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12:08 pm
May. 20, 2013
Dallas Art News
Update: The Two Macaws That Blew Away Yesterday Have Been Found *** Update: Park officials recieved a call just after noon from a family in the East Dallas neighborhood of Little Forest Hills. Two parrots were perched in a tree in the back yard. Bird handler... More >>
The Mixmaster
10:12 am
May. 20, 2013
Dallas Art News
What I Learned at My First Dallas Comic Con The first time I heard the alert for a lost child in the main convention hall, I was reminded how much Irving Convention Center feels like a suburban mall. From the outside, it looks sort of lik... More >>
The Mixmaster
8:08 am
May. 20, 2013
Dallas Art News
The Ten Best Costumes from Dallas Comic-Con Dallas Comic-Con is a magical place where Wookiees high-five Cylons while William Shatner lurks behind potted plants. It is a true nerd oasis, and that's precisely why we love it. Photographer ... More >>
The Mixmaster
11:03 am
May. 17, 2013
Dallas Art News
A Shrink Psychoanalyzed Artist Denise Prince and Her Work Live at CentralTrak Last Night Last Saturday night, I swept my eyes from left to right, then back again, over photographer Denise Prince's four pieces at CentralTrak as if I was flipping through pages in a magazine. On another... More >>
The Mixmaster
10:04 am
May. 17, 2013
Dallas Art News
A Cursing Mayor, a Tweeting Six-Year-Old and Other Highlight From A Way with Words, Live at Lakewood Theater There was nary a nose ring in site at last night's A Way With Words event at Lakewood Theater. The grammar geeks filed in cheerfully, dressed in springtime pastels and pausing just long enough to ... More >>
The Mixmaster
7:00 am
May. 17, 2013
Dallas Art News
The Magic of Underground, ArtLoveMagic's Annual Art Party The 10 to 15 artists and musicians who performed at ArtLoveMagic's first "REACH" event in 2007 wasn't exactly what co-founder David Rodriguez had in mind. "Since ArtLoveMagic started I had the... More >>
The Mixmaster
6:00 am
May. 17, 2013
Dallas Art News
Drew Carey Favored Young Hotties and Other Whose Line Wisdom from Ryan Stiles It's chicken enchilada night at Ryan Stiles' house, and he's manning the stove. Stiles does all the cooking for his family. He is, after all, semi-retired. But he'll be back on the road again th... More >>
The Mixmaster
3:11 pm
May. 16, 2013
Dallas Art News
"Couch Session" at CentralTrak to Feature the Artist Sitting Silently with Her Psychoanalyst Denise Prince's current collection of photographs sprung from four years of psychoanalysis. It was in the final two when the work became strangely experimental, compulsive and packed tight with n... More >>
The Mixmaster
10:44 am
May. 16, 2013
Dallas Art News
14 Awesome Things to Do in Dallas this Weekend, May 16 to 19 This could be you at Strokers on Saturday! William Shatner is back as a special Dallas Comic Con guest -- just another excuse for you to dive into three days comic book digging, celebrity appear... More >>
The Mixmaster
7:00 am
May. 16, 2013
Dallas Art News
The Five Best Comedy Shows in Dallas This Weekend, May 16-19 Every week we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Amy Schumer at the House of Blues Schumer is the creator, star and writer ... More >>
The Mixmaster
6:00 am
May. 16, 2013
Dallas Art News
This Weekend's Beer Pong Tourney in Addison Does Not Include Beer for Some Reason This weekend, North Texas Beer Pong is hosting its Battle of the South Weekend, a multi-day event of beer pong tournaments at McFadden's in Addison. It kicks off with the King and Queen of the So... More >>
Stage
12:00 am
May. 16, 2013
Dallas Art News
Dallas Children's Theater Delivers a First-Class Version of The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley Count on Dallas Children's Theater to do more than just mail it in with The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, based on the popular kids' book by... More >>
Stage
12:00 am
May. 16, 2013
Dallas Art News
Fela! Shakes It (and You) at the Winspear Whole lotta twerking going on in Fela!, the Broadway musical whose national tour is now steaming up the Winspear Opera House. The dancing in this... More >>
The Mixmaster
12:31 pm
May. 15, 2013
Dallas Art News
Previewing Dallas Comic Con from A to Z Dallas Comic Con, that annual ode to pop-culture nerdery, arrives at the Irving Convention Center this weekend. If it's anything like last year's, it will be glorious. But for noobs and vets ali... More >>
The Mixmaster
10:28 am
May. 15, 2013
Dallas Art News
Reality Show The Quest Is in Search of Dallas' Tolkien Nerd Thought all subcultures were already tapped for reality television? Guess again. A new program is gaining momentum and intends to fill its cast with our favorite obsessives, The Nerds of Earth. ... More >>
The Mixmaster
7:00 am
May. 15, 2013
Dallas Art News
Your Guide to One of the Year's Busiest Evenings of Dallas Art-Hopping Dallas' sprawl is often seen as a weakness, especially when it comes to creating community. But sometimes a little distance is useful. It allows for distinctive pockets of artistic personalities... More >>
The Mixmaster
6:00 am
May. 15, 2013
Dallas Art News
A Pregnant Lady's Etiquette Tips for Pregnants Welcome to Alice Column, in which Alice Laussade writes stories about things on (roughly) the same day of (roughly) every week, making it (roughly) a column. Got an idea for a column? Start your... More >>
The Mixmaster
1:02 pm
May. 14, 2013
Dallas Art News
Baby Fashion Is Out of Control If you're a new parent, of course you want the best for your beautiful little angel-bundle of piss and dump. And don't fancy designers know it. Here are five ridiculous baby-clothing options tha... More >>
The Mixmaster
11:00 am
May. 14, 2013
Dallas Art News
In Defense of "Wolf Dong," the Dog-Hair-Covered Dildo at CentralTrak (NSFW) There's a lot going on in That Mortal Coil (Rebuking the Ideal in Contemporary Figurative Art), CentralTrak's newest group show, curated by Heyd Fontenot. The exhibition is a search for beauty i... More >>
The Mixmaster
9:36 am
May. 14, 2013
Dallas Art News
Real World Auditions Are Coming to Dallas Before they were strangers who decided to stop being polite and start getting real, the cast members of Real World were just stars in waiting. MTV's iconic staple of reality television is now c... More >>
The Mixmaster
8:23 am
May. 14, 2013
Dallas Art News
The Fashion of the Homegrown Fest (Photos) When we see you on the street and think you put some thought into your style, we may take your picture and ask you things. See previous installations in the Street Style archive. We were thrilled... More >>
The Mixmaster
4:17 pm
May. 13, 2013
Dallas Art News
The 2013 Oak Cliff Film Festival Will Include Computer Chess, A Pussy Riot Doc and More A few weeks ago, Jason Reimer's lovely teaser for the Oak Cliff Film Festival made the rounds. Today, we finally get some concrete evidence of just what will be screening. Some highlights inclu... More >>

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Dallas Children's Theater Delivers a First-Class Version of <i>The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley</i> Dallas Children's Theater Delivers a First-Class Version of The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley

Count on Dallas Children's Theater to do more than just mail it in with The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, based on the popular kids' book by Jeff Brown. The… More >>

<i>Fela!</i> Shakes It (and You) at the Winspear Fela! Shakes It (and You) at the Winspear

Whole lotta twerking going on in Fela!, the Broadway musical whose national tour is now steaming up the Winspear Opera House. The dancing in this show is hotness on a… More >>

<i>Fly by Night</i>, the Dallas Theater Center&rsquo;s Dreamy New Musical, Sparkles at Kalita Fly by Night, the Dallas Theater Center’s Dreamy New Musical, Sparkles at Kalita

The Fates may finally have sprinkled stardust on Dallas Theater Center's artistic director, Kevin Moriarty. For years he's been trying to launch a new musical here, with the hope of… More >>

In T3&rsquo;s <i>Enron</i>, Chris Hury is Electric as Jeff Skilling In T3’s Enron, Chris Hury is Electric as Jeff Skilling

Why does it always feel like a fluke when Theatre Three does something as polished and well-acted as Enron? The play by Lucy Prebble is running now at the theater-in-the-round… More >>

At Lyric Stage, a Revival of <i>Too Many Girls</i> Worthy of the Show&rsquo;s Loveable Lineage At Lyric Stage, a Revival of Too Many Girls Worthy of the Show’s Loveable Lineage

If only college life were ever as naive and boisterous as it was in the 1939 musical Too Many Girls, now getting a sis-boom-beautiful revival at Irving's Lyric Stage. Out… More >>

<i>Angels Fall</i>'s Bad Case of the Weeps Angels Fall's Bad Case of the Weeps

New Mexico is where you'll find the six characters in search of an exit line in Angels Fall, a dreary play Lanford Wilson was always sorry he'd written. (It was… More >>

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