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Dallas At Its Very Best DECEMBER 2011

CONCERTS MUSEUMS CULTURE THEATER SOCIETY CINEMA EVENTS GALAS RSVP BUZZ

The 59th Annual Crystal Charity Ball

Annual Tradition Benefits The American Cancer Society

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CONTENTS EDITION NO. 33 Publisher Lance Brennan Managing Editor Christopher J. Libby Advertising Director Brian Sides Advertising Managers Hedy Vanderheyden Max Ameastah Ginger Pye Society Editor Sally Blanton Assignments Editor Lisa Gail Barnes Photo Editor Coco Mynoako Administrative Assistant Simone Garner Administrative Phone 214.887.0737

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BUZZ• Page 10

SOCIETY • Page 14

CONCERTS • Page 20

CITY Magazine is published monthly by The Turtle Creek News, LLC., 1812 North Haskell Avenue, Dallas, Texas 74204. The entire contents of CITY, is Copyright 2011 by The Turtle Creek News.

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CONTENTS MUSEUMS • Page 26

GALLERIES • Page 32

THEATER • Page 38

CINEMA • Page 44

The package is more important than what’s inside”

EVENTS • Page 48

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Crystal Charity Ball “Tis The Season” ✯

Connie O’Neill, Ball Chairman, has announced that the 2011 Crystal Charity Ball Committee has raised more than $4.2 million for eight beneficiaries. Underwriters of this year’s efforts will be honored at the annual black-tie gala, “Tis the Season,” on Saturday, December 3rd at the Hilton Anatole Hotel. The evening’s festivities include cocktails, casino and gaming, silent auction, dinner and dancing. Noted designer Tom Addis is producing the ball with the assistance of Junior Villanueva of The Garden Gate and Paul Fields of Lambert’s Landscape Design. The James Davis Orchestra will provide music.

Mrs. O’Neill and Underwriting Chairman Caren Kline have successfully led the campaign on behalf of Communities In Schools Dallas Region, Inc; CONTACT Crisis Line; Dallas Mission for life, Inc.; Los Barrios Unidos Community Clinic, Inc.; Methodist Health System Foundation; Nexus Recovery Center, Inc.; Trinity River Mission; Vickery Meadow Learning Center and The Crystal Charity Ball Horizon Project (Perot Museum of Nature and Science is Horizon Project designee). Contribution Tickets are a major component of The Crystal Charity Ball’s fundraising efforts. Through the generous donations of local, national and international businesses and individuals and the overwhelming support of our donors, we are able to help today’s children build a better future. By purchasing Contribution Tickets, you can win exciting prizes... a new car... sports tickets... elegant jewels. The Crystal Charity Ball has raised more than $100 million for children’s charities since 1953.

Where: Hilton Anatole When: December 3 Contact: 214-526-5869 ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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Tutu Chic Luncheon Fashion Show and Luncheon ✯

The gorgeous Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House will be graced by the Texas Ballet Theater dancers at this third annual Fashion Show and Luncheon. This style show benefits the Ballet company and is unique in that professional ballet dancers model the clothes all while pirouetting and sashaying down the runway in fashions provided by designer Naeem Khan and Crawford Brock/Stanley Korshak. The stage is set against the glittering and festive backdrop The Nutcracker.

Where: Winspear Opera Housse When: December 1 Contact: jeanne@texasballet.org

A Home for the Holidays Wednesday’s Child Luncheon ✯

More than five hundred guests have attended the annual Hearts & Hands Alliance Luncheon held each December.

Last year the event raised $250,000.

At this year’s luncheon, patrons can buy an “Angel” to place on the designer-decorated Angel Tree. Each Angel will send one child to summer camp in 2011. Tracy Elliot, Mrs. Texas 2006, will speak of her hardships of being an orphan from age two. Ticket cost is $ 250. with sponsorships available.

Chaired by Kathy Rabey.

Where: Ritz-Carlton When: December 2 Contact: kmartin@wedchild.org ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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Cookies & Castles

Texas Scottish Rite for Children ✯

The funds raised from this wonderful event will assist the Prostatic Department and the Tri-Delta Foundation Crescent Fund. The Dallas Alumnae Chapter of Delta Delta Delta will hold the fourth annual Cookies & Castles Gingerbread Extravaganza Saturday, December 10, 2011, benefiting Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. The event will feature gingerbread men and gingerbread house decorating, pictures with Santa, crafts and holiday music.

Where: Texas Scottish Rite Hospital When: December 10 Contact: cookiesandcastles@gmail.com

Sounds of the Season

Fundraiser for Dallas Hearing Foundation ✯

This is a black tie optional event with a ticket price of $175 or $1500 per table.

Serving as Chair is Dr. Robert Peters.

The Dallas Hearing Foundation is very proud of the ‘Sounds of the Season’ formal gala held at beautiful and historic Union Station. Over 335 guests will enjoy hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and a delicious dinner by Wolfgang Puck Catering. Ms. Cynthia Izaguirre, news anchor from WFAA news will emcee.

Entertainment is a fantastic musical performance by the Texas Boys Choir.

Where: The Adolphus When: December 17 Contact: melissa.benton@dallashearingfoundation. ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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kids just wanna have fun Friedman & Feiger Foundation Benefiting Childrens Medical Center ✯

The Friedman & Feiger Foundation presents the “Kids Just Wanna Have Fun” Gala featuring a live performance

by Emmy & Grammy-Award Winning Cyndi Lauper at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 7th in the Regency Ballroom of the Fairmont Hotel. Benefiting Children’s Medical Center, festivities for the evening include a celebrity reception, seated gourmet dinner, children’s art auction, raffle and live auction featuring Sue Gragg Precious Jewels, Neiman Marcus fur, private jets and more. The evening will also include “pot of gold” games. Guests will be donned in chic holiday attire to celebrate the season.

Event co-chairs for the evening are Janelle and Larry Friedman. Gregg and Molly Engles will be honored for their tireless dedication and support of Children’s Medical Center. Mistress of Ceremonies will be Fox-4 Icon Clarice Tinsley, who is now celebrating her 33rd year as News Anchor and Reporter in Dallas.

Sponsorships range from $5,000 to $50,000 with tickets starting at $300.

To learn more about the Friedman & Feiger Foundation and its work in North Texas, or to purchase sponsorships or tickets, please contact Janelle Friedman, jfriedman@fflawoffice.com or by calling 972-788-1400.

Where: Fairmont Hotel When: December 7 Contact: jfriedman@fflawoffice.com ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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BUZZ

DSO Music Director Named Musician Of The Year The Dallas Symphony Orchestra recently announced that the prestigious Musical America has named DSO Music Director Jaap van Zweden its Conductor of the Year Award 2012. He has been awarded this honor for his critically acclaimed work with the DSO and for the excellence of his musicmaking, both in Dallas and as guest conductor with some of the nation’s most prestigious orchestras.

“This great award from Musical America comes at a thrilling time in the Dallas Symphony’s development,” said van Zweden. “Dallas musicians have been inspired by the sense of civic pride invested in their work, and that in turn inspires me to work even harder and give my absolute best.”

Budget Surplus At City Hall The City of Dallas has recently discovered a budget surplus for the current fiscal year. The city has $2.6 million that will be applied toward closing any gaps in 2012-2013’s budget. the reason for the surplus was due to the city’s collection of more money from Oncor

because of the extreme weather, more residents recycling leading to less trash in landfills, and about $8 million in expense savings. from expenses.

French Swimmer In Training plans to swim 5,500 miles from Japan to California. Lecomte, who is 44 years old, is currently training for hours a day in preparation of the ultra-swim. Lecomte A French long-dis- crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1998. tance swimmer is training in Dallas for The swim across an upcoming swim the Pacific may take him six months to across the Pacific Ocean, according to complete. The swim ABC affiliate WFAA- would make a new world record.

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BUZZ MC & Visa Now At Neiman’s the upcoming holiday season. Until now, Neiman’s only accepted its own credit card as well as American Express. “We listened to our customers and heard that they wanted more flexibility in their payment choices,” said Karen Katz. “By now accepting Visa and MasterCard in our Neiman Marcus Stores as we already do online, they can shop our brands anytime, anywhere and anyplace they choose.”

Karen Katz, President and CEO of Neiman Marcus, recently announced that the company will now accept MasterCard and Visa credit, debit and prepaid cards at all 41 Neiman Marcus stores for

North Texas, Or Bust According to a recent survey released by the U.S. Census Bureau, the most popular destination for people moving from California is North Texas. The American Community Survey findings show that in 2010, the most common state-to-state move in the nation was from California to Texas, citing more than 60,000 people who had relocated. The census figures have indicated the more than 363,000 Californians moved to Texas over the past five years. Of the most popular destinations in Texas, the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex appears to be at the top of that list, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.

Chopper Drones In Arlington The Arlington City Council recently approved spending $202,000 for battery-powered drone helicopters to be used by police to record video and take photos. Earlier this year officials tested several of the remote-controlled helicopters, which weigh about 11 pounds and stretch nearly 4 feet. Arlington has been working with federal agencies on the testing program. ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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BUZZ HPISD Hits $1 Billion Milestone HPISD will be the third district to have given more than $1 billion to the state under the program since it went into effect in 1992.

Recapture, (as it is officially termed), has long been considered unfair by Highland Park school officials and Park Cities residents.

Over past two decades, the controversial plan has survived Texas Supreme Court rulings and civil lawsuits. A total of 234 Texas school districts contribute more than $1.1 billion total annually, to the program.

At some point this month, Highland Park ISD is expected to reach the $1 Billion mark in its contribution to other Texas school districts through the state-mandated Robin Hood plan. For twenty years, HPISD has given a large measure of its property taxes to less affluent districts.

Love Field Cell Lot Relocates Dallas Love Field’s Cell Phone Waiting Lot has recenlty relocated. Along with the relocation, Love Field is also introducing new branding of the Cell Phone Lot to increase public awareness and use of this site. The entrance to the new Cell Phone Lot is located approximately 200 feet beyond the existing Cell Phone Lot. People should look for the red and white directional signs with the cell phone and P (parking) icons that are posted along Cedar Springs and at the entrance of the lot to assist in locating the site.

Private Social Now Open Chef” fan favorite Tiffany Derry is offering dining options and on the Social side of the house, bartender Rocco Milano is serving wines by the glass, beer and speciality cocktails during Social Hour daily.

Uptown’s newest restaurant, Private Social, is now open for lunch.

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BUZZ

Sixth Floor Plans 50th Anniversary Of JFK Death The 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is just under two years away. Now, planning has already begun on activities surrounding the observation of the infamous date.

The Sixth Floor Museum has reserved Dealy Plaza for Nov. 23, 2013. Officials at the museum say they want the 50th anniversary to be a “dignified and appropriate event for the city.” The museum is also attempting to raise over two-million dollars to spruce up the area. The only other time that an official, sanctioned observance of the anniversary was held was in 1993 when Dealy Plaza was given National Historic Landmark status.

A Shot At A Super Bowl Redux The Super Bowl XLV Host Committee has begun discussing a bid for Super Bowl L in 2016. Nationally, the idea is considered a long shot for getting The committee that brought Super another Super Bowl Bowl XLV to North after uncharacteristic winter weather Texas is putting and a seating issue together plans to take another run at marred the event earlier this year. the big game.

DART Stuffs A Bus For Holidays Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) employees will hold their annual holiday “Stuff a Bus” campaign to assist people in need Friday, December 2.

The public is invited to help stuff a 40 foot long DART bus by donating unwrapped toys, canned food, socks and blankets at the Mockingbird Station parking lot, 5465 E. Mockingbird Lane, from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. This effort supports two DART-employee initiated campaigns, Santa Cops and Comforting of the Souls. Look for a specially marked bus when making donations. ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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SOCIETY

Celebrity Waiter Luncheon Family Gateway Benefit Ritz-Carlton ✯

The 2011 Celebrity Waiter Luncheon benefiting Family Gateway was held at The Ritz-Carlton and kicked off Family Gateway’s 25th anniversary. At this entertaining and lively luncheon local business, media, political, sports and entertainment celebrities acted as waiters. Waiters went to great lengths to get tips to support Family Gateway during the 90 actionpacked minutes. Waiters withheld their meals, sang, danced... anything to get a great tip! An exciting silent and live auction also took place.

Top Candice Romo and Ron Corning Center Jacque Wynne, Kate Rose Marquez, Steve Kemble Bottom Steve Blow and Kris Clinton ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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SOCIETY Karaoke Lounge Kick Off Turtle Creek Recovery Center The Shak at The Crescent ✯

Co-Chairs Danya Anderson and Cary Deuber and Honorary Chairs Anne and Steve Stodghill welcomed over 150 guests to the kick-off for the 2nd annual “A Night at the Turtle Creek Karaoke Lounge” benefiting Turtle Creek Recovery Center, a residential treatment program for adults with a mental illness and an addiction. The event will be held on Friday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m. at Edison’s and will include a high-energy evening. Local celebrities will start the night on the main stage with guests jumping in to sing their favorite tunes.

Top Maggie Kipp, Lynn McBee, Jennifer Lott Center Annette Brouner, Stacey McDaniel, Katy Bock Bottom Kristina Wrenn, Doug and Angela Nash

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SOCIETY

5 Night of Stars Kick-Off Fashion Group International Prashe Showroom ✯

The upcoming Night of Stars will pay a special tribute in November honoring Shelly Musselman the Founder of Forty Five Ten. The runway show will be produced by Jan Strimple and will feature an opening selection from the Shirin Askari Fall 2011 Collection, with a grand finale carefully created by co-founder of Forty Five Ten, Brian Bolke. Dancing to the tunes from D.J. Lucy Wrubel—this year’s philanthropic Fashion Police, include eight individuals who will strut their stuff on the runway.

Top Co-Chair Terri Provencal and Prashe Shah Center D’Andra Simmons and Tim Boole Bottom Haley Schultheis and Marcela Zevada ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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SOCIETY Miller Madness

Benefit for The Rise School Home of Bill and Kandis Hutchinson ✯

Miller Madness was hosted by Bill and Kandis Hutchinson in their Lakeside Drive home. Celina and Mark Barry served as this year’s Co-Chairs. This year’s Committee was Charlotte & Shy Anderson, Amy Simmons, Jenny & Greg Galbraith, Tricia & Gil Besing, Kathy & Bill Shuford, Elizabeth & Jeff Fronterhouse, Alyson & Scott Griffith, Mersina & Phin Stubbs, James Haggar Vaughan, Emily Wyly, Jennifer & Jim Lincoln, Natalie & Mike McGuire plus many more. It is always a well-attended party.

Top Gwin Huey, Laura Hudson, Amy Simmons Center Clemmie Bernet, Jenny Galbraith, Margot Reubel, Wendy Poston Bottom Bill and Kandis Hutchinson

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SOCIETY

Folsom Leadership Awards Methodist Health System Event Hilton Anatole ✯

Methodist Health System Foundation presented the 2011 Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award to Trevor Rees-Jones at the Hilton Anatole. Established in 2005, the award recognizes individuals whose demonstrated commitment and excellence in community leadership emulates the achievements of former Dallas Mayor Robert S. Folsom. A tribute video included congratulations from President George H.W. Bush, former Dallas Mavericks Coach Avery Johnson, business leaders H. Ross Perot, Jr. and T. Boone Pickens, Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim. Top Trevor Rees-Jones, President George W. Bush, Jim Francis Center Karl Rove, Marilyn and Steve Mansfield Bottom Lisa Troutt and Sarah Perot ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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SOCIETY Fall Membership Tea Dallas Museum Art League Home of Faye Briggs ✯

The Dallas Museum of Art League (DMAL) held its annual Fall Membership Tea at the stately home of Faye C. Briggs, League member and prominent Art Patron. Jill Goldberg, DMAL President, welcomed members and guests and recapped upcoming League events and volunteer opportunities. Jill reported on the overwhelming success of the League’s annual fundraiser Art in Bloom. She introduced Susan Fisk and Emily Maduro as Co-Chairs for Art In Bloom 2012 to be held in March.

Top Jill Goldberg, Susan Scullin, Faye Briggs, Janet Sue Rush, Carol Reznick Center Jill Goldberg and Olivia Meslay Bottom Celesta Segerstrom-Terry, Barbara Bigham

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CONCERTS

AN EVENING WITH JAMIE FOXX Winspear Opera House ✯

Academy Award winner and multiple Golden Globe nominee, Jamie Foxx will be in Dallas for a one night, intimate interview at the Winspear Opera House. Foxx, whose real name is Eric Bishop, is a native Texan and raised in Terrell. He is most famous for his stand-up comedy and roles in films such as Collateral, Ray and Ali. In 2004, he became the first actor to receive three Golden Globe nominations and four SAG Award nominations in the same year. In addition to his outstanding work in film, Foxx has also achieved a thriving career in music. In December 2010, he released his fourth album, “Best Night of My Life,” featuring Drake, Justin Timberlake, T.I., and more. In January 2010, Foxx and TPain’s record breaking #1 song “Blame It” off of his previous album, “Intuition,” won “Best R&B performance by a duo/ group with vocals” at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. Foxx’s album “Unpredictable” topped the charts in late December 2005 and early 2006, as it held the number one spot for five weeks and sold over one million units in 20 days. Foxx was nominated for eight Billboard Music Awards, three Grammy Awards, one Soul Train Music Award, and two American Music Awards, where Foxx won Favorite Male Artist. His NBC special, “Unpredictable” was a creative live performance of his album, which included an all-star lineup of artists such as Mary J. Blige, Common, Snoop Dogg, The Game, and Angie Stone. The album was nominated for three Grammy Awards in 2006—including Best R&B Album; the track “Love Changes,” featuring Mary J. Blige, for Best R&B Performance By a Duo or Group; and the track “Unpredictable.” for Best Rap/ Sung Collaboration.

Genre: R&B Date: December 7 Details: www.attpac.org ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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CONCERTS

THE story

American Airlines Center ✯

The Story Tour make its stop at the AAC, featuring some of the top artists in Christian music. Ths show will feature many popular Christmas carols as well as The Story, a musical journey from Genesis to Revelation. All Songs are written by Nichole Nordeman and Bernie Herms and the complete artistline up includes Steven Curtis Chapman, Newsboys, Francesca Battistelli, Natalie Grant, Selah, and Anthem Lights with special guests Max Lucado and Randy Frazee.

Genre: Christian Date: December 2 Details: www.attpac.org

a mary mary christmas Winspear Opera House ✯

Ever since siblings Erica Campbell and Tina Campbell broke through in 2000 with the pioneering crossover hit “Shackles (Praise You),” the chart-topping sister act has never wavered from defying convention to fulfill its mission: sending uplifting messages through music and words that are relatable to everyone. An amazing ten years later, having earned countless music awards, the “Mary Mary way” sounds just as fresh and innovative on the duo’s sixth album, Something Big. Genre: Pop Date: December 10 Details: www.attpac.org ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

A Year-Round

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Gift of Fun! Linda Eder

Winspear Opera House ✯

Showcasing one of the greatest contemporary voices, Linda Eder’s diverse repertoire spans Broadway, standards, pop, country and jazz. Most recently, Linda crowned her two-decade recording career with a new album, “Now,” which reunites Eder with composer Frank Wildhorn. Eder’s transcendent voice is the perfect complement to Wildhorn’s lush, imaginative music.

Linda has performed at many prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and The Kennedy Center Genre: Standards Date: December 11 Details: www.attpac.org

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BOB seger

American Airline Center ✯

On the second leg of their 2011 North American tour, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band roll into town at the American Airlines Center. With a career that spans more than fifty years, Bob Seger’s songbook is responsible for classic hits like Night Moves, Turn the Page, Against the Wind and Like a Rock. His Greatest Hits collection has sold more than seven million copies to date in March of 2004, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Genre: Classic Rock Date: December 17 Details: www.LiveNation.com ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND Winspear Opera House ✯

Charlie Daniels is partly Western and partly Southern. His signature “bull rider” hat and belt buckle, his lifestyle on Twin Pines Ranch, his love of horses, cowboy lore and the heroes of championship rodeo, Western movies, and Louis L’Amour novels identify him as a Westerner. The son of a lumberjack and a Southerner by birth, his music – rock, country, bluegrass, blues, gospel --- is quintessentially Southern.

It hasn’t been so much a style of music, but more the values consistently reflected in several styles that have connected Charlie Daniels with millions of fans. For decades, he as steadfastly refused to label his music as anything other than “CDB music,” music that has been popularized on a variety of radio formats. Like so many great American success stories, the Charlie Daniels saga begins in rural obscurity.

Born in 1936 in Wilmington, North Carolina, he was raised on a musical diet that included Pentecostal gospel, local bluegrass bands, and the rhythm & blues and country music emanating respectively from Nashville’s 50,000 watt mega broadcasters WLAC and WSM. In 2009, Charlie Daniels was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame along with Chet Atkins, Billy Cox, Dick Dale, Victor Feldman, Fred Foster, Paul Riser, and Toto. Dickey Betts, former guitarist for the Allman Brothers Band, hosted Daniels’ induction in Nashville.

The CDB performed a tight performance that included “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” That same year, Music City awarded Daniels with a star on the Walk of Fame. Take a trip with Charlie Daniels as he brings the Holidays back home at the Winspear Opera House.

Genre: Country Date: December 7 Details: www.attpac.org ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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Michael W. Smith

Meyerson Symphony Center ✯

Christian music superstar Michael W. Smith returns to the Meyerson to celebrate the holidays with the DSO. Inspiring and entertaining hits from his Christmas album “It’s a Wonderful Christmas” are sure to make holiday spirits soar. In 1982, Michael was asked to play keyboards in a band that was backing up young artist Amy Grant. He also continued to write songs for himself. The story goes that Amy’s managers, Mike Blanton and Dan Harrell could not find a Christian record label that would sign Michael or a young New Yorker named Kathy Troccoli. Believing so much in these two young talents, they started Reunion Records. Michael made his very first record in 1983 and it was called “Michael W. Smith Project.” Michael wrote all the music and wife Debbie wrote the lyrics. The now famous song “Friends” debuted on this album. Michael continued to tour with Amy, as her opening act. More than 20 albums later, Michael W. Smith has become one of the most popular stars in Christian Music. In an effort to bring his music into the mainstream, Smith released the album Go West Young Man in 1990. The crossover hit “Place in This World” climbed to No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1992, he released Change Your World, which included the hit “I Will Be Here for You.” In 1996, Michael founded Rocketown Records with Reunion executive Don Donahue and launched their first artist, Chris Rice. Michael and Don shared a dream to be part of a label where great songs were the focus, where artists, not acts, were developed. But for all of Smith’s accolades, leadership in his local church body, the business of being an artist, an author and a record label executive, Michael sums up his life as this, “to be remembered as a God-fearing man who loved his wife and kids well.

Genre: Christmas Date: December 12 - 13 Details: www.DallasSymphony.com ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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My favorite things Turtle Creek Chorale ✯

A special blend of mirth and meaning.

Merriment, Tradition, Laughter and all the Joy of the Season...Come hear why this annual tradition is a Metroplex favorite and why the Turtle Creek Chorale, now in its 33rd year, is one of the country’s most respected men’s choruses in the world, with over 150 singing members. With interim conductor Trey Jacobs, you will hear Holiday favorites like “We Need A Little Christmas”, “The First Noel”, “Jingle Bells”, “O Holy Night”, “Silent Night” and more.

Genre: Chorale Ensemble Date: December 4, 11, 21 Details: www.TurtleCreek.org

christmas at the meyerson Dallas Wind Symphony ✯

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas the Dallas Wind Symphony way! Led

by Artistic Director Jerry F. Junkin, It’s a Sleigh Ride full of favorites, with a few Minor Alterations that will make you want to Deck the Halls and Sing Along.

So Rest Ye Merry! You’ll definitely want to Be Home for this Christmas. The evening includes: John Wasson: Festival Fanfare for Christmas, Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride, Traditional: Christmas Sing-along, Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival.

Genre: Contemporary Classical Date: December 26 - 27 Details: www.DallasSymphony.com ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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MUSEUMS

A look back

Works Of Martin Schreiber ✯

The exhibit, Martin Schreiber Retrospective: A Journey in Hard-Edge Geometric Art, features early explorations in concrete art and minimalism through development of his later color band style. Born in Berlin, Germany, in November 1924, Martin Schreiber was a student of the late Reuben Tam at the Brooklyn Museum Art School.

Mr. Schreiber enjoyed a long and successful art career both as a commercial art director in New York City with Dell Publishing and as a visual artist working in hard-edge geometric abstraction. Perhaps stemming from his early apprenticeships in the diamond trade, his work is a commitment to the hard-edge experience. In addition to New York City, Mr. Schreiber exhibited in Florida, Canada, and Brazil. Known for his highly disciplined art form, Mr. Schreiber’s work was described by Newsday’s Malcolm Preston as “almost surgical precision of craftsmanship”. Through subtle changes of color and intensity, his hard-edge band style produces soft edge light vibration and illusions of spatial expansion. In his sculpture and wall constructions, the artist directs small progressions in shape and size towards the same spatial expansion witnessed in his paintings.

Museum: Geometric Madi Museum Exhibition: Closes January 8 Details: www.GeometricMadiMuseum.org ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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MUSEUMS

mark bradford

Support From Andy Warhol Foundation ✯

Mark Bradford has emerged in the past decade as one of the most inventive and accomplished artists of his generation, extending and transforming the traditions of 20th-century American painting into an empathetic yet demanding reflection of the urgency, tension, and vibrancy of our present moment. This five-venue exhibition marks the first major survey of this Los artist whose multifaceted practice encompasses painting and sculpture as well as media and sound installation.

Museum: The Dallas Museum of Art Exhibition: Closes January 15 Details: ww.DallasMuseumOfArt.org

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Qualities of Jade

Qianlong Period (1736-1795). ✯

Jade is more than a precious stone; it is what is considered to be an ideal.

Some 2,500 years ago, Confucious (Kong Qiu or Kongzi, 551-479 B.C.) provided a list of likenesses between particular sensual qualities of carved jades such as luster, surface angularity, and veining patterns and qualities of perfected human character such as benevolence, loyalty, and virtue. Confucius went on to elaborated on his meaning in a passage from the Book of Rites: Museum: The Crow Collection Of Asian Art Exhibition: Recently Opened Details: www.CrowCollection.com ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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FABLED JOURNEYS ACROSS ASIA South and Southeast Asia ✯

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Travel some well-worn paths all around South and Southeast Asia in this collection of paintings, fans, sculpture, carvings for the hand, furniture for the desk, rocks, jades, crystals, and corals. In each of these works, journeys of all kinds are traced. Through this collection, visitors will unearth babies borne aloft in baskets, discover avatars combatting injustices, watch as pilgrims abandon their homes for a blessing and understand how the mind must often turn within to correct errors.

Museum: Crow Collection of Asian Art Exhibition: Closes January 8 Details: www.CrowCollection.

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JEAN PAUL GAULTIER

From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk ✯

This is the first ever exhibition devoted to renowned fashion designer, Jean Paul Gaultier, who is easily one of the most important fashion designers in the world. Gaultier draws inspiration from dance, pop-rock, cinema, television, photography, and world cultures, yet does do with a keen respect for tradition as evidenced by his highly tailored designs. This exhibition highlights a selection of approximately 130 haute couture dresses and ready-towear pieces.

Museum: Dallas Museum of Art Exhibition: Closes February 12 Details: www.DallasMuseumofArt.com ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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Diana Al-Hadid

Commissioned Installation ✯

The Nasher Sculpture Center has commissioned an installation by Syrian-born American artist Diana AlHadid. The work of Diana Al-Hadid is on view at the Nasher Sculpture Center’s Corner Gallery through January 15, 2012. Al-Hadid’s craft is, in many ways, about architecture. Her sculptures often recall built structures— cathedrals, pipe organs, towers, labyrinths, cities—yet are made of simple, often delicate or fragile materials, such as polymer gypsum, plaster, fiberglass, wood, polystyrene, cardboard, wax, and paint, commonly found in art and industrial supply shops. Notes Nasher Sculpture Center Director Jeremy Strick: “Diana Al-Hadid creates breathtaking sculptures that surprise us by their unusual forms, unconventional use of materials, and distinctive range of reference and allusion. Her innovative work opens up new ground for the form and meaning of sculpture.”

The sculptures have the appearance of unfinished buildings or archeological remains, and it is often difficult to discern if they are in the process of construction or collapse. Ranging in scale from the human to the architectural, her work references a diverse set of interests, including Arab and Greek mythology, Gothic and Middle Eastern architecture, cosmology and physics. It is their physical presence and ephemeral materiality that make the sculptures powerful, universally understandable evocations of the human condition. Al-Hadid will create anew work for the spaces of the Nasher Sculpture Center. Originally conceived by its architect, Renzo Piano, as an elegant, modern archeological site, the Nasher provides an ideal foil for Al-Hadid’s sculptural musings on architectural ruins.

Museum: The Nasher Sculpture Center Exhibition: Recently Opened Details: www.NasherSculptureCenter.org

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Ten Works, Ten Years SMU Meadows Museum ✯

In March 2001, a new building for the Meadows Museum on SMU’s campus was dedicated. This new edifice, constructed to house the expanding permanent collection and provide more space for exhibitions and education initiatives, was funded in great part by a generous gift from The Meadows Foundation. The Meadows’s new building features an outdoor plaza and sculpture garden, comprising a permanent installation of both modern and contemporary sculptures complete with a vantage point to Santiago Calatrava’s kinetic Wave below. To celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the inauguration of the Meadows Museum’s new home, this fall we will host an installation featuring ten significant works of art acquired by the Meadows over the past ten years. This display will feature selections from our holding of portraits–a strength of the museum’s collection – such as Richard Worsam Meade by Vicente López y Portaña and King Charles II by Juan Carreño de Miranda. Nineteenth-century landscapes by artists such as Joaquín Sorolla and Aureliano de Beruete will also be included in the installation. In prior decades, the museum’s collection was built up greatly by bequests from museum patrons. Within the last ten years, many works of art have entered the Meadows collection from the generosity of private donors as well as from the Challenge Grant, which was developed by The Meadows Foundation. The Challenge Grant matches one-to-one all monetary donations contributed toward the purchase of museum acquisitions or for funding other museum initiatives, up to five million dollars.

Museum: The Meadows Museum of Art Exhibition: Recently Opened Details: www.MeadowsMuseumDallas.org ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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TONY CRAGG Seeing Things ✯

This is the first museum exhibition featuring the works of acclaimed sculptor, Tony Cragg, featuring 30 large and moderately-scaled sculptures dating from 1984 to the present, to provide an opportunity to better understand the artist’s work. Also included is a selection of drawings that are integral to the artist’s method and rarely seen in this country. Cragg is often praised for his innovative and varied forms, which draw upon his broad intellectual interests in science and literature.

Museum: Nasher Sculpture Center Exhibition: Closes January 8 Details: www.NasherSculptureCenter.org

Echoes of the Past

Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan ✯

The exhibit represents the culmination of a six-year project that began in 2004 at the University of Chicago. In a unique mix of art and technology, a “Digital Cave” virtually unites the sixthcentury Buddhist sculptures surrounding it with their original locations in the limestone mountains of northern China. Sculptures has been brought together from museum collections in the United States and Europe for the first time since they were taken from the caves a century ago.

Museum: The Meadows Museum of Art Exhibition: Closes January 2012 Details: www.MeadowsMuseumDallas.org ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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GALLERIES

Paul Booker

Curved Amber Rectangles #2 ✯

Paul Booker is a Dallas born and based artist. He studied art at the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in drawing and painting and finished his graduate studies at the University of North Texas in Denton. He is both a sculptor and a painter, but his work blurs those divisions. His sculpture consists of small hand drawn shapes printed onto thin plastic, then cut out and pinned together using insect collecting pins on the wall, creating complex architectural structures involving hundreds of pins and drawn shapes.

The paintings mask the lines between two- and three-dimensional spaces, layering hand drawn images of clear gloss polyurethane. The upper layers of the drawings “float” on top of the polyurethane surface, casting shadows down onto the lower layers. Booker chooses organic shapes from his interest in how everyday visual images, such as text boxes or arrows, can become contents or signifiers of information, yet when left empty or isolated might develop their own intelligence, much like a swarm of ants or a flock of birds. Paul Booker was an Artist in Residence at the University of North Texas PRINT Press. His upcoming show opens on September 24 at the Museum of Southeast Texas in an exhibition entitled Obsessive Worlds.

Selected exhibitions include the Dallas Museum of Art, Austin Museum of Art, 69th Regiment Armory in New York and the Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth.

Gallery: KirkHopperFineArt Exhibition: Through December 10 Details: www.KirkHopperFineArt.com ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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Biennale Exhibition 40 International Artists ✯

Exhibition showcases a community of well-established artists. This collection of artworks, displays a varied understanding of technique, media, and subject matter, while typifying contemporary trends in the international art world. Many of the artists featured have been recognized through various awards and distinctions; and each artist has endeavored to communicate to an broader audience, creating artworks that have been exhibited and collected worldwide.

Gallery: Luminarte Gallery Exhibition: Through December 10 Details: www.LuminArte.com

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Dornith Doherty Prints ✯

In this new body of work, Dornith Doherty explores the role of seed banks and their preservation efforts in the face of climate change, the extinction of natural species and decreased agricultural diversity. This new exhibition includes archival pigment prints and digital chromogenic lenticular photographic prints of x-ray collages of various seeds and plants. Doherty, a Houston native, has shared his work in featured exhibitions around the world.

Gallery: The Holly Johnson Gallery Exhibition: Through December 23 Details: www.HollyJohnsonGallery.com ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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ORNAMENT EXTRAVAGANZA An Exhibition for the Holidays ✯

This exhibition is being called “Ornament Extravaganza.” It features a widely varying array of contemporary art glass holiday ornaments and decorations from many of the gallery’s most distinguished artists. Kittrell Riffkind was established in October of 1990, when Kittrell Glassworks owners David and Barbara Kittrell, and Riff’s Stained Glass, owner Michael Riffkind, decided to merge their operations. The result is an art glass studio featuring leaded, fused, and beveled architectural art glass, repairs and restorations.

Gallery: Kittrell Riffkind Exhibition: Closes December 31 Details:

Dancing In The Louvre James Drake ✯

James Drake is featuring large-scale charcoal drawings and white cut-outs.

Drake’s work spans a variety of media including painting, drawing, sculpture and video. His monumental, charcoal drawings are being exhibited based on his interest in borders, both literally and metaphorically. His works often allude to historical references and create boundaries attributing to personal prejudices, political barriers and their visceral outcomes.

Gallery: McKinney Avenue Contemporary Exhibition: Closes December 10 Details: www.The-MAC.org ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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Trio Exhibition

Burega, Smith and Nelson ✯

This trio exhibition features works by Peter Burega, Shawn Smith and Pamela Nelson. Peter Burega’s paintings give vision to a birthing cosmos or an expanding galaxy. Working with color and light, he creates a universe that is both mysterious and distant and yet compelling and accessible. Shawn Smith claims describes his work as “investigating the slippery intersection between the digital world and reality, more specifically, how we experience nature through technology.” Pamela Nelson is a Dallas-based painter and public artist. She likes to explore imperfections in geometry through acrylic paint on linen and she does works in paint, sculpture, furniture and assemblage.

Gallery: Craighead Green Exhibition: Closes December 31 Details: www.CraigHeadGreen.com ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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Hadar Sobol ✯

Israeli-born, Dallas-based artist Hadar Sobol will exhibit her installation in the new works space of The MAC. Hadar’s Bachelor of Design from The Israeli University for Fashion and Textile Design has prepared her for working in the delicate craft of embroidery. Sobol’s immersive installation combines video art and embroidery on vintage linen and paper. The use of embroidery and linen deliberately references traditional female roles. Sobol strives to achieve a full range of expression by shifting the decorative, delicate and “proper” traditional technique of embroidery towards the expressive, spontaneous and even impulsive edge.

The attempt to use this medium out of its traditional context symbolizes the conflicts defining a modern woman’s life. Using imagery of female figures and religious symbols, Sobol draws spiritual and visual inspiration from Torah Wimples used in the religious ceremony of bar/bat mitzvahs. Sobol uses her fascination with the Eastern European cloth wimple to comment on family, religion, nationality and femininity. Hadar Sobol earned her Bachelor of Design, Textile Design with excellence in 1997 from The Israeli University for Fashion and Textile Design, Tel Aviv.

Sobol was the Associate Designer and Producer with Rakefet Levi, the most prominent Performance Art Designer in Israel. Sobol has recently attended life drawing and mix media classes at Collin County Community College and Southern Methodist University. She has received numerous awards from juried exhibitions in the Dallas area.

Gallery: McKinney Avenue Contemporary Exhibition: Closes December 10 Details: www.The-MAC.org ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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POST POP PUNKS

Multiple Artist Exhibition ✯

This exhibition features works by nine artists whose work includes pop cultural references, including: Cande Aguilar, who is known for his contemporary hybridization of styles in the realm of pop art; photographer Frank Hallam Day; painter, photographer and songwriter, Jerome Deppe; established artist and writer, Jim Harrison, pop graphic artist Kayolan Iliev, Christopher Olivier, Lanny Quarles; graphic artist, Jason Reynaga and gallery owner, Cohn Drennan.

Gallery: Cohn Drennan Contemporary Exhibition: Closes December 23 Details: www.CohnDrennanContemporary.com

ROB PRUITT

Large-Scale Installation ✯

New York based artist Rob Pruitt’s interests lie in creating environments where participants feel free to improvise and experiment outside of their comfort zones. His work has been recently included in various museum group exhibitions in New York, London and Venice. In the last few years, he has transformed a Victorian house in upstate New York into a Goth art installation and created a sweeping, diaristic mural out of 3,000 iPhoto photos.

Gallery: Dallas Contemporary Exhibition: Opens December 17 Details: www.DallasContemporary.org ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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THEATER

A Kodachrome Christmas Bank Of America Theatre ✯

Enter the colorful world of the cable access TV hostess with the mostess, Earlene Hoople, the self-proclaimed Queen of Rural Media. Get to know Earlene up close and personal as she tapes her very special Christmas Special in front of a live studio audience. Her packed-to-the-hilt show includes: “Letters to Mrs. Claus,” an outrageously embarassing family slide show, a “kookiest kristmas kraft contest” freshly-baked snickerdoodles and a special visit from the church hand bell choir, which is actually made up of audience members. Comic actress and TV host Marianne Curan brings Earlene winningly to life. Curan, the sole cast member of the Christmas comedy, made her mark on broadcast television with her spot-on portrayals of Martha Stewart, Hillary Clinton, and Sarah Palin during numerous appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. For ten years, she has skewered politics and current events as head writer, performer and producer of Washington D.C.’s top satirical sketch troupe, Gross National Product. Her additional television credits include Big Love, Malcolm in the Middle, Hollywood Tonight, Live! with Regis, and The Real Deal. A Kodachrome Christmas is written and directed by Pat Hazell. The production marks the follow-up to Hazell’s play The Wonder Bread Years, his solo show that was produced across the country and aired on PBS. Named “One of the Five Funniest People in America” by Showtime, Hazell - who served as one of the original writers for NBC’s Seinfeld - is a Tonight Show veteran, a critically-acclaimed playwright, and a contributing commentator to National Public Radio.

Theater: Bank Of America Theatre Performance: December 7-11 Details: www.EisemannCenter.com ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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The Nutcracker

The Texas Ballet Theatre ✯

The Texas Ballet Theatre presents Ben Stevenson’s critically-acclaimed production of The Nutcracker. This beloved holiday ballet, set to the music of Tchaikovsky, tells the story of a young girl named Clara and her magical Nutcracker Prince. Together they embark on an adventure that introduces them to a Christmas tree that grows over 40 feet high, toy soldiers battling mice, waltzing flowers, dancing sugarplums, and sparkling snowflakes Theater: Winspear Opera House Performance: Closes December 4 Details: www.TexasBalletTheatre.org

Twenty-Six miles Kitchen Dog Theater ✯

An 1983 Buick Regal may be an unlikely place to find out what family really means, but when Beatriz and her estranged daughter Olivia head west on a spontaneous cross country road trip to chase their illusive dreams, neither is prepared for what lies ahead.

Twenty-Six Miles extols the notion that the best souvenirs on the road of life are the relationships we make along the way and that sometimes all it takes to find yourself is the power of family… and a herd of buffalo.

Venue: Kitchen Dog Theater Dates: Closes December 10 Details: www.KitchenDogTheater.com ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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La Bête

Theatre Three ✯

La Bête (The Beast) is set in a stunning palace in 17th century France, where Elomire, the intellectual head playwright of the castle’s resident acting troupe, is told by the court’s Princess that he must meet with Valere, a local clown the Princess discovered performing in the streets. Elomire is disgusted by the idiotic and vulgar antics of the clown, whom he believes would ruin the troupe’s reputation. The Princess is upset by Elomire’s refusals and demands.

Theater: Theatre Three Performance: December 8-January 14 Details: www.Theatre3Dallas.com

Annie

Rockwall Community Playhouse ✯

Depression-era Little Orphan Annie wants nothing more than to find her parents. She is neglected by a cold, sarcastic and booze-addled matron, Miss Hannigan. Together, with her trusty dog, Sandy, she manages to keep her spirits up, along with the spirits of the other orphans, all of whom hold out hope that they will find homes. Annie discovers that all of her dreams come true when she finds a loving home with Daddy Warbucks.

Theater: Rockwall Community Playhouse Performance: Closes December 11 Details: www.RockwallCommunityPlayhouse.org ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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Les Misérables

Lexus Broadway Series ✯

As part of the Lexus Broadway Series, the musical, based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel, Les Miserables is an epic and uplifting story about the survival of the human spirit. Jean Valjean, a Frenchman who in desperation stole a loaf of bread, is released from prison. Mistreated in the outside world because of his criminal record, he resorts to theft but, touched by a bishop’s kindness, vows to become a good man and succeeds to the point of near-sainthood. Rather than return to prison, he changes his name and begins a new life, becoming a wealthy factory owner and a small-town mayor.

He rescues a prostitute and when she dies, raises her daughter, Cosette.

Meanwhile an obsessive gendarme named Javert becomes obsessed and determined to find and capture Valjean.

Cameron Mackintosh presents this brand new 25th anniversary production of Boublil & Schönberg’s legendary musical, with glorious new staging and dazzlingly reimagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo. This new production has been acclaimed by critics, fans and new audiences and is breaking box office records wherever it goes. The New York Times calls it “an unquestionably spectacular production from start to finish.” The London Times hails the new show “a five star hit, astonishingly powerful.” The New York Star-Ledger says “a dynamically re-imagined hit.

This Les Miserables has improved with age” and NY1-TV proclaims “this new production actually exceeds the original. The storytelling is clearer, the perspective grittier and the motivations more honest. Musical theatre fans can rejoice: ‘Les Miz’ is born again.

Theater: Winspear Opera House Performance: December 20- January 1 Details: www.AttPac.org

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A Christmas Carol Dallas Theater Center ✯

The Charles Dickens classic tale about the importance of the spirit of Christmas. In the middle of the 19th century, a sour and miserly old man named Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a dramatic ideological and emotional transformation after he receives a visit from three specters just before Christmas. The first ghost to visit is the ghost of Christmas past, who shows Scrooge what caused him to be as he is now. The second ghost is the ghost of Christmas present, who gives Scrooge a different perspective on his reality, but the most terrifying spectre is the ghost of Christmas yet-to-come.

Can Scrooge change the awful future that is predicted for him? Adapted by Richard Hellesen, Directed and Choreographed by Joel Ferrell this DTC production features Kurt Rhoads as Ebenezer Scrooge. Rhodes, a DTC company member in the 1980s, costared in last spring’s DTC production of Horton Foote’s Dividing the Estate.

Rhodes also played the title role in last fall’s season opener, Henry IV. Earlier this year, Rhodes directed a production of Comedy of Errors for The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, and then took on the role of Mark Antony in Julius Caesar at The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. Also featured in Dallas Theater Center’s Christmas Carol are Brierley Resident Acting Company members Lee Trull, Abbey Siegworth and Steven Michael Walters.

Music Direction is by Lindy Heath Cabe, Scenic Design by Bob Lavallee and constumes by Wabe Laboissonniere.

Theater: Kalita Humphreys Theatre Performance: Through December 24 Details: www.DallasTheaterCenter.org ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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Hairspray

Garland Civic Theatre ✯

“Hairspray” is a production that transports audiences back to 1960’s Baltimore, where the 1950’s are clearly out and change is in the air. Tracy Turnblad has a passion for dancing and she wants nothing more than to dance on the famous Corny Collins Show. Luck is in her favor and she winds up winning a spot on the show, much to the dismay of the show’s main sweetheart.

Can a larger-than-life adolescent manage to vanquish the program’s reigning princess without mussing her hair?

Theater: Garland Civic Theatre Performance: Closes December 10 Details: www.GarlandCivicTheatre.org

A Ride With Bob,

Bank of America Theatre ✯

The musical production, A Ride With Bob: The Bob Wills Musical is the first-ever play about the life and music of Bob Wills. This musical biography includes the live performance of 15 of Wills’ most popular songs in a plot that interweaves Ray Benson’s present day with various stages in Wills’ storied career. The production stars the ninetime Grammy-Award winner Ray Benson and the famous band Asleep at the Wheel with a special performance

by The Quebe Sisters Band.

Theater: Bank Of America Theatre Performance: December 7-11 Details: www.EisemannCenter.com ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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CINEMA

the iron lady

Meryl Streep / Jim Broadbent ✯

The Iron Lady is an intimate biographical portrait of Margaret Thatcher (played by Meryl Streep), the UK’s first and only female Prime Minister. One of the 20th century’s most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world. The film’s story is told through a series of flashbacks as well as the days leading up to the Falklands war. The Iron Lady is directed

by Mama Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd.

Director: Phyllida Lloyd Rated: PG 13 - Language Opens: December 30

Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows

Robert Downey Jr. / Jude Law ✯

Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in the room...until now.

There is a new criminal mastermind at large—Professor Moriarty (played by Jared Harris)—and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil may actually give him an advantage over the renowned detective.

Holmes’ investigation into Moriarty’s plot becomes ever more dangerous as it leads him and Watson out of London and across Europe, to France, Germany and finally to Switzerland.

Director: Guy Ritchie Rated: PG-13 - Violence Opens: December 16 ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE GHOST PROTOCOL Tom Cruise / Jeremy Renner ✯

After a terrorist bombing destroys the Kremlin, Russia points the finger at the United States and categorizes the attack as an “undeclared act of war.” The U.S. Government is forced to initiate a black operation known as “Ghost Protocol” essentially placing the blame for the terrorist bombing on the Impossible Mission Force. IMF operative Ethan Hunt, who was carrying out a mission in Moscow at the time of the bombing, is disavowed along with the rest of the agency. When the IMF team is ambushed, they are left without any resources or backup and Ethan must find a way to clear his agency’s name and prevent another attack. To complicate matters further, Ethan is forced to embark on this mission with a team of fellow IMF fugitives whose personal motives he does not fully know. Tom Cruise returns in the starring role as Ethan Hunt and is joined by an international cast that includes Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Vladimir Mashkov, Josh Holloway, Anil Kapoor and Léa Seydoux. Producers Tom Cruise and J.J. Abrams (who directed Mission: Impossible III and created the hit television series LOST) team up again for the fourth installment in this action-packed spy adventure series. Two-time Academy Award®winner Brad Bird, who is responsible for megahits like The Incredibles and Ratatouille, directs Ghost Protocol.

This is first his live action feature.

Filming took place in Dubai, Prague, Moscow, Mumbai, and Vancouver with part of movie being shot with IMAX cameras.

Director: Brad Bird Rated: PG-13-Mild Rude Humor Opens: December 23 ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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new year’s eve

Katherine Heigl / Robert DeNiro ✯

From the director of Pretty Woman & Valentine’s Day, Garry Marshall and a stellar ensemble cast will ring in the 2011 holiday season with the romantic comedy New Year’s Eve. Much like the style of Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Eve depicts a series of short stories that celebrate love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts. These intertwining stories are told amidst the pulse and promise of New York City on the most dazzling night of the year. The film’s all-star cast includes Katherine Heigl, Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Academy Award® nominee Abigail Breslin, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, two-time Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron, Hector Elizondo, Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Seth Meyers, Lea Michele, Sarah Jessica Parker, Academy Award® nominee Michelle Pfeiffer, Til Schweiger, two-time Academy Award® winner Hilary Swank and Sofia Vergara. Reuniting with Marshall from last year’s hit romantic comedy “Valentine’s Day” are screenwriter Katherine Fugate and producers Mike Karz and Wayne Rice. New Year’s Eve is shot entirely on location in and around New York City. Let the Countdown Begin!

Director: Garry Marshall Rated: PG-13-Mild Rude Humor Opens: December 9 ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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we bought a zoo

Matt Damon / Scarlett Johansson ✯

Based on the memoir by Benjamin Mee, We Bought A Zoo focuses on a widower (played by Matt Damon) who quits his job and moves his small family out of the city and into a house in the country...that just happens to be a zoo. Through hard work and determination, the family along with the staff, try and turn the dilapidated park back around to make it a successful zoo once more. We Bought a Zoo is directed by Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire).

Director: Cameron Crowe Rated: PG Opens: December 23

Albert Nobbs

Glenn Close / Jonathan Rhys Meyers ✯

Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) plays a woman caught in an unusual love triangle. Passing as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland, some thirty years after donning men’s clothing, she finds herself lost in a prison of her own making.

Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson and Brendan Gleeson also join a prestigious cast that includes Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Pauline Collins. Albert Nobbs was adapted from a short story by Irish author George Moore.

Director: Rodrigo Garcia Rated: R- Sexuality Opens: December 21 ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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EVENTS

TWILIGHT CONVENTION Official Fan Convention ✯

Dallas Wind Symphony’s

Tuesday, December 20 8:00 pm Meyerson Symphony Center Call Now! 214-428-2263 dws.org

This is the first convention gathering since the release of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, and this event offers Twilight fans a chance to mingle with celebrity guests, attend themed parties with other Twilight fans, bid on movie memorabilia through auctions, view special presentations, participate in website panels, enjoy live music and much more. Special guests include: Nikki Reed (Rosalie Hale), Charlie Bewley (Demetri of the Volturi), Chaske Spencer (Sam Uley of the Wolf Pack), Guri Weinberg (Stefan), Patrick Brennan (Liam) and Tyson Houseman (Quil of the Wolfpack). Among the many activities is the YES/NO game where contestants are brought up from the audience to vie for hundreds of dollars in prizes. There is also the famous “Stump The Experts” game where audience members can try to stump the Twilight geniuses and win prizes. The Costume competition is one of the most fun things about the convention. Fans come dressed as their favorite characters from The Twilight Saga. Over the past few years thousands have seen just how cool Twilight fans are with amazing costumes and dedication to creativity and detail.

Venue: Westin Park Central Event: December 3-4 Details: www.TwilightConvention.com ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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2ND ANNUAL ART DECO BALL Christmas Party ✯

The Texas Museum of Automotive History in Fair Park successfully opened In 2010 and has created displays for over one hundred cars valued at $30+ million. The Museum is currently working with The Friends of Fair Park to build a world-class museum of automotive history. The 2nd Annual Art Deco Ball will support the operating costs for the Museum and help build the Restoration Factory facility to teach life and work skills to underprivileged young men and women.

Venue: Texas Museum of Automotive History Event: December 2 Details: www.TMAH.org

Holiday parade

Children’s Medical Center ✯

The Children’s Medical Center Holiday Parade is returning for its 24th year.

The parade runs from Commerce Street and Austin and will end at City Hall Plaza. The Parade will begin at 10:00 a.m. and will feature many favorite cartoon characters, including: Batman, Cinderella and Spider-Man, as they make their way down Commerce Street alongside giant inflatable balloons, marching bands, spectacular floats and unique performance groups from across the state.

Venue: Downtown Dallas Event: December 3 Details: www.ChildrensMedicalCenterDallas.com ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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Winter BUTTERFLies Informational Lecture ✯

Did you know that Texas has butterflies in the winter? In this informative session, Dallas County Lepidopterist’ co-founder, Dale Clark will focus on the butterflies of winter. Participants will discover how our native Butterfly species have adapted methods to cope with Texas’ occasionally harsh winters to survive. The Texas Discovery Gardens is a non-profit educational organization that is supported in part by the Dallas Parks and Recreation Department.

Venue: Texas Discovery Gardens Event: December 10 Details: www.TexasDiscoverGardens.org

LONE STAR CLASSIC Annual Show Dog Show ✯

The Lone Star State Classic is a four day dog show event that occurs twice each year in July and again in December. The Lone Star State Classic comprises three regional dog clubs: Greater Collin Kennel Club, Texas Kennel Club, and Trinity Valley Kennel Club. Each club is a member of the American Kennel Club. These three clubs have made a commitment to the region to provide people of the region the opportunity to attend a major dog show event in the Dallas area.

Venue: Dallas Market Hall Event: December 8-11 Details: www.LoneStarStateClassic.com ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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FAIRY TALE CASTLES Family Event and Display ✯

This one-of-a-kind exhibit has been created to capture the imagination of any little prince or princess. The intention was to encourage literacy by creating an interest in classic fairy tales such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Princess and the Pea, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughter and The Little Mermaid. Designed and built by local architecture and construction firms, these seven castles bring to life beloved stories for your family to enjoy.

Each castle will be placed in specific locations throughout the gardens to optimize the overall look. A map will be available inside the entertainment guide found at the Information Desk at the opening of Dallas Blooms. The Dallas Arboretum is one of the most beautiful outdoor attractions in Texas.

Venue: Dallas Arboretum Event: Closes December 31 Details: www.DallasArboretum.org ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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TOAST & TASTE

Wine Opener For Cystic Fibrosis ✯

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is the leader in the search for a cure for cystic fibrosis. The organization funds more research than any other organization, and nearly every CF drug available was made possible because of Foundation support. The Dallas Wine Opener raises money for the Foundation and will be held on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at the Bank of America Plaza. This event is a relaxed, yet lively, evening for more than 250 expected guests. From wine novices to advanced wine enthusiasts, The Dallas Wine Opener is a fun evening for all experience levels! Sip Great Wines poured by international and domestic wineries. Savor Great Cuisine presented at festive tasting stations, where the area’s hottest chefs prepare their specialties just for you. Along with delicious foods and wine pairings, guests will be treated to a large silent and live auction highlighting wine, cuisine and gift items, plus live music and entertainment. Event Chairs: Allison Moran & Libby Griffin Bryson Tickets: $50 per person online $75 per person at the door To purchase tickets, go to: http://netx.cff.org/dallaswine Attire: Cocktail Entertainment: The Ray Johnston Band Restaurants: Dragonfly at Hotel ZaZa, Nuevo Leon Mex Mex Restaurant, Javier’s Gourmet Mexicano Restaurant, Guillaumes’ Gourmet Cafe, Campisi’s, DISH Restaurant, Dodie’s Cajun Restaurant, The Pour House, Dee Lincoln’s Tasting Room & Bubble Bar Beverages: Bogle Vineyard, Su Vino Winery, Chandon (Moet), Centennial, Frontera, St. Germain Elderflower,Sugera Viudas Brut, Campisi’s, Miller Lite, Shiner Bock, Gallo Wines, Budweiser, Bud Light, Voss Water Stay tuned for restaurant and beverage updates.

Venue: Bank Of America Plaza Event: December 1 Details: www.CFF.org ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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DALLAS WHITE ROCK MARATHON Annual 5K and Fun Run ✯

This year marks the 42nd running of the Dallas White Rock Marathon. A race that is known for having a fun, exciting, and scenic course. The race travels through diverse areas of Dallas such as the Arts District, Uptown, Turtle Creek, the M Streets, White Rock Lake, Lakewood and the Swiss Avenue District. The course is USAT&F certified and serves as a qualifier for the Boston and New York Marathons.

This event features a marathon, half marathon, relay race, 5k and more.

Venue: Downtown Dallas Event: December 2-4 Details: www.RunTheRock.com

PROGRESSIVE INTERNATIONAL Motorcycle Show ✯

This motorcycle extravaganza is the place to see the newest model sportbikes, dirt bikes, cruisers, scooters, customs and ATVs. Entertainment includes: The Learning Curve, where more than 24 informational seminars will be held throughout the weekend; The Ultimate Builder Customer Bike Show, which represents the largest traveling custom bike competition in the world and The Dream Pavilion, which features the most pristine, luxury and exotic bikes in the world.

Venue: Dallas Convention Center Event: December 2-4 Details: www.MotorCycleShows.com ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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Bishop’s Gala

January 21, Hilton Anatole Hotel

The 14th Annual event will feature actor & comedian, Martin Short, benefiting Catholic Charities of Dallas. Ticket Price: $250. Attendance:1200. Attire: Formal/Cocktail.

Contact, rtarangioli@ccofdallas.org

CINEMA 4438 mckinney ave dallas tx 214.443.0605

One For The Money January 27, Katherine Heigl, Jason O’Mara

An unemployed lingerie buyer, convinces her bail bondsman cousin to give her a shot as a bounty hunter.

Her first assignment is to track down a former cop on the run for murder.

Rated PG-13, Violence, Sexual Content

Museums

Mark Manders

Opens January 15, Dallas Museum of Art

Works by acclaimed Dutch artist Mark Manders, featuring a body of new sculptures and a variety of new works on paper created specifically for this exhibition.

now open Lunch on Weekends!

parking available in back

www.sushionmckinney.com

www.DallasMuseumOfArt.com

Theater Giant

Opens January 18, Charles and Dee Wyly Theatre

Epic love story as big as Texas in the form of a musical. In 1922 Texas, Bick, a rich cattleman, marries Leslie.

Bick is focused on working the family ranch, Reatta. www.DallasTheaterCenter.org

GALLERIES

Young Architects From Spain Closes January 7, Latino Cultural Center

A new generation of Spanish architects is blazing new ground globally.

This exhibition features 62 projects by 100 up-and-coming architects and teams of architects from Spain. www.DallasCulture.org

CONCERTS Bryan Adams

January 28, Majestic Theatre

Bryan Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations www.majestic.theatrer.org

EVENTS

Party Fest Extravaganza January 11, Dallas Market Hall

The largest one-day exhibition and tradeshow of its kind, featuring over 200 of the region’s top party and event suppliers, with entertainment, food and beverage samplings. www.ApplauseProductions.com ✯ The Turtle Creek News - CITY - www.VeryBestCity.com

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