Artist Shawn Samuell is on display this weekend at the Bath House Cultural Center at White Rock Lake.
In the market for a mattress? You’re in so much luck. The Lake Highlands High School Wildcat band’s second-annual Mattress Palooza fundraiser is Saturday. They’ll have 25 different bed options including pillow-top orthopedic, gel memory foam, adjustable beds and good ole regular firm. Featuring name brands such as Simmons and Beautyrest, they’ll also offer mattress protectors, luxury pillows and other extras. Last year, the fundraiser brought in $6,525. Shop 10 a.m.-5 p.m. in the band hall. More info is available here.
Skillman Southwestern Library‘s book club has selected a new biography about plastic surgeon Thomas Dent Mütter, who revolutionized modern surgery and founded the intriguing Mütter Museum in Philadelphia. They will meet to discuss the biography, “Dr. Mutter’s Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine,” today (Jan. 13) at 6:30 p.m. Skillman Southwestern Library is located at 5707 Skillman. Call 214.670.6078 or visit dallaslibrary.org for more. It’s free to attend.
This Saturday, Jan. 16, singers from all over the country will come to Dallas to perform in the Ken Davis Chorale. The group brings madrigals and spirituals to Wilshire in a 3 p.m. performance. Wilshire Baptist Church is located at 4316 Abrams. Call 214.452.3100 or go to wilshirebc.org for more. The event is free.
Kicking off this week and continuing through March 20, an exhibit by Lake Highlands resident and teacher Martin Delabano will be on display at St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts. The exhibit, “Salvaged and Repurposed: Selected works of Martin Delabano,” will be held in the Justus Sundermann Gallery. Parking and admission is free. St. Matthew’s Episcopal Cathedral is located at 5100 Ross. Visit cathedralartsdallas.org or call 214.887.6552 for more.
Shawn Saumell, a visual artist born in New York who currently lives and works in Dallas, is hosting an exhibit at the Bath House Cultural Center. The show, “Post,” features a series of prints mounted on aluminum panels that depict colorful, yet desolated and otherworldly desertscapes. Bath House Cultural Center is located at 521 E. Lawther. Call 214.670.8749 or go to bathhousecultural.com for more. Admission is free.
Through Jan. 30, Bath House Cultural Center is hosting “Frida Kahlo: La Flor de la Vida (The Flower of Life),” an art exhibition that draws inspiration from the influential Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. The Bath House is located at 521 E Lawther. Go to the website for more. The exhibit is free.
Through Feb. 13 is “Close Encounters of the Dirk Kind” at Pocket Sandwich Theater. Film Noir detective Dirk Spatula is called out of retirement to help find a space alien on the run. Mix in a host of vixen spies, teleportation, shape shifting, voodoo and a werewolf. Don’t forget to throw popcorn at the stage. Pocket Sandwich Theater is located at 5400 E. Mockingbird. Call 214.821.1860 or go to pocketsandwich.com for more. Tickets are $12-$25.
The Wrangler clinic is open to boys and girls in grades K-6 and will be held Monday, January 18th from 1-3:30 while the kids are out of school for MLK. Again, students should wear shorts, t-shirts and tennis shoes (not boots). The cost is $30 and registration is online here. Kids will perform at the Friday, January 22 basketball game against Mesquite High.
