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2013 Stories by Jamie Laughlin

• I’m Sorry, Our Time is Up

  published May 16, 2013

  Can’t get it up for the average artist talk? Thursday’s lecture at CentralTrak (800 Exposition Ave.) will forever change that as... More >>

• Grammar Nerds, Unite!

  published May 16, 2013

  They summon the footnotes of the Merriam Webster Book of Idioms on demand. They solve your homophonic confusions through etymological... More >>

• Comprehension Crossing The Spectrum

  published May 9, 2013

  She’s a top-rated author, lecturer, professor of animal science and is the big, beautiful brain behind the humane reorganization of the... More >>

• John Cage Match

  published May 9, 2013

  He changed everything about our perceptions of music, including the notions that it exists solely outside of our own bodies or must be made with... More >>

• Best Lady Alert

  published May 9, 2013

  It’s Mother’s Day and you need The Big Idea. The one that will make up for that time you stole the golf cart and crashed it... More >>

• Come On Down!

  published May 9, 2013

  Let ’em rework the model. No game show can match the riveting design perfection of The Price is Right. It’s an... More >>

• Locked. Loaded. Charitable.

  published May 2, 2013

  Here in the South we do things Yankees just don’t. We’ve got big hearts and big hair, which is why charity marathons simply will not... More >>

• Shake What Su Madre Gave You

  published May 2, 2013

  Local flamenca Delilah Buitron isn’t content with dancing by herself. She founded an educational program, teaching the art of flamenco to... More >>

• Double Busey BeatDown

  published May 2, 2013

  Is there a name for that feeling you get when you suspect the boogieman is hiding in your backseat? And if so, is it a cute French word? Answers... More >>

• Can't Wait. Won't Wait.

  published April 25, 2013

  As the Arts District builds more structures and our museums snag larger sponsorships, we easily see that our art community is growing, along with... More >>

• We Have Matching Tintypes

  published April 25, 2013

  We take joy in the analog and find romance in the authentic. And when those orders jell together, like they do in the tintype and ambrotype... More >>

• Serious Slow Jams

  published April 25, 2013

  Few things in art are exactly as they sound, which can prove confusing, especially if you’re a little confused by art already. Saturday,... More >>

• I'd Go, But I'm All Tied Up

  published April 25, 2013

  As a landlocked city, Dallas is home to very few sailors. Without their oceanic seasmarts, our collective knowledge of knot tying is held captive... More >>

• Parlor Drama

  published April 25, 2013

  Often we view art from the business end, which puts a ticket window between ourselves and community. One day each year that balance flips as... More >>

• Drench Yourself In Gin

  published April 18, 2013

  Dallas’ Continental Gin Building (3309 Elm St.) is a creative stronghold, a rented crashpad for ideas by artists of every medium.... More >>

• A Beautiful Mind

  published April 18, 2013

  Reading your first George Saunders novel is like seeing your first 3-D movie. He adds a roundness of thoughtful dimension to his subjects... More >>

• That's A Wrap, Canvas

  published April 18, 2013

  So, you’re between hits. With DIFF cut and wrapped and USA Film Festival another week away, your mind sees the world around you as a movie.... More >>

• Kilmer? I Barely Know ’Er!

  published April 18, 2013

  Val Kilmer spent a chilly November evening on stage at the Hall of State last year. The Dallas Film Society honored the Real Genius... More >>

• The Art Of Nesting

  published April 11, 2013

  Last week we welcomed National Geographic Explorer’s Boyd Matson to the Dallas Arboretum. This week, the Nat Geo hits keep on... More >>

• Leave Your James At Home

  published April 11, 2013

  Converting a descriptively punctuated work of Henry James into an opera isn’t an easy task. But the Dallas Opera likes a challenge,... More >>

• Force The Bulbs To Bloom

  published April 11, 2013

  When it debuted a hundred years ago, Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring caused a riot. It’s one of the most intriguingly... More >>

• Emergency Art Contraception

  published April 11, 2013

  Taking further the argument against creation’s flipped ignition switch is the Saturday night show at Oliver Francis Gallery (209 S. Peak... More >>

• Sloppy Food, Clean Art

  published April 11, 2013

  In retaliation to, or complement of — depending on your view — the Dallas Art Fair, we get a few offshoot events that are decidedly... More >>

• Behold: Mega Gallery

  published April 11, 2013

  In Dallas, beauty is revered. We sculpt our homes, yards and bodies to aesthetic perfection and for one weekend each year, we turn that obsession... More >>

• Let’s Go Arting

  published April 4, 2013

  Gallery openings in Dallas can cause palpitations. With each space offering up a new collection, you’re forced to whittle down your path to... More >>