Tut de Suite
Tutankhamun probably never imagined an afterlife like this one. Millions of Americans have waited hours in line to see the treasures of his tomb and reports indicate that residents of Dallas and Fort Worth will be no exception. If you’d like to learn about “The Boy King” before you view the exhibit in New Orleans, there are several events and books available in Dallas to help you:
September 1 – Free lecture on “The Treasures of Tutankhamun” by Virginia Lee Davis, guest curator of Egyptology at the New Orleans Museum of Art. 7:30 p.m. Bishop College Library. Call Ethel Barnes at 376-4311 for reservations.
September 22, 29, October 6 – Free lectures on the art and life of King Tut and the opening of his tomb. By Anne Bromberg, Curator of Education at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. 7:30 p.m. at the museum.
The Treasures of Tutankhamun by Lee Boltin, Ballantine Press. $8.95. The official catalogue of the American show. At Taylor’s Books and the Bookseller.
Tutankhamun: His Tomb and Treasures by Lee Boltin, Knopf. $35. 100 full color plates. At Taylor’s Books, the Bookseller and Cokesbury.
The Wizard of Fizz
Soft drink companies make fortunes during a long hot summer like this one. If you’re beginning to feel personally responsible for the dramatic rise in their third-quarter earnings, take heart. Pop Shoppes have come to Dallas and Fort Worth. These stores sell 26 flavors of soda pop at about half the standard soft drink price. A case is $2.59 (plus a refundable deposit on your first trip). The drinks are sold only by the case but customers can fill them with any combination of flavors they choose. Flavors include standards like cola, orange, grape and root beer, as well as more unusual ones like black cherry, lime rickey, strawberry and cherry cola. Diet drinks, too. 14 stores in the area. Call 461-2101 for the location nearest you.
Sweet Birds of Yule
Don’t let Christmas take you by surprise. Shop early by mail. An in dustrious Guatemalan family makes these multi-colored ceramic birds, then handpaints them so that no two are alike. The tree ornaments come in three sizes (largest 3’/2″ long)for$4,$8,or$12each.Order from Primitive Arts, Box 1525, Dallas 75221. Allow at least three weeks for delivery and be sure to include 5% sales tax when delivered in Texas.
Architexts
Eyeing the success of similar projects in St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Philadelphia, the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects has opened a bookstore in Dallas. Any book can be ordered through the shop, but as one would guess, their specialties are books on architecture, design and related fields like landscaping, furniture building, and gardening. The shop even sells a book on housebuilding for children. Of special note is the fact that proceeds from the sale of these books go toward support or research on local public service projects – Town Lake, East Dallas renewal, and historical preservation to name a few. AIA Bookstore, Suite 141 in The Quadrangle. Open Mon-Sat from 10 to 5:30.
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