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Free Discussion and Book Signing: Use and Abuse of the Bible in Today’s Politics with Georgetown Prof. Berlinerblau

[ January 15, 2009; 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] I have been coming across some great lecture events recently. The reason why I started this blog is because I would (and still do) spend hours looking for events in Dallas, and I wanted to share them with people like you who want to get out of their house and do/learn/see something!

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Purchase Tickets for SMU’s Tate Lecture Series - Chris Jordan, Nicholas Kristof, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

[ January 27, 2009; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. March 3, 2009; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. April 14, 2009; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] SMU has been bringing the “world’s most interesting and provocative people to Dallas for more than 25 years.” The lecture series being offered at SMU will shape the way you look at the world today and tomorrow. These individuals have made history and there is something to be said about them. Learn about the mistakes [...]

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Wednesday, December 10th - Working Lunch: How to Survive a Bare Market

[ December 10, 2008; 11:30 am; ] Event: December Working Lunch: How to Survive a Bare Market
Schedule It: Wednesday, December 10th at 11:30am to 1:00pm
Map It: Clampitt Creative Center, 9207 Ambassador Row, Dallas, TX 75247
Admission Fee: Member of the Dallas Society for Visual Communication is $25; non-member $35

Register for this event here.

About this Event:
As the U.S. stock market continues to struggle, business [...]

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Special Event with Author David Sedaris, Sunday, April 19th, 2009

[ November 30, 1999; 12:00 am; ] Announced Today: Special Event with David Sedaris benefiting the Kay Cattarulla Endowment for the Literary and Performing Arts on Sunday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.

The event will be held at the McFarlin Memorial Auditorium, Southern Methodist University, 6405 Boaz Lane, Dallas, Texas 75275.

Do not wait to purchase these tickets. There was limited seating when I went [...]

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Artist Talk with John Pomara at CADD, December 4th

[ December 4, 2008; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Arts writer for Dallas Morning News, Janet Kutner, will be talking with artist John Pomara about his most recent work featured in the current exhibition “More Than This.” The Art Social event will begin with music and conversation at 5:00pm. The artist talk will start at 7pm.

Original upload by Dean Terry

About the Exhibit
“More Than [...]

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Art Conspiracy Benefit for Preservation LINK, Inc. on December 6th

[ December 6, 2008; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Art Conspiracy is putting on its 4th annual fundraiser benefiting Preservation LINK, Inc., a non-profit org committed to providing “life experience literacy” for students in the South Dallas area through a variety of programs and initiatives. The benefit will feature 150 Dallas area artists in a 40,000 square foot warehouse, with live music from MOUNT [...]

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Lecture in Media Ethics (Free): Eugene Robinson

[ November 13, 2008; 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Event: Rosine Smith Sammons Lecture in Media Ethics: Eugene Robinson
When: Thursday, November 13th at 8:00pm
Where: Caruth Auditorium - Owen Art Center | 6101 Bishop Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75205
$$$: Free but call for your ticket(s) 214-768-2787

Eugene Robinson, associate editor and columnist for The Washington Post, will deliver the ninth annual Sammons Lecture in [...]

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Kay Bailey Hutchinson speaking on Leading Ladies @ Barnes & Noble

[ November 17, 2008; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ]

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When: Monday, November 17th at 12:00pm

Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson will be discussing her new book, Leading Ladies: American Trailblazers, at the Barnes & Noble across from North Park Mall.

Barnes & Noble - Lincoln Park
7700 West Northwest Hwy. Ste. 300
Dallas, TX 75225
214-739-1124

About: Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) is the first [...]

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Artist Talk with Olafur Eliasson, Dallas Museum of Art

[ November 12, 2008; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] November 12th at 7pm, artist Olafur Eliasson will be at the Dallas Museum of Art in the Horchow Auditorium to discuss the exhibition, Take Your Time, currently on display. Admission price is $15 and discounts will be available for members & students. Call 214-922-1826 to reserve your ticket.

Take Your Time, 2008

Dallas Museum of Art
1717 [...]

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Denis Johnson, acclaimed writer, at Project X Studio

[ November 8, 2008; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] {From Project X Theater}
Join the Board and Producers of Project X for a casual and intimate evening with acclaimed playwright, poet and fiction writer, Denis Johnson on November 8th at 7:30pm.

Mr. Johnson’s works include Tree of Smoke, which won the National Book Award in 2007 and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and the story [...]

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Annette Lawrence at Dunn & Brown Contemporary

[ October 24, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. November 8, 2008; 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ]
Image by Elisa Durrette

Annette Lawrence Free paper, October 24-December 13, 2008
Opening Reception for the artist, Friday, October 24 from 6:00-8:00pm
Artist Talk, Saturday, November 8 at 2:00pm Dunn and Brown Contemporary 5020 Tracy Street Dallas, TX 75205 ph: 214-521-4322

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Smart Women In Business Forum at The Women’s Museum

[ November 14, 2008; 10:00 am to 2:30 pm. ]

The Smart Women in Business Forum is designed to help aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners learn the skills and identify the resources needed to become successful. The Forum will include a panel discussion, networking lunch and an opportunity for women to become empowered.

The Women’s Museum will be hosting The Smart Women in Business Forum [...]

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Mr. Zapruder’s Film, with Richard Stolley & Final Presidential Debate (Free) @ The Sixth Floor Museum

[ October 15, 2008; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]
Wednesday, October 15th at 7pm - One night; two great histories. One foreseen and another in the making.
Richard Stolley, former editor of Life magazine, takes us back to November 22nd, 1963, when he learned about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and how he secured publication rights to the Abraham Zapruder film of that [...]

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