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"When A Couple of Yokels Bicker About Civic Cultural Supremacy, We All Lose the Argument"
Date: 3/4/2010 By Peter Simek, “D Magazine”: Front Row
When A Couple of Yokels Bicker About Civic Cultural Supremacy, We All Lose the Argument
“Here’s how things actually are: Fort Worth-based artists help run Dallas’ 500x gallery. Actors who star in shows at the Dallas Theater Center show up in productions at Fort Worth’s Stage West. Bands that gig in Denton also book shows in Fort Worth and Dallas. Audiences tired of the Dallas Opera’s conservatism look forward to the Fort Worth Opera Festival. The Fort Worth Modern thinks they are bigger and better than the museums in Dallas, but that has to do with the fact that they are, rather than its location in Fort Worth (and they would not deny that the when the Rachofsky and Hoffman collections show up at the DMA, this region gets a lot more interesting).”
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Originally published March 4, 2010 in “D Magazine”: Front Row in Dallas.
Date: 3/4/2010 By Peter Simek, “D Magazine”: Front Row
When A Couple of Yokels Bicker About Civic Cultural Supremacy, We All Lose the Argument
“Here’s how things actually are: Fort Worth-based artists help run Dallas’ 500x gallery. Actors who star in shows at the Dallas Theater Center show up in productions at Fort Worth’s Stage West. Bands that gig in Denton also book shows in Fort Worth and Dallas. Audiences tired of the Dallas Opera’s conservatism look forward to the Fort Worth Opera Festival. The Fort Worth Modern thinks they are bigger and better than the museums in Dallas, but that has to do with the fact that they are, rather than its location in Fort Worth (and they would not deny that the when the Rachofsky and Hoffman collections show up at the DMA, this region gets a lot more interesting).”
Read the complete article here.
Originally published March 4, 2010 in “D Magazine”: Front Row in Dallas.
