What makes a character great? Can an author know or exert control over how a reader will respond to that character? Best-selling author Wally Lamb discussed the topic with Think host Krys Boyd ahead of his recent appearance at Arts & Letters Live. Lamb’s newest novel is The Hour I First Believed (Harper Collins, 2008). [...]
Thursday night’s panel discussion from La Reunion TX and the Dallas Museum of Art was technically entitled “The Artist’s Studio as a Place of Work,” but it ultimately morphed into a conversation between audience and panelists on the mission of the artist residency. We go with the flow. Moderated by Fort Worth architect Mark Gunderson [...]
Saxophonist Tom Braxton will be performing in Carrollton tomorrow night with the North Texas-based Crosswinds Jazz Band as part of a benefit concert to increase awareness about ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Nancy Bass, wife of Crosswinds bandleader Brian Bass, was diagnosed with ALS four years ago, and proceeds from the $15 admission [...]
First Presbyterian Church of Ft. Worth brings Highland dancers, Scottish foods and 50 different tartan banners to its Kirkin’ of the Tartans worship service and celebration on Sunday. This kind of pageantry is irresistable to a girl whose middle name is Graham, yet I do not know what kirkin’ is exactly. The press release states: [...]
If you were thinking of checking out Cats at Casa Manana between now and next Sunday, why not take the kids and save a little money? The theater is offering 20 percent off a set of four tickets to select performances as part of its Family 4-Pack deal. All the details are here.
The Temple of Jupiter Panellenius (photo courtesy of Sotheby’s) BIG BUCKS FOR A TURNER: If you attended the J.M.W. Turner retrospective at the Dallas Museum of Art last year, you likely recognize the above painting, The Temple of Jupiter Panellenius. It had been held in the collection of a private collector for more than 25 [...]
The Nasher Sculpture Center has named Jeremy Strick, the former director of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, as its new director. The move comes almost two years after its original director, Steven Nash, resigned. “Having worked with the Nasher Collection at the very outset of my career, I am especially delighted to be [...]
Larry McMurtry says he’s writing another volume of memoirs (to be called Writing, a companion to his earlier Books). Somewhat surprisingly, he’s also writing a fifth installment to his Last Picture Show series. I say ‘somewhat surprisingly’ because his last novel, When the Light Goes seemed to end the whole saga by, more or less, [...]
Dallas Art Fair founders John Sughrue (left) and Chris Byrne. On the surface, it seems like such a no-brainer: of course Dallas should have an art fair. Most big cities have them. And the area is rich with collectors who travel across the country to look at art and add to their collections. Starting next [...]
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: I realize I may be late to the party for Microsoft’s Photosynth tool, but I’m glad that I’ve finally arrived. I got turned on to it by the NPR show Talk of the Nation, which devoted a segment Wednesday to the tool’s many applications. In a nut shell, Photosynth combines photos [...]
