{"id":144859,"date":"2026-01-31T01:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T01:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/144859\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T01:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T01:29:07","slug":"five-things-to-do-in-and-around-lake-highlands-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/144859\/","title":{"rendered":"Five things to do in (and around) Lake Highlands this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As ice and snow melt across North Texas, Lake Highlands neighbors may want to get out of the house after four straight days of school closures to start the week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MoMo-Italian-Kitchen.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107685\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MoMo-Italian-Kitchen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"956\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-107685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MoMo Italian Kitchen<\/p>\n<p>Even as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/fwd\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the National Weather Service\u2019s Fort Worth-Dallas office predicts lows<\/a> in the lower 20s Friday and Saturday night, chances for freezing precipitation remain almost nonexistent.<br \/>So, after nearly a week of slick roads and cabin fever, here are five things to do in and around Lake Highlands this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Warm up at the Oak Highlands Brewery Chili Cook-Off | Saturday 2-5 p.m. | 500 Lockwood Drive<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lakehighlands.advocatemag.com\/2025\/08\/05\/oak-highlands-brewery-sticking-to-its-roots-in-richardson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oak Highlands may have moved its taproom to Richardson<\/a>, but the brewery still draws crowds from Lake Highlands. This weekend, neighbors can head to the Lockwood location and warm themselves at a chili cook-off open to the public. Entry costs $25.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Potential entrants are asked to bring a crockpot and enough chili for all attendees, as customers will vote on a people\u2019s choice award winner. A panel of judges will crown a first-place winner, who will take home the majority of the entry fees. Other prizes will also be awarded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Take the kids to storytime at the Audelia Road Library. | Saturday 10:30-11:30 a.m. | 10045 Audelia Road<\/p>\n<p>Each month, Audelia Road Branch Library staff hosts a storytime hour complete with a craft related to the book of the month. This month, <a href=\"https:\/\/dallaslibrary.librarymarket.com\/event\/story-craft-penguin-huddle-459439\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">staff have chosen <\/a>Penguin Huddle by Ross Montgomery. The book follows a group of penguins frozen together in a huddle as they navigate the Antarctic for someone who can solve their conundrum.<\/p>\n<p>Rock out at the Granada Theater | Doors open at 7 p.m. Saturday. Show starts at 8 p.m | 3524 Greenville Ave.<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Vedder and Co. don\u2019t have any shows coming up, but Lake Highlands Pearl Jam fans can still enjoy Ten classics this weekend at the Granada. Tarrant County-based tribute act Pearl Gem will take the stage around 8 p.m. Tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prekindle.com\/event\/71314-pearl-jam-tribute-pearl-gem-with-astoria-james-dallas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">can be purchased online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Embrace your inner cinephile-dance enthusiast at the Bath House Cultural Center | 5-9 p.m. Saturday | 521 E Lawther Dr\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Bath House Cultural Center will host the eighth <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway.com\/DDFF#ff_javascript\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">annual Dallas Dance Film Festival this Saturday. Attendees can expect to view a series of 5-10-minute<\/a> short films created by local filmmakers. As the name suggests, most of the films center around various dance disciplines. Tickets can be bought at the door for $15.<\/p>\n<p>Support local eateries | Anywhere in Lake Highlands<\/p>\n<p>After losing a weekend\u2019s worth of business during an already difficult season for restaurants, neighborhood restaurants need community support this weekend to continue doing what they do so well. Whether it\u2019s ordering a warming stout at Vector Brewing or a plate of tortelli di spinachi at <a href=\"https:\/\/momoitaliankitchen.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MoMo Italian<\/a>, neighbors can support local businesses by simply showing up over the next few days. Besides, nobody who\u2019s been around the neighborhood long enough wants to <a href=\"https:\/\/lakehighlands.advocatemag.com\/2025\/10\/01\/lake-highlands-dining-evolution\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">go back to the dining scene of the 2000s<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As ice and snow melt across North Texas, Lake Highlands neighbors may want to get out of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":["post-144859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}