There is always something good to see and do in Dallas. Take it from me, Sue Krider, your high-rise real estate authority in DFW. I’ve lived in the thick of things here for years, so I know the market well.
And I love sending my clients and friends to the perfect spot to have a special time. With that in mind, I’ve put together a special list of ideas designed to make your days and nights in Big D memorable.
Take a look. I think you’ll like it.
The month starts with a big, beautiful classical bang when Maestro Edo de Waart brings gravitas to the podium in a concert featuring pianist Ingrid Fliter, performing Chopin’s second concerto, followed by Beethoven’s “Pastoral,” February 2-5 at the sumptuous Meyerson Symphony Center.
Dallas’s inventive theater series known as the Elevator Projects presents Tear Down These Walls, February 2-4. Traditional musical performance melds with interactive set design integrating the visual and performing arts, cultivating an immersive concert experience at the Wyly Studio Theatre in the AT&T Performing Arts District.
If you like what you see in venues such as the Winspear, Moody Performance Hall, the Wyly Theatre, Meyerson, and other venues on the 68-acre arts campus, the largest in the U.S., take a tour on February 4 during the month’s First Saturday Tour. Free tours of the center’s venues beginin the Winspear Opera House lobby at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.
On February 4-5 one of the biggest Dallas bands to ever take the stage return for a two-night stand at the Studio at the Factory. Welcome home, Old 97’s. Then, classic rockers don’t come much bigger than Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, performing February 10 at the American Airlines Center.
February 4-12 at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex on the SMU campus, the Dallas Open returns for its second year. It is one of only 10 U.S. tournaments on the ATP Tour. This year it has expanded to include the Women’s Tennis Classic Showcase, featuring Venus Williams vs. Danielle Collins.
Noted actors, including Tony winners Michael Cerveris and John Benjamin Hickey, and Cindy Cheung (“The Flight Attendant”), all perform short fiction readings in Selected Shorts: Friendship, part of the Dallas Museum of Art’s Arts & Letters Live on February 4 at the Museum
A Dallas favorite, Who’s Bad is a spectacular tribute to the late King of Pop, filled with his greatest hits and the dance moves that drove Michael Jackson’s ultimate stardom. See for yourself February 4 at the House of Blues.
Nice goats finish first in the daytime family production featuring music by Mozart, Donizetti, and Rossini. On February 5, the Dallas Opera presents Billy Goats Gruff at the Winspear.
After first becoming a standup comedian, he worked on the popular Kill Tony podcast and has performed at all the premiere clubs in America. February 5, laugh along with funnyman Todd Royce at Hyena’s at Mockingbird Station across from SMU.
The SMU-Tate Lecture Series in a local favorite with a colossal reputation. On February 7, distinguished political scientist and author Ian Bremmer, one of the world’s foremost authorities in understanding global political risk is the evening’s featured speaker at McFarlin Memorial Auditorium.
Rooted, an installation at the Dallas Museum of Art looks at the complex relationship between people and the natural world through groupings of works that span centuries and global cultures. It is on display through April 9.
Venezuelan singer-songwriter Danny Ocean may be best known for his Latin pop hit “Me Rehuso” which was later relaunched in English as “Baby I Won’t.” He’s at the House of Blues on February 9.
As one of America’s most honored performance companies, the Dallas Theater Center is at it again, February 9-26, see Native Gardens at the Kalita Humphreys Theater, a contemporary comedy where cultures and gardens clash turning well-intentioned neighbors into fiercely feuding enemies.
Gods and goddesses, giants, and dwarves … let the adventure begin in the Dallas Opera’s sizzling new production s Wagner’s iconic masterpiece is drenched in betrayal, cheating, illicit love, and murder…it’s all here in Das Rheingold, February 10-18 at the Winspear Opera House.
On February 11, indie music darlings Death Cab For Cutie, now entering their third decade together, at booked at the Factory in Deep Ellum. The northwestern alt-pop band emerged from the 2000s as among the freshest voices of the rock scene.
The Dallas Symphony League’s Presentation Ball on February 11 at the Meyerson is the 37th black tie event that benefits educational and community outreach programs.
Also on February 11, the legendary Harlem Globetrotters do their thing at the American Airlines Center.
The Ballet North Texas presents Love Notes February 11-12 at the Moody Performance Hall. Raw and visceral, compassionate, and charmed, the program celebrates the innovative female voices of the art world, and their perspective on love.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society St. Valentine’s Luncheon & Fashion Show on February 13 at the Meyerson features fashions provided by Highland Park Village, in an annual event that salutes honorees and awardees, all coming together to fight blood cancers.
His voice is as smooth as silk, and a perfect way to spend a romantic St. Valentine’s Day. Catch a showing of the Bogart-Becall classic, Casablanca, followed by Ricki Derek and the Vegas Six in concert on February 14 at the Granada Theater.
Noted crime writer Kathleen Kent discusses her work, and a new Russian spy thriller about a CIA agent with extraordinary powers, interviewed by noted Dallas author David McCloskey (“Damascus Station”). See the interview on February 14 at the Dallas Museum of Art’s Arts & Letters Live series.
Actor-comedian-musician Adam Sandler runs the stage with his solo act at the American Airlines Center on February 15.
Black Jacket Symphony has won worldwide reputation reimaging classic rock albums, such as a scheduled concert at the House of Blues in Victory Park, performing Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours.” On February 16.
Dallas company the Avant Chamber Ballet presents Alice in Wonderland, an explosion of color, staging, and choreography includes a talented cast of extraordinary and instantly recognizable characters, from the Queen of Hearts to the Mad Hatter and more. Alice in Wonderland is February 17-18 at the Moody.
Catch a stirring tribute to an iconic catalogue, including “Schindler’s List,” “Harry Potter,” “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,” “Star Wars,” “Jaws,” and more February 17-19 at the Meyerson when the Dallas Symphony presents a John Williams Celebration.
Long live rock on February 18 at the House of Blues in Victory Park when guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd shreds the night with his bombastic blend of blues, jazz, pop, rock and more.
Opening February 19 at the Dallas Museum of Art is an exciting new exhibition — Saint, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks. It explores a rich repertoire of themes that reflect the societal changes of the time, while also adeptly mirroring contemporary circumstances surrounding the human condition.
The Dallas Winds are back with Big Blue Marble on February 21. The multisensory celebration of Earth features surround sound, original animations, and a return visit by the impressive Epoch Percussion Quartet in the Meyerson.
World-renowned Marin Alsop conducts Rimsky-Korsakov’s journey of love, peril and intrigue inspired by the collection of folk tales, “One Thousand and One Nights.” It’s Scheherazade performed by the Dallas Symphony, February 23-25 at the Meyerson.
With over 18 musicians and singers to bring back the big band sound, performing variety of classic songs like “String of Pearls,” and “Moonlight Serenade,” it’s the Glenn Miller Orchestra February 24 at the Music Hall at Fair Park.
February 24-26 an ancient Asian artform comes alive before your very eyes. Composed of seven performing arts companies with nearly 500 members, the ensembles have performed in front of millions and played more than 130 cities around the world. Experience Shen Yun at the Winspear.
Be inspired to infinity…and beyond! The Science Behind Pixar at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Explore the art, science and technology behind animated films and their characters in an interactive exhibition through September 4.
Fodor’s Travel named it among America’s best spring floral festivals, with an artful array of tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, pansies, poppies, and the garden’s collection of 3,000 azaleas. Dallas Blooms is February 25 through April 16 at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden.
Highland Park United Methodist Church’s Tower Arts Series is back in full force on February 26 with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in concert. For 50 years the radical experiment in musical democracy has brought dozens of players together creating a beautiful sound that reflects their unique collaboration.
Also opening on the same day next door at SMU’s lovely Meadows Museum is a sensational new exhibition. In the Shadow of Dictatorship: Creating the Museum of Spanish Abstract Art features over 40 pieces including many coming to the U.S. for the first time, in a panorama of abstract Spanish art which is scheduled to run through June 18.
There is something going on every day in Dallas, especially when it comes to the arts. Don’t miss out!
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