News Archives - Junior League of Dallas https://www.jld.net/category/news/ Thu, 05 Sep 2019 20:50:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 2019 Milestones Luncheon Special Guest https://www.jldallas.org/news/one-last-post/ Tue, 11 Jun 2019 21:30:43 +0000 https://www.jldallas.org/?p=1139 Announcing the 2019 Milestones Luncheon Special Guest, Keri Russell!

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Keri starred in the FX hit series, “The Americans,” which was on air for six seasons. She has been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series three years in a row. She was also nominated for a Critics Choice Television Awards for Best Actress in a Television Drama Series in 2016.

Keri will next star as the female lead of Guillermo del Toro and Scott Cooper’s “Antlers” for Fox Searchlight Pictures. She will join the cast of the next installment of “Star Wars: Episode IX” written and directed by J.J. Abrams, which will be released on December 20th, 2019.

Her previous film credits include Gary Ross’ “The Free State of Jones” opposite Matthew McConaughey, Matt Reeves’ “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” opposite Jason Clarke and JJ Abrams’ “Mission: Impossible III” opposite Tom Cruise.

Keri’s was critically acclaimed for her performance in the independent film “Waitress,” written and directed by Adrienne Shelly. The National Board of Review named it one of the ten best independent films of the year.

In the theater world, Keri will star on Broadway as ‘Anna’ in the highly anticipated new staging of Lanford Wilson’s “Burn This” which will be directed by Tony winner Michael Mayer and co-starring Adam Driver. “Burn This” tells the story of four New Yorkers whose lives are uprooted by a young dancer’s accidental death. Set in downtown New York in the 1980s, the drama explores the spiritual and emotional isolation of ‘Pale’ (Driver) and the modern dancer ‘Anna,’ and their tempestuous relationship after they are brought together in the wake of a life-changing personal tragedy.

 

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2020 Sustainer of the Year https://www.jldallas.org/news/another-recent-post/ Tue, 11 Jun 2019 16:30:04 +0000 https://www.jldallas.org/?p=1100 Congratulations to the 2020 Sustainer of the Year, Bess Enloe!

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Bess Enloe

 

Bess Enloe has been an energetic leader and supporter of many Dallas arts groups through the years.  A graduate of SMU, she currently serves as a Life Trustee of the ATT Performing Arts Center where she currently serves on the Governance Committee, the Executive Committee and co-chairs the Capital Campaign Committee.  Long before the AT&T Performing Arts Center became a reality, Bess saw the need for the facility. She actively pursued it, and the depth and focus of her interest is reflected in the number of committees on which she has served.  In addition to serving as the past Vice Chairman of the Board of the AT&T Performing Arts Center,  she was a member of  the the Capital Campaign Committee that raised the funds to build the Center, is a former member of the Finance Committee and the Programming Committee.  During the Design and Construction phase of the Center,  she served as Chairman of the Wyly Theatre Facilities Committee,  a member of the Architecture Selection Committee.

Bess is a Life Trustee of the Dallas Theater Center where she served as President and then Chairman of the Board from 1989-1996. Currently, she serves as  a member of the Artistic Advisory Committee of the DTC.

From 2010-2014 she served as chairman of the SMU Meadows School of the Arts Executive Board and currently serves as member of that Board.  In addition, she is a current member of the national Board of SMU Data Arts.

Bess has received several awards in recognition of her work including the TACA Silver Cup Award in 1993, the TITAS Award for Excellence in 2007, and the Dallas Historical Society’s Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2009.  In 2014 she was the Honoree for the Meadows at the Meyerson event benefitting the Meadows School for the Arts at SMU.  In 2015 she received  the Distinguished Alumna Award from Southern Methodist University.

Bess is married to Robert Ted Enloe and they are parents of two adult daughters, Rebecca Enloe Fletcher and Elizabeth Enloe Malakoff and are the grandparents of four granddaughters and one grandson.

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