http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:32:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Art&Seek presents This Week in Texas Music History. Every week, we’ll spotlight a different moment and the musician who made it. This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman looks at the eclectic musical tastes of Doug Sahm. You can also hear This Week in Texas Music History on Saturday on KERA ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/07/this-week-in-texas-music-history-doug-sahm/ In the Art&Seek Saturday Spotlight, we’re skating for a cause. The Art of Skateboarding gathers 200 skateboards designed and decorated by local artists, celebrities and art students. The event begins at 7 at Southside on Lamar in Dallas. If you attend, you can bid on the ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/06/saturday-spotlight-the-art-of-skateboarding/ The Globe, the Rose, the Theatre: They're some of the most famous names in the history of theater, yet we didn't really even know what they looked like until a Dutch drawing of one theater interior was found in 1888. It also turns out that the theaters themselvers were hardly ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/06/think-audio-new-insights-into-the-shakespearean-playhouse/ The Undermain Theater opens its 26th season Nov. 14 with the Len Jenkin play, Port Twilight, or The History of Science. The Undermain is the only Deep Ellum stage company founded in the '80s that still survives -- still in Deep Ellum. We took the occasion to talk with Katherine Owens, ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/06/artseek-on-think-tv-the-undermains-next-25/ Art&Seek Q&A: Orgasm Inc. Director Liz Canner Thursday's VideoFest Picks Cheap video cameras and computer editing software have turned wannabe moviemakers into pop culture stars. Stephen Becker reports on a program of YouTube videos at this year’s Dallas VideoFest, which begins today. Click the audio player to listen to the KERA radio report: [audio:http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/videofest.mp3] Online ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/05/videofest-goes-viral/ [caption id="attachment_12068" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Photo: Astrea Media"][/caption] For the last decade, you haven't been able to watch a football game on TV without seeing an ad for Viagra, Cialis and the like. But have you ever wondered why the commercial breaks during Dancing with the Stars and daytime soaps aren't filled ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/04/artseek-qa-orgasm-inc-director-liz-canner/ Congratulations to Wade Griffith of Dallas, the winner of the Flickr Photo of the Week contest! Wade was the third ever winner of our contest and has contributed more photos to our Flickr pool that anyone. His winning photo is part of a series he shot recently. We liked the ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/04/flickr-photo-of-the-week-56/ Art Conspiracy is a grassroots fund-raiser, art auction, concert and all-around heck of a party.  The venue and the beneficiary change every year, and today details were announced for ArtCon 5. Here's the skinny: Date: 7 p.m., Dec. 12 Location: A warehouse at 511 West Commerce, Dallas. It will be transformed into ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/03/art-conspiracy-revealed/ [caption id="attachment_8605" align="alignleft" width="464" caption="Cedric Neal as Puck and Matthew Steven Tompkins as Oberon "][/caption] Lawson Taitte's review in the Dallas Morning News Critical Rant & Rave review by Alexandra Bonifield Laura Noble's review in SMU's Daily Mustang Mark Lowry's review for Theater Jones Joan Arbery's review for Renegade Bus Elaine Liner's review for the Dallas ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/02/review-dallas-theater-center-debuts-at-the-wyly/ This is your last opportunity to reserve tickets for Free Night of Theater 2009. This year, 25 Dallas-area theaters are participating in the program. This is the second year for the ticket giveaway, which is run through the Dallas Office of Culture Affairs. On Mondays, you will be able to reserve ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/02/free-night-of-theater-the-final-week/