Dallas Area Rapid Transit

Target First Saturdays is a free day of art and activities as the Nasher Sculpture Center. Families can focus on a "Big Idea" through a hands-on craft, take-home activity and a scavenger hunt, plus tours, art projects, yoga in the garden, story time and NasherKids Live! performances. Activities take place 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Information: 214-242-5100 or nashersculpturecenter.org.
Saturday, Sept. 4

• Via DART Rail Red Line, Blue Line or Green Line to St. Paul Station

Giants of the Savanna Roars into the Dallas Zoo! A herd of elephants crosses the savanna toward a glistening swimming hole, seeking relief from the hot summer heat. Nearby, a tall giraffe nibbles on the leaves of a tree under the watchful eye of a lion lounging in the distance.

It's not a dream African safari. It's the Dallas Zoo's new Giants of the Savanna - and DART Rail will take you there.

The new $30-million, 11-acre Savanna ranks as the largest animal habitat of any North American zoo, and it makes the 106-acre Dallas Zoo the biggest in Texas. Nearly 90 creatures - lions, elephants, zebras, giraffes, cheetahs and ostriches - call the Savanna home, and most roam the open plain with only a few natural predators contained in separate habitats. The picturesque landscape also features water holes and mud pits, surrounded by native African grasses trees, shrubs and rocks. Information: dallaszoo.com.

• Via DART Rail Red Line to Dallas Zoo Station

Mexico 200: José Guadalupe Posada: The Birth of Mexican Modernism at the Dallas Museum of Art honors Posada who died poor and unknown in 1913, but is now considered the most influential Mexican artist of the beginning of the 20th century. A prolific printmaker, his pervasive images - known through penny broadsheets, leaflets, and pious and political illustrations - were very popular. Posada is best known for his costumed skeleton characters, or calaveras, which he used as a medium for political and social satire. Information: 214-922-1200 or dallasmuseumofart.org.
Through Dec. 26

• Via DART Rail Red Line, Blue Line or Green Line to Pearl Station

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Riding DART is easy! Fares are available at any DART Rail Station from a Ticket Vending Machine or from your bus operator. A $4.00 Local Day Pass is good for round-trip service.

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Note: Service on an Express bus route numbered in the 200s or service on the TRE between Union Station and West Irving Station requires a System fare. TRE service that crosses the fare zone boundary between West Irving Station and CentrePort/DFW Airport Station requires a Regional fare.

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