Check out student artwork at the Irving Arts Center | Dallas Morning News
Art is alive and well in Irving ISD schools. Every Spring, the district’s art teachers choose the best work by their students to display in the Annual Exhibition of Irving ISD Student Artwork at the...
View ArticleAt home with Nasher Sculpture Center director Jeremy Strick, quietly pulling...
So how have Strick and his wife Wendy settled into the rhythms of Dallas? Rather well. Both native Los Angelenos (Strick’s father, Joseph Strick, was an Oscar-winning film director), the Stricks have...
View ArticleToyota Didn’t Want Its Kids in Dallas ISD Schools. So What Do We Do
“The big elephant in the room is we don’t get Toyota in Dallas because of the school system,” Rawlings said. “We’ve talked to them and they want to be in Plano. And 7-Eleven left.” The mayor’s comments...
View ArticleIrving’s Lyric Stage announces Schmidt and Jones nominations | Dallas Morning...
Lyric Stage announced its 2013-14 Schmidt and Jones nominations. The awards will be announced in a production that will feature scenes from the five nominated musicals, plus a scene from Lyric Stage’s...
View ArticleTop Dallas ISD athletics officials fired in recruiting scandal | Dallas...
Causey and Turner lived together in the southeast Dallas home, but Turner still attended Madison, which is nine miles from the house. Turner’s last address with the district was on South Boulevard near...
View ArticleSculpture for the Body – Art Smith at the DMA | Dallas Museum of Art Uncrated
Beyond the realm of curators and collectors of modernist studio jewelry, Art Smith’s work is often unfamiliar, yet his impact and those of his contemporaries in the decades following World War II...
View ArticleBest Private Schools in Dallas | Dallas Real Estate Blog
Choosing the right school district is a big factor in your decision to move. But if private school is in the budget, the Dallas area offers some of the finest private schools in the state. Before you...
View ArticleBronze sculpture of Alamo hero being constructed for South Carolina-Texas A&M...
Thanks to Katon Dawson, a former S.C. Republican party leader, who has been working with Texas Gov. Rick Perry and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. The bronze sculpture, according to The State...
View ArticleNational publication ranks Baylor Bears a top five college athletics program...
Yes, the small Baptist school in Waco ranked as the No. 5 athletic program this season in all of college athletics, ahead of historical powerhouse programs like Oregon, Oklahoma, Texas and UCLA, among...
View ArticleBaylor football to unveil RGIII statue at McLane Stadium opening | Dallas...
Robert Griffin III, the school’s first ever Heisman Trophy winner, will be honored with a statue at the newly-built McLane Stadium. Baylor University is having a 9.5-foot monumental portrait bronze...
View ArticleDallas Not Even A Top 20 ‘Arts Vibrant’ City, Says New SMU Study
A video tour of America’s large “arts vibrant” cities, according to the National Center for Arts Research. Image outfront: shutterstock SMU’s National Center for Arts Research has released its first...
View ArticleSenate panel convenes hearing on private school tax credits, vouchers |...
Legislation to allow private school tax credits and vouchers will be considered by the Senate Education Committee on Thursday, pitting top conservative groups and Republicans against public school...
View ArticleDallas boasts trio of smartest private high schools in U.S.
According to new national rankings, there are some pretty smart kids graduating from Dallas-area private high schools. Business Insider has a roundup of the 50 smartest private high schools in the...
View ArticlePatrick goes before Senate panel to defend private school tax credit, voucher...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick appeared before the Senate Education Committee Thursday to refute criticism that bills creating private school tax credits and vouchers in Texas would directly threaten the state’s...
View ArticleCrane tips over at Dallas Museum of Art, narrowly missing sculpture | Dallas...
A crane truck tipped over this morning at the Dallas Museum of Art, narrowly missing one of its most iconic sculptures. The accident happened about 9:30 a.m. at the museum, where the crane could be...
View ArticleBooker T collaborates with DTC for ‘Hair,’ famed school’s return to musical...
For an award-winning arts school that has produced more than its share of Broadway stars, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts has somehow managed to be one of the few...
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