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• McKinney neighbors celebrate National Night Out on Aug. 3

  For the fourteenth year, the McKinney Fire and Police Departments join forces with communities across the city to celebrate the National Association of Town Watch's well-known and celebrated program called National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug.

• Happy hour: Where to enjoy drinks on a budget

  Recession, shmession. Everyone seems to be in a slump these days, but don't worry - in Big D, from Reunion Tower to Deep Ellum, from Henderson to McKinney, it really is 5 o'clock somewhere.

• Nightlife: the week ahead

  DECADE DANCE PARTY Local spinster Paul Foley loves the '80s; but really, who doesn't? If you have a fever and the only cure is more Madonna, Depeche Mode, and Prince, walk like an Egyptian to Zuzu tonight, where Foley will break out his retro vinyl for this monthly back-in-the-day dance party.

• Tulsa's Rockin' Acoustic Circus at McKinney Performing Arts Center Aug. 6

  Join McKinney Performing Arts Center for Rockin' Acoustic Circus on Friday, August 6 to kick off MPAC's "Hot Concerts - Cool Prices" Summer Concert Series.

• Acoustic song swap TONIGHT at Goode's Armadillo Palace Rich...

  The weekly "Best In Texas Birthday Bash" celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Texas Music Chart and Best In Texas Music Magazine continues at Goode's Armadillo Palace, 5015 Kirby Dr., Houston, with an acoustic song swap featuring Rich has hosted a couple of our acoustic song swaps this season already with big crowds attending each week and he's ...

• "The Asian Playboy" Advises Dallasites on How to Be...

  If you like talking about women in terms that make it sound like you're discussing a game of Risk with all the delicate spoken nuances of a redneck buck hunter, I'm guessing I don't have to tell you who The Asian Playboy is.

• SHSU Summer Repertory to present student-directed production

  The Sam Houston State University Department of Theatre has announced a series of four shows for its Summer II Repertory Theatre that will be performed from July 29 through Aug.

• a Red Carpet Gala' Set Aug. 14

  "The Red Carpet Gala," benefiting Parent Services Center Inc., is scheduled from 7 to 11 p.m. Aug.

• Fitness regimen paying off for Fannin County residents

  Don't let her gentle smile fool you; Jessie Cox runs one tough boot camp. Make that two strenuous boot camps.

• Headquarters in Fort Worth to reflect group's conservation mission

  By Chris Vaughn FORT WORTH -- As anyone who has lived in Texas for at least two seasons knows, there are two types of opposing weather events that never change: soaking spring downpours and withering summer droughts.The plant lovers at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, in designing their new $48 million home in the Cultural District, ...