If you like bidding on things, you’re going to want to grab a pen and paper and scribble down the words Noche de Rumba. It’s a date auction for one evening only and it’s in the Rose Room at S4. Surprise! Last year’s event was such a huge success, they brought it back and... More >>

Are you sitting down for this? I hope so. There’s a burlesque studio in Plano! The town with the great debate — to hard liquor or not to hard liquor — is teaching ladies to dance not-quite-topless. Well, as with any time you dance it out, things get broken ... hearts mostly,... More >>

To say that multi-instrumentalist Robert Gomez was a busybody in 2012 is an understatement: The man was a machine. He started off the year collaborating on a song for a French film called Sea, No Sex and Sun, and then hit the road for a tour with beloved local Sarah Jaffe — they wound up... More >>

Let’s just get it out of the way now: There are some things a man will never live down, and one of those things would be a dozen-yearlong career playing an endearingly annoying nerd named Samuel “Screech” Powers. Yeah, we’re looking at you, Dustin Diamond. And... More >>

More and more open-mic comedy nights are popping up in unexpected places around town, like The Amsterdam Bar and the Texas Theatre. Joker’s Wild started last fall in the Voodoo Room at House of Blues (2200 N. Lamar St.), and has now become a monthly gig for Dallas comedians, hosted by... More >>

If you find yourself wanting more from your pageant viewing, we have the answer. If you find the interview portion of generic pageants little more than inane comments on foreign affairs, stop searching. If you need more talent — dare we say, talent with a capital MISS T — then drag... More >>

As our calendars creep closer and closer to summer in North Texas, it’s time to adjust our activities accordingly. The outside becomes a distant memory as the dang mercury begins its ascent. So while it may be too late to (comfortably) go camping, it’s never too hot for high camp,... More >>

Black Flag are one of the most respected punk bands of the last 40 years, thanks partly to their confrontational and anti-authority stage presence. Seen as a forerunner for hardcore, skate and anarchistic cultures, Black Flag come to town sporting one original member, founder Greg Ginn. But if... More >>

If you're into electro, garage, surf or punk rock, there's no better local bill to see this weekend than the trifecta that is Datahowler, Sealion and Fort Worth's War Party (who boast an exceedingly punk rock trombone player). The one-man band -- percussive and synth-clad Ross Edman -- is... More >>

There was a time when being a royal male meant more than helping to camouflage a baby bump or dodging zoom lenses on exotic Grecian islands. Not many years ago, being royalty meant being a proper diplomat, strategizing with heads of state and spending every spare moment attempting to wrangle a... More >>

Apocalyptic drumbeats and blazing brass are quickly followed by the hushed, pulsing chants of a choir as Carl Orff’s darkly seductive masterpiece begins. The opening notes of Carmina Burana, performed live by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Chorus on Saturday, are an instantly... More >>

This weekend, the DFW International Community Alliance brings more than 85 nations and cultures together to wave their flags as part of the second annual Dallas International Festival. Relocating to Centennial Hall at Fair Park (1300 Robert B. Cullum Blvd.), the family-friendly fest will... More >>

Summer is taunting us, with its beady eyes peeking around every corner, so to relish these final fleeting days of spring, the Texas Ballet Theater offers up amazing dance performances as part of SpringFest. Slated for the final weekend of the TBT festival is a can’t-miss double feature at... More >>

There’s been an absolute resurgence of psychedelic music over the past few years. It’s not as though it ever left, but it’s jumping from the tongues of quite a few garage singers these days. Austin’s The Black Angels deserve much of the credit for the psychedelic... More >>

Tickets are going fast for Taylor Swift's stop in Dallas on her 2013 North American tour. Back in November, the singer-songwriter released her fourth full-length album, Red, and it already tops the iTunes album sales charts in 40 countries worldwide. More >>

Tomatoes are all kinds of awesome. The magical fruit, which mistakenly poses as a vegetable from time to time, comes in as many varieties as it has uses. But there’s one hard and fast rule with the almighty tomato: Overripe ones are disgusting. So, what’s one to do with old,... More >>

This awesome 10-dollar lineup is the most expensive show I've seen listed at Fort Worth's fabulously artsy, DIY music venue The Where House. That's the beauty of it. Bands like folk-pop group Air Review, who first picked up steam in 2009, and has since opened for heavy-hitters like Flaming... More >>

If drafting up a list of things that feel lucky, you’d have to include the following: A day off from the rat race. Getting to choose from a wide variety of awesome food that comes from a festival of mobilerants (aka food trucks). Bounce houses and pony rides, hello. All of this stuff is... More >>

Podiums are boring. A sculpture deserves a befitting platform, and while a rectangular box painted gallery white with a matte finish might be appropriate for formal work, pieces that veer toward the avant garde deserve something special. Or so believes fabric artist Chesley Williams, whose new... More >>

The breakup of The Mars Volta happened so far under the radar that it was almost ninja-like. A brief announcement of a hiatus was followed four months later by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez calling time on the musical project he had created in 2001 with Cedric Bixler-Zavala after the dissolution of... More >>

Did you know Deepak Chopra gave spiritual advice to 50 Cent? Why that relationship was never turned into a reality show is an unsolvable riddle, but he taught Curtis Jackson how to meditate by giving him the mantra “I am.” Chopra’s status as a celebrity advisor might often... More >>

Running through a jungle with a crazed redhead whom people refer to as “Mr. Brownstone” screaming “Welcome to the jungle; we’ve got fun and games” wouldn’t seem like a way to spend your Wednesday night. But when the crazed redhead is Axl Rose crooning... More >>

The Savage brothers, now of Parquet Courts, spent some time in Denton bands before moving to New York. Local connections aside, this underground punk act has received its fair share of critical acclaim since they put out their cassette debut American Specialties in 2011. This was followed by a... More >>

Tickets are on sale now for Fleetwood Mac's 34-city U.S. tour, which will mark the 35th anniversary of their classic album, Rumours. To coincide with the tour and anniversary, a new deluxe reissue of Rumours, with previously unreleased studio and live tracks, will be released in early 2013 from... More >>

Brooklyn-based 23-year-old Aly Spaltro will play guitar and sing with a handful of talented musicians on her Midwest tour for her debut album, appropriately titled Ripely Pine; and it should be mentioned that she opens for Neko Case on some of those dates. More >>