Dallas Architecture Forum, the non-profit organization dedicated to providing challenging and on-going public discourse about architecture will present a moderated panel discussion on New Humanism: Taking a Stand – A Report on Ghost 13 on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers, Ste. 100. Admission is free. Andrew VERNOOY, AIA, Dean of the Architecture School at Texas Tech University, will serve as Moderator. For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. For questions about the Forum, call 214-764-2406.

Within the context of New Technologies in Architecture—new materials, new geometries, and new structural strategies—Ghost 13 took a stand on the principles of Place, Craft and Community. Initiated as a retrospective of Brian Mackay-Lyons’ innovative 12 years of physically engaged, yet theoretically driven, architectural production on his stunning site west of Halifax, Ghost 13 listed among its participants some of the most talented architects practicing today. Benchmarked by presentations from Kenneth Frampton, Juhani Pallasmaa and Glenn Murcutt, the week of inspiring discussions naturally lead to speculations about the larger agenda. Was Ghost 13 merely a thoughtful reflection on beautiful architecture or did it make a claim for New Humanism within the context of an exceedingly technically driven culture? You decide, as attendees discuss the issues explicitly, and implicitly, generated by the conference.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to announce that Chicago architect Mark Sexton will speak Jan. 19, 2012 at 7 p.m. at the Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave. Season Benefactor is Briggs-Freeman Real Estate. The Spring Series Benefactors are Jackson Walker LLP and Rogers O’Brien Construction Company. Reception Underwriter is Scott + Cooner. Tickets are $20 per lecture for general admission and $5 for students (with ID). Tickets can be purchased at the door before the lecture. Dallas Architecture Forum members receive free admission to all regular Forum lectures as a benefit of membership, and AIA members can earn one hour of CE credit for each lecture. Call 214-764-2406, email director@dallasarchitectureforum.org or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.

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Professional chamber choir The Texas Voices continues its ninth season of public

concerts with My Dear Heart: Christmas Lullabies and Other Holiday Favorites

on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 6121 E. Lovers

Lane. Celebrate the holidays with warmth, light, and joy as The Texas Voices

bring you carols and lullabies, including Balulalow, The Shepherds Sing, Wassail,

and Novo profusi gaudio—a vibrant nativity motet set to medieval text. Featuring

chorus, handbells, organ, piano, and violin.

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Local Honey’s Holiday Mix Show, featuring a 15-piece all-star electric pop-orchestra, will return for its sixth year on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011 at 8 p.m. at the historical Lakewood Theater, 1825 Abrams Parkway, in East Dallas. Admission is $20 at the door or online at http://lakewoodtheater.com. Proceeds will benefit Joni & Friends International Disability Center. Singer songwriters Cary Cooper and her husband Tom Prasada-Rao will open. Call 214-821-7469 for more information. Visit this link to hear one of the songs: promos.studiohoney.com/Holiday.

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Dallas Architecture Forum, the non-profit organization dedicated to providing challenging and on-going public discourse about architecture will present a moderated panel discussion on Designing and Downsizing on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers, Ste. 100. Admission is free and no reservations are required. Krys BOYD, Host and Managing Editor of KERA-FM’s talk show Think, will serve as Moderator. Call 214-764-2406 for more information.

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Professional chamber choir The Texas Voices begins its ninth season of public concerts with Emily and Sara: The Poetry of Emily Dickinson and Sara Teasdale on Sunday, October 16, 2011. This concert features the extraordinary works of these time-honored and celebrated American poets, set to music by renowned choral composers such as Debra Scroggins, Ruth Watson Henderson, Kirke Mechem, Kenneth Neufeld, David Childs, and Tom Council.

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La Reunion TX, the developing artists’ residency program in west Oak Cliff, has announced the artists who will participate this fall in its new Art Chicos program and its highly successful Art Chicas program. Art Chicas brings together artists and high-school age students in an extraordinary art-making experience at an outdoor location in west Oak Cliff. The purpose of Art Chicas is to expose students to the possibilities of art, art-making and the career of an artist, while giving them the opportunity to be inspired by the natural world. This year, County Commissioner Dr. Elba Garcia will serve as Honorary Chair.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to announce that its Chinese Architecture Lecture Series begins Thursday, Sept. 29 at 7 pm. with Thomas Campenella, the author of the book The Concrete Dragon: China’s Urban Revolution and What It Means for the World. The Chinese Architecture Lecture Series will bring four of the leading voices on Chinese architecture to Dallas this fall. Organized in conjunction with the Rice University School of Architecture, the Rice Design Alliance, and the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Architecture, the series will provide attendees important knowledge on China’s emergence as an international leader in urban development. Chinese Series Benefactors are Corgan Associates, The Joule, a Luxury Collection Hotel, and National Endowment for the Arts.

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C.W. Smith will be signing copies of his new book Steplings at these locations:

Dallas: September 29 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at DeGolyer Library on the SMU campus, 6425 Boaz Ln. 214-768-2253
Fort Worth: September 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. at TCU Bookstore, 2950 W. Berry St. 817-257-7844
Houston: October 11 from 7 to 8 p.m. at Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonet St. 713-523-0701
San Antonio: October 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. at The Twig Book Shop, 200 E. Grayson St. 210-826-6411

All of these events are free.

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Fall into DADA! It’s time for art. Join us for • Panel Discussions about the Oak Cliff art scene • Tours of The Texas Theatre • Artists Gathering •

This Fall the panels will focus on Art of Oak Cliff: Then and Now.

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The annual Fall Gallery Walk will be Saturday, Sept. 24, 2–8 p.m. and will feature over 35 of DADA’s member galleries, museums, and nonprofit art spaces. This FREE event allows art lovers to socialize and roam (in a car) from gallery to gallery all in one day.

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The 24th Annual VideoFest will open September 21 with a special screening of Jean-Luc Godard’s latest film Socialism. This special opening night event will be at 7 p.m. at The Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson Blvd. in North Oak Cliff. The remainder of VideoFest will take place at the Angelika Film Center at Mockingbird Station in Dallas, Sept. 22-25, 2011.

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Dallas Architecture Forum, the non-profit organization dedicated to providing challenging and on-going public discourse about architecture, and the Dallas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects will present a lecture by Los Angeles-based architect Steven Ehrlich and the 2011 AIA Built Projects Design Awards on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at
7 p.m. in the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St. in downtown Dallas. This will be the opening lecture of the Dallas Architecture Forum’s 2011-2012 Season. Tickets will be $20 for general admission and $5 for students (with ID). The event is free for DAF and AIA Dallas members. 
Tickets can be purchased at the door before the lecture.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to announce its new season of free panels that will present some of our areas’ thought-leaders moderating and serving as panelists on topics of importance to the North Texas region and beyond. Designed to inform, educate, and create active dialogue, the panels are presented as a community outreach by the Forum. Panels will begin Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 6:30 p.m. with Stephen FOX
presenting the topic “The Critic’s Role: Judgment, Architecture, and Building the Good City” at the Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100. Panel Season Sponsors are Heather + Ray Balestri, Cindy + Armond Schwartz, and Talley Associates.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to announce its 16th season of lectures that bring leading architectural experts from around the world to Dallas. This season the Forum will present 10 lectures beginning with award-winning architect Steven Ehrlich on September 21, 2011 at 7 p.m. at Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St.

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DADA presented its Edith Baker Art Scholarship to Michelle Reyes, a visual art student from El Centro College of the Dallas County Community College District at a reception on Friday, Sept. 9, 5–7 p.m. at The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, 3120 McKinney Ave.

The finalists were Taylor Pierre Bryant and Evan Davis of Brookhaven, Isiac Ramirez and Heidi O’Ferrall of Mountain View, Jesus Segovia and Giovanni Gonzalez of North Lake, Holly Lorren of Cedar Valley, Cathy Night of Eastfield, and Michelle Reyes of El Centro. Art from each of the finalists was on exhibition at the reception.

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Coming September 2011 from Texas Christian University Press
It’s 2003 with the country embroiled in a war in Iraq. Nineteen-year-old Jason Sanborn feels lost. He dropped out of high school just two months shy of graduation, and now his former classmates are off to college, the military, or minimum-wage jobs. The only pressing date on his calendar is an upcoming appearance in court on an assault charge, and when his over-achieving, beloved girlfriend, Lisa, departs for UT Austin to study premed, Jason can hardly abide his hometown of Mesquite.

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Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to announce the dates and homes for this year’s 365 Modern evening receptions. The first elegant evening will take place on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 6-8 pm at a stunning downtown penthouse residence. The second evening reception will take place on Wednesday, June 8 at an elegant and contemporary North Dallas residence. Each evening will include a cocktail reception, valet parking, and brief remarks by the design team. The media sponsor is PaperCity House.

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Celebrated chamber choir The Texas Voices concludes its eighth season of public concerts with My Soul’s Been Anchored: A Tribute to Spirituals on Sunday, May 15, 2011. This concert features vibrant, uplifting choral arrangements of this beloved art form, including Walk Together, Children by Robert DeCormier, Joshua Fit the Battle by Moses Hogan, Motherless Child by Adolphus Hailstork, and Follow the Drinking Gourd by Dallas composer Tom Council.

The 24-member professional chorus, directed by Alan Dyer, will perform its final concert of the season at 6:30 p.m. at Mesquite Arts Center, 1527 N. Galloway. Tickets are $22 regular, $15 for seniors (65+), and $10 for students and may be purchased online at www.thetexasvoices.org, at the door, or by calling 214-384-6336.

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What can happen with a 24-hour burst of creativity? The 24-Hour Video Race strives to find the answer. The 10th Annual 24-Hour Video Race, presented by The Video Association of Dallas, will commence at the Angelika Film Center in Mockingbird Station at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, May 13, and end 24 hours later at 12-midnight on Saturday, May 14.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum will present Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair KAMIN, who will speak Thursday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave. in Dallas’s West Village. Single tickets, available at the door only, are $20 for general admission and $5 for students with I.D. Dallas Architecture Forum members are admitted for free. The reception begins at 6:15 p.m. For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. Images are available upon request via Lisa Taylor at Taylor-Made Press, 214-914-1099 or lisatmp@swbell.net. The Rose Family Lecture is presented with support from the Dallas Center for Architecture Foundation. Season Benefactor is Briggs-Freeman Real Estate. Reception Underwriter is TKO Associates. Spring Series Benefactors is Jackson Walker LLP.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum’s 2010-2011 Panel Season continues the Forum’s exploration of important issues that impact us, both locally and globally. Subject matter experts will moderate thought-provoking discussions among panelists on the topics listed below. The Panels occur in an informal environment, allowing audience members to also actively participate. All Panels are free and are at 6:30 p.m. at the Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100, Dallas, TX, 75201.
 Visit dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406. Panel Season Sponsor is Talley Associate.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum will present German architect and AIA Honorary Fellow Stefan BEHNISCH, who will speak Thursday, Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. at the Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave. in Dallas’s West Village. Single tickets, available at the door only, are $20 for general admission and $5 for students with I.D. Dallas Architecture Forum members are admitted for free. The reception begins at 6:15 p.m. For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. Images are available upon request via Lisa Taylor at Taylor-Made Press, 214-914-1099 or lisatmp@swbell.net. Season Benefactor is Briggs-Freeman Real Estate. Lecture Benefactor is bulthaup dallas. Spring Series Benefactor is Jackson Walker LLP.

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Celebrated chamber choir The Texas Voices continues its eighth season of public concerts with The Angels Sing on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. The 24-member professional chorus, directed by Alan Dyer, will perform its second concert of the season at 6:30 p.m. at Northway Christian Church, 7202 W. Northwest Highway in Dallas. Tickets are $22 regular, $15 for seniors (65+), and $10 for students and may be purchased online at www.thetexasvoices.org, at the door, or by calling 214-384-6336.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum’s 2010-2011 Panel Season continues the Forum’s exploration of important issues that impact us, both locally and globally. Subject matter experts will moderate thought-provoking discussions among panelists on the topics listed below. The Panels occur in an informal environment, allowing audience members to also actively participate. All Panels are free and are at 6:30 p.m. at the Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100, Dallas, TX, 75201.
 Visit dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406. Panel Season Sponsor is Talley Associate.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum will present architectural photographer Timothy HURSLEY who will speak Wednesday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Magnolia Theatre in the West Village. Single tickets, available at the door only, are $20 for general admission and $5 for students with I.D. Dallas Architecture Forum members are admitted for free. The reception begins at 6:15 p.m. For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. Images are available upon request via Lisa Taylor at Taylor-Made Press, 214-914-1099 or lisatmp@swbell.net. Season Benefactor is Briggs-Freeman Real Estate.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum’s 2010-2011 Panel Season continues the Forum’s exploration of important issues that impact us, both locally and globally. Subject matter experts will moderate thought-provoking discussions among panelists on the topics listed below. The Panels occur in an informal environment, allowing audience members to also actively participate. All Panels are free and are at 6:30 p.m. at the Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100, Dallas, TX, 75201.
 Visit dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406. Panel season sponsor is Talley Associates.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum presents architect Dan Wood of Work Architecture Company who will speak Wednesday, November 3 at 7 p.m. in the Horchow Auditorium of the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St.

Single tickets, available at the door only, are $20 for general admission and $5 for students with I.D. Dallas Architecture Forum members are admitted for free. The reception begins at 6:15 p.m. For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.

Lecture benefactors are AIA Dallas, the Dallas Architecture Forum and the School of Architecture, UT-Arlington. Season Benefactor is Briggs-Freeman Real Estate.

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Honorary Co-Chairs Edith Baker and Patricia Meadows announce the 2010 EASL Art Heist! The Art Heist is held every other year and is the Emergency Artists’ Support League’s main fundraising event for grants to North Texas area visual artists with emergency medical and other needs. Ticket levels are $50 (admits one to the party only) and $250 (admits two to the party and a work of art in the Heist). Sponsorship levels are available starting at $500 and offer additional privileges.

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Celebrated chamber choir The Texas Voices opens its eighth season of public concerts with Psalms and Sonnets on Saturday, October 30, 2010. This fall concert will feature the choral music of Ralph Vaugh Williams, John Rutter, and Brian Edward Galante, as well as Dallas composers Debra Scroggins, Joel Martinson, and Steven Gutheinz. Guest organist Clarice Candamio joins the choir for this performance.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum will present architect Alberto Kalach, who designed Vasconcelos Library in Mexico City. Kalach will speak Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. at Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave. in the West Village of Dallas. This lecture, by one of Mexico’s outstanding young architects, will also celebrate the Bicentennial of Mexico’s independence, and will be presented in cooperation with the University of Texas at Arlington School of Architecture, the Latinos in Architecture Committee of the Dallas AIA, and the Dallas Office of the Consul General of Mexico.

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The Modern Stage and Broadway producers Sandi and Joe Black present a reading of Bloodletters, a comedy-thriller by Tom Sime, for potential investors and other theatre lovers. The reading is Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 7:15 p.m. at Pocket Sandwich Theatre, 5400 E. Mockingbird Lane, #119, in Dallas. Admission is free; R.S.V.P. to LoneStarStudios@yahoo.com for reserved seats or take your chances at the door, which opens at 6:15 p.m. for dinner and light refreshments.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum will present a lecture by MoMA QNS architect Michael Maltzan on Wednesday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave. in Uptown Dallas. Single tickets, available at the door only, are $20 for general admission and $5 for students with I.D. Dallas Architecture Forum members are admitted for free. The reception begins at 6:15 p.m. For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. Images are available upon request via Lisa Taylor at Taylor-Made Press, 214-914-1099 or lisatmp@swbell.net.

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In honor of the 5th anniversary of the Edith Baker Art Scholarship, the film 25 Years of Dallas Visual Art premieres Sunday, Oct. 10, at 2 p.m. in the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St. The screening is included with admission to the museum. The film will include interviews with Dallas artists, gallerists, collectors and administrators who look back and forward at the Dallas art scene. This film has been made in partnership with You and Yours Productions.

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Winners at the 23rd Annual VideoFest are announced. VideoFest is presented by the Video Association of Dallas.

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The Dallas Art Dealers Association (DADA) celebrates its 25th anniversary year with Fall Gallery Walk, an Edith Baker Art Scholarship exhibition, panel discussions for artists and the public, and an After Gallery Walk Party the weekend of Sept. 24, 2010. In honor of the 5th anniversary of the Edith Baker Art Scholarship, the film 25 Years of Dallas Visual Art premieres Sunday, Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. at the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St.

An After Gallery Walk party will be 8-11 p.m. at the Dallas Contemporary, 161 Glass St. at Riverfront. In honor of the DADA art movement, the party will be multi-disciplinary with the arts of fashion, visual art, theater, dance, music, cooking, and bartending. Paper City, Wendy Krispin Caterer, Inc., Darian Thomas Fashion, and The Dallas Conservatory are sponsors. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased in advance at dallasartdealers.org or at the door.

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The Dallas Art Dealers Association (DADA) celebrates its 25th anniversary year with Fall Gallery Walk, an Edith Baker Art Scholarship exhibition, panel discussions for artists and the public, and an After Gallery Walk Party the weekend of Sept. 24, 2010. In honor of the 5th anniversary of the Edith Baker Art Scholarship, the film 25 Years of Dallas Visual Art premieres Sunday, Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. at the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St.

The annual DADA Fall Gallery Walk will be Saturday, Sept. 25. It begins with panel discussions to educate the public and artists from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at the Bath House Cultural Center. The Walk (really a car ride) begins at 2 p.m. at any of DADA’s 37 member galleries, museums and nonprofit art spaces. This FREE event goes until 8 p.m. and allows art lovers to socialize and roam (in a car) from gallery to gallery all in one day.

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The annual DADA Fall Gallery Walk will be Saturday, Sept. 25. It begins with panel discussions to educate the public and artists from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther. Panel 1: “How to Start an Art Collection” is from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Panelists are Eddy Rawlinson, Rosemary DesPlas, Karol Howard and George Morton. Panel 2: “How to Photograph Your Art” is from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Panelists are Harrison Evans, Ange Fitzgerald, and Kenda North. Tickets ($15 per panel) can be purchased online at www.dallasartdealers.org or at the door. Proceeds benefit the Edith Baker Art Scholarship.

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The Dallas Art Dealers Association (DADA) 25th anniversary festivities began with a reception for the winner of DADA’s Edith Baker Art Scholarship and Artist Career Development Fund on Friday, September 24, 2010 at the Irving Arts Center, 3333 N. MacArthur Boulevard. The DADA Scholarship Committee juried the 14 finalists chosen by visual art faculty members of the Dallas County Community College District. The winner, Brian Hauser of Brookhaven College, received $4,000, and may obtain a mentorship and an internship with a DADA member if he so chooses. Call 214-914-1099 for more information.

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The 23rd Annual VideoFest Sept. 23-26, 2010 is presented by the Video Association of Dallas.

Categories include: Animals and Kinds, Animation, Black, Civil Rights/Political, Filmmaking and TV, Health, History, Latino, Lesbian and Gay, Literary and Theater, Money, Music and Dance, Religion/Spirituality, Sexuality, Films by Texans, and Visual Art.

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The Dallas Art Dealers Association (DADA) 25th anniversary festivities begin with a reception for the winner of DADA’s Edith Baker Art Scholarship and Artist Career Development Fund on Friday, September 24, 6–8 p.m., at the Irving Arts Center, 3333 N. MacArthur Boulevard. The DADA Scholarship Committee juried the 14 finalists chosen by visual art faculty members of the Dallas County Community College District. The winner, who will be announced that evening, will receive $4,000, a mentorship, and an internship with a DADA member of his or her choice. The reception is free. The exhibition runs Sept. 4-Oct. 3, 2010. Call 214-914-1099 for more information, or visit http://www.dallasartdealers.org/artscholarship.php.

The finalists are Francisco Alvarado and Brain Hauser of Brookhaven, Suzan Hawkins and Mary Thomas of Cedar Valley, Thien Ho and Antony Sarelli of Eastfield, Gonzalo Trujillo and Caitlin Ramsey of Mountain View, Christopher Gonzalez and Pavlina Panova of North Lake, Zachariah Montoya and Robert David Reedy of Richland, and Raymond Butler and Janet Aguirre of El Centro.

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The Dallas Art Dealers Association (DADA) celebrates its 25th anniversary year with Fall Gallery Walk, an Edith Baker Art Scholarship exhibition, panel discussions for artists and the public, and an After Gallery Walk Party the weekend of Sept. 24, 2010. In honor of the 5th anniversary of the Edith Baker Art Scholarship, the film 25 Years of Dallas Visual Art premieres Sunday, Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. at the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St.

DADA’s 25th anniversary celebration begins with a reception for the winner of DADA’s Edith Baker Art Scholarship and Artist Career Development Fund on Friday, Sept. 24 6-8 p.m. at Irving Arts Center, 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd. The DADA Scholarship Committee juried the seven finalists chosen by visual art faculty members of the Dallas County Community College District. The winner receives $4,000, a mentorship and an internship with a DADA member of his/her choice. The reception is free.

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The 23nd Annual VideoFest will be at the Angelika Film Center Sept. 23-26,2010. The oldest and largest video and film festival in the nation, VideoFest shows a diverse range of works by regional, national and international video and film artists that are hard to find at the local video store, the movie theater or on Netflix. Because VideoFest is different than a traditional film festival or just going to a movie, expect something different! For the third year in a row, the VideoFest will be presented thru I-Tunes. VideoFest is presented by Video Association of Dallas.

Patrons may purchase day passes ($25 or $35 depending on day) or All-Festival passes ($75) for over 150 programs making this Festival the best deal in town. Buy tickets online in advance or at the door day of show. Visit www.videofest.org for more information or call 214-428-8700. Sponsors include HBO, Kodak, Texas Film Commission, Dallas Film Commission, Dallas Film Society, City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, and Texas Commission on the Arts.

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The Texas Voices, one of North Texas’ premiere professional chamber choruses will continue its seventh season of public concerts with Deep in the Heart: A Salute to Texas Composers on Sunday, May 16 at Mesquite Arts Center.

The 24-member chorus, directed by Alan Dyer, will perform its fourth concert of the season on Sunday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Mesquite Arts Center, 1527 N. Galloway. Tickets are $22 regular, $15 for seniors (65+), and $10 for students and may be purchased online at www.thetexasvoices.org, at the door, or by calling 214-384-6336.

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What can happen with a 24-hour burst of creativity? The 24-Hour Video Race strives to find the answer. The 9th Annual 24-Hour Video Race, presented by The Video Association of Dallas, will commence at the Angelika Film Center in Mockingbird Station at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, May 14, and end 24 hours later at 12-midnight on Saturday, May 15. The Angelika Film Center is at 5321 E. Mockingbird Ln. For information, visit http://www.24hourvideoracedallas.com or call 214-428-8700 or email videorace@videofest.org.

The screenings of the work of all the entrants will be Tuesday-Thursday, May 18-20 with the finalists screened on Monday, May 24 at the Angelika Film Center.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its 14th season of lectures with architect Rafael VINOLY of Rafael Vinoly Architects, who designed The Nasher Museum at Duke. Vinoly will speak Thursday, March 25 at 7 p.m. at Horchow Auditorum at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St.

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“Shopping Texas Style: EG Hamilton, Omniplan, and NorthPark Center” a symposium on architecture will take place Friday, April 30 11:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. at Nasher Sculpture Center, 2001 Flora St. Presented by University of Texas Arlington Oral History of Texas Architecture Project and Dallas Architecture Forum, speakers will include EG Hamilton, Mark Dilworth, Mark Gunderson, Kate Holliday, Gabrielle Esperdy, Michael Buckley, Monica Penick, and Stephen Fox.

An optional informal reception at Omniplan, 1845 Woodall Rodgers Frwy., Ste. 150, will conclude the day from 5-6:30 p.m.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to present its third annual symposium on contemporary design, Blurring the Lines: Art, Architecture and Design, with five outstanding speakers: James Carpenter, Terence Riley, Sharon Johnston, Mark Lee, and Walead Beshty. The Symposium will be Saturday, April 17 1-5 p.m. at the Nasher Sculpture Center, 2001 Flora Street in downtown Dallas. Jeremy Strick, Director of the Nasher Sculpture Center will moderate. A cocktail reception with the speakers will be April 16 6-8 p.m. at a private home. Jon Buell and Julie Cohn are the co-chairs of this symposium.

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The annual Spring Gallery Walk will be Saturday, April 17, 2–8 p.m. and will feature over 35 of DADA’s member galleries, museums and nonprofit art spaces. This FREE event allows art lovers to socialize and roam (in a car) from gallery to gallery all in one day. Donation jars for the Edith Baker Art Scholarship will be on hand. See www.dallasartdealers.org for a downloadable Gallery Guide and Spring Gallery Walk flyer with exhibition listings. Maps for the Spring Gallery Walk will be available at each location as well. Hours may vary; please see individual listings. Call 214.914.1099 or e-mail info@dallasartdealers.org.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its 14th season of lectures with landscape architect Deb MITCHELL of JJR Landscape Architects, who designed Elaine and Charles Sammons Park, the ten-acre urban oasis at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas. Mitchell will speak Thursday, April 8 at 7 p.m. in Hamon Hall at The Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its FREE panel discussions on Tuesday, March 9 at 6:30 p.m. at Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100. The topic is “On Collaboration.” Julie Cohn will lead the panel. Designers, architects and artists often times function as de facto therapists in the creative process. They facilitate dialogue between clients, product designers, manufacturers etc. enabling through collaboration the creation of a final product that is a seamless sum of its parts. It is no accident that the collaborative model is most often the underlying structure of a successful building, design, invention or work of art.

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The Texas Voices, one of North Texas’ premiere professional chamber choruses, will continue its seventh season of public concerts with Latin Love: Poetry and Song from Latin America on Sunday, Feb. 21 at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Plano. Classical guitarist Robert Harding will be guest soloist.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its 14th season of lectures with architect Gordon GILL of Smith Gill Architects, Chicago and Dubai. Gill will speak Thursday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. at Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave. in the West Village of Dallas.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its FREE panel discussions on Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100. The topic is “Artists Talk Architecture.” Ron Wommack, FAIA, will lead the panel of artists who will discuss their unique view of architects and architecture.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its 14th season of lectures with architect Scott MARBLE of Marble Fairbanks in New York City. Marble will speak Thursday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. at Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave. in the West Village of Dallas.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its FREE panel discussions on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 6:30 p.m. at Cunningham Architects, 918 Dragon St. The topic is “Working Space.” Thomas Feulmer, Director of Educational Programming for The Rachofsky House, will lead the panel.

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The Texas Voices, North Texas’ professional chamber chorus, will continue its seventh season of public concerts with My Spirit Rejoices: A Celebration of Advent and the Christmas Season on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. This holiday concert will feature the chancel choir from Northway Christian Church and the premiere of Debra Scroggins’ new cantata, Magnificat.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its FREE panel discussions on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 p.m. at Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rogers Frwy. The topic is “Renovating Modern.” Svend Fruit, AIA, will lead the panel. A discussion of the importance of saving Modern architecture for the context of the city – how to work with it and how to learn from it. What are the inspirations of an architect, an interior designer and an owner in such work? Architect Svend Fruit founded Bodron+ Fruit in 1998 with Interior Designer Mil Bodron as a design collaboration of Architecture and Interior Design. Bodron + Fruit seeks to create modern design that responds to the context of their surroundings through careful analysis of the site and clients needs.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its 14th season of lectures with the Executive Director of Philip Johnson’s Glass House, Christy MACLEAR for The Bob James Memorial Lecture on Thursday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St. in downtown Dallas.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its 14th season of lectures with architect and founder of Studio Gang in Chicago, Jeanne Gang. She will speak for The Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave. in the West Village of Dallas.

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