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Finders Keepers
Shop indie crafts in Cowtown
By Kelly Knickerbocker
Published: April 23, 2009
These aren't your mama's arts and crafts! No siree, Bob. These accessories, trinkets and works of art are funky, baby. The Funky Finds Spring Fling will showcase the work of...
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Cowboy Catwalk
By Sarah Johnson
Published: April 23, 2009
What would you pay to see Troy Aikman do a little dance on the catwalk? Say about $150 per ticket or $1,250 per table? Pull out your checkbook, buddy, because The 21st Annual...
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Montage Mitzvah
By Erin Waters
Published: April 23, 2009
As the Cirque Imagination performers stretch their bodies into unbelievable contortions--and as your mind strains to fathom the seemingly impossible--your dollar can also...
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Making History
Uptown Players stage an academic romp
By Erin Waters
Published: April 23, 2009
Uptown Players' regional premiere of the 2006 Broadway hit, The History Boys, passed the critics' test after its opening weekend. A cast of young men and a few...
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Let's Dance
See the news choreographed
By Daniel Daugherty
Published: April 23, 2009
Let's face it: Somewhere along the way, American TV news outlets decided to emphasize entertainment values over news values--especially the cable networks. They milk the drama...
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Symphonic Soiree
By Katey Margolis
Published: April 23, 2009
You know how, even if you have been to a venue before, looking at those damn seating charts and trying to pick what seat you want is fairly useless, unless you can get...
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Heart to Heart
By Merritt Martin
Published: April 23, 2009
As much as I'm tired of everyone saying, "In this economy, we here at [insert business name] wanna give you folks a deal!" I'm totally behind one event that, yep, in this...
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Shakespeare Gone Loco
Prepare yourself for Titus Andronicus
By Jennifer Elaine Davis
Published: April 23, 2009
There is one play I've seen in my lifetime that has stuck with me more than any other. I talk about this performance almost every time I discuss theater with someone, because I...
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Get Lost
Take a trip with David Maisel
By Daniel Daugherty
Published: April 23, 2009
With the advent of Google Maps, aerial photography lost its novelty. What a surprise, then, to see the work of David Maisel. Maisel's body of work takes aerial photos out of...
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Just Desserts
Drag your teen to cupcake class
By Daniel Daugherty
Published: April 23, 2009
There's something magical about the age of 13. Hair grows in awkward new places, you receive constant bullying from pizza-faced peers, and your parents become an unbearable...
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Bob & Sam
See the story of Mapplethorpe at the Modern
By Alexa Schirtzinger
Published: April 23, 2009
Robert Mapplethorpe was the flashpoint. As a young artist, he brought homoerotic photography into the world of high art, exposing an edgy underworld of gay sex and drugs that...
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Cray-zy Train
All aboard for a night of modern blues
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: April 23, 2009
You might have seen modern blues icon Robert Cray open for Eric Clapton once or twice. You might even own a copy of his 1986 hit record, Strong Persuader. Perhaps you even play...
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War In The Streets
See a cult classic at the Inwood
By Jesse Hughey
Published: April 23, 2009
"Can you count, suckers?" "Can...you...DIG IT?!!!" "Come out and play-ee-ay!" Even if you haven't seen the 1979 cult classic The Warriors or played the Rockstar videogame...
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No Bluff
By Jesse Hughey
Published: April 23, 2009
The story behind One-Eyed Jacks is nearly as compelling as the actual film, and for a betrayal-and-revenge Western, that's saying something. The 1961 movie is the lone...
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City, Country
By KAITLIN INGRAM
Published: April 23, 2009
Fender benders: We've all had them. One time I spotted a choice parking spot and threw my car into reverse, only to slam directly into a Volvo that had been patiently waiting...
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Intent for Suspense
Woods signs his latest Barrington novel
By Merritt Martin
Published: April 23, 2009
After completing his first suspenseful work of fiction, Chiefs, in 1981 (it was begun in 1973, but a foray into sailing interrupted his initial writing career), Stuart Woods...
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Border DJ
Stan Ridgeway plays the Lakewood
By John Freeman
Published: April 23, 2009
As lead singer for essential '80s band Wall of Voodoo, Stan Ridgway carved a unique vocal groove into the pop consciousness. Often dismissed as one-hit wonders for their song...
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Stage
At Contemporary Theatre of Dallas, The Cemetery Club has gallows humor in spades while WaterTower hits a false note with Totally True Story
By Elaine Liner
Published: April 23, 2009
If it weren't for the fine quartet of older actresses in Contemporary Theatre of Dallas' current production of Ivan Menchell's The Cemetery Club, this sentimental sitcom of a...
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Music
The Von Ehrics Wrestle With Their Identitiy
By Darryl Smyers
Published: April 23, 2009
Robert Jason Vandygriff loves Dallas. So much so, in fact, that the guitarist/vocalist of local country punk trio The Von Ehrics named his band not so much to pay honor to the...
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Critics' Picks
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.Friday, April 24, at Hailey's Club, Denton
Friday, April 24, at Hailey's Club, Denton
By Elliott Johnston
Published: April 23, 2009
Japanese collective Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. is probably the trippiest band on the planet. The group—an ever-revolving lineup led by ridiculously...
