‘Made in Oak Cliff’ is a five-man show about the funky, seminal ’70s North Texas arts scene – and it was prompted by a larger DMA retrospective.

Today in the roundup: Reliving the (mostly rain-free!) Summer Cut, plus the DMA’s new acquisition and Jaap wows ‘em in Chicago.

In the Saturday Spotlight, it’s East Dallas Gallery Day in Deep Ellum and Expo Park.

A new Grey Matters gallery show plus a DMA retrospective makes us wonder: Why did this particular group of Dallas-area artists catch the national spotlight? Guest blogger and author Brendan McNally fills us in.

Today in the roundup: Is Dallas Black Dance Theatre being forced out of the Arts District? Plus a preview of FIT and a look back at Fort Worth’s OMNI Theater.

And the 12 players moving on to the next round are…

Sarah Polley proves in her new documentary that she can weave a tale. Plus, we get a preview of the 2nd Oak Cliff Film Festival.

Guest blogger Danielle Marie Georgiou writes about a show that “uses black as the primal element that obscures, rather than reveals, information.”

When President Kennedy and the First Lady spent the night of Nov. 21, 1963, in Fort Worth, they were surrounded by art on loan from the city’s prominent collectors. Those pieces have been reassembled in the exhibition “Hotel Texas” at the Dallas Museum of Art. And one of the artists whose work was in the room only just heard about its inclusion.

Today in the roundup: Jubilee Theatre revisits the Harlem Renaissance, plus a local benefit album for Moore, Okla. and words with Ira Glass.