Yes, we were staggered, too. But there it is on D magazine’s blog: Adam McGill has proposed his list of favorite Dallas boosktores. There’s nothing exceptional about the list — personally, I would swap the Preston Royal Borders for his top-rated Lincoln Park Barnes & Noble any day of the week because I hate the [...]
Drawing Restraint 13 by Matthew Barney Video art is about to get what may be its most serious and thorough treatment ever in North Texas. Beginning Saturday, the Video Association of Dallas, best known for putting on the annual Dallas Video Festival, hosts a five-week series of video programs, installations and performances at Conduit Gallery. [...]
Guest blogger Gail Sachson owns Ask Me About Art, she is Vice-Chair of the Cultural Affairs Commission and a member of the Public Art Committee in Dallas. She is a former New Yorker, but misses only the great bagels and egg creams. THE AUDIENCE EFFECT: TWO NEW YORK EXPERIENCES 1. Audiences can annoy A weekend in the [...]
They haven’t so far in Southern California, says the Los Angeles Times: The Pacific Symphony in Irvine had its highest-grossing July Fourth fireworks concert ever, drawing more than 10,000 people to its summer home, the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre — a venue that does not list any mass transit options on its website…. Officials at other [...]
Remember the recent opening of Bookmarks, the Dallas Public Library’s children’s outlet in NorthPark? If you can look past the needless tumult over the Obama-as-terrorist cartoon cover of the July 21st New Yorker, you can find a terrific story by Jill Lepore about a time when libraries for children, even books for children, were considered [...]
A new exhibition in Florence, Italy, showcases some of the few portraits that exist of Michelangelo Buonarroti. Art historians have long known that the famous sculptor, architect and painter of the Sistine Chapel wasn’t drop-dead gorgeous: At 17, he had his nose smashed by a fellow student. Also, his personal hygiene left a fair amount [...]
The Houston Symphony Orchestra reports a modest budget surplus — for the fourth year in a row.
Neil Slater conducted the One O’CLock Lab Band in Italy The One O’Clock Lab Band’s tour of Europe is coming to a close in Perugia, Italy — and so is director Neil Slater’s career with the band. After 27 years, he’ll be stepping down in August. So this is his last tour performance. We’ve been [...]
Lydia Regalado, Marianne Newsom and Shannon Karol model their “bazaar” find: vintage sunglasses with attached earrings, circa 1976. Guest blogger Lydia Regalado writes about people who gather to make things. From treasure to trash, Buchanan’s Market had it all. Collectables, vintage clothing, sewing notions, books, vintage postcards, fabric, furniture, house accessories and yes, a large [...]
Can there really be such a thing as a “secret” band in the Internet age? Maybe if the media is willing to play along. So far, a concerted effort to unmask the members of Denton’s Pyramids has been lacking. And maybe that’s half the fun, especially with music that’s as mysterious as who’s making it. [...]
