Calendar Highlights For The Weekend, June 8 & 9

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DISD, Junior Players and Kitchen Dog Theater have partnered to present a play festival. It’s called PUP Fest and it showcases jury-selected works by student playwrights. Don’t miss the one-day festival, Saturday at Booker T. Washington High School.
Also on Saturday, check out the Final Round and awards ceremony of the Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition. The remaining three pianists will perform with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the Meyerson Symphony Center.
On Sunday, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra performs A Little Night Music at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The ensemble’s principal oboist, Corning Lucio, will take the spotlight as the orchestra performs Mozart’s Oboe Concerto.
Finally, throughout the weekend, Jubilee Theatre stages a firey drama about race, police brutality and moral decision making. The production, called “Split Second” is sure to spark a conversation.

For more on these and other events, explore the Art&Seek calendar.

About Gila Espinoza

Gila Espinoza is an Associate Producer for Content at KERA and Coordinator for the Art&Seek calendar. Gila has worked on many of KERA’s local and national, award-winning productions, and for Art&Seek, she works with arts organizations and assists them in their calendar submissions. View more about Gila Espinoza.