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The Mesquite Community Band will present their Winter Concert event on Saturday, December 7th @ 4:00 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Mesquite Arts Center, 1527 North Galloway Ave., Mesquite, TX 75149. Admission is free & All are welcome.

Please join the Mesquite Arts Council and it's board members as they welcome you to the Mesquite Arts Center. This event is for the community and its organizers to enjoy some holiday cheer together. We will have a Meet and Greet with the Mesquite Community Band and fellow artists that have helped throughout the 2019 year. Please invite someone to join you for a beverage and bites.

We are honored to welcome the "Developing Story" of Michelle Richardson's exhibition this Fall. Exhibition will be on display from October 1- December 29. The exhibition revolves from the tradition of gathering around the radio, television or other devices during historic moments has carried on from generation to generation. Inspired by current events, this exhibition references mass communication and the implications of the 24-hr news cycle with a series of screens that act in totality as both painting and silent time-based media. Please join us on December 7th from 6-8 PM for sips and bites and the viewing of Michelle Richardson's artwork in Mesquite Arts Center Main Gallery. This is a FREE event. After the artist reception, please join us for "Fruitcakes" a live theatrical performance from Mesquite Arts Theatre. For more information, please visit: http://mesquitecommunitytheatre.com/

Mix together a batch of fruitcakes, three dozen Christmas trees, 10,000 outdoor Christmas lights, a chicken pox epidemic, two southern spinsters, an estranged old man, a lost cat named Tutti Frutti and a Christmas hog named Buster and you've got the recipe for a fun-filled and touching evening of holiday cheer. Into this world comes Jamie, a kid who has run away from home and come as far as his money will take him. At first he thinks this town's inhabitants are "nuttier than fruitcakes," but soon he comes to admire, appreciate and adore this nutty little town. A moving story of alienation, understanding and reconciliation, FrUiTCaKeS provides audiences with a heaping helping of holiday warmth and Christmas cheer.

Please join us for stories, movement, songs and activities. For families with children ages 12 and under. For more information, please call the North Library at 972-681-0465.

Don't miss Mesquite Parks and Recreations most popular annual event, Christmas in the Park on December 7 and 8 at Westlake Park. There will be Holiday Performances, Pictures with Santa, Rides, Games, Contests, Crafts, Yule Log, Treats, Food Trucks, and the Here Comes Christmas Parade each evening.