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19 Things To Do in Dallas This Week, March 9 – 15

By Dallas Observer Staff

Mar 9, 2020

Monday, March 9 Art Babies: Five Senses Let’s say you’re one of those artistic parents (which is why you’re off on Mondays) and you’re terrified that your child will grow up to be basic; well, you can put your vintage album collection away, hipster dad, because the Dallas Museum of...

Latin music icon Lila Downs will be performing her Grammy-winning songs and tackling social injustice in Dallas this week.

23 Things To Do in Dallas This Week, March 2 – 8

By Dallas Observer Staff

Mar 2, 2020

Monday, March 2 Tuesday, March 3 Wednesday, March 4 The Red Pears One hot summer day in 2014, a seed was planted somewhere around El Monte, California. It happened the moment musicians Henry Vargas and José Corona started talking about starting a band. The two played their first show with...

A royal affair. Queen of neo-soul Erykah Badu will celebrate her birthday at The Bomb Factory on Saturday.

21 Things To Do in Dallas This Week, Feb. 17 – 23

By Dallas Observer Staff

Feb 17, 2020

Monday, February 17 Jeffrey Siegel's Keyboard Conversations: Mistresses and MasterpiecesBehind every grand piano arrangement is a grand woman — we think the saying goes. A new program at the Eisemman Center focuses on the music by classic composers like Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Mendelssohn, inspired by the women in their...

Rapper Common paid a visit to Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas last summer to motivate students.

21 Things To Do in Dallas This Week, Feb. 10 – 16

By Dallas Observer Staff

Feb 10, 2020

Monday, February 10 Love Me or Leave MeRecently, a real conversation between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard was leaked online and our curiosity nearly made us forget about the Super Bowl. Before YouTube and TMZ, there was only old-fashioned correspondence. Love Me or Leave Me lets us pry into the...

The DSO's new music director has a Grammy and other endless accolades.

Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s New Music Director Fabio Luisi Will Lead Strauss’ Salome Without Visual Distractions

By Chelsey Norris

Jan 27, 2020

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s music director designate Fabio Luisi keeps a very busy schedule when he’s not in Dallas. The Italian-born maestro also serves as principal conductor of the Danish National Symphony and general music director of the Zurich Opera, in addition to high-profile appearances as guest conductor for orchestras...

Neda Khalilian (left) and Wendy Long (right) take a mind-dismantling walk through the Vortex Tunnel at the Museum of Illusions.

The 20 Best Things To Do in Dallas This Week, Jan. 13 – 19

By Dallas Observer Staff

Jan 13, 2020

Monday, January 13 Paul Slavens & Friends Like on most Mondays, the spontaneous song generator, DJ and Ten Hands frontman Paul Slavens, will take the stage at Dan’s Silverleaf. Slavens writes and performs songs on the spot, improvising about whatever comes to mind. Song title suggestions get thrown at him...

The I.M. Pei designed building is turning 30.

Mysteries of The Meyerson: 10 Things You Need to Know About the Dallas Symphony Center

By Chelsey Norris

Oct 10, 2019

The Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center opened in September 1989, which means that the home of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra turned 30 this year. To celebrate, we’re letting you in on a few secrets and fun facts about this spectacular place. The Meyerson is the only concert hall I.M. Pei...

Some say pumpkins are bad for the environment, but what isn't? Howell Farms Pumpkin Nights takes place this week.

The Best Things to Do in Dallas, Oct. 8-13

By Dallas Observer Staff

Oct 8, 2019

Tuesday, October 8 Four Hours of Fury Author and U.S. Army vet James Fenelon will sign copies of his book Four Hours of Fury: The Untold Story of World War II’s Largest Airborne Invasion and the Final Push into Nazi Germany, a nonfiction account of … well, read the title,...

Avant-popstress Lorelei K is opening for Of Antigua this Friday.

The 21 Best Things to Do in Dallas, Sept. 23-29

By Dallas Observer Staff

Sep 23, 2019

Monday, September 23 Margaret AtwoodMargaret Atwood didn’t need a Handmaid’s Tale TV series to stay relevant. The Canadian writer has enough brilliant novels (see Cat’s Eye and The Blind Assassin), short stories and poems to keep a lit professor agog for an entire semester without even mentioning her dystopian classic...

The acclaimed opera star Plácido Domingo is being accused of multiple accounts of sexual harassment by 11 women.

Local Singer, TCU Professor and Daughter of SMU President Says Opera Star Plácido Domingo Groped Her

By Danny Gallagher

Sep 12, 2019

The ongoing investigation into the alleged inappropriate behavior of opera star Plácido Domingo hit home again over the weekend when a Dallas singer, college professor and daughter of Southern Methodist University's president stated publicly that she was a victim of Domingo's behavior. Angela Turner Wilson, a seasoned opera singer who...

The acclaimed opera star Plácido Domingo is being accused of multiple accounts of sexual harassment by nine women.

Dallas Opera Cancels Plácido Domingo’s Concert over Sexual Harassment Allegations

By Danny Gallagher

Sep 11, 2019

Opera star Plácido Domingo was scheduled to perform in Dallas next year, but after an Associated Press story revealed that nine women accused him of sexually harassing them over the last four decades, the Dallas Opera pulled his tour date from the schedule. The Dallas Opera removed the link to...

A first look at the Sleeping Beauty ballet opening on Friday.

Behind the Curtain: A First Look at the Sleeping Beauty Ballet Opening Friday

By Mike Brooks

Sep 6, 2019

As I pull up to an unassuming, windowless building on the outskirts of Ridgmar Mall in Fort Worth, I find a small sign on the reflective glass doors that reads "Texas Ballet Theater: Press button for entry." Fort Worth, the town of the cow, railroads and rodeos. This is the...

After Lemmon Avenue BuzzBrews Closes, Classical Open Mic Changes Venues to Lakewood

By Caroline Pritchard

Aug 28, 2019

Local classical music fans will have to get used to a new Tuesday night ritual. BuzzBrews on Lemmon Avenue shuttered last week, forcing its popular Classical Open Mic event to find a new home. Luckily, it didn’t have to look far. Open Classical co-founder Mark Landson says that, effective immediately,...

The AT&T Performing Arts Center, which includes the Winspear Opera House, home of The Dallas Opera.

Keith Cerny Left The Dallas Opera in the Lurch. Will the Fort Worth Symphony Have Better Luck?

By Glenn Hunter

Feb 26, 2019

Like a three-act opera filled with surprise, disappointment, multiple plot twists and, possibly a happy ending, the story of Keith Cerny’s yearlong journey from leading The Dallas Opera to the top job at the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, with a stop along the way in western Canada, is replete with...

Dallas Opera welcomes Ian Derrer (left).

New Dallas Opera CEO Ian Derrer Plans for Outreach, Inclusion

By Monica Smart

Apr 23, 2018

After more than seven years at the helm, Keith Cerny resigned his position as CEO/general director of the Dallas Opera in December. Six months later, the Dallas Opera announced its choice to replace him. Ian Derrer is the new CEO and general director of the Dallas Opera, the eighth in...

Don Giovanni Feels Especially Gross During the #MeToo Movement

By Monica Smart

Apr 16, 2018

In the Dallas Opera's production of Don Giovanni, there are moments when the women appear flattered by Giovanni’s compliments and advances. After all, Giovanni is a rich, powerful man; the lyrics of one aria ask "How can a nobleman be guilty of such a crime?" But every sexual encounter devolves...

Anthony Anderson, Whose GoFundMe Recital Gained National Attention, Is Coming to Fort Worth Opera

By Monica Smart

Apr 10, 2018

When Anthony Anderson went home from school, nobody could help him with his homework because no one in his family could read music. The youngest of seven kids, Anderson was the only one in the house whose homework included sight-reading music sheets and studying German and Italian. Now 19, Anderson...

Sunken Garden is part opera, part film, part science fiction, part mystery.

Sunken Garden at The Dallas Opera Stretches Boundaries With Recorded and Live Performances

By Monica Smart

Mar 12, 2018

The Dallas Opera presented the U.S. premier Friday night of Sunken Garden, a modern one-act opera first performed in 2013 at the English National Opera. The innovative composer Michel van der Aa collaborated with novelist David Mitchell, who wrote the libretto, to create a multimedia dramatic performance that is part opera...

The fourth production in The Dallas Opera’s 2017-2018 season, Sunken Garden is wired-up, amplified and data-rich.

Michel van der Aa, Sunken Garden's Creator, on the High Technology Coming to the Dallas Opera

By Jamie Laughlin

Mar 9, 2018

Michel van der Aa and I have a bad connection. We’re chatting through Facetime to sidestep international calling fees, but my tech reality isn’t equal to the Grawemeyer Award-winner’s. He’s explaining how he created, composed and filmed the world’s first 3D opera, Sunken Garden, which gets its U.S. debut in...

Fort Worth Opera is introducing the mariachi opera Cruzar la Cara de la Luna to help combat the DWEMs.

Fort Worth Opera Tries To Stay Relevant Amid DWEMS — Dead White European Males

By Monica Smart

Feb 15, 2018

The performing arts are in trouble. Go to a live performance at any theater, and you will likely see an audience dominated by an older generation. These are the people who fill the seats and support the arts financially. The news reminds us daily that the United States is in...

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