Jerome Weeks

The Moth, the global nonprofit dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. Since launching in 1997, more than 50,000 true personal stories have been shared from Moth stages around the world. The best of those stories go on to air on The Moth Radio Hour (heard on over 580 radio stations and on the popular eponymous podcast (which is downloaded 100 million times a year). Wednesday, September 28th - Friday, September 30: From 11 AM to 7 PM. The Moth Pop-Up Porch at Latino Cultural Center,…

Welcome to IAA’s spookiest rendition of our traditional fall show! Our theme is of course, Autumn in all its glory as well as anything related to Halloween and the Day of the Dead. The show is sponsored by the Irving Art Association at IAA Gallery: Jaycee Park Center for the Arts, 1975 Puritan Dr.,…

Over the past few years, our worlds have been turned topsy-turvy. One fact has remained consistent: Quality storytelling is alive and well, capturing the voices, scenes and characters in captivating, descriptive and powerful ways. This year’s conference ​goes back to the basics, showing how a focus on writing craft fuels greater creativity, the passionate exploration of people and places and ​drives the pervasive journey of all writers to tell ​great stories. Later in the evening, we will prese…

This Halloween weekend, you’ve been blackmailed (ahem, cordially invited) to an immersive murder mystery at The Wyly Theater. Venture freely through the billiard room, the ballroom, the library, and the dining room to gather clues as you watch the story unfold. In this eerie dance-theater crossover, all the dinner guests have something to hide and none of them are safe. Imagined by Bombshell Dance Project, this production plunges you into a tangled, hair-raising story loosely inspired by the boa…

Five 5th grade girls. One country in flames. One week to rewrite the Constitution. Echo Theatre is proud to announce the last main-stage show of our 2022 season, AND the winner of our 2022 Big Shout Out Playwriting Competition: Founders, Keepers by Aurora Behlke, a world-premiere directed by Carolin…

Join us on Saturday, March 4, 2023 for Taylor Tomlinson and her Have It All Tour! Doors: 6pm Show: 7pm Venue Presale: Thursday, October 13 10AM - 10PM Local | Code: TT2023 Public On Sale: Friday, October 14 at 10AM Local ABOUT TAYLOR TOMLINSON The New York Times opines, comedian Taylor Tomlinson “demonstrates tight joke writing, carefully honed act-outs and a ruthless appetite for laughs” in her second hour-long special, Look At You, now streaming on Netflix. New York Magazine adds, “Watching To…

The Bath House Cultural Center is hosting its 36th annual Day of the Dead exhibition in 2022. The show, titled Día de Muertos: Estampas de Vida (Day of the Dead: Prints of Life), is on display from October 15 to November 5, and includes artwork by artists from Texas, Wisconsin, and Mexico. The ce…

Swirling skirts, painted faces, decorated altars, thoughtful remembrances. These are the vibrant celebrations of the dead by the living during Dia de Muertos. With elaborately decorated ofrendas laden with offerings to ancestors, living families gather to celebrate the dead through festive eating and drinking, lively dancing, and otherworldly singing. From mystical legends to celebratory rituals, Verdigris Ensemble, in collaboration with students from W. E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy, open…

October 27, 2022 UNT University Union 382 8:00 PM Reading & Book Signing Join us for a reading and book signing by Valzhyna Mort. Music for the Dead and Resurrected is Mort’s poetry collection that received the 2022 UNT Rilke Prize. The $10,000 prize recognizes a book written by a mid-career poet a…

Overview This November 5th, EarthX Film, Dickies Skateboarding and The 4DWN Project are here to present to you an event of pro-skaters, live music, skate contests, film screenings, workshops, farming, food, drinks and community. Bring your friends and family. See you there! Saturday 11/5/22 Doors a…