May 15, 2014

THURSDAY Only

May 15….Beats & Eats at LHUCA - LHUCA is launching a fun and exciting new series to support the LHUCA Plaza project. The first installment of "Beats & Eats" will be a spirited happy hour with cocktails and hearty hors d'oeuvres, provided by Top Tier Catering. Guests will be entertained by the musical talents of the Brad Green Band and have the chance to enter a raffle to win a beautiful sterling silver bracelet, donated by Robert Lance Jewelers. Renowned Texas artist, Ken Little, has graciously donated 60 of his art- embellished dollars from his exhibit "Dollar Dance". Those who attend will have the opportunity to pay for a dance in the "Dollar Dance" jacket and take home the Ken Little original dollar of their choosing. These art pieces are highly sought after by art collectors and Ken Little fans. Tickets are $25 and must be purchased in advance. Visit lhuca.org/BeatsAndEats.html or call 762-8606. LHUCA 511 Ave. K; 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY Only

May 16….Friday Fun Art Night for Kids - Art & Company will be holding a Friday Fun Art Night for grades: kinder through 6th. Cost is $30. The theme is BARN DANCE. Kids can wear their western clothes! We will serve apple or cherry pie with vanilla ice cream for snack and try some line dancing. Kids get to paint a pottery horse and a cowboy or girl boot canvas! Pictures are on our website at www.artandcompanykids.com on the Fun Friday page. Art & Company, 2811 S. Loop 289 #11; 6 – 9 p.m.

May 16(Repeats May 23, 30)….Cactus Theater Friday Night Patio Party – Come join the Cactus stars while sitting under the stars and enjoying music that made the Cactus Theater famous! There will be tables and chairs for all as the band plays on the front porch. This festivity will get you ready for summer with full concessions featuring the famous Cactus margarita! Free admission. For more information, please visit www.cactustheater.com or call 806.762.3233. Cactus Theater, 1812 Buddy Holly Avenue; 6 – 9 p.m.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY

May 16, 17 (Repeats May 23, 24, 30, 31)…."The Boys Next Door" - The place is a communal residence in a New England city, where four mentally handicapped men live under the supervision of an earnest, but increasingly "burned out" social worker. Mingled with scenes from the daily lives of these four, where "little things" sometimes become momentous (and often very funny), are moments of great poignancy. We are reminded that the handicapped, like the rest of us, want only to love and laugh and find some meaning and purpose in the brief time that they, like their more fortunate brothers, are allotted on this earth. Cost: $12 - $15. For tickets call 806-792-0501 or visit catsplayhouse.com. Cats Playhouse. 2257 34th Street; 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, SATURDAY and SUNDAY

May 16-18 (Repeats May 23-25)….Lubbock Community Theatre; “Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)” - It's a musical about musicals! In this hilarious satire of musical theatre, one story becomes five delightful musicals, each written in the distinctive style of a different master of the form. The basic plot: June is an ingenue who can't pay the rent and is threatened by her evil landlord. Will the handsome leading man come to the rescue? Told in the styles of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, Herry Herman, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Kander & Ebb. A witty and charming valentine to musical theatre! Written by Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell and directed by John A. Packard. To reserve tickets call (806) 749-2416 or visit http://lubbockcommunitytheatre.org. Lubbock Community Theatre, 4232 Boston Avenue; Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday matinee at 2 p.m.

SATURDAY Only

May 17….Flatland Collector Car Show and Auction - Flat 12 Gallery as seen on CNBC’s The Car Chasers and the Lubbock Auto Auction have partnered to bring West Texas their first Collector Car Auction that is open to the public. Already an amazing collection of collector vehicles has been consigned to the Flatland Collector Car Show and Auction including a 1932 Ford Roadster, a Track T Hot Rod, a 1970 Chevrolet Show truck. There are still spaces available to sell your classic car starting at $60.00 with primetime numbers set at a reasonable $160.00. For more information, visit Flatlandcollectorcar.com or call 806-445-5732. Day admission is $5.00 with children 12 and under free. “The Flatland Collector Car Show and Auction" is a chance for car collectors, connoisseurs and dreamers to come together and find the car of their dreams. It may be a project car, an up and coming investment vehicle or a top-caliber six figure vehicle. We are excited to offer Lubbock this experience and opportunity to bring our car community together” - Jeff Allen Flat 12 Gallery. This one day auction is anticipated to have over 150 Collector cars from all over Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma to offer a vast selection of classic cars. Flat 12 Gallery has been the home of two seasons of CNBC’s reality television show The Car Chasers where the Flat 12 finds, fixes and sells some of the most iconic, memorable and rare classic vehicles from 2Fast 2furious, to various vehicles from Tim Allen's collection, to Barricade from the movie Transformers. Lubbock Auto Auction at 1122 E 34th Street; 9 a.m.

May 17….The Vince Lujan Project in Concert - The Buddy Holly Center presents a pre-Summer Showcase concert, featuring The Vince Lujan Project, held in the Meadows Courtyard. This group will treat the audience to a blend of rock, blues, jazz, funk, soul and Latin music. The concert is FREE and open to the public. The Vince Lujan Project is an original band from North Texas, putting a new spin on the ever-evolving, all-encompassing Texas sound by infusing different genres of music. “It's feel-good music with catchy hooks and accessible lyrics”, the band's facebook page attests. The diverse group lends a unique style that effortlessly blends into a powerful groove, topped off with dynamic and smooth rock and R&B vocals. Come to this live show and you'll hear original songs and covers of the Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Carlos Santana, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Bill Withers and, of course, Buddy Holly. To learn more about The Vince Lujan Project visit http://www.VLPBAND.com. Meadows Courtyard, Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Ave; 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.

May 17….Silent Wings Museum Book Signing - The Silent Wings Museum is pleased to announce the arrival of the new book, Images of Aviation: South Plains Army Airfield by published author Donald R. Abbe, PhD. South Plains Army Airfield in Lubbock, Texas, was a major training base for U.S. Army Air Force’s glider pilots during World War II. Approximately 80 percent of the roughly 6,000 pilots trained to fly the combat cargo glider received their advanced training and were awarded their “G” wings at SPAAF, as it was known. The base was conceived, built, used, and then closed in a short five-year period during World War II. Today, little remains to remind one of the feverish and important military training programs that once took place on the flat, featureless South Plains of Texas. The Images of Aviation series celebrates the history of flight – from the early experimental, lighter-than-air craft to modern commercial, military and private air machines. Donald R. Abbe, PhD, serves as the curator at the Silent Wings Museum. He has co-authored several books on the history of Lubbock and the South Plains of Texas. Abbe will be signing his book, Images of Aviation: South Plains Army Airfield and this event will be FREE and open to the public. Proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the Silent Wings Museum. Silent Wings Museum, 6202 Interstate 27 Frontage; 3 p.m.

May 17….Cactus Theater presents: MilkDrive - Jazz-grass band MilkDrive features award-winning instrumentalists Brian Beken on fiddle and lead vocals, Noah Jeffries on guitar and harmony vocals, Dennis Ludiker on mandolin and harmony vocals, and Matt Mefford on double bass. Andrew Dansby of the Houston Chronicle calls the MilkDrive repertoire "a virtuostic blast of bluegrassy string-band music." With labels that rangefrom jamgrass and nu-folk to redneck gypsy jazz, the band has built a following that's as funky and friendly as they are. The group plays festivals from coast to coast every year, with stops in between at Colorado's beloved RockyGrass Festival and at home at the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Come enjoy MilkDrive as they make the Cactus their new musical West Texas home. Tickets are $20.00. For more info visit www.cactustheater.com or call 806.762.3233. Cactus Theater, 1812 Buddy Holly Ave; 7:30 p.m.

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