Today in the roundup: Laughing it up in Dallas, packing ‘em in in Arlington and educating in Fort Worth.

Today in the roundup: A Denton author’s series for kids, local music bits and an art collectors’ road trip.

Great day out at ArtsPark at North Park Saturday. If you missed it, check out this video from Bart Weiss, head honcho at Dallas Video Festival and Video Association of Dallas. And if you were there – check to see if Bart caught you.

Checking the league stats on art museum visitors in the 2011 season. How many at-bats did North Texas manage?

The premiere of a gay-bar raid documentary gets a special visitor, an unusual way to help fund the DMA, the ongoing funding saga of the Irving entertainment center — and a note of loss: They’re all in the Friday roundup.

Fort Worth Weekly’s Visionary Award winners, Sarah Jaffe’s new album promo, a new jazz program, new work from Jon Flaming, kudos to Dean Fearing ….and ping pong! Is it Friday yet?

OK, such lists are designed to increase a website’s page views through easy provocation. But they can also stimulate some thought. Or at least, some second-guessing.

David Okamoto recalls the bridge to Texas music that Barton built.

One art museum, the Clark Institute, provided the works for both the new Kimbell and Amon Carter shows. It’s that remarkable a collection. And the two shows are very different, one lush, rich and pretty, the other short and stunning.

It’s almost all film today – with two items about Fort Worth filmmakers and a film-turned-musical — but don’t miss the quick survey of how North Texas art museums fare in the New York Times.