That’s ‘public improvement district.’ And in this case, if it happens, that ‘district’ includes ‘cultural tourism.’

But it’ll be highly, highly automated. We’re talking “in-vehicle video conferencing” and “automatic collision avoidance,” which, it goes without saying, need to be functioning at the same time.

Dallas author Ben Fountain wins praise from The New York Times, high schoolers win awards from the Dallas Summer Musicals and the Arboretum wins the right to mow some grass but it may lose the war. Talk about a jam-packed Monday Roundup.

Fred Astaire and Ginger Roger on rollerskates. The singing done in just one take, the dancing in two.

Krys Boyd talks with North Texas author Ben Fountain — just as he goes on tour for his new novel set at Cowboys Stadium, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.

The Alamo comes to North Texas, Dallas’ black journalists give Beyonce some props and various hires and whatnot were announced: It’s the Friday arts news roundup.

One reason the Dallas Arboretum wants the expanded parking space that’s gotten people riled up is what’s opening there: its first major art exhibition. The show has so many exuberantly colorful glass doodads by Dale Chihuly, you wonder the sunlight doesn’t fry some plants like Museum Tower.

Twitchy, hallucinatory cartoons in the air. Galloping balloon animals. Fun. Cool. Watch.

What would a Thursday roundup be without a Cezanne auction, a soprano profile and a major new book on a major North Texas corporation?

He will soon become power-mad and fame-obsessed.