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Bruce DuBose in An Iliad at Undermain Theatre in Dallas
Actor Spotlight
Globetrotting actor Bruce DuBose on why yodeling is a marketable skill
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05.19.13 | 09:00 am
As a founding member and executive producer of Undermain Theatre, Bruce DuBose has seen a lot of successes during the acclaimed theater company's 29 seasons. His work onstage, both ...
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Dancing Divas
Priscilla Queen of the Desert shows more style than substance
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05.16.13 | 01:43 pm
For the next two weeks, Dallas Summer Musicals hosts a nightly feel-good dance party with Priscilla Queen of the Desert. This catchy, colorful show adapted from the campy 1994 movie ...
Coneflower by Dornith Doherty at Hotel Lumen in Dallas
Art-Filled Facelift
New curated art collection lights up Hotel Lumen in Dallas
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05.14.13 | 10:36 am
The recently renovated Hotel Lumen, which lights up its stretch of Hillcrest Avenue at night, now shines even brighter, thanks to a new curated art collection. Hanging on the walls ...
Stephen Shore at PDNB Gallery in Dallas
Focus on Photography
Expert Deborah Bell talks photography as fine art and how to collect it
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05.13.13 | 12:03 pm
When Andreas Gursky’s Rhein II sold at Christie’s New York for a record-breaking $4.3 million in 2011, it was clear photography had finally earned its place in ...
Chair Art in the Park, DCAC
Chair Art in the Park
Artsy chair auction at Klyde Warren Park supports children's advocacy
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05.09.13 | 10:18 am
Need an extra seat? The Business Council for the Arts, a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring creativity in the work field, has you covered. And it's a piece of art ...
Jessica Nowitzki, Barbara Daseke, Laree Holshoff, Lauren Preston, Bespoke
Well-Tailored Soiree
Sophisticated art patrons party with style at Dallas Contemporary
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05.06.13 | 05:15 am
In a season of spectacular functions, Bespoke at the Dallas Contemporary stands out. Not just because patrons fly in from all over the U.S. for this fresh and flashy ...
Dallas Theater Center presents Fly By Night
Dallas Trumps New York
New musical Fly By Night triumphs in Dallas premiere
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05.04.13 | 10:31 pm
Thanks to Dallas Theater Center, Dallas has been privileged to play host to a series of productions that have played here before New York got a crack at them. In ...
New York Times Chief Architecture Critic Michael Kimmelman
The Art of Urbanism
New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman on making cities better
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05.02.13 | 09:02 am
Dallasites are known for our ability to reinvent. We continually revise our backgrounds, our closets — even our neighborhoods. As our city grows, evolves and renews, there’s no one better ...
Heike by Denise Prince from "That Mortal Coil" at CentralTrak in Dallas
Your Show of Shows
Gallery picks of the month: Traumatic beauty, oversized inflatables and vanity power
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05.01.13 | 09:57 am
The barriers of physical perfection, candy-colored kinetic objects, an obsession with fame — these are this month’s reasons to get out of the house and into your local art gallery ...
Giant was co-produced by Dallas Theater Center
Texas in New York
Tony and Drama Desk award nominations put Texas in the spotlight
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04.30.13 | 04:00 pm
Theater award season fever has struck New York, but we are feeling the effects all the way down in Texas. The nominations for the Drama Desk Awards came out yesterday ...
Dallas Opera Music Director Emmanuel Villaume
The Future of Dallas Opera
Emmanuel Villaume makes Dallas Opera history as new music director
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04.30.13 | 02:38 pm
The Dallas Opera has hit a few milestones in the last five years, including moving from the Music Hall at Fair Park to Winspear Opera House in 2009 and presenting ...
Catherine Cuellar, executive director of Dallas Arts District
Catherine Cuellar
The new Arts District executive director on Dallas' embarrassment of riches
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04.24.13 | 11:01 am
There is no area of the city more vibrant than the 68-acre Dallas Arts District, the largest area of its kind in the nation. There, major cultural institutions share space ...
Jessica Nowitzki, James Cope at Dan Rees Opening Reception
Scene of the Arts
Dan Rees draws artists and collectors to Goss-Michael Foundation
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04.23.13 | 05:22 pm
We expected — and were delighted — to spot Dallas Art Fair co-founder John Sughrue, avid arts supporters Barbara and Don Daseke and Claire and Dwight Emanuelson, and Dallas Contemporary executive director ...
George W. Bush and Tony Blair in Mark Balma's portrait The Ties That Bind
Dubya on Canvas
George W. Bush portraitist takes us behind the canvas of new work for presidential center
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04.22.13 | 02:30 pm
The official opening for the George W. Bush Presidential Center is Thursday, April 25, where Bush will be joined by the four other living American presidents, including Barack Obama. Former ...
CentralTrak Gallery
Our Hearts Belong to DADA
DADA Spring Gallery Walk brings yet another long weekend of very necessary art events
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04.17.13 | 11:50 am
If the Dallas Art Fair and various art-related events last weekend didn’t give you a dose of the visual vapors, you’re in luck: This week heralds the 17th ...
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