BOOKER T. LOSES 5: DISD announced Wednesday that it is moving 235 positions out of the district’s magnet schools and learning centers so that it will continue to qualify for federal funding. The local arts community has had its eye on how the repositioning would affect Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and [...]
In the Art&Seek Spotlight, we’re dancing to a new beat. The South Dallas Cultural Center hosts “La Cultura Cura,” Saturday at 2 p.m. to introduce people to Afro-Latin culture.
First came Dallas’ Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts.Then college at the University of North Texas. Now this dancer-choreographer graces the stage of the Dallas Black Dance Theatre. Meet Katricia Eaglin in this week’s Art&Seek Q&A.
Congratulations to Chris Zuniga of McKinney, the winner of the Flickr Photo of the Week contest!
CLIBURN ONLINE: It’s probably not much of a stretch to say that the 13th edition of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition is the most blogged about yet. Olin Chism has been good for posts every day on the Art&Seek blog. And he’s not alone in his daily devotion. Scott Cantrell has been breaking down [...]
Guest blogger Danielle Marie Georgiou is a Dance Lecturer at the University of Texas at Arlington where she serves as the Assistant Director of the UT Arlington’s Dance Ensemble. She is also a member of Muscle Memory Dance Theatre – a modern dance collective. Danielle is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Arts and Humanities at [...]
Guest blogger Danielle Marie Georgiou is a Dance Lecturer at the University of Texas at Arlington where she serves as the Assistant Director of the UT Arlington’s Dance Ensemble. She is also a member of Muscle Memory Dance Theatre – a modern dance collective. Danielle is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Arts and Humanities at [...]
Yesterday, we linked to Channel 8/WFAA’s report about how the Dallas Summer Musicals‘ contract with the city to run the Majestic Theater is expiring in June and how the DSM wasn’t eager to renew it on the same terms. Plus, there’s that new competition from the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts. In TheaterJones today, [...]
One of the more excited claims for the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts is that it’s the most important cultural complex to be built since Lincoln Center. In “Mixed Reviews,” his 50-year look-back and current assessment of Lincoln Center, the New York Times’ classical music critic Anthony Tommasini makes you wonder if a comparison [...]
If you happen to be checking out artist Chad Hopper’s mixed media collages at Paul Slocum’s And/Or Gallery on Saturday night, you’ll probably be wondering why the heck Journey, Styx and Color Me Badd tunes are thumping next door. Neighbor and indie hot spot House of Dang is hosting Prom 2009 and encouraging partygoers to [...]
