1. The AMC Grand, the nation’s first megaplex movie theater, is closing after 15 years, as AMC has chosen not to renew its lease at the location, reports the Kansas City Business Journal. As reporter David Twiddy notes in the article, the AMC Grand ushered in a new era of movie watching which paired perks like stadium seating, large screens, great sound systems, and numerous show times, with an unquenchable appetite for blockbusters to fill said theaters. The AMC Grand sparked a building boom of megaplexes, however “almost all of the big chains — but not AMC — eventually went bankrupt because of the massive construction costs.”

2. Glasstire’s artist studio tour photo essay series, Glass Houses, catches up with Dallas artist Marjorie Schwarz, who works out of a spare bedroom in the back of her duplex apartment. It’s also a good excuse to catch up with the previous edition of Glass Houses, which featured FrontRow contributor Noah Simblist and his significant, artist Margaret Meehan.

3. Brace yourself for the latest arts controversy: next week the Cathedral of Hope opens Corpus Christi, a play by Texas-playwright Terrence McNally that sets a modern day retelling of biblical events in Texas, depicting Jesus and his Apostles as gay. The Dallas Voice speaks with director Nic Arnzen:

“We’ve been taking a deep breath about bringing this to Texas,” he says. “We were writing it off as all conservatives but then learned you have the largest gay church and the largest gay men’s chorus around.” That helped curb their concerns — although it  raised others.

“We have had a person walk out once because she thought it was a bad representation of Texas, not because of the way it portrayed [the gay-religious content],” he says. Ultimately, though, Arnzen thinks its message is affirming for gay people of faith and Texas.”