The Black Academy of Arts and Letters — Attraction in Dallas

The Black Academy Of Arts and Letters 4TH RiverFront Jazz Festival put on this exciting and successful event under the direction of Mr.Shun King! The event kicked off Thursday, with AT&T DISCOVERY DISTRICTKICKOFF. Queen Indy B, Host, 94.5 FM Radio Personality. You know it was on and popping at The AT&T Plaza; with Dallas on Yarborough & Peoples amoung a host of other star talents. FRIDAY! What A Lineup of talent. Come on Y'all! ERYKAH BADU ? WHAT ! Put on a concert! You already know she is an ARTIST! She put on a performance that eclipced her on repitation. Give her the Keys to The City, Dallas' on Queen Of Soul! Now, please forgive me if I don't mention everything that went on its just too much information and activities to cover. Saturday! I can't begin to explain the host of activities, Vendors, and star personalities from Gina Rogers,Steve Pickett, Keith Solis,Rob Lloyd, and Reuben Lael, just to name a few. There were mulitiple concerts on going simultaneously on different Stages, Jazz, Soul, Blues, and Funk. A great mixture of star entertainment. I waited for Con Funk Shun at 8:30pm, and the wait was well worth it. They had everybody up on the feet partying like no tomorrow. Which lead me to Sunday. Today is Sunday, of course I'm going back for artist like Will Downing, Peabo Bryson, and Jeffrey Osborne. Y'all better come on you can still get tickets. I'm taking my lovely wife on her 55th Birthday! We are...

I'd give this place a much higher rating, actually would give it 5 stars, if the staff manager or supervisor wouldn't run as tight a ship as he does. The facilities are beautiful, clean, and can make for a great experience. However, the staff manager doesn't understand giving more leeway or accommodating for events...generosity is missing, and maybe some kindness? The event we participated in ended up needing more tables than were originally reserved (by only one or two tables), and mostly because we were told we'd get 8 foot tables, and were given 6 foot tables. He was also very adamant that we were only allowed two chairs at each table, when we had more vendors behind those tables. But the saddest part was that hot dogs were brought to feed families, and they needed to be re-heated, but he refused to give even any microwave access. 😒 In short, without the management understanding the value of being accommodating, the facility won't be able to maximize the enjoyment of the guests, and word of mouth is so important! If they can change their perspective on...

On October 9th we attended the stage play Her lies his secrets. This was our anniversary weekend, which should have been a wonderful experience which it wasn't, this was the worse experience ever. First of all we paid 40.00 extra per ticket for a VIP package that no one knew what that was or what it consists of. We paid 239.00 for the same as general admission, I even called several times before the event to see what all was included in the VIP package, but no one could give me an answer. And yhe play with horrible, 65% of the play you couldn't hear because the actors mikes were not working and some of the stars they advertised on the flyer were not there.A And whn I tried to leave comments on their Facebook page they erased my comments and blocked me from commenting...