What: 6th Annual Cedars Open Studio
When: Saturday, November 22nd, 10am-6pm; after party begins at 7pm and ends at midnight.
Where: South of downtown Dallas - Cedars neighborhood (map it!)
Price: FREE!

What: Art and Jewelery Show featuring Brenda Bogart and Whitney Williams
When: Friday, November 21st from 2pm-8pm; Saturday, November 22nd from 10am-3pm
Where: 3636 University Blvd, Dallas, TX (map it!)
Admission Price: Free admission. Over 100 original pieces will be on display and the buyer names the price. Half of all art sales will be generously donated to the North Texas Food Bank.

It’s not very often I see pieces that make me forget about my surroundings and zero in on every detail of the solid, still movement in front of me. It’s nearly (if not completely) impossible to duplicate the reaction I get when I’m not in the presence of art  that moves me, but I will try:

What: ArtLoveMagic Artist Reception & Open Mic Night
When: Saturday, November 22, 2008 from 8pm - 12am
Where: Mokah Coffee House & Art Gallery, 2803 Taylor Street, Dallas, TX, 75226 …(On the corner of Malcolm X and Taylor, FREE PARKING) …(map this!)
Admission Price: FREE!

{From ArtLoveMagic.com}
Have you ever wondered why an artist looks at the world in a certain way? What drives them to create a particular work?

VISION is a new gallery experience hanging at the Mokah Art Gallery in Deep Ellum. The show is curated by ArtLoveMagic’s founder Michael Lagocki and includes over 20 local artists. Hanging next to each piece in the show is an artists’ statement, describing why they chose their themes and why they created the work. Together, these works, these themes, create a full Vision.

Mokah Art Gallery and ArtLoveMagic invite you to experience a show that lets you do more than just look, it lets you connect, understand, and look through another’s eyes. The evening also includes open mic for musicians and spoken word.

The VISION show is currently open during Mokah’s normal operating hours.

What: Dallas Cinemania presents the 1973 film The Holy Mountain
When: Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 8pm
Where: Angelika Film Center, 5321 E Mockingbird Ln, Dallas, TX 75206 (map it!)
Admission Price: $8 at the door - cash only. Seats are limited.

[From Angelika Film Center]
THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (1973) Mexico/USA, 114 min 35mm, Dir: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Jodorowsky’s psychedelic 1973 follow-up to his seminal EL TOPO is a mind-blowing, almost indescribable mix of fantasy, religious symbolism, horror and humor. Detailing the surreal adventures of a thief and his encounter with a mystical guide in a quest for immortality.

[From Wikipedia]

La Montaña Sagrada (The Holy Mountain, reissued as The Sacred Mountain) is a 1973 cult film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky who also participated as actor, composer, set designer, and costume designer. The film was produced by Beatles manager Allen Klein of ABKCO after Jodorowsky scored an underground phenomenon with El Topo and the acclaim of both John Lennon and George Harrison (John and Yoko Ono put up production money). It was shown at various international film festivals in 1973 and limited screenings in New York and San Francisco. However the film was never given wide release until 2007, when a restored print toured the United States, screening with El Topo, and released in DVD format from May 1st.

What: 2008 Winter Art Mart
When: November 21-23, 2008
Where: Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Drive, Dallas, TX 75218 (map it!)
Admission Price: FREE!

Schedule:
Friday, November 21 (7pm-9pm) … Preview Reception featuring music by the Herbie Johnson Quartet
Saturday, November 22 (12pm-7pm) … Sale/Auction
Sunday, November 23 (11am-6pm) … Sale/Auction

[From bathhousecultural.com]
Come get a bit of wonderful art for yourself and your friends at the Bath House’s Winter Art Mart. Paintings, sculpture, photography, pottery, ceramics, jewelry, cards and other unique creations will be featured along with food, music, a silent auction and much more.

The Art Mart benefits the Bath House Cultural Center’s year-round visual and performing arts programs - so it’s a purchase that we all benefit from!

Participating Artists:
Elizabeth Amaro, Brenda Benson, Martha Boles, George Boyd, Geraldine Brettmann, Mary Brinson, Marla Cook, Dan Coppersmith, Suzanne Corey, Bebin Cypher and Paco Sutera, Charlotte B. De Molay, Dan and Lori Dudley , Barbara Erickson, Brad Foster, Rebecca Guy, Fred R. Hight, Mahlon Hight, Brandon Jenkins, Cindy Kelley, Carmen Kelley and Sylvia Mims, Dannelle LeBlanc, Charlotte Lindsey, Kayla Mick, Jo Moncrief, Pam Myers-Morgan, Lucky Nelms, Travis Rice, Gail Roberts, Marty Ruiz, Elisabeth Schalij, Tim Scheer, Russ Sharek, Claudia Sullins, Susan Tinkler O’Neal, Sheilah and Dave Unger, Alba Uribe-Sorrentino, and Mary Vanderwood.

For more information visit The Bath House Cultural Center website, or call the event hotline at (214) 670-8570.

Event: Bill Owens Artist Reception and Book Signing
When: Saturday, November 22, 2008 from 5pm-8pm
Where: Photographs Do Not Bend (PDNB) 1202 Dragon Street, Dallas, TX 75207

Bill Owens is an American photographer best known for his suburban domestic photography and famous book Suburbia, published in 1973. Owens captured quintessential hometown suburbia after WWII like no other photographer had done during that time. His most recent book, Leisure, was published in 2005. Born in 1938, Owens is also an editor and brewer (founded 3 pub breweries) living in Hayward, CA. He collects antique lawn sprinklers and carved wooden animals.

Owens’ new series, New Suburbia, will be on display at PDNB from November 22 through January 3, 2009.

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 Media Ethics, presented by the Division of Journalism at the Meadows School of the Arts. Scheduled for the week following the presidential election, the lecture will offer Robinson’s perspective on the close connections between politics and culture, and the way major trends are shaping not only our society but our neighborhoods and families. Robinson has worked at The Post for 28 years, during which time he has been city hall reporter, city editor, foreign correspondent in Buenos Aires and London, foreign editor, and assistant managing editor in charge of the paper’s award-winning style section. A member of the National Association of Black Journalists, Robinson was a Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard and has received numerous awards for his work.

[From SMU Meadowns School of the Arts]

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 woman to represent Texas in the United States Senate. In 2000 she received more than 4 million votes for her re-election to second term in the US Senate, the highest number of votes ever received over any other statewide candidate. Hutchinson was named one of “The 30 Most Powerful Woman in America” in 2001 by Ladies Home Journal.

Related articles:
CNN.com - Texas senator may leave before term ends

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.

Spiral Diner will be offering “How to Prepare a Holiday Meal” cooking class at both Fort Worth and Oak Cliff locations. Only one class per location is being offered and they will fill up fast so reserve your spot ASAP! No walk-ins allowed. The 2-hour class is $40/pp and pre-payment is required. You will learn how to make cranberry-pecan stuffing, gravy, biscuits, coconut sweet potatoes, peanut soup, sweet potato pie, mashed potatoes, green beans and more. “Each class includes recipes, personalized instruction, and simple cooking demonstrations that can be recreated at home.”

{Sweet Potato Pie, Paul Goyette via Flickr}

Date & Location:
1314 W. Magnolia, Fort Worth, TX - Monday, November 17th, 7-9pm
1101 N. Beckley, Dallas, TX - Monday, November 24th, 7-9pm

For more information or to register for the class, call 214-948-4747.

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