at&T performing arts center GRAND OPENING WEEK arts district / OCTOBER 12–18, 2009 you are invited

dedication ceremony Jazz Concert featuring David Sanborn october 12 / 8–9 a.m. october 16 / 4 P.m. with Sanborn at 5:30 Sammons Park Sammons Park FREE. RSVP at [email protected] or 214-954-9925 x2260 FREE. No RSVP Required

Join Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert as the new era of the AT&T Performing Arts Center, owned by the City of Renowned the world over as one of the greatest saxophone players of all-time, David Sanborn is an Dallas, begins officially with a dedication ceremony and celebration, saluting all who made the Center artist whose music has inspired countless other musicians while creating a body of work that spans possible and looking forward to the performances that will take place in the Center’s venues. Open to the genres of rock ‘n’ roll, R&B, pop and jazz. A naturally gifted performer, David has helped defined the the entire community, this event kicks off Grand Opening Week. saxophone’s modern sound while influencing a generation. Blues artist Wanda King opens the show. ARCHITECTURE FORUMs: dee and charles wyly theatre / october 15 / 4–5 P.m. Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House / october 16 / 10:30–11:30 a.m. dee and charles wyly theatre / OCTOBER 16 / 2–3 P.M. FREE. Reserve your tickets at www.attpac.org/tickets

The Wyly Theatre and Winspear Opera House are destined to become icons of the Dallas skyline. Join the architects and design teams who created these innovative buildings to hear their stories on the visions behind the design, and where performing arts facility design will go next. (In association with the Dallas Architecture Forum and in cooperation with the Nasher Sculpture Center.)

3 “If you didn’t already know they do things big in , you would know it from the ensemble of cultural venues about to debut in a 10-acre park in . There hasn’t been a performing-arts project this ambitious since City broke ground on Lincoln Center half a century ago.”

Richard Lacayo, TIME Magazine SPOTLIGHT SUNDAY OCTOBER 18 / 11 A.M.–8 P.M. Throughout the Dallas Arts District / all free – all day www.attpac.org/grandopening

The week’s Grand Opening celebrations culminate with a district-wide “open house” festival. Free and open to the public, the day will include family-friendly activities, venue tours, and indoor and outdoor “spotlight” performances by the Center’s resident companies and national, regional and local talent spanning dance, music, opera and theatre. It will also feature free admission to exhibitions at Arts District museums and other venues, giving access to special programming they created just for this occasion.

nestor torres mass ensemble Ellis hall

anti-gravity Eden espinosa fireworks grand finale 5 SPOTLIGHT SUNDAY OCTOBER 18 / 11 A.M.–8 P.M. Throughout the Dallas Arts District / all free – all day www.attpac.org/grandopening

Highlights of the day include:

At the AT&T Performing arts Center: At Other dallas arts district venues: • Tours of The Winspear and the Wyly • 11 am–6 pm – Free admission to exhibitions and special programing at Crow • Nationally acclaimed flutist Nestor Torres Collection of Asian Art, Dallas Center for Architecture, Dallas Museum of Art and Nasher Sculpture Center • Multi-instrumentalist virtuoso Ellis Hall • 2 pm – Free Always Imagine performance by Booker T. Washington High School for • Eden Espinosa from Broadway’s Wicked the Performing and Visual Arts students including performance on John Lennon’s • Mass Ensemble creates giant sculptural instruments as piano loaned by the Goss-Michael Foundation. In the Montgomery Arts Theatre their performance backdrop • 2:30 pm – Free Beethoven’s 9th Symphony performance by Dallas Symphony • Anti-Gravity’s champion athletes and urban dancers deliver Orchestra conducted by Jaap Van Zweden. In the Meyerson. Reservations required at Cirque-like acrobatic performance art www.attpac.org/tickets • Ballet, ballroom, hip-hop, jazz and modern dance • 6 pm – Free concert at Cathedral Guadalupe by 40-voice choir Gloriæ Dei Cantores, • Culturally-diverse performances including lion dance, including Gregorian Chant, Tchaikovsky and other performances African drum and dance, flamenco and folklorico • Art installation on view at Art Wall of Catholic Foundation Plaza • Gospel, chorale and youth chorus groups • 7:45 pm – Fireworks show Special Programming in The Dallas Arts District From October 11–17, the Center’s Arts District neighbors are rolling out a red-carpet welcome with a week of special programming thematically tied to the Grand Opening and to the Arts District’s completion. Be sure to experience it all!

Crow Collection of Asian Art 2010 Flora Street 214-979-6430 or www.crowcollection.org for hours. Admission is always free. Dallas Museum of Art Exhibition 1717 North Harwood St. Wild Flowering: The Crow Family and Asia 214-922-1200 or www.DallasMuseumofArt.org Yeohlee: Design For Now for hours and admission fees Nasher Sculpture Center 2001 Flora St. Special Programming Exhibition 214-242-5100 or www.NasherSculptureCenter.org for hours and admission fees. Sunday, 10/11, 1 pm – Opening Ceremony of Mystical Arts All The World’s A Stage: Celebrating Performance of Tibet. Reservations and fees at crowcollection.org in the Visual Arts Exhibition Monday–Saturday, 10/12–17, 10 am–9 pm – Tibetan monks A Dream Comes True: The Dallas Arts District Foster + Partners: The Art of Architecture create sand mandala in the gallery Performance/Art

Friday, 10/16, 6:30 pm – Free Tour of exhibitions The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs Special Programming Saturday, 10/17, 6 pm–midnight – Zen in the City – Sunday, 10/11, 12 noon & 3 pm – guided tour Special Programming performances, food tastings and gallery tours of Foster exhibition Thursday, 10/15, 5–9 pm – FREE Thursday Night Live, Wednesday, 10/14, 12 noon & 3 pm – guided tour with jazz in the Atrium Dallas Center for Architecture of Foster exhibition Friday, 10/16, October Late Nights, 6:00 pm to midnight – 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100 Thursday, 10/15, 5–9 pm – FREE – yoga, guided tour, concerts, performances, tours, family experiences, movie 214-742-3242 or www.dallascfa.com for hours. guided architectural sketching, live music and film musicals, creativity challenges, open mic and karaoke Admission is always free. Friday, 10/16, 5 pm to midnight – hands-on architecture, Saturday, 10/17, 1:00–3:30 pm – studio creations hands-on art live music, outdoor dance performances, artist-led art class Exhibition Saturday, 10/17, 2 pm – family film I Can Fly Part II: Kids, Saturday, 10/17, 2 pm – Arts District Cabaret performance Putting it in Context: The Architecture of the Arts District Painting, and Art Appreciation 7 DOWNTOWN DALLAS ARTS DISTRICT visit thedallasartsdistrict.org/gettingStarted for a downloadable map of the arts district

key: PARKING at&t performing arts center (formerly Dallas center for the performing arts) is located at 2403 Flora Street, Dallas, Texas 75201

Convenient self-parking available at many surface lots and underground garages throughout the Dallas Arts District.

DART rail stop at Pearl Street station is located two blocks south of the AT&T Performing Arts Center. dart.org

More parking and transportation information at attpac.org

Special appreciation to Sheraton Dallas Hotel for their support of Grand Opening.