In order to keep the momentum going throughout the year, the Dallas Festival Salon is programmed bi-monthly to discuss ideas that are vital to the future of our city. Please join us. We want to see you and hear your voice! The next Dallas Festival Salon is January 26th, 2016, 6:30 to 8:00 pm, at the Hall of State in Fair Park, the home of the 2016 Dallas Festival of Ideas! Doors open at 6:00 pm. Online registration has closed. Walk-ins will be welcomed tomorrow evening at the Hall of State. … [Read more...]
The Physical City Salon:
Update: The 2015 Dallas Festival of Ideas Action Committees
The first annual Dallas Festival of Ideas is delivering results. Five volunteer-led Action teams have been hard at work shaping the city of the future by turning ideas into action in the 2015 Festival’s five areas of focus: innovation, culture, our city's physical environment, education and politics. Projects currently underway include: A community-based crowdfunding / crowdsourcing website, a mobile cultural unit, a real estate investment trust for southern Dallas, a national search for … [Read more...]
#DallasIdeas 2015: The Political City
The inaugural For the City: The Dallas Festival of Ideas, presented by The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture in partnership with The Dallas Morning News, took place Saturday, February 28, 2015, in the Dallas Arts District. National keynote speakers Vishaan Chakrabarti, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Elizabeth Green, Rahaf Harfoush, and Luis Alberto Urrea joined fresh local leaders from diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise to help focus the power of ideas on shaping Dallas’ future. With … [Read more...]
#DallasIdeas 2015: The Physical City
The inaugural For the City: The Dallas Festival of Ideas, presented by The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture in partnership with The Dallas Morning News, took place Saturday, February 28, 2015, in the Dallas Arts District. National keynote speakers Vishaan Chakrabarti, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Elizabeth Green, Rahaf Harfoush, and Luis Alberto Urrea joined fresh local leaders from diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise to help focus the power of ideas on shaping Dallas’ future. With … [Read more...]
#DallasIdeas 2015: The Innovative City
The inaugural For the City: The Dallas Festival of Ideas, presented by The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture in partnership with The Dallas Morning News, took place Saturday, February 28, 2015, in the Dallas Arts District. National keynote speakers Vishaan Chakrabarti, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Elizabeth Green, Rahaf Harfoush, and Luis Alberto Urrea joined fresh local leaders from diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise to help focus the power of ideas on shaping Dallas’ future. With … [Read more...]
#DallasIdeas 2015: The Educated City
The inaugural For the City: The Dallas Festival of Ideas, presented by The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture in partnership with The Dallas Morning News, took place Saturday, February 28, 2015, in the Dallas Arts District. National keynote speakers Vishaan Chakrabarti, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Elizabeth Green, Rahaf Harfoush, and Luis Alberto Urrea joined fresh local leaders from diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise to help focus the power of ideas on shaping Dallas’ future. With … [Read more...]