The Dutch Art Gallery, located in Northlake Shopping Center at Northwest Highway and Ferndale, has been a fine-art fixture in our neighborhood for 50 years.

The Dutch Art Gallery, located in Northlake Shopping Center at Northwest Highway and Ferndale, has been a fine-art fixture in our neighborhood for 50 years.

Friday, “Frog and Toad” opens — this whimsical musical, “A Year with Frog and Toad,” follows two best friends and their quirky egos from hibernation to planting, to swimming, to sledding. It’s at the Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman, dct.org, 214.978.0110. Tickets run $15-$28.

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Sunday, the Dutch Art Gallery celebrates 50 years—Dutch immigrants Ann and Ben Massar parleyed their success in the grocery business in Holland into their dream of promoting art and culture upon moving to Dallas in the 1960s. Their gallery in the Northlake Shopping Center opened in November 1965. Since then, the gallery has hosted monthly events including rotating exhibits and demonstrations as well as two annual juried shows with local and national artists. Now a second generation, Hans Massar and his wife, Pam, run the gallery, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. “In Detail,” featuring oil paintings from White Rock Lake-area artist Steve Hahn, opens Jan. 31. Contact: Dutch Art Gallery, 10233 E. Northwest Hwy., 214.348.7350,dutchartgallery.net.  The event is free.

Through Saturday—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. “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 visit to bathhousecultural.com for more. Admission is free.

Through Saturday—Bath House Cultural Center also hosts “Frida Kahlo: La Flor de la Vida (The Flower of Life),” an art exhibition that draws inspiration from the influential Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.

Through Feb. 13, see “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 visit pocketsandwich.com for more. Tickets are $12-$25.

Through March 20, an exhibit by Lake Highlands artist Martin Delabano is 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.