Birthday celebrations in the Dallas area honor Selena’s legacy

If Selena Quintanilla had not died 27 years in the past, the Queen of Tejano would be 51 on April 16. For her birthday, a number of occasions will honor her legacy, life and music.

The Dallas Museum of Artwork’s month-to-month popular culture collection will characteristic a night of actions impressed by Selena. There shall be hands-on artwork making, music by Mariachi Rosas Divinas and Muriel Argueta, images with a backdrop by Shot by Thrive and extra. Hear about Selena’s legacy in Dallas and the way memorial artwork will help communities grieve and bear in mind at a dialogue with artists Nicholas Becerra, Christian Cruz, Mylan Nguyen and Jeremy Biggers (his mural of Selena is on the aspect of the constructing that homes Oak Cliff’s High Ten Data).

April 15 from 5 to 9 p.m. on the Dallas Museum of Artwork, 1717 N. Harwood St., Dallas. $15, $10 for college kids. dma.org.

FREE Take pleasure in a free out of doors screening of Selena, the 1997 movie starring Jennifer Lopez, at midday. Pizza (Selena’s favourite meals), margaritas and extra shall be on the market on the meals corridor’s stalls. Seating is first come, first served within the Field Backyard.

April 16 at midday at Legacy Corridor, 7800 Windrose Ave., Plano. Free admission. legacyfoodhall.com.

FREE Beer backyard ArtPark Trinity Groves will have fun Selena with a memorial cocktail known as Something for Selena, a DJ from 6 to 10 p.m., a cumbia class from 6 to 7 p.m. and a dressing up contest round 8 or 9 p.m. Different Trinity Groves companies can have specials, too, together with chocolatier Kate Weiser, which is able to promote Bidi Bidi Bon Bons, and Beto and Son, which can have a liquid nitrogen margarita known as Como la Flora.

April 16, beginning at 6 p.m. at ArtPark Trinity Groves, 331 Singleton Blvd., Dallas. Free admission. theartparktrinitygroves.com.

FREE Jaxon Texas Kitchen and Beer Backyard in downtown Dallas’ AT&T Discovery District can have music by Bidi Bidi Banda and DJ Turo, a dressing up contest for these 21 and older with a $500 prize, and a Como la Flor specialty cocktail made with botanical- infused tequila, citrus, agave and Topo Chico for $10.

April 16 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Jaxon Texas Kitchen and Beer Backyard, 311 S. Akard St., Dallas. Free admission. jaxonbeergarden.com.

Oak Cliff’s Texas Theatre will present the 1997 movie starring Jennifer Lopez because the Mexican American music star. A DJ set follows the film.

April 16 at 8:30 p.m. on the Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson Blvd., Dallas. $11. thetexastheatre.com/movie/selena.