Today in the roundup: A song from Giant, a high schooler’s long road to the DMA and the end of an era.

Two years were added to the ebullient Woods’ current contract as general director of FWO — the third consecutive time the board has extended it. Someone must like him and/or he must be doing something right. You think?

Congratulations to Matt Harvey from Addison, the winner of the Flickr Photo of the Week contest!

TWO exciting deals at the Kessler Theater! Learn how you can win a pair of tickets!

Find out how you can enter to win a Family 4-pack of tickets to see this heartwarming childrens’ tale on stage.

We love Dr. Dog. Learn how you can enter to win a pair of tickets to see them live at the Granada!

‘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.

Bring the kids to the the American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum this Saturday for a special event marking the accomplishments of the pioneers of Black Aviation.

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

… 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.