What happens to a city when all the artists get priced out

The Hang Theory. A lecture series by Hang Dallas.

One speaker. One big idea. One good room. And a drink in your hand.

Where · 2700 SWISS Event Space.

When rising rents push out the artists, musicians, and makers who gave a neighborhood its character, what's left behind? Hannah Lebovits examines the mechanics of displacement in North Texas, drawing on research into housing policy, community development, and the economic forces reshaping Dallas neighborhoods.

This is a look at gentrification not as abstraction but as lived pattern, told through the lens of someone who studies how cities actually change and who pays the price.

How the night goes

Doors at 6:30 PM. grab a drink, claim a seat, settle in.
We kick things off around 6:55 PM.
Hannah Lebovits takes the floor at 7:00 PM.
Questions from the room near 7:45 PM.
Then we linger. meet the speaker, meet each other, around 8:00 PM.
Out by 8:30 PM.