… cut a book deal. First Lady Laura Bush has finally done what has been rumored for weeks: She’s signed with Scribner’s: Describing Mrs. Bush as a First Lady who “has maintained a notable level of discretion,” [Scribner publisher Susan] Moldow said the book will “provide a candid and personal perspective, and an enduring record, [...]
James Surls in his Colorado studio, 2006. Guest blogger Gail Sachson owns Ask Me About Art, an educational service, is vice-chair of the Cultural Affairs Commission and a member of the Public Art Committee. She teaches the course ” An Intimate Introduction to the Dallas Art Scene: From Museum to Marketplace” for SMU Continuing & [...]
It’s the last Roundup of the year — and it will have to last. The first one for 2009 won’t come until Monday as The Roundup takes a few days off to ring in the new year. THIS IS NOT THE SOLUTION: Dallas Independent School District’s $84 million budget shortfall has been well-documented. As the [...]
If you’re about to head into a four-day mini-vacation, you might consider taking advantage of a few museum deals. First, if you are a Bank of America cardholder, you can flash your card and get free admission to the Dallas Museum of Art, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and the Museum of Nature [...]
The KERA radio story: The expanded online story: The choices artists make sometimes are as interesting as the work itself. Take Doubt. It follows a ruthless nun accusing a priest of an inappropriate relationship with an altar boy. It won a Pulitzer as a play before becoming a film. The movie stars Meryl Streep as [...]
Has everyone recovered from the four-day holiday weekend? No? Us neither — but we’ll get on to the Roundup anyway: THE BOY NEEDS TO GROW UP: The Morning News checked in on the King Tut exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art on Sunday, wanting to know how the Boy King is doing financially. From [...]
Gini Mascorro’s Holiday Anthem airs Christmas day on KERA (90.1 FM) from noon to 2 p.m. (you can listen to a live stream here). We asked Gini to send us a setlist of the show, and she did us one better. Enjoy Gini’s liner notes for the whole set below, and be sure to tune [...]
T-minus 14 hours or so til Christmas. Done with all the shopping yet? If you’re out and about today finishing up (or even if you’re staying in) check out the holiday fare Art&Seek is providing on KERA (90.1 FM) today and tomorrow. Today at noon: Tinsel Tales: NPR Christmas Favorites — Christmas is a time [...]
To help you make it through Christmas without such arts-world news items as these: Just like the Texas Ballet Theater, the Atlanta Ballet had to cut costs two years ago by nixing its live orchestra and going with taped recordings. Public scorn and a decline in ticket sales followed. Then two patrons donated $250,000 in [...]
The Dallas Theater Center’s A Christmas Carol from 2007 – with Chamblee Ferguson as Bob Cratchit (center) The KERA radio story: The expanded online story: For musicians, actors and dancers, the holidays are filled with work, with extra shows. That’s true for many people. But for performing artists, the real work comes in making their [...]
