Family Friendly New Year’s Eve Celebration

ThisSideUp Family Friendly New Year's Eve Celebration

Turn Back Time the Ball Drops at Nine! New Year’s Eve Celebration

December 31st from 6:30-9pm at Fairview Farms

Families today are struggling just to survive. Social, economic and time pressures have robbed parents of the ability to slow down and invest the time needed to create healthy relationships with each other and their children. This missing foundation of “intentional quality” family time has huge implications for children, marriages and the community at large.

The holiday season is no different. The holidays should be about family connection, but instead this is a time where stress, hurry and tension are more top of mind than love, relationships and purpose.

This Side UP! Family Center (a local family-strengthening non-profit) and The City of Plano’s Police and 9-1-1 Departments have teamed up to provide a solution to holiday over-stress!

DTC’s Christmas Carol: A Fresh Take on Dickens’ Timeless Classic

A Christmas Carol - Dallas Theater Center

Review of A Christmas Carol Presented by Dallas Theater Center

by Mina Frannea

We saw Dallas Theater Center’s production of A Christmas Carol at the Kalita Humphreys Theater recently.

This adaptation of Dickens’ classic by Richard Hellesen is in its eight and final season at the Kalita Humphreys. Although we were expecting the usual story of Ebeneezer Scrooge, we were blown away by the quality of the production. The diverse cast and their stellar performances were a treat. We also enjoyed the dramatic special effects and sounds that underscored scenes such as booming clock chimes, rattling chains, eerie fog and lightning strikes. All of this combined created a gripping backdrop for the performance.

Cirque Banquiste Presented by Lone Star Circus

 

All-New Circus Extravaganza Celebrates the Arrival of the New Year

 

Cirque Banquiste - Jessie PattersonLone Star Circus presents Cirque Banquisté!, a breathtaking, family friendly, circus extravaganza that illuminates the imagination with performances from an international galaxy of circus superstars.  Acrobats, aerialists, hand balancers, jugglers, clowns and contortionists perform together to create the most sensational circus extravaganza DFW has ever seen.  Banquisté!, a shimmering spectacular of awe-inspiring proportions, celebrates the end of 2012 and the dawn of the New Year. This dazzling new production features celebrated artists from all over the world including Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Russia and the United States.

From the moment the curtain opens, you’ll be swept away on an emotion-stirring, magical journey. Check out a review of last year’s performance. You can also learn about Lone Star Circus founder, Fanny Kerwich, an 8th generation circus performer.

Performance Schedule
Thursday, December 27 at 7:30 pm
Friday, December 28 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 29 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Sunday, December 30 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Monday, December 31 at 6:30 pm
Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 2:00 pm

Playing at Rosewood Center for Family Arts (Dallas Children’s Theater)  from December 27th through January 1, 2013.