The Associated Press has decreed that its ‘entertainment writers’ can file only 500-word pieces or less. A crowning blow for arts journalism, says Roger Ebert. The 500-word limit applies to reviews, interviews, news stories, trend pieces and “thinkers.” Oh, it can be done. But with “Synecdoche, New York?” Worse, the AP wants its writers on [...]
WORD CHOICE MATTERS: With Art Basel going down this week in Miami, the visual arts are at the center of the creative world. So it’s as good a time as any to polish up on our art smarts. Mike Gerra, co-owner of the contemporary gallery art251 in Keller, has written a handy piece on the [...]
The KERA radio story: The extended online story: The cancellation of the tour of the Tarzan musical – set to come to Dallas in March — has caused one of the producing partners to fold and left the Dallas Summer Musicals with a loss of $225,000, at least. The American Musical Theatre in San Jose [...]
Tom Hendricks is Art&Seek’s most frequent poster of comments. Ever wonder about the person behind the opinions? Tom not only works in the box office at the Inwood Theatre, he uses that peculiar space as a venue for his very own arts extravaganza, featuring the one-man band Hunkasaurus and His Pet Dog Guitar. Tom and [...]
Tonight I am going to a preview screening of Doubt, the big-screen adaptation of John Patrick Shanley’s Tony Award-winning play. The film stars two of the best actors of our generation in the lead roles (Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman) and centers on a crime that may or may not have occurred at a [...]
1650 French Map …………………………………………………… Dragoon saber & scabbard The KERA radio story: The expanded online story: The Dallas Historical Society has been in the news recently because of the discovery of a famous Civil War letter. The letter — known as the Bixby letter and possibly written by Abraham Lincoln — was sent to experts [...]
Guest blogger Julie Hwang is Community Relations Director for the Asian Film Festival of Dallas, which serves as our guest film blogger for November. As a self-described film geek, I’ve seen A LOT of movies, but there have always been very notable lapses in my film going experience. I’ve only managed to see one film, [...]
Monday, I put up a post from guest blogger Gail Sachson about what she is thankful for in the arts, and today I’ve got more thanks to pass around. Besides just the general thankfulness of this time of year, we’re also calling attention to a two-hour program airing Thursday on KERA (90.1 FM) called Giving [...]
Brooke Shields swoops into town Tuesday night to speak at the Brinker International Forum, a co-production with the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts. The event takes place at 8 p.m. at the Meyerson Symphony Center, and for you loyal readers of the Art&Seek blog, we’ve got you covered. If you’d like to attend the [...]
Click on the logo to watch the video: Get the Flash Player to see this content. In this episode of Think, Ann Williams, founder and artistic director of the Dallas Black Dance Theatre, joins host Krys Boyd in the Scene segment. Think airs on Friday at 7:30 p.m. on KERA (Channel 13). It airs again [...]
