Paying homage to Austin's iconic 6th Street, this Uptown bar is trying to establish the same party atmosphere that you would find in the Texas capital. With two large garage-style doors, the bar can easily shift from indoor club to outdoor party, and features a rooftop patio and bar. Mounted throughout the bar's clean mahogany interior are more than six HD flat-screens, often locked on ESPN. Thursdays promise either acoustic or solo acts, while the weekends are pumped up by DJs, dance music and full bands. The "Austin Sipper" is 6th Street Bar's signature drink, and the first drink listed on the "Skinnies" menu, cleverly named for featuring drinks that contain less than 100 calories. More >>
The area in downtown Dallas west of Central Expressway — across the freeway from Deep Ellum — is a gray area between commerce and nightlife. While the two don’t exactly go together, the dance clubs and corporate highrises seem to coexist here. One good example is Allure, a two-story dance club built into a 100-year old building on Elm Street. From the outside, the building looks like a historical landmark, but on the inside it’s a sleek club with a big dance floor and neon laser lights. The big room upstairs, painted all white, is where ?uestlove from The Roots famously DJed a set for a packed house. More >>
http://www.dallastheatercenter.org Once based in the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Kalita Humphreys Theater, in 2009 the DTC moved to newer, fancier digs at the Wyly Theatre at the AT&T PAC. With a repertoire that dates way back to the 1950s, they now perform a half dozen or so different plays a season, ranging from the classics (Shakespeare and Dickens) to darker, more modern productions. More >>
A mere 350 square feet is all the Kennedy Room -- a small Kennedy-themed bar in Uptown -- is working with. Cramped seating and few tables may seem initially off-putting for people looking to grab drinks on a busy weekend, but there's room on the spacious outdoor patio offered in front of the pink Montaigne Club building on Maple Avenue. If you're lucky enough to grab one of the 10 or so tables and sparse bar stools, you can admire the Kennedy Room's overhanging Kennedy and Jackie O. mural, the penny-lacquered bar and classic cocktails it serves. More >>
2201 North Field St. Dallas, TX 75201
214-428-5555
http://www.perotmuseum.org The Perot Museum, which offers some of the coolest modern architecture around as well as the craziest escalator you’ve ever seen, has attracted international attention since its opening in late 2012. Tons of interactive exhibits, from an earthquake simulator to a planetarium to racing a dinosaur, mean it’s constantly swarmed with rambunctious kids, so try to time your visit when most of them will be stuck in school -- like late on weekday afternoons or during the special adults-only evenings. More >>
3636 Turtle Creek Blvd. Dallas, TX 75219
214-219-2718
http://www.uptownplayers.org A nonprofit theater group on a mission, the talented troupe of Uptown Players put their dramatic skills to good use by putting on productions that aim to increase awareness of relevant social issues in a campy and hilarious way: Think Mommie Queerest and Re-Designing Women. Their ability to strike that balance has bought them a loyal following in the Oak Lawn community and beyond, with scores of loyal season subscribers. More >>