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The Irish take Fair Park, at least for a couple of days anyway, when hundreds of MacTav-ishes, O’Learys, and McDonalds gather for the 8th Annual North Texas Irish Festival. From noon until midnight on Saturday, March 3, and noon until 8 p.m. on Sunday, March 4, the merry revelers will find lots o’ music and entertainment, arts and crafts, and plenty of Irish stew. Tickets $8 for one day, $12 for two days. 520-7334.

HARPING ON JAZZ

PROFILE Carlos Guedes would like to put the happy hours and hotel lounges behind him. That’s a tall order for most harpists for whom the steady gig of high tea is high cotton. But Guedes, 31, who has opened for David Benoit, Tuck & Patti, Ray Charles, and other jazz luminaries, is ready to make the break. His debut album, Churunmerù (rough translation: the river cascades), may just help him do it. “I think we’re go -ing to be selling a lot of records,” says the native Venezuelan, mindful of his vast network of international acquaintances and fans. His original music (featuring virtuoso turns on his wooden folk harp), performed with his band, Desvío, will no doubt continue to gain him kudos as a composer and performer.

-Michael Pellecchia

North by North Number Zero



ART When N. No.0 Gallery opened its doors last May, it had two strikes against it: nobody knew where it was and nobody knew how to say its name so they could ask where it was.

But first things first. The name is pronounced North Number Zero Gallery. And the location, for those who have not discovered this lively little space, is 1907 Marilla, formerly the home of Idle Rich, one of Dallas’s legendary bars.

The building itself is something of a work of art. Built in 1927 as the office of an ornamental tile company, it remains one of the most charming buildings in downtown Dallas, a pseudo-Moorish confection of towers and tiles and terrazzo.

The founder of the gallery, Kerry Freeman, is a former architecture student, so it is not surprising that one of his first shows should feature the work of the Milano architect, Aldo Rossi.

For almost two decades, Rossi has been as influential a theorist and polemicist as a practicing architect. A member of the so-called Italian Neo-Rationalists, he has championed a style that is either rigorous and purified of all historical allusions or monotonous and oversimplified, depending upon your point of view.

Fortunately, Rossi’s art is considerably more interesting than his architecture. The oils, sketches, and drawings that make up this show all depict architecture, but it is the timeless and placeless kind of architecture, one of silence and deep shadows. Rossi’s art has been exhibited and acclaimed throughout the world, but this is its first appearance here in Texas.

The Analagous Landscape, at the N. Noil Gallery. Wed.-Sat. 11-5 p.m. or by appointment through March 28. 748-4561.

-Ken Barrow

Dealing with Freon ENVIRONMENT The greenhouse effect made the Eighties the hottest decade on record, and the first hot season of what will probably be an even hotter decade is just around the corner. Time, in other words, to get your car’s air conditioner serviced. And now, for the first time, you can have it done in an environmentally sensitive way.

We’ve known for years that freon, a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), floats into the atmosphere when released, and destroys the ozone layer that protects the earth from the sun’s ultraviolet rays.

The usual way of cleaning out an a/c system releases CFCs into the air. In fact, this is one of the single biggest sources of CFC contamination. But last year several companies came out with CFC recapturing and recycling devices, machines that filter old freon, making it usable again. If done properly, no CFCs escape.

Most major car dealerships will have these recyclers by the end of the year, and most GM dealers by early this summer. Meanwhile, here’s a list of places that already have them: Prestige Ford, 3401 S. Garland Ave., Garland, 278-9581; Steve King Automotive, 3151 Skylane Dr., Carrollton, 931-2650; Freeman Oldsmobile-Mazda, 1800 E. Airport Freeway, Irving, 438-2121. -Jeff Posey

Classically Modern

The Ler Lubovitch Dance Company refuses to be categorized. So we won’t try. Cetch its Dallas debut at McFarlin Auditorium, March 16 and 17. Call the Titas Box Office, 528-5576 for ticket information.

Setting Sail

SPORTS A year ago Jim Deibel left corporate suitville and headed for open water. On a collision course with his 50th birthday, he’d felt a definite need to re-evaluate his landlocked urban lifestyle. A 17 Be the first in line to rida Six Flags’ newest ride-the world’s tallest wooden roller coaster, the “Texas Giant”-on opening day. Call Metro (817) 840-8900 for pre-summer hours.



21 The coming of spring is always announced with the Arboretum’s “Dallas Blooms.” In addition to the 200,000 flowering bulbs in full bloom, two new permanent gardens-an azalea garden and a fern dell garden-will be open. March 10-April 15. 327-8263.



27 Although draftsman Joseph Stella was well known for his diverse styles of artwork, his works on paper were seldom seen. The Amon Carter Museum has organized an exhibit of his drawings, titled Visual Poetry: The Drawings of Joseph Stella, which will be on display through April 22. (817) 738-1933.



30 Texas Sculpture: Sacred Forms, a collection of Texas sculpture and installations that examine man’s relation to the environment and the universe, is on display on the grounds and In the gallery of Mountain View College, March 12-April 6. 941-9811.

East Texas in Full Bloom

GETAWAY When the dogwood trees hurst forth into clouds of snow white blooms against a background of East Texas pine trees, Texans get a little goofy. They find this annual spring rite of passage ample reason to celebrate-with everything from small-town festivals to bike rides and barbecue cookoffs.

Late March and early April mark the dogwood blooming season, with festivities occurring in a handful of refreshingly simple East Texas towns. But none can match the appeal of Palestine in Anderson County, which has some of the state’s grandest scenery, not to mention the nostalgic lure of the Texas State Railroad.

For three weekends in a row, beginning March 24-25, Palestine welcomes the folks who come to view the dogwoods. In fact, people come by the busloads. From Dallas the trip is 110 scenic miles. For information, call (214) 729-7275.

The grandest stretch of Texas roadway for oohing and aahing may well be Highway 84 between Palestine and Rusk. By no small coincidence, that’s also the route taken by the Texas State Railroad, which begins its spring operations (Saturdays and Sundays only) the weekend of March 24-25. Built by the state prison system in 1896, the train tracks had been virtually abandoned to passenger travel until 1976 when the Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. began operating a 50-mile round-trip scenic ride aboard a steam-powered train. The train crosses some 30 bridges as it winds through pine and hardwood forests and pastureland. But be forewarned: this train trek is immensely popular, and tickets are impossible to come by without advance reservations. Call 1-800-442-8951. A round-trip adult ticket costs a mere $8.

-Derro Evans

REDEMPTIVE

VALUE

A recent spring cleaning unearthed an entire box of green stamps. sending us in search of someplace to redeem them. We ended up in Mesquite at the only redemption center left in the Metroplex (40 Broadway Square Shopping Center, 279-5889).

Twenty-Five Years of Change

PERSPECTIVES

From heart transplants and artificial insemination to glasnost and superconductors, the last quarter century has brought a wealth of new concepts and revelatory ideas that continue to stagger the imagination. One comforting constant, however, has been the SMU Women’s Symposium, which for two-and-a-half decades has reminded us that the empowerment of women, and the men to whom they relate, is one of the more pressing issues facing a changing society.

The Women’s Symposium celebrates its Silver Anniversary with several notable speakers who will address the theme, “Viewpoints Toward a Wider Scope.” An anniversary celebration dinner honoring SMU’s dean of women and symposium founder Emmie V. Baine will preface the conference on March 5 and will feature Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey (author of A Woman of Independent Means) and her actress/author daughter, Kendall Hailey, pictured left.

Officially, the symposium opens March 6 with speakers Gloria Randall Scott, president of historically black Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina; political correspondents Cokie and Steve Roberts (of ABC News and U.S. News and World Report, respectively); former Federal Communications commissioner Patricia Diaz Dennis; and National Conference of Christians and Jews president Jacqueline Grennan Wexler. A series of workshop sessions with topics ranging from career choices to media images will reflect upon and re-evaluate the areas targeted for change at the first symposium in 1966.

“This 25th anniversary gives us a chance to look at the changes that have taken place for women as well as men over the years,” says symposium coordinator Sandy Tinkham. “Both the civil rights and womens’ movements have made significant advancements, but we are not there yet. We have to have a new agenda if we are going to live equally in this society.” For more information, call 692-4560.

-Rosalyn Story

A Salute to Greece



THE INTERNATIONAL CITY

Greece holds a variety of fascinations for Americans. The food, the music, the architecture, the history-we all feel a certain familiarity with her culture. Because of this familiarity, or perhaps in spite of it, Dallas World Salute, an organization established in 1983 to promote Dallas as an international city, will turn its focus on Greece for a 12-month celebration.

In the past, Dallas World Salute has been a month-long affair hosting a variety of countries. This year its yearlong tribute is due to the efforts of Dallasite Virginia Nick, who has spent the last three years forging a Dallas/Greece connection.

Among the exhibits traveling from Greece are Athens, Birthplace of Democracy, an exhibit on architecture and town planning, which opens at Dallas City Hall on March 30; Mind and Body, an exhibit of the Olympic games from 1896 to the present that wilt be displayed at The Science Place in October; and Gold of Three Continents, an exhibition featuring jewelry and ritual objects from Greece, Africa, and the Ancient Americas, at the Dallas Museum of Art, April 8-June 10.

Other events in the next couple of months include a Greek food and wine festival at Simon David (March 28), a gala party (March 31) in the Regency Ballroom at the Fairmont, a Greek film festival (April 27-May 31), and the Mayor’s International Ball, which benefits Dallas World Salute, April 21.

For information on these and other events, call 670-5088. -Sherri Gulczynski

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