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		<title>About Last Night:  Arts Fighting Cancer Benefit</title>
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Last night was quite the night for Arts Fighting Cancer.  There was lots of food, wine, music and friendly folks supporting a very worthy cause.  I&#8217;ll let Lynne and Michael tell you all about it in the above video.
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		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/20/about-last-night-arts-fighting-cancer-benefit/</link>
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		<title>Friday Morning Roundup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GET YOUR LEARN ON: The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History officially opens today. DFW.com has covered the museum extensively in the past week or so, with reports on the museum&#8217;s design, must-see attractions, the Cattle Raisers Museum located in the new building, the technology behind the exhibits and the cool temporary exhibit,  CSI: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/20/friday-morning-roundup-46/</link>
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		<title>Nobuyuki Fever Hits Japan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may have already gotten a little fuzzy on just who Nobuyuki Tsujii is. The name&#8217;s a mouthful for Westerners.
But perhaps &#8220;Nobu&#8221; rings a bell. Classical music fans in Japan have certainly not forgotten how the 21-year-old blind pianist tied for the gold medal at the Cliburn Competition in June (he was one of several [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/19/nobuyuki-fever-hits-japan/</link>
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		<title>The Arts As Industry: A National (Online) Forum</title>
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The Culture Monster blog for the LATimes reports that tomorrow the National Endowment for the Arts will present a live, daylong webcast of its Cultural Workforce Forum.
[An] assortment of academics, federal bureaucrats, and staffers from private think tanks and research organizations will assemble in Washington, and in cyberspace at www.nea.gov. They&#8217;ll attempt to elucidate, ponder [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/19/the-arts-as-industry-a-national-online-forum/</link>
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		<title>Thursday Morning Roundup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NORAH, IN REVIEW: She may not live in North Texas anymore, but Norah Jones is still one of the area&#8217;s most successful exports (36 million albums and counting). So when she puts out a new album, we take notice. The reviews for The Fall, called both her break-up album and her rock album, have been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/19/thursday-morning-roundup-44/</link>
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		<title>Kitchen Dog Play Selected for National Showcase</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The National New Play Network &#8212; an alliance of non-profit theaters that champions new plays &#8212; will produce six of them that have been selected for staged readings at NNPN&#8217;s National Showcase to be hosted in December in Atlanta. (The seven-year-old festival rotates to different theaters/cities &#8212; so far, it&#8217;s showcased 80 plays, 40 of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/18/kitchen-dog-play-selected-for-national-showcase/</link>
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		<title>Wednesday Morning Roundup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IN WITH THE NEW: In a few hours, a ground-breaking ceremony will be held for the new Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Victory Park (check back here later this afternoon for a report). A lot has been made of architect Thom Mayne&#8217;s $185 million building, but for all the fancy design, the most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/18/wednesday-morning-roundup-49/</link>
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		<title>Tuesday Morning Roundup</title>
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EARTHLY CONCERNS: Brooklyn artist William Lamson&#8217;s show &#8220;Automatic,&#8221; which closed this weekend at Marty Walker Gallery, earned praise for its simplicity and environmental consciousness. Lamson uses wind and other natural forces to power the tools that create his drawings. Whatever Mother Nature is in the mood to draw that day, that&#8217;s what we get. Earlier [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/17/tuesday-morning-roundup-47/</link>
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		<title>KXT Q&amp;A: Toby Pipes of Little Black Dress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[a href=&#8221;http://www.facebook.com/people/Toby-Pipes/1527408498&#8243; target=&#8221;blank&#8221;>Toby Pipes is a producer, a musician, a vocalist and one of the most well-known names in the local, regional and national music scenes.  Pipes and his co-writer/producer, Nolan Thies formed Little Black Dress back in 2005.  The band also includes Brent Elrod (guitars), Earl Darling (drums), Cooper Heffley (electric drums [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/16/kxt-qa-toby-pipes-of-little-black-dress/</link>
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		<title>Duvall, Bacall, Knight, Sondheim and Lehrer &#8211; All at the Nasher</title>
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The Nasher Sculpture Center has announced its 2010 NasherSALON Speaker Series. The series has previously featured such artists as authors John Updike and Larry McMurtry, choreographer Twyla Tharp, chef Wolfgang Puck and singer-songwriter Art Garfunkel.
This next year&#8217;s series will feature actor-director Robert Duvall (Jan. 21), actress-model Lauren Bacall (March 11), singer Gladys Knight (June 17), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/16/duvall-bacall-knight-sondheim-and-lehrer-all-at-the-nasher/</link>
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		<title>Monday Morning Roundup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you catch Saturday night's one-off performance of Hip-Hop Broadway at the Winspear Opera House? If you did, it's a safe bet your still humming along to Jennifer Holliday's rendition of her signature song, "And I'm Telling You," from Dreamgirls. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/16/monday-morning-roundup-45/</link>
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		<title>KXT: Inaugural Paul Slavens Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KXT welcomes Paul Slavens for his first show on the new station. Listen in tonight &#8211; the first hour is all local music &#8211; and feel free to leave your comments on tonight&#8217;s show. Paul may comment later as he settles into his new digs.
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		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/15/kxt-inaugural-paul-slavens-show/</link>
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		<title>About This Morning:  Cliff Fest 2009</title>
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There&#8217;s something about Oak Cliff that makes me want to paint something or sculpt something or plant something.  I always begin to feel the creative vibe about the time that I hit Davis and Jefferson. Today I ventured into Cliff Fest 2009 and had such a lovely time that I almost leased an apartment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/15/about-this-morning-cliff-fest-2009/</link>
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		<title>About This Afternoon:  Art Chicas Unidas</title>
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La Reunion TX:  Art Chicas Unidas from Cindy Chaffin on Vimeo.
Today was flat-out glorious.  I have much to tell, which I will on Monday, but for now just enjoy the video.  Wow.  La Reunion TX equals la rejuvenation of the spirit&#8230;more to come.
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		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/14/about-this-afternoon-art-chicas-unidas/</link>
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		<title>More At Home?</title>
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Hal Samples, photographer and owner of Hal Samples Gallery, shot some really amazing photographs at the Home? Exhibit on Wednesday night. You can check more on his Facebook page.
Artist Willie Baronet also offers-up a modified version of the video we shot on opening night.  Remember, you still have time to check out the exhibit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/13/more-at-home/</link>
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		<title>Harvey Fierstein Coming to Casa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Casa Manana sends word today that Harvey Fierstein will replace Chaim Topol as Tevye in the tour production of Fiddler on the Roof coming to Bass Hall in the spring. Fierstein played the role in the recent Broadway production. He&#8217;ll be taking time away from polishing his FOUR Tonys to come to Forth Worth March [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/13/harvey-fierstein-coming-to-casa/</link>
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		<title>DMA Adds Rohlfs Chair to Collection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs&#8221; will be on display at the Dallas Museum of Art through Jan. 3. The show moves on to the Carnegie Museum of Art after that, though one of the pieces will eventually find its way back to the DMA.
Rohlfs&#8217; Corner Chair has been given to the museum by the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/13/dma-adds-rohlfs-chair-to-collection/</link>
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		<title>Casting for Coen Bros. Movie is Tomorrow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We mentioned it last week in one of our morning roundups, but it&#8217;s worth repeating: Casting agents will be in Fort Worth tomorrow looking for the lead in the Coen Brothers&#8217; remake of True Grit. If you are a white girl between the ages of 12-16 (or you know one), get thee to Billy Bob&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/13/casting-for-coen-bros-movie-is-tomorrow/</link>
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		<title>Friday Morning Roundup</title>
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FWO VIDEOS: On Thursday, I got an e-mail with a link to a special video message from Fort Worth Opera General Director Darren K. Woods. It&#8217;s a nice enough video of Woods thanking fans of the opera for making this season a special one and letting us know that the organization finished the year with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/13/friday-morning-roundup-45/</link>
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		<title>Lone Star Night 1: Lessons Learned</title>
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Wednesday night&#8217;s opening of the Lone Star International Film Festival in Fort Worth showed a festival delivering on its promise as it kicked off its third year. But along with that promise comes a few growing pains.
I suppose at this point I&#8217;ve gone to enough opening night and centerpiece festival screenings to know that they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/12/lone-star-night-1-lessons-learned/</link>
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		<title>Getting to Know Our Friendly New Curators</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Dallas Museum of Art made two major-major hires in the spring this year, but both administrators didn&#8217;t actually arrive in town until September. So the DMA&#8217;s director, Bonnie Pitman, threw an eat-and-meet today &#8212; wisely waiting until after things died down elsewhere in the Arts District. This was the area media&#8217;s first chance to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/12/getting-to-know-our-friendly-new-curators/</link>
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		<title>KXT Q&amp;A: Rhett Miller And Ticket Giveaway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the few things I remember about meeting Rhett Miller, was my inability to stop giggling. I was at the Summer Break Records showcase at SXSW a few years ago when Robert Jenkins (president of Summer Break) asked me if I&#8217;d like to meet Rhett. Let&#8217;s face it, the man is flat-out dreamy. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/12/kxt-qa-rhett-miller-and-ticket-give-away/</link>
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		<title>David Hopkins: We&#8217;ve Never Met</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our friend David Hopkins just announced that Quick is going to feature his hyper-local comic series, We&#8217;ve Never Met, in its print publication, with the debut on Thursday, November 19.   We&#8217;ve Never Met, illustrated by Chad Thomas, will be run as a full page, full color weekly series.
It&#8217;s the story of Liz, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/12/david-hopkins-weve-never-met/</link>
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		<title>About Last Night: Willie Baronet Exhibit, Home?</title>
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When I first met Hal Samples he was living on the roof of the South Side on Lamar building.  At that first meeting, some 6+ years ago, he explained to me his plans to make the world a better place.  Thing is, he actually did.
You can read more about Hal&#8217;s life adventures in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/12/about-last-night-willie-baronet-exhibit-home/</link>
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		<title>Thursday Morning Roundup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW KIDS IN TOWN: Welcome to the stage Fort Worth&#8217;s Forum Theatre Company. The new outfit performs its first show, The Diary of Anne Frank, this week at Will Rogers Auditorium and will continue to focus on youth programming using teenage actors. &#8220;I think we all realized the need for this in Fort Worth,&#8221; Forum [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/11/12/thursday-morning-roundup-43/</link>
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