Issue link: http://papercitymagazine.uberflip.com/i/1540686
History: For more than 50 years, the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club has produced a dazzling Decorator Show House on the Upper East Side in New York City. The event, which doubles as the nonprofit's biggest fundraiser, is a boon for both its host city and the designers chosen to participate. In 2017, the elite event expanded to Palm Beach, then to Dallas in 2020. VIP Opening Preview Day: Thursday, November 6, 4 to 8 pm. Tickets start at $500. Open to the public: Friday, November 7 through November 23. Tickets start at $50. Location: 2999 Turtle Creek Boulevard, Dallas. Kips Bay President's Dinner Dallas: Wednesday, November 5, 6 pm cocktails at the Kips Bay Decorator Show House, 8 pm seated dinner at Neiman Marcus Downtown. Event design Todd Events. Chairmen: Claire Emanuelson, Jan Showers, Shelby Wagner. Honoring Jan Showers. Tickets start at $2,000. Tickets and information: kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse.org. is Almost Here Decorator Show House Dallas Kips Bay Stallman Studio's Bending the Light, 2025, at Laura Rathe Fine Art T exas Design Week Dallas is November 3 through 7, 2025 — a fantastic week of design filled with salon talks, panel discussions, book signings, product launches, and cocktails with some of the most recognized names in design and architecture, with Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas and President's Dinner aligning during the same week. Confirmed to speak at Texas Design Week Dallas are Martin Brudnizki; Amy Astley, Architectural Digest; J.J. Martin, founder La DoubleJ; Martina Mondadori, founder Cabana Magazine; Miguel Flores-Vianna; Kate Berry, U.S. editor Cabana magazine; Tom Scheerer; Alfredo Paredes; Peter Dunham; Corey Damen Jenkins; Ray Booth; David Kleinberg; Nicola Harding; Rebecca Gardner; Jan Showers; Bill Curtis and Russell Windham; Hudson Moore, Frederic magazine; Bronwyn Ford, Pursley Dixon Studio; Mary Graham and Nicole Salvesen; Salvesen Graham; and Alison Kenworthy, Homeworthy, and more. For Texas Design Week Dallas schedule and tickets, go to texasdesignweek.com. For information and sponsorships, email events@texasdesignweek.com. OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. Gallery Row Return Homecoming: A doyenne of Texas visual arts, gallerist Laura Rathe of Laura Rathe Fine Art, established 1999, marks the heart of the fall season with a return to roots. While continuing in her Houston River Oaks District space, as well as Design District digs in Dallas, Rathe reopens her foundational gallery on Colquitt, newly transformed with a dramatic black façade. Designed by Texas/ New York architect Albert Marichal, Rathe first moved into the Gallery Row space in 2008. The sculptural, obsidian- colored, three-story, 3,500 square-foot space unveils in time for holiday art acquiring. Catch "Back in Black," a showcase of Rathe's stable of 70-plus artists. Included are painter of avians, bunnies, and butterflies Hunt Slonem; Stallman Studio's op-art abstractions; Lucrecia Waggoner of the organic porcelain wall installations; confectionary canvases by Mandy Racine that channel Fragonard; and lensman Max Steven Grossman, who depicts imagined libraries. "Back in Black," Thursday, November 20 through December 31, laurarathe.com. Catherine D. Anspon Texas Design Week Dallas Save the Date: Clockwise from top left: Lisa Shaffer, Lisa & Leroy. Doniphan Moore, Doniphan Moore Interiors. Avery Cox, Avery Cox Design. Philip Thomas Vanderford, Studio Thomas James. 20