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8535. wonkers2 - 1/12/2008 5:20:09 PM Seriously, Alistaire, Mr. & Mrs. W2 would be happy to host your friend at our home in Birmingham should she choose to come to Michigan. (We'll chain the Cap'n to the wall in the basement for the duration of her visit.) 8536. Jenerator - 1/13/2008 3:44:56 AM Alastair,
"Deep Ellum" is one of the downtown areas that people hang out, eat and go to clubs and performances. "Uptown" (the upperscale part of downtown Dallas) also has a ton of areas where artists take their goods. There are many galleries, bistros, parks, etc. SMU is a good spot for politics and it's close to downtown (it's the average University in that all of the local business cater to the college crowd). SMU is an affluent institution and the community surrounding it is funky, ecclectic, college-y, and/or EXTREMELY rich. Not necessarily conservative, either.
Keep in my mind that all of the suburbs have successful performing arts centers with patrons!
Frisco
McKinney
Plano
Garland
Addison
Lewisville
Also the University of North Texas is in Denton (North of Dallas) and is a major liberal arts college with one of the top rated music programs in the world. Supposedly it's better than Julliard. It also has a very active political climate and the students are interested in all kinds of performances.
Good luck to your girlfriend. When you get more of a specific itinerary, let me know!
Here are just a few websites that I hope can help.
http://www.artsofcollincounty.org/
http://www.dallascityhall.com/community/community.html
http://www.deepellumtx.com/main.html
http://www.plano.gov/Departments/PlanoCentre/
http://www.ci.garland.tx.us/Home/Departments/Recreation+and+Cultural+Services/Garland+Arts/ 8537. wonkers2 - 1/18/2008 8:11:56 PM Irving Penn's Extraordinary Portrait Photographs 8538. wonkers2 - 1/20/2008 3:53:06 AM A Stroll Around the Mall as We Enter a Recession 8539. wonkers2 - 1/25/2008 10:59:27 PM Simone de Beauvoir, La Scandaleuse, tout ensemble, photo by Art Shay in Chicago 8540. wonkers2 - 1/26/2008 12:08:07 AM The photo of Simone was taken in 1950 in Chicago where she was romancing Nelson Algren. Here's another photo of Simone which was used for a French postage stamp. The French apparently have great appreciation of beautiful and brainy women than we do in the U.S. And a greater tolerance for the extra-curricular activities of their politicians! Simone 8541. alistairConnor - 1/26/2008 12:26:45 AM I heard Claude Lanzmann (the Shoah man) on the radio the other day, on the occasion of Beauvoir's centenary. Although he was her lover for several years, he claimed he was never aware of her lesbianism... hmmm... 8542. David Ehrenstein - 1/26/2008 1:41:23 AM My favorite couple in the whole damned world are going to sing a duet! 8543. David Ehrenstein - 1/26/2008 1:42:41 AM 
8544. judithathome - 2/6/2008 11:28:57 PM Last night, we watched Stéphane Grappelli: A Life In The Jazz Century and it was so impressive, afterward I went to Amazon and ordered a copy of it.
If you are interested in the history of jazz in the least, you need to see ths movie. Grappelli was a "jazz violinist" and his career spanned the 20th century from the midteens to the late 90s. There are scenes of the jazz greats in Europe and America, at the inception of what was later called JAZZ..and interviews with various performers. Grappelli was amazing; he played with all the greats and this documentary is worth it if only for the clips of him playing with the great jazz guitarist Django Rheinhardt. (I think they may have been an "item".)
Fabulous music and the interviews are wonderful. 8545. David Ehrenstein - 2/10/2008 11:38:19 PM Rashomon in Beverly Hills 8546. wonkers2 - 2/11/2008 12:32:50 AM Alistaire, I have never heard that Simone de Beauvoir was a lesbian, an early feminist and women's libber, yes but not a lesbian. Wikipedia mentions her many lovers, Sartre and Nelson Algren and others, all men. No mention of her being a lesbian. Aparently she was masculine (as well as very beautiful)in the sense of her independence (I don't believe she was ever married) and her pursuit of mathematics and philosophy at a time when these were mostly the domain of men. (I'm no expert on de Beauvoir, and I will defer to you on the subject.) 8547. David Ehrenstein - 2/12/2008 3:59:46 AM Lee Wiley 8548. SnowOwl - 2/12/2008 11:30:28 AM Judith, Stefan Grappelli toured here some years ago. My daughters were avid fans, even though they were just schoolkids, so they went to see him. He must have been an old man then, but they came home absolutely entranced. 8549. thoughtful - 2/12/2008 3:54:14 PM The only think I know about her is one of my favorite quotes: There are 2 kinds of people in the world. There are human beings and there are women. And when women start acting like human beings, they're often accused of acting like men. 8550. judithathome - 2/12/2008 4:51:25 PM Snow, I'm certain they would love that DVD then...it's on Amazon and costs enough that shipping is free. Well, inside the USA so that might not apply for you.
But I HIGHLY recommend it for anyone who is a fan...and if you're not a fan at the beginning of it, you soon will be! 8551. wonkers2 - 2/13/2008 5:15:37 AM Iris Dement Gets It On With John Prine 8552. David Ehrenstein - 2/14/2008 8:05:00 PM More of the Lee Wiley documentary. 8553. David Ehrenstein - 2/15/2008 7:22:19 PM Plan 9 From Motown! Y'all have simply GOT to download this. 8554. alistairConnor - 2/16/2008 12:17:48 AM Lordy David she is special!
Is she dead? (Otherwise I would feel guilty about having downloaded it)
(but why not put it on a bit torrent like anyone else?)
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