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Fiction to Film: Philippa Gregory
When: Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Dallas Museum of Art (DMA), 1717 North Harwood Street, Dallas
Cost: $20 - $30
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As a special addition to its already stellar lineup, the Dallas Museum of Art is proud to announce an intimate fiction-into-film event with Philippa Gregory, bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl, as part of the 2008 Arts and Letters Live season.
Gregory will be speaking and signing books. Patrons that evening will also enjoy a dessert reception, courtesy of Arts & Letters Live, the DMA’s Professional Members League, Encore!, and AFI DALLAS International Film Festival. Ticketholders to that event will also receive passes to a complimentary preview screening of The Other Boleyn Girl, the film version of her bestselling novel starring Scarlett Johansson as Mary Boleyn, Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn, and Eric Bana as Henry VIII. The complimentary screening will take place at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at AMC NorthPark 15 theaters, courtesy of Columbia Pictures and Focus Features. The film will be released in theaters nationwide on February 29, 2008.
Tickets for this Arts & Letters Live event are $30 for adults, $25 for members, seniors and educators, and $20 for students. Visit the Arts & Letters Live Web site at www.DallasMuseumofArt.org/ALL or call 214-922-1818 to purchase them.
Information from the venue.
Some nearby drink specials on Feb. 26th
- T.G.I. Friday's (Dallas): 4 pm - 7 pm: $4 Long Island Iced Tea & signature margaritas, $3 premium pint features, $2 domestic pint features, $1 premiums / 11 am - 12 am: $2 Red Stripes
- St. Pete's Dancing Marlin: 4 pm - 6 pm: $0.50 off beer, $0.75 off liquor
- Club Dada: 5 pm - 7 pm: 1/2 price pints
- Miguel's Cantina: 4 pm - 7 pm: $3.75 margaritas, $2.75 well drinks, $2.50 Mexican beers
- McKinney Avenue Tavern (The MAT): 4 pm - 7 pm: $2 domestics, drafts, wells and talls
Some nearby restaurants
- Sol's Taco Lounge and Tango Bar
- Press Box Grill
- Record Grill
- El Fenix Mexican Restaurant (Dallas / McKinney & Woodall Rodgers)
- Far East Gourmet
Some nearby events on Feb. 26th
- Pat Peterson, Sambuca (Dallas), 7:30 p.m.
- Erykah Badu, House of Blues, 9 p.m.
- Cody Gill, Adair's Saloon, 9 p.m.
- A Celebration of Black History Month, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library (Dallas Public Library), 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- "Jane Austen: The Ethics of Mansfield Park", Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Event posted Feb. 7, 2008
Last updated Feb. 7, 2008
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