All dressed up for Halloween and nowhere to go? Try these last minute ideas for today or stretch the fun beyond All Hallow’s Eve for this weekend’s Day of the Dead.
October 31: Scare on the Square, at McKinney’s downtown square, West Virginia and North Kentucky streets. Hayrides, treats and of course, shopping around McKinney‘s historic courthouse square. From 4- 6 tonight, so there’s still time for neighborhood trick or treating. See www.downtownmckinney.com/.
October 31: Treat Street, Stockyards Station Mall, 140 East Exchange Avenue, Fort Worth. Costume contests, pumpkin decorating, hayrides and trick-or-treating, 6-8 p.m. Free. See www.fortworthstockyards.org/.
October 31-November 1: Ghost Tales at the Bath House on White Rock Lake, courtesy of Dallas Storytellers Guild. Evening performances for adults and teens, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, $10. Spooky matinee tales for kids, 2-3 p.m. Saturday with free admission. The Bath House Cultural Arts Center is located at 521 East Lawther, on the shores of White Rock Lake in Dallas. (But access from Northcliff off Buckner Boulevard.) See http://dallasculture.org/bathHouseCultureCenter/visit.asp for directions.
November 1: Don’t toss the Halloween costumes yet! Kids age 12 and younger get free admission to Reunion Tower -- if they’re in costumes. More trick or treating all day, balloon art, and more from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. And enjoy the view from the enclosed deck or the inside interactive exhibits. Directions and ticket information for accompanying adults at www.reuniontower.com/.
Through November 15: Dia de los Muertos art exhibit at the Bath House. Take time during Ghost Tales intermission or later to the art exhibit. Free during Bath House hours, Tuesday through Saturday noon - 6 p.m., and until 10 p.m. on nights with theater performances. A work from earlier exhibits illustrates this post.
Through November 26: Autumn at the Arboretum, Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road, Dallas. The pumpkins don’t disappear just because Halloween comes and goes. The Pumpkin Village and Cinderella’s Coach don’t vanish until the day before Thanksgiving, still ready for photo opportunities. Open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily. (Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas and New Year’s Day.) See
www.dallasarboretum.org/ for tickets, discounts, and parking information.
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Friday, October 31, 2014
Friday, August 1, 2014
Totally Texas -- Dog days, meet dollar days
Sometime in August, my daughter and her husband start to think about school starting again, and more clothes and shoes and backpacks and supplies, and can everything last until tax-free weekend, August 8-10 this year?
Luckily for jaded budgets, many Dallas attractions slash admission prices in August, sometimes as low as $1. Here’s a roundup of some of my favorites. Some are a little more than a dollar. But some are lower¾ even free!
August 1-31 ¾ The Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road, has hosted August dollar days for years. This year, the Arboretum also cuts the cost of its fabulous (and believe me, our family’s tested it) Children’s Adventure Garden to $1. That’s $1 for Arboretum entry + $1 for children’s garden entry = $2, leaving the parking fee still to pay. Five dollar discounted parking is available for purchase online. However, discounted admission tickets, including dollar days entries, must be purchased at the gate. Open daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. See www.dallasarboretum.org for details, hours and directions.
August 1-31 ¾ Trinity River Audubon, 6500 Great Trinity Forest Way (formerly 6500 S. Loop 12) in Dallas, also offers $1 admission through the end of the month. It’s open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sunday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., closed Mondays and major holidays. And on the third Thursday of each month (August 21), the admission is free. Free parking or take DART. Walk the five miles of trails, including boardwalks, picnic or check out the indoor, interactive exhibit hall. See http://trinityriver.audubon.org for details.
August 1-31 ¾ The revamped GeO-Deck at Reunion Tower, 300 Reunion Blvd. East, offers $5 off admission through August 31. Use promo code SUMMERDC14 to knock a $16 adult admission down to $11. All right, that’s still more than a dollar, but the view is amazing, and the interactive computer programs on the enclosed deck kept both my adult daughter and eight-year-old grandkids enthralled. Adjacent parking is $6 per vehicle, or take DART to nearby Union Station. The deck is open Monday through Sunday, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. Some advertisements ask for Texas ID to get this promotion. When I contacted Reunion Tower, I was told I could buy up to six discounted tickets with a Texas ID, to be used as I wished. So taking out of state visitors up for the view of their lives is no problem. See
www.reuniontower.com for details.
August 2 ¾ First Saturday at the Nasher Sculpture Center, 2001 Flora Street. The Nasher has enough outdoor and indoor exhibits to justify paid visits, but the first Saturday of each month it adds children’s art activities, yoga, creative writing, storytelling and more, all for free. First Saturday hours are 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Cost of nearby parking varies, or catch one of the pink D-Link buses from DART stations. While you're there, step across the street to visit the Crow Asian Art Collection or the Dallas Museum of Art, both also free. For first Saturdays details, see www.nashersculpturecenter.org/.
August 19 ¾ Dallas Zoo, 650 South R.L. Thornton Freeway (I-35E), offers a dollar day do-over August 19 to make up to all the people who couldn’t come out in the rain last month. Get in for a $1 per person (kids under three still free), pay $8 for parking, or take DART (kids under five ride free with paying adult). Regular hours apply, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. For details and daily events, see
www.dallaszoo.com .
(Next Friday¾ ideas for last minute weekend vacations, starting with Austin.)
Luckily for jaded budgets, many Dallas attractions slash admission prices in August, sometimes as low as $1. Here’s a roundup of some of my favorites. Some are a little more than a dollar. But some are lower¾ even free!
August 1-31 ¾ The Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road, has hosted August dollar days for years. This year, the Arboretum also cuts the cost of its fabulous (and believe me, our family’s tested it) Children’s Adventure Garden to $1. That’s $1 for Arboretum entry + $1 for children’s garden entry = $2, leaving the parking fee still to pay. Five dollar discounted parking is available for purchase online. However, discounted admission tickets, including dollar days entries, must be purchased at the gate. Open daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. See www.dallasarboretum.org for details, hours and directions.
August 1-31 ¾ Trinity River Audubon, 6500 Great Trinity Forest Way (formerly 6500 S. Loop 12) in Dallas, also offers $1 admission through the end of the month. It’s open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sunday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., closed Mondays and major holidays. And on the third Thursday of each month (August 21), the admission is free. Free parking or take DART. Walk the five miles of trails, including boardwalks, picnic or check out the indoor, interactive exhibit hall. See http://trinityriver.audubon.org for details.
August 1-31 ¾ The revamped GeO-Deck at Reunion Tower, 300 Reunion Blvd. East, offers $5 off admission through August 31. Use promo code SUMMERDC14 to knock a $16 adult admission down to $11. All right, that’s still more than a dollar, but the view is amazing, and the interactive computer programs on the enclosed deck kept both my adult daughter and eight-year-old grandkids enthralled. Adjacent parking is $6 per vehicle, or take DART to nearby Union Station. The deck is open Monday through Sunday, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. Some advertisements ask for Texas ID to get this promotion. When I contacted Reunion Tower, I was told I could buy up to six discounted tickets with a Texas ID, to be used as I wished. So taking out of state visitors up for the view of their lives is no problem. See
www.reuniontower.com for details.
August 2 ¾ First Saturday at the Nasher Sculpture Center, 2001 Flora Street. The Nasher has enough outdoor and indoor exhibits to justify paid visits, but the first Saturday of each month it adds children’s art activities, yoga, creative writing, storytelling and more, all for free. First Saturday hours are 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Cost of nearby parking varies, or catch one of the pink D-Link buses from DART stations. While you're there, step across the street to visit the Crow Asian Art Collection or the Dallas Museum of Art, both also free. For first Saturdays details, see www.nashersculpturecenter.org/.
August 19 ¾ Dallas Zoo, 650 South R.L. Thornton Freeway (I-35E), offers a dollar day do-over August 19 to make up to all the people who couldn’t come out in the rain last month. Get in for a $1 per person (kids under three still free), pay $8 for parking, or take DART (kids under five ride free with paying adult). Regular hours apply, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. For details and daily events, see
www.dallaszoo.com .
(Next Friday¾ ideas for last minute weekend vacations, starting with Austin.)
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