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I n exciting design-world news, Proper Hotels is expanding to Dallas and opening in 2029. With sister hotels in San Francisco, L.A., Palm Springs, Culver City, Montauk, Malibu, Venice Beach, Beverly Hills, Miami Beach, and Austin, the Dallas Proper will be situated on four acres at 2500 Cedar Springs Road. Dallas Proper Hotel & Residences was founded by Brad Korzen (Kor Group) along with Brian De Lowe and Alex Samek. Mega-designer Kelly Wearstler, who designs all the Proper Hotels, is married to Korzen. If you've visited any of the Proper properties, you know that Wearstler's eye and hand are all over it. And that's a good thing. Dallas Proper will be a 34-story flagship with architecture by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, with 200 guestrooms and suites, three restaurants, five bar and lounge concepts, a rooftop pool deck with skyline views, and 22,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor event space. On the upper floors, Dallas Proper Residences will offer 80 homes and residential owners will have a private rooftop pool, dining terrace, and owners' lounge, along with private access to both the Proper Club and Wellness Center. Dallas Proper Hotel & Residences, properhotel.com/dallas-residences. Megan Ziots OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. Fitting and Proper Two views of the Santa Monica Proper designed by Kelly Wearstler. S aturday Night Live season 50 wrapped this spring, signaling a milestone both in television history and for the larger cultural consciousness. Spanning generations and TV eras, including the onslaught of streaming platforms, producer Lorne Michaels' program has achieved the improbable: remaining relevant and at the epicenter of our times. This past January, Michaels' bequest to the Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, was announced to much fanfare. This season, fans and followers of SNL will be rewarded with a corresponding exhibition: an immersive peek into the creative milieu of Michaels, who fortuitously stockpiled ephemera from decades of the iconic broadcast. Highlights include images of the beloved Coneheads in a 1979 segment, Spike Lee and Chris Rock in a 1991 sketch, a circa-2006 Weekend Update starring ascendent talent Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers, plus that Cowbell from the 2000 Blue Öyster Cult sketch, and a Five-Timers Club jacket given to Fred Armisen. Rare photos, scripts, and production notes, culled from 700 boxes of archives, are augmented by loans of props and costumes from NBC Universal, Paramount Pictures, and more. Stepping up as curator is the Ransom's former curator of film Steve Wilson, coming out of retirement for this occasion."Live from New York: The Lorne Michaels Collection" at Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, through March 20, 2026; hrc. utexas.edu. Catherine D. Anspon Liiiiiive from Austin Lorne Michaels' SNL Trove Lands at UT Austin's Ransom Center "The Coneheads at the Movies" sketch, 1979. Lorne Michaels and Madeline Kahn with Will Ferrell and Cheri Oteri as Spartan cheerleaders, 1996. LORNE MICHAELS COLLECTION, HARRY RANSOM CENTER. PHOTO BY MARY ELLEN MATTHEWS LORNE MICHAELS COLLECTION, HARRY RANSOM CENTER. 20