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Your Guide to 817 Arts
Date: 2/2/2011 By Anthony Mariani, Fort Worth Weekly
"On the surface, an out-of-towner who spends more than a couple of minutes among some of us Fort Worthians might think we’ve got a little case of Dallas envy. But our envy isn’t for Dallas itself, though even the most hardcore Fort Worthian has to admit that Big D’s new performance arts campus is pretty impressive. No, what we wish we could take away from Dallas is the world’s attention. OK, just some of it. And preferably during Super Bowl XLV, when North Texas becomes the center of the sports and entertainment world for a few days. Dallas may be great and all (I wouldn’t know; I’ve spent only a couple of hours there, even though I’ve been living in Fort Worth for about seven years), but Fort Worth has a cultural scene that, honestly, is second only to New York City’s, Chicago’s, and Los Angeles’."
"The 817 is also the home base for Texas Ballet Theater and perhaps one of the only Bolshoi-style troupes in the Southwest, Metropolitan Classical Ballet. The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and Fort Worth Opera also have been around for years and make Fort Worth proud."
Click here to the view the full article: Your Guide to 817 Arts, Fort Worth Weekly
Date: 2/2/2011 By Anthony Mariani, Fort Worth Weekly
"On the surface, an out-of-towner who spends more than a couple of minutes among some of us Fort Worthians might think we’ve got a little case of Dallas envy. But our envy isn’t for Dallas itself, though even the most hardcore Fort Worthian has to admit that Big D’s new performance arts campus is pretty impressive. No, what we wish we could take away from Dallas is the world’s attention. OK, just some of it. And preferably during Super Bowl XLV, when North Texas becomes the center of the sports and entertainment world for a few days. Dallas may be great and all (I wouldn’t know; I’ve spent only a couple of hours there, even though I’ve been living in Fort Worth for about seven years), but Fort Worth has a cultural scene that, honestly, is second only to New York City’s, Chicago’s, and Los Angeles’."
"The 817 is also the home base for Texas Ballet Theater and perhaps one of the only Bolshoi-style troupes in the Southwest, Metropolitan Classical Ballet. The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and Fort Worth Opera also have been around for years and make Fort Worth proud."
Click here to the view the full article: Your Guide to 817 Arts, Fort Worth Weekly
