Arts + Culture

Artfest is back in the Downtown Plano Arts District on April 22 and 23 and is seeking to do things a bit differently for this year’s event.

Joanna Hogrefe has opened Tempestuous, an online art gallery, and the industry might never be the same. From her lawyer roots, to the business of art and pop up galleries–we spoke with Joanna about shaking up the art industry.

A nondescript warehouse in Allen is home to 400 animatronic creatures—dinosaurs and bugs—including 17 full-size T-rexes. I’m surrounded. The hairs on the back of my neck stand on end; my palms begin to sweat.

Plano Artfest is back for a second year, but now as a two-day event! The festival begins on Saturday, April 22 from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. in McCall Plaza and continues to Sunday the 23 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Haggard Park.

Singin’ in the Rain – The “Greatest Movie Musical of All Time” is faithfully and lovingly adapted by Broadway legends Betty Comden and Adolph Green, from their original award-winning screenplay in Singin’ in the Rain JR.

The Willow Bend Center for the Arts home of North Texas Performing Arts and Plano Children’s Theatre breaks ground at the Shops at Willow Bend on Wednesday, March 15th, from 5-7 p.m .

Dallas: our sister to the south, home of both the eponymous soap opera and the largest contiguous urban arts district in the nation.

At 13 years old Amanda Dunbar first put brush to canvas and painted a masterpiece. Mother’s Touch , (1996) Amanda’s evocative nascent painting conjured up whispers of Cassatt and Renoir and kick-started two careers.

There are few names that ring as loudly in North Texas as Nancy Nasher.

Our February Cover Party, commemorating the launch of our first annual Arts Issue, took place at Blue House Too gallery at Watters Creek. The celebration showcased the talents of our local artists: J.D.