March is here… and maybe spring?  I am looking forward to some great (think positive) weather with perfect days and cool nights.

Spring and summer are busy here at the Belmont.  We’re planning some great warm-weather entertainment.  Stay tuned for more information about our exciting new summer music series, Barefoot At The Belmont.  Our friends at Bend Studio are putting together an awesome calendar of concerts for May and June, out by the pool with that amazing view of the Dallas skyline in the background. Watch for the schedule and ticket information to be released soon. It's going to be a memorable summer on The Green.

And speaking of green, St. Paddy's Day will be here before we know it, with all the green beer and Irish whiskey you can drink.  The 29th Annual Greenville Ave. St. Patrick's Day Parade will be on Sat, March 15th starting at 11 a.m… I'll be there.  Be sure to catch Ghostland Observatory performing at the corner of Greenville and University at the Dallas Observer's St. Patrick's Day Party. 

After an evening of Irish Pride catch a cab to the Belmont and spend the night with us… show your refined side at Symphonic Sunday at the Nasher.  From firing up the grill and watching the Mavs rack up another win to catching all the sights Dallas has to offer, March is going to roar like a lion.

Jason Wehrmann
Front Desk Manager

REAL GOOD FOOD... AT THE BELMONT HOTEL

We're roaring into March with a new, updated menu.  We’ve been listening and taking notes.  We’ve got soup and salad combinations at lunch now… you can order the Belmont Chicken Sandwich 3 different ways… we’ve added four new dinner entreés… you can add Rock Shrimp to your salad.  And there’s more, so drop by and check out our new offerings.

Cliff opens daily at 7 am serving Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Seven Days a Week. Open Monday thru Thursday until 10 pm, Friday and Saturday until 11 pm, and until 9 pm on Sunday. Click here to visit our website and check out the menus

BAREFOOT AT THE BELMONT

It's all about warm summer nights… grass between your toes… an amazing view… thirst-quenching cocktails… and some of the best independent music in Dallas.  In May, Bend Studios we will be kicking off the first Barefoot At The Belmont music series out by the pool… on The Green… on a cliff overlooking downtown Dallas.  The musician line-up will include such favorites as…

Charlie Sexton
Shannon McNally
Fastball
Grayson Capps

We'll be firming up the schedule and ticket availability soon, so get your lawn blankets ready and keep checking the Bend Studio website…
www.bendstudio.com/intimate_concerts.htm

BELMONT HEALTH CLUB
2001 Sylvan Avenue
Dallas, TX 75208

People greatly overestimate what they can accomplish in a short amount of time. People greatly underestimate what they can accomplish in the long term.
- Brian Buffini

The Belmont Health Club provides hotel guests and the local community with a truly exceptional gym. Many travelers return repeatedly to the Belmont Hotel because of the high quality health club. The club is nicer and more extensive than you might expect.

Our equipment includes:

• Treadmills, elliptical machines and bikes for cardiovascular
  
• Free Motion chest press and Free Motion dual cable crossover
  
• Six stations of Precor strength machinery, cable-based
  
• Precor leg press, prone position
  
• Free weights and rubber dumbbells from 1 to 100 pounds
  
• Olympic lifting platform
  
• Swiss Balls, medicine balls, jump ropes, bands, and more!
  
• Key-card access available from the front desk

Our services include:

• Exercise coaching
  
• Stress management programming
  
• Nutritional consulting
  
• Massage therapy for pain relief or relaxation
  
• Golf and athletic development conditioning
  
• Weight loss and detoxification programs

Belmont Health Club memberships and services are available to the local community.

• Free 2 week trial membership with no obligation or hidden cost
  
• Affordable monthly membership available with no contract
• Extended hours, including Saturday, Sunday and holidays
• A life changing attitude and atmosphere
  
• A non-intimidating gym for those beginning a new program


• Assistance with the motivation needed to get started

Questions? Email healthclub@belmontdallas.com or call Chris (214 734-8204) or Daryl (817 821-6424) to set up a consultation and tour.

Live Music at BarBelmont
Join us every Thursday evening for a cocktail and live music on the BarBelmont patio.

The Dallas Public Library
2951 S Hampton Rd
Dallas, TX 75224

Fool For Love
By Sam Shephard
Through Mar 29, 2008, 8 pm
www.foolforlovedallas.com

"FOOL FOR LOVE" is Sam Shepard’s most unsettling play telling the story of a struggle, mostly of words, between two on-again/off-again lovers. Set in the barren outskirts of the New Mexico desert at a seedy Motel - May has taken refuge in her flight from Eddie, a rough-spoken rodeo performer, with whom she has had a passionate love/hate relationship. Their detrimental symbiotic natures become apparent as the accusations fly; making matters worse a young man arrives to court May, all while their caustic situation is commented upon by a mysterious, ghostly figure watching from the edge of the stage.

LaReunion Announcement Party
PanAmerican ArtProjects
1615 Dragon Street
Dallas, TX 75207
214.522.3303
Sat, March 1, 6-8 pm

130 registrants from 6 continents entered the La Reunion, Texas, a non-profit artist residency contest Make Space for Art. The announcement party is being held at PanAmerican ArtProjects' showroom - find out who wins the $5000 juried architecture Grand Prize for an artist studio and short-term housing space. Live music will be provided by Escalator Maintenance Society, a small ensemble featuring toy pianos and cello that boasts Jason Roberts and Tim Ruble from The Happy Bullets and Kris Youmans from The Paper Chase.

The 29th Annual Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Greenville Avenue between Blackwell St. and Yale Blvd. Dallas, TX 75231
http://www.greenvilleavenue.org/paradepopup.html

Barry Manilow
Sat, March 15, 2006, 11 am

Symphonic Sunday at the Nasher
Nasher Sculpture Center
2001 Flora St Dallas, TX 75201
214.242.5100
http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/
Sun, Mar 16, 2008, 10 am - 3 pm

Join us for a delightful afternoon of brunch, sculpture, and chamber music performed by musicians from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. To purchase tickets, call the DSO box office at 214.692.0203.

First Thursday
Bishop Arts District Bishop Avenue @ Seventh Street in Oak Cliff Dallas, TX 75208
Thu, Mar 6, 2008

Come to the historic Bishop Arts District and see for yourself what all of the buzz is about. Enjoy dining from fine to funky, take in an art gallery, get a massage or satisfy your shopping hunger at some of Dallas most unique, and interesting shops.

DECORAZON gallery
417 N. Bishop Avenue
Dallas, TX 75208
713.392.7014
http://www.decorazongallery.com/


Now through Mar 25, 2008...Yellow Shots, by artist Jesus Galvan, a surreal approach to some of life's small meanings. His paintings reflect on "nostalgic moments, recovering childhood elements and creating new emotional landscapes."

Daniel Padilla Gallery
838 W Davis Street
Dallas, TX  75208
214.946.1003
http://danielpadilla.com/index.html

The brothers Padilla, Daniel and Manuel have Oak Cliff to be home to their first family-owned gallery.  Their work can also be found I galleries in Chicago, Houston, New Orleans, Santa Fe and McAllen.

Haley-Henman Gallery
2335 Hardwick Street
Dallas, TX  75208
214.749.1277
http://www.haleyhenman.com/index.html

Now through March 29, 2008… A Group Show: Nine Texas Artists Having Fun.

HALEY-HENMAN is a modern art gallery exhibiting art of all media by emerging and established artists, particularly supporting the diversity of our regional artists.  The gallery promotes the dialog among these artists and their collectors, and collaborates with other galleries and institutions. 

Opening Bell Coffeehouse
South Side On Lamar
1409 South Lamar Street, Basement #012
(Beleview Street entrance)
Dallas, TX  75215
http://www.openingbellcoffee.com/home

D Magazine calls Opening Bell the "Best Coffeehouse in Dallas."  Delicious pastries, FAIR TRADE coffee, music… and so much more that you are just going to have to check out their website to find out what they don't offer.  Whew… they're busy.

Poor David's Pub
1313 South Lamar Street
Dallas, TX 75215
http://www.poordavidspub.com/

Leland, The Band
Sat, Mar 1, 2008, 8 pm

Brave Combo
Fri, Mar 7, 2008

Austin Dames
Sat, Mar 7, 2008

Richard Julian
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 8:30 pm

Shawn Phillips
Fri, Mar 14, 2008, 7-9 pm

Homespun Remedies
Fri, Mar 14, 2008, 10 pm

Alex Skolnick Trio
Mon, Mar 17, 2008, 8 pm

Toy Hearts
Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 8 pm

The Charlie Shafter Band
Thu, Mar 20, 2008

Ernie Johnson
Fri, Mar 21, 2008

11 Fingered Charlie
Fri, Mar 28, 2008

Darby Darl
Sat, Mar 29, 2008

Bend Studios
5014 McKinney Avenue
Dallas, TX 75205
214.606.0770
http://www.bendstudio.com/intimate_concerts.htm

An Intimate Evening with Bill Harvey
Sat, Mar1, 2008, 8 pm

An Intimate Evening with Brooke Waggoner and Christopher Denny
with special guest Shawn Pander
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 8 pm

An Intimate Evening with Hoots and Hellmouth
with special guest Po' Girl
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 8 pm

An Intimate Evening with Am and Meiko
with special guest Bob Guittard
Fri, Mar 14, 2008, 8 pm

An Intimate Evening with Steve Poltz and the Truckee Brothers with special guest Jim Bianco
Sat, Mar 15, 2008, 8 pm

An Intimate Evening with Dana Cooper
Sun, Mar 16, 2008, 8 pm

An Intimate Evening with Patrice Pike
Fri, Mar 21, 2008, 8 pm

An Intimate Evening with Jonah Werner
Sat, Mar 22, 2008, 8 pm

An Intimate Evening with John McEuen
from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Sun, Mar 30, 2008, 8 pm

The Palladium Ballroom
1135 South Lamar
Dallas, TX 75215
214.606.0770
http://www.thepalladiumballroom.com/

Justice plus DJ Mehdi, Fancy
Tue, Mar 4, 2008, 7:30 pm

Mstrkrft plus La Riots, Lasaro Casanova
Sun, Mar 16 2008, 8 pm

Granada Theatre
3524 Greenville Ave.
Dallas, TX 75206
214.824.9933
http://www.granadatheater.com/

Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights
plus The Campaign
Sat, Mar 1, 2008, 10 pm

Monte Montgomery
plus Meagan Tubb
Fri, Mar 7, 2008, 8 pm

Centro-matic and South San Gabriel
plus Robert Gomez
Sat, Mar 8, 2008, 9 pm

Supersuckers
plus Railbenders, The Cut-Off
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 8 pm

Blue Cheer
plus Blood Of The Sun
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 8 pm

Cloud Cult and My Brightest Diamond
plus Kid Dakota
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 9 pm

The Lemonheads
plus The Icarus Line, Last Days of April
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 9 pm

Cas Haley & Woodbelly
plus Jah Roots, Fishing for Comets
Fri, Mar 14, 2008, 8 pm

The English Beat
plus 11 Fingered Charlie, Joint Method, Outlaw Nation
Sat, Mar 15, 2008, 7 pm

Jens Lekman
plus Hanne Hukkelberg
Sun, Mar 16, 2008, 8 pm

Gogol Bordello
Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 8 pm

Amazing Rhythm Aces
plus Stratoblasters
Sat, Mar 15, 2008, 7 pm

Sleeperstar
plus Chris Rice, Patrick Ryan Clark, Dear Employment
Sat, Mar 22, 2008, 8 pm

Shooter Jennings
plus The Drams, Miles From Nowhere
Sat, Mar 29, 2008, 8 pm

Anti-Flag
plus Street Dogs, The Briggs, Fake Problems
Mon, Mar 31, 2008, 7:30 pm

House of Blues
White Swan Building
2200 N. Lamar Street
Dallas, TX 75202
214.978.BLUE

http://www.hob.com/tickets/searchresults.asp?
venue=House%20of%20Blues%20Dallas

Gospel Brunch
Gospel Brunch served every Sunday… seatings at 10 am and 12:30 pm.
Call for reservations, 214.978.BLUE

RADIANT
Fri, Mar 7, 2008, 10:30 pm

George Thorogood & The Destroyers
with Billy Bob Thorton and Monkey Beat
Sun, Mar 9, 2008, 7:15 pm

Nicole Atkins & The Sea
with Astra heights and The Parlor Mob
Sun, Mar 9, 2008, 8 pm

X
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 8 pm

The Donnas
also Romance Fantasy
Fri, Mar 14, 2008, 8 pm

Trey Songz
with J. Holiday
Mon, Mar 17, 2008, 8 pm

Chrisette Michele
Tue, Mar 18, 2008, 8:30 pm

The BoDeans
Fri, Mar 21, 2008, 8 pm

Matt White
with Five Times August and Derek James
Fri, Mar 21, 2008, 8 pm

Daniel Tosh
Sat, Mar 29, 2008, 8:30 pm, 10:30 pm

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Michael Buble
with Special Raheem DeVaughn
Sun, Mar 2, 2008, 8 pm

Riverdance
Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 8 pm
Thu, Mar 20, 2008, 8 pm
Fri, Mar 20, 2008, 8 pm
Sat, Mar 21, 2008, 5 pm, 8 pm

Chris Rock
Thu, Mar 27, 2008, 7:30 pm

Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: 214.922.1200
http://dallasmuseumofart.org/
Dallas_Museum_of_Art/index.htm

Jazz in the Atrium
Enjoy a glass of wine in the Atrium Café and hear live jazz every Thursday, 6 to 8 pm.

Dallas Theatre Center
3636 Turtle Creek Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75219
Phone: 214.522.8499
http://www.dallastheatercenter.org/

The Blonde, The Brunette And The Vengeful Redhead
by Robert Hewett
Mar 5-23, 2008

One crime of passion.  Many perspectives.  The whole is definitely more than the sum of its parts in this highly acclaimed Australian play depicting the strange unraveling of Rhonda Russell's life.  A single actress plays seven roles in a funny, poignant, and ultimately redemptive dramatic tour de force.

Theatre Three
2800 Routh Street, Suite. 168
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: 214.871.3300
www.theatre3dallas.com

Crimes Of The Heart
By Beth Henley
Feb 14 - Mar 16, 2008
 
In Hazlehurst, Mississippi the three Magrath sisters face troubles both grave and hilarious but in the end manage to escape the past to seize the future. "Such is Miss Henley’s prodigious talent that she can serve us pain as though it were a piece of cake" - NY TIMES; "It has heart, wit and a surprisingly zany passion that carries it all before it" - NY Post

The La Vidas' Landlord
By Lawrence Weinstein
Mar 14-30, 2008
 
An idealistic high school teacher rents out an apartment to a political refugee from Central America, but there are more than minor philosophical differences between the two, which cannot be solved by the teacher's anxious attempts to be understanding.