Email Author Jamie Laughlin

2013 Stories by Jamie Laughlin

• 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 >>

• Park Your Art Here

  published April 4, 2013

  As arts budgets reduce and grant money evaporates, we feel the absence of creative exposure. That buck then gets passed to families, who in turn... More >>

• Dirty Dancing

  published April 4, 2013

  A duet of dysfunction. Love drowning beneath its own surface tension. Physical interaction replacing trust and communication. It’s the new,... More >>

• Step Off, Puppy Bowl

  published April 4, 2013

  Taking our dogs to new, unfamiliar places and allowing them to go berserk is the secret passion of all dog owners. Occasionally, that backfires.... More >>

• Deep Ellum (Arts Festival) Is Really Coming Back

  published April 4, 2013

  Hemming together Dallas’ radical fringe is a Deep Ellum legacy. It takes balls for a community to create and perform on its own terms, just... More >>

• Humor, Projected

  published March 21, 2013

  While the Texas Theatre (231 W. Jefferson Blvd.) has 650 perfectly good seats in its time-trapped interior, you won’t be using any of them... More >>

• A-A-TRE-E-YU!

  published March 21, 2013

  You were terrified that you’d never again see a luck dragon on the big screen, and worried that The NeverEnding Story would be... More >>

• A Comedic Rhodes Scholar

  published March 21, 2013

  His delivery style rivals the late Mitch Hedberg, and his swagger is bold enough to sell cologne door-to-door. Tom Rhodes is a comedian... More >>

• Dogs Love Malls And Rabbits

  published March 21, 2013

  Humans are a funny lot. We stage food-chain scenarios for our amusement that should never happen in real life. Take Monday’s Dogs and... More >>

• Don’t Leave Me Hangin’

  published March 21, 2013

  As far as insular pockets of humans go, perhaps none are more defined by intentional physical alteration than suspension artists. There’s a... More >>

• Take A Shower, It's Easter

  published March 21, 2013

  A holy glow surrounds Sunday brunch. Serving double duty as hungover confessional and communion, we use the meal to fill in life’s little... More >>

• May The Schwartz Be With You

  published March 21, 2013

  Joan Rivers came to town a couple of weeks back with scads of projects to plug. Amidst her talk of the future, she oddly omitted discussion of the... More >>

• Blooming Brilliance

  published March 21, 2013

  We do everything a little differently in Texas, but there are few areas where we veer even further from the norm than we do with our gardening... More >>

• The MAC, Served Up Four Ways

  published March 21, 2013

  We love The McKinney Avenue Contemporary because it isn't afraid to get freaky with its exhibitions, and its newest -- a group offering... More >>

• Gin And Juice And Bailey’s

  published March 14, 2013

  As a child, it was Christmas morning that sparked your fascination, causing you to stir early, excited about the day’s unlimited potential.... More >>

• Hit Every Ramp

  published March 14, 2013

  It’s tough being a coin-op addict in 2013. Despite being the nation’s No. 1 resale hub for the things, most of Dallas’ pinball... More >>

• The Art of Playfulness

  published March 14, 2013

  Bradly Brown is a founding member of Homecoming!Committee, that art collective out of Fort Worth that’s held our attention with their... More >>

• An Unlikely Marriage

  published March 7, 2013

  We’ve entered a period when technology isn’t only revered, it’s considered kinda sexy, a sentiment that trickles down and... More >>

• Claim The Free Space

  published March 7, 2013

  His work has been collected by the Guggenheim, the Tate Gallery, the MOMA and pretty much every other major institution worldwide, and yet we get... More >>

• Panic, Attack!

  published March 7, 2013

  While it might seem that we’re buried under a haystack of feathers, beads and tassels in the bombshell bomb shelter that is Dallas, there... More >>

• Learn Time's Wrinkles

  published March 7, 2013

  On its surface, Dallas appears to be a polished city. A bustling community full of investment bankers and aspiring professional cheerleaders.... More >>

• Fashion Supernova

  published March 7, 2013

  Occasionally our Dallas fashion stars shine bright, like when designer James Martinez made it onto Season 11 of Project Runway. Most... More >>

• Feets And Strengths

  published February 28, 2013

  I run only when chased. I make an exception to that rule, but it involves a limited number of doughnuts, a large group of cubical workers and a... More >>

• You Got My Mind Messed Up

  published February 28, 2013

  Hauntingly beautiful and layered behind a scrim of hazy melancholy, Ted Kincaid’s images seem to capture a distant, mystical world.... More >>