moderndallas.calendar SEPTEMBER 2010

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sept.
11

FREE Water-Wise Landscape Seminars
Mountain View College Performance Hall
4849 W. Illinois Avenue, Dallas 75211
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sponsored by: Dallas Water Utilities, City of Dallas Stormwater Management
and Mountain View College .

Plan to attend one or both of our free seminars. Landscape designer and
author Bonnie Reese will be the speaker at both sessions. The first 100
attendees at each session will receive a copy of Ms. Reese’s
book, “Common-Sense Landscaping.” Attendees can also enter a
drawing for a free 60-gallon rain barrel at the end of each session.
Rain barrels generously donated by Catch the Rain, LLC.

Water-Wise Landscape Design 101
9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Whether you have a new landscape or plan to update an existing area, it is
critical to begin with a gooddesign. This program teaches the principles of
landscape design with an emphasis on how to create a beautiful landscape
that will save resources - natural and financial!

Fantastic Plants for North Texas
1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Using colorful photographs, Bonnie demonstrates the natural beauty of native
and adapted plants that thrive in the North Texas region. Learn when, where
and how to plant each of the recommended plants,their size and height at
maturity, seasonal color, texture and more. This program provides information
on trees, shrubs, vines, perennials, groundcovers and turf grasses.

Space is limited, please register online at SaveDallasWater.com or by calling
(214) 670-3155. Let us know which seminar(s) you would like to attend, and
how many will be attending in your group.

please support
our charities

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sept.
14

TEDxSMU and SculptCAD invite you to the
SculptCAD Rapid Artists Salon and
Sculpture Exhibition

Twelve artists diverged from their regular mediums and were set loose to
create work using state of the art digital media.

Please join us for the exhibit and a TEDxSMU Salon with SculptCAD
President Nancy Hairston and a panel of artists involved with the project.
Afterward the artists will be available for one-on-one discussions about their work,
inspirations and the experience of working with 3D modeling technology.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Ginger Fox, Shawn Smith, Jay Sullivan, Heather Gorham,
Tom Lauerman, Dave Van Ness, Mark Grote, Heather Ezell, Albert Scherbarth,
Brad Ford Smith, Shane Pennington and Nancy Hairston

Tuesday, September 14th
6:00 - 8:00 pm, presentations at 6:30
One Arts Plaza Lobby
1722 Routh Street, Dallas TX
Tickets available through www.tedxsmu.org/events/

The exhibition runs free to the public through October 16th

For more information about the project www.sculptcadrapidartists.com

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sept.
15

The Architecture Happy Hour

The Architecture Happy Hour September Networking Event
5-7pm

Bella Bar & Restaurant
2626 Howell Street
Dallas TX 75204
214-855-5001

Join us for this fun, social happy hour where you'll meet quality professionals
in the architecture, design, real estate, and construction industries. This
happy hour is fully devoted to what you all do best...
socializing and making connections.

This is a place to meet new people, trade business cards and make plans for
one-on-one appointments outside the happy hour. This event has already
produced amazing REAL opportunities for business between members.

Join us for casual networking, great drink specials and FREE food!
Bring a friend and lots of business cards.
Parking: $5 Valet

If you have questions please contact Dallas Architect,
Laura Davis at 214-751-2300 or laura@hpdarch.com.

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sept.
28

Introduction to Natural Stone
5:30 Networking + Appetizers
6:00 Class Begins

Mark Vonnahme will be the course presenter and is certified by the Marble
Institute of America in the presentation of this course. The session will be
one-hour of CEPH. Mark has worked in the stone industry for more than
fifteen year, and has consulted on a variety of projects.

Course Description:
Attendees will gain knowledge in the ways that different stones are formed
and quarried. The class also focuses on applications, practical issues and
problems, and finishes available. The one-hour session addresses definitions
and classifications for a clearer understanding of Stone's appropriate use
in today's buildings and interiors.

Hosted By: Kerr Collection
International on Turtle Creek
1500 Turtle Creek Blvd., Ste. 204
Dallas, TX 75207
214-741-4850

IFDA Members - No Charge
Guests - $25
Pay at Door

RSVP: ifdatexas@gmail.com.

www.ifdatexas.com

The Writer’s Garret
in cooperation with
The McKinney Avenue Contemporary
present
A Literary Night in Dallas
A reading by:
Richard Wirick + Jonathan Woods
Bryan Woolley
moderated by Scott Montgomery
6.30pm

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sept.
29

A Benefit Reception for
The Dallas Women's Foundation
at
Haley Henman Gallery
6.30pm

Esther Ritz and Haley-Henman are donating twenty percent of all sales during this event to
The Dallas Women's Foundation. There will also be a silent auction of a painting by
Ms. Ritz that will be donated to the foundation.

This reception is free and open to the public.

Haley-Henman Gallery
2335 Hardwick Street
Dallas, Texas 75208
214-749-1277
haleyhenman.com.

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sept.
23-26

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23rd Annual VideoFest

The 23rd Annual VideoFest will be at the Angelika Film Center.
The oldest and largest video and film festival in the nation, VideoFest
shows a diverse range of works by regional, national and international
video and film artists that are hard to find at the local video store, the movie
theater or on Netflix. Because VideoFest is different than a traditional film
festival or just going to a movie, expect something different! For the third
year in a row, the VideoFest will be presented thru I-Tunes. VideoFest is
presented by Video Association of Dallas.

Patrons may purchase day passes ($25 or $35 depending on day) or All-Festival
passes ($75) for over 150 programs making this Festival the best deal in town.
Buy tickets online in advance or at the door day of show.
Visit www.videofest.org for more information or call 214-428-8700.

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