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The Trinity: Nature and Public Space This past May, Mayor Mike Rawlings unveiled a new concept for the Trinity River Park. The concept includes a naturalized river landscape that is ever-changing, just like the Trinity River. During rainy seasons, the design allows for flowing waterways and lush greenery. During the drier seasons, it transforms itself into a marsh-like waterscape. The concept includes trails and sites for five elevated parks with overlooks that extend from inside the levees into the adjacent communities. Join us for this “What Makes a City?� conference to see how the park will unfold and for a chance to hear from Mayor Rawlings, its designers, including lead architect Michael Van Valkenburgh, and other speakers.
Friday, September 23nd, 2016 Dallas City Performance Hall 2520 Flora Street, Dallas, 75201 Coffee at 8:00 am; program 8:30 am to 12:30 pm Visit dallasinstitute.org for details 4
The James Hillman Symposi
To honor Founding Fellow James Hillman, the Dallas Institute initiated this annual program aimed at exploring the rich depths of his lifelong study of, in his own words, a “psychology deliberately affiliated with the arts, culture, and the history of ideas, arising as they do from the imagination.” In 2016, we will explore Volume 5 of Hillman’s UNIFORM EDITION,
Alchemical Psychology, at the Dallas Institute. Friday highlights include talks by influential scholars, dinner, and a special appearance by magician Tom Verner, a close friend of Hillman’s. His performance-presentation encircles the notions of alchemy, magic, and psychology. The Symposium continues Saturday with a full day of sessions and concludes that evening with a lively celebration attended by all registrants and speakers.
Friday and Saturday, October 28th and 29th, 2016 Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture 2719 Routh Street, Dallas, 75201 Visit dallasinstitute.org for details 5
A Celebration of the Life and Work of
James Hillman
The uniform edition of The Writings of James Hillman is published by spring Publications, inc. in conjunction with The Dallas institute of Humanities and Culture. V o l u m e s
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archetypal Psychology - Vol. 1 pbk archetypal Psychology - Vol. 1 new City & soul - Vol. 2 senex & Puer - Vol. 3 hdbk
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The Hiett Prize in the Humanities is an annual award aimed at identifying candidates who are in the early stages of careers devoted to the humanities and whose work shows extraordinary promise to have a significant impact on contemporary culture. Endowed by philanthropist Kim Hiett Jordan, the Hiett Prize was first awarded in 2005. The 2016 Hiett finalists are determined from a nationwide field of applicants, after which they will be considered by a select panel of judges. The winner will be announced in early Fall.
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016 Ritz-Carlton Dallas 2121 McKinney Avenue, Dallas, 75201 Reception at 11:30 am; program noon to 1:30 pm Visit dallasinstitute.org for details 8
Each year the Education Forum highlights and explores an issue in education that is of critical concern to the nation and to our city through two days of lectures, panels, and book discussions. Education has been the focus of the Dallas Institute’s work since its creation in 1980, and its distinctive and award-winning Teachers Academy and Principals Institute are its most enduring and far-reaching programs. Conceived and created by Dr. Louise Cowan in collaboration with her husband, Dr. Donald Cowan, the Teachers Academy and the Principals Institute were founded on the premise that has only recently gained currency in our culture—that teachers matter. The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture’s Education Forum is a multiday event held annually.
Fall 2016 Visit dallasinstitute.org for details! Text THEDIHC to 22828 to sign up for our monthly email newsletter 9
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The 2017 keynote speaker is Jelani Cobb, Staff Writer at The New Yorker & Director of the Africana Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut
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Nearly fifty years after his assassination in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. continues to exert a powerful influence on the way we think and act in matters of civil rights in America. For more than ten years the MLK Symposium has convened a rich variety of voices, from “old lions” of the Civil Rights era who stood alongside Dr. King to contemporary figures who have found new ways of championing the ideal of true equality. In 2017 the Symposium will focus on “Race and Justice in America Today.”
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Monday, January 16th, 2017; 7:00 to 9:00 pm Dallas City Performance Hall 2520 Flora Street, Dallas, 75201 Visit dallasinstitute.org for details 12
Ideas are vital to a vibrant life. The Dallas Festival of Ideas unites thought with community action in a multi-day event designed to envision and improve our city’s next century. Through provocative programs, interactive discussions, live music, performances, visual art, and more, the 2017 Festival will help shape the future of Dallas by asking these questions: What does the future look like for Dallas as a healthy city? A physical city? An entrepreneurial city? A literary city? An educated city?
Let's unite to build a vibrant city. April 28-29, 2017 Visit thedallasfestival.com for details 13
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Keep an eye on thedallasfestival.com for information on our bi-monthly Community Forums coming in September, November, January, and March!
2016 Festival Keynotes Sarah Prevette, Alma Guillermoprieto, Nikil Saval, Jennifer Gardy, and Russell Simmons 14