Belt Line Road, Richardson, 11 a.m.-midnight, $10,. The daylong celebration will feature a special BurgerTime challenge, themed drinks and a pop-up burger stand. Belt Line Road in Richardson, will celebrate the game’s 35th anniversary with a special BurgerTime party from 11 a.m.
BurgerTime is a maddening challenge of planning and reflexes, and only a select few have learned how to master it over the last 35 years. Sounds simple, right? If you said “yes,” then you’ve never played it. You control a mad-dashing chef named Peter Pepper who’s tasked with building the world’s biggest burgers by walking across the ingredients while dodging anthropomorphic proteins like sausages and fried eggs. Take, for instance, the classic Data East coin-op platformer BurgerTime. They seem simple and straightforward, but all it takes is one quarter and one wrong move to keep you obsessing over being bested by a machine. Danny GallagherĬlassic arcade games can be addictive. Tickets are $18 for a single day pass or $42 for a weekend pass and can be purchased at. The expo will also include live burlesque acts, food and drinks, and things for the kids to do. Some of the greatest tattoo artists from across the state will show off their most breathtaking designs and ink a few people in attendance. If you’re thinking about getting inked and don’t know the right person to do the job, plan on making a trip to the Dallas Tattoo Expo 2017, which runs from Friday, June 23, to Sunday, June 25, at Fair Park, 1121 First Ave. Tattoos can be a great way to express your personality. Just ask anyone with a face tattoo or, if you’ve got the guts, Mike Tyson. Getting a tattoo is not a decision to take lightly. Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301 Flora St., 7:30 p.m., $45 and up,. Friday and Saturday, June 23-24, and at 2:30 p.m.
What would Spielberg’s shark and dinosaurs be without those nerve-wracking tuba bellows and triumphant strings? This month, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra honors Williams’ priceless contributions to cinema with a series of performances showcasing his most celebrated film scores. Inventive turns and uncanny emotionality figure heavily into Williams’ works, which, unlike even some of the best film compositions, always function in symphony, not in contrast, with their visual counterparts. From the chilling Jaws soundtrack to the brute grandiosity of Jurassic Park and Star Wars, Williams can construct entire worlds from nothing more than an orchestra and some clever writing. John Williams is arguably the most important film composer of all time. Rockwall High School Performing Arts Center, 1201 TL Townsend Drive, 7:30 p.m., $18-$22, . - Jennifer Davis-Lamm Friday, June 23, at the Rockwall High School Performing Arts Center, 1201 TL Townsend Drive. Rockwall Summer Musicals takes on the beloved show beginning at 7:30 p.m. And the songs are genuine earworms: brilliant tunes that have been among the most enduring that Broadway has ever produced.
But the brilliance of the play is that it’s balanced with a bittersweet sense of humor that plays to notions of identity, family and tradition even while tackling darker notions of prejudice and repression. The Jewish population in the village where the story plays out is targeted by the Russian government and subjected to a pogrom and eventual exile. Set in tsarist Russia in 1905, it follows an impoverished family struggling to come to terms with a world that’s changing, and not for the better. American Airlines Center, 2500 Victory Ave., 7:30 p.m., $39-$100, . - Eric Grubbsįiddler on the Roof is not an obvious choice for a feel-good night out. Its mix of psychedelic, doom, metal and hard rock - with a little bit of humor - is the perfect primer for the main act. Opener Ghost will be worth getting there early. Iron Maiden will clearly not take the easy route and play the hits for the rest of its career. And you can expect more new material than last time - when the British six-piece played nothing beyond its output up to '92 - since it's touring off of its new album, The Book of Souls. Friday Iron Maiden has not visited North Texas for several years, but the wait is always worth it.