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038<br />
ON THE TOWN: DALLAS/FT. WORTH<br />
View of the Dee and<br />
Charles Wyly Theatre<br />
and the Margot and Bill<br />
Winspear Opera House;<br />
(inset) Philip J. Romano’s<br />
Optimism from Samuel<br />
Lynne Galleries<br />
A Study<br />
in Contrast<br />
Whether you want to wander the halls<br />
of a museum in the largest urban arts<br />
district in the US or gallery hop, Dallas<br />
provides the foundation for visitors to<br />
get their culture fix.<br />
BY STEVEN CRAIG LINDSEY<br />
Concentrated in a 19-block<br />
section of downtown, the<br />
Dallas Arts District (www.<br />
thedallasartsdistrict.org) is<br />
the largest urban arts district<br />
in the US. The area consists<br />
of more than a dozen cultural<br />
venues, including the brand-new AT&T Performing<br />
Arts Center (www.dallasperformingarts.org),<br />
which opened last month.<br />
“The center is our opportunity to transform our<br />
community through the arts, and that is what makes<br />
this project so exciting,” says Mark Nerenhausen,<br />
president/CEO of the AT&T Performing Arts Center.<br />
The new addition is home to multiple spaces<br />
for dance, music and theater, but the Margot and<br />
Bill Winspear Opera House—with its spectacular<br />
crimson glass exterior—is what really draws<br />
attention. Those with an ear for classical music<br />
will want to visit the I.M. Pei-designed Morton<br />
GO MAGAZINE NOVEMBER <strong>2009</strong><br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY TIMOTHY HURSLEY
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