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Author! Author!
The Fort Worth Library presents a "Gaggle of Fort Worth Authors," Saturday, Feb. 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Richard Selcer and Kevin Foster will talk about their Written in Blood, Vol. 2: The Story of Fort Worth's Fallen Lawmen. Also on tap: J'Nell Pate's Arsenal of Defense; Bill Neal's Vengeance Is Mine and Hollace Weiner's A History of River Crest Country Club. Get your books signed and join the discussion of Fort Worth's history. Refreshments will be served. 500 W. Third St., Fort Worth. More info: 817-871-7323.
Dancing for life
Dancers in the area have united for an AIDS Outreach Center Benefit Concert. The Chi Tau Epsilon Dance Honor Society, the School for Classical & Contemporary Dance at TCU, the Big Rig Dance Collective, the Bruce Wood Dance Project, Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth, Epiphany DanceArts and Muscle Memory Dance Theatre are all participating for one night's performance Saturday, Feb, 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Studio B Theatre of Erma Lowe Hall at TCU. Tickets $10-$25, cash or check only. Phone 817-257-4255 for reservations; www.dance.tcu.edu.
Cardinal numbers
Spend the day counting our feathered friends during the Great Backyard Bird Count, Saturday, Feb. 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at River Legacy Living Science Center, 703 N.W. Green Oaks Blvd. in Arlington. Novice to expert bird-watchers can take part in the event that also includes story time, face painting and more for the kids. Activities are free; donations accepted. 817-860-6752; www.riverlegacy.org
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