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2012 Stories by Jamie Laughlin

• She Died For Her Art. Nope, She's Just Asleep!

  published May 17, 2012

  Leave it to those scamps at Oliver Francis to come up with tonight's feat of endurance meets performance art spectacle: Hands On An Art... More >>

• Of Course They All Die! It's Opera!

  published May 17, 2012

  The Fort Worth Opera Festival is now in full effect, and it's kicking off the series with Puccini's famous Tosca. Filled with some... More >>

• Chewbacca and Boba Fett Together!? Nerdgasm

  published May 17, 2012

  If you reference Hoth when it's too cold out and X-Men when it isn't, you have no excuse to miss Dallas Comic Con. Possibly the largest assemblage... More >>

• Get Thee To A Gallery!

  published May 10, 2012

  Get uncomfortably close to the canvas at Circuit 12 tonight, I dare you. Really smell its breath, artistically speaking. The group show is... More >>

• Celebrate Mom

  published May 10, 2012

  Don't repeat last year: those pathetic weeds you yanked out of the neighbor's garden bed and gave your mother didn't properly express your... More >>

• Feed Mom

  published May 10, 2012

  For all of the pancakes she's flipped for you, shouldn't you take mom out for a delicious Mother's Day brunch? Yes, you should. Because... More >>

• A Boy, A Beach And Michael Jackson. Don’t Worry, It’s Fine.

  published May 3, 2012

  Filmed in a Maori village near the Bay of Plenty, Boy is New Zealand’s most discussed indie offering to hit American theaters... More >>

• Cinco de Mayo Means "Margaritas for Everyone"

  published May 3, 2012

  It happened, y’all: Cinco de Mayo falls on a Saturday, so you can start pounding micheladas with your breakfast tacos —... More >>

• Run Rampant, Fur Children

  published May 3, 2012

  Your dog has a certain athleticism about him: He could play football professionally if he had thumbs, coordination and the ability to run past... More >>

• The Snozzberries Taste Like Snozzberries!

  published May 3, 2012

  Willy Wonka passed on a lot of great life advice: lick the wallpaper. Check! Drink from that brown river, it’s probably... More >>

• Anthony Jeselnik: The Best Comedian You Don’t Know

  published May 3, 2012

  When comedian Anthony Jeselnik was announced at the Comedy Central Charlie Sheen Roast, everyone looked perplexed. The applause was... More >>

• Get Pumped

  published April 26, 2012

  Putting on a pair of heels can change your outlook on life. Yes, it seems silly, but the transition from tennis shoes to stilettos is on par with... More >>

• Wooly Bully: It's The Party Animal Inside Each of Us

  published April 26, 2012

  When he was knee-high to a King James Bible, Clay Stinnett first saw The Book. Roughly the size of a poster board with Raymond... More >>

• Booze Hounds

  published April 26, 2012

  What started four years ago as a means to cover the medical costs of a few displaced dogs in Atlanta has now grown across multiple states and... More >>

• Botcon: More Than Meets The Eye

  published April 26, 2012

  In the mid-'80s you woke up each Saturday morning, tugged on a pair of jams and participated in The Ritual: Crunch Berries and Transformers. It... More >>

• Get Trashed

  published April 26, 2012

  It happens every Tuesday night at Texas Theatre: The cinematic garbage disposal gets all jammed up. Some brave soul then must plunge his fist in... More >>

• Max Anderson Shares His Un-Basic Instincts

  published April 26, 2012

  When Maxwell Anderson accepted the role of the Dallas Museum of Art's director, we knew that change was a-comin', but nobody was prepared... More >>

• Whatever You Are, Thank Judy Blume

  published April 19, 2012

  It was in that transition to chapter books that we first discovered her: Judy Blume had all the answers. Getting picked on at school? Pick up... More >>

• Amy Sedaris: Drop-out, Crafter And Cheese Baller Extraordinaire

  published April 19, 2012

  As Jerri Blank, the facially contorted “boozer, user, and loser” from Strangers With Candy, Amy Sedaris taught us about... More >>

• Carol Burnett's Coming! (Tugs Earlobe)

  published April 19, 2012

  I'm not sure if it was Annie or the Carol Burnett Show that first alerted me to Her existence, but soon a snowball effect occurred.... More >>

• Queen of the Night? I've Been Called Worse.

  published April 19, 2012

  The titular instrument in The Magic Flute has the ability to change men's hearts. If I had that thing I'd be chilling on a bonbon... More >>

• Bi-Biennials, Each Non-Repeating and Fleeting

  published April 12, 2012

  This week’s artistic melee is invigorating, daunting and the manifestation of many efforts, not the least of those belonging to the Dallas... More >>

• What About That Time Uma Overdoses?

  published April 12, 2012

  A Quentin Tarantino-themed burlesque performance, like tonight’s by Iggy Rodriguez & Bettie’s Deadly Dolls, lends itself to... More >>

• Very Funny. Whose Pisser Is This?

  published April 12, 2012

  When “R. Mutt” famously submitted that inverted porcelain urinal to the exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, it sparked a... More >>

• Go West For Fortune, Fame And Rock

  published April 5, 2012

  Frank Lopez has a gift. His work with ambrotype and pinhole imagery provides hauntingly intimate portraits that feel like they should be hanging... More >>