I hate this time of year, and if given the opportunity I will spit in your hot chocolate and tell little children there is no Santa Claus. HOWEVER… I am an avid fan of culture on the cheap, and by cheap I mean free. Behold this fine press release: MODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH [...]
The top 20 symphony orchestras in the world, according to Gramophone magazine. No, the Dallas Symphony isn’t on it, neither is the Fort Worth Symphony. But then, the Philadelphia isn’t, either, causing a degree of whispering. One promising note for the DSO, however: In the #1 spot is the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. That’s where the [...]
With the economy the way it is, plenty of businesses have gone under. But when news came down yesterday that Western Warehouse and Boot Town are going out of business, the first thing I thought of was likely the first thought a lot of you had: There goes one of the most memorable, stick-in-your brain [...]
Guest blogger Sarah Jane Semrad is Executive Director of La Reunion TX. First up – I am thankful for the artists in Dallas. It’s been a pleasure and an honor to serve the creative community for the last 5 years. Oh, you’re a cumbersome, emotional bunch at times, but I love you all the same. [...]
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, [...]
As an editor at the Dallas Morning News, Mike Maza probably wouldn’t have called himself an advocate for the arts. My guess is he’d say Journalists only advocate for stories and readers. And when there were conflicts between the two – a few memorable calls from influential readers complaining about a restaurant or theater review [...]
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 [...]
On Thanksgiving Day, KERA (90.1 FM) will air a two-hour program called Giving Thanks 2008: A Celebration of Fall, Food and Gratitude from noon-2 p.m. The show, hosted by John Birge, serves as a contemporary reflection on the meaning of the holiday and includes writers and musical guests riffing on the subject. In that spirit, [...]
Couple things catching my eye today: Albert Alcalay: Self Portraits, which airs tonight at 8 on KERA, gets mad props from TV critic Ed Bark. Recently, Heritage Auction Galleries brought us insight into the world of international art theft. Then the company made news with the auction – or non-auction – of a long-lost painting [...]
Anyone who attended the press preview of the Dallas Museum of Art’s King Tut exhibition is not likely to forget the speech delivered by Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt’s antiquities authority — including his eyebrow-raising remarks regarding a Dallas woman’s help in stopping some illegal trade in antiquities (Dr. Hawass declined to give any [...]
