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Friday, November 13, 2015

#NearbyMuseumTower: November 13-15

NOVEMBER 12-15
STARS & STRIPES FILM FESTIVAL
This 4-day festival at the Angelika, chaired by Tanya and Pete Foster with honorary chairs Margaret and Syd Carter, showcases films about the U.S. armed forces, followed by conversations with decorated veterans from the films.
Angelika Film Center Dallas | 3.9 mi from Museum Tower

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13
11:30 AM
30TH ANNUAL NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY DAY LUNCHEON
The 30th Annual National Philanthropy Day Luncheon will celebrate 30 years of philanthropy and recognize those making exceptional contributions to the community, including:
                Outstanding Philanthropist — Cecilia and Garrett Boone
                Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser — Nancy Strauss Halbreich
                Outstanding Fundraising Executive — James N. Falk, CFRE
                Outstanding Foundation — The Moody Foundation
                Outstanding Corporation — JPMorgan Chase
                Outstanding Philanthropic Organization
                Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy — Kendall Deitch
Special Recognition Award — Scott Murray
Hyatt Regency Dallas | 1.7 mi from Museum Tower

7:00 PM
NTX 2015 BREWER’S BALL
NTX Beer Week presents the 2015 Brewer’s Ball – the chance to rub elbows with craft beer elite. The ball will feature national and local breweries as well as bites from local beer-centric restaurants. Members from the Dallas Opera will perform traditional opera and drinking songs from around the globe.
Renaissance Dallas Hotel | 2.5 mi from Museum Tower
 
7:00 PM
COOK HALL WINE DINNER
Wine down with Cook Hall and enjoy a delicious four-course meal crafted by Chef Vijay Sadhu. Each course will be be paired with a different wine from around the world.
Cook Hall | 0.7 mi from Museum Tower

8:00 PM
AN EVENING WITH GIADA DE LAURENTIIS
Giada De Laurentiis is the Emmy Award-winning star of Food Network’s Everyday Italian, Giada at Home, and Giada in Italy; a judge on Food Network Star; a contributing correspondent for NBC’s Today show; editor-in-chief of a weekly digital magazine, Giada and author of seven New York Times bestselling books.
Joined by a moderator, Giada will share her inspiration for her newest cookbook, Happy Cooking, followed by an audience Q&A.
Majestic Theatre | 0.7 mi from Museum Tower

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14
8:00 AM
2015 IT’S YOUR TIME 6K RACE
SIX:02’s second annual It’s Your Time 6K race benefits the Dallas-based charity The Family Place, which empowers victims of family violence in Dallas by providing safe housing, counseling, and skills to foster independence.
Enjoy the race with music and refreshments. In addition, 6K participants are invited to a complimentary post-race pampering at the “Sweaty to Ready” salon near the finish line. The "Sweaty to Ready" salon will be providing the opportunity for each runner to get a spa treatment: Up-do, Makeup Refresh, Polish Change, or Massage.
Klyde Warren Park | Just outside Museum Tower

6:00 PM
CINQ GALLERY PRESENTS THE FINE LINE OPENING RECEPTION
Cinq Gallery in the Dallas Design District presents Rodolfo Choperena’s new solo show, The Fine Line.
Choperena’s work is best described as abstracted photography: representational yet complicated by the obscuring and absenting of the subject. By inducing movement and manually manipulating subjects and light sources, Choperena provokes a figurative tableau into abstraction. Every shot, every video, is the evidence of a performance. The acts of montage and manipulation are performed in camera, and movement is his primary performative act. By maneuvering the camera’s placement, aperture and exposure settings in relation to color fields, landscapes, light sources, precipitation and seascapes, the artist’s work pushes the boundaries of perception, creating organic, lyrical free forms. The resultant images are the reinterpretation of the original subject. Striations shift in varying intervals and rhythms, alternately compressing and expanding positive and negative space. However obscured, each composition retains a firm representational vantage point—host to personal objects and scenario manipulations. Each image is a direct reflection of his ever-changing environment.
Cinq Gallery, Design District | 1.1 mi from Museum Tower

7:00 PM
A NIGHT OF STARS GALA
Fashion Group International of Dallas presents a glamorous night of fashion, celebrating honoree Prabal Gurung with proceeds benefitting the FGI of Dallas Scholarship Program.
Fashion Industry Gallery | 0.4 mi from Museum Tower
  
7:00 PM
BEST BUDDIES DALLAS GALA 2015
The Best Buddies Dallas Gala will feature a gourmet dinner, live auction and a private concert. Patty and Bobby Nail will serve as Honorary Chairs, while Tara and Bill Durham and Jan and Jeff Rich serve as Co-Chairs to help support Best Buddies endeavors in Texas.
Ritz Carlton | 0.3 mi from Museum Tower

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15
1:30, 5:30 PM
PETER PAN 360
Fly to Neverland in a whole new way with 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. Combining intimate theater-in-the-round, overhead surround CGI projection, and actors in dazzling flying sequences 40 feet in the air, Peter Pan 360 brings J.M. Barrie’s classic tale to fantastical life.
Conceived by an award-winning creative team, the beloved family tale will capture the imagination of adults and children alike.
The Spire | 0.5 mi from Museum Tower

2:00 PM
DALLAS OPERA PRESENTS GREAT SCOTT
Dallas Opera presents Great Scott . Opera star Arden Scott returns to her hometown to save the struggling company that launched her career. The opening night performance of the long-lost opera she discovered falls on the same night as the home team’s first National Championship game (Go, Grizzlies!). The fate of the company hangs in the balance as Arden discovers that greatness is truly a matter of heart.
Winspear Opera House | 0.3 mi from Museum Tower

8:00 PM
KNIFE PRESENTS SUNDAY CINEMA SERIES
Knife at The Highland Dallas continues its Sunday Cinema Series, a culinary-themed film program, with Sideways.
Tickets are $35 per person and are inclusive of gratuity. $10 of each ticket sold will benefit the Dallas Film Society in support of bringing film, filmmakers and film education to the Dallas area.
For more information or to purchase tickets please call Knife at 214-443-9339.
Knife Dallas | 3.7 mi from Museum Tower