Arts & Letters Live Spring 2023 Lineup

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Featuring Gabrielle Zevin, Colson Whitehead, Abraham Verghese, and more! 

The Dallas Museums of Art’s Arts & Letters Live is a literary and performing arts series featuring award-winning authors and performers of regional, national, and international acclaim. This year’s spring lineup of authors includes Colson Whitehead, Abraham Verghese, and more

  • April 4 – New York Times best-selling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and TomorrowGabrielle Zevin
  • April 11 – Author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, V. E. Schwab [SOLD OUT]
  • April 16 – Master of satire and one of today’s most observant writers, David Sedaris. This popular event will sell out fast!
  • April 19 – Great (Women) Painters: In conversation with four artists featured in the book, Jennifer Guidi, Tschabalala Self, Genesis Tramaine, and Lisa Yuskavage. 
  • April 25 – New York Times bestselling author of  The Wager, David Grann. (Ticket prices include a hardcover copy of The Wager.
  • May 9 -Author of Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese (Optional ticket + book bundle VIRTUAL)
  • May 18 – R. F. Kuang, author of the New York Times bestselling book Juniper Song. (All tickets include a hardcover copy of Yellowface.)
  • June 7 – National Book Award winner and New Yorker essential read, The Rabbit Hutch, Tess Gunty: In conversation with Ben Fountain
  • July 25 -Acclaimed author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Nickel Boys, The Underground Railroad, and his latest work, Crook Manifesto, Colson Whitehead. (This event does not include a book signing; however, all copies of Crook Manifesto purchased as part of a book bundle will be pre-signed by the author.)
For more information and to order tickets for Arts & Letters LIVE!

DMA Arts & Letters Features Selected Shorts

Enjoy captivating short fiction read by acclaimed actors

SELECTED SHORTS
Horchow Auditorium
Saturday, February 4, 7:30 p.m. CST

The popular NPR radio show and podcast Selected Shorts returns to the Dallas Museum of Art with an evening of stories devoted to new friends, chosen family, and the sometimes fraught stages in between.

Tony Award–winning actors John Benjamin Hickey and Michael Cerveris join Cindy Cheung, 2022 Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre recipient, to bring stories about friendship to life on stage. 

Enjoy an evening of captivating short fiction devoted to finding and holding on to your people: the new, the old, and the mysterious.

  • JOHN BENJAMIN HICKEY will read “The Last Words of Benito Picone” by Anthony Marra
  • MICHAEL CERVERIS will read “True Friendship” by Jorge F. Hernández
  • CINDY CHEUNGreads “Dance in America” by Lorrie Moore

Order your tickets for this event online.

The Dallas Museum of Art is located at 1717 North Harwood, Dallas, Texas 75201 www.dma.org

Save BIG at the 2022 State Fair of Texas

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There are so many ways for you to save on admissions and concessions for the 2022 State Fair of Texas. Season Passes, Premium One Day Passes, and there are special discounts for almost every day of the week. Not to mention, there are several different ways to receive great discounts on concession coupons for the Fair. 

Priced from $15-$25, adult daily one-day admission to the Fair has never been more affordable! Your ticket includes access to more than 200 daily shows, concerts, activities, and exhibits, all at no extra cost. The Fair offers $10-$18 daily one-day admission for children ages 3 to 12 and seniors ages 60 and older, with free admission for children ages two and younger. 

Don’t forget to dig up those old food and ride coupons from past fairs – food and ride coupons never expire and can be used at future Fairs.

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The Texas State Fair is Back, Bigger and Better Than Ever!

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Get your tastebuds ready now – opening September 30, the 2022 State Fair with this year’s theme: TREATS OF TEXAS, is brewing to be one to remember.

For more than 135 years, food has been a focal point of the annual State Fair of Texas. When you ask people what their favorite part of the State Fair is, and they will answer THE FOOD! As an event that blends more than 2 million people from all walks of life, the wide variety of food represents just that.

Celebrate the 2022 theme “TREATS OF TEXAS” by coming out to this year’s 24-day exposition starting September 30 through October 23 at historic Fair Park in Dallas.

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