Martin Luther King Jr. holiday events

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MLK Sharing the Dream awards banquet, 6:30 p.m. today, E.H. Hereford University Center, Bluebonnet Ballroom, 300 W. First St., University of Texas at Arlington. $40. www.ArlingtonMLK.com

MLK Sharing the Dream celebration, An Evening of Spoken Word, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, E.H. Hereford University Center Bluebonnet Ballroom, 300 W. First St., University of Texas at Arlington. $15. www.ArlingtonMLK.com

Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Parade and Rally, 11 a.m. Monday, downtown Fort Worth. Begins at Ninth and Commerce streets, heads north on Commerce, goes west on Weatherford Street, turns south on Houston Street, finishes at Water Gardens Events Plaza.

2013 Esteem the Dream of Dr. King/26th annual MLK Day of Service, 9 a.m. Monday, Harmony Missionary Baptist Church, 7510 John T. White Road, Fort Worth. Focuses on "Excel Beyond Jail: How Texas is Leading the Way on Prison Reform, Redemption and Recovery." State Rep. Jerry Madden will receive the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's MLK Freedom and Justice Award. Also: Design and development work on the Harmony Outdoor Classroom and the "On the Brink of a Blessing" Fruit Orchard in honor of the late journalist Betty Brink.

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