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Thursday, January 28, 2016

NEARBY MUSEUM TOWER: RESTAURANT SPOTLIGHT

In Dallas, we raise the “steaks” on dining. With an extensive restaurant scene, every palate can be pleased. Take the Museum Tower car for a stress-free evening out on the town. Enjoy luxurious service, gourmet food, and incredible views at any of Dallas’s talk of the town restaurants. Whether it be a night out with the girls or a romantic evening for two, let Museum Tower staff take care of the details.  

Wolfgang Puck calls him “the king”, others “the Father of Southwestern Cuisine”, but to Dallasites Chef Dean Fearing makes some of the best food in town. Chef Fearing’s childhood love for barbeque and southern cooking shines through in his refined approach to this beloved cuisine. Enjoy a romantic evening as you watch the chefs in action from the dining room or relax with a margarita at the acclaimed Rattlesnake Bar.
The Ritz Carlton Dallas | 0.3 mi from Museum Tower


Ruth’s Chris new uptown location includes an elegant wine room and upscale private dining space that offers guests a setting for both business and social events. Savor steaks served on 500-degree plates, lobster mac ‘n’ cheese, and decadent crème brulee.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House | 0.5 mi from Museum Tower


Uchi serves up contemporary Japanese dishes with seasonal local ingredients and seafood from around the world. The philosophy at Uchi is to entice the diner with innovative combinations for a unique dining experience. Taste the Kamo Nabe, duck confit served over crispy rice and topped with an egg yolk. For dessert, the lime cream served with fruit won’t disappoint. Uchi also offers private dining with floral services and customized menus served with sake and wine pairings.
UCHI | 0.7 mi from Museum Tower




Located in a restored 1900’s machinist shop, Filament boasts incredible southern charm and hospitality in the heart of Deep Ellum. Diners are met with an approachable and wildly creative menu inspired by regional favorites of New Orleans, Charleston, and Nashville. Order the Fried “Hot” Catfish or the Johnny Cake Okonomiyaki, a grilled to order cornmeal flat-bread with Kentucky-style Teriyaki. Filament also offers a secret menu of limited items that changes daily.
Filament | 1.3 mi from Museum Tower


Friday, January 15, 2016

#NEARBYMUSEUMTOWER: JAN 15-17

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15

6 PM- MIDNIGHT
Start your weekend right by celebrating! Make a toast to the DMA at their annual birthday party celebration and enjoy the closing weekend of International Pop, a collection which follows the emergence of Pop during the 1960s and early 1970s. Tickets are $15 and free for DMA members.

8 PM
The critically acclaimed Uptown Players and The Turtle Creek Chorale are thrilled to present a concert version of Tim Rice and Elton John’s beloved Aida. Aida details a captivating love triangle of loyalty of betrayal between Aida, a Nubian princess stolen from her country, Amneris, an Egyptian princess, and Radames, the soldier they both love. With a combined cast of 100 actors and singers, this musical collaboration showcases the best artistic talent in Dallas.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16

11 AM – 5 PM
The work of Alex Israel exhibits the eccentricities of his native Los Angeles and his love of film. For this exhibition at the Nasher Sculpture Center, he presents new sculptures and paintings that relate to his first feature length film, SPF- 18, currently in production.

2 PM
Home to the world premiere of Clarkston, the Wyly Theatre will immerse you in the world of this humorous and innovative play. Away from the Lewis and Clark trail, the lives of a writer and a descendant of William Clark intersect as they stock televisions and cheese puffs at Costco. In a story filled with both comedy and compassion, the men move toward an uncertain future where they learn the importance of their journey.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 17

12 PM – 5 PM
Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence explores the natural phenomenon of ‘living light’ with multiple organisms, from fireflies to the deep-sea monsters in our oceans’ darkest depths. The ability to generate light is rare of land animals; however, up to 90 percent of animals at depths below 2,300 feet provide the only source of light for Earth’s vast oceans.

6 PM
After the Mavs frustrating loss against the Cavaliers, they are set to take on The San Antonio Spurs in their toughest week of the season. Come cheer on your home team in this exciting game.



Thursday, January 7, 2016

Excitement Awaits

Imagine being neighbors with the finest art, fashion, entertainment, and gourmet delights the city has to offer. When you live in the largest contiguous arts district in the country, the opportunities to feed your cultural appetite are endless.


Walk out your front door to the sprawling oasis of Klyde Warren Park. Enjoy an afternoon drink at LARK on the Park or take the Museum Tower car to dinner at the latest additions to the Dallas dining scene. Just steps away from renowned establishments including Ocean Prime, The French Room, and Stephan Pyles, residents enjoy convenient access to the extraordinary.

How about an early morning Yoga session in a studio overlooking a Zen garden or an afternoon spent swimming in the 80-foot outdoor pool? As the suns sets on the horizon, enjoy the outdoor fire pit and breathtaking views of the city from your private balcony.  

Museum Tower owners live an unparalleled life surrounded by the greatest of outdoor spaces, performing arts venues, and cultural collections. Combine these inviting spaces with iconic design and luxury amenities and services, and it’s clear that Museum Tower owners embrace an unsurpassed lifestyle that is rich in opportunity.



Monday, January 4, 2016

A Front-Row Seat to the Extraordinary



Living at Museum Tower, opportunities abound to embrace the New Year to the fullest. From holiday extravaganzas to art exhibitions and concerts, the best experiences are always happening just steps away from your high-rise home.
To enrich the life of our homeowners, Museum Tower continually seeks out and shares timely information and helpful reminders about extraordinary, exciting events. Follow Museum Tower on social media for the latest information on Dallas and surrounding neighborhoods and communities. Like Museum Tower Dallas on Facebook and follow @MuseumTwrDallas on Twitter and Instagram.

Live Performances and Entertainment

JANUARY 1-10
Winspear Opera House
Based in New York, Shen Yun Performing Arts is the world's premier classical Chinese dance and music company. Now you can. Shen Yun invites you to experience this divine culture of the Middle Kingdom. Shen Yun brings the profound spirit of this lost civilization to life on stage with unrivaled artistic mastery. Every dance movement, every musical note, makes this a stunning visual and emotional experience you won’t find anywhere else. See for yourself why this performance is leaving millions around the world in awe.

JANUARY 1-3
Threesixty Theatre at the Spire
This spectacular innovative live stage production of Peter Pan in the Threesixty Theatre – a state of the art 100-foot high structure that is a luxurious climate-controlled, world-class theatre-tent – takes you to Neverland in a whole new way. Combining intimate theater-in-the-round, overhead surround CGI projection, and actors in dazzling flying sequences forty feet in the air, Peter Pan 360 brings J.M. Barrie’s classic tale to fantastical life.

JANUARY 1-31
Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre
Home to the world premiere of Clarkston, the Wyly Theatre will transform the intimate Studio Theatre into Costco—the heart of the New American West.  “Steps away from the Lewis and Clark trail, the lives of a fledgling writer and a descendant of William Clark intersect as they stock televisions and cheese puffs.  In a story leavened with humor and compassion, these two young men move toward an uncertain and unpredictable future, realizing that sometimes the most important journey you can take is the one between two people.” Commited to drawing the nation’s most exciting writers to Dallas, Clarkston brings in one of the most provocative new voices in American Theater, 2014 MacArthur Foundation fellow, Samuel D. Hunter.

JANUARY 2- 3
Meyerson Symphony Center                                                                                       
Start your New Year with this smash hit! Contortionists, jugglers, aerialists and strongmen perform alongside, above and around the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Karina Canellakis conducts, dazzling the eye and the ear, their feats will leave you breathless! Acrobats literally drop into the Meyerson the Dallas Symphony are joined by Cirque de la Symphonie.

JANUARY 10
Meyerson Symphony Center
Make your music lover’s holiday more meaningful with the first new choral festival in Texas since 1999. The Dallas Choral Festival will be bringing together 100 professional singers for a rare performance of a large scale Sacred Masterwork with a professional orchestra, highlighting Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and conducted by artistic director Greg Hobbs.

JANUARY 14-16 
Meyerson Symphony Center
Based on a 16th century hymn, Fantasia is treasured for its extraordinary beauty and haunting romanticism. Also, Concertmaster Alexander Kerr performs the mesmerizing Walton Violin Concerto. Donald Runnicles conducts and Alexander Kerr will be playing violin.

JANUARY 15-17
Dallas City Performance Hall
Uptown Players and the Turtle Creek Chorale will collaborate again to present a concert version of Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida, with a combined cast of more than 100 actors, singers, and members of the TCC. Aida is an epic tale of love, loyalty and betrayal chronicling the love triangle between Aida, a Nubian princess stolen from her country, Amneris, an Egyptian princess, and Radames, the soldier they both love. An enslaved Nubian princess, Aida, finds her heart entangled with Radames, an Egyptian soldier who is betrothed to the Pharaoh's daughter, Amneris. As their forbidden love blossoms, Aida is forced to weigh her heart against the responsibility she faces as leader of her people.

JANUARY 17-18
Hamon Hall
Shakespeare’s comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves. Filled with some of the finest comedic scenes in the English language, this entertaining masterpiece remains one of Shakespeare’s most popular and most performed comedies.

JANUARY 22
Winspear Opera House
Named one of Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch, in just three short years BODYTRAFFIC has skyrocketed to international acclaim. Virtuosic, stylized, confident, with a diverse repertoire of some of the world’s most sought- after choreographers, this company has taken its place on the international touring scene. Choreographers include Hofesh Shechter, Sidra Bell, Andrea Miller, Richard Siegal and Stijn Celis, BODYTRAFFIC is now touring the world to rave reviews. Their debut performance in Dallas will be surprising, refreshing and unforgettable.

JANUARY 27
Kalita Humphrey’s Theater
From Joel Ferrell, the director behind DTC’s 2014 blockbuster hit The Rocky Horror Show, Romeo and Juliet bursts breathlessly to life as the Bard’s immortal tale of impetuous young lovers and the senseless hatred that poisons their hope asks the question: can any generation escape the sins of the fathers? This sleek, sexy new production immerses you in the emotional chaos of two innocent teens fighting desperately to choose their own destiny.

JANUARY 27-31
Winspear Opera House
If/Then is a contemporary Broadway musical about living in New York today – and all the possibilities of tomorrow. With unforgettable songs and a deeply moving story by the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning creators of Next to Normal, this “fascinating, ambitious, and original new musical (New York Post)” simultaneously follows one woman’s two possible life paths, painting a deeply moving portrait of the lives we lead, as well as the lives we might have led.

JANUARY 27
Dallas City Performance Hall
Jobrani makes a return visit to the Council and Dallas City Performance Hall to discuss his life and his biography, titled I'm Not a Terrorist, But I've Played One on TV: Memoirs of a Middle Eastern Funny Man. The book goes beyond the life of a comedian, however. A review in The New York Times said Jobrani's biography’ ‘has plenty to say about matters of race, assimilation, life in America for brown-skinned people before and after 9/11, and making it in big, dumb, fizzy, sometimes beautiful America. ‘The publisher describes the biography as ''a hilarious and moving memoir of growing up Iranian in America, and the quest to make it in Hollywood without having to wear a turban, tote a bomb or get kicked in the face by Chuck Norris.'' (Longtime martial arts specialist Norris, as many Council members may recall, filmed his hit TV show Walker: Texas Ranger in Dallas from 1993 to 2001.)

JANUARY 29- 31
Meyerson Symphony Center
Mozart's delightfully zany overture for The Magic Flute, along with the Labèque sisters performing Poulenc's impassioned Concerto for Two Pianos and a world premiere from Jeremy Gill.

Exhibitions and Happenings

JANUARY 1- 17
Dallas Museum of Art
International Pop, organized by the Walker Art Center, chronicles the global emergence of Pop in the 1960s and early 1970s. While previous exhibitions and prevailing scholarship have primarily focused on the dominance of Pop activity in New York and London during this time, this exhibition examines work from artists across the globe who were confronting many of the same radical developments, laying the foundation of the emergence of an art form that embraced figuration, media strategies, and mechanical processes with a new spirit of urgency and/or exuberance. This groundbreaking exhibition follows the trajectories of Pop and its critical points of contact with global developments in art.

JANUARY 1- 31
Dallas Museum of Art
Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots offers critical new scholarship on this understudied yet pivotal period in the artist’s career and provides radical new insights into Pollock’s practice. These works will serve to contextualize the radical departure represented by the black paintings, a series of black enamel paintings that Pollock created between 1951 and 1953. An unprecedented 31 black paintings will be included in the DMA presentation. Exhibiting works from the height of the artist’s celebrity set against his lesser known paintings will offer the opportunity to appreciate Pollock’s broader ambitions as an artist, and to better understand the importance of the “blind spots” in his practice.

JANUARY 1-31
Nasher Sculpture Center
The work of Alex Israel deals in the images and cultural eccentricities of his native Los Angeles.  For his Sightings exhibition at the Nasher, Israel will combine his new sculptural objects made in the vernacular of Hollywood movies to make a quasi-narrative installation related to a film that Israel will soon release.

JANUARY 2
Kettle Art Gallery
Kettle Art is a gallery space located in the heart of Deep Ellum, a hotbed of Dallas art and music for decades past. Run by artists, for artists, the Kettle is committed to providing a venue for local and emerging artists to show their work. Nothing brings people together like attending school together. It's either the best days of your life, or a shared suffering. But if it's what brought you to a lifelong love of artmaking, we're guessing it's somewhere closer to the former. This weekend, see the work of alumni from the Cambridge School of Dallas at Kettle Art Gallery. The work of 10 artists will hang on the walls, revealing similarities brought out by the school, or divergences. The opening reception will take place from 7-10 p.m. Saturday.

JANUARY 22
Galleria Dallas
In celebration of the last season of NPR’s popular series Downton Abbey, Galleria Dallas will host Decadence: Fashion from the 1920s, a fashion exhibit celebrating the beauty and elegance of the 1920s in a special display from January 22 through February 28, 2016.Presented by Galleria Dallas, curated by Ken Weber of Vintage Martini and featuring pieces from the Susan Denn and Robert Schmidt Collection and The Texas Collection of UNT College of Visual Arts and Design, Decadence will showcase the allure of the 1920s in fashion and accessories. It will give resurgences of 1920s-inspired silhouettes featuring rare pieces from French, Spanish and Italian couturiers including Madeleine Vionnet, Mariano Fortuny, Maria Monaco Gallenga and Lucien Leglong.

JANUARY 23
Sixty Five Hundred
The Birthday Party Project is a non-profit organization that brings joy to homeless children through the magic of birthdays. With the help of volunteers, they create meaningful moments by hosting monthly birthday parties at local homeless and transitional living facilities. Their monthly themed parties are filled with decorations, energizing activities, cupcakes and fun for the children staying at the shelter. A special cake and gift is given to the children celebrating a birthday that month.

Family Fun

JANUARY 1
Fair Park
A new exciting event is coming New Year’s Day 2016. Day 1 Dallas is a family fair specifically designed for children and families to celebrate New Year’s Day together. This kid-friendly celebration will feature interactive activities, performances by nationally known entertainers, a spectacular fireworks show and your favorite carnival food. Come out and play on New Year’s Day at historic Fair Park.

JANUARY 1-3
Galleria Dallas
Experience the best of Dallas during the holidays on a miniature scale with DALLAS CITYSCAPE, a toy building block display at Galleria Dallas.  See iconic Dallas buildings and landmarks made completely from toy building blocks while benefiting Education Open Doors, a rapidly scaling program that trains middle school teachers to educate their students on the importance of a college education.

January 1-3
NorthPark Center
Shoppers of all ages delight in this NorthPark tradition marking the start of the holiday season! The most elaborate toy train exhibit in Texas, featuring 1,600 feet of track, celebrates its 28th anniversary and 17th year at NorthPark Center.

JANUARY 1-31
Perot Museum of Nature and Science                                                                          
How can there be light even in the dark of the night and the depths of the ocean? Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence explores the natural phenomenon of ‘living light’ with a vast array of organisms, from the flickering fireflies in your backyard to the deep-sea fishes in our oceans’ darkest depths. The ability to generate light is rare among plants and animals that live on land. However, up to 90 percent of animals at depths below 2,300 feet provide the only source of light for the largest habitable space on Earth, the ocean.

Major Sporting Events

JANUARY 1, 2, 5, 12, 18, 20, 22, 29, 31
American Airlines Center
After welcoming two teams from the Eastern Conference to town to begin their three-game home stand and reeling off three straight wins overall, the Dallas Mavericks will face a far more daunting task starting Wednesday night.

JANUARY 3
AT&T Stadium
The Redskins close the season against the Dallas Cowboys.

JANUARY 7, 9, 21, 23, 25
American Airlines Center 
The Dallas Stars have once again made the NHL power rankings. As a Top 10 team in the league, you’re going to want to watch out for the Dallas Stars. Led by the modest, record-breaking captain Jamie Benn, the Stars head into January with the hopes of continuing to lead the central division. Let’s get ready for 2016 with a series of home games, including a traditional New Year’s game, make the Dallas Stars your go-to winter sporting team to watch!

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

#NearbyMuseumTower: New Year’s Edition

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31
5:30 PM
LARK on the Park will feature a three-course menu with seating times at 5:30, 7:30 and 9:30 pm accompanied by a champagne toast at midnight. Enjoy a delectable dinner nearby Museum Tower before kicking off the rest of your spectacular night!
LARK on the Park | 0.1 mi from Museum Tower

7:30 PM
Join the Dallas Symphony for this annual concert of your favorite Strauss waltzes and Viennese-inspired revelry. Ring in the New Year in the opulence of the Meyerson and enjoy a free champagne toast at intermission!
Meyerson Symphony Center | 0.3 mi from Museum Tower

9:00 PM
Ring in the New Year and enjoy our beautiful view of the Dallas skyline on the revolving floor where we will have our 5th Annual New Years Eve Bash! We will feature DJ Jason Esquire, Photo Booth, Open Bar, Passed Appetizers, Sushi, Dessert & a Champagne toast at Midnight.
Reunion Tower | 1.7 mi from Museum Tower

10:00 PM
Stop the clock at W Dallas - Victory this New Year's Eve and celebrate like there's no tomorrow 33 floors above the Dallas skyline. DJ Lucio will be on the decks to keep you grooving into the New Year with a champagne toast at midnight.
W Hotel Dallas | 0.7 mi from Museum Tower

FRIDAY, JANUARY 1
11:30 AM
Enjoy Fearing’s traditional three-course Sunday Brunch menu as well as Bloody Marys and Mimosas from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm on New Year’s Day. Brunch will include a delicious prix fixe dessert trio from pastry chef, Jill Bates. Have the Museum Tower concierge make your reservation today.
Fearing’s Restaurant | 0.3 mi from Museum Tower

6:00 PM
Engage your senses with the awe-inspiring premiere of Shen Yun on New Year’s Day at the Winspear Opera House. There was a time when the world was full of magic and splendor, as if all on Earth existed in harmony with Heaven. You could see it in the arts, feel it in the air, and hear it in the beat of a drum. This was a land of heroes and sages, dragons and phoenixes, emperors and immortals. Known today as China, this place was once called "the Middle Kingdom" and "the Land of the Divine." What if you could journey back and visit this lost world…? Now you can. Shen Yun invites you to experience this divine culture of the Middle Kingdom. Shen Yun brings the profound spirit of this lost civilization to life on stage with unrivaled artistic mastery. Every dance movement, every musical note, makes this a stunning visual and emotional experience you won’t find anywhere else.

Winspear Opera House | 0.3 mi from Museum Tower

Thursday, December 24, 2015

#NEARBYMUSEUMTOWER: DEC 25-27

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25
4:00 PM
Morton's The Steakhouse is open on Christmas Day! Have the concierge make your reservations and then relax, knowing that you won’t be in the kitchen all day. End the wonderful day with a steak cooked to your liking and everyone’s favorite side dishes and baked-to-order soufflés.
Morton’s Steakhouse | 0.3 mi from Museum Tower



5:00 PM
LARK on the Park will be open starting at 5:00PM on Christmas night, with seating times at 5:00, 7:00 & 9:00PM. Savor a delicious three-course dinner after a day of exchanging gifts and quality time with loved ones.
LARK on the Park | 0.1 mi from Museum Tower

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26
9:00 AM
If you’ve yet to experience Dallas’ newest holiday tradition, make your way to the Arboretum! Featuring the return of the magnificent 12 Days of Christmas outdoor exhibit and The Artistry of the Nativity at the DeGolyer House, you’ll be enthralled by half a million dazzling lights scattered throughout the garden. Aside from the sweeping landscapes, twelve elaborate 25-foot-tall Victorian gazebos encased in glass are filled with the charming costumed characters, whimsical animals and winter scenes made famous by the beloved Christmas carol.
Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Gardens | 6.7 mi from Museum Tower

8:00 PM
Celebrate the holiday with a Christmas favorite! Dallas Theater Center’s hit production, A Christmas Carol, returns to the Wyly Theatre. DTC’s Brierley Resident Acting Company member Christie Vela will be the first female director of DTC’s adaption of the tale that follows a miserly old man on a magical journey of hope and redemption. Brierley Resident Acting Company member Hassan El-Amin will play the role of Ebenezer Scrooge. End the night in the most classic way possible!
Dallas Theater Center | 0.3 mi from Museum Tower

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27
1:30 PM
Share the magic of Peter Pan with the family this Christmas. This spectacular innovative live stage production of Peter Pan in the Threesixty Theatre – a state of the art 100-foot high structure that is a luxurious climate-controlled, world-class theatre-tent – takes you to Neverland in a whole new way. Combining intimate theater-in-the-round, overhead surround CGI projection, and actors in dazzling flying sequences forty feet in the air, Peter Pan 360 brings J.M. Barrie’s classic tale to fantastical life.
Threesixty Theatre at the Spire | 0.5 mi from Museum Tower

7:30 PM
Be sure to catch the Tony and Grammy award-winning Broadway musical on its last night in Dallas! The story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons takes the stage of the Winspear Opera House. The beloved musical is the perfect cap to a wonderful holiday weekend with the family.
Winspear Opera House | 0.3 mi from Museum Tower