Thursday night’s panel discussion from La Reunion TX and the Dallas Museum of Art was technically entitled “The Artist’s Studio as a Place of Work,” but it ultimately morphed into a conversation between audience and panelists on the mission of the artist residency. We go with the flow. Moderated by Fort Worth architect Mark Gunderson [...]

Saxophonist Tom Braxton will be performing in Carrollton tomorrow night with the North Texas-based Crosswinds Jazz Band as part of a benefit concert to increase awareness about ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Nancy Bass, wife of Crosswinds bandleader Brian Bass, was diagnosed with ALS four years ago, and proceeds from the $15 admission [...]

First Presbyterian Church of Ft. Worth brings Highland dancers, Scottish foods and 50 different tartan banners to its Kirkin’ of the Tartans worship service and celebration on Sunday. This kind of pageantry is irresistable to a girl whose middle name is Graham, yet I do not know what kirkin’ is exactly.
The press release states: “Kirkin’ [...]

If you were thinking of checking out Cats at Casa Manana between now and next Sunday, why not take the kids and save a little money? The theater is offering 20 percent off a set of four tickets to select performances as part of its Family 4-Pack deal. All the details are here.

The Temple of Jupiter Panellenius (photo courtesy of Sotheby’s)

BIG BUCKS FOR A TURNER: If you attended the J.M.W. Turner retrospective at the Dallas Museum of Art last year, you likely recognize the above painting, The Temple of Jupiter Panellenius. It had been held in the collection of a private collector for more than 25 years, [...]

The Nasher Sculpture Center has named Jeremy Strick, the former director of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, as its new director. The move comes almost two years after its original director, Steven Nash, resigned.

“Having worked with the Nasher Collection at the very outset of my career, [...]

Larry McMurtry says he’s writing another volume of memoirs (to be called Writing, a companion to his earlier Books). Somewhat surprisingly, he’s also writing a fifth installment to his Last Picture Show series.
I say ’somewhat surprisingly’ because his last novel, When the Light Goes seemed to end the whole saga by, more or less, petering [...]

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: I realize I may be late to the party for Microsoft’s Photosynth tool, but I’m glad that I’ve finally arrived. I got turned on to it by the NPR show Talk of the Nation, which devoted a segment Wednesday to the tool’s many applications. In a nut shell, Photosynth combines photos [...]

The people at the Crow Collection of Asian Art are probably sick of hearing every exhibition they bring in described as a “little jewel.” But when you bring in very small but beautifully accomplished art shows, you’re gonna feel like you’re in the diamond business.
The latest, Untamed Beauty: Tigers in Japanese Art is made of [...]

Liz Mikel in In the Beginning

Lawson Taitte’s review in The Dallas Morning News

UPDATE: Mark Lowry’s review on Theater Jones

UPDATE: Arnold Wayne Jones’ review in the Dallas Voice

UPDATE: Ed Townley’s review for Pegasus News

Feature story on In the Beginning: The Genesis of a New Drama

A front page story in the Dallas Morning News about the [...]