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Archive for February, 2012

Art&Seek Jr: Weekly Adventures Just for Kids (And Their Entourage)

Categorized Under: Architecture, Culture, Local Events, Uncategorized 1 Comment

Spring has sprung! Come celebrate with the flowers this weekend at the Dallas Arboretum.

Afternoon Delight: The Cyber Conductor

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A youth orchestra in Austria brings high comedy to classical music with its remote-controlled conductor.

Giveaway: The NasherSALON with Lin-Manuel Miranda

Here’s your chance to hear from the Tony-winning composer-lyricist of Broadway’s In the Heights, coming soon to the AT&T Performing Arts Center.

It's the Tuesday Roundup! All Architecture! All Visual Arts!

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Bright lights, building bling, a new center for Texas architecture named for a friend, Rick Santorum’s voting record on the NEA and Glenn Ligon in Fort Worth: Is this a roundup or what?

Giveaway: Tickets to 'Rent' at Casa Mañana

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We’ve got two pairs of tickets to giveaway to those who can correctly answer our trivia question.

Afternoon Delight: Snow Circles

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We’ve mostly forgotten around here what snow even looks like. So enjoy this lovely reminder from landscape artist Sonja Hinrichsen.

Monday Morning Roundup

Today in the roundup: A local Oscar winner, a local dancer to know and a Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge blowout.

The Paul Slavens Show: Live Blog for Feb. 26, 2012

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Since a silent movie is going to win, why not turn down the sound and listen to some great tunes?

This Week in Texas History: Ruth Bingaman Smith

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll meet a child prodigy whose tastes ranged from classical music to fiddle hoedowns.

Handel Oratorio a Sharp Break From Wagner's 'Tristan'

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On Thursday night and again tonight, the Dallas Opera’s music director, Graeme Jenkins, is sandwiching a very different kind of work between performances of his company’s “Tristan und Isolde.” It’s Handel’s oratorio “Theodora,” which could hardly be different from Wagner’s masterpiece.

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