Entertainment

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Concerts: Beyoncé (below), American Airlines Center, 1-800-745-3000; Demi Lovato, Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie, 1-800-745-3000; Vans Warped Tour, Superpages.com Center, 1-800-745-3000; Basically Beethoven Festival (through July 26), Fine Arts Chamber Players, Texas Discovery Gardens, 214-428-7476

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Concerts: Paul Potts, Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie, 1-800-745-3000

Fun: Karaoke Night, Ernie's of North Dallas, 972-233-8855

Kids: "Science of Spying" exhibit, Museum of Nature & Science, 214-428-5555

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Books: American Adulterer, Jed Mercurio; The Devil's Punchbowl, Greg Iles

CDs: Maxwell, Rock of Ages (Broadway cast recording)

DVDs: Knowing, The Unborn, Push

Theater: A Chorus Line (through July 19), Dallas Summer Musicals, Fair Park Music Hall, 1-800-745-3000; Little Shop of Horrors, Bass Hall, Fort Worth, 817-212-4280

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Exhibits: "Eat Me – Drink Me" (contemporary British artists, through Aug. 22), Goss-Michael Foundation, 214-696-0555

Concerts: Brian McKnight (below), Meyerson, 214-692-0203

Theater: Gutenberg, the Musical (through July 26), Amphibian Stage Productions, Sanders Theatre, Fort Worth, 817-923-3012

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Books: Jane Green discusses Dune Road, St. Andrew United Methodist Church, Plano, 469-385-1815

Theater: Woody Guthrie's American Song (through July 26), Theatre Too at Theatre Three, 214-871-3300

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Kids: The Neverending Story, Dallas Children's Theater (through July 12), Rosewood Center for Family Arts, 214-740-0051

Movies: Brüno; I Love You, Beth Cooper

Theater: Captain Blood: The Pirate Melodrama (through Aug. 22), Pocket Sandwich Theatre, 214-821-1860

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Comedy: Bill Maher, Majestic Theatre, 1-800-745-3000

Concerts: Keith Urban (below), American Airlines Center, 1-800-745-3000

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Concert: Boney James, House of Blues, 1-800-745-3000

Food: Taste of Dallas (final day), West End Historic District, 214-991-0199

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Kids: "Semyan's Storybook Collection" (through Aug. 31), Dallas Museum of Art, 214-515-6500

Local music: Miss Marcy and Her Texas Sugar Daddy's, Pearl at Commerce, 214-655-8824

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Books: Rain Gods, James Lee Burke

CDs: Celtic Thunder, Daughtry

DVDs: Mad Men: Season 2

Theater: Tuna Does Vegas, Eisemann Center, Richardson, 972-744-4650

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Concerts: Sonic Youth, House of Blues, 1-800-745-8000; Yes and Asia, Bass Hall, Fort Worth, 817-212-4280

Movies: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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Concerts: Rise Against, Rancid, Palladium Ballroom, 1-800-745-3000

Theater: Incorruptible (through Aug. 15), Circle Theatre, Fort Worth, 817-246-9775

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Dance: Modern Dance Festival (through Aug. 2), Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 817-922-0944

Movies: (500) Days of Summer

Theater: Festival of Independent Theaters, Bath House Cultural Center, 214-670-8749

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Concerts: Summer Jam, Heritage Farmstead Museum, Plano, 972-881-0140

Theater: John XII, MBS Productions, Addison Conference and Theatre Centre, 214-477-4942

Compiled by Joy Tipping