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    Irritated by Santa Claus, who's always giving away toys for free, the DeBiggy toy company gets a judge to outlaw him altogether. Things do not look good for the toy-loving children of the world - until a rag-tag band of kids steps in to save Christmas.

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    • 'Bodies ... The Exhibition' not without controversy
      'Bodies ... The Exhibition' not without controversy

      The talked-about traveling bio-circus, in which more than 250 actual human specimens and individual organs are on display to show how biology works, makes its first visit to Texas with a five-month run at Dallas’ West End Marketplace beginning Saturday.

    • Check out Casa's toy story: 'Santa Claus Is Coming to Town'
      Check out Casa's toy story: 'Santa Claus Is Coming to Town'

      Irritated by Santa Claus, who's always giving away toys for free, the DeBiggy toy company gets a judge to outlaw him altogether. Things do not look good for the toy-loving children of the world - until a rag-tag band of kids steps in to save Christmas.

    • Lone Star Sounds: Herring hopes 'Ocho' is perfect number
      Lone Star Sounds: Herring hopes 'Ocho' is perfect number

      Fort Worth-born but Austin-based singer-songwriter Collin Herring is in a far better place now than he was when making his gripping third album, "Past Life Crashing," although you wouldn't necessarily know it from listening to the just-released "Ocho."

  • FORT WORTH — If our city ever designated an "official" band, the Tejas Brothers would have to get some votes, based on the band’s performance at McDavid Studio on Friday night.

    • Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra performs Caminos del Inka
      Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra performs Caminos del Inka

      FORT WORTH — Miguel Harth-Bedoya hopes that his Caminos del Inka (Inca Trails) project will open new avenues in classical music. Friday’s concert by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra at Bass Hall certainly did. Pieces by South American composers were full of drama, intricacy and elevation. Contemporary works showcased vibrant new voices.

    • Guitarist shows her Latin flair
      Guitarist shows her Latin flair

      FORT WORTH —The collaboration this week between the TCU Latin American Music Festival and conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya’s Caminos del Inka project came to a close Thursday in PepsiCo Recital Hall when Maria Luisa Harth-Bedoya — the maestro’s sister — played a guitar recital.

    • Caminos del Inka program covers new musical ground
      Caminos del Inka program covers new musical ground

      The concert by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra calls on a sprawling three centuries of the music shaped and inspired by Incan landscape and culture.

    • Cooking with Sonya and Mitch
      Cooking with Sonya and Mitch

      When there's no fennel for your recipe, will an artichoke substitution make or break this roast salmon?

    • Pluckin' good
      Pluckers’ delicious diet-busting feasts break the wing-chain trend

      In the crowded field of chicken-wing emporiums, Pluckers stands leg and wing above the rest.

    • Puscifer to play Palladium Ballroom
      Puscifer to play Palladium Ballroom

      Perhaps the weirdest gig in Maynard James Keenan's trio of musical projects - the bald vintner also fronts Tool and A Perfect Circle - the experimental Puscifer has few stylistic borders.

    • Neko Case to perform with Oh No! Oh My! at Granada
      Neko Case to perform with Oh No! Oh My! at Granada

      Pure, ringing and altogether heavenly: Flame-haired songstress Neko Case's lovingly weathered soprano doesn't sound like anything else on the planet.

    • What's coming up: Music
      What's coming up: Music

      Seeing John Mayer live offers an opportunity to appreciate his ability to fuse crowd-pleasing pop choruses with gritty, virtuoso guitar licks. He plays American Airlines Center in March.

    • This week's concerts
      This week's concerts

      Beginning with Jackopierce, Creede Williams: Friday and Saturday. Granada Theater, Dallas. $30-$40. 214-824-9933.

    • Oprah's departure presents problem for TV stations
      Oprah's departure presents problem for TV stations

      For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned over daytime television much like Johnny Carson once ruled late night.

    • Liberace, Cruise, Palin among Winfrey's highlights
      Liberace, Cruise, Palin among Winfrey's highlights

      Oprah Winfrey has racked up memorable moments during her long television reign. Some were moving, some embarrassing - to her or others - and a handful became pop-culture landmarks. Here are highlights through the years:

    • Fans excited to witness Winfrey's announcement
      Fans excited to witness Winfrey's announcement

      Fans who will be in the audience at "The Oprah Winfrey Show" say they're excited to hear the media mogul talk about her plans for the future.

    • Banned director brings romance film to Hong Kong
      Banned director brings romance film to Hong Kong

      A prominent mainland Chinese director banned by Beijing from making movies brought his new gay romance film to Hong Kong on Friday for what is likely the last of a handful of screenings on his home soil.

    • Miley Cyrus tour bus overturns in Va., killing 1
      Miley Cyrus tour bus overturns in Va., killing 1

      The driver of a Miley Cyrus tour bus was killed Friday when the bus overturned, but the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star wasn't on board, Virginia State Police said.