Arts & Letters Live 2011 Season Brochure

20th season 2011 A celebration of the literary and performing arts featuring acclaimed authors, actors, illustrators, musicians, and more

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special event

kim edwards tuesday, january 18, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium Kim Edwards captured the attention of readers and critics alike with her spellbinding debut novel, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter. Within weeks of the book’s publication in paperback, it reached the #1 spot on the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Book Sense bestseller lists. The story hinges on the birth of fraternal twins, a healthy boy and a girl with Down syndrome, resulting in the father’s disavowal of his newborn daughter. Author Ursula Hegi called The Memory Keeper’s Daughter “a gripping novel, beautifully written. With amazing compassion, Kim Edwards explores the impact of a family secret that challenges the limits of love and redemption.”

Kim Edwards has won numerous awards, including a Whiting Award, the Nelson Algren Award, and the Kentucky Literary Award. She is the author of a short story collection, The Secrets of a Fire King, which was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award.

deborah feingold

Her forthcoming novel, The Lake of Dreams (January 2011), tells the story of a woman’s homecoming, a family secret, and the old house that holds the key to the true legacy of a family. The Lake of Dreams is an arresting saga in which every element emerges as a piece of the puzzle that is sure to enthrall the millions of readers who loved The Memory Keeper’s Daughter.

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distinguished writers

carlos fuentes

paula lavista

wednesday, january 26, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium

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His new novel, Destiny and Desire (January 2011, translation by Edith Grossman), is a story about fate, will, wealth, crime, and power in contemporary Mexico City. It is a darkly mysterious novel about two young men, and Mexico, past and present, from its ancient mythologies to the corruption of the 20th century. It is big, bold, classic Fuentes— thematically rich, inventive, thought provoking, and deeply psychological.

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Carlos Fuentes, Mexico’s celebrated novelist, shortstory writer, critic, and statesman, is one of the greatest literary figures of Latin America and the world. The author of more than twenty-five books, his major works include the New York Times bestseller The Old Gringo (the first book by a Mexican author to become a bestseller in the U.S.), Terra Nostra, The Death of Artemio Cruz, A Change of Skin, and The Eagle’s Throne, which the Washington Post Book World hailed as “dazzling, razor-sharp . . . prescient . . . a feast of political insight.” Booklist praises his latest story collection, Happy Families, as “completely captivating and entertaining, with Fuentes’ superb style (exciting language that snaps with fervency) and his trademark characterizations dancing off the page.” Among his numerous awards and honors, he has received the Miguel de Cervantes Prize for lifetime achievement of an outstanding writer in the Spanish language.

Los Colores del Cielo (The Colors of the Sky), a twentyone-minute film immersing the viewer in the images and sounds of a mountainous area of Mexico and Michoacán’s unusual churches.

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annie proulx friday, january 28, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium

Bird Cloud is Proulx’s first work of nonfiction in more than twenty years. Described as idiosyncratic, original, and spectacularly vivid, the book was originally conceived as a story about a house, but soon became a family history, an archaeology of the Wyoming landscape, and as close to memoir as Annie Proulx will ever get. This chronicle of construction and stunning wildlife is interspersed with intimate family stories, such as that of Proulx’s great-great-grandfather, a river boat captain in the West in the mid-19th century who met Lafayette, Audubon, and Mark Twain.

Proulx is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. “ You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page.”

—Annie Proulx

gus powell

Annie Proulx’s curiosity and erudition are legendary.

Her first novel, Postcards, won the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. Her nine books include The Shipping News, which received the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and Irish Times International Fiction Prize, Heart Songs & Other Stories, Close Range: Wyoming Stories, Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2, and Fine Just the Way It Is: Wyoming Stories 3. Her story “Brokeback Mountain,” which originally appeared in the New Yorker, won the O. Henry Prize and was made into an Academy Award–winning film directed by Ang Lee.

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tony and lauren dungy a super bowl xlv special event saturday, february 5, 3:00 p.m. horchow auditorium You Can Be a Friend (January 2011) will be the second title in Tony and Lauren Dungy’s series of children’s books featuring great stories that remind kids of the importance of family, friends, confidence, determination, and believing that anything is possible if you dream big. Parents and their children will love reading and discussing this book, which celebrates the talents and strengths we all have, no matter our physical ability.

Tony and Lauren Dungy are active members of a number of national community-based organizations, including All Pro Dad, iMom, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Mentors for Life, Family First, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, and the Boys and Girls Club of America. Tony is one of NBC TV’s main NFL analysts.

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He is a former NFL player and retired head coach of the 2006 World Champion Indianapolis Colts.

Before or After the Program: Visit Big New Field: Artists in the Cowboys Stadium Art Program, presented in honor of the Cowboys Stadium Art Program and in celebration of Super Bowl XLV. This exhibition highlights works from Dallas Museum of Art and private collections in a wide variety of media, including painting, sculpture, works on paper, and media installation.

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eric siblin: the cello suites with musical excerpts on cello by soloist gyongy erodi thursday, february 17, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium Winner of the Mavis Gallant Prize for Nonfiction and the McAuslan First Book Prize, The Cello Suites is part biography, part music history, and part literary mystery. The book weaves together three dramatic narratives: the first features Johann Sebastian Bach and the missing manuscript of his suites from the 18th century; the second follows Pablo Casals and the historic discovery of the music in Spain in the late 19th century; and the third is Eric Siblin’s own infatuation with the suites in the 21st century. This love affair leads Siblin to the back streets of Barcelona and a Belgian mansion; to interviews with cellists Mischa Maisky, Anner Bylsma, and Pieter Wispelwey; to archives, festivals, and conferences; and even to cello lessons—all in pursuit of answers to the mysteries that continue to haunt this piece of music more than two hundred and fifty years after its composer’s death.

Eric Siblin is a Montreal-based journalist and documentary filmmaker with an M.A. in History. After writing for numerous Canadian newspapers and a stint as pop music critic for the Montreal Gazette, he transitioned to television with the documentary Word Slingers, which explores the curious subculture of competitive Scrabble tournaments. He co-directed the documentary In Search of Sleep and has written for a wide variety of magazines. “ This is one of the most extraordinary, clever, beautiful, and impeccably researched books I have read in years.”

—Simon Winchester

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by The Dallas Bach Society Saturday, February 19, 8:00 p.m.

Zion Lutheran Church, Dallas For tickets visit DallasBach.org/ concerts/bach-cello-suites.

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kevin brockmeier friday, february 18, 7:00 p.m. horchow auditorium Recently named one of Granta magazine’s “Best Young American Novelists,” Kevin Brockmeier is the author of the novels The Brief History of the Dead and The Truth About Celia, and two short story collections. His new novel, The Illumination (February 2011), chronicles what happens to a private journal of love notes written by a husband to his wife after a fatal car accident.

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His work has appeared in the New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Zoetrope, The Oxford American, Best American Short Stories, and New Stories from the South. He has received three O. Henry Awards, the PEN USA Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

julie burstein tuesday, february 22, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium Julie Burstein is the creator of Studio 360, the Peabody Award–winning radio show with half a million listeners hosted by novelist and journalist Kurt Andersen.

The show chronicles what’s happening in pop culture and the arts and traces the roots of the creative process through interviews with influential artists, musicians, filmmakers, dancers, actors, and writers.

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In Spark: How Creativity Works (February 2011), Burstein pulls back the curtain to reveal sources of inspiration for some of the 21st century’s greatest creative minds, and explores the strategies they employ to bring their work into being. Fans of Daniel Pink and TED talks won’t want to miss this unique event!

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joyce carol oates saturday, february 26, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium Hailed as “one of the greatest writers of our time” by the late novelist John Gardner, Joyce Carol Oates is the author of over fifty novels, including the New York Times bestsellers We Were the Mulvaneys, The Falls, and The Gravedigger’s Daughter as well as them (winner of the National Book Award), Blonde, and Black Water (both finalists for the Pulitzer Prize).

She has also established herself as one of the most renowned contemporary writers of the short story, winning more O. Henry Prizes than any other author.

She is the recipient of numerous Pushcart Prizes, and her work has appeared in many of the Best American Short Stories anthologies. Her story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” was included in Best American Short Stories of the Century.

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She is currently a professor of Creative Writing at Princeton University.

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charles gross

Her latest book, A Widow’s Story, is a poignant, intimate memoir—a work unlike anything she’s written before—about the unexpected death of her husband of forty-six years and its wrenching, surprising aftermath. Enlivened by the piercing vision, acute perception, and mordant humor that are the hallmarks of her work, this moving tale of life and death, love and grief, offers a candid, never-before-glimpsed view of this acclaimed author and fiercely private woman. At this event, Joyce Carol Oates will discuss A Widow’s Story as well as the body of her work.

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“ Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul.” —Joyce Carol Oates

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texas stories i monday, february 28, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium Sally Nystuen Vahle reads an excerpt from David Wroblewski’s The Story of Edgar Sawtelle Tina Parker reads an excerpt from Katherine Center’s Everyone Is Beautiful John Benjamin Hickey reads Mark Wisniewski’s A Million Bones Marcia Gay Harden reads Robert Flynn’s Tumbleweed Christmas About the actors: Sally Nystuen Vahle is a co-founder of Kitchen Dog Theater and a member of the Brierley Resident Acting Company at the Dallas Theater Center. She also serves as a faculty member at the University of North Texas.

Tina Parker serves as Co-Artistic and Administrative Director at Kitchen Dog Theater. Active in the film and broadcast arena, her recent projects include The Final Destination, Leaves of Grass (with Edward Norton), Father of Invention (with Kevin Spacey), and TV’s Breaking Bad.

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John Benjamin Hickey has appeared in numerous Broadway productions including Mary Stuart, Cabaret, and Love! Valour! Compassion!, a role he would re-create for the film version. Other film credits include The Ice Storm, Finding North, and Flags of Our Fathers. He currently stars in the Showtime series The Big C opposite Laura Linney.

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Marcia Gay Harden was featured on Broadway in Tony Kushner’s Angels in America and God of Carnage, for which she earned a Tony Award. She received an Academy Award for her role as Lee Krasner in Pollock. On television she co-starred in the FX drama Damages and earned an Emmy nomination for her guest appearance on Law and Order: SVU.

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rebecca skloot wednesday, march 2, 7:30 p.m. university of texas at dallas conference center 800 west campbell road richardson, texas 75080 Presented as part of the 2011 “Human Enhancement” series for the Center for Values in Medicine, Science and Technology, in collaboration with the University of Texas at Dallas Rebecca Skloot is a science writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine, Discover, and many other publications. She is also a contributing editor at Popular Science magazine and has worked as a correspondent for NPR’s RadioLab and PBS’s Nova ScienceNOW.

edge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. They are still alive today and were vital for developing the polio vaccine; for uncovering secrets of cancer, viruses, and the effects of the atom bomb; and for helping lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping. Her cells have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave.

The story is inextricably connected to the dark history

manda townsend

Her debut book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, instantly became a New York Times bestseller. It tells the story of a poor southern tobacco farmer, Henrietta Lacks, whose cells—taken without her knowl-

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of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of. “ Science writing is often just about ‘the facts.’ Skloot’s book is far deeper, braver, and more wonderful. . . . Made my hair stand on end.” —The New York Times

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david a. carter pop-up presentation & workshop friday, march 18, 7:00 p.m. horchow auditorium David A. Carter is the author and illustrator of more than forty successful pop-up books for young children.

His works have won praise for their clever tactile surfaces and appealing shapes and colors and appeal to people of all ages. Carter’s “Bugs” books have been among his most popular titles, including How Many Bugs in a Box?, Giggle Bugs: A Lift-and-Laugh Book, in which readers must pull open flaps to reveal “punch lines to fifty-eight bug-related jokes,” and The Twelve Bugs of Christmas: A Pop-Up Christmas Counting Book. He has also won praise for creating works that play upon children’s fascination with the animal kingdom. His book for preschoolers, What’s in My Pocket?, employs a series of five animals whose heads pop up as the pages are turned.

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DMA members FREE Adults $10 Seniors 65+/Military $7 Students $5 Children Under 12 FREE Enjoy many other fun Seuss-themed activities for all ages as part of the March 18 Late Night.

Working to create new and different “kinetic sculpture,” Carter designed and created One Red Dot, a combination counting book and seek-and-find game that reveals paper sculptures on each page, with one red dot hidden somewhere on each sculpture.

His pop-up adaptations of the popular Seuss stories Horton Hears a Who! and Oh, The Places You’ll Go contain the entire text of the original stories. Carter has skillfully followed Seuss’s signature in bringing these classics to life in magnificent color. He will talk about his creative process in making these books and demonstrate pop-up techniques. “ I want you to touch the art.” —David A. Carter After the Presentation: Team up with friends or family in the Center for Creative Connections and try your own hand at making pop-ups with Carter’s help!

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special event

mo rocca monday, march 21, 7:30 p.m. charles w. eisemann center 2351 performance drive richardson, texas 75082 Humorist, actor, and writer Mo Rocca is best known for his off-beat news reports and satirical commentary. Currently a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning News with Charles Osgood, he’s also a panelist on NPR’s hit weekly quiz show Wait, Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me! and the host of the show Food(ography) on the Cooking Channel. Rocca spent four seasons as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and four seasons as a correspondent on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

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Rocca is a frequent guest on cable news shows including Countdown with Keith Olbermann and Larry King Live, as well as a judge on Iron Chef America. He was a regular on VH1’s Best Week Ever and the retrospective I Love the . . . series.

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Rocca’s book All the Presidents’ Pets: The Story of One Reporter Who Refused to Roll Over is a tour-de-force of investigative journalism that blows the lid off of a long-held Washington secret: Presidential pets are more than just photo-ops. Equal parts All the President’s Men, Charlotte’s Web, and The Da Vinci Code, this book is the journalistic watershed event of the decade. Really.

A native of Washington, D.C., Mo Rocca earned a bachelor’s degree at Harvard, where he was the president and writer for the Hasty Pudding Show. He currently lives in New York City. “ I’d rather call myself a mischief-maker—an ‘imp’—rather than a satirist. ‘Satirist’ sounds so self-important. Plus, no one else is calling himself an imp right now. It makes me feel special.”

—Mo Rocca

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artful musings

gail levin and meryle secrest artistic lives

marion ettlinger

friday, march 25, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium

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Art historian Gail Levin has written extensively about artists of the 20th century. In her book Edward Hopper: An Intimate Biography, Levin delves into the iconic artist’s personal life through the diary of his wife, Jo. Meryle Secrest has said that “Levin’s analyses of Hopper’s work are astute and telling.” Levin’s newest biography, Lee Krasner (March 2011), offers a fresh look at the artist, best known as Jackson Pollock’s wife, who was a modernist master in her own right. Levin is currently a distinguished professor of art history at Baruch College and the Graduate School of the City of New York.

Meryle Secrest is an acclaimed biographer whose subjects have included Salvador Dalí, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Stephen Sondheim. On the subject of writing biography, Secrest recommends that the author have access to a diary or personal letters— two items that did not exist for her newest subject, Amedeo Modigliani. In Modigliani: A Life (March 2011), she uncovers the seemingly shy, delicate man behind the romantic myth. Secrest has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and she received the National Humanities Medal in 2006. “ I always wanted to be an artist; well, now I’m writing about art, at one remove.” —Meryle Secrest 6:30 p.m.

Join Dr. Jeffrey Grove, The Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, for a pre-event tour of the installation Re-seeing the Contemporary: Selected from the Collection as well as Krasner and Modigliani paintings.

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texas bound

selected shorts: in the swim monday, march 28, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium Kirsten Vangsness reads Miranda July’s The Swim Team Isaiah Sheffer reads T. C. Boyle’s Rapture of the Deep Thomas Gibson reads Ron Carlson’s Towel Season About the actors: Kirsten Vangsness is best known as Penelope Garcia on the CBS drama Criminal Minds. Most recently seen onstage as the femme fatale in the critically acclaimed noir spoof Kill Me, Deadly, Vangsness’s stage work has garnered the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for best emerging comic actress, the 15 Min of Fem Best Actress Award, and a Garland Award for best actress for the West Coast premiere of Neil LaBute’s Fat Pig at the Geffen Playhouse.

Isaiah Sheffer is founder and Artistic Director of Symphony Space and host and Director of Selected Shorts.

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Thomas Gibson’s selected television and film credits include Criminal Minds, Dharma and Greg, Chicago Hope, Far and Away, and The Age of Innocence. Selected Broadway credits include The Miser, Map of the World, and Henry IV.

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special event

david brooks wednesday, march 30, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium David Brooks is a keen observer of the American way of life and a savvy analyst of present-day politics and foreign affairs. He has served as an op-ed columnist for the New York Times since 2003 and is a weekly commentator on PBS’s NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He is also a frequent commentator on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and The Diane Rehm Show and CNN’s Late Edition. He has previously worked as a senior editor at the Weekly Standard and as a contributing editor at Newsweek and Atlantic Monthly.

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Brooks is the author of Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There, which was a New York Times bestseller and was named a New York Times Notable Book. Christopher Buckley praised Bobos in Paradise as “an absolute sparkler of a book, which should establish David Brooks—not that he needs establishing—as the smart, fun-to-read social critic of his generation.”

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His forthcoming book, The Social Animal: A Story of Love, Character, and Achievement (March 2011), is a tourde-force that draws on the latest science and oldest wisdom to examine how human beings and communities flourish. Stylistically riveting and intellectually transformative, this book will generate debate from Main Street to Washington and will change the way you think about your own life, the choices you make, and the nature of the world you inhabit.

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horton foote: readings and recollections monday, april 4, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium Albert Horton Foote Jr. was born in Wharton, Texas, and died on March 4, 2009. One of the most significant American playwrights of the 20th century, Foote holds a unique place in the pantheon of great Texas theater artists. Best known for his Academy Award– winning screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and the 1983 film Tender Mercies, he also received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1995 for his play The Young Man from Atlanta.

Wilborn Hampton is a theater critic for the New York Times and author of the definitive 2009 biography Horton Foote: America’s Storyteller.

Hallie Foote is a stage, film, and television actor and also the daughter of Horton Foote. She collaborated with him on a number of plays, including The Trip to Bountiful, for which she won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress, and Dividing the Estate, for which she won the 2008 Richard Seff Award and was nominated for a 2009 Tony Award.

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Tess Harper is an award-winning film and television actor. She received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Rosa Lee in Horton Foote’s Tender Mercies. She also won an Oscar nomination for her role as cousin Chick in Crimes of the Heart (1986).

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The participants will share stories and engage in an informal conversation, interspersed with selected readings. Moderated by Dallas Theater Center Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty.

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Reduced $32 Student $15 Clockwise: Wilborn Hampton, Hallie Foote, Tess Harper, Kevin Moriarty For information on other the Horton Foote Festival, visit hortonfootefestival.com.

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margaret george wednesday, april 6, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium Margaret George has built a reputation as one of the finest historical novelists of our time, acclaimed for the richness and authenticity of her characters.

Her first novel, The Autobiography of Henry VIII, was a national bestseller, followed by Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles and The Memoirs of Cleopatra, which was adapted into an Emmy-nominated mini-series.

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In her forthcoming novel, Elizabeth I, George illuminates the woman behind the monarch, her tormented love for Robert Dudley, her flirtations with others, and her unyielding dedication to protect and serve her people.

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texas stories ii monday, april 11, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium Raphael Parry reads Glenn Blake’s Shooting Stars Alex Organ reads Andrew Porter’s Storms Hassan El-Amin reads Tim O’Brien’s Ambush (Actor to be announced) reads Lori Stephens’s The Epidural About the actors:

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Raphael Parry: Director, actor, and host of Texas Bound; Executive and Artistic Director of Shakespeare Dallas Alex Organ: Appeared locally with the DTC and Shakespeare Dallas and with Yale Repertory Theater and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Hassan El-Amin: Selected stage credits include Death of a Salesman, A Raisin in the Sun, The Lion King, King Lear, Othello, and Henry IV. Member of the DTC’s Brierley Resident Acting Company.

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visual verse

Tony Hoaglund is the author of four poetry collections; his latest is Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty. His honors include the Jackson Poetry Prize, the O. B. Hardisson Award, and the Mark Twain Award for humor in American poetry.

Come and hear poems that resonate with art in the collections.

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William Virgil Davis is the author of four books of poetry. His latest, Landscape and Journey, won the 2009 New Criterion Poetry Prize and the 2010 Helen C. Smith Memorial Award for Poetry from the Texas Institute of Letters.

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friday, april 15, 7:00 p.m. horchow auditorium

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anthony horowitz sunday, april 17, 3:00 p.m. horchow auditorium Anthony Horowitz is the author of the phenomenally successful Alex Rider series, which centers on a teen superspy involved in treacherous missions across the globe. Through eight thrilling books with over ten million copies sold worldwide, Alex Rider has captivated young readers. In the final novel of the series, Scorpia Rising (April 2011), Alex takes on the dangerous terrorist organization that has dogged him from the beginning, Scorpia. Horowitz has also worked in television as the writer and creator of the award-winning detective series Foyle’s War. “ I genuinely think that 14-year-olds are the coolest people

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david sedaris tuesday, april 26, 7:30 p.m. mcfarlin memorial auditorium southern methodist university 6405 boaz lane, dallas, texas 75275 Back again with new and unpublished material, David Sedaris returns to Dallas for his third consecutive year with Arts & Letters Live. A best-selling author and wildly popular speaker, Sedaris relishes the opportunity to share his stories with the audience and experience their reaction. Known for his self-deprecating humor, he has said that when he reads a piece for the first time he is “often surprised by what gets a laugh.” In a departure from his well-known memoir format, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (2010) is a collection of what might be called fables for adults—but don’t expect to find a moral in Sedaris’s animal kingdom.

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Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as the best-selling collections of personal essays Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family

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in Corduroy and Denim, and When You Are Engulfed in Flames. Over seven million copies of his books are in print and he is a regular contributor to the New Yorker and Esquire. Sedaris has been nominated for three Grammy Awards, and his original radio pieces can often be heard on National Public Radio. In 2001 Sedaris received the Thurber Prize for American Humor and Time magazine named him “Humorist of the Year.” “ David Sedaris [has] established himself as an ingratiating comic voice. Think of equal parts of Andy Rooney, Gary Shandling and Walter Mitty and a smidgen of Oscar Wilde, shaken and stirred together and filtered through National Public Radio.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

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brian jacques sunday, may 1, 3:00 p.m. horchow auditorium Brian Jacques grew up in England in the area around the Liverpool docks. At the age of ten, his very first day at school foreshadowed his future career as an author: given an assignment to write a story about animals, he wrote a short story about a bird who cleaned a crocodile’s teeth. Brian’s teacher could not believe that a ten year old could write so well. It was at St. John’s that Brian met Alan Durband, an English teacher who more than thirty years later would forever change his life. (Durband also taught English to two other young Liverpudlians, Paul McCartney and George Harrison.)

Jacques wrote Redwall in 1986 for the children at the Royal Wavertree School for the Blind in Liverpool, where as a truck driver he delivered milk. Because of the nature of his first audience, he made his style of writing as descriptive as possible, painting pictures with words so that the schoolchildren could see them in their imaginations. At this event, he will discuss The Rogue Crew (May 2011), the twenty-second novel in the Redwall series.

Jacques has written books, poetry, and music, but he began his writing career in earnest as a playwright.

His three stage plays, Brown Bitter, Wet Nellies, and Scouse, have been performed at the Everyman Theatre in England. “ A mouse is small and can go unnoticed: but there is no limit to what a brave heart and a fearless spirit can achieve.”

—Brian Jacques

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artful musings

simon schama monday, may 2, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium

margherita mirabella

Hailed as a De Tocqueville for the 21st century and a “genius of storytelling,” Simon Schama has won acclaim for his intellectually rich and entertaining studies of the individuals and influences that have shaped the human condition, from the French Revolution to the political past and future of America, from the power of art to the role of nature in Western civilization. He is an award-winning author, broadcaster, and essayist, and a critic for the New Yorker, as well as University Professor of art history and history at Columbia University.

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Schama’s acclaimed books include The American Future; Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution (National Book Critics Circle Award); The Power of Art; Landscape and Memory; and the History of Britain trilogy. He has written and presented forty television documentary films for the BBC, PBS, and the History Channel. His art columns have been collected in an anthology titled Hang-Ups: Essays on Painting (Mostly).

His forthcoming essay collection, Scribble, Scribble, Scribble: Running Around in History, Politics, Art, and Culture (April 2011), offers playful comments on a diverse range of subjects, from food and family to Dubya and Barack Obama, from Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen to Rubens and Rembrandt, from his travels in Brazil and Amsterdam to New Orleans and Katrina. “ Art stops us in our tracks with a high voltage jolt of disturbance. . . . It takes us places we had never dreamed of going; it makes us look again at what we had taken for granted.”

—Simon Schama

texas bound

texas stories iii monday, may 16, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium Reis Myers McCormick reads Sarah Bird’s Members Only Octavio Solis reads Bret Anthony Johnston’s Caiman Chamblee Ferguson reads Steve Almond’s Donkey Greedy, Donkey Gets Punched G. W. Bailey reads Owen Egerton’s Nativity About the actors: Reis Myers McCormick is a faculty member at KD Acting Conservatory. She was recently a series regular on Lifetime’s Inspector Mom and has appeared on the AMC original hit series Breaking Bad. Octavio Solis is a playwright, actor, and director living in San Francisco. His works, including Man of Flesh, Prospect, and Bethlehem, have been mounted at theaters throughout the country. His play Lydia was one of the most talked-about works of 2009 and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

Chamblee Ferguson is a member of the Brierley Resident Acting Company at the Dallas Theater Center.

Stage credits at the DTC include A Christmas Carol, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Death of a Salesman, and Henry IV. Film/TV credits include Prison Break, Karma Police, and A Scanner Darkly.

G. W. Bailey is a native of Port Arthur, Texas. Selected television and film credits include The Closer, M*A*S*H, Police Academy, and Mannequin.

Ticket Prices Full $37 / Reduced $32 / Student $15 Purchase tickets online at www.tickets.DallasMuseumofArt.org Don’t miss the other Texas Bound programs this season: February 28, March 28, and April 11.

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distinguished writers

erik larson thursday, may 19, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium International best-selling author Erik Larson has the ability to dig up riveting stories lurking in recesses of American history. The Chicago Sun Times praised him as “a historian with a novelist’s soul.”

Larson’s first book, Isaac’s Storm, grippingly recounts the story of the hurricane that devastated Galveston in 1900. His follow-up, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, Madness and the Fair That Changed America, intertwines the true tale of two men—the brilliant architect behind the 1893 World’s Fair and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to scout his victims.

Esquire said of The Devil in the White City, “The story is so good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already.” It was a National Book Award finalist and won the Edgar Award.

His forthcoming book, In the Garden of Beasts, is a saga of love, intrigue, and terror at the American embassy in Berlin during Hitler’s first year in power. William E. Dodd is a mild-mannered academic from Chicago who, to his own surprise, becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Germany, in a year that proves to be a turning point in history.

Larson is a former features writer for the Wall Street Journal and Time magazine. His work has also appeared in the Atlantic Monthly and Harper’s. “ I love looking for pieces of things in far-flung archives— but the beauty is that the complexity of the characters is there. You don’t have to make it up.” —Erik Larson

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david franco

fresh ink

david bezmozgis and gary shteyngart

brigitte lacombe

friday, may 20, 7:00 p.m. horchow auditorium

Tickets to Fresh Ink programs are included with paid admission to the Museum.

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DMA Members: FREE Adults: $10 Seniors 65+/Military: $7 Students: $5 Children Under 12: FREE

In 1980 David Bezmozgis emigrated with his parents from Latvia to Toronto, Canada. His first collection of short stories, Natasha, chronicled the assimilation of a Russian Jewish family into Western Canadian culture. In The Free World (March 2011), he explores the struggles and joys of a Russian immigrant family during their brief stay in Italy in 1978.

Born in Leningrad, Gary Shteyngart immigrated to New York with his parents in 1979 amidst the heightened U.S.-Soviet tension of the day. Drawing on his own experiences, Shteyngart’s first novel, The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, humorously captured the Soviet immigrant experience of the post-communist 90s.

In his third novel, Super Sad True Love Story (2010), Shteyngart explores where American culture might be headed in the post-literate digital age.

Not only do Shteyngart and Bezmozgis share similar personal backgrounds but both have received high honors for their literary work. The Russian Debutante’s Handbook won the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction and the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. Natasha was the winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book. In June 2010, both authors were selected for the New Yorker’s 20 Under 40 list of fiction writers. “ A piece of fiction—or really any work of art—has to have at its core some kind of irretrievable loss.”

—David Bezmozgis

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“ American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.” —Gary Shteyngart

artful musings

pico iyer tuesday, may 24, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium Born in England to Indian parents, raised back and forth between there and the United States, and living now in rural Japan when he’s not visiting some faraway corner of the earth, Pico Iyer is one of the most respected travel writers now at work in the English language. The New Yorker says, “As a guide to far-flung places, Pico Iyer can hardly be surpassed.” National Geographic Adventure quips, “Leave your guidebook behind. Go follow Iyer.” His essays appear regularly in Harper’s, Time, and the New York Review of Books.

He is the author of several books about cultures converging, including Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk, The Global Soul, Abandon, Sun After Dark, and The Open Road, a record of his thirty-six years of talking and traveling with the XIVth Dalai Lama. Iyer muses on the fresh possibilities of our newly diverse and mobile planet and on the Magritte-like surrealism of jet lag. On every page of his poetic and provocative books, he compels us to redraw our map of the world.

At this event, he will share insights from his books and travels and discuss how museums and museum experiences can help create global citizens. Iyer says, “In our new planetary order, museums can show us how to bring cultures excitingly together and how to blend movement with stillness. Perhaps a museum can be a little like a church, teaching us slowness and attention, as well as a piazza, which offers us stimulation, diversion, and the new.” “ Traveling quickened my longing to write. . . . As soon as I’m on the road, I find that all I want to do is scribble and scribble and scribble in a somewhat quixotic attempt to catch all the experiences and impressions and feelings that are flooding through me.” —Pico Iyer

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1st annual

booksmART fest A FREE Day of Fun Celebrating Literature and the Arts for Families and Children of All Ages

Saturday, June 11, 2011 • 11 a.m.–5 p.m. authors • artists • illustrators • workshops • music • gallery tours • story time • games • and more!

Don’t miss Rick Riordan!

Visit DallasMuseumofArt.org/ALL for more information.

A full list of participants and an event calendar will be posted in April.

austin kleon newspaper blackout friday, june 17,

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saturday, june 18

Writer, artist, and visual thinker Austin Kleon has discovered a new way to read between the lines. Armed with a daily newspaper and a permanent marker, he constructs through deconstruction—eliminating the words he doesn’t need to create a new art form: Newspaper Blackout poetry.

Friday presentation and activities are included with paid admission to the Museum.

Young Writers Workshop fee: $10 Space is limited.

Register online at www.tickets.

DallasMuseumofArt.org

“ Some of the results are hilarious, some are profound and even unsettling, but they are never bland or boring.”

—The Ephemerist (blog) friday, june 17 8:00–8:45 p.m.

Author presentation, C3 Theater 8:45–10:00 p.m. (drop in) Newspaper Blackout poetry workshop,

C3 Studio/Tech Lab

saturday, june 18 1:00–4:00 p.m.

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Young Writers Workshop, C3 Tech Lab

Teens 13–18 years old who love to write and design can explore the Museum’s collections with Austin Kleon and then create their own Newspaper Blackout poems reflecting their experience.

special event

michael belk

s. c. gwynne tuesday, june 21, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium In 1836 a nine-year-old pioneer girl, Cynthia Ann Parker, was kidnapped during a Comanche raid in North Texas. Parker later became a full member of the Comanches and married a highly respected chief. Her son, Quanah, would become the last and greatest Comanche leader.

Their story is told in Empire of the Summer Moon, which traces the rise and fall of the Comanche Nation. Sam Gwynne will discuss this fascinating story in conversation with Jake Silverstein, Editor of Texas Monthly.

6:30 p.m. Enjoy a docent-led tour of the exhibition Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection.

Ticket Prices Full $37 / Reduced $32 / Student $15 Purchase online at www.tickets.

DallasMuseumofArt.org Program partner: Texas Monthly

fresh ink

tracy aiguier

ben mezrich friday, july 15, 7:00 p.m. horchow auditorium Mezrich has authored eleven books, including the wildly successful Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions, which spent sixty-three weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list and was made into a major motion picture starring Kevin Spacey. His book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal debuted at #4 on the New York Times Best Seller list, instantly became an international phenomenon, and was adapted by screenwriter Aaron Sorkin into the film The Social Network (Fall 2010).

His forthcoming book, Sex on the Moon (July 2011), tells the true story of the young man who took NASA for a wild ride.

Order tickets in advance to guarantee your seat. Tickets to Fresh Ink programs are included with paid admission to the Museum.

DMA members FREE; Adults $10; Seniors 65+/Military $7; Students $5; Children Under 12 FREE

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Full-service dining daily 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and until 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday Exhibition preparations, local favorites, organic salads, artisan sandwiches, Little Artists’ combinations, local cheeses and breads, Starbucks Coffee, wine, and beer.

DMA members receive an additional 10% discount on purchases.

On event nights at the Museum, the Atrium Cafe will offer full-service dining and now accepts reservations.

For reservations and information, call 214-922-1858.

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An invitation for two to a reception with author Pat Conroy on November 16, 2010

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An exclusive audio CD, Texas Bound Producer’s Picks—Volume III or IV

A complimentary copy of the latest book by one of our 2011 Distinguished Writers, signed by the author (please state your preference when ordering your tickets)

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An additional 10% discount (for a total discount of 30%) on Arts & Letters Live–related book purchases in the Museum Store

Reserved seating for two people Opportunities for domestic travel organized by the Museum

A copy of David Sedaris’s new book Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary and a private pre-event book signing with the author on April 26, 2011

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An invitation for two to a preevent reception with author Simon Schama on May 2, 2011

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Dinner for two with an author of your choice (subject to author’s availability)

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