La – La – La Reunion
Posted by Cindy on April 26th, 2007
Photo by the muy talented Sarah Jane Semrad
Don’t miss the last few days of La Reunion hoopla – and hoopla it shall be…take a gander…
Saturday, April 28
7pm to midnight – La Reunion’s First Birthday party
Texclectic Paul Slavens,breakdancers from the DiverseSoulz dance troupe, Dallas Latin All-Stars (featuring alumni from the Booker T. Washington Latin Jazz Ensemble and the UNT One O’Clock Lab Band) and more. Free salsa dance lessons and free chips and salsa from Crosby Café & Catering. Door prizes from Green Living, MAKE, From The Ends of The Earth, Pandemonium, and Petropolitan. Only $10!
Sons of Hermann Hall
Midnight to 1:30am – After the Sons party, shuttle over for a late-night tour of Fast Forward (backwards) at the Dallas Museum of Art, led by Susan Cuellar, a longtime docent and mom to president of the LRTX board, Catherine Cuellar. $15 includes transportation and museum admission for the DMA Late Night regular activities, payable at the Sons event.
Paul Slavens & Ten Hands Live – Recorded by The Fine Line
Sunday, April 29, 1pm – La Reunion lecture at the DMA in the Orientation Theatre. Rose-Mary Rumbley leads a discussion of the lasting cultural impact this French colony has had on the formation of Dallas. Free with regular museum admission. Dallas Museum of Art
April 27th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Of all the various arts groups / cultural missions in this big small town of ours La Reunion happens to be one of my favorites. No pretense, uppity BS, hoity toity baloney or snobbery. Simply put, Art for and by the people is where it’s at and Sarah Jane is a champion!