These are the 10 best things to do in Dallas this Valentine s weekend
These are the 10 best things to do in Dallas this Valentine s weekend
Before You Get Married, which will be available to stream at any time through March 12.
Photo courtesy of Bishop Arts Theatre Center Ochre House Theater presents
Photo by Chinem McCollum Avant Chamber Ballet presents
Photo by Sharen Bradford
Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus Live will be at the Eisemann Center for the Performing Arts on February 13 and 14.
Photo courtesy of AT&T Performing Arts Center Jason Boland & The Stragglers will play at Texas Live on February 13.
Updated on February 5, 2021 at 8:12 am
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Black Images Book Bazaar was a destination in Dallas. It was a place where the community came to listen to well-known Black authors. It was a mainstay in the Wynnewood Village from 1977-2007.
It was the brainchild of Emma Rodgers. In the beginning, it wasn’t about a brick and mortar store, but rather, filling a need.
“We started it in 1977. It started as a mail-order business because I needed one. It was supposed to be my son’s 10
th birthday and I had to several book stores to find books from the Black experience,” Rodgers said. “I was just fit to be tied because I couldn’t find them. So, we started it as a mail-order, then it went to the flea market. We moved a few times and then we moved across the street to the largest building in 1992.”
Updated on December 22, 2020 at 2:17 pm
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When Terry Loftis looks back at the arts community in 2020, three words come to mind: inspiring, endurance and optimism. Loftis, the President and Executive Director of The Arts Community Alliance (TACA), announced $200,500 in grants to 30 Dallas arts organizations persevering through the coronavirus pandemic.
2020 is Loftis’ first calendar year to serve as TACA’s president and executive director. When he officially took over the job in late 2019, his goals included making TACA relevant, putting the arts advocacy group in a position of leadership for the arts community and cultivating art.
The pandemic accelerated those goals. “COVID comes along and just says, ‘Everything that you have planned and everything you didn’t have planned is now in play. Ready, set, go!’” Loftis said. “We’ve been running a gauntlet, but the upside to that is a lot of the long-term objectives I had set for TACA, we’ve already