West Main Artist Arts Fest Applications Open Through 3/31

Glass Mosaic Stepping Stone Art Class to be Offered at Sparks Studio of Creative Arts

Edible Art at Eat Your Art Out from the Arlington Museum of Art in Downtown Arlington

Artist and Inventor Education Opportunities

Valentine's Candlelight Jazz Concert in Downtown Arlington

Saturday, February 12th, 9PM - 10:30PM
(Update: This event has been cancelled.)

Catalyst Creative Arts will present a Valentine's Candlelight Jazz concert featuring Arlington's Sky Quartet in its Listening Room. The quartet will perform romantic jazz standards and brilliant jazz arrangements of pop music.

The Listening Room is Catalyst's studio with everything cleared out. There is seating for up to 44 people at these events. The mood is set by only lighting the room with about 200 LED candles around the players on the stage.

Doors open at 8:30PM. Music starts promptly at 9PM. Tickets can be purchased through Catatlyst Creative Arts' website calendar. For this event, each ticket includes a delicious Valentine's dessert box made by Dewey Girls Sweets.

Timeless Concerts' Valentines Special and Fundraiser

When: Saturday, February 12, 8 pm
Where: Rose Garden Tearoom
----------- 4720 S. Cooper in Arlington
Ticket prices: Seniors $50, General $55, Table for 2 $125 (only 5 available) College student $15

This concert will entertain with an evening of tangos of Piazzolla, previews of upcoming concerts and passionate opera arias we love most. These selections will include music of Joaquin Turina of Spain, Vincent Kennedy of Ireland, traditional songs of Mexico, and beautiful music of French composers. Timeless Concerts' performers will be tenor Sergio Cepeda, mezzo soprano Rachel Moon, soprano Sabrina Romero-Wilson, cellist Oliver Schlaffer, violinist/violist Tim Angel, pianist Heejung Kang and LeeAnne Chenoweth on violin. Pianist Erik Barnes returns to make the post-concert party music fun.

As always, wine, soft drinks and snacks will be provided.

In addition to higher ticket prices, fundraising will include playing the "times 10" game again. Last time an audience member won $200 cash. To play, bring an envelope with your name and phone number on it, filled with a check, or cash for any amount; $10 or $20 is easiest. At the end of the concert, an envelope/name will be announced and that person wins 10 times the amount they had in their envelope. Feel free to add any amount to the envelope, but Timeless Concerts needs to cap the winning amount at $200, so they will still have some new funds! (Tickets will be back to the normal $30-39 range in April.)

Timeless Concerts hopes for a great new year ahead, and will do their best to plan enjoyable evenings out for their audience. IF there are reasons to be cautious about widespread illness, they will of course postpone the concert and honor your tickets at a later date. Purchased tickets can be used at a rescheduled concert, or any concert in 2022. However, please let them know in advance if you are not attending a concertso that others can use your seats at sold out concerts. Also, please let them know if you plan to attend with an older ticket* so they can be sure and have seating for you.

Next concerts:
April 23, "Spain to Latin America" (tearoom) $30-39
July 9, (leaning towards French...) (tearoom) $30-39
Sept 24, "Music of Dance" (Hickman Center in Ft W)
Nov. 12, (TBA) (tearoom)

*If wanting to use a Feb. 12 fundraiser priced ticket for a lesser-priced future concert, Timeless Concerts cannot add a greater number of seats that were originally purchased. They thank you for your support!

WHO NEEDS SLEEP Returns For Fifth Year

This 36-Hour Telethon aims to raise money for cancer fighters on Sat., Dec. 4, 2021 and to entertain and inform audiences. The telethon begins Saturday, December 4 at 8:00 am CT and will be broadcast live at WhoNeedsSleep.org, and VokalNow.com.

WHO NEEDS SLEEP mixes live music and comedy performances, game shows, celebrity and athlete interviews, and special in-studio surprises. Viewers are urged to pledge money through donations over the course of the telethon, as well as bidding on unique sports and pop culture auction items.

Proceeds from the 2021 campaign will benefit the hematology and oncology wards of Cook Children’s Hospital of Fort Worth.

“Cook Children’s is honored and grateful to be a beneficiary of this event. Funds raised through WHO NEEDS SLEEP are helping us provide the best care to the patients in our Hematology and Oncology Program. Without the support of our community, we would not be able to provide leading-edge clinical research and additional resources to help families during their Cook Children’s journey,” said Grant Harris, Chief Development Officer / Senior Vice President of Cook Children’s Health Foundation.

The telethon will be produced live at Music City Mall in Lewisville, which will also be holding their Christmas tree lighting ceremonies and the arrival of Santa Claus during the livecast. “Last year, though we were broadcasting in a ‘bubble’ during the pandemic, we still loved being at Music City Mall during the event – the holiday spirit truly lent an added level of excitement,” said Executive Director Devin Pike, who will be on-air through the entirety of WHO NEEDS SLEEP, with a revolving cast of co-hosts.

The telethon is produced by the Who Needs Sleep Foundation, a 501(c)3 registered organization solely tasked with raising and distributing funds to cancer-fighting individuals and organizations.

Photo credit: “Who Needs Sleep Foundation”