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Arts Section Association of College & Research Libraries American Library Association Midwinter Conference January 20 to 24, 2012 ArtsGuide Dallas 2012 i

Welcome to the ACRL Arts Section’s Guide to Dallas! This selective guide to cultural attractions and events has been created for attendees of the 2012 ALA Midwinter Conference in Dallas, TX.

Map of sites listed in this guide See what’s close to you or plot your course by car, foot, or public transit. Google Map version of this guide: http://g.co/maps/3y4mp

Public transportation in Dallas Dallas and surrounding communities are served by DART, Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Bus and rail schedules can be accessed online: http://www.dart.org/

Where to search for arts & entertainment The Dallas Observer is Dallas’s alternative weekly: http://www.dallasobserver.com/ Guide Live is full of arts and entertainment listings: http://listings.guidelive.com/z/dallas_tx Dallas Arts Revue for arts listings and calendars: http://www.dallasartsrevue.com/

This Guide has been prepared by Editor: Rachel Martin Cole, Westwood College Contributors: Visual Arts & Museums - Sandry Varry, University of Central Florida Galleries - Gwen Dixie, Dallas Public Library Architecture - Rachel Martin Cole, Westwood College Theatre - Maryke Barber, Hollins University Music - Anna Walker, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries, The Art Institute of Chicago Dance - Jackie Bryan, Saint Leo University

*Efforts were made to gather the most up-to-date information for performance dates, but please be sure to confirm by checking the venue web sites provided.

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Table of Contents Introduction and Table of Contents i-iii VISUAL ARTS & MUSEUMS The Crow Collection of Asian Art 1 Dallas Contemporary 1 Dallas Museum of Art 1 Meadows Museum 1 McKinney Avenue Contemporary 2 Museum of Geometric and MADI Art 2 Nasher Sculpture Center 2 ARCHITECTURE Dallas Center for Architecture 2 Arts District Dallas Museum of Art 3 Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center 3 AT&T Performing Arts Center 3 Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House 3 Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre 3 Sammons Park 3 Nasher Sculpture Center 4 Main Street District Adolphus Hotel 4 Magnolia Hotel 4 Thanks-Giving Square 4 Bishop Arts District 5 DANCE American Ballet Theatre 5 Plano Metropolitan Ballet 5 Sharp Show 5 GALLERIES Dragon and Slocum Streets (Design District) Craighead Green 6 Holly Johnson 6 Marty Walker 6 Conduit 6 Photographs Do Not Bend 6

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Table of Contents, continued Sun to Moon 7 Banks Fine Art 7 Deep Ellum Barry Whistler Gallery 7 Kettle Art 7 Uptown David Dike Fine Art 7 MADI Museum and Gallery 7 Dunn and Brown Contemporary 8 Further North Martin Lawrence Gallery 8 Kittrell Riffkind Art Glass 8 Valley House Gallery and Sculpture Garden 8 MUSIC Rock, Folk Country, etc. Palladium Ballroom 8 Sons of Hermann Hall 9 The Kessler Theater 9 Granada Theater 9 Jazz and Blues Pearl 9 Balcony Club 10 Classical Myerson Symphony Center 10 THEATER Addison Comedy Club 10 Dallas Children’s Theater 10 Dallas Comedy House 11 Dallas Theater Center 11 Pegasus Theatre 11 Pocket Sandwich Theatre 11 Stage West Theatre 11 Theatre Arlington 12 Theatre Three 12

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VISUAL ARTS & MUSUEMS Dallas Museum of Art

The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) was founded in 1903. In The Crow Collection of Asian Art 1984 the Museum moved into its current location, as the first arts organization in the newly designated Arts District. The Crow Collection is a permanent set of galleries dedi- The collections contain over 24,000 works of art spanning cated to the arts and cultures of China, Japan, India and 5,000 years of human creativity. The Museum is known for Southeast Asia. The museum offers a serene setting for its arts of the ancient Americas, Africa, Indonesia, and quiet reflection and learning. South Asia; European and American painting, sculpture, Location: 2010 Flora Street and decorative arts; and American and international con- Neighborhood: Arts District temporary art.

Distance from Convention Center: 1.1 miles Location: 1717 North Harwood Transportation: Red Line to Parker Road Neighborhood: Arts District Hours: Tuesdays–Thursdays 10am to 9pm, Fridays– Distance from Convention Center: 1.2 miles Sundays 10am to 6pm. Closed Mondays. Transportation: Red Line to Parker & Ross Admission: Free Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 11am–5pm, Thursday Website: http://www.crowcollection.org/ 11am–9pm, Friday*, Saturday, and Sunday: 11am – 5pm. Phone: 214-979-6430 Closed Mondays. *Late Night Fridays (third Friday of the Exhibitions/Events: Qiu Anxiong: Animated Narratives, month) the Museum is open until midnight. Fabled Journeys in Asian Art: East Asia. Admission: $10 for adults/$7 seniors and military / $5 students. Joint tickets with Nasher Sculpture Center are $16 Dallas Contemporary for adults /$12 seniors and military / $8 students. A non-collecting art museum presenting new and chal- Website: http://dallasmuseumofart.org/ lenging ideas from regional, national and international Phone: 214-922-1200 artists. The institution is committed to engaging the pub- Exhibitions/Events: Encountering Space lic through exhibitions, lectures, educational programs and events. Dallas Contemporary is a not-for-profit Meadows Museum charity. The Meadows Museum has a large permanent collection th th Location: 161 Glass Street of 10 – 20 century Spanish Art. Also the Bridwell Library (on campus) has a collection of rare theological books. Neighborhood: West of Arts District Distance from Convention Center: 2 miles Location: 5900 Bishop, Southern Methodist University Transportation: Red Line to Parker Road Neighborhood: University Park Admission: Free Distance from Convention Center: 6.5 mi. Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 11am to 6 pm, Sundays 12pm Transportation: Blue Line to Downtown Garland Station to 5 pm. Hours: Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm, Thursdays until 9pm, Phone: 214-821-2522 Saturdays 10am-5pm, Sundays 1 pm-5pm Website: dallascontemporary.org/ Admission: $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, $4 for students. Exhibitions/Events: Rob Pruitt – large scale installation. Complimentary admission on Thursdays after 5 pm. Website: http://smu.edu/meadowsmuseum/index.htm Telephone: 214-768-2516

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McKinney Avenue Contemporary Nasher Sculpture Center

The McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) is a non- Opened in 2003, the Nasher Sculpture Center houses a profit organization that stands as Dallas’s advocate for collection of modern and contemporary sculpture. It is creative freedom offering the opportunity for experimenta- located adjacent to the Dallas Museum of Art. The mission tion and presentation of art in all disciplines. It supports of the Nasher is to be an international focal point and the emerging and established artist’s role in society provid- catalyst for the study, installation, conservation, and ing a forum for critical dialogue with their audiences. This appreciation of modern and contemporary sculpture. relationship is cultivated through education and innovative Location: 2001 Flora Street programming. Neighborhood: Arts District Location: 3120 McKinney Ave. Distance from Convention Center: 1.2 miles Neighborhood: Uptown Transportation: Red Line to Parker Road Distance from Convention Center: 2.2 miles Hours: Sunday through Saturday 11am-5pm. Transportation: Bus 039 to McKinney & Sneed Admission: $10 Adults, $7 Seniors & Military, $5 Students Admission: Free. Performances are offered for a small fee. Website: http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/ Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 11am - 9pm Phone: 214-242-5100 Phone: 214-953-1212 Exhibitions/Events: The Nasher will be between main Website: www.the-mac.org/ exhibits, however the permanent collection and outdoor Exhibitions/Events: Eric Eley:Coincident Disruption; a col- garden will be open. laborative exhibition by Marilyn Jolly, Melba Northum and Susan Sitzes titled Transience: Imperfect, Impermanent, ARCHITECTURE Incomplete; Walter Nelson: Graffiti on Aspen Trees – Na- ture vs. Man. Dallas Center for Architecture

Museum of Geometric and MADI Art The Dallas Center for Architecture offers guided walking tours of the Arts District and Main Street District, as well as In 1946 in Buenos Aires, Carmelo Arden Quin articulated architectural exhibitions and programming. the ideas of the MADI movement in his MADI Manifesto. The movement has combined complexity and uniqueness Location: 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100 with playfulness and whimsy. Focusing on geometric Neighborhood: Just north of the Arts District shapes that spill out of the traditional frame, and articu- Distance from Convention Center: 1 mile lated and mobile structures, MADI artists refuse to make Transportation: Bus 051 to San Jacinto & St. Paul the object representative, but rather focus on the object Hours: Tours of the Arts District are scheduled the first and and the colors themselves. third Saturdays of every month at 10am; a tour will take place on January 21. Tours of the Main Street District are Location: 3109 Carlisle Street scheduled the second and fourth Saturdays of each month. Neighborhood: North of the Arts District Reservations and payment must be made in advance. Distance from Convention Center: 2.4 miles Admission: $10 for guided walking tours; admission to Transportation: Bus 039 to Bowen & Carlisle exhibitions is free. Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am to 5 pm, Thursday –11am Website: http://dallascfa.com/ to 7 pm, Sunday 1 - 5pm, Monday - Closed Phone: 214-742-3242 Admission: Free Website: http://geometricmadimuseum.org/ Phone: 214-855-7802 Exhibitions/Events: Geometric Artists Circle the Globe.

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ARTS DISTRICT AT&T Performing Arts Center With the creation of the Arts District, Dallas commissioned some The AT&T Performing Arts Center is made up of four main of the world’s most prominent architects—including four Pritzker elements: the Margot & Bill Winspear Opera House, Dee Prize winners—to establish an outstanding architectural district and Charles Wyly Theater, Sammons Park, and Annette within the city center. Strauss Square .

Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House Dallas Museum of Art The Foster + Partners-designed opera house opened to the The Dallas Museum of Art, designed by Edward Larrabee public in 2009. The red exterior of the concrete hall refer- Barnes, was completed in 1984, with an addition added in ences the red traditionally used in the interior of opera 1993. houses.

Location: 1717 North Harwood Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre Neighborhood: Arts District With the Wyly Theater, REX/OMA, Joshua Prince-Ramos Distance from Convention Center: 1.2 miles and Rem Koolhaas created a structure that reimagined Transportation: Bus 021 to Pearl & Ross traditional ideas of theater design. The interior is a flexible Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday 11am to 5pm; Thursday space that allows for multiple reconfigurations of seating 11am–9pm; Friday*, Saturday, Sunday 11am to 5pm. and performance areas, while the vertical structure devi- *Late Night Fridays (Third Friday of the month, January ates from the traditionally horizontally-situated theater 20), the museum is open until midnight. building. Admission: $10 for adults/ $7 seniors and military / $5 students; joint tickets with the Nasher Sculpture Center Sammons Park are $16 for adults / $12 seniors and military, $8 students. Sammons Park is a 10-acre public park at the center of the Website: http://www.dm-art.org/ Performing Arts District, designed by landscape architect Phone: 214-922-1200 Michael Desvigne with Chicago firm JJR. The park features a signature reflecting pool, numerous small gardens, sprawling lawns, and public performance spaces. Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center Location: 2403 Flora Street The Myerson Symphony Center was completed in 1989, Neighborhood: Arts District making it one of the earliest additions to Dallas’s emerging Distance from Convention Center: 1.4 miles arts district. The entire structure is tilted towards the sky- Transportation: Bus 021 to Pearl & Ross line, establishing it in architect I.M. Pei’s vision as a visual Hours: Tours of the AT&T Performing Arts Center, includ- connector between the arts district and the city’s urban ing the Winspear Opera House, Wyly Theater, Sammons center. Park, and Annette Strauss Square are conducted Mondays, Location: 2301 Flora Street Wednesdays, and Fridays between the hours of 10 and 3 Neighborhood: Arts District and must be scheduled in advance. Distance from Convention Center: 1.2 miles Admission: There is no charge for tours. Transportation: Bus 021 to Pearl & Ross Website: http://www.attpac.org/ Hours: Public tours are given on selected Mondays, Thurs- Phone: 214-954-9925 days, Fridays, and Saturdays at 1pm. Additionally, the museum offers free monthly organ recitals (one of which is on January 20) followed by building tours. Admission: Public tours are free of charge.

Website: http://www.dallasculture.org/ meyersonsymphonycenter/ Phone: 214-670-3600

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Nasher Sculpture Center MAIN STREET DISTRICT

Completed in 2003, the Nasher Sculpture Center is a The Main Street District is the historic center of Dallas and showcase for one of the world’s most important private th home to some of the city’s most important early architec- collections of 20 century sculpture. Architect Renzo Pi- ture including the Adolphus Hotel, the Magnolia Building, ano and Landscape Architect Peter Walker created a space the Statler Hilton, and the Wilson Building. Many of the which fluctuates between indoor and outdoor areas to historic buildings have since been restored and converted house the Raymond and Patty Nasher Collection. into hotels or apartment buildings.

Location: 2001 Flora Street A walk through the district includes the buildings listed Neighborhood: Arts District below as well as Old City Hall, Mercantile Place, and many Distance from Convention Center: 1.2 miles others. Main Street Garden is a centrally-located park Transportation: Red Line to Parker Road from which you can see many of Main Street’s architec- Hours: Tuesday through Sunday 11am to 5pm turally significant buildings. Admission: $10 for adults/$7 seniors, students, and military. Joint tickets with the Dallas Museum of Art are $16 Location: The Main Street District is bordered by Lamar adults/$12 seniors and military/$8 students. Street, Elm Street, US 75/I-45, and Commerce Street. Website: http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/ Neighborhood: Main Street Phone: 214-242-5100 Distance from Convention Center: 0.8 miles Transportation: 15-minute walk or Bus 021 to Commerce Thanks-Giving Square and Griffin

Thanksgiving Square is a 3-acre triangular park at the cen- Magnolia Hotel ter of downtown Dallas, designed by Philip Johnson. The site’s centerpiece is a ninety-foot tall concrete spiraling The Magnolia Hotel was originally built as the headquar- chapel. The center is designed to be a common meeting ters for the Magnolia Petroleum Company. The revolving ground, where people of all faiths and traditions can neon Pegasus atop the building is a re-creation of the gather to witness, celebrate, and promote the spirit of original sign, the corporate logo for the Magnolia Petro- leum Company (and later Mobil Oil). thanksgiving.

Location: 1627 Pacific Avenue Location: 1401 Commerce Street Neighborhood: Just north of the Arts District Neighborhood: Main Street Distance from Convention Center: 0.8 miles Distance from Convention Center: ½ mile Transportation: Bus 051 to Ervay & Bryan, or a 15-minute Transportation: 10 minute walk walk Hours: Visitors may conduct self-guided tours of the Adolphus Hotel

Square from 10 am to 4 pm daily; there is an on-site mu- The French Renaissance-style Hotel Adolphus was built by seum open during those hours as well. Guided tours can the St. Louis firm Barnett, Hayes, and Barnett for beer be arranged for individuals or groups; guided tours must baron Adolphus Busch in 1912. Notice the turret at the be arranged in advance by contacting the center at 214- top right of the building, which some say resembles a Bud- 969-1977 or [email protected]. weiser beer bottle. Admission: There is no charge for self-guided tours or ad- Location: 1321 Commerce Street mission to the chapel; contact the center for pricing on Neighborhood: Main Street guided tours. Distance from Convention Center: ½ mile Website: http://www.thanksgiving.org/ Transportation: 10 minute walk Phone: 888-305-1205

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Bishop Arts District Plano Metropolitan Ballet @ The Courtyard Theater

The Bishop Arts District is a walkable, artistic-minded com- Plano Metropolitan Ballet is a not-for-profit ballet community of galleries, shops, restaurants, and theaters, pany comprised of dancers ages 10–18. Each year the housed in a historic district of mostly 1920s-era store- company presents an original fairy-tale ballet and ALA at- fronts and warehouses. tendees will have the opportunity to see the story of Cin- derella come to life on stage. Location: Centered around the intersection of Bishop & Davis Location: The Courtyard Theater, 1509 Avenue H, Plano Neighborhood: Oak Cliff Neighborhood: Plano Historic District Distance from Convention Center: 3 miles Distance from Convention Center: 17 miles Transportation: Bus 021 to Bishop & Davis Transportation: Red Line to Downtown Plano Station Website: http://bishopartsdistrict.weebly.com/ (Approx. 45 min.) Phone: 214-954-9925 Hours: January 20th at 7pm Admission: $15 Website: http://www.planometballet.org/ DANCE Phone: 972-769-0017 American Ballet Theatre @ Winspear Opera House Sharp Show@ Owen Fine Arts Center (SMU) The world-renowned American Ballet Theatre, under the direction of Kevin MacKenzie, performs a mixed program The Sharp Show is an annual event that features works that includes Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux and which have been choreographed and produced by senior Paul Taylor’s Company B. Performances take place at the dance majors in the Division of Dance/Meadows School of Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, part of the AT&T the Arts at Southern Methodist University. The Sharp Stu- Performing Arts Center complex in the Downtown Dallas dio is located in the Owen Fine Arts Center at the SMU Arts District. campus.

Location: AT&T Performing Arts Center, 2403 Flora St. Location: Owen Fine Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Rm. B100 Neighborhood: Arts District Neighborhood: Southern Methodist University Distance from Convention Center: 1.3 miles Distance from Convention Center: 6.43 miles Transportation: Red or Blue Line to Pearl Street Transportation: Red or Blue Line to Mockingbird Station, Hours: January 20th and 21st at 8pm then Bus 768/Mustang Express (Approx. 30 min.) st nd Admission: $12-150 Hours: January 21 at 8pm, January 22 at 1pm Website: http://attpac.org Admission: Free Phone: 214-880-0202 Website: https://mcs.smu.edu/calendar/event/meadows- dance-sharp-show-0 Phone: 214-768-2787

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GALLERIES Marty Walker

Marty Walker Gallery is committed to exhibiting contem- DRAGON & SLOCUM STREETS porary art by mid-career and emerging artists. The gallery’s formal program is focused on inventive use of mate- (DESIGN DISTRICT) rials and/or process-oriented works as well as outstanding This area contains a number of the city’s most excellent art works in video, photography, sculpture and painting. galleries, interspersed with antique stores and interior design collections. Unless there are Friday or Saturday night Location: 2135 Farrington Street openings the galleries are best seen during regular busi- Neighborhood: Design District ness hours. The galleries cover the best in contemporary Distance from Convention Center: 2.8 miles art with some specializing in European Old Master style. Transportation: Bus 063 to Irving & Manufacturing Hours: Saturdays 12 to 5pm and by appointment Craighead Green Website:http://www.martywalkergallery.com/ Phone: 214-769-0066 The Gallery focuses on contemporary paintings, archival pigment prints and sculpture in a myriad of media and Conduit styles. Craighead Green represents mid to late career artists while continuing their promotion of emerging artists. From its inception in 1984, the focus of Conduit Gallery has been to forge a link between contemporary artists' Location: 1011 Dragon Street work and the public. The Program includes three exhibi- Neighborhood: Design District tions which run concurrently, including the Project Room, Distance from Convention Center: 1.6 miles committed to showing works by artists not represented, Transportation: Bus 063 to Riverfront & Payne often experimental or small scale in scope. Hours: Monday—Thursday 12 to 5pm, Friday 10am to 5:30pm, Saturday 11am to 5pm Location: 1626 Hi Line Dr. #C Website: http://www.craigheadgreen.com/ Neighborhood: Design District Phone: 214-855-0779 Distance from Convention Center: 2.4 miles Transportation: Bus 049 to Hi Line & Oak Lawn Holly Johnson Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 10am to 5pm Website:http://conduitgallery.com/ Holly Johnson Gallery was founded in 2005 in the Dallas Phone: 214-939-0064 Design District and represents thirty contemporary artists from throughout the United States. Photographs Do Not Bend

Location: 1411 Dragon Street Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery is an art gallery dedi- Neighborhood: Design District cated to photo-based art. Artists exhibited range from the Distance from Convention Center: 2 miles early 20th Century to the present. Transportation: Bus 063 to Riverfront & Cole Hours: Tuesday—Saturday, 11 to 5 pm Location: 1202 Dragon Street Website: http://hollyjohnsongallery.com/ Neighborhood: Design District Phone: 214-369-0169 Distance from Convention Center: 1.7 miles Transportation: Bus 059 to Continental & Dragon Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 11am to 6pm

Website:http://www.pdnbgallery.com/ Phone: 214-969-1852

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Sun to Moon Kettle Art

Sun to Moon Gallery has been providing photographic Kettle Art is an artists’ cooperative, run by artists, for art- prints to businesses and residences since 2001. The Gallery ists, on a purely volunteer basis. The gallery is committed currently represents nine photographers who utilize a vari- to providing a venue for local and emerging artists to show ety of styles and techniques to craft their prints. their work.

Location: 1515 Levee Street Location: 2714 Elm Neighborhood: Design District Neighborhood: Deep Ellum Distance from Convention Center: 2.2 miles Distance from Convention Center: 1.6 miles Transportation: Bus 049 to Hi Line & Oak Lawn Transportation: Bus 011 to Malcom X & Elm Hours: Thursday through Saturday 11am to 5pm Hours: Thursday through Saturday, 7pm to 10pm Website:http://www.suntomoon.com/ Website:http://www.kettleart.com/ Phone: 214-745-1199 Phone: 214-573-7622

Banks Fine Art UPTOWN

Banks Fine Art specializes in Midcentury modern, Ameri- Uptown is an area north of downtown roughly located can and European antique oil paintings. north of Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Highway 366. It has several galleries of note, not necessarily near to each Location: 1313 Slocum Street, suite 103 other. Neighborhood: Design District

Distance from Convention Center: 2 miles David Dike Fine Art Transportation: Bus 049 to Hi Line & Edison Hours: Monday—Friday 9am to 5pm, Saturday 10am to David Dike Fine Art specializes in late 19th and 20th cen- 5pm tury American and European paintings with an emphasis Website:http://www.banksfineart.com on the Texas Regionalists and Texas Landscape painters.

Phone: 214-352-1811 Location: 2613 Fairmount Street Neighborhood: Uptown DEEP ELLUM Distance from Convention Center: 1.8 miles Deep Ellum is east of downtown centered on Elm and sur- Transportation: Bus 021 to McKinney & Fairmount rounding streets and extending under North Central Ex- Hours: Monday—Friday 10am to 5 pm, Saturday 11am to pressway into the Fair Park area. This area was the center 4pm of African-American culture in the 19th and early 20th cen- Website:http://www.daviddike.com/ turies. Deep Ellum is home to a few cooperatively run gal- Phone: 214720-4044 leries and several excellent traditional galleries. MADI Art Museum and Gallery Barry Whistler Gallery Location: 3109 Carlisle Street Barry Whistler carries contemporary artists, mostly local. Neighborhood: Uptown

Location: 2909-B Canton Street Distance from Convention Center: 2.4 miles Neighborhood: Deep Ellum Transportation: Bus 039 to Bowen & Carlisle Distance from Convention Center: 1.5 miles Hours: Tuesday—Saturday 11am to 5pm, Thursday 11am Transportation: Bus 011 to Malcom X & Canton to 7pm, Sunday 1 to 5pm Hours: Wednesday through Saturday, noon to 5pm Admission: Free Website:http://www.barrywhistlergallery.com/ Website: http://geometricmadimuseum.org/ Phone: 214-939-0242 Phone: 214-855-7802

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Dunn and Brown Contemporary Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden

The gallery is committed to exhibiting outstanding and One of Dallas’ oldest galleries, Valley House Gallery & groundbreaking contemporary art in a variety of media by Sculpture Garden is unique. Its founder, Don Vogel, was a established and emerging artists. painter and gallery owner. His son, Keith, continued the

Location: 5020 Tracy Street enterprise which specializes in early Texas art, carries out- Neighborhood: Uptown sider art, and often the best of contemporaneous Texas Distance from Convention Center: 5.6 miles art. The gallery is set within a beautifully landscaped and Transportation: Bus 021 to McKinney & Monticello tranquil sculpture garden open free to the public most hours. Hours: Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 5pm Website: http://www.dunnandbrown.com/ Location: 6616 Spring Valley Road Phone: 214-521-4322 Neighborhood: North Dallas Distance from Convention Center: 13.8 miles FURTHER NORTH Transportation: Red Line to Bus 463 to Spring Valley & Oak Point

Hours: Monday through Saturday 10 am—5 pm Martin Lawrence Gallery Website:http://www.valleyhouse.com/ Specializes in original paintings and fine European prints of Phone:972-239-2441 world-renowned artists such as Picasso, Dali, and Erté.

Location: Dallas Galleria, 13550 Dallas Parkway Neighborhood: North Dallas MUSIC Distance from Convention Center: 12 miles ROCK, FOLK, COUNTRY, ETC. Transportation: Bus 051 to Bus 183 to Dallas N Tollway & Galleria Palladium Ballroom Hours: call for hours Located in the historic Dallas Schepps Dairy Building, the Website: http://martinlawrence.com/ Palladium Ballroom is a large venue that books Indie Rock, Phone:972-716-5335 Rap, Metal, and Folk.

Kittrell Riffkind Art Glass Location: 1135 S. Lamar Neighborhood: Downtown-Deep Ellum Kittrell Riffkind sells original glass objects often handmade Distance from Convention Center: 0.6 miles on the premises. Transportation: Bus 206 to Lamar & Belleview Location: 5100 Beltline Road, Suite 820 Website: http://thepalladiumballroom.com/ Neighborhood: North Dallas Phone: 214-421-2021 Distance from Convention Center: 14.1 miles Upcoming Shows: Saturday, January 21, 8:00 p.m.: Pink Transportation: Bus 051 to Bus 183 to Quorum & Dallas N Floyd Laser Spectacular Show. General Admission tickets Tollway $51.14 (includes taxes and fees) Hours: Monday through Saturday 10am to 6pm Website:http://www.kittrellriffkind.com/ Phone: 972-239-7957

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Sons of Hermann Hall Granada Theater

Named for the Order of the Sons of Hermann, a fraternal Another one of Dallas' historic venues featuring live music, order founded in 1840, Sons of Hermann Hall holds weekly the Granada Theater is an independent event space fea- events that include Rockabilly Tuesdays, Swing Dance turing Indie Rock, Country, and Hip-Hop. Voted one of Wednesdays, and Electric Campfire Jam on Thursdays; "Top 10 Cultural Destinations in Dallas 2008" by Modern bands perform on the weekends. Voted "Best Honky Tonk" Luxury Dallas, Best of the City. and "Best Place to Take a Non-Texan" by The Dallas Ob- Location: 3524 Greenville Ave server. Other things to see and do while you're there: Sons Neighborhood: Lower Greenville of Hermann memorabilia, pool tables, shuffleboard, and Distance from Convention Center: 6 miles an historic bowling alley. Transportation: Red Line to Parker Road Location: 3414 Elm St. Website: http://granadatheater.com/ Neighborhood: Downtown-Deep Ellum Phone: 214-824-9933 Distance from Convention Center: 2 miles Upcoming Shows: Sunday, January 22, doors at 7pm: Transportation: Bus 011 to Malcom X & Elm Scandinavian death metal band In Flames; with Trivium, Website: http://sonsofhermann.com/ Veil of Maya, and Kyng. Tickets $27 (includes taxes and Phone: 214-747-4422 fees). Monday, January 23, doors at 7pm: Garage-rock duo The Kills; with Jeff the Brotherhood. Tickets $20 The Kessler Theater (includes taxes and fees)

This World War II-era Art Deco movie house was once owned by Gene Autry and received the 2011 Preservation JAZZ AND BLUES Achievement Award by Preservation Dallas. The Kessler Theater now functions as a dance studio, performance Pearl at Commerce space, and art gallery; The Dallas Observer's People's Pearl is a neighborhood bar in downtown Dallas which fea- Choice winner for "Best Performing Arts Venue" in 2010. tures live jazz and blues. Happy Hour every Wednesday Live music covers a wide range of Rock, Country, Folk, through Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Latin, and R&B/Soul. Location: 2038 Commerce St. Location: 1230 W. Davis Neighborhood: Downtown Neighborhood: North Oak Cliff Distance from Convention Center: 1.2 miles Distance from Convention Center: 4 miles Transportation: Bus 164 to Commerce & Pearl Transportation: Bus 011 to Jefferson & Edgefield Website: http://www.pearlatcommerce.com/ Website: http://thekessler.org/ Phone: 972-863-2038 Phone: 214-272-8346 Upcoming Shows: Friday, January 20, 6pm: Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks. Tickets $15 (taxes and fees not included). Saturday, January 21, 6pm: The Killdares, Home by Hover- craft. Tickets $17.50 to 25 (taxes and fees not included)

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Balcony Club THEATER

The Balcony Club has live jazz almost every night whose awards and merits not only include The Dallas Observer Addison Comedy Club

Readers' Pick "Best Jazz Club", but "Best Ambience/ Stand-up comedy club. Dining menu (optional) is Chance to Get Lucky". available.

Location: 1825 Abrams Rd. Location: 4980 Beltline Road #250, Addison, TX Neighborhood: Lakewood Distance from the Convention Center: 13.8 miles Distance from Convention Center: 4.9 miles Transportation: Bus 051 to Bus 183 to Quorum & Belt- Transportation: Bus 19 to Gaston & Abrams line Website: for more information, visit http:// Admission: $25 www.voiceplaces.com/balcony-club-dallas-fort-worth- Website: http://www.symfonee.com/Improv/Addison/ 2661583-l/ home/Index.aspx Phone: 214-826-8104 Phone: 972-404-8501 What’s Playing: Maz Jobrani, best known as a founding CLASSICAL member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, which featured some of the top Middle Eastern-American comics in the Meyerson Symphony Center world.

Performance hall for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Dallas Children's Theater Location: 2301 Flora Street Neighborhood: Arts District DCT has presented professional family theater since Distance from Convention Center: 1.2 miles 1984. In addition to their Dallas productions they have a Transportation: Bus 021 to Pearl & Ross national touring company, a theater academy, and a pro- Hours: Friday and Saturday evening performances are at gram to bring the arts to local schools.

8pm.; Sunday matinee performance at 2:30pm. Location: 5938 Skillman, Dallas Admission: $19 - $95 Neighborhood: Oak Lawn Website: https://www.dallassymphony.com/ Distance from Convention Center: 8.3 miles Phone: 214-670-4334 Transportation: Blue or Red Line to Bus 583 to Abrams Upcoming Events: Friday, January 20 - Sunday, January & Impala. 22: Pietary Inkinen conducts the Dallas Symphony Or- Admission: $12-$26 chestra with an all-Finnish program comprised of Rauta- Website: http://www.dct.org/ vaara's Manhattan Trilogy (2003-2005); Sibelius' Sym- Phone: 214-740-0051 phony No. 5 in E-flat Major; and Sibelius' Violin Concerto What's playing: If you give a mouse a cookie, for ages 4 in d minor, with violinist Caroline Goulding. and up.

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Dallas Comedy House Pocket Sandwich Theatre

DCH specializes in improv and sketch comedy training Non-equity theatre with optional dinner service (see and performance. website for menu). PST performs comedies, melodra-

Location: 2645 Commerce Street, Dallas mas, musicals, “and an occasional drama thrown in just to keep us legitimate.” Neighborhood: Deep Ellum Distance from the Convention Center: 1.3 miles Location: 5400 E. Mockingbird, #119 , Dallas Transportation: Bus 011 to Malcom X & Commerce. Neighborhood: Northeast Dallas/White Rock Admission: $10 Distance from the Convention Center: 5 miles Website: http://dallascomedyhouse.com Transportation: Red Line north to Mockingbird Station. Phone: 214-741-4448 Admission: $10-18 (dinner not included) What’s Playing: Comedy at 9 & 10:30pm. Website: http://www.pocketsandwich.com/ Phone: 214-821-1860 Dallas Theater Center What’s playing: The Murders in the Rue Morgue, a spoof of Poe’s stories directed by the author. DTC was founded in 1959 and is one of the country's

leading regional theaters. Their mainstage is the Wyly Stage West Theatre Theatre in the AT&T Performing Arts Center.

Location: 2403 Flora Street A professional theatre for 33 years, Stage West produces Neighborhood: Arts District classics and contemporary works. Dinner theatre op- tions are available. Distance from the Convention Center: 1.5 miles Transportation: walk, or Shuttle: www.e-frogsdallas.com Location: 821 W. Vickery, Ft. Worth Admission: $15-$75 Distance from the Convention Center: 32.4 miles Website: http://www.dallastheatercenter.org Transportation: Red Line to Green Line to T&P Station. Phone:214-880-0202 Admission: $15-35 What’s Playing: Giant, a musical adaptation of Edna Fer- Website: http://stagewest.org/ ber's novel, directed by Michael Greif and with music Phone: 817-784-9378 and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa. What’s Playing: New Jerusalem by David Ives, a drama the New York Times called “engrossing.” The subject: Pegasus Theatre Baruch Spinoza, whose radical beliefs saw him accused

A professional theatre dedicated to producing new of heresy and atheism in 17th century Amsterdam. comedies, Pegasus has been specializing in plays known as “Living in Black & White,” spoofing American b&w movies of the 1930s and 1940s (complete with full black and white design!).

Location: Eisemann Center for Performance Arts, 2351 Performance Drive, Richardson, TX Distance from the Convention Center: 16.5 miles Transportation: Red Line to Galatyn Park Station. Admission: $20-35 Website: http://www.pegasustheatre.org/ Phone: 972-744-4650 What’s playing: The Frequency of Death! A comedy murder-mystery, complete with demented scientist.

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Theatre Arlington

This community theatre started up in 1973 and has since expanded with a 199-seat mainstage in downtown Arling- ton, and a separate education center.

Location: 305 W. Main St. Arlington, TX Neighborhood: Central Distance from the Convention Center: 20.7 miles Transportation: Theatre Arlington is not easily accessible by public transit; driving is recommended. Admission: $19 Website: http:// www.theatrearlington.org/ Phone: 817-275-7661 What’s Playing: Noises Off by Michael Frayn, a play-within- a-play that’s a hilarious farce.

Theatre Three

Location: 2800 Routh Street, Ste. 168 Neighborhood: Oak Lawn Distance from Convention Center: 1.9 miles Transportation: Bus 029 to Maple & Cedar Springs Admission: $20-$40 Website: http://www.theatre3dallas.com/ Phone: 214-871-3300 What's Playing: I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, the hit musical comedy review of courtship and marriage (playing in the Theatre Too studio space).

Water Tower Theatre

Water Tower Theatre has presented musicals and contemporary plays since 1996.

Location: 15650 Addison Road, Addison, TX Neighborhood: North Dallas Distance from Convention Center: 14.3 miles Transportation: Bus 205 to Addison TC Admission: $20-$40 Website: http://www.watertowertheater.org/ Phone: 972-450-6230 What's playing: The diary of Anne Frank, adaptation by Wendy Kesselman.