Douglas Newby Insights - Page 60

Sir David Frost Discussed His Richard Nixon Interview With Frank Langella who Played Richard Nixon in the Recent Movie Frost/Nixon

Sir David Frost, with his signature red socks and English delivery, charmed the crowd with his humor and insights at the Brinker International Forum held at the Winspear Opera House in the Arts District of Dallas. Sir David Frost, who interviewed Richard Nixon, compared notes with Frank Langella, who played Richard Nixon in the movie Frost/Nixon.

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Country Creatures and Urban Comfort

This pastoral neighborhood of Dallas has its advantages and disadvantages. Squirrels are a horrible nuisance if they are in one’s own house, but great fun to watch if they are in someone else’s house. Here a 1907 Prairie style house is the home of this young squirrel family.

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey Is Introduced to Russell Martin and the DeGolyer Library

Betsy Hailey, author of A Woman of Independent Means and other great works, came to Dallas to meet Russell Martin and to visit the DeGolyer Library. The DeGolyer Library is the home of many great collections and papers, including works by prominent Dallas residents, like Stanley Marcus, and authors, such as Horton Foote. What better way for Russell Martin and Pamalla Anderson, also with the library, to discuss the monumental role of the Forsythe and Hailey families and their contribution to Dallas and the arts than at Café Pacific on a spring day in Highland Park Village?

Pearl Cup Changes Tone of Henderson Avenue and East Dallas

Louie’s across the street has always been the destination point of Henderson Avenue. Now Pearl Cup draws people from Highland Park, Preston Hollow, East Dallas and Uptown. Interesting restaurants and modern shops soon followed.

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Mockingbird Station – Home of the Angelika Film Center Dallas

The Angelika Film Center Dallas, in East Dallas next to University Park, is showing films and getting ready for the spring DALLAS International Film Festival. Dallas homeowners have had a long love affair with film festivals since the USA Film Festival was founded in 1970.

Mitt Romney Stumps at the Hilton Anatole Hotel

The Hilton Anatole hotel, a landmark of the Stemmons Corridor, was the location for Mitt Romney to promote his book and political future. Dallas residents from across the city, including Bluffview, Greenway Parks, Lakewood, Volk Estates, Kessler Park, and the Park Cities, came to hear him speak.

Bella Bar & Restaurant Across from the Quadrangle in Dallas

The Quadrangle has long been a centerpiece of Oak Lawn and Uptown in Dallas with their stores, shops, restaurants, and theater being close to Highland Park and Turtle Creek homeowners.

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Wynton Marsalis Comes to the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center

Dallas and Highland Park homeowners enjoyed hearing Wynton Marsalis and his band with influences from New Orleans, New York and Washington, D.C. at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.

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The Winspear Opera House – Perfect Setting for Brinker International Lecture Series Film Lecture Panel

The Winspear Opera House was the setting for film directors and producers, Bob Balaban, Peter Guber and Brett Ratner, and moderator Campbell Brown, discussing the economic and artistic direction of small independent films and major blockbusters. Afterwards, participants walked to the area bars and restaurants at One Arts Plaza across from the Wyly Theatre to continue the conversation.

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