Thursday's Best Best: Lone Star Ballet's TimeSteps

The Lone Star Ballet of Amarillo is bringing back a favorite from last season and if you don't go see it this weekend, shame on you.

TimeSteps is a lesson on our country's history through the eyes of music with the ballet providing spectacular choreography to help tell the story.

As the saying goes: "This ain't your grandmother's ballet."

The performance features music from the 50s to the 80s, from Buddy Holly to Michael Jackson. I've got to tell you, it's the type of show that I think would be a hit anywhere.

It's also a tribute to David Simpson, one of the creative minds that helped develop the show. He died less than a month after last year's staging of TimeSteps.

Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts.

Tickets to the weekend productions range in price from $13 to $48, depending on seating. For tickets, call 806-378-3096 or visit http://www.panhandletickets.com/. Buy a ticket, go see it. And I’m so confident you’ll enjoy it, I’ll give you your money back if you give me a good reason why you didn’t like it (or at least a newspaper subscription of equal value).

ANOTHER BEST BET: The Amarillo Globe-News and Amarillo.com 2009 Best of Amarillo Party is tonight at Sunset Center, Plains and Western streets, from 5 to 8 p.m.

There will be 53 businesses at the event that you voted the best of Amarillo, including 26 restaurants serving samples. Tickets are $15 at the door.

Best of Amarillo party tickets available

Now that the Best of Amarillo has been named for 2009, it's time to celebrate.

The Amarillo Globe-News and amarillo.com Best of Amarillo Party is set for Thursday Oct. 15 at the Sunset Center at the corner of Plains and Western.

This year's event has a record number of 51 businesses who will be at the party, including 26 of the best restaurants in Amarillo providing samples.

The hours are from 5 to 8 p.m. and tickets are $13 in advance and $15 at the door. For tickets, call 806-345-3363.

Coming this Sunday: Best of Amarillo

You'll want to be sure to look in this Sunday's newspaper for our eighth annual Best of Amarillo special section.

Readers of the Amarillo Globe-News and our web site, amarillo.com, voted for the best of everything from restaurants to video game stores and everything in between.

At 64 pages, it's the largest Best of Amarillo section we've published and contains a lot of information on the best the city has to offer.

On Oct. 15, we'll have the annual Best of Amarillo Party at Sunset Center near Plains and Western streets. More than 50 best of winners, including more than 20 restaurants will be in attendance providing samples and more information about their businesses.

Tickets for the event, which runs from 5 to 8 p.m., are $13 in advance and $15 at the door.