CITY Magazine- October 2012

The Cabaret GalaAnnual Extravaganza Benefits The Programs Of The Dallas Children’s Theater

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This gala was founded in 1993 to cel-ebrate the 10th anniversary of Dallas Children’s Theater and to raise critical annual funds for the organization. Now celebrating its 20th year, having raised over $1.7 million, it has developed a reputation as one of the most popular fundraising evenings in Dallas!

Emily Bergl, the film, stage and television actress will perform. Emily is most re-cently known for her role as Beth Young on Desperate Housewives, Rachel Lang on the film The Rage: Carrie 2, An-nie O’Donnell on the ABC television show Men in Trees

and Tammy Bryant on the TNT drama series Southland. Since 2010 Emily has performed a cabaret show called Kidding on the Square. In September 2011, with the show in New York, the New York Times wrote of her perfor-mance: “...Emily Bergl, an incandes-cent kewpie doll with a bright Betty Boop-inflected chirp, a defiant flounce and a sharp comedic edge..” The New York Times went on to add “...it felt like a gust of fresh air that could knock you off your feet.” The event will be at The Fairmont’s Venetian Room again. It the Venetian walls could talk, there would be many stories to share about our stellar lineup of past stars. The Gala Raffle offers a chance to win travel prizes to New York and Santa Fe. Gala Tickets are $150 each with sponsorships available. An after-din-ner affair, patrons mix and mingle at candle-lit tables enjoying champagne and decadent dessert. DCT’s Special 20th Anniversary Gala Leading Ladies are Ruth Buzzi, Yvonne Crum, Caroline Rose Hunt, Carolyn Lupton, Jill Rowl-ett and Dee Wyly. The 2012 Gala Chair is Yvonne Crum. --Sally Blanton

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This dinner will honor this year’s award recipient Daryl Johnston. The cock-tail party and dinner at Dallas Coun-try Club has a ticket price starting at $500, and is near the heart of the city. The multiple award-winning Center, housed in the Francis and Mildred Goad Building, offers 63,000-square-feet of state-of-the-art research space and leading-edge technologies exclu-sively dedicated to studying the brain in order to strengthen its lifelong func-tion.

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equesT LunCHeonwomen’s auxiliary Fundraiser

The Equest Women’s Auxiliary Lun-cheon and Style Show will raise money for the Equest Therapeutic Horse-manship program this month. The Equest Women’s Auxiliary president is Kim Miller. Luncheon Chairs are Cara Gravely French and Prissy Gravely. The Honorary Chairs are Helen McGraw and her daughters: Lee McGraw Dansby, Monica McGraw and Tara McGraw. Individual tickets start at $150. Equest’s mission is to empower, enrich and educate through horses.

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At the Kick Off party guests learned that the Evening Under the Stars party (EUTS) will be held on Saturday, Octo-ber 13th at the new Omni Dallas Hotel and feature cocktails, dinner and a pri-vate performance by superstars Kenny Alphine and John Rich of chart busting duo Big & Rich. This year’s event will honor Mary and Mike Terry for the out-stanading and continued commitment to the many programs of St. Jude. In addition, EUTS attendees will enjoy a live and silent auction.

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FirsT nigHT56th season of The Dallas opera

Partygoers line the red carpet to cheer on the fashion designers, whose cre-ations are inspired by the operas, and the celebrity models who wear them as they walk the red carpet. Sports-affiliated personalities will wear this year’s creations as a salute to the Opera’s spring simulcasts held in Cow-boys Stadium. During FIRST NIGHT a simulcast of AIDA will be on screen, allowing participants to enjoy the Red Carpet festivities and see the opera simulcast at no charge.

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signaTure CHeF’s auCTionMarch of Dimes event

The 2012 Dallas Signature Chefs Auc-tion is October 25th and the new Omni Downtown Hotel. This high-profile event attracts more than 800 Dallas philanthropists, including executives from many of the top corporations in Texas. Since 1995, Signature Chefs lead by Kent Rathbun has raised more than $7 million to help moms have full-term pregnancies and research the problems that threaten the health of babies. The Auction follows The Rathbun Art Party, hosted by Rath-bun and his wife Tracy. This event has showcased the talents of a local group of artists for the past nine years. They combine their skills, mediums and per-sonalities to create a truly unique ex-perience for the art connoisseur while raising money for March of Dimes – the Dallas Division will receive 100 percent of the proceeds from the ticket purchases. The Art Part is Sunday, October 07, at 7 PM at the Rathbun Penthouse in The Heights Tower, 8066 Park Lane. The party features the fol-lowing artists: Mindy Collins (painter), Rick Griggs (painter), Scott Harben (sculptor/photographer), Chris and Ron Marrs (glass works) and Tamara White (painter). At the Auction, top lo-cal chefs prepare food for the guests while premium wine tasting and exclu-sive live auction items are also included -- a truly unique fine dining event. This year will mark Kent Rathbun’s 15th an-niversary as the lead chef. Chairs are Shannon Brame, Anita Braun, Diane Brierley and Dean McSherry. Individual tickets are $325. For more info con-tact: [email protected].

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The Dallas Opera was happy to announce that this season’s FIRST NIGHT theme: Art and Sports Together, will be reflected both on and off the Red Carpet on the evening of Friday, October 26, 2012 as the Dallas Opera honors several great women from the wide world of sports, from the Olympic playing fields to the administrative offices of one of the best-known sports franchises in the world today. At this evening’s FIRST NIGHT Announcement Party, it was revealed that Professional Basketball Hall of Fame legend Nancy Lieberman will be this year’s special honoree.

TopChair Kaki Hopkins, Lynn MockCenterDon and Ellen WinspearBottomHonorary Chairs Patti and John Cody


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Chick Lit ReunionCommunity Partners of Dallas

Home of Sandy Moore

The 2012 luncheon was a huge success with a tribute video to Lynn McBee. Com-munity Partners of Dallas is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring safety and restoring dignity and hope to abused and neglected children by providing resources and support to the caseworkers of Dallas County Child Protective Services. Some programs are Rainbow Room, Kids in Crisis, Adopt-A-Caseworker, The Heart Program, Story Line, and Caseworker Appreciation. Community Partners of Dallas served more than 16,000 children last year.

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Suits for SheltersMary Kay Foundation Event

Tootsies

Hosts Maleiah and Ryan Rogers welcomed over 120 guests to specialty retailer Tootsies to launch the fourth an-nual Suits for Shelters program, a Mary Kay Foundation and Mary Kay, Inc. initia-tive. Upon arrival, stylish guests mingled over champagne, cocktails and light bites, while perusing summer fashions and accessories. Those who brought donations including women’s profes-sional clothing for survivors of domestic violence were treated to a $25 Tootsies gift card. As the evening came to a close, partygoers received a signature Mary Kay gift bag.

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Carolina Rendon, Vice President, Allie Beth Allman, held a special recep-tion celebrating the re-launch of sales for The Park Cities Shelton, a luxury high-rise within the prestigious Highland Park School District. The evening an-nounced the property’s new pricing and showcased the building’s two-story penthouse, as well as the former home of television sensation, Dr. Phil McGraw. During the reception, guests mixed and mingled throughout the different floors on display, while enjoying cocktails and light hors d oeuvres. Guests were enter-tained by local music act Goga.

TopCarolina and Marcel RendonCenterDavid and Robin FairBottomAllie Beth and Pierce Allman

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The 2012 honorees were Tricia Besing, Nancy Carlson, Nancy Carter, Ashley Tripplehorn Hunt, Dee Dee Lee, Lynn McBee, Pat McEvoy, Kim Miller, Pam Perella and Ellen Winspear. After three years on the list, the honorees are pro-moted to the Best-Dressed Hall of Fame. Each year, one member is chosen from the Hall of Fame and honored for her ongoing commitment to style and com-munity involvement. This year’s honoree was Lana Andrews. Honorary Chair was Gene Jones. Gene Jones, wife of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, has signed on as honorary chairman of the luncheon.

TopChairman Robyn Conlon and husband DonCenterRachael Dedman and Nancy DedmanBottomAbigail and Michal Powell

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NorthPark and other malls and stores

September 6th marked the milestone of the fourth annual Fashion’s Night Out, a now-global initiative founded in 2009 by American Vogue, the Council of Fashion Designers of America, NYC & Company, and the City of New York. It is best thought of like New Year’s Eve for the style obsessed, FNO brought parties, runway shows, designer ap-pearances, extended hours, and more, to top Dallas-area retail destinations. Dallas was among the fashion-forward cities around the world that played a part in the event. Anna Wintour of Vogue Magazine created the event four years ago to inspire people to shop and jump start the economy.

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Music Legend Leon Russell, who is said to be one of the most accom-plished and versatile musicians in rock ‘n roll, will play live at the Annette Strauss Square in the Arts Dirstrict. In his distinguished and unique 50 year career, he has played on, arranged, written and/or produced some of the best records in popular music. Leon has played on pop, rock, blues, coun-try, bluegrass, standards, gospel, and surf records. As a session musician, arranger, producer, singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist, record company own-er, bandleader, and touring musician, he has collaborated with hundreds of artists, including Glen Campbell, Joe Cocker, Willie Nelson, Edgar Winter, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and Marvin Gaye. He has also played with legendary rock groups like The Mon-kees, The Ventures, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Rolling Stones and The Righteous Brothers. Born in southwest Oklahoma in 1942, Leon began piano lessons at age 4. He was playing in Tulsa nightclubs at the age of 14. After graduating from high school, Leon’s band, The Starlighters, went on the road with Jerry Lee Lewis. Leon even-tually became part of an elite group of studio musicians called the Wreck-ing Crew and played on hundreds of hit records in the 1960s. Leon’s first solo album to earn a Gold record was Leon Russell and The Shelter People (1971). The Carney album, released in 1972, would be his best seller and in-cluded the single, “Tight Rope” which reached #11 on the pop music charts. Recently, Leon performed at the 2010 Grammys with the Zac Brown Band. He performed with Elton John at Music Cares honoring Neil Young in January 2010. Leon and Sir Elton John re-leased, The Union, a duet album pro-duced by T Bone Burnett on October 19, 2010.

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Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder will play live at the Annette Strauss Square with special guest Junior Brown. Fourteen-time GRAMMY Award-winner Skaggs’ career is easily among the most significant in recent country music history. If Skaggs’ bur-geoning trophy case full of awards wasn’t already enough evidence of that fact, consider that legendary gui-tarist Chet Atkins once creditedSkaggs with “single-handedly saving country music.”

Genre: CountryDate: October 9Details: www.ATTPac.org

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David Byrne & St. Vincent just released their joint album, Love This Giant on September 11. Recorded over two years largely at Water Music in Hobo-ken, NJ, the album is a collabora-tion in the truest sense of the word, with Byrne and St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) co-writing ten of the album’s twelve tracks, and each artist penning one song individually. The album cen-ters around an explosive brass band and is propelled by John Congleton’s drum programming.

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Dennis DeYoung, a founding member of the rock band Styx, will showcase the greatest hits of the 70s, 80s and 90s like you have never heard them before performed live with the DSO. This symphonic rock spectacular showcases lead singer of Styx Den-nis DeYoung and his memorable hits, including “Come Sail Away,” “Babe,” “Mr. Roboto,” “The Best of Times,” “Don’t Let It End,” “Show Me The Way” and “Lady.” Hear all the hits in one unforgettable evening.

Genre: Classic RockDate: October 12Details: www.DallasSymphony.com

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Singer-song writer and composer Ru-fus Wainwright, will be performing a special one night only performance in the acoustic elegance of the Meyer-son. The Grammy-Award nominee has already established himself as one of the great male vocalists and songwrit-ers of his generation and has achieved his success by carving out his own singular sound in the worlds of rock, opera, theater, dance and film. His seventh album, Out of the Game was released earlier this year.

Genre: Singer-SongwriterDate: October 14Details: www.DallasSymphony.com

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What is already being heralded as her most stunning and grandest extrava-ganza ever, Madonna’s MDNA Tour, will stop at the American Airlines Center for one night only. The tour, which opened in Tel Aviv on May 31st, includes over 700 costumes elements, six costume changes for the Mate-rial Girl and costume changes for the dancers with each song. Longtime Madonna stylist, Arianne Phillips, and her staff of 25 have put together an ar-ray of big name designers and emerg-ing talent including Jean Paul Gaultier Couture, Brooks Brothers, Prada/Miu-Miu shoes, club and street style inno-vators Jeremy Scott & Adidas, Dolce & Gabanna and several new creative partnerships, as well as her own Truth or Dare line encompassing lingerie and shoes that are scheduled to come out this the Fall. The Material Girl’s MDNA tour essentially runs the gamut from long time collaborators and new part-ners, fashion designers, retailers and artists along with dazzling elements of Swarovski crystals. The wardrobe reflects new twists on familiar themes including spirituality, prophecy, light, super-vixen, Americana/sassy, major-ette with a message, masculine, femi-nine, redemption and celebration. With styles including Truth or Dare lingerie with crosses, colorful metal mesh tee shirts, specially designed accessories including gargoyle and bunny masks, Brooks Brothers shirts and canes, swords, gun holsters, jeweled acces-sories, mirrored track suits, Lord of War tee shirts, Phillips designed Joan of Arc ensembles, a majorette cos-tume with a l940’s inspired silhouette and Shaolin warrior costumes, fash-ionistas will easily find a wide range of styles and likely some new trends. The MDNA World Tour, her ninth, is in support of her MDNA album which debuted at the number one spot in 40 countries.

Genre: PopDate: October 20Details: www.TicketMaster.com

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Carrie Underwood’s The Blown Away Tour, which kicked off in Septem-ber, stops at the AAC with spe-cial guest Hunter Hayes. Her latest arena tour is in support of her new album Blown Away and included an international run of shows this sum-mer sponsored by Olay. The country superstar’s first-ever United Kingdom concert took place at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall in London on June 21, which sold-out in 90 minutes. “I couldn’t wait to get back out on the road and perform new music from my new album for my fans,” Underwood said of her latest tour. “We have a lot of exciting things planned!” Carrie is donating $1 from each ticket sold on the North American leg of The Blown Away Tour to support Red Cross di-saster relief. Every year, the American Red Cross prepares for and responds to nearly 70,000 disasters across the United States. This donation will help the Red Cross provide shelter, food, and emotional support for those in need after a disaster. Proceeds from her Canadian concerts will be donated to the Canadian Red Cross. Carrie’s two previous headline tours, 2008’s Carnival Ride Tour and 2010’s Play On Tour, performed for a combined to-tal of nearly 250 shows with 2.2 million fans in attendance, and she wrapped both years as the top-ranked female country touring artist. Since releas-ing Some Hearts in 2005, Underwood has sold more than 14 million albums. Hunter Hayes, the multi-talented writer, musician, producer, and performer, is the only country artist to play every instrument, write/co-write every song, and co-produce his critically acclaimed self-titled debut album. As the 2012 ACM New Artist of the Year nominee, Hunter has been touring and perform-ing live for decades, most recently selling out venues across the US and Canada on his Most Wanted tour.

Genre: CountryDate: October 24Details: www.TicketMaster.com

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On his new album Thank You Camel-lia, Kris Allen delivers on everything his fans love him for and more. The album is a showcase for the easy, lived-in richness of Kris’ voice as well as his knack for crafting hook-filled pop melodies and writing heartfelt lyr-ics that explore the ups and downs of love. These talents were very much on display on Kris’ 2009 self-titled debut album, which featured hit single “Live Like We’re Dying” and was released after winning American Idol.

Genre: RockDate: October 21Details: www.HOB.com

The Emerald Trio will open the new season of Fine Arts Chamber Players‘ Bancroft Family Concerts at the Dal-las Museum of Art. Emerald Trio is an international violin, cello and piano trio from Russia, Lithuania and Québec, featuring Dallas Symphony Orchestra violinist Aleksandr Snytkin, cellist Ma-rie-Thaïs Levesque Oliver and pianist Anastasia Markin. Emerald Trio will present Trio No. 3 in f minor, Op. 65 by Dvorák and Trio No. 1 in c minor, Op. 8 by Shostakovich.

Genre: ClassicalDate: October 20 Details: www.FineArtsChamberPlayers.org

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This exhibition will seek to examine four creative strategies that seem to be almost essential to creating and exhibiting modern sculpture: interest in modules, series and process; the artist’s preoccupation with the relation between a whole and its parts; the ex-perimental interplay between fragment and totality and the artist’s engage-ment with the modern world. For the first strategy, the exhibition will focus upon the recurrent use of elements or modules that is seen so often in the sculptural works of minimalist and post minimalist artists. This strategy will be highlighted in the works of Carl Andre who is highly recognized for works that demonstrate ordered linear formats and grid formatted structures. This strategy is also heavily appar-ent in the works of Richard Serra who is known for working with large scale assemblage of sheet metal, such as his work, Vortex, which can be viewed outside the Museum of Modern Art in Fort Worth. For the second strategy, a part’s relationship to the whole will be examined by looking at the creative processes of the artist which asks the question, “How much of a figure can be stripped away before the figure loses its essence?” In many ways, the works examined will look at the creative process of deconstruction as artists often tear apart works to create them; finding pieces that work best if displayed solitarily or if reassembled differently. For the final two strategies, the exhibition will highlight the use of everyday objects in the artist’s works and the ways in which they interpret and represent these objects so as to highlight the larger social context which the objects themselves repre-sent. A prime example would be the large-scale public installations of Claes Oldenburg.

Museum:Nasher Sculpture CenterExhibition:Closes January 13Details:www.NasherSculptureCenter.org

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This exhibition features the murals of Hale Aspacio Woodruff, whose works have been on display since 1938 at Talladega College’s Savery Library. At the time, he was a rising artist-edu-cator who was inspired by issues of social injustice. He created a series of three Amistad murals which was the first depiction of the 20th century case of 53 Africans who staged a revolt as a schooner made its way from Cuba to a Caribbean plantation, killing the cap-tain and sailing toward Africa.

Museum:African American MuseumExhibition:Closes January 13Details:www.AAMdallas.org

Rising UpHale Woodruff’s Murals at Talladega

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Glasgow-based artist Karla Black cre-ated two site-specific installations for the Dallas Museum of Art. Black is known for using traditional art-making materials such as plaster, paint, paper and chalk along with daily use items such as makeup and toiletries. By transforming light, fragile materials into large-scale sculptures of, Black creates abstract works that suggests physical explorations into thinking and feeling. Her use of perishable substances sug-gest feminine connotations. Museum:Dallas Museum of ArtExhibition:Opens October 19Details:www.DallasMuseumofArt.com


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Linder Mulvey is touted as one of the most important British artists of her generation. This multi-faceted artist not only works in the medium of col-lage, but also in the mediums of mu-sic, film, theatre and two-dimensional art. Mulvey reached notoriety during the 1970’s during the prevalence of the punk music scene in Manchester, England. This exhibition will focus upon Mulvey’s large-scale photograph-ic works which will displayed in light boxes.

Museum:Goss Michael FoundationExhibition:Opens October 19Details:www.GossMichaelFoundation.org

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diffeRenceWorks By female artists

This exhibition explores the work of contemporary women artists that has been produced over the past fifty years. More than eighty works in a variety of media will be shown. The exhibition draws attention to the fact that there is only one thing these artists have in common and in doing so, asks the question “What’s the difference, and does it matter?” Some already well-known works within the collection compare/contrast with recent acquisi-tions that have never been on view.

Museum:Dallas Museum of ArtExhibition:Opens October 19Details:www.DallasMuseumofArt.com

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Beginning with the early works by Jules Chéret in the 1870’s and 80’s, this exhibition explores the progres-sion of the artistic poster through its rise to fame in Paris. The artistic poster, may have began in 1870, but it truly experienced a meteoric rise in the 1890’s with artists such as Henri de Toulous-Lautrec. It was at this time, called the fin de siècle (end of the century) when much of the art and literature of the time revealed notes of boredom, despondency and morbid-ity. Inspired by the works of Degas, of fine Japanese prints and the photog-raphy at the time, the works of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec often focused on the seedy nightlife themes of brassy lighting, corrupt characters and facial distortions. In sharp contrast, the art of Pierre Bonnard, who met Toulouse-La-trec in 1891, typically featured brightly sun-lit rooms with friends and family. Bonnard did not paint directly from life. He typically sketched his subjects and made notes about the feelings, colors and features. Synthetism is a term used by post-impressionist artists such as Paul Gaugin to separate the style of their work from Impressionism. In 1892, Bonnard labored to create his

first series of de-cor work, which he called “apartment frescoes.” Over the next forty years, he continued to fulfill many of these types of commissioned works which typical-ly were marked by whimsical scenery in a palette of soft, delicately blurred colors. His decora-tive pieces often de-picted interior spac-es, inviting streets or floral gardens.

Museum:Dallas Museum of ArtExhibition:Opens October 14Details:www.DallasMuseumOfArt.com

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One of Spain’s greatest poets, Luis de Góngora y Argote was appointed as a post connected to the cathedral of Córdoba and worked his way into a seat at the court of Madrid as a royal chaplain for King Philip III. Though he received praise for his poetry, he also made many enemies who disliked his controversial poetry, gambling and less-tha-pious behavior. This disfavor eventually resulted in him becoming enemies with fellow poet, Francisco de Quevedo, as the two frequently chastised each other’s writing styles. Quevedo’s writing was straightforward and satirical while Góngora’s style used difficult vocabulary and construc-tions. Upon Gongora’s death in 1627, his poetry became largely forgotten for three hundred years until it underwent a rebirth at the hands of literary circles of the modern world. Gongora’s style seemed to resonate well with the work of poets such as Federico García Lorca, Rafael Alberti, and other poets of Spain’s “Generation of 1927.” Gon-gora also enjoyed a resurrection of his work in France in the late 19th century, where French Symbolist writers were enamored by Gongora’s usage of metaphors and his scientific approach. Just after World War II, Colonna, an editor and friend of Picasso commis-sioned the artist to work on a series of illustrations for a book series entitled, “Les Grands Peintres Modernes et le Livre,” which was published in 1948. “Vingt Poëmes,” the focus of this exhi-bition, is the result of this collaboration. Livres d’artiste are characterized by the artist’s visual interpretation of the text, and as such, the China paper im-pressions of Vingt Poëmes reveal the richness of Picasso’s illustrations. The rare copy of Vingt Poëmes on display at the Meadows this fall is the sixth of the fifteen de luxe copies. Nineteen full-page etched female heads comple-ment the sonnets.

Museum:Meadows Museum at SMUExhibition:Closes January 13Details:www.SMU/MeadowsMuseum


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cUlTURal geoMeTRyKevin cole, albert shaw, and Jack White

This exhibition, which is curated by Phillip Collins, will focus on geomet-ric art as it is viewed in cultural terms. Kevin Cole uses repetitive forms and color to create three dimensional struc-tures that invite those who experience his work to reflect upon abstracted ref-erences to a necktie. Albert Shaw has served as the design artist for public installations of art. Jack White has pushed African American painting into as many mainstream venues as any contemporary artist.

Museum:Geometric Madi MuseumExhibition:Closes October 14Details:www.GeometricMadiMuseum.org

on THe silK Roadchinese ceramics, culture and commerce

Examples of proto-porcelain ap-peared in China about 3,000 years ago and hard-paste porcelain began to be made around 1,800 years ago. This precious product was sometimes called “white gold,” especially in the West. Foreign trade and changing do-mestic markets played a role in stimu-lating Chinese potters to continually reinvent their techniques. During the 18th century a flourishing business de-veloped between Western nations and the Chinese port of Canton.

Museum:Crow Collection of Asian ArtExhibition:Closes January 27Details:www.CrowCollection.org


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GALLERIESOctober 2012 / Page 30

Texas native and nationally recognized artist, Roger Winter has been creat-ing art for 40+ years. Winter derived his unique artistic style by blend-ing the minimalistic and reductionis-tic characteristics that so commonly represented art from the 1960’s with modern aspects of photo-realism and neo-impressionism. Through works that are typically wall-sized or medium in scope, Winter attempts to capture the essence of family life in suburbia and to demonstrate the cacophony of New York’s urban street scene. Winter served on the faculty of SMU’s Mead-ows School of the Arts from 1963 until 1989, where he mentored some of the most important contemporary artists in Texas, including John Alexander and David Bates. Through his extensive career, Winter has consistently avoided being labeled as any one type of art-ist. His openness to change and his experimental nature has allowed him to move back and forth between a variety of styles with precision and mastery. His keen observation of the intrica-cies of daily life and his ability to find the magic in the mundane allow him to blend interesting direct observations with memories and even dreams to create works with unparalleled layers of complexity and depth. Winter also juxtaposes photographic representa-tions of images with unexpected ele-ments to create works that feel like they are part fiction and part reality. Roger Winter was born in Denison, Texas. He holds a BFA from the Uni-versity of Texas at Austin and a MFA from the University of Iowa. His works are included in permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the El Paso Museum of Art, the Meadows Museum of Art in Dallas, and the Mc-Nay Museum in San Antonio. He cur-rently lives and works in Santa Fe and New York.

Gallery:Kirk Hopper Fine ArtExhibition:Closes October 6Details:www.KirkHopperFineArt.com

RogeR WinteRBetween Heaven and earth

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Autumn de FoRestChild Prodigy

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Autumn de Forest is a ten-year old professional artist who has been creat-ing works of art for most of her life. Her works are collected internationally and some pieces sell upwards of $25,000. She has been featured on the Discov-ery Channel, Inside Edition and has been interviewed on the Today Show by Matt Lauer. She currently tours the country and performs lectures for cor-porations, charities and has been in-vited to speak at Harvard University.

Gallery:Wisby-Smith Fine ArtExhibition:Opens October 19Details:www.Wisby-Smith.com

This annual exhibition and juried art show features a variety of local, re-gional, and international artists working in traditional and contemporary styles to celebrate, explore, and honor the people, things and ideas that have moved beyond the veil. For 26 years, the Día de los Muertos shows at the Bath House have exhibited works of incredible works of art that cover a wide variety of artistic works, that span all mediums and approaches to art and culture.

Gallery:Bath House Cultural CenterExhibition:Opens October 13Details:www.DallasCulture.org

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KeitH s. WAlKletWild light

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Walklet will show photographs from places that most of us just dream about, favoring “lofty vantage points where the drama and personality of the landscape are revealed on a grand scale.” His appreciation for remote vistas often requires strenuous hikes and overnight stays at great elevations, where the oxygen is thin and the nights very cold, to ensure that he is in place to greet the first rays of the emerging dawn and the last, colorful moments as dusk gives way to the evening sky.

Gallery:Sun To MoonExhibition:Closes October 13Details:www.SunToMoon.com

For over 25 years in the fashion in-dustry, this dutch couple has chal-lenged, inspired and driven the field of professional fashion photography. They are regular contributors to Vogue Paris, Purple Magazine, W Magazine and V Magazine among many oth-ers and have created iconic adver-tising campaigns for leading fashion and fragrance brands including: Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Gucci, Givenchy, Balenciaga and Chanel.

Gallery:Dallas ContemporaryExhibition:Closes December 30Details:www.DallasContemporary.org

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This exhibition features colorful photo-graphic prints from around the world, including classic prints and many new works by photographers Scot Miller and R.P Washburne. Photographer Scot Miller, a native Texas, first began his love of photography in the early 70s. He uses his camera as a tool to inspire an appreciation and under-standing of the beauty and power of places such as Yosemite, Walden Pond, The Maine Woods, the glorious Texas Hill Country and especially for under-appreciated areas like the Great Trinity Forest in Dallas, which is the largest urban, hardwood bottomland forest in North America. In 2005, Scot collaborated with the Harvard Museum of Natural History to develop “Tho-reau’s Walden: A Journey in Photo-graphs by Scot Miller.” Currently this is a traveling exhibition that is managed by the Cincinnati Museum Center. For the last fifteen years, Scot has been working with a new medium. He has begun carrying a digital video camera system into the field, which can be a challenge when backpacking into the backcountry or standing on frozen ponds. This has allowed Scot to use new techniques and photographic treatments to further add complexity to his work. Within the Dallas area, Scot Miller has highlighted many key fea-tures including a photographic series of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. For this exhibition, Scot will show along-side Dick, also known R.P.Washburne, whose name is also synonymous with Dallas. He regularly publishes travel stories alongside his photography in both D Magazine and the Robb Re-port and he presently shoots Major League Baseball games for D Maga-zine’s sports blog, Inside Corner. His penchant for crisp-documentary-style photography will be highlighted by his work in this exhibition.

Gallery:Sun To Moon GalleryExhibition:Opens October 18Details:www.SunToMoon.com

A mAtteR oF PeRsPeCtiVes scot miller and R.P. Washburne

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Artist John Kingerlee has a history that is as rich and as complex as his art. Born in England in 1936, he became a rebellious young boy and was illiterate until the age of 11 when he was sent to be educated in a school run by the Marist Fathers, a Catholic institute of brothers. In the 1950’s John met his wife, Mo. At the time he didn’t wish to be a painter at all, but rather had as-pirations to become a poet and writer. It was out of necessity to provide food for his table that he began gardening and actually worked for a few years in the Rudolf Steiner homes teach-ing children with learning disabilities how to garden. After this, he ran an organic flour mill until 1962 when he began painting. Perhaps it was the techniques John learned in the garden and in the mill that lead to the devel-opment of his artistic technique. The artist paints standing up, applying a new layer of paint, one at a time. He chooses to work with palette knives and a decorator’s brush. Together he scrapes and stipples into the layers of paint much like a gardener tending to a garden patiently, and patience is a necessity as a finished painting for Kingerlee may involve 50-100+ layers of paint that have been carefully ap-plied, tended to and allowed to dry. In the 1980’s, Kingerlee experienced two life-changing events. The first in-volved a move to West Cork’s Beara

Peninsula where the artist currentlylives a fairly isolated life with his wife.Secondly, he made the decision to convert to Islam in 1988, which forbids him to create direct transcriptions of the human form in his artwork.

Gallery:Alan Barnes Fine ArtExhibition:Closes October 13Details:www.AlanBarnesFineArt.com

JoHn KingeRleeFrom Cleanagh and Beyond

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Jesus moRolesRings of granite

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Jesus Moroles has become well known for his large-scale granite sculptures. In 1981, Moroles pur-chased his first large diamond saw, which began his long term commit-ment to create a studio. To date, Mo-roles’ work has been included in over 130 one-person exhibitions and over 200 group exhibitions. He has lectured extensively about his work and the is-sue of public sculpture. This exhibition will feature several large suspended rings of granite.

Gallery:PDNB GalleryExhibition:Opens October 13Details:www.PDNBGallery.com

The artist’s works in this exhibition are intended to reflect feelings about memories which are often an attempt to perfect what was flawed and recre-ate what was a dream. Artist Charlotte Seifert uses art as a way to remember. By using the colors and tones the artist captures the exact way she was feel-ing as she stood on a certain beach or walked through a field. Many times the artist creates not from life, but rather from memories while in her studio.

Gallery:Norwood Flynn Art GalleryExhibition:Opens October 6Details:www.NorwoodFlynnGallery.com

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THEATEROctober 2012 / Page 36

Guiseppe Verde’s popular drama, Aida was first performed at the Khedivial Opera house in Cairo on December 24, 1871. It was a piece commis-sioned by Isma’il who was Khedive of Egypt at the time who wished to have it performed 11 months sooner, but the debut was delayed by the Franco-Prussian war. It is largely disputed as to whether the opera’s scenario was originally written by French Egyptolo-gist, Auguste Mariette or rather it was penned by an Italian opera composer and librettist, Temistocle Solera. The story does not require being set in any particular time in Egyptian history other than the time of the “Old King-dom.” Aida, an Ethiopian princess has been captured and taken into slavery in Egypt. As Egypt prepares for war against Ethiopia, a young warrior, Rad-amès, expresses his desire to become the Egyptian commander. Radamès ambition is a difficult demon as he wrestles with his desire to lead his country in war against the homeland of the lovely slave girl, Aida, with whom he has secretly fallen in love. Little does Radamès know that Aida secretly requites his love. To further complicate matters, Aida’s captors are unaware that Aida is actually the daughter of the Ethiopian King, Amonasro, who has in-vaded Egypt to free her from servitude. Also complicating matters is the fact that Radamès has also captured the affections of the Egyptian pharaoh’s daughter, Amneris, who is beginning to suspect that Radamès heart does indeed belong to Aida. In an effort to discover if Aida loves Radamès in re-turn, Amneris tells Aida that Radamès has died in battle, thus tricking her into professing her love for him. When she does, Amneris descends into a revenge-driven rage. Can Radamès find a way to save his forbidden love without losing his country or without losing his life?

Theater:Winspear Opera HousePerformance:Opens October 26Details:www.DallasOpera.org

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This comedic musical follows four fearless deer hunters on their annual hunting pilgrimage to deer camp, but their trip may be in jeopardy this year. Despite all of the gear, training and the best of intentions, these spirited hunt-ers have yet to bring home a single deer in nearly a decade and the wives back home are getting suspicious. To preserve their esteem, defend their manhood and get to keep their annual hunting tradition, this season they will need to bring home the kill.

Theater:Charles W. Eisemann CenterPerformance:Opens October 17Details:www.EisemannCenter.com

deer CAmp: The musiCAlThe eisemann Center

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In the summer of 1970, a wealthy fam-ily is preparing for a grand Fourth of July celebration at their ancestral es-tate just off the coast in New England when their festive celebration is inter-rupted by the arrival of an estranged son named Pokey. Pokey’s arrival not only threatens the festivities, but also the future of this tightly woven family as issues of estate ownership and entitle-ment become convoluted. Meanwhile, deeply hidden secrets will come to light as will a host of hidden agendas.

Theater:Bath House Cultural CenterPerformance:Opens October 4Details:www.WingspanTheatre.com

Children by A.r.Wingspan Theatre

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Perhaps Peer Gynt got his bad boy ways from his father. Once highly re-garded, his father began spending all of his money dining decadently and living beyond his means, so much so that he was forced to leave his wife and son behind for work. Now Peer, has become a liar and a braggart. He regularly shames himself and soon becomes an outlaw. At the end of his lackluster life, will Peer be forced to account for all that he has neglected, harmed, overlooked and avoided?

Theater:Music Hall at Fair ParkPerformance:Opens October 19Details:www.TexasBalletTheater.org

peer GynTTexas ballet Theater

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Aga Boom was created by a veteran of the venerable Cirque Du Soleil, Dimi-tri Bogatirev and was nominated for the Ovation Award in the category of Best Touring Show. Aga Boom, which defies description, is best described as “interactive mayhem.” Utilizing the universal language of “clowning,” slap-stick comedic stylings, high energy and traditional elements of European theatrics, Aga Boom promises a full 80 to 90 minutes of riotously messy, masterfully classic clowning, family-friendly fun.

Theater:Hill Performance HallPerformance:Opens October 14Details:www.EisemannCenter.com

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The Addams Family characters were created by Charles Addams in a series of single-paneled gag cartoons, half of which were published in the New Yorker from 1938 to 1988 when the cartoonist passed away. In 1964, the cartoons became the inspiration for a 30-minute television series, which aired for two seasons on ABC. The humorous show features a closely-knit extended family who are ruin-ously wealthy, but with rather macabre tendencies and circumstances. The musical is a comedy with music and lyrics written by Andrew Lippa and a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elise. To date, there have been numer-ous film and television adaptations of the cartoons, but the musical, which is the first stage show based on the characters, is actually based upon the cartoons rather than the television and film characters. Act 1 of the musical finds the Addams Family embarking upon a rather unusual family reunion. This annual affair involves meeting at the cemetery for a gathering of all fam-ily members who are living, dead or undecided. But this year, Uncle Fes-ter asks the relatives not to return to their grave for Wednesday, has a new development that just may need the family’s help. She has invited her new boyfriend, Lucas and his family to the Addam’s Family mansion for dinner. Lucas and Wednesday try to get their families to act normally over the course of dinner, but tensions mount from the very beginning. Lucas’s father wants to tear down the house, his mother publicly that she is in a loveless mar-riage, normally darkly-clad Wednes-day emerges wearing a brightly yellow sundress and Lucas’s father has a terrifying encounter with the Addam’s Family’s pet squid. Will it be the end of love for Lucas and Wednesday?

Theater:Music Hall at Fair ParkPerformance:Opens October 2Details:www.DallasSummerMusicals.org


AddAms FAmily: The musiCAlThe dallas summer musicals

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A five-year collaboration between the AT&T Performing Arts Center and Shakespeare Dallas will present all of the plays and sonnets by William Shakespeare, to be produced and directed by Shakespeare Dallas. The complete works of William Shake-speare will be presented in monthly staged readings over the course of five years, with eight readings per year. This unique collaboration opened in September with “Much Ado About Nothing.” For the October reading, Othello, Shakespeare’s Venetian trage-dy will be performed. Othello, believed to have been written in 1603 follows the story of a black general in the Ve-netian army named Othello; his wife, Desdemona; his lieutenant, Cassio and his ensign, Lago. Lago, spurned by Othello’s promotion of Cassio to lieutenant and falsely believing that Othello has had relations with his wife, weaves a convoluted web of lies to guide Othello to his demise. Through a series of actions, trusted Lago is able to turn Othello against his lieutenant, Cassio and create the suspicion of infidelity between Othello’s wife and Cassio. A carefully executed game of overheard secrets, stolen and mis-placed items and created false circum-stances all serve to further concrete Othello’s suspicions that Desdemona has indeed betrayed Othello. His love-sick madness drives him to commit the unthinkable before he discovers the awful truth that Lago has cruelly executed this most tragic marionette. Shakespeare based this tragedy upon the short story, “Un Capitano Moro” by Giovanni Battista Giraldi. Cinthio, a nickname used by Giraldi was a dis-ciple of Giovani Boccaccio, an author and poet. Cinthio’s works were primar-ily influenced by the Catholic Reforma-tion and as such, “Un Capitano Moro” and Othello boldy reflect the themes of racism, love, jealousy and betrayal.

Theater:AT&T Performing Arts CenterPerformance:October 14-15Details:www.ATTpac.org


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The mysTery OF irmA VepWater Tower Theater

Who is Irma Vep? That’s the mystery at the heart of this outrageously funny tour de force. On a “dark and stormy night,” Lady Enid arrives at an estate with her new husband, who is under the spell of his deceased first wife and haunted by something that’s prowling the grounds. Strange things happen around her and she soon discovers the mystery of Irma Vep, whose portrait hangs over the fireplace. This comedy satirizes everything from Hitchcock’s Rebecca to The Mummy’s Curse.

Theater:Water Tower TheatrePerformance:Closes October 21Details:www.WaterTowerTheater.org

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It’s September 3, 1939, and two weeks before Freud’s death. On that day, Freud, the great psychiatrist and known atheist suffers from life-threatening cancer. He has in sum-moned Christian writer C.S. Lewis to his London study. A part of the prime minister’s radio address provides a bit of a break from a just-begun-but-already-intense discussion about God, the Catholic Church, and the hovering question of suicide. Intriguing insights are woven into the arguments.

Theater: Theatre ThreePerformance:Closes October 20Details:www.Theatre3Dallas.com

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CINEMAOctober 2012 / Page 42

Former collegiate wrestler Scott Voss (played by Kevin James) is a 42-year-old biology teacher in a failing high school. When cutbacks threaten to cancel the music program and lay off its teacher, Scott begins to raise mon-ey by moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter. Everyone thinks Scott is crazy – most of all the school nurse, Bella (played by Salma Hayek) – but in his quest, Scott gains something he never expected as he becomes a sen-sation that rallies the entire school.

Director: Frank Coraci Rated: PG-13 Opens: October 12

HERE COMES THE BOOMKevin James / Salma Hayek

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The Paperboy takes audiences deep into the backwaters of steamy 1960s South Florida, as investigative reporter Ward Jansen (Matthew McConaughey) and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story. With the help of Ward’s younger brother Jack (Zac Efron) and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless (Nicole Kidman), the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wet-ter (John Cusack) was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.

Director: Lee DanielsRated: ROpens: October 5

THE PAPERBOYMatthew McConaughey / Zac Efron

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From creative genius Tim Burton (Al-ice in Wonderland, The Nightmare Before Christmas) comes his latest tale Frankenweenie- a heartwarm-ing story about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life—with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor’s fellow stu-dents, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new “leash on life” can be monstrous. A stop-motion ani-mated film, Frankenweenie was filmed in black and white and rendered in 3D, which elevates the classic style to a whole new experience. Frankenweenie follows in the footsteps of Tim Bur-ton’s other stop-motion animated films Corpse Bride and The Nightmare Be-fore Christmas—both of which were nominated for Academy Awards. More than 200 puppets and sets were creat-ed for the film. The voice cast includes four actors who worked with Burton on previous films: Winona Ryder (Beetle-juice, Edward Scissorhands), Cath-erine O’Hara (Beetlejuice, The Night-mare Before Christmas), Martin Short (Mars Attacks!) and Martin Landau (Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow). When Tim Burton originally conceived the idea for Frankenweenie, he envisioned it as a full-length, stop-motion animated film. Due to budget constraints, he instead directed it as a live-action short, re-leased in 1984. All of the characters are based on Burton’s drawings. He did some of the drawings in 1984 when the original live-action short was done and the others he drew especially for the new, feature-length animated version. Several of the char-acter names—Victor, Elsa Van Helsing, Edgar “E” Gore and Mr. Burgemeis-ter— were inspired by classic horror films.

Director: Tim BurtonRated: PG Opens: October 5

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Beca (played by Anna Kendrick) is that girl who’d rather listen to what’s coming out of her headphones than what’s coming out of you. Arriving at her new college, she finds herself not right for any clique but somehow is muscled into one that she never would have picked on her own: alongside mean girls, sweet girls and weird girls whose only thing in common is how good they sound when they sing to-gether, in the new out-loud comedy Pitch Perfect. When Beca takes this acoustic singing group out of their world of traditional arrangements and perfect harmonies into all-new mash-ups, they fight to climb their way to the top of the cutthroat world of college a cappella. This could wind up either the coolest thing they’ll ever do or the most insane, and it will probably be a little of both. Loaded with new takes on old favorites to hits of right now that are seamlessly mixed together, mashed-up and arranged like you’ve never heard before. Pitch Perfect is directed by Jason Moore (Dawson’s Creek, Everwood), who opened our eyes to the very misbehaved life of puppets in the surprise Broadway sensation Avenue Q. “Pitch Perfect celebrates everyone out there who is following his or her true passion,” says Moore. Pitch Perfect also stars Sky-lar Astin, Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids, Bachelorettes), Adam DeVine, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow and John Mi-chael Higgins (The Break-up, Couples Retreat). The film is based on Mickey Rapkin’s non-fiction novel Pitch Per-fect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cap-pella Glory. Rapkin, a senior editor at GQ magazine, was inspired to write his first book after spending a season cov-ering competitive collgiate a cappella groups. He followed groups from Tufts University, the University of Oregon and the University of Virginia.

Director: Jason MooreRated: PG-13Opens: October 5

PiTCH PERFECTAnna Kendrick / Elizabeth Banks

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Based on the best-selling novel by David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Drama, mystery, action and enduring love thread through a story that unfolds in multiple lifetimes as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries. Each member of the cast appears in multiple roles as the story moves through time.

Director: Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Andy WachowskiRated: R Opens: October 26

ClOud ATlASTom Hanks / Halle Berry

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Three dumb guys who think they’re smart rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Brad Pitt plays the enforcer hired to track them down and restore order. Killing Them Softly is written and directed by Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) and is based on the George V. Higgins novel, Cogan’s Trade. Thefilm also stars Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy and Vincent Curatola.

Director: Andrew DominikRated: R Opens: October 19

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Kate (played by Mary Elizabeth Win-stead) and Charlie (played by Aaron Paul) are a young married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of music, laughter and drinking...especially the drinking. When Kate’s drinking leads her to dangerous places and her job as an elementary school teacher is put into jeopardy, she de-cides to join Alcoholics Anonymous and get sober. Sobriety isn’t as easy as Kate had anticipated. She realizes she must face a difficult past, including a troubled relationship with her mother, (played by Mary Kay Place) a party girl in her own right. To cover up a drinking related incident which takes place in the classroom, Kate fabricates a story to her employer, the school principal, Patricia Barnes (played by Megan Mul-lally), who is overly nurturing and per-haps nosy. This lie soon balloons out of control and Kate is faced with many important choices she must make. Charlie, a music writer, whose care-free demeanor hasn’t changed much since college, struggles to be support-ive of Kate’s new lifestyle. However, he doesn’t quite grasp why she thinks she has a problem and loves her very much the way that she is, drunk and fun. His own juvenile tendencies are threatened by Kate’s teetotaling and when the party is taken out of the re-lationship both Kate and Charlie ques-tion if their marriage is built on love or is just boozy diversion from adult-hood. Smashed is directed by James Ponsoldt and written by Ponsoldt and Susan Burke. “Smashed isn’t primarily about alcohol or alcoholics,” Ponsoldt said. “Smashed is a film about fidelity – and what it means to be committed to someone, to love someone, and to need to change your life…when your partner isn’t capable of change.”

Director: James PonsoldtRated: ROpens: October 12

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CHASing MAvERiCKSgerard Butler / Jonny weston

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Chasing Mavericks is the inspira-tional true story of surfing phenom Jay Moriarity (played by newcomer Jonny Weston). When 15 year old Jay dis-covers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of lo-cal legend Frosty Hesson (played by Gerard Butler) to train him to survive it. Chasing Mavericks features some of the most mind-blowing wave footage ever captured on film.

Director: Curtis HansonRated: PGOpens: October 26

AlEx CROSSTyler Perry / Matthew Fox

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Alex Cross follows the young homi-cide detective/psychologist (played by Tyler Perry), from the worldwide best-selling novels by James Patterson, as he meets his match in a serial killer (played by Matthew Fox). The two face off in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, but when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits in this taut and exciting action thriller. Alex Cross also stars John C. McGin-ley and Ed Burns.

Director: Rob CohenRated: PG-13Opens: October 26


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EVENTS

The State Fair of Texas is back and this time it’s “Big and Bright.” Beginning Sept. 28 and running through Oct. 21, 2012 will mark the 126th exposition for the State Fair, and is set to amp up with high wattage attractions. Leading the way will be a Chinese Lantern Festival featuring illuminated and animated dis-plays as large as 50 feet high and 300 feet long. Crowd favorites such as the Starlight Parade, Illumination Sensa-tion and Midway Lights will also light up the evening sky surrounding Fair Park. Other popular exhibits include the 2013 State Fair of Texas Auto Show and a chance to see the latest in mo-tor trends. The Chevrolet Main Stage will once again pull back the curtain to feature top entertainers every weekend plus live bands throughout the week; all concerts are free to fairgoers. Of course, Fair folks follow football and fans will have all eyes glued to the Cot-ton Bowl when Prairie View A&M meets Grambling State in a Southwestern Athletic Conference game on Saturday, Oct. 6. Following – just a week later on Saturday, Oct. 13 – is the annual con-test between the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma. Food, food and food, fun, fabulous and fried, the latest Big Tex Choice Award win-ning entries will have to be tried. Since its inception in 2005, the Labor Day contest has captured the attention of Fair concessionaires eager to amaze visitors with the latest fried culinary classics. Past contest winners include Fried Bubblegum and Deep Fried Buf-falo Chicken in a Flapjack. Only time will tell if this year’s Grand Champion Steer is another record seller, topping last year’s sale price of $102,000 at the Youth Auction of Champions. The Add-ams Family will be this year’s State Fair Musical. Performances will be offered daily Oct. 2 through 21 in the Music Hall at Fair Park.

Venue:Fair ParkEvent:September 28 - October 21Details:www.BigTex.com


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Cottonwood FeStivalJuried art Show

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For more than 40 years this bi-an-nual free festival has been a popular Richardson attraction which features works of art from more than 240 of the nation’s top visual artists who are all showing their museum-quality works. This juried art festival and show is rated the fifth best art festival in the United States. In addition to art, the festival also features live musical enter-tainment from a variety of bands, food, shopping opportunities and a kids art forum.

Venue:Cottonwood ParkEvent:October 6 -7 Details:www.CottonwoodArtFestival.com

The 6th annual Dallas Mary Kay 5K and One Mile Fun Run is an event to raise funds and awareness of issues affecting women such as cancer and domestic violence. Racers are wel-come to run/walk for fun or compete in the timed race to be eligible for an award. In 2011, this event raised over $10,000 for women in need. Since the Foundation began in 1996, it has granted more than $44 million dollars to organizations fighting cancer and violence against women.

Venue:The Mary Kay BuildingEvent:October 6Details:www.MaryKayFoundation.org

Mary Kay 5KRun/Walk Benefit

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Santa Fe daySFamily Friendly event

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Santa Fe Days is a family friendly, nonprofit, free event which celebrates American Indian culture, heritage, arts and food. What started as a one-time Native American Indian Arts and Crafts event in 2003, has developed into a premiere American Indian cul-tural event with representation from many Nations and Pueblos across the Americas. The event features interac-tive education for adults and children, native foods, such as Indian Fry Bread/Indian Tacos and live performances.

Venue:Carrollton Town SquareEvent:October 13 -14Details:www.SantaFeDays.com

BlooMin BluegraSS FeStivalFriends of the Historical Park

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The 3rd annual Bloomin’ Bluegrass Festival will feature Grammy award winning bluegrass artists, some of the best chili in Dalllas/Forth Worth area, activities for the entire family including a kid’s area, arts and crafts vendors and concession booths. Chili tast-ings for $3.00 will be held on Saturday and will be served until it supplies run out. All proceeds will go to benefit the Friends of the Historical Park and the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation.

Venue:Farmers Branch Historical ParkEvent:October 19 - 20Details:www.BluegrassHeritage.org


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This is its first time at the State Fair of Texas and also the first show of its kind in the Southwest, the Chinese Lantern Festival will be an illuminating feature at the 2012 State Fair of Texas. Described as being two shows in one, by day, the show highlights a collec-tion of authentic Chinese art including: pandas, flamingos, and a 110-yard-long, larger-than-life dragon made from 15,000 porcelain dishes tied together by hand. By night, the lanterns of the festival will illuminate the sky with gi-ant panda bears, intricate lotus flow-ers and dragons, all of which move, growl, blink or transform. Traditionally, lantern festivals have been held mid-Autumn in areas such as Malaysia and Singapore as a popular celebration of the end of the fall harvest. This festival is often referred to as the “Moon Fes-tival,” and as such often involves the tradition of eating “mooncakes,” round or rectangular pastries which have a red, thick filling made of red bean or lotus seed paste. Other traditions affili-ated with this festival include match-making ceremonies among the youth, carrying brightly lit lanterns, floating lanterns into the sky and fire dragon dances. Celebration of this festival was strongly associated with the Legend of the mythological Chinese Archer who was married to Chang’e, the Chinese Moon diety. In addition to taking part in this ancient Chinese celebration, Tex-ans can shop the Chinese marketplace which will feature a wide variety of artisans making old world handicrafts and souvenirs while live cultural per-formance artists sing, dance and play music from stages around the event. Plus, the famous Fair Park lagoon will be filled with blossoming lotus flowers, illuminated butterflies and the scene of a mermaid who will be guarding her precious pearl in an underwater garden.

Venue:State Fair of TexasEvent:October 21Details:www.ChineseLanternFestival.org

CHineSe lantern FeStnighttime dreamscape of illuminated art


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The first annual Chili & Chocolate Chal-lenge is a fundraising event that fuses the thrill of the popular show “Iron Chef” with good old fashioned Texas chili or at least something similar as each team must work chocolate into their recipe. Each competing team will be managed by a professional chef. The event will provide all of the ingre-dients, food stations, tools of the trade and plenty of chocolate. Participants can build their own dream team of twelve people or purchase an individ-ual ticket and be assigned to a team. Chef John Kleifgen of The Union Bear restaurant will be on hand to provide expert advice to all of the competing culinary teams. In addition to profes-sional chefs, there will also be celebrity judges, including: Farah Fleurima of The Dallas Diva, Jennifer Hajduk of the Northpark Neiman Marcus, Katie Ruppe of Gigi’s Cupcakes and Steven Doyle from CraveDFW.com. This event promises to be very out of the ordinary. In case chocolate chili wasn’t enough to set this event apart, they are also touting “judge bribery” as an event in addition to a silent auction, live music and dancing. All proceeds from the event will go to benefit the children served by Captain Hope’s Kids, a non-profit that, since 1994 has striven to meet the critical needs of home-less children by providing infant care products, school supplies, backpacks and clothing for school-aged children, recreational program opportunities and surprise gift box and hygiene product drops to local shelters. According to the 2010 Census, women and children make up nearly 47% of the known homeless population. On any given night in North Texas, nearly 1,100 children will fall asleep in homeless and domestic violence shelters. Chili & Chocolate Challenge is co-chaired by Chris and Ashlee Kleinert, and A. Da-vid and Shirley Richardson Torok.

Venue:The Studio at Las ColinasEvent:October 20Details:www.CaptainHope.org

CHili & CHoColate CHallengeinaugural event for Captain Hope’s Kids

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The Dallas Farmers Market Friends will host a community based arts project focused on new and upcoming street artists during the weekends of Octo-ber. Visitors to the market will be able to watch live artistic productions from some of finest street and graffiti artists while being entertained by musicians at the Dallas Farmers Market. Local graffiti artists could win $1,000 and the opportunity to showcase their artistic talents by entering a contest spon-sored by the DFMF.

Venue:Dallas Farmers MarketEvent:Weekends in OctoberDetails:www.dfmfriends.org

graFFiti artS ProJeCt dallas Farmers Market Friends

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worldFeStannual Celebration of Cultures

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WorldFest is an annual culturally fo-cused festival that is presented by the City of Addison in partnership with the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth. It was created to celebrate the diverse cultural communities that make up DFW and provides guests the opportunity to be immersed in the culture of Asia, Europe, Africa, Middle East and of course the Americas. It is touted as North Texas’ largest interna-tional festival and allows festival-goers to dive into the cultures of their choice.

Venue:Addison Circle ParkEvent:October 20 - 21Details:www.AddisonTexas.net

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RSVP2012 Night of Stars GalaNovember 16, Trade Pavilion at Dallas Market Center

This fashion-focused gala will rec-ognize local businesses and support education of local fashion students and talent in Dallas, featuring North-park’s Victoria Snee as the emcee. www.Dallas.FGI.org

CinemaLincolnNovember 9, Daniel Day-Lewis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

The biographical drama will focus on the political collision of Lincoln and the powerful men of his cabinet on the road to abolition and the end of the Civil War. PG-13 - Violence, Language

EventsThe Supreme Golf and Leisure ShowNovember 9-11, Gaylord Texan Hotel

This annual exposition is the largest and longest-running golf show in Texas. The show annual draws over 30,000 people, plus golf profession-als and exhibitors. www.SupremeGolf.com

MuseumsMyth and MagicCloses November 11, Irving Arts Center

Gerald McDermott combines ancient imagery with contemporary design to portray the transformative power of myth through his bold, graphic renderings of timeless tales. www.IrvingArtsCenter.com

GalleriesTrio ExhibitionOpens November 17, Craighead Green

This exhibition will feature works by Denise Brown; a painter who focuses on birds and trees, Jeanie Gooden, a mixed media abstract artist and Bill Weaver, a bronze sculptor. www.CraigheadGreen.com

TheaterElaborate Entrance of Chad DietyCloses November 25, AT&T Performing Arts Center

Described as a no-holds-barred satirical smackdown, Chad Diety is an over-the-top championship tale that masks a sly allegory about race, class and power. www.ATTpac.org

ConcertsJackson BrowneNovember 4, Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie

Jackson Browne has written some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music and has defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty and emotion.www.VerizonTheatre.com

PREVIEWOctober 2012 / Page 54

Opens October 14

Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries is organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Air transportation in Dallas is provided by American Airlines.

The Dallas Museum of Art is supported in part by the generosity of Museum members and donors and by the citizens of Dallas through the City of Dallas/Office of Cultural Affairs and the Texas Commission on the Arts.

Image (detail): Leonetto Cappiello, Le Frou-Frou, 1899, color lithograph, Collection Zimmerli Art Museum

at Rutgers University, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Quinn, 1986.0852, Photo by Peter Jacobs, Zimmerli

Art Museum

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Documents

CITY Magazine- October 2012