INSIDE THE GLASS HOUSE: On Thursday night, Christy MacLear, who is the Executive Director of Philip Johnson’s Glass House, will speak to the Dallas Architecture Forum. To get you ready for the event, the Dallas Center for Architecture blog offers this primer on Johnson’s many contributions to North Texas’ architectural landscape. Among his many local designs are the Amon Carter Museum, the JFK Memorial, Comerica Tower and the Crescent complex.

MUSIC BITS: Jason Vandygriff of Dallas punk-country band the Von Ehrics discusses a decade on the road (pegasusnews.com) … Denton label Gutterth Productions is about to put out a free compilation album featuring tons o’ local music (DC9 at Night) … Clues are starting to appear concerning the direction of Midlake’s upcoming Acts of Man album (quickdfw.com).

QUOTABLE: “We’re all very aware that this show could have gone one of two ways: It could have turned out like it has so far or, if nobody liked it, it could have wound up being nothing more than expensive home videos.”

– Plano actor Kevin McHale, who plays Artie Abrams on Glee, in an interview with dfw.com. Glee‘s season finale airs tonight at 8 on Fox.