Things To Do In Dallas Tonight: Jan. 16

My friend Pam spent a fair amount of time on Saturday afternoon checking the availability of domain names for everyone she knows. Our mutual pal, Adam Playford, owns this. In Pam’s words, “what a tool.” (Don’t worry, she’d say that to his face.) I, however, do not own this. My only regret is that I didn’t come up with the tagline “All The Way With Elizabeth J” first.

In other news, happy MLK Day. You could celebrate a couple of ways, especially if you are lucky enough to have the day off. You could reread Letter From a Birmingham Jail. And you could also join the smart people at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Cultures for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium, taking place at the Winspear this evening. You’ll examine the traditions of the deep South and beyond that led to the Civil Rights movement– and of course, King’s all-important role in it. Isabel Wilkerson, the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in journalism for individual reporting, will give the keynote address. FrontRow has more about the annual event here.

And on the heels of The Artist cleaning up at the Golden Globes, the Texas Theatre is showing The Gold Rush. You know, that silent movie where Charlie Chaplin eats his shoe. His character travels to Alaska to seek his fortune, and instead falls in love with a saloon girl. What’s interesting is that Chaplin re-edited the film in 1942 to give it a happier ending. Since I’m already getting press releases about Valentine’s Day, this is, ugh, fine with me. I guess.

For more to do tonight, go here.