I promise I’ll stop talking about The Big Read Dallas soon. I just have one more thing to share. The great folks at TZOM Films gave a lot of their time and talent to shoot this teaser video for us from our Read-In at Klyde Warren Park a couple of Saturdays ago. If you weren’t able to make it, that’s okay. The video above shows you everything: the dramatic readings by actors from Undermain Theatre, a flash mob/dance party put on by dancers from Booker T. Washington School for the Performing and Visual Arts, music by DJ Tyrone Smiley, the mural created by the guys at Sour Grapes, another dance party spurred on by the Mavs ManiACCS, and a rap session by our Librarian of the Year Pam Brown. All these people and all of you who joined in make reading look good. Thanks for a great month.
If you want to learn how you can become one of the people to plan and execute something like The Big Read Dallas, go to the jump and learn about D Academy.
D Academy is a leadership group underwritten by D Magazine. We’re made up of D Magazine Partners employees and people from the community. We meet one day a month and talk about various things happening in the city. Each class day has a theme and curated speakers address those themes. We also have homework assignments (for example: spend a night in a homeless shelter), and near the end of our term, we pulled off The Big Read Dallas. If you’re interested, you can apply here. Applications are due July 8. If you want more info, join me at D‘s office on May 28 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. I’ll be hosting an info session and answering your questions. Please RSVP to me at [email protected].
