Alexander McCall Smith — whom most people know as the author of the best-selling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novels (which recently became an HBO series) — is known to Dallasites for his long relationship with our town, having taught at SMU for many years. In 1995 in Edinburgh, as a typically droll sideline, the [...]
A LOOK AT THE FUTURE: What will the Dallas Arts District be like in 50 years from now? It’s hard to imagine considering the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts doesn’t even open for another six months. But if you want a glimpse of what the future could hold, Lincoln Center in New York is [...]
As part of its annual run-up to the gala presentation of its Hiett Prize, the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture has a tradition of holding preparatory evening talks — the better to introduce Dallasites to the celebrated keynote speakers they bring in. The guest speaker generally talks before the Hiett is awarded to the [...]
While wandering up and down the Deep Ellum Arts Festival on Sunday, I couldn’t help but be constantly reminded of the stasis that the once-bustling, always-historic entertainment district is in. First, the crowd: It was sizeable but not huge (I easily found parallel metered parking a block away on Elm Street), and eclectic but not all [...]
The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts announced the lineup for its first Lexus Broadway Series: The Lincoln Center production of South Pacific Dec. 15 – Jan. 03 August: Osage County Jan. 12-Jan. 24, 2010 Spring Awakening: March 23-April 4, 2010 Avenue Q May 25-June 6, 2010 Tickets are expected to go on sale today. [...]
We continue to hear a lot about the loss of on-staff culture critics at American newspapers: Budget cutbacks and layoffs start today at the Dallas Morning News while the New York Times may shut down the entire Boston Globe with potentially catastrophic effects on the arts scene there. But it’s not just in America: London, [...]
As most of us know, the arts are among the first to suffer during an economic downturn. But a few institutions usually hold fast during tough times – mostly ones that are so woven into the American pop-cultural fabric that they’re relatively indefatigable by diminished funds to support them. Guitars, and the music associated with [...]
Chicago’s Goodman Theatre has announced that it’s adding The Good Negro to its 2009-2010 season. Of course, Tracy Scott Wilson’s drama, based on the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama, debuted at the The Dallas Theater Center last fall and New York’s Public Theater this spring. UPDATE: The Good Negro has been nominated for a [...]
PICK YOUR SEAT: The Dallas Symphony Orchestra sends over word that it will host a free open house on April 25 at the Meyerson Symphony Center. The day will inculde guided tours of the Meyerson, live music and a chance to meet music director Jaap van Zweden and DSO musicians. The event is designed to [...]
Guest blogger Melissa Kirkendall is the director of the Fearless Film Festival. After perusing through over 40 short films, music videos and trailers we have finally selected the final 14 shorts that will screen at this years Fearless Film Festival which is a part of the OFF MAIN! series at Main St. Fort Worth Arts [...]
