Saturday 11.01
Openly gay singer-songwriter Matt Alber performs concert
Matt Alber’s musical style has been compared to Rufus Wainwright and John Grant, with elements of folk, soul and R&B thrown in for good measure. The two-time Grammy Award winner is equally at home pairing his vocals with acoustic guitar or piano, which should all be in evidence on Saturday when he performs a benefit concert at the Sammons Center, with proceeds benefiting the Turtle Creek Chorale.
DEETS:
Sammons Center for the Arts.
3630 Harry Hines Blvd.
6:16 p.m. VIP reception; 7:30 p.m. curtain.
$50–$75
TurtleCreek.org
Sunday 11.02
‘Salome’ continues DO’s season
The Dallas Opera kicked off its season last week with a delightful version of Le Nozze di Figaro (read our review on Page 23), but that’s not the only opera you can see this month. Richard Strauss’ Salome — adapted from Oscar Wilde’s racy play — is running in repertory with Figaro at the Winspear, with the next performance a matinee Sunday, but there are three more chances to see it this week. Out director Francesca Zambello stages all the bloody fun.
DEETS:
Winspear Opera House
2403 Flora St.
Nov. 2 at 2 p.m., Nov. 5 and Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m.
DallasOpera.org.
Wednesday 11.05
Lone Star Film Fest opens with film about gay icon Alan Turing
Fort Worth’s Lone Star Film Festival is in its fifth year, and it opens this week with the hotly-anticipated film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turning, the codebreaker who saved the world from Nazis … and was persecuted for being gay. It will screen at The Modern Wednesday, but a whole slate of gay-interest films will play through Nov. 9 at the Bass, the AMC and other venues.
DEETS:
The Imitation Game at The Modern Art Museum
3200 Darnell, Fort Worth., 9 p.m.
For full schedule, visit LoneStarFilmFestival.com.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition October 31, 2014.