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BASILICA OF SAN MARCO



The greatest surviving repository of precious objects from the Middle Ages is the Basilica of San Marco, the spiritual center of the Republic of Venice during the centuries when the city was the most formidable naval and economic power in the Mediterranean.

Built to house the body of St. Mark the Evangelist, the basilica gathered a collection of reliquaries, icons, ecclesiastical vestments, and other liturgical objects, especially following the sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. Fifty of these objects have been sent on a world tour that is making its final stop this month at the Dallas Museum of Art.

For this exhibit, the museum’s barrel vault has been transformed into a replica of a medieval basilica. Roman mingles with Byzantine, Middle East with West, Christian with Islamic, Romanesque with Gothic. Among the treasures on view: the “Grotto of the Virgin,” a shrine incorporating the gold and enamel votive crown of the Emperor Leo VI (886-912); two silver-gilt chalices incorporating gems and enamel work and commissioned by Emperor Romanes II (959-963); the gold reliquary cross of Henry of Flanders; the “Throne of St. Mark,” a carved rock crystal vessel commissioned by the 9th-century Caliph al-Azia bi’llah; and the famous reliquary of the Arm of St. George, one of the masterpieces of Gothic metalwork.

The exhibit will continue through May 4 at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N Harwood. Tue, Wed. Fri, Sat 10-5, Thur 10-9, Sun noon-5. 922-0220.

-Ken Barrow



CHAMBER ORCHESTRAS

The musical agenda for upcoming weeks reads like an international Who’s Who of chamber orchestras as three leading European ensembles travel to the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

Britain’s most famous chamber orchestra, the Academy of St. Martin’s in the Fields, performs with conductor Iona Brown in Fort Worth at 8 pm on March 17 under the sponsorship of the Fort Worth Symphony Association, presenting a program including concertos of Handel and Vivaldi. That same evening at 8:15 pm, the Pailliard Chamber Orchestra, France’s most famous chamber orchestra, will perform in Dallas on the subscription series of the Dallas Chamber Music Society.

Just two weeks later, at 8 pm on April 1, Italy’s most famous chamber orchestra, I Musici, will perform in Fort Worth under the auspices of the Van Cliburn Foundation. The concert of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields will be at Ed Landreth Auditorium, University at Cantey, TCU, Fort Worth. Tickets $12-$8. 429-1181, (817) 335-9000. The concert of the Pailliard Chamber Orchestra will be at 8:15 pm at Caruth Auditorium, Owen Arts Center, SMU. Tickets $8; $4 for students. 526-7301. The performance of I Musici will be at 8 pm at Ed Landreth Auditorium, TCU. Tickets $20 & $15. (817) 738-6533.

-Wayne Lee Gay

PRESERVE THE SUSSEX FARMHOUSE

It’s a long way from the green hills of Sussex to Dallas. But this month, Dallasites have the opportunity to experience the flavor of one of Sussex’s special places in a series of events focused on the restoration of Charleston, the old Sussex farmhouse that served as one of the centers of British literary and artistic life during the years 1916-1961 and was a stopping place for figures such as Virginia Woolf (whose sister, painter Vanessa Bell, lived in the house), T.S. Eliot, Bertrand Russell, Benjamin Britten, E.M. Forster, Lytton Strachey, Kenneth Clark, Maynard Keynes, and many others. A series of literary lectures featuring American and British scholars is scheduled for March 7 from 10 am to 4:45 pm at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N Harwood, and will be repeated March 10 from 10 am to 4:45 pm at the Scott Theatre in the Fort Worth Art Museum, 1309 Montgomery, Fort Worth. Sir Hugh Casson, former president of the Royal Academy of Arts, London, will chair a symposium titled “Charleston, Sussex, and Its Circle” at the Dallas Museum on March 8 from 10 am to 4:45 pm.

Also in conjunction with these events, Virginia Woolf’s comedy sendup, Freshwater, about renowned Victorian actress Ellen Terry, will be presented as a theatrical reading with a cast including Lynn Redgrave and Woolf’s niece, Angelica Bell Garnett (who played Ellen Terry in the original production of Freshwater, but who will play a different character in this production). To make the scenario complete, Dallas’ own Ellen Terry (of real estate fame) is underwriting the entire production. The British Council, which represents the arts of Britain, regards this production as a historic event. March 9 at 7 pm at the Dallas Museum and March 10 at 7 pm at the Scott Theatre in Fort Worth.

The Dallas Public Library will get in on the act with an exhibition of handprinted books of Leonard and Virginia Woolf, Central Public Library, 1515 Young, March 9-April 11. On March 7-30, an exhibit of recent works by artist Angelica Bell Garnett (see above), will be on display at the Crescent Marketing Center located at 2215 Cedar Springs at Maple Avenue. And, just to make sure Charleston Farmhouse is kept in good condition, the Charleston Trust is sponsoring a gala $300-a-plate fundraising dinner, highlighted by a benefit jewelry auction of Harry Winston Rare Jewels of the World, as part of the opening of the Hotel Crescent Court on March 8.

Tickets are $35 for the literary lectures and symposium and $30 for the performances of Freshwater and can be reserved by calling 826-5027. For information on the gala dinner, call Carolyn Pettyjohn at 363-9366.

-Wayne Lee Gay

ART



Teel Sale and Mark Smith. This two-person show Is an exciting pairing of compatible works achieved by totally different means Mark Smith uses oil on paper for his large paintings; Teel Sale uses multiple press runs tor one series, “Flashings,” and a process she calls faux gravure” for two other series. A fourth series, “Porcelain Discourses.” is made up of manipulated Polaroids. March 1-April 1 at Beverly Gordon Fine Art, 2702 McKmney, Suite 101. Mon-Fri 9:30 am-5:30 pm, Sat 11 am-3 pm. 7419600.

Karl Umlaut. Cast in chiseled plaster or day molds and colored with organic dyes, these molded paper works look like frozen paint strokes or fragments of some mysterious pottery Through March 15 at William Campbell Contemporary Art, 4935 Byers, Fort Worth. Tue-Fri 10-5, Sat 10-2 (817) 737-9566.

Woodcuts. One of the oldest print mediums has attracted a host of modern and near-modern artists, including Felix Valloton, Lyonel Feininger, Ernst Barlach, Emil Nolde, Georges Rouault, and Hans Arp. Through March 16 at the Fort Worth Art Museum, 1309 Montgomery St. Tue 10-9, Wed-Sat 10-5. Sun 1-5. (817) 738-9215.

Songs of Glory. A photographic exhibit presents some seventy color images of medieval art, 900 A.D.-1400 A.D. Through March 16 at the Biblical Arts Center, 7500 Park Lane Tue-Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5. 691-4661.



Art of Gabon



From Geneva’s excellent Barbier-Mueller Museum comes Ancestral Art of Gabon, a loan exhibit of forty works representing a diversity of tribes and styles but all of extraordinary aesthetic quality. Through June 15 at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N Harwood. Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 10-5, Thur 10-9. Sun noon-5. 922-0220.



Henri Laurens. Of the five artists who invented cubism-Picasso, Braque, Gris, Leger, and Henri Laurens-Uaurens is by far the least known, a dim, distant also-ran. And yet, as a recent exhibit at Paris’ Centre Georges Pompidou demonstrated, Laurens work is strikingly fresh and original And so director E.A. Carmea Jr. has brought that exhibit to the Fort Worth Art Museum for its only American visit. “Henri Laurens: Cubist Constructions and Collages 1915-1919” includes more than forty of the artist’s works in cardboard, wood, metal, and other materials. March 16-May 4 at the Fort Worth Art Museum, 1309 Montgomery St. Tue 10-9, Wed-Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5. (817) 738-9215.

Nic Nicosia. Creating sets, costumes, and characters, Nicosia makes droll little dramas in the studio, not for television but for the eye of the still camera. Through March 30 at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N Har-wood. Tue, Wed. Fri, Sat 10-5, Thur 10-9, Sun noon-5. 922-0220.

James Dowell. A former Dallas artist now living in New York paints elegant and spare still-lifes, each utilizing some exotic and well-chosen object such as an African mask, a filigreed box, or a ram’s horn. Through April 3 at DW Gallery, 3200 Main St. Tue-Sat 11-5. 939-0045.

Arthur H. Koch. Mysterious forms hover on the edge of perception, as though seen through a glass darkly, in the constructions and sculptures of this SMU faculty member. March 2-April 6 in the Meadows Gallery, Meadows School of the Arts, SMU. Mon-Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5 692-3510

Susan Crile. This New York artist applies soft and luminous paint in thin layers over shaped panels that are linked together in multiple works March 13-April 12 at Adams-Middleton, 3000 Maple Ave. Tue-Fri 10-6, Sat 11-5 871-7080.

Laura Gilpin. During her sixty-year career as a photographer, she staked her claim on the American Southwest, documenting not only the land, not just its people, but the relationship between the two. Through April 13 at the Amon Carter, 3501 Camp Bowie, Fort Worth. Tue-Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5:30. (817) 738-1933.

Dürer to Delacroix. The most recent in a series of superb drawing exhibits features 118 masterworks from one of Europe’s greatest repositories of graphic art, Stockholm’s National Museum. Through April 13 at the Kimbell Art Museum, 3333 Camp Bowie, Fort Worth. Tue-Sat 10-5, Sun 11-5. (817) 332-8451.

Harlem Renaissance. One of the most important artistic and intellectual movements of the early 201h century is reviewed in this exhibit of forty oils, sculptures, and other works by black Americans Through April 13 at the Museum of African-American Life & Culture, Bishop College Library, 3837 Simpson-Stuart Road. Mon-Fri 10-4:30, Sat noon-3 pm, Sun 2-5 pm. 372-8738.

Gerald Murphy. Curator Rick Stewart has rounded up all eight of the known surviving paintings by this jazzy and distinctively American artist, a member of the “lost generation” of American artists and intellectuals who gravitated to France in the Twenties Through April 20 at the Dallas Museum of Art. 1717 N Harwood. Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 10-5. Thur 10-9, Sun noon-5. 922-0220.

Jackson Pollock. Twenty works-three paintings, twelve drawings, and five prints- by a key American artist of the 20th century, just acquired, are put on display for the first time Through April 20 at the Fort Worth Art Museum. 1309 Montgomery St. Tue 10-9, Wed-Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5. (817) 738-9215.

talian Renaissance Sculpture. A choice selection of seventy small works by Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bar-di, called Donatello, and by his followers and rivals makes up one of the most impressive exhibits of Renaissance sculpture ever assembled in this country. Through April 27 at the Kimbell Art Museum, 3333 Camp Bowie, Fort Worth. Tue-Sat 10-5, Sun 1 -5. (817) 332-8451.

Life at Court. This exhibit of jewel-like paintings and precious objects that served the rulers of India from the 16th to the 19th centuries was organized to mark the two-year Festival of India, an international cultural exchange March 16-May 11 at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N Harwood. Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 10-5, Thur 10-9, Sun noon-5. 922-0220.

Texas Lithographs. The image of a state, from frontier to Republic to statehood, is recorded by stone, ink, and paper March 14-May 18 at the Amon Carter. 3501 Camp Bowie. Fort Worth. Hours are Tue-Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5:30. (817) 738-1933.

Rodin’s Thinker. Rodin’s great masterpiece, on loan from the B.G. Cantor Collection, finds a temporary-and welcome – home, contemplating Dallas’own Ross Avenue. Through April 1986. on the Ross Avenue Plaza, Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N Harwood. Tue, Wed. Fri, Sat 10-5, Thur 10-9, Sun noon-5 922-0220.

The Reves Collection. From Renaissance furniture to impressionist paintings, the tabled treasures of the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection, recently acquired by the Dallas Museum, are on exhibit in a replica of La Pausa, the Reveses’ villa in the South of France. Continuing display in the Decorative Arts Wing, Dallas Museum of Art. 1717 N Harwood. Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 10-5. Thur 10-9, Sun noon-5. 922-0220.

Sid Richardson Collection. Here’s a prime collection of Remingtons and Russells in a prime location, amid the restored 19th-century splendors of Fort Worth’s Sundance Square Permanent show at 309 Main St. Tue-Fri 10-5. Sal 11-6, Sun 1-5 (817) 332-6554.

THEATER

Butter County. This new play by Dean Corrin. which made its debut at Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theatre, is about five people living near Clay Corner, Kansas, and the way they face profound changes in their lives, both separately and together. March 12-April 6 at Stage #1, Greenville Avenue Theater, 2914 Greenville. Tue-Fri at 8:15 pm; Sat at 5:30 & 9 pm; Sun at 7 pm. Tickets $15 Fri & Sat at 9; $12.50 Tue-Thur, Sat at 5:30 &Sun 824-2552.

Crimes of the Heart. Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize-winmng comedy about three sisters in more-or-less modern-day Mississippi and the strong bonds they re-strengthen after the youngest shoots her husband because “I just didn’t like his looks ” The characters are exaggerated beyond belief, but something like truth creeps in. March 27-April 20 at Dallas Repertory Theatre, NorthPark Center (outside Joske’s), Park Lane at N Central Expwy. Tue-Sat at 8:15 pm; Sun at 3 pm & 7:30 pm. Tickets$14 Fri & Sat; $12.50 Sun; $11 Tue-Thur. 369-8966.

Dog Days Britain’s Simon Gray, the cutting wit responsible (or such inspired plays as Butley and Otherwise Engaged, here turns his attention to infidelity and the bungling attempts at said sin by a hapless man named Peter. Through March 29 at New Arts Theater, 702 Ross at Market in the West End Warehouse District. Wed & Thur at 8 pm; Fri at 8; Sat at 5 & 9 pm: Sun at 2:30 pm. Tickets $14 25 Fri at 8 pm & Sat at 9 pm; $10.75 Wed, Thur, Sat at 5 pm & Sun. 761-9064.

The Glass Menagerie. Amanda Wingfield is the center of an uneasy gravity in a Southern world of subtle distortion and dream-like despair created by the characters and by the author, Tennessee Williams Amanda’s sensitive son Tom, the narrator and protagonist, endures his sister’s frailty and his mother’s grandiose delusions with the detached voice of the truly lost March 20-April 20 at the Dallas Theater Center’s Frank Lloyd Wright Theater. 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd. Tue & Thur at 8 pm; Wed at 230 & 8 pm; Fri at 8:30 pm; Sat at 4 & 8:30 pm; Sun at 2:30 & 7:30 pm. Tickets $22 Fri & Sat at 8:30; $16 Tue. Wed at 8, Thur; $13 Wed at 2:30, Sat at 4 & Sun. 526-8857.

Kith and Kin. A brand-new play by local author Oliver Hailey that follows three rowdy brothers who reconvene in their small East Texas hometown to deal with their departed father’s estate and a couple of hundred skeletons in the family closet. Feb 27-March 29 at the Dallas Theater Center’s Arts District Theater, 2401 Flora at Fairmount. Tue-Thur at 8 pm, Fri at 830 pm, Sat at 4 pm & 8:30 pm, Sun at 2:30 pm & 7:30 pm. Tickets $22-$20 Fri & Sat evenings; $16-$14 Tue-Thur evenings. $13-$11 all matinees and Sun evening.

MUSIC



Cliburn Concerts. Mar 4: Pianist Jeffrey Kahaneand the Ridge String Quartet appear in joint racial, performing a program including Mozart’s String Quartet in C, Bartok’s Fourth String Quartet, and Schumann’s Quintet in E flat for piano and strings at 8 pm at Ed Lan-dreth Auditorium. University at Cantey, TCU, Fort Worth. Tickets $20-$15. Mar 25. Pianist Malcolm Frager and violinist Peter Zazofsky perform Beetho-ven’s Sonata in E flat for violin and piano and other works at 8 pm at the Kimbell Art Museum. 3333 Camp Bowie, Fort Worth. Tickets $15. (817)738-6533.

Dallas Chamber Music Society. The Paillaird Chamber Orchestra performs Mar 17 at 8:15 pm at Caruth Auditorium, Owen Arts Center. SMU. Tickets $8, $4 for students. 526-7301.



Borok and Yampolsky



Since his arrival from Boston a year ago, Latvian-born violinist Emanuel Borok has become familiar to local music-lovers in his role as concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony. This month, he makes his local recital debut as featured artist on the SMU Summer Conservatory Gala Benefit Concert, joining pianist Ta-tiana Yampolsky to perform works of Tartini, Prokofiev, Debussy, and Ravel on March 9 at 8:15 pm. This gala event will bring to a close a week of benefit concerts including an appearance by a student chamber orchestra on March 1 at 4 pm, a concert by the youthful Hagen String Quartet of Salzburg on March 5 at 8:15 pm, and a performance by conservatory faculty members on March 8 at 4 pm. All conceits are at Caruth Auditorium, Owen Arts Center, SMU. Tickets are $5 for student concert, $10 for the Hagen Quartet, $8 for the faculty concert, and $12 for Borok’s recital, with special sponsorships available at levels of $50-$1,000.. 692-3680.



Dallas Chamber Orchestra. Dallas’ resident: chamber orchestra presents Arnold’s Concerto for two violins, Bloch’s Concerto Grosso lor piano and strings, and Mozar’s Divertimento in F, March 16 at 7 pm at Caruth Auditorium. Owen Arts Center, SMU. Tickets $10; $5 for students and children. 826-6974.

Dallas Civic Music Association. Joanna Simon appears in recital. March 10 at 8:15 pm at McFarlin Auditorium, SMU. Tickets $25-$4. 526-6870.

Dallas Opera. Soprano Mavis Martin appears in recital, performing March 2 at 2 pm at the Majestic Theatre. 1925 Elm Tickets $25-$4. 871-0090.

Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Mar 7, 8, & 9: Theo Alcantara conducts a concert including Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D (with soloist Henryk Szeryng) and Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony. Mar 13 & 15: Sopranos Arlene Auger and Kaaren Erickson, lenor Jon Humphrey, baritone Kevin McMillan, and bass Thomas Paul join the Dallas Symphony Chorus (or Haydn’s oratorio “The Creation,” with Michael Korn conducting Mar 20 & 22: James Hives-Jones conducts Ives’ Variations on “America,” Paganini’s Second Violin Concerto (with soloist Ruggiero Ricci), and excerpts from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. Mac 28 & 29: Violinist Boris Belkin performs Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto no. 1 on a concert also featuring Verdi’s Overture to “La Forza del Destino” and Dvorak’s Sixth Symphony, with James Loughran conducting. March 9 at 2:30 pm, all other dates at 8:15 pm at Fair Park Music Hall. Tickets $18-$6 692-0203.

Dallas Symphony Superpops. Mar 14: Kirk Trevor conducts a “European Tour.” Mar 21: Henry Mancini conducts. All concerts at 8 pm at Fair Park Music Hall. Tickets $21-$9.50. 692-0203

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Mar 14 & 15: VocalistJudy Collins appears in a pops concert at 8 pm at Tarrant County Convention Center, 1101 Houston FortWorth. Tickets$18.50-$10.50. Mar 17: lona Brown conducts a guest appearance of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields at a pm at Ed Landreth Auditorium, University at Cantey. TCU. FortWorth. Tickets $12-$8. Mar 22 & 23. George Del Gobbo conducts Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, Sibelius’ Violin Concerto (with soloist Dmitri Sitkovetsky), and Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony (“Pathetique”), Sat at 8 pm & Sun at 3 pm at Tarrant County Convention Center Theatre. Tickets $15-$5. 429-1181, (817) 335-9000.

Meadows School of the Arts. Mar 1 Arkady Fomin conducts the SMU Summer Conservatory Chamber Orchestra at 4 pm. Tickets $5. 692-3680. Mar 5: The Hagen Quartet performs works of Janacek, Beethoven. and Mozart. Tickets $10. 692-3680. Mar 6: The SMU Choir performs in concert. Mar 8: SMU Summer Conservatory faculty and young artists perform works of Spohr, Vaughn Williams, and Shostakovich at 4 pm. Tickets $8. Mar 9: Violinist Emanuel Borok and pianist Tatiana Yampolsky perform music of Tartini, Prokofiev, Debussy, and Ravel for the SMU Summer Conservatory benefit concert. Mar 11: Violinist Erick Friedman appears in concert Mar 19: The SMU Brass and Woodwind Choirs perform Mar 31: Avant-garde chamber ensemble BL Lacerta New Music Consort appears in concert All concerts are at Caruth Auditorium, Owen Arts Center. SMU, and. unless otherwise noted, are at 8:15 pm and are free. 692-3510.

Schola Cantorum. Gary Ebensberger conducts the Fort Worth chorus in a program of 20th-century choral works. March 11 at 7:30 pm at the Kimbell Art Museum, 3333 Camp Bowie, Fort Worth. Tickets $8; $5 for students; and senior citizens. 737-5788.

Texas Baroque Ensemble. The Dallas-based authentic instrument specialists perform virtuoso concertos of J.S. Bach, Vivaldi. Telemann, and Handel. March 29 at 8:15 pm at LTV Center, 2001 Ross Ave. Tickets $8; $4 for students and senior citizens. 278-2458.

Voices of Change. The world premiere of Dallas-based composer Robert Xavier Rodriguez’s Lyric Variations II highlights a concert also featuring Julian Orbon’s Tres Cantigas del Rey and George Crumb’s Ancient Voices of the Children, March 10 at 8:15 pm at Caruth Auditorium. SMU. Tickets $6; $4 tor students. 692-3189.

DANCE



Dallas Ballet. This month the Dallas Ballet presents a Russian evening with three ballets by Russian dancer and choreographer Michael Fokine. Petrouchka is a classic tale of unclaimed love choreographed to music by Stravinsky. In Prince Igor, Borodin’s score explodes as fiery Cossacks capture the passion and fury of Polovtsian dances. In Les Sylphides. a young poet is lost in the solitude of an ancient monastery among the tender spirits of past, distant lovers. Music is by Chopin March 20-22 at 8 pm & March 23 at 2 pm. Tickets $40-$5. 744-4430.



FILM



Dallas Museum of Art. The land of India has always held a certain enchantment for filmmakers, and the Sunday films at the Dallas Museum of Art this month will feature some undiscovered gems. Mar 2. The Music Room, Mar 9: The World of Apu. Mar 16: A Passage to India, Mar 23: Shakespeare Wallah, Mar 30: Heat and Dust. All films begin at 2 pm in the museum auditorium. Admission is $2 for DMA members, $3 for non-members. 922-0220.



ENLIGHTENMENT



Book Fair. In its twenty-ninth year, this sale is an excellent opportunity for book-lovers to purchase books of all types (rare books, paperbacks, texts, hardbacks, etc.) at nominal prices The National Council of Jewish Women, Fort Worth Section, sponsors this event and donates proceeds to various area community service programs. Dates and times are as follows: Sat March 1, 7 pm-10 pm; Sun March 2, 1 prn-6 pm; Mon-Wed March 3-5, 10 am-8 pm; Thur March 6, 10 am-10 pm. Book Fair will be held in the Small Exhibit Building at the Will Rogers Memorial Center Complex, 3301 West Lancaster in Fort Worth. Admission is free except for $1 charge on opening weekend. (817) 926-7450.

The Costa Institute of Real Estate Finance. The Costa Institute at Southern Methodist University’s Edwin L. Cox School of Business will offer a two-day seminar titled “Real Estate Investment and Feasibility Analysis: An Introduction with Applications.” March 13 & 14, 9 am-4 pm at the Colony Parke Hotel. 6060 N Central Expwy. For more information 692-2470 or 692-2676.

The Dallas Institute of Humanities & Culture. Pro-grams at the institute this month will be. Mar 12: The Arts as Education, by Robert Corrigan, Ph.D. Program is free. Mar 15: The Mathematical Imagination, by Tom Jacobs. Ph.D. Program is $60. Mar 18: Hermes: The Liminal God in a Transitional World, by Jungian analyst Ron Schenk. Program is $60. Mar 20: Trivial Passages: Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Sappho. H.D., Sylvia Plath, by Eileen Gregory. Ph.D. Program is $45. Mar 21: Poetry Reading, by Dallas poet Robert Trammell. Program is free. Mar 26: Teaching as Therapy: Education is more than a matter of mind, by Robert Romanyshyn, Ph.D. Program is free. Mar 28 & 29: Shamans of the Blind Country, by Dr. Michael Oppitz Program is $60. For more information 871 2440.



RECREATION



Cowtown Goes Green. The annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration will include a parade, leprechaun shave-off, Irish tenor contest, 5K derby run, and many other festivities. The Lucky Poker Clover Run will start at 9 am on Sunday from Mansfield and end at Billy Bob’s. Proceeds benefit the Fort Worth Girls Club. March 14-17. For more information, call (817) 926-0226.

Dallas Safari Club Convention and Exhibition. More than 150 exhibitors will display wildlife jewelry and artwork, various hunting rifles and guns, safari clothing, and outdoor equipment Big game outfitters from North America and twenty-seven foreign nations and provinces will be on hand to provide information on hunts. Proceeds from the convention and exhibition will benefit the Dallas Ecological Foundation to help protect, conserve, and manage wildlife resources in the United States and abroad Tickets are $20 per person or $25 per family and can be purchased on the day of theexhibition. March 20,21 & 22, 10 am-11 pm at the Amfac East Hotel. 630-1454.



Dallas Blooms



More than 180.000 tulips and flowering bulbs have been planted at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden for (he second annual spring festival “Dallas Blooms” from March 8 through April 6. The spring bulb collection, one of the largest tulip displays outside of Holland, will be the second spring festival for the burgeoning arboretum and botanical garden on the shores of White Rock Lake. A variety of entertainers and food vendors will be on the grounds each weekend. Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for children 6-12, and free for children under 6. Free Tue. Closed Mon. Complimentary tickets are available at all Dallas Park and Recreation centers. Entrance located at 8525 Garland Road, between Buckner and Gaston on the southeast shore of White Rock Lake. 327-8263.



North Texas Irish Festival. The Southwest Celtic Music Association will present the 4th Annual North Texas Irish Festival, the largest even! of its kind in the Southwest. The festival will feature two days of Irish music, dancing exhibitions, workshops, traditional foods, cultural events, and hundreds of arts and crafts booths. Internationally acclaimed Irish musicians Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy will appear at the show. One-day passes are $6 for adults, $4 for students and senior citizens, and free for children 11 and under. Two-day passes are $10 tor adults and $7 for students and senior citizens. March 1 from noon-midnight and March 2 from noon-10 pm at the Embarcadero, Creative Arts, Food & Fiber buildings at Fair Park. 942-6687.

Primavera. Presented by the Galleria, this enormous garden and (lower show will fill the Galleria mall with constant activity around spectacular theme gardens and breathtaking decorations. Primavera is presented in association with several major Dallas landscape firms, the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society, and the Dallas Civic Garden Center at Fair Park. March 21-29 at the Galleria. 458-2600.

Quitter’s Guild of Dallas Show. The Quilter’s Guild will be holding its sixth annual show with the theme “The Quilts of Texas Are Upon Us-a Sesquicentenn;al Celebration.” A wide variety of new and antique quilts will be exhibited as well as special projects celebrating the state’s 150th birthday The show will also feature demonstrations, a donation quilt, and merchant’s mall Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for senior citizens, and $1 for children. Three-day passes and group rates are available upon request March 21-23 at Grand Place in Fair Park. For more information 492-2914 or 827-4246.

Tri Delta Charity Antiques Show. The theme of this year’s show is “A Salute to Texas’ Decorative Arts.” with Lady Bird Johnson serving as honorary show chairman More than fifty nationally prominent dealers will be exhibiting in the show. Proceeds from the show will benefit Tr Delta’s five charities, with the majority of the funds going to the Dallas Museum of Art Tickets can be purchased through Tri Delta alumnae or at the door, $4 in advance and $5 at the door March 6-9. 11 am-9:30 pm on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and noon-6 pm on Sunday at the Dallas Convention Centers East Ballroom 739-3320.



SESQUICENTENNIAL CALENDAR



Dallas Area Texas Exes Celebration. Satirists Cactus Pryor and John Henry Faulk present “Two Lone Stars” during a barbecue feast hosted by J. Frank Dobie. Open to the public, the $25 admission includes musical entertainment and unlimited amounts of beer. March 1 at 6 30 pm at the Dallas Convention Center West Ballroom 698-6555

Significant Sesquicentennial Book Series. Mar 5: Noted teacher, lecturer, and writer Jo Brans discusses her new book Second Birth. Second Self, which describes how women become independent of their grown children Mar 20. Dallas award-winning journalist and novelist Bryan Woolley will discuss his book about a son’s love for his father while living in a curious battle between love and |oy. Brans lecture at 10:30 am. Woolley lecture at 7:30 pm at Temple Emanu-el, 8500 Hillcrest at Northwest Highway. Price for entire lecture series is $25. 368-3613.

Piano Sesquicentennial Ball. Celebrate Texas’ birthday at Southfork Ranch with live entertainment, dancing, and a huge, frothy. Texas-sized (and shaped) cake. Sesquicentennial period costumes eagerly welcomed; otherwise, the affair is a black-tie optional. March 1 at 7 pm at Southfork. Tickets $50 each. 596-5925.

Texas Independence Day Festival at Fair Park. A Sesquicentennial celebration at the State Fair grounds that includes live country-western entertainment, a chili cook-off, and a rededication ceremony for Fair Parks Hall of State. March 2 at noon. Admission free. 565-1986.

Texas Independence Day Gala. Sponsored by the Dallas Historic Preservation League, the celebration’s “Toast to Texas” theme presents a generous offering of Texas food drinks, and music Tributes to the beloved Lone Star State will be given by Mayor and Mrs. A. Starke Taylor and other notable “Texas Toastmasters.” March 2, 6 pm-9 pm m the historic Dallas Plaza Hotel 821-3290.



SPORTS



SMU. All home games played in Moody Coliseum on SMU campus. For ticket information, contact the SMU Athletic Ticket Office, Moody Coliseum, SMU. 692-2902.

Mar 1 vs Rice 7 30 pm

Dallas Mavericks. All home games in Reunion Arena. Tickets $7 & $5 available at Rainbow-Ticketmaster or Reunion Arena box office, 777 Sports St. 988-0117. Mar 1 vs Golden State Warriors 7:35 pm

10 vs Boston Celtics 7 pm

12 vs Sacramento Kings 7:35 pm

vs Portland Trailblazers 7:35 pm

vs Utah Jazz 7:35 pm

18 vs San Antonio Spurs 7:35 pm

21 vs Atlanta Hawks 7:35 pm



Virginia Slims

The second largest women’s tournament in the world in gate receipts, Virginia Slims of Dallas will feature a fifty-six-player singles draw and a twenty-eight-team doubles draw. Sixteen of the top twenty will be on hand in Dallas, including Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert Lloyd, Pam Shriver, and Helena Sukova, March 10-16 at Moody Coliseum on the SMU campus. Tickets are available at Moody Coliseum, SMU, or by calling 352-7978. Prices vary.



Dallas Sidekicks Indoor Soccer. All home games played at Reunion Arena, 777 Sports St. All games start at 7:35 pm unless otherwise noted. Tickets available at all area Rainbow-Ticketmaster outlets 787-2000 or 787-1500.

Mar 5 vs Chicago

13 vs St. Louis

16 vs Cleveland

19 vs Baltimore

23 vs Pittsburgh



NIGHTLIFE

ENTERTAINMENT/DANCING



Amnizia. A perfect name for its location, because who can remember how many nightclubs have come and gone along here? This latest addition, with its Madonna-like dance music bouncing off the fluorescent painted walls, is going for the young singles crowd. You won’t find the chic types who hang around Upper Greenville, but the music is the same And the dance floor is just as crowded. (2829 W Northwest Hwy. 351-1262. Nightly 7 pm-2 am. No credit cards.)

Baby’s. The slickest new dance club in Dallas is (surprise1) found amid the laid-back nightlife on McKinney Avenue It will probably bother some that most of the clientele is gay-but there are sprinklings of all the eclectic types here. This place has every trapping of cool-a sunken dance floor (a la Starck Club), video screens, neon lights, a separate room in the back for a quiet drink, and bottom-shaking music (3501 McKin-ney, 521-4748. Wed & Thur 9 pm-3 am, Fri & Sat 9 pm-4 am, Sun 8 pm-3 am Closed Mon & Tue AE.)

Barney Oldfield’s. Barney Oldfield’s relentlessly pushes on. no matter what other clubs are doing, with its “straight from Las Vegas” theme Everyone who appears on the stage seems to be either from Reno or Vegas. But while other similar supper clubs in Dallas have only had short lives, this one continues to thrive with its basic pop music acts (1893 W Mockingbird 634-8850 Mon-Thur 4 pm-1 am, Fri-Sun 7 pm-2 am Shows. Tue-Thur 9 & 11. Fri & Sat 9:30 & 11:30, Sun 9. MC V, AE.)

Belle Star. As much as we talk about new trends and new wave, you would think that the old country-western life is verging on death Are you kidding us? Belle Star, packed with the thirty- to tony-five- year -old boot-kicking crowd, continues to be a huge money maker There are bands every night, urban cowboys everywhere, and women in those tight-fitting jeans that would make any good old boy swoon There’s also free beer Tuesday through Thursday, which means you’ll have trou-ble squeezing into the place (7724 N Central at Southwestern 750-4787 Mon 8 pm-2 am, Tue-Sat 7 pm-2 am, Sun 4 pm-2 am All credit cards.)

Bow Ties. We know what you’re asking Where can you get that first drink after a rough flight into Love Field? Drive right across the street to this new club in the Executive Inn. It’s loud, raucous and filled with a variety of ages up to forty- all of them the kind of party people you see on airplanes. And if you get tired of talking to them, go stand by the band They’re about as loud as a 747 This live music Top 40 dance club has potential. (3232 W Mockingbird. 357-5601. Mon-Sat 11 am-2 am, Sun noon-midnight. All credit cards.)

Dick’s Last Resort. The appeal of this newest nightspot in downtown’s West End district comes from the owner himself. In this charmingly hectic, casual atmosphere, where everyone sits at long tables, presides loud-mouthed Dick – he leases you, roars happily at you from across the bar, and puts together a terrfic combination of drinks with a hefty chicken-ribs-crab menu Dixieland jazz groups nightly (Corner of Ross and Record. 747-0001 Mon-Wed 11:30 am-midnight, Thur-Sat 11:30 am-2 am, Sun 5 pm-midnight. MC, V, AE, DC.)

Encounters. The burning question in North Dallas is will the young hotspot lovers take an elevator up twenty-one floors in a hotel to go to a European-styled disco? The Doubletree Inn is betting on it, with the kind of flashing lights, sleek waitresses, and pounding dance music that we know so well On our first visits, the crowd was older than other Upper Greenville clubs. The bar food is not typical-there is a dish called “vegetable cheese cake” (8250 N Central Expwy in the Doubletree Inn. 691-1309 Mon-Thur 4:30 pm-1:30 am. Fri 4:30 pm-2 am, Sat 8 pm-2 am. All credit cards.)

Fox Chase. All right, suburban cowboys1 We’ve found your heaven on earth And it’s in the most typical suburb of all Here in Richardson, you can dance to a live country-western band, play your pool, your shuf-fleboard, even your black|ack game. And best of all there are no kids This is for real suburbanites who have been acting like honky tonk cowboys tor most of their lives (Keystone Park Shopping Center 13931 N Central Expwy 699-1593 Mon-Sat 11 am-2 am. Sun noon-2 am Bar membership $5.50 per year MC, V, AE, DC.)

In Cahoots. All of us serious North Dallas nightclub watchers are starting to wonder Is In Cahoots going to beat the trend and last? Almost every Greenville club that plays oft contemporary dance music has a hot period and then fades, but the parking lot at NorthPark East is still packed. Great laser show, sophisticated decor, blackjack tables-but the most important ingredients are the hot, sweaty, single dancing bodies. (NorthPark East, 8796 N Central Expwy. 692-5417. Mon-Thur 5 pm-2 am, Fri 5 pm-3:30 am, Sat 7.30 pm-3:30 am; cover on weekends MC, V, AE.)

Memphis. Don’t let the tiny dance floor (literally about the size of a two-door foreign car) and the dark hue of the bar disturb you. People dance in the aisles, on the chairs, by the bar-mainly because this is the best live jazz-dance bar m North Dallas. Great local groups are regulars-like Emerald City and Schwantz Lefantz. (Quorum Plaza. 5000 Belt Line. Suite 500. 386-9517. Mon-Fri 4 pm-2 am, Sat & Sun 7 pm-2 am. Cover. $3-$5. All credit cards.)

Mistral. Without question, the most expensive dance club in Dallas. Weekend cover is now ten dollars, and though it’s a very slick European-styled club with a fabulous light show (aren’t you tired of people calling light shows “fabulous?”) and a huge video screen, it still has a tendency to draw more people from the suburbs than from the beautiful crowd And the service abysmal- you can get mighty thirsty after a couple of hours. (Loews Anatole, 2201 Stemmons. 760-9000. Tue-Thur 5 pm-2 am. Fri 5 pm-4 am. Sat 7 pm-4 am. Closed Sun & Mon. MC, V, AE.)

Popsicle Toes. After taking one look at the seamy exterior, people have been afraid of walking in here, which is a mistake. Featuring rhythm and blues and funk bands like Phyrework, Popsicle Toes brings together a lively group from every social strata. This is one of the best places to dance you’ll find. (5627 Dyer, 368-9706. Tue-Thur & Sat 8 pm-2 am; Fri 4 pm-2 am; Sun 7.30 pm-midnight. MC, V, AE.)

Prohibition Room. Long regarded as the place in the basement next door to the Starck Club, the Prohibition Room has developed an aura of its own. The smoky, crowded interior has one of the most interesting eclectic gatherings of business suits and blue jeans in town. For one reason, it has begun to regularly draw some of the top local bands, like Robert Lee Kolb. When you enter, you’ll think it’s another pool-and-shuffleboard bar. but when you run out of quarters, go to the back by the stage and listen to an evening’s worth of fine music (703 McKinney in the Brewery. 954-4407, Mon-Fri 4 pm-2 am, Sat 7 pm-2 am. MC, V, AE)

Redux. The green frog band has come down for good and Tango is no more But luckily, Redux has risen from the ashes. Unlike its predecessor, Redux has become the top nightclub for live, very upbeat regional music in less than a year, drawing the best Southwest bands and solo acts (1827 Greenville. 827-1591. Tue-Sat 7:30 pm-2 am. Closed Sun & Mon. MC, V, AE.)

Rick’s Casablanca. You would think such a tiny club couldn’t come up with such consistent and slick entertainment But it’s true, and the word has spread-just try getting in here on a Monday night. The management has, thank heavens, taken down all the palms that were supposed to make you think about Casablanca. And they’ve spread out the stage so that, to go to the bathroom, you have to literally walk right between the people in the band: the best reason we’ve heard yet to powder our noses (1919 Greenville. 824-6509. Daily 6 pm-2 am. MC, V, AE.)

Strictly TaBu. One of the longest-lasting jazz clubs in (with the best pizza you’ll ever find at a jazz club). Strictly TaBu continues to present, in its dark, badly decorated interor, some of the best contemporary |azz in town Groups play every night, the most regular being Jeanette Brantley and Clockwork, a band with such a unique style that it often takes a survey in the middle of a performance asking people what they think they’re listening to. (4111 Lomo Alto, Lemmon at the Tollway. 528-5200 Tue-Sun 6 pm-2 am. MC, V, AE.)

Studebaker’s. Can this good-times emporium be slipping so soon into senescence? Say it ain’t so, Elvis. Actually, news of Studebaker’s demise may be greatly exaggerated. True, new clubs have cut deeply into its crowds; the patrons are older and less chic than before. But the passion for nostalgia seems undying, so aging rock lovers still gather at such shrines to bop and stroll their way to bliss The non-stop mix of Motown, cutesy rock (“Hand Jive,” “Hokey-Pokey.” etc.), and the old gold of various Frankies and Bobbies can still pack ’em in. And don’t forget the generous happy hour buffet. (NorthPark East, 8788 N Centra! Expwy. 696-2475. Mon-Fri 11 am-2 am, Sat & Sun 7 pm-2 am. Dress code after 4 pm. MC, V, AE.)

Studio E. When you’re ready for a change of pace in live jazz music, you must make it to Studio E. You aren’t going to get the snobbery here that goes with some jazz clubs. This is strictly a BYOB affair (setups are available). By day, it’s a music store that sells amplifiers, band instruments, etc. But at night, local jazz groups come in and try out their new material on willing audiences. It’s a chance to see what may become tomorrow’s headliner groups. (919 N Haskell. 824-8433. Fri-Sun 9 pm-2 am. No credit cards.)

Studio 67. The hottest disco in South Dallas, Studio 67 is regularly packed, with everyone wanting to dance. Dance music is new, not filled with the old disc jockey favorites. Membership required to buy liquor (3939 S Polk 374-1200. Wed-Fri 5 pm-2 am, Sat 8 pm-3 am, Sun 8 pm-2 am. MC, V, AE.)

Taheeti’s. You live on the cutting edge of Dallas night life, but somehow you feel empty. You’re bored with video bars, light shows, and happy hour buffets. This Lower Greenville comedy club is the perfect change lor you. The house troupe, the Guava Bomblets (formerly of the Pocket Sandwich Theater), performs Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights dishing out creative, intelligent improvisational humor at breakneck speed. And there’s a constantly changing lineup of acts on other nights. The friendly waitpeople are attentive and anxious to please with plentiful drinks and light food from the preservative-free health food menu. (2106 Greenville. 823-6626. Daily 7 pm-1 am. MC, V, AE. Cover varies.)

Video Bar, If you’ve watched MTV once during the last year, you owe it to yourself to go to the Video Bar They have found music videos that you never see anywhere else-even some absolutely weird stuff that is all fraught with significant meaning and whatnot. If you consider yourself part of the new scene, and if you promise not to wear anything resembling penny loafers, then this is your Deep Ellum kind of place. All the funky regulars from the old “On the Air” bar have already found their spots, so be prepared to wait in line. (2812 Elm. 939-9113 Daily 8 pm-2 am. AE.)



NIGHTLIFE

DRINKING



Affair’s. The great old beer joint of Dallas continues to pull in its rednecks, loud-mouthed attorneys, chic city women who act country, and all-around tun-loving people who like to drink beer and spill it on the pool tables, since Adair’s moved to its Deep Ellum location cynics, had been predicting its demise. But its half-pound hamburgers and whiny |ukebox still draw a crowd. (2624 Commerce. 939-9900 Mon-Sat 10 am-2 am. Closed Sun No credit cards.)

Andrew’s. Why mess around with a successful formula? Andrew’s still features obscure folk singers on theguitar, it keeps serving its well-regarded hamburgers,and it keeps offering its strong specialty drinks withridiculous names Although there are now four Andrew’s locations in Dallas, only the McKinney locationoffers live music. It’s still a kick to see the yuppie crowdthat packs this comfortable nightspot listening to the oldJoan Baez tunes. (3301 McKinney. 521-6535. 14930Midway, 385-1613; 7557 Greenville. 363-1910; 10723Composite, 351-4804, Mon-Sat 11:15 am-2 am; Sun10:30 am-2 am. All credit cards.)

Arthur’s. The ideal spot for you to meet that rich middle-aged man, Arthur’s has for years been the sophisticated gathering place for single upper-class typeswho don’t believe that wearing a thick gold chainaround your neck is the way to show your charm. (1000Campbell Center. 361-8833. Mon-Fri 11:30 am-1:30am; Sat 6 pm-1:30 am All credit cards.)

Buyers. All those sharp-looking fashion buyers who flood our city have to go somewhere. Often, it’s the Buyers bar on the second floor of the Wyndham-a cozy little spot where the patrons sip wine and chat about hem lines. You’d better look right here. Fakes are spoiled all the way across the room. (Wyndbam Hotel. 2222 Stemmons Freeway. 631-2222. Daily 11 am-1 am. All credit cards.)

Cheers. A neighborhood bar on Upper Greenville? This darts-pcol-horseshoes-and-jukebox bar has all the trappings of a place where you want to hang out and not necessarily get picked up A popular place with the SMU set. it’s still a good all-around bar (5118 Greenville 692-5738. Daily 11 am-2 am MC. V, AE, DC.)

Greenville Bar & Grill. This no-frills bar still remains the centerpiece of the Lower Greenville crowd After we hit all the funky nightspots on the strip, we always seem to head back over to the Bar & Grill for one last drink or hamburger Hal Baker’s Gloomchasers continue with Dixieland music on Sundays and Thursdays. (2821 Greenville 823-6691 Mon-Sat 1V30 am-2 am. Sun noon-2 am. MC, V, AE.)

Juan Murphey’s. Across from the Wine Press on Oak Lawn comes a self-styled “Mexican Bar and Grill.’ And the cheap margaritas are staggering. The bar is making a play for the Oak Lawn crowd that doesn’t have a Tex-Mex place to call its own. Sleek, high-tech interior, along with your standard Mexican food menu. (4216 Oak Lawn. 559-3160 Mon-Sat 11 am-midnigbt. Closed Sun All credit cards.)

Knox Street Pub. Here, across the street from such yuppie delights as On the Border and Hoffbrau, is a bar still fighting to be laid back. And what is laid back these days? How about a varied jukebox with rock ’n’ roll, English New Wave, country-western, and Sixties pop? How about terrible restrooms and old pool tables? How about a motley clientele? The pub is a classic neighborhood bar. a vanishing species. (3230 Knox. 526-9476. Mon-Sat 11.am-2 am, Sun 5 pm-2 am. No credit cards.)

The Library. An elegant spot in the renovated Melrose Hotel, this bar has done some sprucing up. It opened the windows and doors and put in a soothing, quiet piano-jazz act. Perfect tor a comfortable atter-work drink. (Melrose Hotel. Oak Lawn at Cedar Springs 521-5151. Daily 11:30 am-2am. All credit cards.)

The Lounge. Want to throw down a beer with young intelligentsia? Here’s what you do: first, dress chic, but don’t let it look elegantly chic Casual chic is the style here (unless you’re in the New Wave crowd and you come in so everyone can have a look at what they’ve been told is “gloriously outrageous” fashion). Then, you’d belter see one of those foreign movies playing next door at the Inwood Theatre so you’ll have something to talk about at the bar And you’d better show a little poise. This is as close as Dallas gets to one of those sophisticated, high-tech upper West Side bars in New York where you wish you could eavesdrop on the conversation at every table (5458 Lovers Lane 350-7834 Sun-Wed 5 pm-1 am, Thur-Sat 5 pm-2 am. AE, DC, CB.)

Milo Butterflnger’s. This is one of the few remaining “bar” bars on the Upper Greenville strip. Milo’s has outlived the disco and the fern- even the upscale meat market. It’s a comfortable joint where you can wear your jeans (even if they’re faded) and play a game of pool, fuseball, or shuffleboard with a buddy while sipping a longneck. A few years ago, owner Ned Smith moved Milo’s off of Greenville to a spacious, but modest, location around the corner But judging by the fresh-faced college clientele, you’d swear he’d moved into the basement of the SMU student center. (5645 Yale. 368-9212. Daily 11:30 am-2 am. MC, V, AE.) Nana. It’s hard to imagine a hotel bar that’s romantic, but elevator up to the twenty-seventh floor of the Anatole. In one of his racier moves. Trammell Crow had a huge painting of a nude woman named Nana put behind the green marble-topped bar. You’d probably stare at the painting, but the view of Dallas through the huge windows is better Fine jazz trio plays Thursday through Sunday. (Loews Anatole Hotel, 2201 Stem-monsFwy. 7481200 Mon-Fri 11 am-2 am,Sat & Sun 6 pm-2 am. All credit cards.)

Plus Fours. McKinney Avenue provides a sophisticated gathering spot for a group other than the yuppies With an English-styled, woodsy interior, it almost seems that the “intelligent” thing to do is watch the nonstop sports you find on the bar’s televisions. Opened recently, Plus Fours has already proved immensely popular There’s also great Sinatra music on the jukebox. (2504 McKinney. 871-2757. Mon-Sat 11 am-2 am, Sun noon-6. All credit cards.)

Pyramid Lounge. Where else can you go to remember the posh elegance of the Sixties. The what? Yes, the Pyramid Room Lounge, at the Fairmont, stilt displays a wall-length mural featuring such reminders of the Sixties as the Beatles, Lyndon Johnson, and bell-bottom pants. It’s one of the oddest bar decorations in Oallas-but the executive types who come here for cocktails are strictly Eighties-styled. (1717 N Akard in the Fairmont Hotel. 720-2020. Mon-Fri 11:30 am-2 am. Sat & Sun 6 pm-2 am. All credit cards.)

SRO. What would the yuppie downtown business crowd do if they couldn’t have an after work drink at SRO (which should stand for Smashingly Resplendent-ly Ordinary)? Here, you may tap your manicured fingernails against the sleek bar and wonder who that handsome man is in the Armani suit or what kind of soul lurks beneath that Neiman-Marcus mannequin lookalike who is sipping wine by herself. Everyone looks good in the track lighting of SRO. (2900 McKinney. 748-5014. Mon-Sat 11 am-2 am, Sun 5 pm-2 am. All credit cards.)

Stan’s Blue Note. The best beer-drinking joint on Lower Greenville, this place has been discovered mostly by the post-SMU crowd. But you’ll still find your quota of eccentrics and plain old barflies who love the shuffleboard and pool tables and the surprisingly lively atmosphere. (2908 Greenville. 824-9653. Mon-Sat 11 am-2 am. Sun noon-2 am. No credit cards.)

Wall Streets. Ah. for those grand old days of the dimly lit bar and bartenders whose best-made drink was a double scotch on the rocks At Wall Streets {tailored explicitly for those who dig tailored suits) you get hard drinks and bedrock American business talk There isn’t much fooling around here This is the business lunch, business drink, business conversation crowd-and they love it. (725 N Olive in the Bryan Tower Parking Garage (also in the Frito Lay Tower Mockingbird and Harry Mines). 754-0199. Mon-Fri 11 am-9 pm. Closed Sat & Sun. MC, V,AE, DC.)



FORT WORTH NIGHTLIFE

Billy Bob’s Texas. This huge country-western club in the Fort Worth Stockyards has a lot going (or it: two restaurants, forty-two bar stations, a real bull-riding arena, and several shops It’s bigger than Gilley’s, more citified than the Longhorn Ballroom ever was. and a “must-see” if you’re in Fort Worth (2520 N Commerce in the Stockyards. Metro 429-5979. Mon-Sat 9:30 am-2 am. Sun noon-2 am. MC, V, AE.)

Caravan of Dreams. Caravan of Dreams, which covers three floors of a chic Sundance Square building, has excellent live jazz/blues (and a bar) on the first floor, a theater with movies and live drama (and a bar) on the second floor, and an outdoor patio with a cactus garden (and a bar) on the roof. (312 Houston. (817) 877-3000 Wed& Thur 4 pm-12:30 am, Fri & Sat 4 pm-2 am, Sun 7 pm-10 pm. Closed Mon & Tue. Cover tor shows only. MC, V, AE.)

The White Elephant Saloon. in 1887, Luke Short,then the owner of the White Elephant, shot it out with aformer US marshal Today, the Elephant has country-western music six nights a week and lots of tourists trying desperately to learn the two-step on a small dancefloor (106 E Exchange. (817)624-8273. Mon-Sat 11am-2 am, Sun noon-midnight. Happy hour: Mon-Fri 11am-7 pm. MC, V, AE.)

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