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  • The festival—which now serves as an Oscar-Qualifying Festival for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—will feature screenings of more than 125 films, Q&A ...

  • The 55th edition of the USA Film Festival will take over screens at Angelika Film Center Dallas, celebrating everyone from actress Nancy Kwan to film director Jon Avnet t...

  • In celebration of Dallas Arts Month, Communities Foundation of Texas is presenting North Texas Gives to the Arts, a fundraising campaign that lives on the NorthTexasGivin...

  • The fully immersive "Smurf Experience" will open May 7 at Esports Stadium Arlington and run through the summer—offering nine mission-based zones filled with interactive...

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Calendar: Not-to-Miss Events for Innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth

North Texas has plenty to see, hear, and watch. Here are our editors' picks. Plus, you'll find more selections to "save the date."
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‘The Smurf Experience’ To Make U.S. Debut in North Texas May 7
by | Apr 23, 2025
The fully immersive "Smurf Experience" will open May 7 at Esports Stadium Arlington and run through the summer—offering nine mission-based zones filled with interactive scavenger hunts, obstacle courses, virtual reality adventures, and Smurf "meet-and-greets." Also coming this summer: a "Smurfs" movie from Paramount.
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The Last Word: On CFT’s ‘North Texas Gives to the Arts’ Fundraising Campaign
by | Apr 23, 2025
In celebration of Dallas Arts Month, Communities Foundation of Texas is presenting North Texas Gives to the Arts, a fundraising campaign that lives on the NorthTexasGivingDay.org platform. The campaign—which runs through April 30—includes $100,000 in total matching funds from The Giana Foundation Fund, the Robert B. and Virginia Payne Fund for Arts & Culture, and CFT. 
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USA Film Festival Opens Next Week With Salutes to Nancy Kwan and Jon Avnet, ‘Memento’ Remembrance

by | Apr 16, 2025
The 55th edition of the USA Film Festival will take over screens at Angelika Film Center Dallas, celebrating everyone from actress Nancy Kwan to film director Jon Avnet to anniversary screenings of Christopher Nolan's "Memento" and the cult favorite "Death Race 2000." Most of the programming will be free to the public.
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OK2BX To Host 4th Annual Film Festival at Angelika Dallas, Adds College Fair and Workshops
by | Apr 10, 2025
A new addition to this year's student filmmaker festival, to be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 12, at Angelika Dallas, is the OK2BX College Fair and Film Workshop at Southern Methodist University, offering educational opportunities for aspiring filmmakers.
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The Last Word: Dreams Experience Academy President on The D.O.C. and What Dallas Needs Now
by | Apr 8, 2025
“Welcome to the private debut of the Dreams Experience Academy—or as we call it, somewhat provocatively, DEA,” said Chris Gannett at the launch event at the Kessler in Oak Cliff last week. The student-powered, purpose-driven nonprofit, co-founded by hip-hop icon The D.O.C., aims to unlock creative talent and open doors into the $3 trillion media, entertainment, and tech economy.
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The Last Word: Steven Spielberg on Debuting “Jaws” at a Dallas Theater in 1975
by | Apr 2, 2025
The Medallion Theatre closed in 2001, but the Dallas moviehouse—once located in the Medallion Shopping Center at Skillman and Northwest Highway—hosted a key moment in film history. On March 26, 1975, it offered the first-ever public screening of "Jaws," the monster hit that invented the summer blockbuster. Now, with April here and summer looming, some are looking back at the screening that helped change Hollywood forever.
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