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Northside and Trimble Tech in the ’70s, will be doing two sets with their band Latin Express at 8:30pm and 11:30pm. Tickets are $5.50 in advance on Prekindle.com or $10 at doors. Tables are also available for $15-45 in advance.

of Boom (@Boom9467). Like every #ThirstyThursday, Christina’s is serving 20-ounce house margaritas for $7, and, for one dollar more, you can make it a swirl.

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6.) Tulips FTW (112 St. Louis Av, 817367-9798) always has great deals on draft beer, cocktails, tallboys, and wells, so I’m sure that will be the case Thu, May 5, for Cinco de Mayo. Carlos and Leo Saenz, brothers who have been playing their “old school for the nu skool” music together in Fort Worth since their high school days at

8.) Finally, the annual Fort Worth Cinco de Mayo Bar Crawl is happening 2pm10pm Sat, May 7. From 2pm to 5pm, check-in is at Texas Republic (945 Foch St, 817-887-9797), and then 5pm-10pm, the crawl will take you to 10-plus bars with the exact locations announced the week of the event. Costumes are encouraged — with props but not weapons — and there’s a costume contest at the After Party 10pm-12am at Playground Bar (3009 Morton St, 817-386-4996). Tickets are $2030 on EventBrite.com and include VIP entrance and exclusive drink specials at all participating venues, a bar-crawl map, a T-shirt, a refillable stadium cup, and one complimentary drink.

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The food special is also available at the original Riscky’s BBQ & Deli location (2314 Azle Av, 817-624-8662), in Benbrook (9000 Benbrook Blvd, 817-249-3320), and NRH (8100 Blvd 26, 817-581-7696). Each location’s closing time varies, so check out Risckys.com for store hours. There will also be gift card giveaways. For details, visit Facebook.com/Risckys.

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5.) All three full-service locations of Riscky’s Barbecue, including the Stockyards (140 E Exchange Av, 817-6267777), Sundance Square (300 Main St, 817-877-3306), and West Side (6701 Camp Bowie Blvd, 817-989-1800), are celebrating Cinco de Mayo with discount food and drinks. Brisket tacos are $5 (regularly $11.99) and include two flour tortillas full of chopped prime brisket and deep-fried onion strings and are topped with cilantro and a drizzle of Ranch’n Sauce. Schooner house margaritas are also $5 (regularly $8.99) and come frozen or on the rocks.

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2.) In celebration of its new music school in Granbury, Sparks Music Center (@ SparksMusicCenterLLC) is hosting a Cinco de Mayo Party at Christina’s Fine Mexican Restaurant in Flower Mound (6424 Cross Timbers Rd, Ste 1700, 817430-3669) 5pm-8pm Thu, May 5, featuring Chris Acosta of Sweet Sexy Sugar (@ SweetSexySugarBand) and Temple

4.) If you haven’t been to The Colony lately (or ever), next week is the time. Lava Cantina (5805 Grandscape Blvd, 214-6186893) hosts Cinceaux de Mayeaux with hiphop legends Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at 7pm Thu, May 5, with special guests The BarnYartists. Doors open at 5:30pm.

Tickets are $20-125 on EventBrite.com.

For a current food and drink menu, visit LavaCantina.com.

7.) At the local outdoor flea market/festival site Traders Village (2602 Mayfield Rd, Grand Prairie, 972-647-2331), you can celebrate with the whole family at its annual Cinco de Mayo Festival, featuring live music 9am-8pm Sun. Admission is free, and parking is only $5. Rides are $13.99 for an all-day-ride wristband. For food options, try a (giant) Machete Taco or some chilaquiles (pictured) with chorizo or al pastor, red or green chile sauce, sour cream, and onions.

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1.) State Fair Records’ Squeezebox Bandits are no strangers to the Weekly and our readers, who voted them the winner of the Best Texas Music category in our 2019 Music Awards. See them play some “honkytonk country with a Tex-Mex flavor” at 9pm Thu, May 5, on the Honky Tonk Stage at Billy Bob’s Texas (2520 Rodeo Plz, 817-624-7117). Beforehand, grab some beers and some grub at the in-house Honky Tonk Kitchen when doors open at 6pm. Tickets are $12 at BillyBobsTexas.com.

3.) Osadia Margaritas are $4.99 all day long 11am-10pm Thu, May 5, at Primo’s MC Kitchen & Lounge (4120 River Walk Dr, Flower Mound, 469-451-5019). Live music

by Mariachis will provide the soundscape on the patio all evening. Daily specials are always available from open to close.

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A quick Google search reveals that “Cinco de Mayo” is Spanish for the “Fifth of May” and is celebrated in parts of Mexico and the United States in commemoration of Mexico’s victory over the French in 1862’s Battle of Puebla, but in North Texas, it is generally celebrated as an excuse to drink.

To that end, here are some places to check out soon.

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1.) For $35 per person, support area femmeled coffee and tea houses at the third annual C.A.T. (Coffee and Tea) Crawl and enjoy five signature drinks available only to “crawlers” Fri-Sat. Times vary, so check the hours for each business before heading there. At Arcadia Coffee (326 Bryan Av, @ Arcadia.Coffee), with Carrie Collins at the helm, receive the Don’t Be a Prick sparkling lemonade made with prickly pears or the Hazy Daze Latte made with Bergamot vanilla syrup and oat milk. Then at Mia Moss’ shop Black Coffee (1417 Vaughn Blvd, 817-782-9867), have a Give Her Flowers, a cherry blossom whipped cream-topped Sakura matcha latte, or a Give Her a Break watermelon spritzer. At Cherry Coffee Shop (1121 W Magnolia Av, 817-330-4301) by owner Katherine Morris, try the Nala’s Cub made with tamarind ginger syrup, Cascara tea concentrate, milk, and mint leaves or a Blue Ivy lime Jarritos with blueberry syrup,

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Thanks to the early 20th-century efforts of Anna Jarvis, who organized the first such celebration at a church in West Virginia, we celebrate Mother’s Day in America on the second Sunday of May. Faith-based events still lead the way in honoring Mom, like Oasis Church (801 S Collins St, Arlington, 817-274-1962) with its $15 Mother’s Day Brunch 10:30am-12:30pm Sat, but the service industry is hosting its fair share of happenings too. Here are eight fantastic Mother’s Day choices ranging from coffee and tea to arts and crafts, plus brunch ideas both sexy and kid-friendly.

2.) If your mom is like mine, she would love to do some arts and crafts with you at Kendall Davis Clay (305 W Daggett St, Ste 105, 214-394-1653) and keep some new kitchen decor as a reminder of your time together. Workshops start at $85 per person, and registration would make a lovely gift.

All supplies are provided for the projects.

“Feel free to bring in inspiration photos and sketches but not necessary.” You can also schedule a private class for your family/ gang/posse for $85 per person with a sixperson minimum. Your pieces will be fired and glazed after class and returned in three weeks. Wine is available for purchase from The Holly next door for sipping during class. Sign up at KendallDavisClay.com.

3.) If your sexy mom is a lot cooler than mine, take her to El Chingon (2800 Bledsoe St, Ste 100, 817-870-9997). “Say ‘te amo’ to Mom this Mother’s Day. Your badass mamma deserves a badass meal.

El Chingon will celebrate mothers with special brunch offerings, a dinner show, and signature cocktails and mimosas available exclusively 11am-3pm Sun and on Mexican Mother’s Day [Tue] 8pm10pm.” The Sunday menu includes a paleta tower and two brunch items for $125 or a mimosa tower and two brunch items for $75. On Tuesday, offerings include a paleta tower and two taco flights for $125 and frozen Rum to Mamma drinks (made with coconut rum and a Tajin rim) for $11.

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Quality time with (and gifts for) Mom can be found at Kendall Davis Clay.

There will also be a three-course Taste of Guadalajara dinner for two for $119 with (or $85 without) a bottle of wine. For more info, visit ElChingonFW.com. For tickets, go to GBOD.TicketSauce.com.

4.) You could also take the aforementioned cool mom to Hooters. With 19 area locations, including Downtown Fort Worth (150 Throckmorton St, Ste 132, 817-8109414) and Arlington (1511 N Collins St, 817265-3861), the original American wing joint invites all guests to celebrate Mom with 10 free boneless wings with the purchase of any 10 wings on Sunday in honor of Mother’s Day. The offer is dine-in only, so “it’s the perfect time to give back to all special moms in your life with a visit to Hooters.” After all, what mom doesn’t want to go to Hooters?

5.) With eight locations in North Texas, including Flower Mound (2628 Long Prairie Rd, Ste 100, 972-899-1630), Mansfield (581 W Debbie Ln, 817-2252094), and Southlake (2750 E Southlake Blvd, Ste 130, 817-748-0456), Fish City Grill will celebrate moms Sunday with a fish special and a discounted specialty drink. The featured items include Kalamata-crusted Alaskan halibut for $28.99 and watermelon margaritas for $9.

6.) Not only will The Fitzgerald (6115 Camp Bowie Blvd, 817-349-9245) be open

7.) Pan-Latin flavors are complemented by drinks on the Bebidas menu at the Dia de las Madres Bottomless Brunch at Toro Toro Steakhouse (200 Main St, Ste B, 817-975-9895) 10am-3pm Sun. Selections include traditional mimosas, mango mimosas, Mimosa Misterioso, Mayo Mimosa, michelada, Bloody Mary, and a Bloody Maria. “Treat the mom in your life to a colorful spread of vibrant hues and bold flavors with brunch stations throughout the restaurant.” For $69 per guest, enjoy a ceviche station featuring Hamachi Tiradito, Ahi Amarillo Ceviche, and Shrimp Cocktail Aguachile; a grilled station offering Wagyu medallions, duck confit tacos, grilled salmon, and prawns; a custom omelet station; and a dessert station with chocolate cake, macarons, and a three-corn cake created by Chef Richard Sandoval and his grandmother.

“Made with a hibiscus-mezcal reduction and topped with almonds and a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream, this dessert has a special meaning to Toro Toro this Mother’s Day.” For reservations, call the restaurant or visit OpenTable.com.

8.) Finally, how about brunch and a drag show for Mom? Along with bingo, burlesque, and fantasy drag shows, the Drag-With-Me Drag Brunch is hosted every Sat-Sun at 11am and noon at The Sleeping Panther Bar & Entertainment Venue (1000 Houston St, 817-946-2295).

All ages are welcome at brunch shows.

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at 10am Sun serving its full lunch menu, but it will also serve brunch items for the first time for Mother’s Day. Every day this week, The Fitzgerald will reveal a new brunch item. For example, in the first brunch-dish reveal recently, the new Westside eatery/lounge presented its shrimp and grits breakfast with two eggs and green chile cheddar grits topped with chorizo cream sauce. I’m in! See more reveals on Facebook.com/EatatFitz or EatatFitz.com.

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uncut cold brew, and activated basil. Tina Howard of Leaves Book & Tea Shop (120 St. Louis Av, Ste 101, 682-233-4832) is serving a strawberry matcha latte with Sencha iced tea, matcha, strawberry compote, and milk, and Taste of Summer, a sparkling mint tea with lemonade, mango simple syrup, and a rim of Halo del Santo spicy salt. And, finally, see Janice Dottie Townsend at Roots Coffeehouse (400 Bryan Av, 817-349-8059) and try a baklava cream top cold brew with pistachio/honey-infused cream and a garnish of pistachio brittle or a Rosie Cat tea latte featuring roobios tea, house-made rose/ almond syrup, and milk. Once you purchase your ticket at RootsCoffeeShop.com, a map and further instructions will be emailed.

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See this home and five others at the Fairmount Tour of Historic Homes Sat-Sun.

For its 50th anniversary, Mayfest (Trinity Park, 2401 University Dr, Thursday 817-332-1055) welcomes patrons to attend for free today 3:30pm9pm. Then 3:30pm-10pm Fri, 10am10pm Sat, and 11am-7pm Sun, tickets are $7-12 at Mayfest.org. Entertainment includes an art and gift market, attractions like Twiggy the WaterSkiing Squirrel, a beer and wine garden, a children’s area, food and beverage booths, an expanded carnival midway, and live music on three community stages, plus the annual fun run. For artist and performer info and other updates, follow Facebook.com/Mayfest.

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Online shopping hub Support HerStory (Linktr. ee/SupportHerStory) was Friday started mid-pandemic to help women-led businesses through the rough patch by connecting them directly with new customers for their products.

Since its launch, it now supports more than 100 female-founded companies.

Shops at Clearfork (5188 Monahans Av, 817-985-3773) is the local location for one of its Mother’s Day Pop-Ups 11am-6pm today and Sat and 10:30am-3:30pm Sun. Along with being able to #ShopSmall with curated brands like Malibu Apothecary, you will hear live music and enjoy a photobooth with a balloon garland for

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There is no cost to attend, but RSVP is requested at SCFMothersDayPopUp. SplashHat.com. (For more Mother’s Day ideas, see ATE DAY8 A WEEK in the Eats & Drinks section of this issue.)

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If your kids are into bike-racing video games or watching BMX on Saturday television, maybe it’s time to introduce them to some IRL fun at Village Creek Motocross (4840 Shelby Rd, Everman, 817-572-7713). For information on classes — costing $20-

The Fairmount Neighborhood Association (@HistoricFairmount) is Sunday hosting its 40th Annual Fairmount Tour of Historic Homes noon5pm Sat and noon-4pm today, with the proceeds benefiting the neighborhood’s arts programs and improvements to the infrastructure, including parks and schools. “Our neighborhood is ready to see you all in person, in the houses, and offer you an awesome experience in 2022.

Bring your mom, your dad, your friends — we want to see you all come celebrate this amazing historic district and the great houses and people in it.” The meet-up point for the tour is SiNaCa Studios (1013 W Magnolia Av, 817-899-0024). Tickets are $15 for adults and children 12 and older at HistoricFairmount.com/Home-Tour.

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May 27, on Netflix — woo-hoo!), treat yourself to some vintage game-play at RetroBution Games (6251 Granbury Rd, 682-499-6662). Every Wednesday 5:30pm9pm, it’s Dungeons & Dragons Night. This weekly event is beginner-friendly, and if you need a starter set, you’ll receive 15% off. There is no entry fee to play.

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joint performances called Texas Cellos Cellobrations. At 7:30pm in the Moody Performance Hall (2520 Flora St, Dallas, 214-671-1450), local cellists will perform music by The Beatles, Faure, Durufle, Kuipers, Mancini, Mendelssohn, and Rachmaninov. Tickets are $24-44 at TicketDFW.com. There will also be a free concert 6pm Sun at the Van Cliburn Hall (TCU Music Center, 2900 W Lowden St, 817-257-7000).

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With live music most nights, you can preparty at Tulips FTW Monday with incredible happy hour prices 4pm-7pm Mon-Fri. Offers include $7 house cocktails, $4 domestics (16 oz), $4 wells, and $2 off draft beers.

For upcoming event information, musical and otherwise, keep an eye on Facebook. com/TulipsFTW/events.

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