2/8
SECOND SUNDAYS AT DC: DANCE + MOVEMENT WORKSHOP
Dallas-based dance artist Lauren Kravitz joins Dallas Contemporary for a guided movement workshop inspired by the gestures, tensions and layered physicality of the current exhibition Pam Evelyn: Salvaged Future. No prior dance experience is needed. Participants are invited to explore presence, motion and the echoes of the artworks through their own bodies.
2/13-15
Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s 2026 Cultural Awareness Series opens with KALEIDOSCOPE. The Wyly Theatre comes alive with the powerful choreography of Dianne McIntyre’s “The Nina Simone Project” alongside Tommie-Waheed Evans’ evocative “Bodies as Sites of Faith and Protest.”
2/21
DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE PRESENTATION BALL
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra League Presentation Ball celebrates 40 years of music and impact. Honorary chairs Fanchon and Howard Hallam join co-chairs Maggie Kipp and Kristin Hallam for the milestone event. Since 1998, the League has given more than $25 million to bring the DSO’s music to over 240,000 children and families each year.
Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, Coming Out of Church (La salida de la iglesia), before 1875. Oil on canvas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
2/22–6/21
Raimundo de Madrazo makes its U.S. debut at the Meadows Museum at SMU, following its premiere at Fundación MAPFRE in Madrid. The first retrospective devoted to the artist, the exhibition traces Madrazo’s rise as one of the Belle Époque’s most celebrated painters, featuring nearly 75 works from major museums and private collections. The Meadows Museum is the only venue outside Madrid to present the exhibition.
2/23
Some of the city’s top chefs are coming together for a special event benefiting KidLinks. Honorary chef chairs Jennie Kelly and Brandon Moore of Fond lead a lineup that includes Aaron Collins of Café Momentum, Michael Matis of Fearing’s Restaurant, Franchesa Nor of Dive Coastal Cuisine and more. Guests will enjoy an interactive, chef-prepared four-course dinner paired with wine from world-class vineyards, a silent auction featuring exclusive experiences and additional surprises. The event runs from 6:00 to 9:15 p.m. at the Astoria Event Center in Irving, Texas.
2/25-3/22
At Bryant Hall on the Kalita Humphreys Theater Campus, Dallas Theater Center presents Where We Stand by Donnetta Lavinia Gray, directed by Akin Babatunde. Broadway actress and Dallas favorite Liz Mikel stars as a lone storyteller who conjures a world through music and magic. In this interactive town hall–style play, the audience faces a choice: mercy or justice? Stay late conversations will happen after every performance with Mikel.
2/27-3/1
This program features four standout works in one evening, from Tim O’Keefe’s sweeping Violin Concerto in D to Martha Graham’s expressive Diversion of Angels. The night includes the world premiere of O’Keefe’s contemporary Bolero and concludes with Paul Taylor’s high-energy Company B, set to the swing-era hits of The Andrews Sisters. Matinee and evening performances will be held at the Wyly Theatre.