This Weekend (February 22)

For the Times Record News Richard Carter

TRAXXAS MONSTER TRUCK TOUR: 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23, 2019. Kay Yeager Coliseum, 1000 5th Street. Tickets at www.monstertrucktour.com, www.WFMPEC.com or (940) 716-5500.

Monster trucks are coming to town, and they will do more than just crunch small hatchbacks, when the Traxxas Monster Truck Tour comes 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday Feb. 23 to the Kay Yeager Coliseum.

BLACK EXCELLENCE GALA: 7 to 9 p.m. Feb 23. Clark Student Center Comanche Suites, Midwestern State University, 3410 Taft Blvd. $15, Students $10. 397-3033.

ARTS ALIVE! HOME & GARDEN FESTIVAL: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 23, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 24, MPEC, 1000 5th St. Home and gardening booths, expert talks. $6 advance, $8 at the door. 767-2787 or kempcenter.org.

Artist Trish Jones' acrylic painting for 2017 Mystery Art inspired the "Follow Your Heart" theme for the 22ndAnnual Arts Alive! Home and Garden Festival to be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday & 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Ray Clymer Exhibit Hall.

“WICHITA FALLS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA DANCE MIX”: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23, 2019. Memorial Auditorium, 1300 Seventh St. 723-6202.

FREE BENEFIT CONCERT – TIM MAY & STEVE SMITH: 6:30 to 9 p.m. Feb 23. The Forum, 2120 Speedway. Introducing United Regional’s Community Care Initiatives. 766-3347.

MSU UNIVERSITY CHOIR AND MIDWESTERN SINGERS: 4 p.m. Feb. 24. Akin Auditorium, 3410 Taft Blvd. Free. 397-4267.

FISHING WITH A RANGER: 1 to 2 p.m. Feb 22. Lake Arrowhead State Park, 229 Park Road 63 (meet at the fishing docks). All ages. Free with park admission. 528-2211.

“THE GOONIES” 6:45 to 9 p.m. Feb 22. Downtown Wichita Falls Farmers Market, 713 Ohio. Admission is Free. 322-4525.

MONTHLY SIDEWALK JAM: noon to 4 p.m. Feb. 23. Bruce Lyons Computers and Guitars, 3110 Seymour Highway, Freemar Valley Strip. Free. Bring a chair, a drink and a guitar. 691-1727.

ZACH NYTOMT, THREE RING CIRCUS: 9 p.m. Feb 22. The Iron Horse Pub, 615 Eighth St. 767-9488 or theironhorsepub.com.

KEVIN FOWLER: 8 p.m. Feb. 22. Boulevard Night Club, 3915 Kell Blvd East. 696-6410.

KILLDEVIL, KICKED TO THE CURB: 9 p.m. Feb. 23. The Iron Horse Pub, 615 Eighth St. 767-9488 or theironhorsepub.com.

The Iron Horse Pub, located in downtown Wichita Falls, provides outdoor seating on the sidewalk outside of their building.

RIP: 9 p.m. Feb. 23. Old Town Saloon, 4014 Call Field Rd. 613-0049.

“DISNEY’S NEWSIES THE BROADWAY MUSICAL”: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 and 2 & 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23 (minimum 3 more week run). Wichita Theatre, 10th and Indiana. 723-9037 or www.wichitatheatre.com.

“MY WAY: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA”: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 & 23. Backdoor Theatre Main Stage, 501 Indiana. 322-5000.

The 1999 musical, “My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra” features 4 Sinatra fans meeting in a club and performing his music to a live band. The production opens 7:30 p.m. Friday Feb. 8 and Saturday Feb. 9 on the Backdoor Theatre Main Stage and will run Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through February 23.

LATIN FOR KIDS: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Feb 23 to Mar 2. St. Benedict Orthodox Church, 3808 Seymour Highway. Kindergarten through Grade 5. Contact www.saintbenedictorthodoxchurch.com.

CRAFTS FOR TODDLERS: 2 to 3 p.m. Wichita Falls Public Library, 600 11th St. Ages 2 to 6. Free. 767-0868

MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY EXHIBITION: To Mar. 1, 2019. Juanita Harvey Art Gallery, Fain Fine Arts Center, MSU, 3410 Taft Blvd. 397-4264.

AN EXHIBIT BY THORPE GRINER: To April 7, 2019. NorthLight Gallery. Kemp Center for the Arts, 1300 Lamar St. 767-2787 or kempcenter.org.

“W.G. LEWIS: IMAGINES LANDSCAPES AND ABSTRACTS”: Runs through March 1. 9th Street Studios, 920 9th St. 9thstreetstudios.com

AN EXHIBIT BY DANIELLE JANECEK: to Feb. 24. The Galleria at the Forum, 2120 Speedway. Free Admission. 766-3347 or theforumwf.org.

AN EXHIBIT BY KATHY KINCAID: to April 7. West End Studio. Kemp Center for the Arts, 1300 Lamar St. 767-2787 or kempcenter.org.

SCULPTURE GARDEN Kemp Center for the Arts, 1300 Lamar St. 767-2787 or kempcenter.org.

The view looking up inside the new Wichita Dome public art installation located in Nexus Square at the corner of Austin Street and Kell Blvd East. The piece is created with a steel framework and 63 painted Plexiglas panels.

THE WICHITA DOME AT NEXUS SQUARE: Nexus Square, median of Kell East and Kell West Freeway. 500-4453.

POETRY SOCIETY’S ARTS AND POEM, ART IN TRANSITION, and BREA’N THOMPSON EXHIBITS: Sikes Senter Mall, 3111 Midwestern Pkwy. 767-2787.

“AFRICAN AMERICAN ART: ARTWORKS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION”: Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU Texas, 2 Eureka Circle. 397-8900.

POETS, PAINTERS AND PAPER: POST WORLD WAR II AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE ART: Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU Texas, 2 Eureka Circle. 397-8900.