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25th Annual Dallas VideoFest

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The Video Association of Dallas has announced the first five selections for VideoFest 25, which will be Sept. 27–30, 2012 at its original home, the Dallas Museum of Art. Now the oldest and largest video festival in the United States, VideoFest will feature over 150 programs over the four [...]
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Ambitious Slate

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Marking its 11th year, the Asian Film Festival of Dallas has grown to become the largest film showcase of Asian and Asian-American cinema in South, according to Steve Norwood, the Asian Film Festival’s director of programming, who discussed this year’s event with A+C. There have been more [...]
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Male Bonding

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Closer, the first collection of poetry by Dallas native son Christopher Stephen Soden, embodies the adage that all good things take time. This poignant and personal volume contains work that represents what Soden unabashedly calls a “meandering” 35-year career. A protégé [...]
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The Lost City

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Dallas is not, nor has it ever been, a naturally-occurring city. Without the abundant natural resources available to other older cities, Dallas was born out of the sheer determination of its people. This forward-thinking and resourceful philosophy has been passed down from generation to [...]
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The Naked Truth

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In hailing Lucian Freud as “the Ingres of existentialism” mid-last century, the British art critic Herbert Read hit the descriptive mark with great precision. Read’s naming suggests opposites that have not so much been imperiously forced but organically birthed together. In Freud this meant a thorough punctiliousness cut with an anarchist [...]
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ARTifacts: July/August 2012

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DMA appoints first Chief Conservator The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the Dallas Museum of Art a $500,000 grant in support of the newly created position of Chief Conservator, ensuring the launch of a strong conservation program at the Museum. The position [...]
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Film Review: ‘The 6 Month Rule’

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When it comes to romantic comedies, I feel I see the same film over and over again, but with different actors. The story usually ends up the same in every circumstance. While, I know that's the point for a romantic comedy, I always yearn for something different [...]
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