2014-3-11T7:00 PMMarch 11, 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM @ MSU Museum of Art
The Center for Continuing Education will present the 2009 film Desert Flower as part of the Foreign/Documentary/Independent Film Series at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Art at MSU. Desert Flower is based on the autobiography of a Somalian nomad girl who was sold into marriage at age 13, fled from Africa and became an American supermodel. She is now a United Nations spokeswoman against female genital mutilation. This film is rated R. Admission is free, with donations welcome.
2014-3-11T7:30 PMMarch 11, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM @ MSU Akin Auditorium
Symphonic band concert.
2014-3-12T7:30 PMMarch 12, 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM @ Memorial Auditorium
Formed by college students at University of Illinois in 1967, and after paying dues playing frat parties, colleges and clubs around Illinois, REO Speedwagon attracted regional attention in 1973 with their song "Ridin' The Storm Out". Their 1978 album "You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tune A Fish" had solid sales around the country. REO Speedwagon has been one of the top touring bands in recent years at arenas, amphitheaters, fairs and theater venues. Last December they joined with Styx, Ted Nugent and Head East for the "Rock to the Rescue Concert" in Bloomington, Illinois for tornado relief efforts.
2014-3-13T5:30 PMMarch 13, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM @ MSU - Bolin Science Hall
The Spring 2014 Geoscience and Environmental Science Colloquium Series presents Dr. Ken Ridgway at 5:30 p.m. in Bolin 127. Ridgway is professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences at Purdue University. His research interests include tectonics, sedimentary petrology, and sedimentary petrology. He has been at Purdue since 1992. Ridgway will speak about the upper plate response to Cenozoic flat slab subduction processes in southern Alaska and educational outreach opportunities with Native American communities. Admission is free.
2014-3-13T7:00 PMMarch 13, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM @ Wichita Falls Softball Complex
The Lone Star Conference Softball Showcase begins with MSU vs. Tarleton State at 7 p.m. at the City of Wichita Falls Softball Complex.
2014-3-13T7:00 PMMarch 13, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM @ Kay Yeager Coliseum
Food for the Hungry presents THIRD DAY & SKILLET live at the Kay Yeager Coliseum with special guests Mandisa and Brandon Heath! Doors open at 6:00pm and show starts at 7:00pm. Tickets ON SALE DECEMBER 20 at 10:00am at the KYC Box Office or by calling 940.716.5555. Special Group Discount: Buy 12 or more tickets at once, and get 2 tickets FREE!
2014-3-13T7:30 PMMarch 13, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM @ Fain Fine Arts Center Theatre
MSU Theatre will present God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Fain Fine Arts Center Theatre. Two sets of parents meet to discuss their children, one of whom has hurt the other child in a playground incident. What begins as a civilized discussion disintegrates into chaos. The play won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2009. For tickets or more information, call (940) 397-4399 or 397-4393 (box office).
2014-3-14T11:00 AMMarch 14, 11:00 AM - 8:30 PM @ Mustangs Park
The Lone Star Conference Softball Showcase continues with MSU vs. Eastern New Mexico at 11 a.m. and MSU vs. Angelo State at 6:30 p.m. at Mustangs Park. For more information, call (940) 397-4779.
2014-3-14T7:05 PMMarch 14, 7:05 PM - 10:00 PM @ Kay Yeager Coliseum
Your Wichita Falls Wildcats return to the ice to take on the Kenai River Brown Bears Friday and Saturday night at the Kay Yeager Coliseum. Puck drops at 7:05 PM!
2014-3-15T1:30 PMMarch 15, 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM @ Wichita Falls Softball Complex
The Lone Star Conference Softball Showcase continues with MSU vs. West Texas A&M at 1:30 p.m. and MSU vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville at 4 p.m. at the City of Wichita Falls Softball Complex.
2014-3-16T12:30 PMMarch 16, 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM @ Mustangs Park
The Lone Star Conference Softball Showcase continues with MSU vs. Texas Woman’s University at 12:30 p.m. at Mustangs Park. For more information, call (940) 397-4779.
2014-3-17T8:30 AMMarch 17, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM @ River Bend Nature Center
Spring Break Camps are back again this year at River Bend Nature Center the week of March 17th-21st! Join in on all the cool hands-on activities and make new friends. At “Eyes on the Wild” Art Camp (8:30am-12pm) there will be activities such as painting, sculpting, photography and paper making.
2014-3-17T1:00 PMMarch 17, 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM @ River Bend Nature Center
pring Break Camps are back again this year at River Bend Nature Center the week of March 17th-21st! Join in on all the cool hands-on activities and make new friends. “Science on Stage” Drama Camp (1-4:30pm) will have activities such as designing sets and costumes, acting, and puppeteering. Be a part of all the fun things we have planned for you. Dust off your bug catcher, fill up your water bottle and head to RBNC for an amazing week of fun and learning!
2014-3-17T2:00 PMMarch 17, 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM @ Wichita Falls Recreation Center
March Movie Madness during spring break with free popcorn and drinks! Movies begin at 2 PM. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
2014-3-18T8:30 AMMarch 18, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM @ City Council Chambers - Memorial Auditorium
The City Council meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 8:30 AM in the Council Chambers located on the first floor of Memorial Auditorium, 1300 7th Street. This is the regularly scheduled meeting of the Wichita Falls City Council. The public is invited to attend these open meetings and has an opportunity to address the Council during public comments at the beginning of each meeting.
2014-3-18T11:00 AMMarch 18, 11:00 AM - 6:30 PM @ Ray Clymer Exhibit Hall
Paradigm Public Awareness Programs is hosting these classes on Texas Pipeline Awareness & Pipeline Safety Training Meeting. Classes for First Responders and Public Officials is at 11:00am. Classes for Contractors and Excavators is at 6:30pm. Classes will take place in Meeting Rooms 8-10 at the MPEC Ray Clymer Exhibit Hall. Free, convenient parking for this event is located on the West side of the building on Burnett Street.
2014-3-18T2:00 PMMarch 18, 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM @ Wichita Falls Recreation Center
March Movie Madness during spring break with free popcorn and drinks. Movies begin at 2 PM. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
2014-3-19T2:00 PMMarch 19, 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM @ Wichita Falls Recreation Center
March Movie Madness during spring break with free popcorn and drinks. Movies start at 2 PM. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
2014-3-20T2:00 PMMarch 20, 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM @ Wichita Falls Recreation Center
March Movie Madness during Spring Break with free popcorn and drinks. Movies begin at 2 PM. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
2014-3-20T7:00 PMMarch 20, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM @ Kay Yeager Coliseum
Wichita Falls is excited to welcome Arkansas native, Justin Moore to the Kay Yeager Coliseum along with special guest Randy Houser in concert! Fans love his hits like "Small Town USA", "Backwoods", and "Til My Last Day" and he'll be bringing these hits plus new songs for his fans in Wichita Falls! Named the 2009 Best Male Country Artist by Billboard Magazine, his music resonates strongly with the blue collar, hard working Americans who break their backs just to earn a buck and never get ahead but wouldn’t have it any other way, to paraphrase the lyric from his #1 hit, “Small Town USA.”
2014-3-21T9:00 AMMarch 21, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM @ Ray Clymer Exhibit Hall
These are not retail stores but rather savings extravaganzas--shopping events that happen twice a year. At these events, consignors bring their new and gently-used children's and maternity merchandise to sell. Shoppers can then browse and purchase these items at great savings, usually far below retail prices. Merchandise is inspected to insure only high quality items will be sold. At a typical Just Between Friends event, you can find clothing, toys, baby equipment, strollers, high chairs, cribs, joggers, nursery gear, maternity wear, baby carriers, play yards, play sets, coats, shoes...well, you can see the list of items just goes on and on! And so do the savings! Just Between Friends event will be held in Rooms 1-4 at the MPEC Ray Clymer Exhibit Hall. Free, convenient parking for this event is located on the South side of the building on 5th Street. Event hours are Friday 9:00am-8:00pm, Saturday 10:00am-4:00pm and 5:00pm-7:00pm (25% Sale) and Sunday 12:00pm-5:00pm (1/2 off sale
2014-3-21T8:00 PMMarch 21, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM @ Wichita Theatre
The year is 1969. It's the end of the sixties, and the greatest decade that clearly defined the term "modern pop culture" has arrived. Movies, television, fashion, and most importantly music, all turned from gray to a kaleidoscope of colors across the modern world. Rock & Roll was undoubtedly born in the fifties, but it came of age during the span of the sixties. Little did we know that in England, the British were planning on coming to America for a second time. The new invasion was led by four young lads armed with guitars, long hair, and sex appeal. That first group opened the door, and stormed America with talent, charm, and a unique sound that forever changed the popular musical landscape. The second group kicked the door off the hinges, rushing in with a sneering infectious attitude, and an in your face edge that completed the victory. The words "rock group" and "rock & roll band" were now created and forever etched into history. Hundreds of groups would follow suit, but in the e
2014-3-25T7:30 PMMarch 25, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM @ Akin Auditorium - MSU
The Department of Music at Midwestern State University will present a spring choral concert with the University Singers and the Midwestern Singers at 7:30pm in Akin Auditorium.
2014-3-26T12:00 PMMarch 26, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM @ MSU Dillard Bldg. Room 189
The Munir Abdul Lalani Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise will present Chris Powers of Rumstick Capital LP from noon-1:30 p.m. in Dillard 189. The event is part of the Building the Job I Love Series, a come-and-go session for students to ask entrepreneurs how they got started in business. Powers began an e-Bay business in high school that earned him $40,000 a year, then as a student at Texas Christian University he owned eight houses and a property management business. After graduating from college he started Powers and Curtis LLC and developed approximately $35 million in student housing and high-end houses in Fort Worth. He now is a majority partner in RRIG Resources that focuses on buying and leasing minerals in core shale deposits across the United States. For more information, contact Jeff Stambaugh, Assistant Professor of Management and Director of the Munir Abdul Lalani Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise, at (940) 397-4634.
2014-3-26T7:05 PMMarch 26, 7:05 PM - 10:00 PM @ Kay Yeager Coliseum
Your Wichita Falls Wildcats return to the ice to take on the Lone Star Brahmas Wednesday night at the Kay Yeager Coliseum. Puck drops at 7:05 PM!
2014-3-27T7:00 PMMarch 27, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM @ Ray Clymer Exhibit Hall
Join us for a Mayor's Town Hall Meeting in Meeting Room 10 of the MPEC Ray Clymer Exhibit Hall starting at 7:00pm. Convenient parking for this meeting is located on the West side of the building on Burnett Street.
2014-3-28T9:00 AMMarch 28, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM @ Ray Clymer Exhibit Hall
Do you enjoy shop hops? Is it the fun, prizes, fellowship, creativity and excitement, or all of these? If so, we have an event planned just for you. How does a shop hop sound with all of the shops located under one roof. Save time traveling from shop to shop, and spend it visiting a smorgasboard of quilt shops from North Texas and Oklahoma. These shops all have brick and mortar shops, and know how to put on a shop hop. There will be shopping, inspiration, fellowship, free block patterns, demos, door prizes with a grand prize of a Janome 3160 valued at $999. Make plans to attend, check back often as we will be updating the site with vendors and door prize donors. This event will take place in Meeting Rooms 1-4 of the MPEC Ray Clymer Exhibit Hall. Free, convenient parking for this event is located on the South side of the building near the flagpole entrance.
2014-3-28T5:00 PMMarch 28, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ The Red Door Senior Citizens Center
The Kitchen's Annual Fish Fry & Silent Auction will be at the Red Door Senior Center Friday, March 28. It's been called "the best catfish in town," and hundreds of Wichitans line up for their fill of the all-you-can-eat catfish dinner each year to benefit Meals on Wheels in Wichita Falls. Silent auction packages from as far away as Branson, MO will be available for your bidding. Don't miss this great once-a-year event to benefit Meals on Wheels. No time to sit for fish and fellowship? Call 322-6232 to place your order to-go and pick it up in our convenient drive-thru!
2014-3-28T6:00 PMMarch 28, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM @ JS Bridwell Ag Center
The Kemp Center for the Arts presents "Cowboy True", a celebration to honor working cowboys and the artwork that comes from their daily lives. Meet the creators of the cowboy art and trappings at the Artists' Reception on Friday evening, March 28th from 6:00pm-10:00pm, with Free Admission. Enjoy live fiddle music, light appetizers and drinks at the cash bar saloon. Bid on items at the Silent Auction complete with charming artwork and items with a cowboy flair! Saturday, March 29th, stroll through the MPEC J.S. Bridwell Agricultural Center to see all of the cowboy art on display from 10:00am-5:00pm with Free Admission. Special music will give you a taste of the cowboy life and Silent Auction items will be open for bidding. Join us on Saturday evening as we round up the weekend with a Steak Dinner & Auction. Tickets to this evening event are $50.00 per person or a table of eight for $300.00. Be serenaded during dinner with live music then the Auction opens up showcasi
2014-3-28T6:00 PMMarch 28, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU
The Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU will present an opening reception for Robert Rauschenberg: Four Decades of Work on Paper; Marla Ziegler, Retrospective; and Stewart Nachmias, Prints and Cast Paper from 6-8 p.m. The Rauschenberg exhibit features prints and drawings by the influential Texas-born artist who died in 2008. His works have exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City and the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, among others. Ziegler’s exhibit features clay sculpture and multimedia works. Ziegler is a professor of art at Brookhaven College in Farmers Branch, Texas. Nachmias’ work features cast paper woodcuts that reflect his life as a musician, performer, and artist. His work is included in collections at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the State University of New York, among others. The Rauschenberg and Ziegler exhibits will be on display through May 31. Nachmias’ works will be on display through May 16. Museum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
2014-3-28T7:05 PMMarch 28, 7:05 PM - 10:00 PM @ Kay Yeager Coliseum
Your Wichita Falls Wildcats return to the ice to take on the Topeka RoadRunners Friday and Saturday night at the Kay Yeager Coliseum. Puck drops at 7:05 PM!
2014-3-28T8:00 PMMarch 28, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM @ Backdoor Theatre
Steel Magnolias is a comedy–drama play about the bond among a group of Southern women in northwest Louisiana. The title suggests the "female characters are as delicate as magnolias but as tough as steel". The action centers on Truvy's beauty parlour and the women who regularly gather there. The story begins on the morning of Shelby's wedding to Jackson and covers events over the next three years, including Shelby's decision to have a child despite having Type 1 diabetes and the complications that result from the decision.
2014-3-29T8:30 AMMarch 29, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM @ Ray Clymer Exhibit Hall
Those participating in the MDA Muscle Walk walk to honor adults and children with any of the more than 40 muscle diseases in MDA’s program. Come out and join us...have fun and get some light exercise with your kids, friends, parents, grandparents, students, corporate teams and more. (Most Muscle Walks average a mile or less.) This event raises funds to help the Muscular Dystrophy Association foster research and provide vital services to families affected by neuromuscular disease. The MDA Muscle Walk will take place in Hall B at the MPEC Ray Clymer Exhibit Hall. Free, convenient parking is located on the West side of the building on Burnett Street.
2014-3-29T2:00 PMMarch 29, 2:00 PM - 9:00 PM @ Texas National Guard Armory
Sixth Benefit Powow for Faith Mission. Co-hosted by Midwestern State University. Native American crafts, food, jewelry, etc. Concession stand, bring your own chairs and come enjoy the display of native American dance, events and festivities.
2014-3-29T6:30 PMMarch 29, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM @ Ray Clymer Exhibit Hall
Join us for An Evening with Leigh Anne Touhy, mother of NFL Baltimore Ravens star Michael Oher. Their heartfelt story was featured in the movie The Blind Side. https://www.facebook.com/TheLeighAnneTuohy/info Tickets to this amazing evening are only $30.00 and includes dinner. To purchase tickets, call 940.322.3678
2014-3-29T8:00 PMMarch 29, 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM @ Memorial Auditorium
The world's first classically-trained garage band, Time for Three transcends traditional music classification, combining elements of classical, country western, gypsy and jazz idioms to form a blend all its own. Performing music from Bach and Brahms to their own arrangements of today's pop music, they have performed everywhere from Carnegie Hall to Jazz clubs, European festivals, NFL games and the Indy 500. Violinists Zachary De Pue and Nicolas Kendall, and bassist Ranaan Meyer, make up a charismatic ensemble with a reputation for limitless enthusiasm and no music boundaries.