Santa and his friends are coming to Bass Hall early for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical! Hermey the Elf, Yukon Cornelius, and the most famous reindeer of all learn that what makes you different makes you special in the show based on the TV special.

Texas sculptor Harry Geffert recreates nature’s delicate details and plays with the ideas of time and memory in his bronze casting. Check out the exhibition “First Light” at Cris Worley Fine Arts in Dallas.

Over its history, Texas has been several kinds of colonies, a part of Mexico, an independent republic and, of course, a state. The exhibition “Six Flags Over Texas” tells this history through rare artifacts, and they’re on display at the Hall of State at Fair Park.