Things To Do In Dallas Tonight: Nov. 17

If your apartment resembles the set of a certain Joseph Gordon-Levitt movie, you really only have one option tonight.

Morrissey, ex-Smith’s crooner and icon for disenfranchised youth everywhere, is here at long last. Over on FrontRow, Christopher Mosley was extremely excited when this show was announced back in September. He’s not any less excited now. Something to look forward to: the 52-year-old taking off his designer shirt and flinging it into the audience at least a couple times during the night. The smallish McFarlin auditorium still has nice seats available, for all you last-minute types, but maybe plan to bring a pocket pack of Kleenex just in case your emotions overwhelm.

I encourage those in the SMU neighborhood earlier in the day, maybe around lunch, to drop by the DeGolyer Library. It has a really cool (and yes, fine, somewhat nerdy) exhibit right now showcasing 175 years of Texas literary history, from pre-Independence fiction to the first novel ever printed in Fort Worth. Of course, work by notables like Katherine Anne Porter, William Humphrey, William Goyen, and Larry McMurtry is also on display. Unfortunately, the library closes at 5 p.m., so you can’t just hide out there until Morrissey takes the stage. The original Campisi’s? Fireside Pies? Right this second, I really want pizza. But should you feel like something else tonight, check out a wealth of nearby options.

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