I’m not sure where this is in Dallas, but it’s the most EPIC ad I’ve ever seen. Via Craigslist:

Having an EPIC party that will literally make the attendees feel like they are in a scene from a movie! I need Human Statues to make this party really come to life…

Both Male and Female must be 18 and older (DUH) Some of you will wear Classic Greek robes some will be dressed like the mythological gods some will be nude

Pays 100.00 per hour (4 hours)

Nude Pays 200.00 per hour ( 4 hours)

Send a recent photo and YOU MUST BE IN SHAPE…NO old folks and no ugly people please…

I’m not an old folk, and I don’t think I’m ugly. See you suckers $800 later.

Preston Hollow has lots of interesting yard art, but this sculpture on Ursula Lane is a real pisser.

Greenhill senior Russell Houston won first place in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s annual Lynn Harrell Concerto Competition on April 14. The teen cellist played Schelomo by Bloch, and he received a $3500 scholarship. Russell was also given the opportunity to play a live recording on National Public Radio’s From the Top with the DSO next year. Russell has been playing cello since he was 10 years old. This fall, he will study cello at Northwestern’s Bienen School of Music. Bravo, Russell!

Free this Friday?

Mi Escuelita’s Spring Market will be under way at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, with more than 100 local vendors selling all sorts of crafts, clothes, decor, and baked goods.

The school’s website has all the details.

W.T. White Mixed Varsity Choir Performs @ Board Meeting from Dallas Independent School Dist on Vimeo.

H/T to Louisa Meyer at W.T. White for sending along this link.

Boom from AVP Films on Vimeo.

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how seven Greenhill short films were accepted into the Texas High School South by Southwest film festival, which was crazy because only 23 films were accepted from around the state.

Last night, Greenhill’s Andrew Fields, Daniel Matyas, and Brian Broder’s film Boom won best short film. I’m not surprised at all. These kids have incredible talent!

Quick note, if you made plans to attend Irish Tenor Anthony Kearns’ St. Patrick’s Day concert benefiting Jesuit: It’s canceled. We’re not sure why the show has been nixed, but any purchased tickets were refunded, says an employee of the AT&T Performing Arts Center, which handled sales.

For more about students’ August/September trip to Ireland (the impetus for Kearns’ show) click here.

Last night, I had a few minutes to kill before heading to a screening of Eddie Murphy’s latest terrible movie “1,000 Words.” If that sentence wasn’t enough to disuade you from seeing it, try this one: don’t go see it.

Anyway, I stopped in to Forestwood Center/parking lot full of stuff, hopped out, and looked around a bit. Here’s what I saw.

A quilt from Forestwood Shopping Center. Note: these are not swastikas; swastikas (after some disturbing Google Image searches) point clockwise. Still, maybe not the best quilt pattern.

At Kel's Kitchen, the plainest menu in the history of restaurants. I felt like I was buying coffee and pork commodities.

My dinner at Kel's Kitchen. For $8.90 (including tax) I got chicken-fried chicken, fried okra, macaroni and cheese, and cole slaw. If this isn't the most American thing you've seen all day, you're probably lying to yourself.

Norwood Flynn Gallery, just off Bachman Lake, is a pretty charming space. I was there last week meeting with the gallery’s curator Mabel Peck and interviewed an artist from their upcoming exhibit opening March 10, who is a long time Preston Hollow resident, and has done some amazing work. Check out my feature on him tomorrow in Preston Hollow People.

This morning though, Mabel send word that Norwood Flynn Gallery will host a show for the visual arts senior students from Booker T. Washington High School April 14-21, with an artist reception April 21 from 6-8 p.m.

She mentioned the exhibit during our meeting, and said the students always produce the most beautiful art (and often sell their art for little to nothing). All of the proceeds will benefit DADA’s Edith Baker Art Scholarship and the Artist Career Development Fund.

Ursuline Senior Kathleen Crossland’s ceramic sculpture may make your stomach turn, but it has received accolades and was recently accepted into the 15th Annual National K12 Ceramic Foundation Exhibit.

Titled “It’s What’s for Dinner,” Crossland’s sculpture was selected out of 1134 total entries. Only 150 ceramic pieces will be shown. The exhibition will be in Seattle during the National Council in Education for the Ceramic Arts conference March 27-30.