The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is proud to present Kidz Bop Live, a pop music event performed by kids, for kids for one night this summer - July 12, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. This CD-selling phenomenon boasts over 10 million records sold in only six years, and is the most recognized music product in the US for children ages 4 to 11.

In late spring, the Dallas Museum of Art will present an exhibition featuring international textiles ranging in date from the late 19th to the middle of the 20th century, half of which are recent additions to the DMA's permanent collection and will be shown for the first time.

The Dallas Museum of Art presents this summer the nationally acclaimed exhibition Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy. It is an intimate look at the couple who inspired and truly lived the modernist movement. Best remembered as the captivating American “expats” who inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night, Sara and Gerald Murphy are for the first time being considered in a major museum exhibition as forces in their own right.

In January, the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) announced that Nona and Richard Barrett of Dallas gave more than 100 works from their outstanding private collection of contemporary Texas art to the permanent collections of both museums.

The Dallas Museum of Art announces a hot new lineup for the 25th annual series of free outdoor concerts – Chase Presents Jazz Under the Stars. The 2008 series hosts a diverse schedule of performances from Dixieland and swing to mainstream jazz.

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra presents a summer concert series with something for all musical tastes. Diverse classical programming, a children's pop music sensation and seasoned artists are just a few things concertgoers can expect. The Dallas Symphony's own musicians take center stage, performing beloved classical repertoire.

Theatre Three concludes its 2007-2008 Theatre Too Season with the musical Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical by Bob and Jim Walton as the sixth production in the 2007-2008 Theatre Too Season. Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical begins on Friday, May 2, 2008 and will close on Sunday, May 18, 2008.

Marin Alsop has gotten a lot of press recently as the first woman to be music director of a major American orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony. But, depending on your definition of "major," JoAnn Falletta was there first, taking over the Buffalo (N.Y.) Philharmonic in 1998.

The Dallas Opera Guild will present the 20th annual "Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition," a showcase for talented young opera singers who either come from Texas or got here "as fast as they could" on Saturday, April 19, 2008 in Gooch Auditorium on the campus of UT Southwestern Medical Center, located at 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard (at Butler).

Texas Ballet Theater presents Ben Stevenson's renowned masterpiece, Dracula, at Dallas' Music Hall at Fort Worth's Bass Performance Hall April 18, 19 and 20. Ticket prices start at $18.

Texas Ballet Theater, Dallas and Fort Worth's preeminent professional ballet company, today announced that the Youth Ensembles of its Texas Ballet Theater School Dallas Campus recently received a total of 16 awards at the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) – Semi Finals International Ballet and Contemporary Dance Competition held at the Irving Performing Arts Center in Irving, Texas.

The O’Donnell Foundation announces the opening of the Young Masters’ Juried Exhibition, running through May 4, 2008, comprising over thirty-seven two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of art created by students from ten area high schools participating in the Advanced Placement Studio Arts Incentive Program.