Weekend Picks

Following Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were removed from their homes under the terms of Executive Order 9066 and forced into incarceration camps scattered across the western and southern United States. Using images, audio, interactives, and testimony, Courage and Compassion provides a 360-degree perspective of the World War II experience of Americans of Japanese ancestry while exploring the relevance of these events today....... Read More

Rich in history, Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park debuted a new exhibit on January 17 that shares the stories of historically marginalized individuals, This is Dallas. The exhibit takes a deeper look at the impact of disenfranchised individuals and groups (PoC, Women, and the LGBTQ+ community) on "big picture" history.    This is Dallas highlights 8 individuals including Marcellus Clayton Cooper, Anita N. Martinez, Rodd Gray [Patti Le Plae Safe], Maggie Wu, Alexander...... Read More

Following Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were removed from their homes under the terms of Executive Order 9066 and forced into incarceration camps scattered across the western and southern United States. Using images, audio, interactives, and testimony, Courage and Compassion provides a 360-degree perspective of the World War II experience of Americans of Japanese ancestry while exploring the relevance of these events today....... Read More

The USA Film Festival will present the 38th Annual KidFilm Family Festival on Jan. 22-23, 2022. The program will feature an entertaining, educational and diverse line-up of new films for audiences of all ages as well as FREE BOOKS! Highlights of this year's program include: - New animated feature film MAYA THE BEE 3: THE GOLDEN ORB. - New live-action feature films including: THE WOLF AND THE LION, THE TIME GUARDIANS, KUNG FU GIRL, DWARF LONG NOSE, JIM BUTTON AND THE WILD 13, and BIRTA. -...... Read More

"Van Gogh and the Olive Groves" is the very first exhibition dedicated to Vincent van Gogh's important olive grove series created between June and December 1889 during his stay at the asylum of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Reunited for the first time, the paintings reveal Van Gogh's passionate investigation of the expressive powers of color and line, and his choice of the olive groves as an evocative subject. Van Gogh and the Olive Groves highlights exciting new discoveries about the...... Read More