Email Author Jamie Laughlin

2013 Stories by Jamie Laughlin

• 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 >>

• 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 >>