Jerome Weeks
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A requiem for the Black victims of lynchings and police shootings comes to Fort Worth
Fort Worth Opera will present a new requiem commemorating the many Black victims of America’s racial violence. → Read More
How can women of color thrive in arts leadership? Three local leaders share candid views
A panel by Arts Access, an arts journalism partnership between The Dallas Morning News and KERA, addressed the challenges facing women leaders of color in the... → Read More
Dallas Theater Center's plans for the Kalita Humphreys Theater face pushback over "sticker shock"
The $308 million price tag for the Dallas Theater Center's new plan to renovate the Frank Lloyd Wright landmark and upgrade its surrounding park gave some on a Dallas city council committee pause → Read More
What’s a show worth to you? Fort Worth’s Amphibian Stage will let you pick the price
The theater aims to widen access to the arts by offering options ranging from $10 to $60. → Read More
Meet the Dallas civil rights leader whose work in Fair Park inspired a play
Rev. Peter Johnson came to Dallas in 1969 to promote a film about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He stayed to fight for Black homeowners in Fair Park. → Read More
The Nasher aims to memorialize one of America’s last freedman’s towns
Dallas artist Vicki Meek is leading efforts to create a monument for the Tenth Street district. → Read More
A Dallas artist who learned ‘fear’ at a Native American school speaks out
A Dallas artist who learned ‘fear’ at one of the schools has a plan for finding burial sites. → Read More
‘We cannot turn back’: Why the Dallas Symphony’s new robotic cameras are here to stay
The pandemic pushed the Dallas Symphony Orchestra to create its own concert videos. PBS stations nationwide are airing one this month, featuring a... → Read More
Stage West’s $3M theater expansion brings new experiences to Fort Worth
Stage West's new flexible black-box theater and upgraded expansions have transformed the 70-year-old building. The Fort Worth company will open its season... → Read More
Dallas Black Dance’s debut at Massachusetts festival called ‘spectacular’
The Dallas dance company hopes its Jacob’s Pillow festival appearance will lead to more visibility. You can watch the performances online for free at... → Read More
Dallas Black Dance Theatre marks ‘huge milestone’ at Jacob’s Pillow festival in Mass.
Dallas Black Dance Theatre is marking the start of its 45th anniversary with performances at the renowned Jacob's Pillow dance festival in Massachusetts. → Read More
How the Coppell Arts Center was pushed by COVID to improvise, even improve
Coppell Arts Center will finally have a grand opening this fall — more than year after its planned opening in May 2020. → Read More
New High-Rise In Dallas Arts District Will Include 52 Affordable Lofts For Artists
Ground was broken Friday on another high-end, residential high-rise in downtown Dallas near Klyde Warren Park, but this one is different: It's designed → Read More
Dallas Symphony Hires Grammy-Winning Fabio Luisi As New Music Director
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has appointed Grammy-winning Fabio Luisi as its new music director. Luisi has a five-year contract and replaces Jaap van → Read More
Dallas Symphony Names Its First Female President And CEO
The Dallas Symphony filled one of its major leadership gaps Friday morning. Kim Noltemy, the chief operating and communications officer for the Boston → Read More
What'll The Meyerson Be Like At 50?
The Meyerson was built to last – its acoustics and its modernist style have not aged. But what will the next 25 years hold? Today, Art & Seek's series, → Read More
Bruce Wood, Prominent North Texas Choreographer, Has Died
The founder of the Bruce Wood Dance Company, perhaps the most esteemed choreographer in North Texas, has died of complications from pneumonia and heart → Read More
Watch Maya Angelou Recite 'Still I Rise' In KERA 1992 Documentary
Poet, autobiographer, activist and essayist Maya Angelou died earlier today at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C. She was 86. In 1992, KERA taped Angelou at → Read More
Should These Poles In White Rock Lake Be Torn Down?
Near the Bath House Cultural Center on White Rock Lake, there’s a large semi-circle of poles standing in the water. They’re part of an environmental → Read More
The Most Radical Addition to Oak Cliff Might Be A Bookstore
E-books and Amazon and other industry changes have battered the traditional book trade. Which is why we don’t see many new bricks-and-mortar bookstores → Read More