| Tom Sime: Photo exhibit examines the history of Oak Cliff 03/07/2001 By / The Dallas Morning News If you've ever enjoyed the historic photos of Oak Cliff at Norma's Cafe on Davis, you can see many more at the Ice House Cultural Center in the free exhibit "Oak Cliff: The City That Once Was."
The show, on display through March 30, explores the origins, history and architecture of Oak Cliff, "the city within a city." The exhibit was assembled by Joe Whitney of the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce, Don Sala of the Oak Cliff Heritage Society, and the Dallas Library's Texas/Dallas History and Archives Division.
There will be a reception March 17 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Ice House, 1004 W. Page St. at Polk. Hours are Tuesday through Thursday, noon to 8 p.m., and Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call 214-670-7524 for more information.
Alt art
The McKinney Avenue Contemporary presents an Art Talk panel discussion on Wednesday. "Alternative Media in Art" ties in with "Alternative Currents," the MAC's exhibit of video and film installation art on view starting Saturday.
The exhibit is part of the Dallas Video Festival, which runs March 14-18 at the Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas Museum of Art and Dallas Theater Center.
Wednesday's panelists are Suzanne Weaver, associate curator at the Dallas Museum of Art; Bart Weiss, director of the Dallas Video Festival; Janet Kutner, art critic of The Dallas Morning News; and free-lance art critic Charles Dee Mitchell.
There will be a reception for "Alternative Currents" artists Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the MAC, 3120 McKinney Ave.
For more information, call 214-953-1212 (www.the-mac.org) or the Video Association of Dallas at 214-428-8700 (www.videofest.org).
New art in town
New York actress Maria Tucci and Dallas Museum of Art curator Charles Wylie are the headliners Sunday in a free event combining literature and visual art at the DMA.
The museum recently purchased the painting Clouds by German artist Sigmar Polke, who was inspired to paint it by Marguerite Yourcenar's 1938 short story, "How Wang Fo Was Saved." The painting is on view in the contemporary art wing of the museum.
Sunday's "The Painter and the Story" event is part of the Arts & Letters Live literary festival at Dallas Museum of Art. Mr. Wylie will give a gallery talk at 2 p.m. and Ms. Tucci will read the story at 3 p.m.
Refreshments will be served after the program, which is described as suitable for all ages. The event is at the museum, 1717 N. Harwood. Call 214-922-1220 for more info.
Chinese bronzes
The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art opens its new exhibit, "In the Shadow of Dragons: the Robert Kresko Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes," with a free public reception Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Also at the Crow, Sharon Littlefield, research associate at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, will give a talk on the jade and jewelry of India's Mughal Dynasty (1526-1857), the period that produced the Taj Mahal. The talk will be March 15 at 6 p.m.
The Crow Collection is at 2010 Flora St. in the Arts District. Call 214-979-6435 for more information.
Briefly noted
Violinist William Scobie of the Dallas Symphony will perform works by Bizet, Dvorak, Saint-Saens, Bartok and others in a free concert Tuesday at 7 p.m. at North Richland Hills Public Library, 6720 N.E. Loop 820 in North Richland Hills. Call 817-283-3406 for more information.
• Poets Simone Roberts, nia akimbo (a.k.a. Mary Loving Blanchard) and Darlene Pagan will present "Ugly Coffee," a collaborative poetry reading, at Paperbacks Plus Bookstore, 6115 LaVista, Friday at 8 p.m. The program is named after the student union java at University of Texas at Dallas, where the three presenters worked on their doctoral degrees. Admission is $5. Call WordSpace at 214-821-9671 or visit www.wordspace.org for more information.
• Connemara Conservancy is looking for volunteers to help artists install the 21st annual Spring Sculpture Show in the conservancy's Plano meadow. Volunteer day begins at 10 a.m. Saturday. Volunteers get a chili lunch and a guided tour. The free exhibit opens March 18 and continues through May 13. To sign up, call 214-351-0990.
• If you missed Lyric Stage's world premiere of Tom Schmidt and Harvey Jones' musical Roadside at the Irving Arts Center, don't despair. The production is moving to the Granbury Opera House, 133 E. Pearl, on Granbury's Town Square. Julie Johnson and Jonathan Beck Reed reprise their roles as scrappy lovers in the Old West. The show opens Friday and continues through April 1. Tickets are $13 to $17. Call 817-573-9191.
• An accordion convention with two public concerts is scheduled this weekend at the Holiday Inn, 700 E. Central Parkway, Plano. On Friday, the "Accordion Varieties" performance explores the instrument's use in Cajun, gospel, Czech, German, Italian and other folk music. On Saturday, Gary Daverne of New Zealand leads the 50-piece "International Accordion Orchestra" in a performance of music by Glenn Miller, the Beatles, Rossini and others. Both concerts are from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door. Call 972-270-3791 or visit www.accordions.com/taa for more information.
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