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3:57 pm
May. 25, 2012
Free Stuff: Yoga and Outdoor Movies for Memorial Day Weekend
By Jamie Laughlin
Let those wild crazy kids fest do keg stands this weekend, you'd rather take it easy. Well Tiger, you should scoot over to Fair Park, that's where the City Arts Festival holds court through Sunday... More >>

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3:15 pm
May. 25, 2012
Pet Profiles: Meet Lucy, Mr. Sandwiches and Pretty Bird of Dolly Phython
By Catherine Downes
Our pet profiles series celebrates those supportive (and adorable) friends who round out the homes of notable members of the Dallas community. Names: Lucy, 7-year-old chocolate lab. Mr. Sandwic... More >>

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1:07 pm
May. 25, 2012
Homegrown: You Know The Music, Let's Look at the Arts
By Jamie Laughlin
While the musical component of this year's Homegrown Festival reaches out beyond our region's hemming, its arts vendors remain decidedly local. Frock flippers, silk screeners, painters and gadget... More >>

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10:00 am
May. 25, 2012
At Ochre House Theater, It's (Henry) Miller Time
By Elaine Liner
When Ochre House founder Matthew Posey gets his teeth into something, he takes big bites. For his latest play, Cicerone, he's masticating his way through the life and loves of Tropic of Cancer au... More >>

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8:30 am
May. 25, 2012
On Criticism: Fostering a Constructive Dialogue for Dallas Arts
By Brentney Hamilton
As an artists residency explicitly tied to a university system, CentralTrak provides opportunities that surpass in both quality and gusto much of the city's relatively comparable arts programming... More >>

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2:16 pm
May. 24, 2012
Tonight's Panel at CentralTrak Works Toward Positive Outcomes
By Jamie Laughlin
Dallas sprawls. It wraps. And at times, it isolates. But our city is better than its geographical pretzeling because its inhabitants strive to reach across the concrete divisions and unite over c... More >>

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1:29 pm
May. 24, 2012
Tonight, She Speaks: Learn what Erica Discovered in that Plexiglass Box
By Jamie Laughlin
I spent an entire weekend hypnotized by Erica Felicella's experimental art installation "Visible Shell." She is the photographer and performance artist that we came to know as "The Girl in the Box... More >>

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12:00 pm
May. 24, 2012
Stage West Lets Molly Ivins Say it All
By Elaine Liner
At Fort Worth's Stage West, Texas' brashest political commentator lives again in the one-woman play Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins. Actress Georgia Clinton portrays Ivins in th... More >>

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10:47 am
May. 24, 2012
New Details on Friday Memorial for Jeff West
By Brentney Hamilton
The outpouring of sadness is immense. As soon as the report of Jeff West's death broke on Monday, comment sections online began rapidly filling with those who'd known and loved his work with the ... More >>

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8:36 am
May. 24, 2012
20 Awesome Things to Do This Memorial Day Weekend
By Jamie Laughlin
Just because you have to work through Friday, doesn't mean that A.) you can't get an early start on fun tonight, and B.) you can't strategically scope out your three-day party plan now. There's s... More >>

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12:00 am
May. 24, 2012
Urban Savages Slug it out in God of Carnage; Cicerone Needs to Cheer Up
By Elaine Liner
Are we barbarians under our civilized veneers? Or are we just big babies in grown-up clothes, ready to throw tantrums when we don't get our... More >>

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1:30 pm
May. 23, 2012
DSO Presents Distant Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy!
By Jamie Laughlin
Gamers, if we learned one thing this year it is this: When the Dallas Symphony Orchestra plays the score of a popular video game, it is glorious. Also, it'll sell out. Like, fast. For one geektas... More >>

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12:01 pm
May. 23, 2012
There's a Rogue Globetrotter in Town: Our Favorite 'Trotter Pranks
By Jamie Laughlin
Is any group more loved than the Harlem Globetrotters? I don't think so. These guys have double-dribbled joy to all over the world, and today team member Special K Daley is in town enchanting luck... More >>

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10:00 am
May. 23, 2012
Branded Brilliant: Three Sharp Minds Explain Logo Effectiveness, Tonight
By Jamie Laughlin
Branding has been a business tool since the earliest labels were printed, but in recent years it's become impossibly pervasive. The days of an elite few sloshing scotch in an advertising office, ... More >>

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8:47 am
May. 23, 2012
Wreaking Havoc With RuPaul's "Dragulator" in Celebration of Miss Gay USofA
By Brentney Hamilton
  Man, I've got a thing for cowboys, so it's unfortunate that I don't happen to have the right thing when it comes to wrangling one of the fellas-in-tight-jeans at the Round-Up Saloon. But, a... More >>

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2:51 pm
May. 22, 2012
Two Great Groups Furthering Youth Arts: Get Involved
By Jamie Laughlin
We talk constantly about what's missing in education, areas where we fall short, and a persistent lack of community involvement, specifically regarding youth and the arts. Today, two organizations... More >>

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10:59 am
May. 22, 2012
Fancy Yourself a Star of the Silver Screen? Show Up This Weekend
By Jamie Laughlin
Sometimes it doesn't matter how you break into a trade, just that you took the initiative to do it. Maxima Visions Productions would like to save souls via feature films; the Christian movie comp... More >>

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10:00 am
May. 22, 2012
Tuesday Night Trash: Erik Estrada as a Priest, Drunk Crime Fighting and Fly Girls.
By Jamie Laughlin
The early '90s brought us so many important milestones: fly girls droppin' mad booty shake beats, the tragic ending to the VHS vs. Beta battle, and a washed-up Erik Estrada, post CHiPs. If only w... More >>

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8:30 am
May. 22, 2012
Tie Breaker: God Says Fashion Indeed Art, Ed Young Launches Style Blog
By Brentney Hamilton
I really want to like Ed Young. Don't get me wrong: he stands for virtually everything I find offensive. But still, dude's pro-boning. Yeah, yeah - under his rules you have to be a "married" het... More >>

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5:03 pm
May. 21, 2012
Workday Pick-Me-Up: A Quick "Geeks Who Drink" Trivia Round
By Brentney Hamilton
Forget Ladies Who Lunch, the Texas Theatre is where it's going down hardcore Spock-style tonight. Geeks Who Drink, a national pub trivia phenomenon, is back in Dallas and going down in Oak Cliff ... More >>

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4:14 pm
May. 21, 2012
Fight For Your Right to Arty: When Art Ownership Gets Competitive
By Jamie Laughlin
Stirling isn't all that excited about this art he's fighting for, but fuck it; he's having a great time. He's been standing with one hand on this wall for about two and a half hours now and figur... More >>

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Urban Savages Slug it out in God of Carnage; Cicerone Needs to Cheer Up Urban Savages Slug it out in God of Carnage; Cicerone Needs to Cheer Up
By Elaine Liner

Are we barbarians under our civilized veneers? Or are we just big babies in grown-up clothes, ready to throw tantrums when we don't get our way? French playwright Yazmina Reza's Tony-winning… More >>

Politics and Pop Culture Take a Whoopin' in Shows Inspired by Green Day and Molly Ivins Politics and Pop Culture Take a Whoopin' in Shows Inspired by Green Day and Molly Ivins
By Elaine Liner

Turns out Green Day and Molly Ivins had a lot in common. The musical American Idiot at the Winspear Opera House and the one-woman play Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass… More >>

DCT Swats it Out of the Park with Diary of a Worm, a Spider & a Fly. DCT Swats it Out of the Park with Diary of a Worm, a Spider & a Fly.
By Elaine Liner

Something bugging you? Hop over to Dallas Children's Theater to catch the regional premiere of the delightful Diary of a Worm, a Spider & a Fly. The 20-song "feeler"-good musical… More >>

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