Fort Worth Key Magazine

Carter Playdate: Spread the Word
2025-01-18 11:30 - 12:30 UTC | Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Free, but reservations are required. Registration opens January 1, 2025

Hear ye, hear ye! This month is all about communication. Read The Word Collector by Peter Reynolds, play word games in the galleries, and create collaborative collages inspired by chatty Carter artworks.
Join us each month for Carter Playdate, our free event for children ages 3 to 5 and their families.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation may be provided during this event upon advance request. Please send us an email for more information.

Presented by Primrose Schools in Dallas-Fort Worth

Kimbell Kids Drop-In Studio: Giddy Up!
2025-01-18 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-01-25 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Kimbell Art Museum, Kimbell Art Museum, Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
This free program introduces children (ages 12 and younger) and their adult companions to the world of art through fun gallery explorations and related studio-art projects. To request an accessibility accommodation for a Kimbell program, please email the Kimbell as far in advance as possible.

Spanish-Language Tour
2025-01-24 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-02-28 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell St., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Fourth Fridays, 6 pm

We welcome visitors from around the world, locals who are more comfortable in their native language, and English speakers who want to brush up on their Spanish language skills. This free public tour starts at the Grand Lobby’s information desk.
With three weeks’ notice, we can provide a private docent-led tour in Spanish for your group.
Cuarto viernes, 6 pm
Damos la bienvenida a visitantes de todo el mundo, a locales que están más cómodos en su idioma nativo, y hablantes de inglés que quieren repasar sus habilidades en español. Este tour público gratuito comienza en el mostrador de información del Grand Lobby.
Con tres semanas de antelación, podemos programar un tour privado dirigido con un docente en español para su grupo.

Toddler Studio: Me, Myself, and I
2025-02-01 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Free, but reservations are required. Registration opens January 1, 2025

Eyes, ears, mouth, and nose! Learn all about people and portraits with this toddler-friendly creative playtime inspired by artworks in Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation.
Join us each month for Toddler Studio, our free event for toddlers ages 2 to 3 and their families.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation may be provided during this event upon advance request. Please send us an email for more information.

Presented by Primrose Schools in Dallas-Fort Worth

Bella’s Book and Nature Club—February
2025-02-05 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) | Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Botanic Garden Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Click here to register now!
Children 18 months to 5 years and their families are invited to join Bella the Begonia at BRIT on the first Wednesday of each month. We’ll discuss nature, read a story, sing and move, plus a family nature challenge! Registration for this program is by family rather than participant and includes general admission for the program date.
Can’t make it on Wednesday? Check out our sister program Little Sprouts Book and Garden Club on the third Tuesday of each month. Both programs focus on pre-literacy skills for early learners by featuring similar activities with new books each month – the difference is the location and days in which they occur.
Recommended learning level: 18 months to 5 years
Wednesday, February 5 (10:30 – 11:30 am)
Registration deadline: February 3
$10 /Non-Member Family or $0 /Member Family | Please only 1 registration per family
Check-in: BRIT Building – Park in the main lot
Inclement weather: This event is partially outdoors and partially indoors. When necessary, only the indoor locations will be used.
**An email with class details will be sent to all registered guests the day after the registration deadline. To be sure our emails always make it to your inbox, please add the FWBG.org domain to your email whitelist. (Click here for a quick how-to)

Kimbell Kids Drop-In Studio: Adore You
2025-02-08 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-02-15 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-02-22 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Kimbell Art Museum, Kimbell Art Museum, Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States

Second Thursdays at the Carter: Love & Libations
2025-02-13 17:00 - 20:00 UTC | Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
RSVP for this free event!

No talking. No food and drinks. No Galentines
Come break the rules and say “yes!” to new art experiences at the Carter’s Second Thursdays! Each month you’ll find something different than the last—mingle with fellow art lovers, make art, and meet visiting artists, sometimes with live music and always with themed cocktails inspired by the Carter’s collection.
This month, invite your crush, your crew, or come alone and meet someone new for a night themed around the many types of love in our lives.
Check back soon for the schedule.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation may be provided during this event upon advance request. Please send us an email for more information.
Questions? Email or call 817.989.5013.

Kimbell Casual Friday: Sweethearts
2025-02-14 17:30 - 18:30 UTC | Kimbell Art Museum, Kimbell Art Museum, Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Bring friends and a sense of adventure for interactive gallery experiences that mingle different ways of looking at art through guided conversation, sketching activities, and the occasional friendly competition.
This free, forty-five-minute program occurs once a month during the Kimbell Café’s regular Happy Hour; no reservations necessary.
To request an accessibility accommodation for a Kimbell program, please email us as far in advance as possible.

Itty-Bitty Art: Head Over Heels
2025-02-15 10:00 - 11:00 UTC | Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Free, but reservations are required. Registration opens February 1, 2025

It’s all about the people! Spend quality time with your infant with songs, looking, learning, and sensory playtime inspired by artworks in Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation.
Join us each month for Itty-Bitty Art, our free event for children 24 months and younger with their favorite adult.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation may be provided during this event upon advance request. Please send us an email for more information.

Presented by Primrose Schools in Dallas-Fort Worth

Carter Playdate: Printing Portraits
2025-02-15 11:30 - 12:30 UTC | Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Free, but reservations are required. Registration opens February 1, 2025

You sure make a pretty picture! Read Like So by Ruth Forman and Raissa Figueroa, explore in the galleries, and make your own experimental portrait prints inspired by Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation.
Join us each month for Carter Playdate, our free event for children ages 3 to 5 and their families.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation may be provided during this event upon advance request. Please send us an email for more information.

Presented by Primrose Schools in Dallas-Fort Worth

Little Sprouts Book and Garden Club—February
2025-02-18 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) | Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Botanic Garden Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Click here to register now!
Children 18 months to 5 years and their families are invited to join Carlos the Cactus in the Backyard Vegetable Garden on the third Tuesday of each month. We’ll discover nature, read a story, sing and move, plus a family nature challenge! Registration for this program is by family rather than participant and includes general admission for the program date.
Can’t make it on Tuesday? Check out our sister program Bella’s Book and Nature Club on the first Wednesday of each month. Both programs focus on pre-literacy skills for early learners by featuring similar activities with new books each month – the difference is the location and days in which they occur.
Recommended learning level: 18 months to 5 years
Tuesday, February 18 (10:30 – 11:30 am)
Registration deadline: February 15
$10 /Non-Member Family or $0 /Member Family | Please only 1 registration per family
Check-in: Backyard Vegetable Garden – Park at Lot D
Inclement weather: This event takes place outdoors. When necessary, registrants will be notified via email on Monday afternoon if it has been canceled.
**An email with class details will be sent to all registered guests the day after the registration deadline. To be sure our emails always make it to your inbox, please add the FWBG.org domain to your email whitelist. (Click here for a quick how-to)

Artful Readings
2025-02-21 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | Kimbell Art Museum, Kimbell Art Museum, Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho: A Novel, by Paterson Joseph (2022)

Participants explore connections in the literary and visual arts through group discussions and special presentations on selected books. Light refreshments are included. Click here to purchase all three programs in the series at a 20% discount.
To request an accessibility accommodation for a Kimbell program, please email us as far in advance as possible.

Toddler Studio: Working Hard
2025-03-01 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Free, but reservations are required. Registration opens February 1, 2025

Let’s get to work! Learn about the people who work at the Carter (and their on-the-job clothes) as we look, sing, and enjoy toddler-friendly playtime inspired by Jean Shin: The Museum Body.
Join us each month for Toddler Studio, our free event for toddlers ages 2 to 3 and their families.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation may be provided during this event upon advance request. Please send us an email for more information.

Presented by Primrose Schools in Dallas-Fort Worth

Second Thursdays at the Carter: Patterns & Prosecco
2025-03-13 17:00 - 20:00 UTC | Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
RSVP for this free event!

No talking. No food and drinks. No bubbles
Come break the rules and say “yes!” to new art experiences at the Carter’s Second Thursdays! Each month you’ll find something different than the last—mingle with fellow art lovers, make art, and meet visiting artists, sometimes with live music and always with themed cocktails inspired by the Carter’s collection.
This month, meet artist Jean Shin and unravel the Carter connections in our newest immersive installation, Jean Shin: The Museum Body.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation may be provided during this event upon advance request. Please send us an email for more information.
Questions? Email or call 817.989.5013.

Itty-Bitty Art: Tiny Teamwork
2025-03-15 10:00 - 11:00 UTC | Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Free, but reservations are required. Registration opens March 1, 2025

If many hands make light work, what do tiny hands make? Let’s find out! Spend quality time with your infant as we practice matching, motor skills, and teamwork with songs, finger plays, and sensory playtime inspired by Jean Shin: The Museum Body.
Join us each month for Itty-Bitty Art, our free event for children 24 months and younger with their favorite adult.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation may be provided during this event upon advance request. Please send us an email for more information.

Presented by Primrose Schools in Dallas-Fort Worth

Carter Playdate: On the Job
2025-03-15 11:30 - 12:30 UTC | Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Free, but reservations are required. Registration opens March 1, 2025

Overalls, bandanas, and sleeves galore! What do our clothes say about our jobs? Read Kitten and the Night Watchman by John Sullivan, explore the galleries, and create your own on-the-job uniform inspired by Jean Shin: The Museum Body.
Join us each month for Carter Playdate, our free event for children ages 3 to 5 and their families.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation may be provided during this event upon advance request. Please send us an email for more information.

Presented by Primrose Schools in Dallas-Fort Worth

Toddler Studio: Tumble Party
2025-04-05 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Free, but reservations are required. Registration opens March 1, 2025

Let’s move! Enjoy an action-packed family playtime outside, inspired by Carter artworks. Jump, run, twirl, and shout together as we play games that get our bodies moving and our creativity flowing.
Join us each month for Toddler Studio, our free event for toddlers ages 2 to 3 and their families.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation may be provided during this event upon advance request. Please send us an email for more information.

Presented by Primrose Schools in Dallas-Fort Worth

Second Thursdays at the Carter: Drink & Draw
2025-04-10 17:00 - 20:00 UTC | Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
RSVP for this free event!

No talking. No food and drinks. No bubbles
Come break the rules and say “yes!” to new art experiences at the Carter’s Second Thursdays! Each month you’ll find something different than the last—mingle with fellow art lovers, make art, and meet visiting artists, sometimes with live music and always with themed cocktails inspired by the Carter’s collection.
This month, grab a drink and put pencil to paper with this evening themed around drawing works of art in our collection.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation may be provided during this event upon advance request. Please send us an email for more information.
Questions? Email or call 817.989.5013.

Lone Star Murder Mystery Dinner and Show: Derailed and Departed
2025-04-12 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-04-26 19:00 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | Billy Bob’s 81 Club, Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Attorney Dewey Cheatumgood, a dubious dealer of bogus railroad bonds, has been killed and there’s no shortage of stockholders to suspect. Watch as Marshal Courtright tries to keep the peace and solve this crime, but hold on tight ‘cause this wild bunch is bound to run right off the rails. Doors/dinner 7 p.m. Show 8 p.m. 18+. $66.

Itty-Bitty Art: Out for a Stroll
2025-04-19 10:00 - 11:00 UTC | Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Free, but reservations are required. Registration opens April 1, 2025

Crawl, toddle, or stroll to the Carter. Spend quality time with your infant as we sing, look, learn, and play with outdoor baby-friendly sensory activities inspired by Carter artworks that move!
Join us each month for Itty-Bitty Art, our free event for children 24 months and younger with their favorite adult.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation may be provided during this event upon advance request. Please send us an email for more information.

Presented by Primrose Schools in Dallas-Fort Worth

Carter Playdate: Jump and Shout
2025-04-19 11:30 - 12:30 UTC | Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Free, but reservations are required. Registration opens April 1, 2025

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, and leap like a lion! Read It’s a Tiger! by David LaRochelle, get moving with gallery games, and make your own exciting creations inspired by action-packed Carter artworks.
Join us each month for Carter Playdate, our free event for children ages 3 to 5 and their families.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation may be provided during this event upon advance request. Please send us an email for more information.

Presented by Primrose Schools in Dallas-Fort Worth

Open Streets
2025-04-26 12:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Near Southside, Fort Worth, TX, 76104, United States
Open Streets was founded in 2011 to achieve environmental, social, economic, and public health goals by temporarily closing Magnolia Ave. to automobile traffic and reopening the street to the community for walking, bicycling, dancing, playing, and socializing. Enjoy family fun with 100+ activities and locally-made food and products at an event that’s become a beloved annual festival showcasing the best of the Near Southside. Free.

Bella’s Book and Nature Club—May
2025-05-07 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) | Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Botanic Garden Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Click here to register now!
Children 18 months to 5 years and their families are invited to join Bella the Begonia at BRIT on the first Wednesday of each month. We’ll discuss nature, read a story, sing and move, plus a family nature challenge! Registration for this program is by family rather than participant and includes general admission for the program date.
Can’t make it on Wednesday? Check out our sister program Little Sprouts Book and Garden Club on the third Tuesday of each month. Both programs focus on pre-literacy skills for early learners by featuring similar activities with new books each month – the difference is the location and days in which they occur.
Recommended learning level: 18 months to 5 years
Wednesday, May 7 (10:30 – 11:30 am)
Registration deadline: May 7
$10 /Non-Member Family or $0 /Member Family | Please only 1 registration per family
Check-in: BRIT Building – Park in the main lot
Inclement weather: This event is partially outdoors and partially indoors. When necessary, only the indoor locations will be used.
**An email with class details will be sent to all registered guests the day after the registration deadline. To be sure our emails always make it to your inbox, please add the FWBG.org domain to your email whitelist. (Click here for a quick how-to)

Second Thursdays at the Carter: Toasts & Tunes
2025-05-08 17:00 - 20:00 UTC | Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
RSVP for this free event!

No talking. No food and drinks. No bubbles
Come break the rules and say “yes!” to new art experiences at the Carter’s Second Thursdays! Each month you’ll find something different than the last—mingle with fellow art lovers, make art, and meet visiting artists, sometimes with live music and always with themed cocktails inspired by the Carter’s collection.
This month, enjoy an evening enhanced with art making and themed cocktails while listening to local musicians perform on our Porch.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation may be provided during this event upon advance request. Please send us an email for more information.
Questions? Email or call 817.989.5013.

Second Thursdays at the Carter: Composition & Cocktails
2025-07-10 17:00 - 20:00 UTC | Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
RSVP for this free event!

No talking. No food and drinks. No bubbles
Come break the rules and say “yes!” to new art experiences at the Carter’s Second Thursdays! Each month you’ll find something different than the last—mingle with fellow art lovers, make art, and meet visiting artists, sometimes with live music and always with themed cocktails inspired by the Carter’s collection.
This month, learn all about legendary Fort Worth artists Scott and Stuart Gentling and their fascination with classical music.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation may be provided during this event upon advance request. Please send us an email for more information.
Questions? Email or call 817.989.5013.
