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3 years ago | Arts
Dallas knows that putting music and art together is oftentimes more successful than having an event that highlights just one. The Nasher Sculpture Center capitalized on that idea eight years ago when it launched the ‘til Midnight series, where the...
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3 years ago | Openings and Closings
A collective of five artists called Art Beef opened the white-walled gallery and performance space Beefhaus in 2012. But as the Exposition Park gallery rounded the corner on six years, the collective decided to pull the plug. “It lived out its nat...
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3 years ago | Visual Art
Oftentimes artists find themselves in situations in which they have to take matters into their own hands, like when the system fails them in some way. That’s where the women of the Texas chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art found themselves last ...
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3 years ago | The Industry
We're not here to harp on someone's age, but it can be sobering when a musician younger than 21 is kicking ass while we sit in our cubicles wondering where we went wrong in life. Here are some of the best. Caleb Lewis is the 20-year-old wunderkind...
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3 years ago | Music History
Don't shun hip-hop. Give local musicians some money. Help them figure out how to fill out city paperwork. Generally, behave less like bureaucrats. Those are some of the messages members of the Dallas music scene delivered to Dallas' Office of Cult...
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3 years ago | The Industry
Musicians take gigs from almost anywhere. Want them to play in a dirty old bar? Of course they will. Need a musician for your company's fundraising event? They will play it. What about a bassist who will show up on time to church service every Sun...