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Dallas At Its Very Best

Publisher Lance BrennanManaging Editor

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CITY Magazine is published monthly by The Turtle Creek News, LLC., 1812 North Haskell Avenue, Dallas, Texas 74204. The entire contents of CITY, is Copyright 2012 by The Turtle Creek News. Administrative Contact: Phone: 214.887.0737. Online: www.VeryBestCity.com

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Patrons, friends and guests of Equest’s gala event will have a very fun night on May 12 at the Park Lane Ranch and Equestrian Center. The “Triple Crown Gala” will feature live demon-strations by the horses, riders and staff of Equest, as well as a Sponsor and Patron VIP Reception, cocktails, silent and live auctions, chef stations, live entertainment and “betting on the ponies.” This fun event is chaired by Jocelyn White, who will be there in spirit only (She will be on her honey-moon after marrying C.E. Kim Seal II). Serving as Honorary Chairs are Linda Perryman Evans and Louise Griffeth. Helping with the job of auctioneering is Jody Dean, and guests should get ready for the antics of Dale Hansen, the emcee. So what shall you wear to the Triple Crown Gala? Texas Tux and Cocktail attire. Ticket costs are as fol-lows: Open Seating is $200 a person. Tables start at $2500 and sponsor-ships are still available. Entertainment is by Badhorse and Shoot Low Sheriff, both voted best in their special music category. Equest relies on individual donations and community partners to provide funds for their programs. Equest is the premier therapeutic riding center in Texas serving over 450 riders annually with the help of 30 horses, 12 certified riding instructors and over 700 volunteers who provide over 21,000 hours of direct service each year. “Equest is one of those organizations that truly changes lives. Talk to the parents of the children-and adults with Autism or Cerebral Palsy or DownSyn-drome, and they will tell you what a difference Equest makes. Or talk to a Veteran with Post Traumatic Stress

and that Vet will tell you about the magic of equine therapy! I’m so proud to be part of something greater that makes a daily difference,” said Joceyln White. --Sally Blanton

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TRIPLE CROWN GALAEquest Therapeutic Programs

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PARTy ON ThE GREENTACA Lexus Event

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TACA Lexus Party on the Green show-cases the culinary talents of celebrity guest chefs from Dallas and around the world, who dish up their signature cuisine. A silent auction, wine cork pull and vibrant musical entertainment add to the evening’s festivities. Tickets are $350, Chef Sponsorships $ 5,000.This Friday night event is part of TACA Proscenium Weekend, presented by ALON USA. Stephan Pyles, Tre Wilcox, Tim Byres and Brian Luscher are a few of the featured chefs. WhereRosewood MansionWhenMay [email protected]

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BLOOmIN BALLAIDS Interfaith Network

The Bloomin’ Ball will be held Sat-urday, May 5, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, TX. Bloomin’ Ball, now in its sixth year, is AIN’s annual signature fundraiser and provides direct financial support for the organization’s programs serving home-less and low income North Texans. Event Chairs are Sam Bowers and Glenn Romero with Honorary Chairs Andy Smith, Paul von Wupperfeld, Dennis Coleman and Monica Greene. $125 per ticket. Cocktail attire.

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VOGEL ALCOVE EVENTA Benefit for Homeless Children

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Sheryl Crow, winner of nine Grammys, is the headliner for the annual concert fundraiser for Vogel Alcove. This is their 25th anniversary. This celebratory eve-ning begins in the lobby of the Meyer-son Symphony Center. Enjoy cocktails as you dine on a buffet of heavy hors d’oeuvres with a menu designed by legendary Chef Kent Rathbun. Spon-sorship packages include invitations to the 25th birthday celebration, priority seating for the concert and additional benefits. Tickets from $50 to $250. WhereMeyerson Symphony CenterWhenMay [email protected]

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FLyING hORSEBooker T. Washington Fundraiser

An annual Performing Arts Festival/Fundraiser showcasing and celebrating Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts smack dab in the heart of the Arts District. This is a unique event that embodies and reflects all of the infectious energy that is uniquely Arts Magnet. Under-writing and Sponsorship Opportuni-ties from $1,000 to $50,000. Tickets - $125, $250 and $500. The school is recognized as one of the top three public arts high schools in the country. WhereBooker T. Washington High SchoolWhenMay [email protected]


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The attire for this outdoor party is Black Tie and Flats. Plan to walk around viewing the spec-tacular installation

of Chihuly Art Glass. Kaki Hopkins is chairing the exciting evening. Re-nowned artist, Dale Chihuly, brings his dramatic sculptures and installations to the award-winning, 66-acre Dallas Ar-boretum May 5 – November 5, 2012. Chihuly’s monumental designs appeal to people of all ages and have been seen in more than 200 museums, gardens and other venues around the world. Presented by AT&T, and made possible by Bank of America, the Dallas Arboretum is proud to host Chihuly’s highly-anticipated exhibition. Inspired by nature, Chihuly’s spectacu-lar installations will be specifically de-signed to respond to the vistas archi-tecture and magnificent gardens at the Arboretum. “AT&T is proud to support this world-class exhibit at the Dallas Arboretum,” said Holly Reed, regional vice-president, AT&T. “Chihuly at the Dallas Arboretum will provide a memorable educational and cultural experience not only for the children and adults in North Texas, but visitors across the state and beyond.” “Bank of America is dedicated to strength-ening the surrounding communities we serve,” said Richard Holt, Dallas president, Bank of America. “We’re proud to partner with our fellow cor-porate citizen AT&T for this Chihuly exhibition at the Dallas Arboretum. This unique opportunity will not only bring a global cultural experience to the resi-dents and visitors of Dallas but also provide significant economic impact that contributes to the local economy.” The garden will feature illuminated sculptures and various dining options three nights a week. Extended garden hours until 10 p.m. will offer visitors many opportunities to see this exhibit.

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GALA IN ThE GARDENChihuly Installation Celebration

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The 24th Annual Luncheon and Fash-ion Show, benefiting the Children’s Cancer Fund, brings together children, celebrities and sponsors for an unfor-gettable and heartwarming experi-ence. The Luncheon and Fashion Show raises funds for children’s cancer research while serving as a positive social-psychological experience for children undergoing cancer treatment. Celebrities and distinguished sponsors escort the children down the runway in outfits of their choosing. The Lun-cheon and Fashion Show is a day to rejoice in successes, reflect on losses and look forward to making child-hood cancer curable. Each year, more than 300 children and adolescents at Children’s Medical Center in Dal-las are newly diagnosed with cancer, with more than 650 children receiving therapy at any given time. The survival rate for all childhood cancers is now close to 80%, significantly better than the 50% chance a child was given 30 years ago. The increase in survival is an improvement for some cancers, but some other childhood cancers still have a less than 50% cure rate. Both Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach have been deeply involved with Children’s Cancer Fund for years. The duo have been tapped at Honorary Chairs for the annual Fashion Show and Lun-cheon. Serving as Chairs are Lori Buschel and Keyea Webster. Tickets are $150. Funds raised go to the Pedi-atric Oncology programs at Children’s

Medical Center and UT Southwestern Medical Center. Sponsorships avail-able. More than 300 children are newly diagnosed with cancer in Dallas, with more than 650 receiving therapy at any given time.

WhereHilton AnatoleWhenMay 2ContactCamille Cain, 972-654-1450

ChILDREN’S CANCER FuND Luncheon and Fashion Show

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This event will benefit thirty of the area’s most amazing kids who are af-fected by varying types of conditions/illnesses. They are overcoming their adversities by excelling in academ-ics, athletics, music, and community service. Ticket price ranges from $85 to $125. Attire is ‘Red Carpet’. This event is intended to build self-esteem and confidence in kids and honors them by making them Super Stars for the evening. The kids are the deserving celebrities! WhereHilton AnatoleWhenMay [email protected]

NIGhT OF SuPER STARSEvent for Children with Disabilities

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This party at the beautiful home of Faye Briggs kicks off the popular Ce-lebrity Waiter Luncheon, and will rec-ognize sponsors. Celebs are invited to show their support for Family Gateway. Cocktail attire. Everyone is encouraged to wear silver, white or black. The lun-cheon, held in the fall, is lively and fea-tures well known Dallasites as waiters. They seek tips in eccentric ways and there is lively competition. Announce-ments and details regarding the event will be made at this Patron Party. WhereBriggs EstateWhenMay 17ContactBreanna Bouchard 214-823-4500

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TACA Kick OffTACA Lexus Party on the Green

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TACA Lexus Party on the Green, pre-sented by ALON USA and Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, was kicked off in style at the spectacular home of Dan and Gail Cook. This party was an amazing opportunity to drum up excitement for the most fun party of the year – Party on the Green – among TACA’s most loyal sup-porters. Guests were treated to delectable noshes from Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, wine from Kindred Spirits, and were entertained by musicians Gabriel Dehoyos and Leo Garcia on guitars. Party tickets and sponsorships are available, as are Lexus Chance Tickets. TopGwen and Leldon EcholsCenterJanie and Paul CookeBottomHolli Murray and Duncan Graham


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Heroes of HopeUnited Way of Dallas Campaign

Belo Mansion

Heroes of Hope was held at the Belo Mansion in Dallas in February. KDFW FOX 4 Anchor/Reporter Natalie Solis was the evening’s emcee. As the event’s keynote speaker, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings highlighted United Way’s important work toward breaking destructive cycles of high school dropouts, poverty and poor health. “The money raised and invested by United Way will fund long-term solutions to our community’s most pressing social problems, making this city a better place to live, work, and raise our families,” says Rawlings. “Collectively, we’re making a lasting difference for Dallas.”

TopMayor Mike Rawlings and Micki RawlingsCenterGwen and Lel EcholsBottomMillie Cooper, Roger and Marianne Staubach, Gillian Breidenbach


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Dress 4 Yellow Kick-OffFoundation to Present Fashion Show

Home of Lisa Blue Baron

Patrons gathered at the estate of Lisa Blue Baron for a preview of The 4 Yellow Foundation’s upcoming fashion show and luncheon, Dress 4 Yellow. Attend-ees sipped on yellow martinis provided by the event’s title sponsor, Park Place Dealerships, while models flaunted the latest designs by Dallas-based fashion designer, Abi Ferrin. Dress 4 Yellow took place April 5th at the Adolphus hotel in Dallas. Some of the world’s best designers created yellow dresses for the runway show. The fundraiser was for LiveStrong, Lance Armstrong Foundation and Cook’s Children Medical Center. TopJennifer Applbaum, Lee NagelCenterGrant Stinchfield, Amy VanderoefBottomScott and Gina Ginsburg


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Bridge GalaBridging the Trinity

On the Bridge

The Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge Celebra-tion was the debut of Dallas’s newest architectural icon connecting Down-town Dallas to West Dallas over the Trinity River. More than 40,000 people attended the opening celebrations from Friday through Sunday, March 2-4, when it was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to walk, run and party on the bridge and toast the best new view in town. The Santiago Calatrava-designed bridge is a landmark, and the festivities were fittingly spectacular. The Trinity Trust hosted the Friday night ticketed event with Lyle Lovett entertaining. The evening culminated with a spectacular fireworks display. TopCaren Prothro, Dr. Ken and Ruth Altshuler, Margot Perot, Nancy HalbreichCenterElisa SummersBottomLyle Lovett, Lynn and Allan McBee, Emmie Casey


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This pre-party garnered enthusiasm for the May 12th event, Equest Triple Crown Gala, held at the Park Lane Ranch and Equestrian Center. The evening will include a live demonstration by the Horses and Riders of Equest, as well as a Sponsor and Patron VIP Reception in “The Jockey Club”, cocktails, silent and live auctions, horse race watching party, chef stations and dancing to live enter-tainment featuring the BadHorse, the official tailgate party band of Super Bowl XLVI. Tickets start at $200 per person, with sponsorship opportunities available starting at $2,500.

TopCarrie Cameron, Mittie RogerCenterChair Jocelyn White, Patrick BrickerBottomLeslie Golden, Natalie Taylor

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Moonlight Ball Sponsor PartyRonald McDonald House BenefitHome of Carolyn and Jere Thompson

This party kicked off the 2012 Moonlight Ball and thanked sponsors and patrons. The celebratory black tie affair was the first large charitable event at the newly renovated Dallas Country Club and was held the end of March. The evening started with cocktail hour, followed by dinner and dancing with Cuvée, known for renditions of classic R&B, Motown, rock and disco. Co-chairs for The Ron-ald McDonald House of Dallas Moonlight Ball were community leaders and House supporters Betty and Michael Bullington. The Honorary Chairmen were community leaders and House supporters Mersina and Phin Stubbs. TopBetty Bullington, Carolyn and Jere Thompson, Vera BangsCenterBetty and Michael Bullington, Mersina StubbsBottomStephanie Bray, Carol Dalton

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Leo kottkeWyly theatre

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Acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke is widely known for his fingerpicking style, which draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and his syncopated, polyphonic melodies. Kottke has col-laborated on his records with his men-tor John Fahey, as well as with Chet Atkins, Lyle Lovett, Margo Timmins, Mike Gordon, and Rickie Lee Jones. He has recorded tunes by Tom T. Hall, Johnny Cash, Carla Bley, Fleetwood Mac, The Byrds, Kris Kristofferson, Randall Hylton, and many others.

Genre: FolkDate: May 12Details: www.AttPac.org

MadeLeine PeyrouxWyly theatre

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Madeleine Peyroux, known for cov-ers of the early American blues and jazz repertoire, credits Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong for molding her style. The jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist released her latest album, Standing on the Roof-top, in 2011. Her other albums include 2005’s Careless Love and 2009’s Bare Bones. Madeleine has collaborated with Joe Henry, Steely Dan’s Walter Becker and the Rolling Stones’ Bill Wy-man, and toured with Diana Krall.

Genre: JazzDate: May 24Details: www.AttPac.org


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The Dave Matthews band will kick off their 2012 Summer tour in Texas, with the first stop being in the Wood-lands, and the second in Dallas at the Gexa Energy pavilion. Specials guests include Edward Sharpe and the Mag-netic Zeros. This is the first tour for DMB since 2010. Traditionally they tour every year, but 2011 marked the 20-year anniversary for the group. In-stead of touring, DMB decided to take a year off and just play music together. Their latest album Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, was released in 2009 and debuted at number one on Billboard 200, giving the band their fifth consecutive number one debut. True to DMB form, Big Whiskey manages to stick to the band’s signature sound more than anything they’ve done on record since the ‘90s. “There’s a nice, sharpened edge that’s really gonna screw some heads up, because it does have more of a rock thing to it,” says drummer Carter Beauford. Some of the lyrics that Matthews wrote in the final stretch allude to the beleaguered but resurgent spirit of the city of New Orleans where the final recording ses-sions took place. But an even greater influence on the tone of the mate-rial was the death of the group’s sax player and founding member, LeRoi Moore, who passed away following an ATV accident in 2008. The tragedy oc-curred midway through the making of Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, which meant that Moore left behind a number of remarkable contributions from the early Charlottesville and Se-attle sessions that were incorporated into the final mix. “When Roi died, it shook the whole band and left us saying: ‘What do we do now?’” says Matthews. “We knew that first of all we had to finish this record that he was already in love with. So all of us went back in with that attitude: ‘We can’t mess around with this one, because this one is an ode.’”

Genre: RockDate: May 19Details: www.LiveNation.com

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The City of Richardson’s Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival returns with headliners that Include Joe Walsh, Nelly, The Commodores, Dashboard Confes-sional, Mark Chesnutt and many more. The 20th Annual three day event is North Texas’ largest music festival and features local and national musical acts performing the best in classic rock, R&B, Texas blues, funk, pop, alt-rock, folk and Americana. Other acts this year include: Chic with Nile Rodgers, Lou Gramm - the Voice of Foreigner, Neal McCoy, Augustana, Guy Clark, AbbaMania – The Abba Tribute, Le Freak – the World’s Greatest Disco Band, Beth Nielsen Chapman, A Hard Night’s Day, and John Gorka. New this year is The Flippenout Trampoline Show, a next generation of extreme entertainment that lets festival-goers watch extreme trampolining set to mu-sic. The show’s performances feature twisting triple flips, complex acrobatic routines, heights of 25 feet or more, snowboards, skis, ball, and Cirque du Soleil-like action off of the only transparent wall in the world used in trampoline shows. Aside from the mu-sic, Wildflower! will also feature: three outdoor performance stages; the Mar-ket Place featuring arts and crafts; the Guitar Art Auction; the Kidz Korner fea-turing children’s games and activities; street performers, and entertainers; City of Richardson Petting Zoo; the Taste of Texas Food Garden, offering a mix of regional cuisine and festival fa-vorites; an award-winning singer-song-writer contest and workshop; Battle of the Bands Competition; Game Haven Game Zone, a fun, interactive gaming area with 10-12 video screens fea-turing the latest games; and the 9th annual “Wild Ride”— a 16, 40 and 64-mile bike race on Saturday, May 19th to benefit Methodist Richardson Medi-cal Center. In 2011, more than 70,000 people attended the event.

Genre: FestivalDate: May 18 - 20Details: www.WildFlowerFestival.com

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arMed forceS SaLuteMeyerson Symphony center

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The DSO Pops Series presents an Armed Forces Salute with Marvin Hamlisch as an honor to servicemen and wom-en. From Broadway show tunes, movie medleys and patriotic show-stoppers, Hamlisch and the DSO will thrill the entire family. Hamlisch has won three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony and three Golden Globe awards and has composed more than forty motion picture scores including his Oscar-winning score and song for The Way We Were.

Genre: ClassicalDate: May 25Details: www.DallasSymphony.com

Stage, screen and television actress Kirstin Chenoweth will perform songs from her latest album Some Lessons Learned, in a rare concert appear-ance at the Winspear Opera House. Chenoweth fans will also be able to witness an array of her most memora-ble songs and Broadway show tunes, including music from Wicked, Prom-ises, Promises, and Glee. Chenoweth has recorded 3 studio albums and cur-rently stars in ABC’s Good Christian Belles.

Genre: Country/PopDate: May 24Details: www.AttPac.org

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In 1952 George Grosz, the expatri-ate German dadaist and satirist, was invited to Dallas by Leon Harris, Jr., the young vice president of the Harris and Company department store. Har-ris had commissioned Grosz to create a series of paintings illustrating the landscape, economy, and society of Dallas for the store’s 65th anniversary celebrations. Grosz’s series, called Impressions of Dallas, was exhibited at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts in Fair Park in October 1952 and then in New York in 1954, but have since remained almost forgotten. The Dallas Museum of Art will present Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas. The exhibi-tion will feature twenty works from the series, accompanied by a rich selec-tion of historic photographs of Dallas, documenting the city as Grosz dis-covered it in 1952. The exhibition will also examine the context for the Im-pressions of Dallas series with twelve of Grosz’s works made earlier in his career, including graphic work and wa-tercolors made in Berlin in the 1920s and early 1930s, and paintings and watercolors made in New York during the late 1930s and 1940s. The exhibi-tion will be accompanied by the Dallas Museum of Art’s first e-catalogue, an electronic publication describing the history of Grosz’s Dallas paintings. The catalogue, featuring an essay by exhibition curator Heather MacDonald and additional contributions by Andrew Sears, will describe Grosz’s career in the postwar years, relate the history of the Impressions of Dallas commission, and offer a rich portrait of Dallas in the early 1950s. The catalogue will repro-duce the Impressions of Dallas series in its entirety for the first time, and will also illustrate many other paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints by Grosz, as well as many historic photo-graphs of Dallas.

Museum:Dallas Museum of ArtExhibition:Opens May 20Details:www.DallasMuseumOfArt.com

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Youth anD BeautYart of the american twenties

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This exhibition is the first wide-rang-ing examination of American fine art from the end of World War I through the start of the Great Depression. This nationally touring exhibition, featur-ing more than 130 works of painting, sculpture, and photography by more than sixty-five artists, will demonstrate how American artists of the period em-braced a progressive, idealized realism visible in a resurgence of figuration and in highly distilled images of American places and things.

Museum:Dallas Museum of ArtExhibition:Closes May 27Details:www.DallasMuseumofArt.com

texas in the twentiesPrints, Drawings, and Photographs

To complement the exhibition “Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twen-ties”, the DMA presents this exhibi-tion featuring images of Texas during the 1920s by Texas artists. Gathering drawings, etchings, prints, and photo-graphs loaned by local collections, the exhibition will highlight scenes of Texas as well as Dallas, especially focusing on the transitional time in Dallas history when it was on the verge of becoming one of our nation’s largest and most vibrant cities.

Museum:Dallas Museum of ArtExhibition:Closes July 1Details:www.DallasMuseumofArt.com


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Juan Meléart Concreto invención

Artist Juan Melé was part of the Aso-ciación Arte Concreto-Invención with many other notable artists. In 1947 he showed with Arte Nuevo, and in 1948 went to Paris with Arden Quin and Vardánega. He received a scholarship to study at the Louvre, and his work was accepted at the Salon de Réali-tés Nouvelles. He took lessons with Vantongerloo and Sonie Delaunay, and was artistically influenced by Michel Seuphor and Max Bill.

Museum:Geometric Madi MuseumExhibition:Closes July 15Details:www.GeometricMadiMuseum.org

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ChanGinG the FaCe oF Powerwomen in the us senate

This exhibition features a series of pho-tographs by Melina Mara, who began photographing the thirteen women in the U.S. Senate in 2001. She contin-ued to document these Senators as their number grew to fourteen in 2003. At a time when access to national politicians was increasingly controlled, Mara persuaded a majority of the senators to allow her to document the unprecedented role of women in the Senate, both behind the scenes as well as public appearances.

Museum:Irving Arts CenterExhibition:Closes May 27Details:www.IrvingArtsCenter.com


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ernesto neto Brazilian space exhibition

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The Nasher Sculpture Center has invited internationally-renowned Bra-zilian artist Ernesto Neto to create a new work for one of the large, Renzo Piano-designed galleries at the Nasher Sculpture Center. Often working on the scale of architecture, Neto creates experiential environments from sheer mesh fabric often filled with soft ma-terials and aromatic spices. Anthro-podino, his largest installation to date, suspended sensuous, spice-filled, fabric stalactites from the trusses of a cavernous former military industrial drill hall, over a sheer fabric-covered struc-ture of passageways and rooms that spanned an area over 180 feet by 120 feet. Like many of his environments the rooms featured soft, cushiony ar-eas on which to lounge or inhale the alluring aromas of spices like clove, cumin, ginger, turmeric, black pepper and ginger. Organic, womblike, and elemental, Neto’s installations dramati-cally alter our environment, engage all of the senses, and invite interaction. Ernesto Neto began exhibiting in Brazil in 1988 and has had solo exhibitions abroad since 1995. He represented with Vik Muniz their country in 2001 Venice Biennale, his installations were featured in Brazil’s national pavilion and in the international group exhibition at the Arsenale. In 2009 Neto exhib-ited a new work at New York’s Park Avenue Armory called anthropodino. Filling the 55,000-square-foot hall, the aim was to help the Armory reposition itself as a big-art destination like the Turbine Hall in London’s Tate Modern. In 2010 he exhibited a popular display at London’s Hayward Gallery called ‘Edges of the World’. Neto has been awarded chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In addition to creating a new work for exhibition at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Neto will also curate a selection of objects from the Ray-mond and Patsy Nasher Collection.

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This exhibition features new, luxuriously layered acrylic paintings by Bret Slater. Mastering a balance of simplicity and material, Slater bridges color-field abstract painting with contemporary plasticity of surface, intelligently piling hues like icing on a cake. Intentionally ambiguous, the unassuming canvases recall Richard Tuttle and Piet Mondrian with a cartoonish twist that are, ac-cording to Glasstire’s outlook for this spring’s exhibitions, “deliciously palat-able … with a jolt of punkish energy.” Bret Slater’s first solo gallery exhibition in Chicago received rave reviews and was chosen by Modern Painters mag-azine as one of “100 Artists to Watch” and one of the “Top 100 Best Shows of the Fall 2011”. Since completing his MFA at Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 2011, his work has rap-idly gained attention among many art circles and is one of Marty Walker Gal-lery’s hot new artists. Slater received a BFA from SUNY-Purchase and has ex-hibited nationally in New Mexico, New York, Chicago, Dallas, and was part of an artist-in-residence program in Lyon, France. In addition, the artist’s work will be exhibited at the upcoming Art Brussels and the Dallas Art Fair. Slater lives and works in Dallas, Texas.

Gallery:Marty Walker GalleryExhibition:Opens May 12Details:www.MartyWalkerGallery.com

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“Hinterland” is a solo exhibition of Maysey Craddock’s paintings that are displayed on canvases of “found” pa-per bags. In this exhibition, Craddock focuses on subjects that are delicate in nature from barren trees to structures in various states of decay. In some cases the subjects appear to be alone, unattended and unappreciated. The choice of her materials as canvases seeks to accentuate the concept of the subject’s fragility and inevitable decay.

Gallery:Cris Worley Fine ArtsExhibition:Closes May 5Details:www.CrisWorley.com

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JereMy MCkanePhotography and Video Installation

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Jeremy McKane is a photographer from Dallas who tells a story through photographic and videographic docu-mentation. His background in business gives him a unique approach to a very specific demographic. One can easily identify Jeremy’s work by the way it is presented. His limited-edition prints are photographs which have been bonded to aluminum to give an almost 3D ef-fect. Jeremy’s prints are then mounted to a flat wall where the viewer can en-joy the piece without distortion.

Gallery:Cohn Drennan ContemporaryExhibition:Opens May 12Details:www.CohnDrennanContemporary.com


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Although many contemporary pho-tographers gravitate toward urban scenery, Gibson remains committed to Ansel Adams’ mid-century vision found within the poetic beauty of often uninhabited, light-struck spaces. His talent at translating the world’s natural beauty into elegant, finely printed pho-tographs serves to remind us of what the photographic community has lost in its subscription to post-modernist visual irony.

Gallery:Valley House GalleryExhibition:Closes May 12Details:www.ValleyHouse.com

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daVId H. GIBSonlight Cascades and Water Music

Carol Selter,animal Stories and the Calendar Pictures

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Renowned for her use of photography, Selter explores our relationship to the natural world. Her exhibition, Animal Stories, unites three bodies of work that utilize taxidermy to contemplate the displacement of wildlife due to the actions or in-actions of humans. The photographic series, The Calendar Pic-tures, subverts the conventional wildlife calendar that defines many office cu-bicles. These paper windows offer only illusions of animals undisturbed in their natural habitats.

Gallery:McKinney Avenue ContemporaryExhibition:Closes May 19Details:www.The-MAC.org


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In this trio exhibition, Brad Ellis offers a collection of encaustic and mixed media works that start with a single concept and then evolve into works of art that incorporate the spirit of the initial idea. The pictorial use of the carved line imagery that runs through each painting gives a formal, organized structure. Orna Feinstein’s art begins with observations made in nature, then she blends elements of the organic with geometric elements to create a design with intriguing duality. Feinstein responds to the challenge of juxtapos-ing the seen with the unseen and the real with the imagined, to create a new reality with a strong visual presence-Tracey Harris creates tongue-in-cheek sculptures that relate to concepts of everyday life.

Gallery:Craighead GreenExhibition:Opens May 12Details:www.CraigHeadGreen.com

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THEATERMay 2012 /

The question is, does this story take place in ancient Egypt, Europe in the Age of Enlightenment or a land beyond our imagination? The answer is: all of the above. Nearly indescribable, this performance of Mozart’s fantastical, adventurous, and slightly daffy opera tests the limits of love and loyalty. From giant serpents and hot air balloons to magical monarchs and mysterious cults, this musical and theatrical experi-ence is very different from any typical opera experience. Soprano Ava Pine, the Dallas Opera’s very first Resi-dent Young Artist, is cast in the role of Pamina—one of her personal favorites. Ms. Pine, a Baroque specialist has a large local fan base. Alongside Ms. Pine is celebrated tenor Shawn Mathey as Tamino. “He is simply one of the finest Mozartean tenors in the world,” explains Artistic Director Jonathan Pell “and we have spent years trying to lure him to Dallas for his long-awaited debut on our stage. I think audiences will find him absolutely thrilling, from his first note to his last.” Bass-baritone Patrick Carfizzi, a comic genius who quite literally galloped away with the

Dallas Opera’s final production in the Music Hall, The Ital-ian Girl in Algiers, returns in the role of the original Birdman, Papageno, Tamino’s love-sick compan-ion. Mozart’s 1791 masterpiece is one of the greatest com-ic operas of all time, made all the more interesting by the poignant—even dis-turbing—moments endured by the lead characters, as they attempt to earn their “happy ending.”

Theater:Winspear Opera HousePerformance:Closes May 6Details:www.DallasOpera.org

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THEATERMay 2012 /

Kids will always encounter troubles growing up, and so do young crea-tures in the insect/arachnid/worm world. Spider just wants to shed his exoskeleton and grow up. Fly can of course fly and walk on walls, so he dreams of becoming a brave super-hero. Ant is a powerful martial artist. Butterfly is very beautiful and can fly. All of these are amazing traits, but Worm doesn’t have legs or wings, so, without mobility worm wonders what good is he?

Theater: Dallas Children’s TheaterPerformance:May 4-June 3Details:www.DCT.org

WOrM, a SpiDer anD a FlyDallas children’s Theater

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In Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter’s wicked comedy, two sinister strangers intrude on the sleepy seaside boarding house of Meg and Petey. They’ve ar-rived just in time for the birthday party of the star-boarder, Stanley Webber an erstwhile piano player in his 30s. These strangers mysteriously arrive on Stan-ley’s alleged birthday and appear to be looking for him. As it turns out, it isn’t even Stanley’s birthday and it is debat-able as to whether or not Meg and Petey even run a boarding house.

Theater: UndermainPerformance:Opens May 5Details:www.Undermain.org

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Two 11-year-old boys have had a run-in on the playground, and naturally, some very bad behavior ensues, but not by the children, by their parents! When two adult, middle-class couples meet to discuss their sons’ little dis-pute, they raise smugness, pettiness, and cruelty to new heights. Audiences have been known to have fun repeat-ing these player’s snarky remarks. This Tony Award-winning comedy makes its regional debut at the Kalita Humphreys Theater.

Theater: Kalita Humphreys TheatrePerformance:May 11-June 17Details:www.DallasTheaterCenter.org

gOD OF carnageDallas Theater center

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In this comedy, an architect living in Paris has been successfully juggling three flight attendant fiancées with his housekeeper reluctantly playing romantic air-traffic controller as they fly in and out of his swank bachelor pad. But when an old school pal visits, things get rather turbulent. Schedules change, flights are delayed and chaos ensues in this whirl of mayhem and matchmaking. This classic farce was written in the 1960’s by French play-wright Marc Camoletti.

Theater:WaterTower TheatrePerformance:May 25-June 17Details:www.WaterTowerTheater.org

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From the underground dance clubs of 1950s Memphis, Tennessee, comes a hot new Broadway musical that bursts off the stage with explosive dancing, irresistible songs and a thrilling tale of fame and forbidden love. Inspired by actual events, Memphis is about a radio DJ who wants to change the world and a club singer who is ready for her big break. Come along on their incredible journey to the ends of the airwaves, filled with laughter, soar-ing emotion and roof-raising rock ‘n’ roll. The musical is loosely based on Memphis disc jockey Dewey Phillips, one of the first white DJs to play black music in the 1950s. It was staged dur-ing the 2003-04 season at both the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts and TheatreWorks in Mountain View, California and opened on Broadway on October 19, 2009. Winner of four 2010 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, Memphis also features a Tony®-winning book by Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change) and a Tony®-winning original score with music by Bon Jovi’s founding member David Bryan. Mem-phis is directed by Tony® nominee

Christopher Ash-ley (Xanadu), and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo (Jer-sey Boys). AP calls Memphis,“The very essence of what a Broadway musical should be.”

Theater: Music Hall at Fair ParkPerformance:May 15-27Details:www.DallasSummerMusicals.org

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THEATERMay 2012 /

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This “thrillingly raucous and gorgeous-ly wrought Broadway musical from Green Day,” as Charles Isherwood of The New York Times puts it, is one of the most acclaimed and most signifi-cant shows to have come out of the Great White Way in 2010. It’s full of rage, energy, and passion, and defi-nitely thought-provoking. Direct from Broadway, this musical tells the story of three lifelong friends who are forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia. Their quest for the true meaning of life and their sense of purpose in a post 9/11 world leads them on an exhilarating journey. Based on Green Day’s Grammy® Award-winning multi-platinum album of the same name, this production was collaboration between Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer and Green Day to bring the story embed-ded within the album to the stage. Feel the significance and depth of this musical with Green Day’s Grammy Award winning singles taken from their most recent releases, “American Idiot” and “21st Century Breakdown”. Songs like “Wake Me Up When September Ends”, “21 Guns” and “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” will surely bring the audience to a state of deep thought and realization throughout the show, but will also electrify and pump up the production for a complete, substan-tial and highly entertaining theatrical experience.

Theater:Winspear Opera HousePerformance:May 8-20Details:www.ATTpac.org


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Two young married couples decide to take a fun–in-the-sun weekend vaca-tion together out by a beautiful lake. They’ve known each other since col-lege and are best friends. What the men don’t know is that both of their wives are having an affair. What the wives don’t know is that their hus-bands aren’t being faithful either. This play is inspired by the drama and in-credible circumstances of over-the-top Spanish Telenovelas and is written by Alejandro de la Costa.

Theater: MBS ProductionsPerformance:May 31-June 29Details:www.MBSproductions.net

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Writer Catherine Johnson’s sunny, fun-ny tale unfolds on the Greek island of Kalokairi. On the eve of her wedding, Sophie’s quest to discover the identity of her father so that he may walk her down the aisle, brings 3 men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. Unbe-knownst to Sophie’s mother, Donna, she has sifted through her mother’s old diary entries and invited the three most likely candidates.

Theater: Music Hall at Fair ParkPerformance:Opens May 29Details:www.DallasSummerMusicals.org

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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel fol-lows a group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly ex-otic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. Though the new environment is less luxurious than imagined, they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, discover-ing that life and love can begin again.

Director: Drew GoddardRated: PG-13 - LanguageOpens: May 4

BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTELJudi Dench / Tom Wilkinson

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A Little Bit of Heaven is a love story set in New Orleans about an irreverent young woman who unexpectedly falls in love with her doctor. Marley Corbett (Kate Hudson) is young, beautiful, and wildly funny, but she’s afraid of opening herself up to true love and commit-ment. Though she uses her humor to prevent matters from getting serious, a life-changing visit to her doctor sends both of them on an eye-opening ad-venture of mutual discovery, leading to revelations neither thought possible.

Director: Nicole KassellRated: PG-13 - Language Opens: May 4

A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVENKate Hudson / Gael Garcia Bernal

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Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man, Iron Man 2) returns as the iconic Tony Stark/Iron Man along with Chris Hem-sworth (Thor) as Thor, Chris Evans (Captain America: The First Avenger) as Captain America, Jeremy Renner (Thor, The Hurt Locker) as Hawkeye, Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are Alright) as Hulk, Scarlett Johansson (Iron Man 2) as Black Widow, Clark Gregg (Iron Man, Thor) as Agent Phil Coulson, and Samuel L. Jackson (Iron Man, Iron Man 2) as Nick Fury. Set for release in the US on May 4, 2012, Marvel’s The Avengers is the first feature to be fully owned, marketed and distributed by Disney, which acquired Marvel in 2009. Continuing the epic big-screen adven-tures started in Iron Man, The Incred-ible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Cap-tain America: The First Avenger, Mar-vel’s The Avengers is the Super Hero team up of a lifetime. When an unex-pected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peace-keeping agency known as SHIELD, finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disas-ter. Based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series, first published in 1963, Marvel’s The Avengers brings together the mightiest Super Hero characters as they all assemble to-gether on screen for the first time. The star studded cast of Super Heroes will be joined by Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother) as Agent Maria Hill of SHIELD, as well as Tom Hiddleston (Wallander) and Stellan Skarsgård (An-gels & Demons, Mamma Mia!) who will both reprise their respective roles as Loki and Professor Erik Selvig from the upcoming Marvel Studios’ feature Thor. Marvel’s The Avengers is writ-ten and directed by Joss Whedon (Thor, Serenity).

Director: Joss WhedonRated: PG-13 Violence Opens: May 4

MARVEL’S THE AVENGERSRobert Downey Jr / Jeremy Renner

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In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (played by Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barna-bas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy...until he makes the grave mis-take of breaking the heart of Angel-ique Bouchard (played by Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two cen-turies later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (played by Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (played by Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her fam-ily troubles. Also residing in the manor is Elizabeth’s ne’er-do-well brother, Roger Collins, (played by Jonny Lee Miller); her rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard (played by Chloe Moretz); and Roger’s precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins (played by Gulliver McGrath). The mystery ex-tends beyond the family, to caretaker Willie Loomis, played by Jackie Earle Haley, and David’s new nanny, Victoria Winters, played by Bella Heathcote. Dark Shadows is directed by Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood). This will be the seventh film that Tim Burton and Johnny Depp have worked on together.

Director: Tim BurtonRated: PG-13 - Mild ViolenceOpens: May 11

DARK SHADOWSJohnny Depp / Michelle Pfeiffer

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In Men in Black 3, Agents J (played by Will Smith) and K (played by Tom-my Lee Jones) are back... in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing perplexes him as much as his partner. But when K’s life and the fate of the planet are at stake, J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him as he teams up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save humankind.

Director: Barry SonnenfeldRated: PG - 13 Violence Opens: May 25

MEN IN BLACK 3Will Smith / Tommy Lee Jones

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Inspired by the New York Times best-seller of the same name, What To Ex-pect When You´re Expecting is a hilari-ous and heartfelt big screen comedy about five couples whose intertwined lives are turned upside down by the challenges of impending parenthood. A kaleidoscopic comedy as universal as it is unpredictable, What To Expect When You´re Expecting finds humor and uplift in all the unexpected trials and triumphs of parenthood.

Director: Kirk JonesRated: PG-13 - LanguageOpens: May 18

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EVENTS

Cottonwood Art Festival is a bi-annual event which features works from the nation’s top visual artists. Located in scenic Cottonwood Park in Richardson, Texas, this prestigious art show has been a part of Richardson life for more than forty years. The next festival will take place on May 5-6, 2012. Admis-sion is free. Cottonwood Art Festival is a juried show. This year, approximately 1,400 artists submitted their work for consideration. For each show, jurors select over 240 artists to exhibit their museum-quality work. The artists com-pete in 14 categories: 2D Mixed Media, 3D Mixed Media, Ceramics, Digital, Drawings/Pastels, Fiber, Glass, Jewelry, Leather, Metalwork, Painting, Photogra-phy, Sculpture and Wood. The featured artist is chosen to represent Cotton-wood’s marketing pieces, including t-shirts and posters. This year’s featured artist is Mark Keller, whose oil paintings have been featured in galleries around the U.S. as well as throughout the United Kingdom. The festival also fea-tures local bands who perform the best in rock, country, jazz, blues, swing and folk. Be sure to check out the court-yard, where you can sit in the shade by the lake and relax while you enjoy the music. Food and spirits are also available in the courtyard. The beautiful atmosphere and ambience of the court-yard is created and designed by Donal McKinney, owner of Green Sculptor. ArtStop is the children’s area at Cot-tonwood. By heading across the bridge our pint-size Picasso’s will enjoy a wide array of art and craft activities. Children of all ages will have the opportunity to create a beautiful sculpture hat from

scrap, design a mas-terpiece in plaster, add to an enormous collage, or practice their hand at sculpt-ing clay on a real pot-ter’s wheel.

Venue:Cottonwood ParkEvent:May 5-6Details:www.CottonwoodArtsFestival.com

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dAy At the rACesKentucky derby watch Party

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The Lee Park Junior Conservancy will hold the 4th annual “Day at the Races” in historic Arlington Hall on the grounds of Lee Park. Day at the Races, presented by Park Place Volvo, will feature a live telecast of the Ken-tucky Derby, fine southern cuisine, live entertainment, open bar for the op-portunity to sip mint juleps in classic southern tradition and show off fancy hats. The festivities include contests for best dressed and best hats. Events begin at 4pm. Venue:Arlington Hall on Turtle CreekEvent:May 5Details:www.LeeParkConservancy.org

The North Texas Leukemia Cup Re-gatta is two weekends packed with competitive racing, live music, and a wild auction to benefit The North Texas Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and its fight against blood cancers. A Saturday night social pass provides access to dinner, bar, live music and a live silent auction lakeside. At least 75 cents out of every donated dollar goes directly to help find a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma.

Venue:Corinthian Sailing Club Event:Through May 6Details:www.LeukemiaCup.org

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Arts And letters livemuseum literary series

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Actors Brad Leland and Steve Walters will read stories by T. C. Boyle and Sarah Vowell. In this series, partici-pants are invited to travel back to high school at The Dallas Museum of Art. The series features stories about the religion that is Texas High School foot-ball, fractured family relationships, the tumultuous joys and sorrows of high school and everything that goes along with that unique time in life, using the show “Friday Night Lights” as inspira-tion.

Venue:Dallas Museum of ArtEvent:May 7Details:www.DallasMuseumofArt.com

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This festival is organized by the Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce. It is a free family event that will feature a wide array of Asian spe-cialty cuisine, cultural dance and ar-tistic performances, martial arts dem-onstrations, children’s activities, Asian music and more. Each year, the festival attracts thousands of people from all over the DFW area. It will showcase more than 30 Asian cultural perfor-mances and will involve more than 17 community organizations.

Venue:Main Street GardenEvent:May 12Details:www.AsianFestivalDallas.com


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A pinch of Zydeco, a bit of swamp pop and a whole lot of Cajun music, and you’ve got the ingredients For…The Big Mamou Cajun Fest at Traders Vil-lage. Get ready to party hearty, creole-style, as the 15th Annual Cajun Fest cooks up big fun for two days, Satur-day and Sunday, May 5 & 6, 2012. En-joy free toe-tapping Cajun music each day from NOON to 4 PM. The band will make you jump out of your seat and you won’t be able to stop your feet from dancing to the crazy Cajun beat. Authentic Cajun foods, featur-ing traditional Louisiana favorites such as: red beans & rice, gumbo and hun-dreds of pounds of spicy boiled craw-fish. It’s an event that can’t be missed. Live music, dancing, Cajun foods, and bodacious bargains guarantee there’ll be ‘Big Fun on the Bayou’. Admission is free and parking is only $3.

Venue:Trader’s VillageEvent:May 5-6Details:www.TradersVillage.com

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Promoting an appreciation for the arts in North Texas, CityArts Festival is a free, community-based event show-casing cultural, performing, visual and culinary arts. The always-popular juried ARTFEST, coordinated by The 500 Inc., will once again be back this year as an important component of the Cit-yArts Festival. ARTFEST attracts more than 200 visual artists from throughout the country as well as huge audiences of art aficionados. In addition to the juried art show, a collection of antique cars and out of town ArtCars will be on display throughout the weekend. Car artists will be available to talk to visitors about their cars, and some will have original works of art for sale. Draw-ing additional attendance at this year’s event will be special programs and ac-tivities, including Outdoor Film Screen-ings at dark hosted by the Dallas Film Society, free or reduced admission to Fair Park’s outstanding museums during specific hours and a Culinary Showcase – a fun place for foodies and wine enthusiasts, the Culinary Showcase will host local chef cooking demonstrations and samplings, along with wine pairings, wine tastings and mixing sessions. Musical entertain-ment, dance and other performing arts will be featured on multiple stages. A Children’s Area will include arts and crafts,interactive activities and very special entertainment. There will also be interactive visual and performing arts demonstrations and workshops for participants to engage in to enhance their art experience. The festival footprint will include the Lagoon, Cotton Bowl Plaza and Big Tex Circle.

Venue:Fair Park DallasEvent:May 25-27Details:www.CityArtsFestival.com

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This annual culinary festival is a family-friendly weekend blend of gourmet food, live musical entertainment and fun events for all ages. The three-day festival features over 60 of the best Addison restaurants serving generous samplings of their menus at reduced prices, national musical entertainment, celebrity chef demonstrations and wine-tasting seminars, Flair bartend-ing competition, infrared grilling tour, a children’s musical, carnival rides, mid-way games, and more.

Venue:Addison Theatre and Conference CenterEvent:May 18-20Details:www.AddisonTexas.net

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This annual golf championship is one of two PGA tournaments held in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The tourna-ment is the leading fundraiser for char-ity on the PGA Tour and for much of its history, it was the only PGA Tour stop named after a professional golfer. The tournament remains one of only two such events, along with the Ar-nold Palmer Invitational. U.S. Amateur Champion Kelly Kraft has accepted a sponsor’s exemption to play in this year’s tournament.

Venue:Las Colinas Four SeasonsEvent:May 14-20Details:www.HPbnc.org

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RSVPGoing Red For WomenJune 8, Hilton Anatole

The Go Red For Women program is a social initiative designed to em-power women to take charge of their heart health. The luncheon benefits The American Heart [email protected]

MuseumsErick SwensonCloses July 8, Nasher Sculpture Center

Sculptor Erick Swenson is creating an installation of new work for the Lower Level Gallery, which he can tightly control to create the appropri-ate theatrical setting for his work.www.NasherSculptureCenter.org

ConcertsM.J. The Immortal World TourJune 26, American Airlines Center

Michael Jackson’s music and chore-ography along with Cirque du Soleil’s creativity highlight the spirit, passion and heart of the artist who trans-formed global pop culture. www.AmericanAirlinesCenter.com

TheaterJersey BoysOpens June 12, Winspear Opera House

The true story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons; how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest suc-cesses in pop music history. Recom-mended for ages 12 and older.www.ATTpac.org

GalleriesBromoils and EncausticsCloses June 9, Sun To Moon Gallery

Jill Burkholder is best known for her work with age-old techniques such as bromoil printing, an alternative photography process using brushes and lithography inks to create prints. www.SunToMoon.com

EventsFather-Daughter BallJune 17-18, Rosewood Crescent Hotel

The Jason Terry Foundation will host its first annual Father-Daughter Ball to highlight and foster a very important relationship, the bond between a father and his daughter. www.JasonTerryFoundation.org

CinemaSnow White and the HuntsmanJune 1, Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart

Snow White, a princess, escapes her evil stepmother with the help of a huntsman who was supposed to kill her but instead trains the princess to fight back against her oppressors.This film is not yet rated

PREVIEWMay 2012 /

Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties is organized by the Brooklyn Museum. This exhibition was

sponsored by DLA Piper. Major support for this exhibition and the accompanying catalogue was provided

by the Henry Luce Foundation, the Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Exhibition Fund, The Mr.

and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The exhibition in Dallas is presented by Bank of America.

Additional support is provided by the DMA’s Junior Associates Circle

with funds raised through An Affair of the Art 2012: Glory of the Age and

the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas. Air transportation is provided by

American Airlines.

The Dallas Museum of Art is supported in part by the generosity of Museum members and donors and by the

citizens of Dallas through the City of Dallas/Office of Cultural Affairs and the Texas Commission on the Arts.

Image (detail): Luigi Lucioni, Paul Cadmus, 1928, oil on canvas, Brooklyn Museum,

Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 2007.28

DallasMuseumofArt.org

CLOSES MAY 27

PROBE THE QUESTIONS AND FEEL THE EMOTIONS BEHIND THE ROAR OF THE ROARING TWENTIES.This groundbreaking exhibition is the first wide-ranging look at

American art from the period between the end of World War I

in 1918 and the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929.

“An expansive and exhilarating exhibition.”—The New York Times

“It feels like the Roaring Twenties are in fact roaring once more.” —Elle magazine

“Bowls you over.” —Vogue magazine

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