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
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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!
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.
