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Vol. 7, No. 3: Section One | Neighborhood News | Community Calendar and Food Guide | Local Arts | Opinions

COMMUNITY NEWS Discover new restaurant and patio

TURTLE CREEK

Kalita Humphreys Theater to get restoration

JAXON Texas Kitchen & Beer Garden at 311 S. Akard St. at AT&T Discovery District opens on Monday, March 2 for lunch and dinner seven days a week. Headed by chef David Gilbert, the 4,000-square-foot restaurant and bar will feature a large variety of Texas craft beers as well as a menu focusing on modern Texas dishes with influence from surrounding geographic neighbors including Mexico, Louisiana and New Mexico. The adjacent patio is 10,000 square feet. – Alison Taylor

By Merrick Laravea merrick.laravea@hkstrategies.com The Dallas Theater Center (DTC) announced on Feb. 25 that distinguished New York interdisciplinary design studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro, whose work includes the redesign of the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts Campus and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, will develop plans leading to renovation of Dallas’ famed Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Kalita Humphreys Theater at 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd. The building has been home to DTC since its opening in 1959, and the renovation efforts aim to preserve the theater’s distinct architecture while equipping it to inspire a new generation. Diller Scofidio + Renfro will work with DTC to develop a master plan for the theater and the nine-acre Kalita Humphreys site, which will include new theater spaces and a connection to the Katy Trail. Hillwood Urban will be the project manager, overseeing the drive to restore the theater to its historic period of significance, while improving its ability to function as a modern working theater. In keeping with Wright’s organic, nature-inspired vision, the master plan will connect the Katy Trail, Dean Park and the surrounding neighborhoods of Uptown, Turtle Creek and Oak Lawn to the Kalita Humphreys Campus, making the entire site an accessible public space for all. The Kalita Humphreys Theater is

KEVIN MARPLE

Boyd flips chairs for Press Club

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The Kalita Humphreys Theater in Turtle Creek. unique among Wright’s distinguished body of work as the only free-standing theater he designed that was built during his lifetime. Wright stressed integration with nature, and the theater was built into a limestone bluff overlooking Turtle Creek. “All of us at Dallas Theater Center have been proud to call the Kalita Humphreys Theater our home since it was completed 61 years ago,” said Kevin Moriarty, DTC artistic director. “As we look to the future, we are thrilled to partner with the architects at Diller Scofidio + Renfro as well as the city of Dallas and the entire community to restore the Kalita to its original glory, and expand opportunities

for theater artists, students and audiences.” “Since it was built, the theater’s bucolic setting between Turtle Creek and the Katy Trail has been overwhelmed by parking lots and roadways,” said Charles Renfro, who will lead the development of the master plan. "The Kalita Humphreys complex will be an idyllic and iconic refuge surrounded by nature, merely footsteps away from the bustling city.” DTC and its partners intend to present a plan to the city’s Office of Arts and Culture by the end of 2020. The Dallas City Council will be asked

KERA’s Krys Boyd, host of the national callin radio program Think, will move from the interviewer’s chair to become the subject of inquiry at the second Press Club of Dallas Student Press Conference on Wednesday, KERA March 4 at 5:30 p.m. at Dallas County Community College District’s North Lake College building P, Music Room P249, 5001 North MacArthur Blvd. in Irving. The public is invited, and it is free to attend. – Paul Wahlstrom

Limited time dishes at Asian Mint

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JUST FOUND

New bakery rises in Lakewood neighborhood

NIKOLA OLIC

Leila Bakery & Café is now open at 6041 Oram St.

By David Mullen david@katytrailweekly.com It's her baby. Baker Kelly Ball

has left the weekends of peddling quality baked goods at farmers markets to opening a new storefront. Called Leila Bakery

& Café (pronounced like Eric Clapton's ‘Layla’), she hopes her array of superior pastries, kolaches, quiches and coffee might make

people, like the song lyrics expound, “get down on their knees.” At Leila, located at 6041 Oram St. between Bangkok Inn and Redenta's Garden Shop near Skillman Street, quiche is king. “We have a really flaky crust and we make it by hand,” Ball beamed. In just a few weeks, Leila Bakery & Café has already gained national notoriety as the fifth best bakery in USA Today's top 10 bakeries in Dallas (and the only one in Lakewood) with a nod to their deepdish quiches. While primarily growing up in the DFW area, Ball went to the prestigious Northwestern University in Chicago and studied sociology and cognitive science. BAKERY cont'd on page 9

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Asian Mint at 4246 Oak Lawn Ave., 5450 Lovers Lane and 11617 N. Central Expressway, Suite 135 has launched a limited time menu featuring dishes that honor all four regions of Thailand. Items include Kao Soy Chicken, Mango Mandarin Chicken, Rice Soup with chicken or shrimp, Dry Tom Yum Talay (above) and Tamarind Shrimp. The dishes, by chef/owner Nikky Phinyawatana who grew up in Bangkok, will be available through the end of March. – Alison Taylor

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