Via Art & Seek, the Kitchen Dog Theater is getting ready to launch its own theatrical premiere in the 2010-2011 season. The McKinney Avenue-based theater is partnering with two other theater companies, Aurora Theatre in Berkeley and the Curious Theatre in Denver to produce what will be called a “rolling” premiere of Allison Moore’s latest play, Collapse. It isn’t the first time Moore’s work has been performed at Kitchen Dog. In fact, three of her plays have been performed there in recent years, including last season’s Slasher.

The Psychedelic Furs swing through the Granada tomorrow night, and we have a pair of tickets to giveaway. To get your hands on them, send me (peter.simek@dmagazine.com) your top three albums produced by Steve Lillywhite, the producer behind the Fur’s self-titled debut.

Photo: Rich Good of the Psychedelic Furs (Credit Scott Dudelson via WikiCommons)

Update: Wow, those tickets disappeared faster than Keyser Söze. But stay tuned, we’ll have a number of Granada giveaways coming up in the next few weeks.

Earlier this week we launched a video competition called “The Texture of Dallas,” which solicits videos created on mobile phones or Flip-style cameras. One reader wondered if there were any restrictions on editing software. The answer is no, but, if you have the new iPhone 4, the question is also moot. Check out the film “Apple of My Eye,” shot and edited on the new fancy phone from Jobs and company. Almost as fascinating is the behind the scenes footage that shows the rigs used to create the film. The quality of the images and the new angles and movement the iPhone allows is jaw dropping.

The annual Preservation Dallas list of endangered buildings was released this morning, and many of the properties included don’t come as a surprise. There’s the Old Dallas High School across the street from the Pearl St. DART station, the Statler Hilton, Deep Ellum (uh, all of it), and 508 Park Ave., where bluesman Robert Johnson recorded in the 1930s.  Some of the surprising items on the list include entire groups of properties, such as the historic buildings owned by the ..read more

Peter Simek:  OMG! So The Angelika had a marathon last night: Twilight at 7 p.m., New Moon at 9 .m. and then Eclipse at midnight. The only reason I totally wasn’t there was because I don’t think I could have handled looking at Jacob for all that time.  Too emotionally intense.

Will Arbery:  Yeah, you kept saying that you wanted him to put on a shirt. Are you jealous, Pete?

PS: Jealous, embarrassed, emasculated. You know, just like high school. And for ..read more

1.Superman news and reviews continue to trickle in. Kevin Moriarty spoke to Paste and Broadway World about the musical.

2. Choreographer Debbie Allen was in town to celebrate the 12^th year of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, being held in Dallas, as well as shake hands and raise funds for the academy. The academy has been running at Booker T. Washington High School since June 21, and it concludes with performances at the school this Friday.

3. KXT 91.7 has done us all a favor by archiving their in studio performances on a YouTube channel.

When 170 creative artists signed a letter attacking the Tate Britain for accepting sponsorship dollars from British Petroleum (BP), the esteemed museum found itself in a pickle. As this piece on the BBC’s website explains, philanthropic contributions to cultural organizations are two-sided business transactions. The arts organization receives much-needed funds, and the corporation receives the benefits of brand association, as well as extended accesses, free tickets, and other tangibles arts organizations can offer.

However, with so much riding on association, when reputation sours, the deal falls apart. So what happens when a philanthropic-minded company with the finances and reach like BP experiences a colossal blow to its reputation? The one-sided nature of arts sponsorships is revealed:

The other problem with a sponsorship built around brand association is when one of the parties loses its allure. Companies are quick to dump damaged goods such as a misbehaving celebrity. But arts organisations are loath to do the same; they would rather bank the much-needed money. . . .

What should the arts institutions do? Wave goodbye to a steadfast supporter when their need is greatest because of fears that their own reputations may be sullied by association? Or tough it out and hope the whole messy episode will be forgotten by Christmas?

An issue of Al Dia somehow ended up on the front lawn Saturday, which turned out to be fortuitous as it included a great feature titled “Goles de pelicula, ” which, from what I can tell, means something like “Movie Goals” (sorry, my Spanish is embarrassing). The piece recommends a large variety of football, er, soccer related films. I tried to find the piece online, but I can’t seem to locate it. So, after the jump, Al Dia’s recommended soccer ..read more

Gorilla Vs. Bear and Weekly Tape Deck have long been two of our favorite locally based (if not exactly locally focused) music blogs. So we are excited to see we will be getting a bit more from both now that they’ve joined forces with a handful of other national and international blogs (including the fantastic 20 Jazz Funk Greats and Yours Truly) to form Altered Zones, a sister site to Pitchfork “that will focus on leftfield pop, experimental, and ..read more

The Dallas Theater Center is launching a nationwide search for a new managing director after Mark Hadley, who has held the position for more than six years, announced he would step down after the start of the 2010-2011 season. Hadley’s final season coincided with the opening of the new Wyly Theater, and the theater company enjoyed record-breaking sales and its largest audience in its 51-year history. A full release is after the jump.

Dallas Theater Center Board of Trustees ..read more