Enjoy these 5 events around the DFW area this weekend, Jan. 30-Feb. 3

Travel around the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex to experience local events, including a daddy-daughter dance, building legos, learning to cook bacon and sausage, and enjoying festivities for Groundhog Day. This list is not comprehensive. Events are subject to change.

'A Printmaker's Themes and Variations' Exhibition

Visit Collin College in Plano for the reception of artist Thomas Seawell. The art gallery will feature Seawell’s screen prints and collagraphs.

• Jan. 30, 4-6:30 p.m.
• Free (admission)
• Collin College Plano Campus, 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway, Room A175, Plano
• www.collin.edu/department/artsgallery/#Current

Bacon and Sausage Workshop

Learn how to make bacon and several types of sausages at Nash Farm. Anything made can be taken home.

• Feb. 1, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• $65
• 626 Ball St., Grapevine
• www.tickets.grapevineticketline.com/event/nash-farm-workshops-2025

Be Mine Valentine’s Dance

This dance is a masquerade ball for fathers and daughters. There will be some masks provided to decorate and the ball will be held in the reception hall of the Coppell Arts Center.

• Feb. 1, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
• $25
• Coppell Arts Center, 505 Travis St., Coppell
• www.coppellartscenter.org/events/detail/be-mine-valentine-dance-2025

Groundhog Day Event

Visit Kaleidoscope Park for the first annual Groundhog Day event. The festivities will include arts and crafts, treats and a photo station with Kaleidoscope Karla, the park’s honorary groundhog mascot.

• Feb. 2, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
• Free (admission)
• 2401 Internet Blvd., Ste. 101, Frisco
• www.kaleidoscopepark.org/event/groundhog-day-celebration

Brick Builders

This program will allow young kids ages 5 and older to build with Legos in a guided group setting.

• Feb. 3, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
• Free (admission)
• Fort Worth Public Library-Summerglen, 4205 Basswood Blvd., Fort Worth
• www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/library/events/brick-builders-sgn