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Dallas Museum of Art Launches Design Competition for a Major $150M to $175M Expansion
by David Seeley | Feb 21, 2023
The Dallas Museum of Art is planning a major $150-$175 million expansion that will add flexible gallery spaces, reorganized entrances and circulation, and a reapportioned interior. But first all that needs to be designed. So the DMA has launched a Reimagining the Dallas Museum of Art International Design Competition. “This is a pivotal moment for the DMA," says its director, Dr. Agustín Arteaga.
by David Seeley |
Feb 21, 2023
Ori Matisse Evans uses high-tech software and cinematography to bring home designs to life for VLK Architects, which has offices in Fort Worth and Plano. “My job is to take what the client expects to see and make it beautiful for them to experience,” Evans told Candy's Dirt.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 17, 2023
A 100th birthday is a big deal—especially when every Texan can join the party. So to celebrate its 2023 centennial, Texas Parks & Wildlife is hosting a photo contest almost all year long. And some of the best images may be waiting for us at the end of the year right here in North Texas, when Palo Pinto Mountains State Park opens 80 miles west of Fort Worth.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 13, 2023
The downtown Dallas skyline and Klyde Warren Park offer striking views. And a new 30-story high-rise planned by Dallas-based developer KDC is set to take stunning advantage of them.
KDC's $200 million Parkside Uptown is slated for a mid-year groundbreaking, according to state filings cited by the Dallas Morning News. To be located at the corner of N. Harwood Street and Woodall Rodgers Freeway across from the park, the podium-style building is designed to be "an exceedingly modern workplace," with ground-floor retail and restaurants. It could eventually be joined by a phase two building next door with similarly striking architecture.
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Launching into the Metaverse: Dave & Buster’s World on Roblox
by Lance Murray | Feb 7, 2023
Coppell-headquartered Dave & Buster's Entertainment says its new offering—an interactive and immersive digital experience that "reflects the energy and excitement" of one of D&B's physical locations—is designed for multi-user experiences, enabling friends to play together and connect via some of their favorite games.
"It was important to us that Dave & Buster's World fully capture the fun and interactive energy of a physical D&B," says VP of Marketing Pete Thornfield.
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The Last Word: Breaking Bad’s Walter White Breaks Good in Super Bowl Spot from Plano-Based Frito-Lay
by David Seeley |
Feb 6, 2023
On the multi-Emmy-winning "Breaking Bad," Walter White and Jesse Pinkman become kingpins in the drug trade after White, a cancer-stricken high school chemistry teacher, cooks up something bad in a trailer in the desert. But what if he'd cooked up something good instead? That's the idea behind a new Super Bowl commercial from Plano-based Frito-Lay.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 3, 2023
Ready to embark on an adventure? Texas Parks and Wildlife is giving you the chance to explore the Lone Star state, capture memories, and even win prizes with its latest Texas State Parks Photo Contest....
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by David Seeley |
Feb 3, 2023
We all know what Dallas needs most: A bar that features sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads. The closest we'll likely ever get to that is coming to The Whippersnapper, a nightspot near Henderson Avenue at 1806 McMillan Avenue in Dallas. Beginning February 9, it'll transform into a limited-time pop-up called the Electric Shagadelic Pussycat Swingers Club.
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Digital Edition: Dallas Innovates Magazine 2023
by Dallas Next Media | Jan 27, 2023
Welcome to the pulse of North Texas, where creativity and innovation converge to shape the future of business and beyond.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 25, 2023
Part of The Dallas Foundation's Voices of Hope initiative, the event at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Cedars featured screenings of "Twice as Good" and "Technicolor," about the lives and work of Interfaith Family Services CEO Kimberly Williams and Big Thought CEO Byron Sanders.
A third short film about Taylor Toynes, co-founder and executive director of For Oak Cliff, is in the works.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 23, 2023
Long ago, maternity wear was one of the unmentionables of fashion. That changed forever in 1937, when sisters Elsie and Edna Frankfurt founded Page Boy, America's first high-end maternity wear firm, in Dallas. In 1939, the sisters patented their game-changing solution: an adjustable skirt design for pregnant women that "accommodated" a baby bump instead of clumsily trying to hide it. They engineered a "window" in front of the skirt that expanded using drawstrings—while keeping the hemline stylishly parallel to the ground.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 18, 2023
From Big Ben to the Parthenon to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, nothing beats flying there and seeing it yourself. Except maybe one thing—a new exhibition at AD EX on North St. Paul in downtown Dallas.
AD EX, also known as the Architecture and Design Exchange, is currently showing an exhibition called “Building Toys & Toy Buildings: Brickitecture,” through February 11. The exhibition was curated by AIA architect Blane Ladymon.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jan 17, 2023
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 12, 2023
More than 30 local artists are teaming up to help bring a one-of-a-kind experience to Meow Wolf's first permanent installation in Texas this summer. The Sante Fe-based boundary-pushing interactive art company's debut in North Texas will have 30 rooms to feature their unique visions.
Here's a sneak peek of the work in progress for the 29,000 square-foot immersive experience, set to transport visitors to a fantastical realm at Grapevine Mills.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 12, 2023
Efforts to restore Black cemeteries and burial sites are increasing across the country—and now the unveiling of a buried past deep in East Texas's Piney Woods is the subject of an immersive visual and AR exhibition opening this weekend in Dallas' AT&T Discovery District.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 11, 2023
After a soft open two months ago, Two Bit Circus officially launched yesterday at Dallas' Shops of Park Lane, featuring 35,000 square feet of tech-enhanced entertainment. Attractions include arcade games; VR, AR, and "extended reality" experiences; "story rooms"; reimagined carnival games; and more.
We talked to the co-founders about how playing in groups is a big part of the fun, why their VR games prove "humans are hackable," and more.
Here's a look inside the Texas-sized micro-amusement park.
Here's a look inside the Texas-sized micro-amusement park.
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