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Archive for August, 2010

Art&Seek on Think TV: Robot Dinosaurs!

Stomping and roaring across the plains. Nope, not us, but a whole warehouse full of animatronic dinosaurs right here in North Texas. Today, we take a visit to Billings Productions in McKinney, one of the country’s largest producers of the Big Guys.

Afternoon Delight: A Long Time Ago…

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Please enjoy The Empire Strikes Back, reimagined as a pre-talkie.

This Week in Texas Music History: Laura Canales

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll honor a pioneering female in Tejano music.

Saturday Spotlight: SonsStock 2010

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In the Saturday Spotlight, it’s a day of art and music at Sons of Hermann Hall.

African Masks, African Dance at the DMA

Categorized Under: Dallas Arts District, General, Local Events, Visual Arts 1 Comment

Mask exhibit opens Sunday at the Dallas Museum of Art, but you can see the masks in action tonight at Late Night at the DMA.

Friday Morning Roundup

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Today in the roundup: DTC goes to the video, super groups in Fort Worth and Billy Idol gets close.

Programming Alert: Natalie Merchant on KXT 91.7 FM

Categorized Under: Dallas Arts District, General, KERA Programming, KXT, Local Events, Music No Comments

Just a quick heads up to tune your radios to KXT 91.7 FM at 4 p.m. today to hear Natalie Merchant’s in-studio performance. Just a few minutes ago, Natalie and her band were playing a few cuts from her latest album, Leave Your Sleep. On the album, she’s collected American and British poems and set [...]

Afternoon Delight: The Art of the Yo-Yo

Categorized Under: Afternoon Delight, Film and Television 1 Comment

Afternoon Delight is a daily diversion for when you’re back from lunch but not quite ready to get back to work. Check back tomorrow at 1 p.m. for another installment.

Did you know that there is a world yo-yo championship? Neither did [...]

Q&A: Celia Alvarez Muñoz

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The artist talks about “A Toda Madre y Padre!: Manchas y Marcas,” her new exhibition at the Latino Cultural Center in Dallas.

Thursday Morning Roundup

Today in the roundup: A Fort Worth filmmaker on KERA, music notes and Contemporary Theatre of Dallas returns to West Texas.

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