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Enter Stage Right
Enter Stage Right
With the curtain falling on its old playhouse, Dallas Theater Center gets its act together with a new leader
By Elaine Liner
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Enter Stage Right
With the curtain falling on its old playhouse,Dallas Theater Center gets its act together with a new leader
By Elaine Liner
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César Chávez, Texas
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Liquid's Assets
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Your Show of Shows
Theater Too stages explosively funny Big Bang; Stage West goes Japanese with a sexy puppet play
By Elaine Liner
Three best things to do in Dallas on
Wednesday, August 27
Wednesday, August 27
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Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Steve Winwood
Rock and roll has so many genres and subgenres these days that nobody knows what it is anymore.... More>>
American Airlines Center, Wed., August 27, $55 to $99 -
TONYBONES
In a Moleskine safely tucked away in the area of "things to grab if there's an apartment complex... More>>
The Public Trust (formerly Art Prostitute Gallery), Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., August 15 until Sat., September 6, 12:00pm-6:00pm, -
Tracks of the Jaguar: Molina High School Art Exhibition
Lots of high school students draw, but too often, those great works of art never go beyond... More>>
Ice House Cultural Center, Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., August 1 until Sat., August 30, - 389 more things to do today >>