This section is all about people doing things in Dallas, Texas, with articles and event announcements on local lectures, art/literary/business panels, and Q&A sessions with prominent authors, lecturers, and academics. This section is also home to the “Fascinating People from Dallas, Texas” series, which is a bi-monthly bio, and interview with a person from or living in Dallas bringing value to our city. Subscribe to our RSS or get updates directly via email using our subscribe page to learn about people from Dallas, Texas, doing cool things!

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

{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 […]

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

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 […]

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 […]