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The end of an era as Art Conspiracy (ArtCon) will cease operations after almost 20 years

On Monday, the board of directors of Art Conspiracy (ArtCon), the Dallas-based nonprofit organization where artists and musicians “conspire” to raise funds for area programs and causes, announced its decision to cease operations. The annual art auction and music event raised half a million dollars in its time since 2005. For its final act, ArtCon made a final donation of $6,000 to Foundation 45. ArtCon would like to thank the Dallas arts community—particularly all the artists and volunteers...

Drag ban ruled unconstitutional

A federal judge in the Southern District of Texas today ruled the state’s drag ban, Senate Bill 12, is unconstitutional and issued a permanent injunction blocking the legislation from becoming law. The ruling stops the Texas Attorney General and other government officials from enforcing any provisions of the ban. Before issuing this permanent injunction, the court previously issued and extended a temporary restraining order, which prevented the law from going into effect Sept. 1. “Today’s...

The end of an era as Art Conspiracy (ArtCon) will cease operations after almost 20 years

On Monday, the board of directors of Art Conspiracy (ArtCon), the Dallas-based nonprofit organization where artists and musicians “conspire” to raise funds for area programs and causes, announced its decision to cease operations. The annual art auction and music event raised half a million dollars in its time since 2005. For its final act, ArtCon made a final donation of $6,000 to Foundation 45. ArtCon would like to thank the Dallas arts community—particularly all the artists and volunteers...

Make ‘now’ count

One person can make a difference for persecuted LGBTQ people in dangerous situations Memory and imagination make much of our inner life nonlinear. Friends who vanished 30 and 40 years ago remain as vivid to me as if we just met for dinner last week. One of science fiction’s strengths is that it can give us insights into ourselves by transporting us to other worlds. In “The Inner Light,” a 1992 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the Enterprise encounters a probe of unknown origin that...

 

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The end of an era as Art Conspiracy (ArtCon) will cease operations after almost 20 years

On Monday, the board of directors of Art Conspiracy (ArtCon), the Dallas-based nonprofit organization where artists and musicians “conspire” to raise funds for area programs and causes, announced its decision to cease operations. The annual art auction and music event raised half a million dollars in its time since 2005. For its final act, ArtCon made a final donation of $6,000 to Foundation 45. ArtCon would like to thank the Dallas arts community—particularly all the artists and volunteers...

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The end of an era as Art Conspiracy (ArtCon) will cease operations after almost 20 years

On Monday, the board of directors of Art Conspiracy (ArtCon), the Dallas-based nonprofit organization where artists and musicians “conspire” to raise funds for area programs and causes, announced its decision to cease operations. The annual art auction and music event raised half a million dollars in its time since 2005. For its final act, ArtCon made a final donation of $6,000 to Foundation 45. ArtCon would like to thank the Dallas arts community—particularly all the artists and volunteers...