North Tarrant
'Nutcracker'
Get a taste of the North Central Civic Ballet's The Nutcracker, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, at Watauga Public Library, 7109 Whitley Road, Watauga. Free. 817-283-3406; www.artscouncilnortheast.org
Stockyards blues
Get tickets now for this weekend's concert with the great blues man Robert Cray, who performs at 10:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, at Billy Bob's Texas in the Stockyards. $15-$25. 817-624-7117; www.billybobstexas.com
-- Mark Lowry, Special to the Star-Telegram
