Limited Free Ticket Offer for KERA Members for a screening of Man on a Wire

Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008

Time: 7:45 p.m. (the show is approximately 40 minutes). Please arrive by 7:15 p.m.

Tickets: Limit of 200 free tickets for KERA Members (two tickets per member, please)

RSVP to reserve tickets: Marsha Chism, membership department, 214-740-9252.

Dinosaurs Alive is a captivating adventure of science and discovery that will enthrall audiences with its unique look at the entire age of dinosaurs. This new IMAX® film, narrated by Michael Douglas, features spectacular animation and a live-action story that joins renowned paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History and their graduate students in the field as they uncover new fossils—including the remarkable discovery of what may be the oldest dinosaur ever found in North America.

Dinosaurs Alive brings dinosaurs, their behaviors and their ancient environments to life on screen as never before seen—juxtaposing stunningly realistic and scientifically accurate computer generated imagery (CGI) with intriguing 1920s documentary footage, dramatic new scenes of real fossils and current dinosaur hunting expeditions. Using state-of-the-art techniques, the filmmakers have created an array of amazingly life-like creatures based on the latest fossil evidence so that audiences can experience these creatures on the giant screen. 

 The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is a KERA Member Rewards Partner.

KERA Member Discounts for Tickets to ICT MainStage Performances, Irving
KERA Members receive a 50% discount on tickets.
More information at www.irvingtheatre.org and ticket reservations at 972-252-2787.

• Nine by Arthur Kopit with music and lyric by Maury Yetson (July 25-August 9). Based on Italian director Federico Fellini’s comic masterpiece of biographical filmmaking, 8 ½, Maury Yeston’s sultry and enchanting musical follows the life of the world famous director Guido Contini as he prepares his latest picture and balances the numerous women in his life. Mature themes, recommended for ages 16 and up.

ICT MainStage is a KERA Member Rewards Partner.
 

KERA Member Discount
One free child’s admission to special exhibitions with one paid adult admission at The Kimbell Art Museum

Address: 3333 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth. 817-332-8451. www.kimbellart.org

The spectacular Kimbell Art Museum is a true Texas treasure. The museum’s special summer exhibition is The Impressionists: Master Paintings from The Art Institute of Chicago (June 26-November 2, 2008)

With your KERA Member Discount, bring a child and experience together 92 of the most celebrated works of the great Impressionist painters. The Art Institute’s Impressionist collection has never before left Chicago in such a large group, and it will only be shown at the Kimbell. Manet, Degas, Monet, Renior, Cezanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, and Toulouse-Lautrec … need we say more? This is an exhibition to remember for years.

The Kimbell Museum of Art is a KERA Member Rewards Partner.

KERA Member Discount
Two-for-one admission to The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Address: 411 Elm Street, Dallas. 214-747-6660. www.jfk.org

Show your KERA Member Rewards Card to receive the special two-for-one discount.

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is located on the sixth and seventh floors of an early 20th-century warehouse known in 1963 as the Texas School Book Depository. Opened on Presidents Day 1989, the Museum has since welcomed more than 6 million visitors from around the world—people of all ages seeking information and understanding about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. See the exhibitions Filming Kennedy: Home Movies from Dallas, and John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation.

The Sixth Floor Museum is a KERA Member Rewards Partner.

KERA Member and Richland College Screening of A Dream in Doubt

Time: 7:00 p.m. with a community panel discussion to follow

Location: Richland College Performance Hall, Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas 75243. www.rlc.dcccd.edu

RSVP to reserve tickets: Marsha Chism, membership department, 214-740-9252.

Four days after the 9/11 attacks, Balbir Singh Sodhi was gunned down at his Phoenix-area gas station by a man named Frank Roque. To Roque, Balbir Sodhi’s beard and turban—articles of his Sikh faith—symbolized the face of America’s new enemy. Seeking retaliation for 9/11, Roque killed Sodhi and went on to shoot at a Lebanese American man and fire multiple rounds of ammunition outside an Afghan-American family’s home.

A Dream in Doubt follows Rana Singh Sodhi, Balbir’s brother, as he attempts to fight the hate threatening his family and community. The Sodhis had fled ethnic violence in India to pursue their version of the American dream. But less than a year after Balbir’s murder, Sukhpal Sodhi, Rana’s next-eldest brother, is killed in mysterious circumstances while driving a cab in San Francisco. Nine months later, Rana’s friend Avtar Chiera is shot by three men who yell, “Go back to where you came from!” Three weeks after Avtar’s shooting, another friend, Inderjit Singh, is physically assaulted and threatened with death while working at a convenience store. These incidents receive little to no coverage in the U.S. media, and a national dialogue concerning post-9/11 hate crimes and ethnic profiling is sorely missing.

Wanting justice for his brothers’ murders, Rana is motivated towards social action. He demands that America live up to its ideals of freedom, equality and justice for all. Or is it justice for some? To guard his own school-aged children from bullying and harassment, Rana and his wife visit their children’s school to answer questions about Sikhs. Rana educates Phoenix-area residents and meets with local Sikh Americans to discuss the increase in hate crimes. But with each new case of violence that targets his community, he is forced to question just how much he should suffer.

While the attackers in these crimes view themselves as proud defenders of America, Rana insists that their actions contradict the core values of his adopted homeland. In A Dream in Doubt, he challenges his fellow citizens to think deeply about individual responsibility in the face of bigotry and what it means to be a true patriot.

The KERA Member Rewards Card offers you discounts to participating museums and galleries, theater, music, and dance. View the Member Rewards Card list of participating partners.

For information about KERA Member Events, call the Member Services staff at 214-740-9252 (during business hours)