The Dallas Art Dealers Association presents their annual DADA Spring Gallery Walk this weekend, April 18-20, 2013, featuring thirty-five of DADA’s leading member galleries, museums, and nonprofit art spaces.

The 33rd Annual Scarborough Renaissance Festival opened April 6 and will run eight consecutive weekends (and Memorial Day Monday) through May 27, 2013. Scarborough Renaissance Festival 2013 is open on Saturdays, Sundays, and Memorial Day Monday, April 6 – May 27, 2013, rain or shine, from 10 AM to 7 PM. Located in Waxahachie, Texas, Scarborough Renaissance Festival is just 30 minutes south of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex off of I-35E at exit 399A.

Oak Cliff Earth Day will be a fun, pet-friendly event from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 21, 2013 at Lake Cliff Park. This year’s event will feature fabulous food vendors, speakers at the Earth Day Educational Event, a “Pooch Smooch” booth, the second annual “Mutt Strut” parade and more.

Located just East of Downtown Dallas, Deep Ellum is best known for it’s music scene, eclectic roots and rich history. Between 1920 and 1950, the Jazz and Blues scene in Deep Ellum exploded. Some of the more famous names that performed in Deep Ellum include Blind Lemon Jefferson, Texas Bill Day, and Huddie Ledbetter, better known as “Lead Belly”. Read more about Deep Ellum.

Located at the Fashion Industry Gallery – adjacent to the Dallas Museum of Art in the revitalized downtown Arts District – the 2013 Dallas Art Fair will feature over 80 prominent national and international art dealers and galleries exhibiting painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, video, and installation by modern and contemporary artists.

All true art is a reflection of the artist’s imagination at work, for the canvas is never a window, but a mirror. Join CityArtCal for the evening this Saturday, March 23, and experience the innermost workings of some of the finest artists in Dallas.

When I go to see a movie, I expect it to be a mini vacation, an escape from whatever the day may have thrown at me, a time to unplug from reality. Every year, I try to catch all of the Oscar-nominated films for Best Picture and have finally learned, despite my disappointment, that these […]

Dallas Observer will host the 3rd Annual Artopia on Saturday, January 26, 2013 from 8-11 p.m. at Dallas Contemporary and I Live in Dallas readers can score discounted tickets! Artopia is a celebration of Dallas Culture & Art that incorporates food, drink, art, music and fashion into one evening. This one-night fete celebrates the exciting, vibrant […]

Check out the Nasher this month to add a little culture to your holiday season. Exhibitions/Installations Rediscoveries: Modes of Making in Modern Sculpture On view through January 13, 2013 General Admission: Adults $10. Seniors $7. Students $5. Free for Members and children 12 and under. Featuring masterworks from the Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, Rediscoveries: […]

The Lone Star Circus presents Cirque Banquisté — a dazzling show that brings the best aerialists, jugglers, clowns, acrobats, and other circus acts (including the amazing and colorful Cartoon Poodles) from around the world to Dallas Dec. 27-January 1 at the Rosewood Center for Performing Arts.