Wichita Falls CVB

ALL PLANNERS ARE WELCOME • Free Event bring your bujos, happy planners, erin condrens, your filofaxes and at-a-glances… if you use a planner – BRING IT!

We’ll have supplies like pens, washi, and stickers for you to use while you’re here… and of course, feel free to bring your extras and leftovers to donate to our communal stash!

Don’t have a planner and just want to get more organized?? This is a great opportunity to learn about the different types of planners and organizational systems out there. Each month we will take some time to learn about a planner topic and then spend the rest of the session planning, mingling, enjoying refreshments, exchanging swaps, and just generally doing what planner peeps do.

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Join Miss Kim as she returns with her make and take crafts for littles. Drop in and complete a cute, age-appropriate craft with your children. Ages 2-6.

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The latest exhibit at the Galleria at The Forum highlights the abstract expressionist work of local artist Danielle Janecek. Growing up in rural Texas immersed the artist in appreciation for the natural world which continues to this day.  Working with mixed media to find the abstraction of her observations, she builds images in layers organically to find the final visual statement in each piece.

The Forum is also pleased to host a Palette to Palate dining experience for each exhibition in the Galleria.  On February 4, 2019, we’ll present dinner with Danielle in the gallery.  Event details will be available in January, check the website for updates.

Learn how to bring the joy of creative self-expression to someone with memory loss.

Memories in the Making, the Alzheimer’s Association art program for people with dementia, is a weekly one-hour art session where the caregiver and loved one can take a moment to enjoy the creative release of watercolor painting. While loved ones work on their paintings, caregivers are there to capture any stories the art brings forward.

All are welcome.   No registration necessary, just drop-in. Caregivers must be present in this class.

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The amazing true story of when a group of kids stopped The World and changed history. One of the most celebrated Disney musicals to hit Broadway comes alive at the historic Wichita Theatre beginning February 8th. Come see one of the biggest productions ever on the Wichita Theatre stage as the Newsies of NYC stop Joseph Pulitzer in his tracks!

Showtimes:

Friday February 8, 2019 – 7:30PM
Saturday February 9, 2019 – 2:00PM
Saturday February 9, 2019 – 7:30PM
Friday February 15, 2019 – 7:30PM
Saturday February 16, 2019 – 2:00PM
Saturday February 16, 2019 – 7:30PM
Friday February 22, 2019 – 7:30PM
Saturday February 23, 2019 – 2:00PM
Saturday February 23, 2019 – 7:30PM
Friday March 1, 2019 – 7:30PM
Saturday March 2, 2019 – 2:00PM
Saturday March 2, 2019 – 7:30PM

Join local artist and muralist, Brea’n Thompson, for her seven part workshop- How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: 7 Steps to Genius Everyday. Based on a book written by Michael J. Gelb in 1998.  Gelb breaks down the genius of da Vinci in a practical guide for problem solving, creative thinking, goal setting, life balance, and harmonizing body and mind. This creativity workshop is not only for the artist but for anyone who would like to become more creative in their personal and professional life.  This is an experiential class where we will utilize many techniques in creative writing, art, wine tastings, map-making and much more to help unlock your inner creativity, overcome mental blocks, and inspire confidence to unlock your genius and live to your full potential.

Each week the class will explore the seven stages to unlocking your genius:

• Curiosità – an insatiably curious approach to life and unrelenting quest for continuous learning
• Dimostrazione – a commitment to test knowledge through experience, persistence and a willingness to learn from mistakes
• Sensazione – the continual refinement of the senses, especially sight, as the means to enliven experience
• Sfumato – (literally “going up in smoke”), a willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox and uncertainty
• Arte/Scienza – the development of the balance between science and art, logic and imagination, whole-brain thinking
• Corporalità – the cultivation of grace, ambidexterity, fitness and poise
• Connessione – a recognition of and appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things and phenomena. Systems thinking.

Please wear comfortable clothing as we will be working both our minds and our bodies in these exercises. Ticket price includes wine/or non-alcoholic wine, a journal for new members, and hors d’oeuvres.

This is the biggest indoor Kart race in the State of Texas and one of the biggest in the entire Midwest.  It is held annually in Wichita Falls, TX. Round 4 of the  Midwest Winter Race Series, sponsored by McGinnis Welding Supply Co., is a 2-day event.

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The point behind each lyric, each guitar lick, and each twanging-rocking melody is the live show. Fowler has earned his reputation as one of the most amped-up concert performers to emerge from the modern day Texas country movement. For those that have experienced Fowler onstage, then you know he brings unbridled musical muscle to the platform. Backed by his trusty band he’s a dynamo – cracking jokes, hitting high notes, strumming his guitar and putting each of his fans in two-stepping mode.

Check out his new song, “Country Song to Sing.”
https://smarturl.it/countrysongtosing

18+ welcome.
Doors open 8pm.
Band goes on about 10:30pm.

Arts Alive! Home & Garden Festival is a gathering of businesses from our regional community, Member Organizations of the Arts Council, and local artists. They all come together under one very large roof to provide education on creating a better home, a beautiful garden… and enriching our lives through art. Vendors come to this event from Wichita Falls and the surrounding region to present their products and services. Member Organizations explain the services they provide to create a wonderful quality of life. Artists present their talents and accomplishments to show that art is available to our entire community.

Schedule:

Date: Saturday, February 23
Time: 9am – 6pm
Date: Sunday, February 24
Time: 11am – 5pm