–from Facebook Last night I had the privilege of attending a lecture by Dr. Zahi Hawass. What an excellent evening it was! Not only is Mr. Hawass interesting and informative, but he is exceedingly funny. Mr. Hawass gave a lecture as part of the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA)’s Arts and Letters Live and also…
–by Deborah Lopez in Time.com I went to hear Elizabeth Gilbert speak last night at the Eisemann Center in Richardson. The über popular Ms. Gilbert spoke for about an hour before she fielded questions collected on index cards. As a former Toastmaster, I was impressed with her ability to speak without notes for such a…
I happened to go to one of the Dallas Museum of Art’s Late Nights events on the spur of the moment a couple of weeks ago. My favorite local band, Brave Combo, was going to be playing in the Atrium that evening, but I needed to kill some time before then. I picked up a…
Apparently, 2008 was a record year for the Dallas Museum of Art. I have recently read several articles over the internet discussing this and the museum’s press release can be found here. Plenty of the increased attendance is due to the King Tut exhibition still on display until May. Also, Olafur Eliasson (a Danish artist)…
The “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art is worth seeing, even if the ticket price is higher than most art exhibitions and even if you know nothing about Tutankhamun or Egyptian art. It’s just a little sad that most of the objects in the exhibition were…
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