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Joy Tipping spoke with Brock Clarke ahead of his appearance with "Late Nights at the Dallas Museum of Art" tomorrow. We'll have that story in tomorrow's GuideLive. For those of you planning ahead, here's the review of The Arsonist's Guide to Writer's Homes in New England. And here's a complete list of the evening's activities, provided by our friends at The Dallas Museum of Art: Late Nights at the Dallas Museum of Art
Happy Hour with Erika Kinser 6:00-6:45 p.m., Atrium Inspired by Turner, Erika Kinser will perform sea symphonies on the piano.
Late Night Main Stage featuring Stradivarius Strings 8:00-9:00 p.m., Atrium Enjoy music of the romantic era with the Stradivarius Strings.
Performances in the Galleries All performances will be in the European Galleries on Level 2
7:00 p.m. & 9:00 p.m. Classical Flute Duets from the 18th and 19th Century, David Lee Schloss & Annie Benjamin
11:00 p.m. Romantic Violin Music from the Time of Turner, Kristin Van Cleve
Late Night After Hours featuring DJ Pandaflower and DJ Tigerbee 10:00-11:30 p.m., Atrium Experience the British Invasion of the 60s with DJ Pandaflower and DJ Tigerbee of the Lollipop Shoppe and go-go dancers the Lolli Dollies.
Fresh Ink 7:00 p.m., Horchow Auditorium Pick up free tickets for this lecture at the Will Call table in the concourse after 6:00 p.m. to reserve your seat. Author Brock Clarke discusses his original and critically acclaimed novel An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England, a delightfully dark story about literature, lies, love, and life. In the league of contemporary classics such as A Confederacy of Dunces and Catch-22, this novel is a heartbreaking and entertaining story about truth and honesty and the damage they do.
Late Night Open Mic 10:30-11:30 p.m., C3 Theater Hear Dallas's hottest poets or share some of your own verses. Hosted by Tisha Crear of Reciprocity. Readings may contain adult themes and language. Spoken word performances only; no instruments allowed.
Vanity Fair 10:00 p.m., Horchow Auditorium Acclaimed director Mira Nair adapts William Thackeray's classic novel - a satire of society in nineteenth-century England. Beck Sharp (Reese Witherspoon) uses her wit and cunning to ascend the social ladder and finds that "polite society turns out to be anything but as life gets harder and more complicated the higher she climbs."
Twilight Tour 7:00 p.m., Meet at the main Visitor Services Desk
Lecture: The "Rolling Phrenzy of the Imagination": J.M.W. Turner and British Marine Painting 9:00 p.m., Horchow Auditorium Join Dr. Eleanor Hughes, Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Yale Center for British Arts, as she examines J.M.W. Turner's marine subjects and how they responded to the Romantic taste for sublime horror and helped shape public response to an era of British naval supremacy and imperial aspiration.
Late Night Creations 6:00-10:00 p.m., Art Studio, Center for Creative Connections Take a grand tour of seascape paintings from the Museum's permanent collection and in the J. M. W. Turner exhibition, and then travel to the studio to create an expressive travel postcard using brush pens.
Yoga for Kids! 6:30-7:00 p.m., Center for Creative Connections Join our resident yogini, Michelle Mock, for meditation, relaxation, and some very pretzel-like poses.
Bedtime Stories with Arturo 7:30 p.m., C3 Theater Kids, wear your pajamas and bring your pillows to hear Bedtime Stories with Arturo, told by our award winning storyteller, Ann Marie Newman.
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