Fort Worth

For schedule & prices, go to basshall.com.

For concert schedule & prices, go to billybobstexas.com.

For season schedule & prices, go to fwsymphony.org.

For season schedule & prices, go to texasballettheater.org.

For season schedule & prices, go to casamanana.org.

For season schedule & prices, go to circletheatre.com.

For season schedule & prices, go to jubileetheatre.org

For season schedule & prices, go to stagewest.org.

For season schedule & prices, go to stagewest.org.

Thru May 10: Barbara Crane: Challenging Vision. Thru Jun 28: High Modernism.

Open Tue & Wed 10–5, Thur 10–8, Fri & Sat 10–5, Sun noon–5. Free. cartermuseum.org

The museum is currently closed to make way for a new facility, which is scheduled to open in the fall of 2009; until then the Omni IMAX theater is open daily, and you can find many of your favorite Museum of Science and History exhibits on the lower level of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame (1720 Gendy). fortworthmuseum.org

Open Tue–Thur 10–5, Fri noon–8, Sat 10–5, Sun noon–5. Free. kimbellart.org

Open Tue–Sat 10–5, Sun 11–5. Gen adm $10, senior citizens & students with ID $4, children 12 & under and members free (Wed & first Sun of every month everybody free). themodern.org

Thru May 17: Focus: Rosson Crow.

Open Tue–Sat 10–5, Sun 11–5. Gen adm $10, senior citizens & students with ID $4, children 12 & under and members free (Wed & first Sun of every month everybody free). themodern.org

This 33,000-square-foot space honors the legendary women who exemplify the pioneer spirit of the American West.

Open Mon–Sat 9:30–5, Sun 11:45–5. Gen adm $8, senior citizens & children 3–12 $7, 2 & under free. cowgirl.net

Central Hockey League. For season schedule & prices, go to brahmas.com.

American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. For schedule & prices, go to fwcats.com.

For schedule & prices, go to texasmotorspeedway.com.

Major League Baseball. For season schedule & prices, go to texasrangers.com.

A piece of history too big to fit in a museum, this 1907 building used to house Fort Worth’s original city hall and was a functioning firehouse for more than a century. It’s now a satellite exhibit of the Museum of Science and History, showcasing 150 years of Fort Worth and even the writing desk of Major General William Jenkins Worth, the city’s namesake.

Open daily 9-8. Free.fwmuseum.org/exhibits/150.html

The grounds feature rose, perennial, and fragrance gardens, as well as a Japanese garden designed after the Ryoanji Temple Garden, in Kyoto.

Grounds open daily from 8 a.m. to dusk; free. Conservatory open Mon–Sat 10–6, Sun 1–6; gen adm $1, senior citizens & children 4–12 50 cents, 3 & under free. Japanese Garden open daily 9–7; gen adm $3 (Mon–Fri), $3.50 (Sat, Sun & holidays); senior citizens $2.50 (Mon–Fri), $3 (Sat, Sun & holidays); children 4–12 $ 2; 3 & under free. fwbg.org

Longhorns amble down Exchange Avenue twice daily during an authentic cattle drive that recalls the days of the Chisholm Trail. Find the best viewing spot at any Stockyards Station restaurant or claim a spot on the front lawn of the Livestock Exchange building or the Stockyards visitors center. Daily at 11:30 & 4 (weather permitting); no drives on Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

This 3,600-acre preserve—with bison, white-tailed deer, wild turkeys, coyotes, and numerous species of birds—includes picnic facilities, 25 miles of hiking trails, and a nine-hundred-foot boardwalk along Lotus Marsh. For a list of events, call or go to fwnaturecenter.org.

Open Mon–Sat 8-5. Hardwicke Interpretive Center and Fossil Ridge Road closed for renovations until May 31. Gen adm $4, senior citizens $3, youths 3–17 $2, 2 & under free.

Recently ranked as one of the top attractions in the DFW area by Zagat, the zoo is home to nearly five hundred species, including a world-famous reptile collection, and features several natural-habitat exhibits, including the World of Primates, Asian Falls, Raptor Canyon, the Asian Rhino Ridge, and the Australian Outback. You can also transport yourself to a turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Texas town in the eight-acre Texas Wild! exhibit.

Open Mon–Fri 10–5, Sat & Sun 10–6. Gen adm $12, senior citizens $7, children 3–12 $8, 2 & under free (Wed everybody half price). fortworthzoo.org

More than seventy of the top cowboys and cowgirls in Texas are honored in this converted barn in the Stockyards. Exhibits feature Hall of Famers Ty Murray, Tuff Hedeman, and Charmayne James; the site is also home to the Sterquell Wagon Collection and the John Justin Trail of Fame. Before you leave, check out the Western Gift Shop and the Jersey Lilly Photo Parlor.

Open Mon–Thur 10–6, Fri & Sat 10–7, Sun 11–5. Gen adm $5, senior citizens & students with ID $4, children 5–12 $3, 4 & under and military free. texascowboyhalloffame.com