greater challenge than getting the girls. Note it is an R-Rated film.

Ok, We’ve seen Superbad, and as mentioned, the storyline fits just what most teenage boys think about-duh, but is full of laughs and ultimately has a solid message in the end.

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This may be the last week for the The Bourne Ultimatum to be on the top 5 list. It has slide to #5, but no one is complaining. After 6 weeks in the theaters, it has generated $210 Million! In perhaps the best of the Bourne series, Matt Damon portrays a government-trained killer Jason Bourne, a man without a past on the run from the CIA. This time Bourne returns home to face head on those chasing him. The consequences are disastrous, but for whom?

Our Review: This may be the best IMHO of the Bourne series. The action is great, the stunts incredible and the sites shown around the world are awesome. Our favorite line in the movie: “Because if you were in your office right now, we would be having this conversation Face to Face”

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Bartonville Farmers Market – Saturday 8am until sell-out. Bartonville Town Center Northside. 2650 FM 407.And if you’ve never been, the Dallas Farmer’s Market is huge. Located in the southeastern corner of the central business district in downtown Dallas at 1010 South Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201, it provides a unique opportunity to shop for fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers, specialty and international products.The Dallas Farmers Market is open Sunday thru Saturday 7am to 6pm. There are other Farmers Markets in the area, Grapevine, Coppell, etc. Let us know if we should add others.

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Keep checking. We always add more! There’s a lot going on this weekend, and next week is just as good! There’s the Addison Oktoberfest and the Plano Balloon Festival, just for starters. It’s a great time to get out and enjoy the fall weather…even though it is sliding back into the 90′s in spite of earlier lower reports by the local weathermen!