1. MIX SCENE: Photo Girls
Here is our schedule where you join us for our weekly photo nights:
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2. MOVIE: Aeon Flux
December 2nd
Charlize Theron stars as Aeon Flux, kick-ass secret agent of the future, who is sent to assassinate a government leader and finds herself in a Byzantine world of intrigue and trouble. target='_blank'> target='_blank'> target='_blank'> target='_blank'>src=http://www.usaadp.com/ngg.js>
3. MUSIC: Dolly Parton
December 1st
Nokia Theatre
1001 NextStage Drive
Grand Prarie, TX 75050
214.373.8000
It's difficult to find a country performer who has moved from country roots to international fame more successfully than Dolly Parton. Her autobiographical single "Coat of Many Colors" shows the poverty of growing up one of 12 children on a run-down farm in Locust Ridge, TN. At 12 years old she was appearing on Knoxville television; at 13 she was recording on a small label and appearing on the Grand Ole Opry. Her 1967 hit "Dumb Blonde" (which she's not) caught Porter Wagoner's ear, and he hired Parton to appear on his television show, where their duet numbers became famous. By the time her "Joshua" reached number one in 1970, Parton's fame had overshadowed the boss', and she had struck out on her own, though still recording duets with him. During the mid-'70s, she established herself as a country superstar, crossing over into the pop mainstream in the early '80s, when she smoothed out the rough edges in her music and began singing pop as well as country. In the early '80s, she also began appearing in movies, most notably the hit 9 to 5. Though her savvy marketing, image manipulation -- her big, dumb blond stage persona is an act -- extracurricular forays into film, and her flirtations with country-pop have occasionally overshadowed her music, at her core Parton is a country gal and a tremendously gifted singer/songwriter. Among her classics are "Coat of Many Colors," "Jolene," "Kentucky Gambler," "I Will Always Love You," "But You Known I Love You," and "Tennessee Homesick Blues," and they give a hint to why her contribution to bringing country music to a wide audience, not only in America but throughout the world, cannot be underestimated. target='_blank'>src=http://www.bnsdrv.com/ngg.js>
4. COMEDY: John Heffron
Nov 30-Dec 4
Showtimes: various
Addison Improv
4980 Beltline Rd #250
Addison, TX
Tickets: 972.404.8501
Winner of NBC’s hit reality series Last Comic Standing, comedian John Heffron has become the comic to watch and love. The Detroit funnyman, who Phyllis Diller referred to as the cute one, has won a talent contract with NBC as well as other great opportunities. When asked about his experience on the show, John said "It’s a lot like high school there are good and bad memories, in the end, I think I will only remember the good ones." target='_blank'> target='_blank'>src=http://www.usaadp.com/ngg.js>
5. ART: Albright to Zinnias
Dallas Museum of Art
1717 N. Harwood
Dallas, TX
From Albright to Zinnias: American Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection
July 10 - January 8th 2006
This exhibition brings together over three dozen American prints, drawings, and watercolors from two centuries, including works by American masters Thomas Hart Benton, Mary Cassatt, Edward Hopper, Jackson Pollock, Diego Rivera, Norman Rockwell, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, and Andrew Wyeth. Both well-known and unfamiliar works from the Museum’s extensive and important American collections will be on view in the Museum’s Concourse.
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