Email Author Jared Binder

2008 Stories by Jared Binder

• Clownin' Around The Tree

  published December 25, 2008

  Since the holidays are so much like a circus anyway, what with trying to juggle your pocketbook and avoid those stampeding shoppers competing for... More >>

• The Popular W.

  published November 27, 2008

  Santa Claus is coming to town, and Michael W. Smith is coming to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. If you don't know who Michael W. Smith is,... More >>

• Combo Deal

  published November 20, 2008

  Jeff Kaplan, a Denton-based actor and dancer will perform his one-man show, Beowulf is min nama, on 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.... More >>

• Human Touch

  published November 13, 2008

  We've heard a lot about change over the past year. In fact, with all the presidential campaign promises, one would expect that America will soon... More >>

• Nice Cans

  published October 16, 2008

  Thirteen teams of architects and engineers have teamed up to compete in the 2008 Canstruction Competition and Show. These gourmet... More >>

• Big Time

  published October 9, 2008

  Charles L. Mee's new play, Big Love, sets out to prove once and for all that bigger really is better. Forget Seven Brides for... More >>

• Big Bad Bob

  published October 2, 2008

  Bob Lee Swagger returns in Stephen Hunter's latest novel, Night of Thunder. It's a lot like Days of Thunder, only with Bobby... More >>

• Manimal

  published September 25, 2008

  What is it about animal show hosts that make them so interesting to watch? It's their passion for animals. Not the sort that gets one arrested but... More >>

• World Wide Web

  published September 18, 2008

  Do you think it's true that everything in the universe is somehow connected to everything else? You know, sort of a circle of life, Out on a... More >>

• Which Witch?

  published September 11, 2008

  The Heretic's Daughter tells the story of Martha Carrier, a woman accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. Her story is... More >>

• Manimals

  published September 4, 2008

  There's something about mad scientists pushing the boundaries of science that makes for really interesting literature and theater. These stories... More >>

• Better Than...

  published August 14, 2008

  The grandchildren of Andy Warhol will soon display their goods at the Mighty Fine Arts gallery. Of course Polly Perez and Erik Tosten are not... More >>

• A Horse, Of Course

  published August 7, 2008

  To make a successful film, a director must cause the audience to suspend their disbelief. Fortunately for Hollywood many of us are only too... More >>

• Hot As Blazes

  published July 17, 2008

  The 11th annual Blazing Saddles Duathlon is almost upon us. For most of us the words "Blazing Saddles" conjure up images of a group of... More >>

• Kid-Friendly Peas

  published May 22, 2008

  Back in the day, it was no easy feat to discover whether someone was a real princess or not. First of all, you had to place a pea on the floor.... More >>

• Addison Has Albom

  published April 17, 2008

  Robert Pausch's The Last Lecture: A Love Story for Your Life is currently taking the publishing world by storm. But before Robert there was... More >>

• Power Play

  published April 3, 2008

  What is it about Hollywood gossip shows that keep us watching? They're like eating whipped cream straight out of the... More >>

• Get Higher, Baby

  published March 27, 2008

  How does someone go from living in a housing project in New Orleans to becoming the NBA's head coach of the year? Dallas Mavericks Coach Avery... More >>

• Madame Mahler

  published March 13, 2008

  Morrissey said it well, "To someone, somewhere, Alma matters in mind, body and soul." That someone is SMU's professor of art history, Dr.... More >>

• Taking It Global

  published March 13, 2008

  In 1978, two artists named Will Hipps and Richard Childers converted a circa-1916 tire factory and air-conditioning warehouse into an art gallery.... More >>

• Goddess Olympia

  published February 28, 2008

  If you're interested in fame, wealth and art then the NasherSalon Lecture Series is right up your red-carpeted alley. Every month the Nasher... More >>

• David McDavids

  published February 28, 2008

  Art. Huh! Good God, y'all, what is it good for? Come to the McKinney Avenue Contemporary and find out. The MAC will display the work of three... More >>

• Future Drama

  published February 14, 2008

  Imagine living in a future society where the government could watch your every move. Phone conversations. E-mails. Computer hard drives. Nothing... More >>

• Steppin' Out

  published February 7, 2008

  All right, fellas, we all know Valentine's Day is about making the woman you love happy so you can enjoy some great sex that night. So here's your... More >>

• Take It All Off

  published January 31, 2008

  Things will get a little steamy at the Dallas Opera when Richard Strauss' Salome opens on Friday. Salome is the name of a sexy bad... More >>