Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup
Happenings from around the state
By Gerald E. McLeod, 11:00AM, Mon. Feb. 1, 2016
From Mardi Gras celebrations to art exhibits, here's what's on our radar this month.
Speed Racer Standing Still
By the early 1900s, Art Deco styling was permeating into every aspect of international society from architecture to fashion. On very few avenues did the industrial designers make such bold statements as they did in the lines of luxury automobiles. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston explores the beauty and opulence of this mixture of practicality and fantasy in the new exhibit "Sculpted in Steel: Art Deco Automobiles and Motorcycles, 1929-1940." The show features 14 rare cars and three motorcycles, along with photographs and videos for an indepth look at the era that will leave you never looking at the automobile the same again.
Feb. 21-May 30, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet, www.mfah.org
Gus & Call Revisited
It has been 30 years since Larry McMurtry’s novel, Lonesome Dove won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1986, and 27 years since the TV miniseries won 7 Emmys and we’re still talking about it. If you want to get a Gus and Call fix, go to any one of five museum in Fort Worth and Albany to remember how the west was won, or at least how it was filmed. Visit www.lonesomedovereunion.com for details.
Other February Events
Washington’s Birthday Celebration
Feb.1-22, Laredo, 956/722-0589, www.wbcalaredo.org
“Places in the Heart: Texas Cinescapes”
Feb. 1-July 3, The Witliff Collections, San Marcos, 512/245-2907, www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu
“Lindheimer’s Texas”
Feb. 1-May 1, The Sophienburg Museum, New Braunfels, 830/629-1572, www.sophienburg.com
Dallas Mardi Gras Parade and Festival
Feb. 9, Dallas City Hall, Dallas, 972/679-2671, www.visitdallas.com/includes/events
Chihuahuan Desert Bike Fest
Feb. 11-13, Terlingua, www.desertsportstx.com
LaMardi Gras
Feb. 12-13, Volunteer Fire Department, Lamar, www.lamardigras.com
Ennis Czech Music Festival
Feb. 13, Sokol Activity Center, Ennis, 972/878-4748, www.ennisczechmusicfestival.com
Thin Line Film-Music-Photo Fest
Feb. 17-21, Denton, 888/893-4560, www.thinlinefest.com
Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Feb. 26-27, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, www.texascowboypoetry.com
Buffalo Soldier Heritage Day
Feb. 28, Fort Concho National Historic Landmark, San Angelo, 325/481-2730, www.fortconcho.com
Gerald McLeod has been traveling around Texas and beyond for his "Day Trips" column for the past 24 years. Keep up to date with his journeys on his archive page. Day Trips, Vol. 2, a book of "Day Trips," is available for $8.95, plus $3.05 for shipping, handling, and tax. Mail to: Day Trips, PO Box 40312, South Austin, TX 78704.
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