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The 25 Things You Must Do In Dallas This March

An exhibition of classic Mexican art, Fran Lebowitz, Green Day, and more to do this month.
By The Event Listings Committee |
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Mexico 1900-1950
Mar. 12–Jul. 16
Dallas Museum of Art
Works by Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, as well as lesser known Mexican artists of the first half of the 20th century, are featured in this major exhibition making its only appearance in the U.S.

Fran Lebowitz
Mar. 31 & Apr. 1
Wyly Theatre
The writer and humorist will bring to town her distinct brand of New York values, a strict code that emphasizes the importance of chain-smoking, withering disdain for your fellow man, and severe social satire for the mental well-being of any self-respecting cynic.

Green Day
Mar. 4, 6 pm
American Airlines Center
Some fans may hope the band behind the Bush era protest album American Idiot will have new pop punk anthems in store for President Trump. But it’s really the seemingly apolitical Dookie, Green Day’s snotty 1993 classic of onanistic angst and narcissistic paranoia, that captures the current national mood.

George Saunders
Mar. 8, 7:30 pm
Dallas Museum of Art
The best short story writer in the country just published his first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, a father-son tragedy that features the 16th president and contains all the playful, empathetic, and sometimes supernatural hallmarks of his briefer work.

Sleigh Bells
Mar. 11, 8 pm
Granada Theater
This duo, stitching together pop hooks, rock guitars, and electronic beats, likes it loud and promises to raise a racket fit to match the last rowdy embers of St. Patrick’s Day parade revelry happening outside on Greenville.

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Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture
Mar. 26–Jun. 25
Kimbell Art Museum
The late Kahn, whose masterful work includes the graceful design of the Kimbell itself, is given his due in an exhibition of models, drawings, and photos from a career of architectural brilliance.

Passing Strange
Mar. 2–26
Theatre Three
The award-winning rock musical, immortalized as a Spike Lee joint when the filmmaker captured the Broadway production, follows a young African-American man finding himself and his artistic calling in Europe.

The Turn of the Screw
Mar. 17–25
Winspear Opera House
One of the most famous English-language operas is also one of the scariest, with dissonant chills underlining a ghost story about a nanny caring for two children at an isolated country house.

Not So Fun Wknd
Mar. 17–19
Trees, Club Dada, and Three Links
The name may have changed, but this music festival still gathers up the best spillover from SXSW, saving you a trip to Austin and bringing visiting bands to Deep Ellum, the real live music capital of Texas.

Texas Bound II: Fish Out of Water
Mar. 4, 7 pm
Dallas Museum of Art
Hear readings from four Texas natives who have done rather well for themselves: playwright Octavio Solis, actors Lydia Mackay and Luke Wilson, and G.W. Bailey, of MASH fame.

Dallas Symphony: Brahms 2
Mar. 16–19
Meyerson Symphony Center
Playing a work that’s appropriately known as Brahms’ pastoral symphony, conjuring images of sunny days and fields of flowers, is a fitting way to welcome spring back to Dallas.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Mar. 31 & Apr. 1
Winspear Opera House
This modern dance company continues living up to the legacy of its boundary-breaking namesake and, with its international acclaim, a reputation as America’s “cultural ambassador to the world.”

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Alvin Ailey's Revelations. Photo by Pierre Wachholder, courtesy of ATTPAC.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Alvin Ailey’s Revelations. Photo by Pierre Wachholder, courtesy of ATTPAC.

Deafheaven
Mar. 3, 7 pm
Trees
The members of this death metal act dress more like hip Starbucks baristas than Satanists, making Deafheaven a crushingly heavy gateway band into rock music’s extremes.

Dita Von Teese
Mar. 4, 7 pm
House of Blues
Artier than the strip club star but more risque than famed 1930s dancer Gypsy Rose Lee, Von Teese has reinvented burlesque with show-and-tell performances around the world.

Kinky Boots
Mar. 28–Apr. 9
Music Hall at Fair Park
This musical looks and sounds magnificent, with so much drag queen swagger and so many indelible tunes (music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper) it’s impossible not to strut out of the theater.

Bryan Ferry
Mar. 18, 7:30 pm
Verizon Theatre
Much of Roxy Music’s appeal was surface deep, which isn’t a criticism—frontman Bryan Ferry’s sartorial splendor and tasteful eye have been just as influential as his band’s glam rock hits.

Deer
Mar. 9–Apr. 9
Stage West
The premise of this world premiere comedy has the potential to leave viewers enthralled or revolted. Maybe both. A weekend getaway for Ken and Cynthia hits a snag after they hit a deer, whose carcass becomes the third wheel on the couple’s vacation.

Kiese Laymon
Mar. 2, 7:30 pm
South Dallas Cultural Center
Laymon, whose essays on race and life in the southern U.S.—we recommend “How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America”—should be required reading, speaks with award-winning writer Sanderia Faye.

Thundercat
Mar. 12, 7 pm
Trees
Stephen Bruner’s virtuosic bass playing is all over albums by Kendrick Lamar, Erykah Badu, and Flying Lotus, but he’s saved plenty of brilliant ideas for his own eclectic work.

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Fluid Expressions: The Prints of Helen Frankenthaler
Mar. 18–Sept. 10
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Frankthaler’s “soak-stain” canvasses never received the attention of Pollock’s drip paintings, and her printmaking is even more criminally overlooked. This exhibition rights that wrong, showcasing playful, vibrant work by one of the greatest abstract expressionists.

Son Volt
Mar. 3, 7 pm
Kessler Theater
Springing from the same Uncle Tupelo family tree as Wilco, Son Volt has stayed truer to its country rock roots while exploring the full breadth of traditional American music.

Ross Bleckner | John Houck | Bruce Weber
Through Mar. 12
Dallas Contemporary
Find a Peaceful Place Where You Can Make Plans for the Future shows New York “it boy” turned “it man” Ross Bleckner’s mature abstract work, while John Houck’s conceptual photography is featured in The Anthologist.  

Ella and Louis
Mar. 10–12
Meyerson Symphony Center
The closest we’re going to get to Fitzgerald and Armstrong in our lifetimes comes courtesy of the incredible jazz performers Marva Hicks and Byron Stripling, playing here all the classics.

Meredith Monk Quartet
Mar. 16, 7 pm
City Performance Hall
The legendarily influential and one-of-a-kind artist, whose performances involve music, dance, and other powerful visual elements, performs and—for a select few—meets and greets.

A Dallas Retrospective with Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy
Mar. 23, 7 pm
Winspear Opera House
Two of the stars of the iconic TV show reflect on their careers in a free-wheeling discussion.

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