Spotlight Sunday: AT&T Performing Arts Center Opening Oct 18

The week's Grand Opening celebrations of the AT&T Performing Arts Center culminate with a district-wide "open house" festival. Free and open to the public, the day will include family-friendly activities, venue tours, and indoor and outdoor "spotlight" performances by the Center's resident companies and national, regional and local talent spanning dance, music, opera and theater. It will also feature free admission to exhibitions at Arts District museums and other venues, giving access to special programming they created just for this occasion.

Highlights of the day include:

AT THE AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
• Tours of the Winspear and the Wyly
• Nationally acclaimed flutist Nestor Torres
• Multi-instrumentalist virtuoso Ellis Hall
• Mass Ensemble creates giant sculptural instruments as their performance backdrop
• Anti-Gravity's champion athletes and urban dancers deliver Cirque-like acrobatic performance art
• Ballet, ballroom, hip-hop, jazz and modern dance
• Culturally diverse performances including lion dance, African drum and dance, flamenco and folklorico
• Gospel, chorale and youth chorus groups
• Fireworks show at 7:45 p.m.

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