Archive Search
Archive Search Results
-
Night & Day
But we love him anyway
By Jesse Hughey
Denis Leary and Bill Hicks were friends until Leary's No Cure for Cancer, which featured jokes suspiciously similar to Hicks' material. That prompted Hicks to steam, "I stole...
-
Night & Day
The African-American Museum salutes An Extraordinary Man
By Dianna Wray
We all remember George Washington Carver's work with peanuts--he invented 105 recipes employing peanuts, and made peanut-based cosmetics, dyes, paint and nitroglycerin. But...
-
Night & Day
The Webb Gallery shows the strange work of Gordon Carver
By Patrick Michels
There are a few schools of thought on how to fill empty walls in a new house. You can go dark and moody, with an auction piece from some little-known Serbian painter, or hang...
-
Night & Day
The Women's Museum salutes the women of the West
By Katey Margolis
Tall in the Saddle: Cowgirls, Ranch Women and Rodeo Gals collects black and white photographs by Ann Meredith that span 17 years and provide an intimate glimpse into the lives...
-
Night & Day
Craighead Green offers art stimulus
By Erin Waters
The word "stimulate" is a contender for the most popular term in today's political jargon. Stimulate the economy. Stimulate growth and opportunity. Stimulus packages. For some,...
-
Night & Day
The Arboretum throws an Easter party
By Kelly Knickerbocker
Even though 450,000 spring flowers are in bloom at the Dallas Arboretum, don't go questioning your green thumb skills. After all, they are professionals. Bring your kids, your...
-
Night & Day
By Pete Freedman
The original lineup of Dallas punk rock legends The Nervebreakers have reformed (just as had been suggested on DC9 by an anonymous commenter a few weeks back). But it's not...
-
Night & Day
Lone Star Park kicks off another season
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Known as the sport of kings, Thoroughbred horse racing has a devoted following, but for real fans, it's about more than just the Triple Crown. Sure, you want to get started on...
-
Night & Day
By Noah W. Bailey
Everywhere we look these days, we're constantly bombarded with mixed messages, whether they're about alcohol, body image, economic bailouts or clean coal. Appallingly, artist...
-
Night & Day
Rupert Isaacson tells his son's story
By KAITLIN INGRAM
I was watching Animal Planet the other day when this show called Cats 101 came on. It was a segment about short-haired Orientals, and it focused on a woman with a 10-year-old...
-
Night & Day
By Alexa Schirtzinger
In case you're still of the opinion that the Trinity River and its surrounding forests are kind of a dump, the Sun to Moon Gallery's latest photography exhibition, Great...
-
Night & Day
You mean there's more than one?
By John Freeman
The 1986 science fiction classic Aliens is a rare treat, one of the few sequels that may be as good or even (gasp!) better than the original. We all know that Ridley Scott's...
-
Night & Day
Nevada Barr signs her latest thriller
By Michelle Mathews
While exploring the great outdoors, we have encountered drunkards with loud speedboats, a-holes who pump their window-shaking bass late into the night, screaming children on...
-
Night & Day
See Russia's 12 at the Modern
By Noah W. Bailey
The movie 12 is a Russian adaptation of the classic 12 Angry Men, with 12 jurors deciding the fate of a Chechen boy accused of murdering his Russian stepfather. Directed by...
-
Night & Day
By Sarah Johnson
Growing up, I never once attended a puppet show, unless you count our school counselor using stuffed animals to teach us about self-esteem and saying no to drugs and bullies....
-
Night & Day
The Mavs and the Rockets square off
By Sarah Johnson
Sometimes I think Texas is too big, and I feel bad for those unfortunate smaller states that are the size of our largest city. I mean, we do have at least four major theme...
-
Night & Day
By Kimberly Thorpe
A new musical promises to entertain the whole family despite its title--Are We There Yet?--a question that generally signals the beginning of boredom. However, a local blogging...
-
Stage
Apt Pupils
By Elaine Liner
The least important theme in Alan Bennett's wonderful play The History Boys is that a great teacher can also be a bad person. Hector, an overweight, 60ish instructor at a...
-
Music
By Randall Roberts
The service charge. Is there any more ridiculous and utterly transparent lie in American commerce?
It's like telling us that a toaster is $20, but then, at the register,...
-
Critics' Picks
April 13, at the Granada Theater
By Lance Lester
When people think of Brian Jonestown Massacre, the band's music isn't necessarily the thing that immediately comes to mind. Which is quite unfortunate.
But, alas, despite the...
|