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The Board of Trustees has announced the appointment of Kevin Moriarty as Artistic Director of the Dallas Theater Center, effective September 4, 2007.

Nine Companies. Four Weekends. Bath House Cultural Center presents the 9th annual Festival of Independent Theatres July 13-August 4, 2007.

Garland Civic Theatre has announced plans for an audition workshop to be offered for youth actors, ages 8 to 18 at the theatre’s facilities at 108 North Sixth Street in downtown Garland. The date for the Saturday afternoon session is May 26, 2007 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. The class which is limited to 20 students will learn what to expect when they attend an audition. At the beginning of the session a photo will be taken so that everyone leaves with a headshot for their auditions. The cost for this session is $40. Call 972-485-8884 to register for any or all of the classes.

Effective Aug. 1, Mr. Jonathan Palant has been appointed the new artistic director of the Turtle Creek Chorale, according to an announcement today from Mr. Peter Anderson, board chair.

Dallas Symphony Orchestra presents the unique concert series Video Games Live™ June 20 and 21 at the Meyerson Symphony Center. Video Games Live™ is an immersive concert event featuring music from the most popular video games of all time. Top orchestras & choirs perform along with exclusive video footage and music arrangements, synchronized lighting, solo performers, electronic percussionists, live action and unique interactive segments to create an explosive entertainment experience!

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Two years ago Combined Arts Media, Inc. launched a website that provides information about cultural arts events in Tarrant and Travis Counties. Since then, www.guidetothecity.org has had more than three million accesses and nearly 300,000 unique visitors. Now, Combined Arts Media announces the creation and implementation of a unique online ticketing service specifically designed for small to mid-sized arts organizations featured on GuideToTheCity.

Faced with potentially serious structural problems involving its current facility, the arts group recently announced that it will postpone its regular season, and instead perform a series of fundraisers designed to amass capital for a new building.

Among the line-up will be the World Premiere of the Salzburg Marionette Theatre’s “The Sound of Music”, and the U.S. Premiere co-production of “The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead.”

House of Blues Entertainment, Inc. is expanding in Dallas with a House of Blues®-branded club in the city’s 75-acre, $3 billion plus Victory Park urban core development. The company announced today that a lease was signed with Laws Street Development, L.P., a partnership between Hillwood and Tomlinson-Leis Corporation. Construction will begin immediately. The restaurant and premier performance space is slated to open in early 2007 and will provide a venue for local and national touring artists, distinctive Southern-inspired cuisine, a unique décor incorporating items from of one of the largest collections of outsider folk art in the United States and a Foundation Room – a private membership lounge and fine dining space.