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Wednesday Morning Roundup

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Today in the roundup: John Leguizamo on Ghetto Klown, Bring It On’s very busy director and more money for the arts (maybe).

Tuesday Morning Roundup

Today in the roundup: The fight for Las Colinas’ entertainment complex, Keith Cerny visits Bayreuth and last-minute love poem advice.

Monday Morning Roundup

Today in the roundup: Dallas Art Fair’s exhibitor list, an Arts Center of North Texas update and the FWSO’s dueling Stradivari take center stage.

UNT’s First Rilke Poetry Prize-Winner Announced

Last August, UNT announced it was creating an annual poetry prize worth ten grand. The Rilke Prize is to be awarded to a ‘mid-career poet’ who’s written a work the past year of “exceptional artistry.” And now they’ve found one.

Tuesday Morning Roundup

Today in the roundup: Dallas Opera boosts Tristan and Isolde, local music bits and the smartest graffiti artist ever.

Review: The Dallas Theater Center’s ‘Giant’

‘Giant’ means big, of course – as in the biggest world-premiere the Dallas Theater Center has ever attempted. And composer Michael John LaChiusa’s musical adaption of Gient certainly looks and sounds splendid. It’s the story that’s the trouble – always has been.

TACA Announces Big Grant to Fund New Work, Credits Donna Wilhelm

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TACA will spend $300,000 to fund new work of its grant recipients in the next three years.

Four Visual Arts Leaders Go Into a Panel Discussion …

… which doesn’t really lead to a punchline because Thursday’s roundtable, sponsored by Art & Seek and the Dallas Museum of Art, actually led to a wide-ranging, intelligent conversation about the local contemporary arts scene.

Dallas Theater Center’s ‘Giant’ Has Some History

There’s sixty years of history behind Giant,, the big-budget musical opening at the Dallas Theater Center. When it came out, Edna Ferber’s novel angered many Texans. Four years later, the movie version became Warner Brothers’ biggest hit. It always helps if you make us look like Elizabeth Taylor or James Dean.

Dallas Opera to Simulcast ‘Magic Flute’ in Cowboys Stadium

Cowboys Stadium is already known for the contemporary art on its walls. Now it’ll have an opera on its massive video screen – Mozart’s The Magic Flute, live from the Dallas Opera’s production at the Winspear Opera House.

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