Creative

Titanic Exhibition Returns to Dallas With Artifacts, Ship Re-Creations, and More

by | Dec 18, 2024
The largest and most immersive touring Titanic experience, Titanic: The Exhibition is a narrative journey that focuses on the fates of the passengers and crew aboard the sinking ship with stories, artifacts, and ship re-creations. Here's a preview look at what visitors will see.
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DIFF Becomes Academy Award-Qualifying Festival, Expands 2025 Screenings
by | Dec 16, 2024
Submissions are now open for the 19th annual Dallas International Film Festival, with more than 125 films slated to be screened from April 25 to May 1. For the first time ever, DIFF-winning animated, documentary, and narrative short films may be qualified to enter the Academy Awards.
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Corgan Expands ‘The Shop’ Near Its Dallas HQ To Create Architectural Models, Mock-Ups, and More
by | Dec 11, 2024
The Shop—located near Corgan's West End headquarters—features state-of-the-art tools including laser cutters, advanced 3D printers, and professional woodworking equipment, encouraging architects to get hands-on with their designs.
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Frosty Fusion: Meow Wolf Grapevine Presents ‘Unreal Winter’ Dec. 1‑21
by | Nov 22, 2024
A winterized, seasonal remix of Meow Wolf Grapevine's "multicosmic odyssey" will be blowing in next month at Grapevine Mills mall. From an Unreal Winter Quest to winter workshops to themed art jams and Adulti-Verses, expect a frosty fusion of immersive art.
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Fort Worth’s Teton Ridge Acquires The Cowboy Channel and Lassoes The Cowgirl Channel, Too

by | Nov 20, 2024
A leader at the intersection of Western sports and entertainment, Teton Ridge has acquired the properties from Omaha-based Rural Media Group. "This is a defining moment that solidifies Teton Ridge as an authority in Western sports and storytelling," CEO Deirdre Lester said.
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New Dallas Children’s Museum Announces Board Members, Preliminary Launch Plans
by | Nov 15, 2024
While the museum searches for the perfect spot in southeast Dallas, it's making big plans for inspiring local kids. Through hands-on exhibits, creative programs, and deep community partnerships, it aims to spark something powerful through play—helping children discover how they can shape their world and make it better.
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Dozens of Artists Are About to Give Deep Ellum Art Park a Spray-Painted Transformation
by | Nov 7, 2024
Some two dozen new murals of performing artists from Post Malone to Edie Brickell to St. Vincent will be going up at Deep Ellum Art Park, located at the gateway to the historic neighborhood underneath Highway I-345. Attendees of the Deep Ellum Block Party on Nov. 23 will have the chance to pick up a brush and join in.
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Motorcycle Mania: Haas Moto Museum Reopens in New Location This Weekend
by | Nov 6, 2024
Looking like gleaming sculptures that could take off at any moment, the 230-bike collection at the newly relocated Haas Moto Museum offers an "unparalleled archive" of 125 years of motorcycle history. But wait, there's more...
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A Lure for Broadway: Frisco Partners with Prosper ISD on Proposed $340M Frisco Center for the Arts

by | Oct 28, 2024
The city said the vision for the center includes a 2,800-seat performance hall, capable of accommodating Broadway and large touring and community productions, as well as a 300- to 400-seat community hall that would be used primarily by Prosper ISD while also providing access to community organizations and events.
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JAMBALOO Free Live Music Events to Crisscross North Texas in February
by | Oct 23, 2024
Organizers said that JAMBALOO is more than just a series of concerts; it's a community-driven initiative designed to uplift the local music scene during challenging times. The week will kick off on Feb. 1 with the JAMBALOO Symposium at Tulips in Fort Worth, an event where leaders will gather to discuss the future of the music ecosystem in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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The Last Word: Lyric Stage’s Tricia Guenther on Her New Role at the ‘Musical-Preserving’ Theater Company
by | Oct 21, 2024
Dallas-based professional theater company Lyric Stage believes musicals can stir spirits and move audiences like nothing else. After more than 125 productions since its 1993 launch—including 21 world-premiere musicals and two Off-Broadway shows—the nonprofit continues its mission to develop and preserve the musical, which it calls “a unique art form.” To help achieve that goal, Lyric Stage announced it has appointed two key staff members to new roles.
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Dallas’ Lyric Stage Appoints 2 Key Staff Members to New Roles
by | Oct 18, 2024
Tricia Guenther has been named patron services and co-artistic director, and Scott Guenther has been appointed managing & co-artistic director of Lyric Stage, which is on a mission "to develop and preserve the musical."
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From Forest Baths to Recharge Rooms: How One North Texas Entrepreneur Is Transforming Workplaces Into Destinations

by | Oct 15, 2024
Marissa Heyl is rewiring the workplace—with design. Her Inclusive Wellness Design firm uses neuroscience to create joy-inducing, productivity-boosting spaces that give employees another reason to step away from the home office. Think "happy brain chemicals" meets cutting-edge design, with a dash of "Meow Wolf-meets-Miraval" thrown in for good measure.
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The Last Word: On a ‘WOW’ Environmental Art Installation Event Coming to the John Bunker Sands Wetland Center
by | Oct 8, 2024
Kaufman County's John Bunker Sands Wetland Center, an innovative water treatment system and one of the country's largest manmade wetlands, is looking to up its public profile with an environmental art installation unveiling at a "Wings Over the Wetland" WOW Event on November 16.
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AURORA Biennial Returning to Downtown Dallas with Free Multi-Sensory Art Experience
by | Oct 8, 2024
Titled "FuturePresentPast," the one-night-only event will be held Saturday, Nov. 16, at Dallas City Hall and surrounding areas. Regional and international artists will be presenting "an expansive exhibition of technology-based public art" that explores North Texas' past "in order to shape our future through the present."
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