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Vol. 3, No. 13
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COMMUNIT Y NEWS
'GIVE LOVE' Day is Friday Friday, May 13, is designated as “GIVE LOVE” Day, when Dallas area communities show their support of the families staying at the Ronald McDonald House Dallas (RMHD) by wearing their 2016 vintage-red “GIVE LOVE” t-shirts and sharing their photos with the hashtag #GiveLove16. For $15, a “GIVE LOVE” T-shirt covers a one-night stay for a family seeking treatment in Dallas for their child’s serious illness or injury. T-shirts are available online at rmhdallas.org/ Photo courtesy of RMHD givelove, and at the front desk of RMHD, located at 4707 Bengal St. — Emily Hargrove
Seale to speak at luncheon
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Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society's fifth annual Distinguished Speaker Luncheon is Thursday, May 19 at noon at Dallas Country Club at 4155 Mockingbird Lane. Dallas architectural historian and preservationist Katherine Seale (left) is the guest speaker. Individual tickets are $150. More information at pchps.org. — Sharon Adams
The ultimate running machine On Wednesday, The Dallas Marathon board of directors today announced a multi-year title sponsorship agreement with BMW of North America Photo courtesy of Dallas Marathon and the Dallas-Fort Worth Area BMW Centers for the organization’s marquee race property: the Dallas Marathon. The event, which is Texas’ oldest marathon and the largest annual sporting event in North Texas, will be known as the BMW Dallas Marathon, Half Marathon and Behringer Relay. — Greg Miller
Wilkinson Center benefit coming The Young Friends of the Wilkinson Center will host its fifth annual White Party Benefit at 6500 Cedar Springs Road on Saturday, June 4. This is the biggest fundraiser for the Young Photo by Lisa Means Friends of Wilkinson Center and it brought in more than $100,000 last year with more than 1,000 people in attendance. On May 5, the kick-off event for The White Party was held at Happiest Hour (above) on Olive Street. — Vodi Cook
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WEST END
Museum new home to rare artifacts
By Michael Tate
mjt0004@yahoo.com Two artifacts from World War II, including a rare volume of photographs, have found a new home at the Dallas Holocaust Museum. A photo scrapbook detailing the work of the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives (MFAA) section and a seven-branch menorah were presented on May 4 to the museum by Robert M. Edsel, founder of the Monuments Men Foundation. The foundation preserves and promotes the work of the MFAA, the wartime organization created to save and repatriate artistic and cultural works plundered by the Nazis. Those who served in that section are known as "Monuments Men." “We’re thrilled to receive this cherished album and beautiful
menorah," Dallas Holocaust Museum President and CEO Mary Pat Higgins said in a released statement. "As symbols of repair and restoration after the horrors of Nazi aggression, as well of Jewish continuity and perseverance, we will proudly display them in the new facility we plan to build in Dallas’ historic West End.” The scrapbook is a rare and significant addition to the museum's collection. Researchers know of maybe a dozen volumes still in existence. The scrapbooks were made at the Offenbach Archive Depot near Frankfurt. This was the collection center for recovered items relating to Judaic religion and culture. The books were originally four-volume sets made by hand. The donated book is Volume Two. Only two full sets still exist, one in the National Archives and another
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Robert M. Edsel, Founder and Chairman of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art and The Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair-Elect of the Dallas Holocaust Museum.
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FARMERS MARKET
Dallas’ first food hall opens with a splash By David Mullen and Christelle Dupont
david@katytrailweekly.com christelle@medialinepr.com On a bright Friday afternoon, Dallas civic leaders came together to celebrate what they hope is a beacon for the future of retail in downtown Dallas. The new Dallas Farmers Market first food hall — The Market —officially opened. “I love the sound of jack hammers in the morning,” the sunglasses toting mayor of Dallas Mike Rawlings said, as further construction was taking place to build more residences. “It sounds like progress.” The Market is patterned after the typically European food halls offering fast, fresh and innovative fare that have sprouted up across the nation. A fully renovated indoor
Photos by Ashley Tobar
Taqueria La Ventana is one of more than 20 restaurants and shops in Dallas' new The Market. space, The Market (formerly known as Shed 2) features a unique selection of local merchants, artisanal food vendors and restaurants creating a vibrant and much-needed food hub in downtown Dallas. “What is wonderfully poignant is that this special
part of the city is all coming together at once,” Rawlings said. “And what every family comes around to is food. But this is not only, fun, not only family, and a not only food, but it is about inertia, local businesses together and local artisans together.”
“Several years ago, our vision for a vibrant farmers market began, and today we celebrate with all of our partners who have worked tirelessly to transform the farmers market district into an energetic community for downtown residents, shoppers and tourists,” said Brian Bergersen, partner at DF Market Holdings, LLC, who is leading the massive redevelopment and revitalization efforts. “Our ultimate vision is for The Market and The Shed to have a symbiotic relationship in which The Market’s restaurants and food vendors source local produce and artisanal ingredients from farmers in The Shed, much like Mudhen does currently,” said Amanda Vanhoozier, director of market operations see FOOD on page 7
THEATER REVIEW
Contemporary Theatre transforms to battle fields, then and now By Shari Goldstein Stern shari@katytrailweekly.com
Not just anyone could portray Robert E. Lee, but Robert Banks takes on the challenge effectively as the Civil War General in Contemporary Theatre of Dallas’ (CTD) “The Road to Appomattox,” now running through May 22. With a small cast of five, Lee’s physical presence allows him to own the space while onstage. Despite his gruff exterior, he lets his officers, Taylor as played by Matt Holmes and Captain Russell by Kevin Moore, see his vulnerable side as generous and endearing. But is that Moore again as an immodest PhD historian, who steps into the life of Dr. Jenny Weeks (Catherine DuBord) and Steve Weeks (Jeff Swearingen), a married couple who are off on an historical expedition to discover his Civil War ancestry?
Very subtly, the story places Moore in both the past, as a Civil War Army Captain, and as a PhD historian, 150 years later. The show’s director, Susan Sargeant, put it this way, “Moore is an expert in the present, and a messenger in the past, so he gets to time hop.” While doing the hopping, Moore excels in both roles, as Chip, the expert Photo by George Wada on all things Civil War and Robert Banks stars as General Robert E. Lee in “The the obedient messenger to Road to Appomattox” through May 22. General Lee. Moore’s been across the couple on their journey, puts seen in many of the area’s theaters, intheir marriage to the test. When Chip cluding Theatre Three; Uptown Players; flirts openly with Dr. Weeks (Catherine Kitchen Dog Theater and WaterTower DuBord), she seems happy with the Theater. In June he will appear in attention. Meanwhile, her husband Uptown Players’ regional premiere of Terrence McNally’s “Mothers and Sons.” see THEATRE on page 11 The historian Chip, who runs
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