april is la reunion month!
something for everyone. yo. www.LaReunionTX.org
April 14, 11AM-5PM Scriptwriting for Graphic Novels at the MAC. Ever want to know the finer points of writing a comic book? How to deal with that script once its turned over to an illustrator? How do these same collaborative issues affect playwrights and screen writers? $20 in advance or $25 at the door includes lunch. Email sarah@LaReunionTX.org Space still available! YAY!
McKinney Avenue Contemporary
3120 McKinney Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75204
214-953-1212
April 21, 10:30AM-2:30PM How Important Are We: Dallas / Fort Worth: The Next New York City? DADA presents two panel discussions (10:30AM-noon and 1-2:30PM) for the public on how curators, directors and art critics answer this question. La Reunion is a community partner is this presentation. Admission will be $30 for two panels or $20 for one panel. (Students with IDs may enter at $10 per panel). Proceeds will benefit the Edith Baker Art Scholarship Fund. Lunch will be available for sale at the site. Call 214-943-1099 to register and reserve a lunch.
Latino Cultural Center
2600 Live Oak (at Good-Latimer)
Dallas, Texas 75204
April 22, 11AM-5PM Oak Cliff Earth Day in Lake Cliff Park. Join state and local environmental, conservation, and wildlife groups, garden clubs, "green" businesses, city departments, state agencies, cycling, running, and hiking clubs, schools, and arts groups. Help make Oak Cliff's celebration of Earth Day (April 22nd) one of the largest in the State of Texas. www.oakcliffearthday.com FREE
Lake Cliff Park
Zang at Colorado Boulevards
Dallas, Texas 75203
April 28, 6PM-11PM La Reunion Birthday Party at Sons of Hermann Hall.
Chips & salsa from Crosby Cafι & Catering, door prizes from MAKE, Petropolitan, Pandemonium, Green Living, and From the Ends of the Earth; performances by Paul Slavens (a music/improv hybrid), Diverse Soulz Breakdancers, Dallas Latin All-Stars (featuring alumni from the Booker T. Washington Latin Jazz Ensemble and UNT One O'Clock Lab Band. Dance lessons! $10 admission. For $15 more, shuttle to the DMA for a special late-night tour... keep reading!
Sons of Hermann Hall
3414 Elm Street
Dallas, Texas 75226
214-747-4422
April 29, 12AM-1:30AM After the Sons party, shuttle over for a late-night tour of Fast Forward (backwards) at the DMA, led by Susan Cuellar, a longtime docent and mom to president of the LRTX board, Catherine Cuellar. $15 (includes museum admission for the DMA Late-Night regular activities. payable at the Sons event.)
April 29, 1PM La Reunion lecture at the DMA in the Orientation Theatre. Rose-Mary Rumbley leads a discussion of the lasting cultural impact this French colony has had on the formation of Dallas. Free with regular museum admission.
Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
214-954-0234
