If you glean most of your world knowledge from talk shows and reality TV like Project Runway, then you know that the guys in Thunder from Down Under are built like no other men on God’s green earth. These guys put Chippendales to shame, with their chiseled, rock-hard abs and rugged good... More >>

Alto and tenor sax player Shelly Carrol heads up an amazing jazz ensemble that will keep you up past your bedtime, for a Wednesday night. Jazz fans in Dallas are grown folks. They have a certain refined taste in art and music that can't be found in many local music clubs, so they head to the... More >>

As the great poet Tom Cochrane once said, life is a highway. And comedy, it is often a circus. You get up on stage, perform your tricks for a crowd and hope no one throws tomatoes or other round, soft objects at you. On Thursday night, the Addison Improv (4980 Beltline Road) is taking that idea... More >>

They have ideas to better the world — seat-belt buckles designed for Texas heat, perhaps. On Thursday, we’ll hear exactly how life-changing those philosophical and researched approaches to life’s obstacles are as 11 speakers give short presentations at the Kessler Theater... More >>

While Mr. Plant’s voice may not be the spellbinding force of nature it was many, many years ago, and while the continuing separation of a Page from his Plant might be a thorn in the side of classic rock lovers around the world, there is no denying that Plant’s vocals color the music... More >>

Viva Dallas Burlesque at Lakewood Theater(1825 Abrams Road) has concocted the perfect performance combination for your viewing pleasure: derobing beauties meets circus magic. With Cirque du Burlesque, the biggest burlesque show in Texas promises to dazzle with internationally recognized... More >>

Doesn’t the summer give you fits of country-life longing? When the concrete radiates the heat right through your soul (and your soles) and the buildings reflect light and your car runs hot, hot, hotter as it idles on a baking stretch of U.S. 75 ... we pine for grass and shade and... More >>

The Immersed Ink Tattoo and Arts Festival is coming to town. And the ‘and’ is curious because tattoos are arts. Maybe not that tramp stamp you got back in junior college, but certainly the ones that will be created and inked from 2 to 10 p.m. Friday at Mesquite Convention Center... More >>

Has it been several summers since your skin’s had tan lines? Did you miss our brief stint of beautiful weather because you just bought Bioshock Infinite and you refuse to go anywhere until you finish, lest there be spoilers? Well, give your callused thumbs a rest this weekend and leave... More >>

How many times have you thought to yourself, “Why can’t I find a way to combine my appreciation of fine craft beers with my proclivity for financial do-gooding?” Well, now’s your chance to put your money where your mouth is, because the Best Little Brewfest in Texas has... More >>

When one door closes, another opens, and that is true for the Design District on Saturday night. Circuit 12 Contemporary (1130 Dragon St.) is debuting its new show, Domestic Dissonance, which features works by Sandra Erbacher and Eddie Villanueva. Via paintings, sculptures and installations,... More >>

Depending on your disposition, you’ll be either frightened or delighted by the stars of the Fang Festival at Texas Discovery Gardens (3601 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.). It’s a veritable reptilianpalooza that will feature native Texas snakes, turtles and toads. For those who... More >>

Calling all history buffs, literature aficionados and lovers of Jane Austen’s prose. Join the Jane Austen Society of North Texas on Saturday at The Netherfield Ball as they celebrate the 200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice at a lavish event inspired by Austen’s gala of the same... More >>

Tickets go on sale Friday for country music superstar Tim McGraw's "Two Lanes of Freedom" tour," presented by none other than Penzoil. Up-and-comers Brantley Gilbert and Love and Theft will help fill out the bill this summer. Also, McGraw has partnered with Tumblr to create the "Fanticipation"... More >>

Have you watched the movie 9 to 5 recently? Have you noticed how well it’s held up? Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin were embracing the idea of “lean in” way before Sheryl Sandberg wrote a book about it, although theirs came with a side of comedic revenge against their... More >>

If you’re the type of person who wakes up early every Wednesday to pick up your comic book subscriptions and you’ve trolled through every shop in town locating your old favorites, then this weekend there’s only one place to be — at the Awesome Comic Book Collector Show.... More >>

The name Jay Chandrasekhar may mean nothing to you, but you can bet your sweet ass it does to every proofreader out there. Also, it should mean something to you. Jay is one of the Broken Lizard film ensemble — you know, the guys behind Super Troopers, you fools. Plus Beerfest and Club... More >>

Whoa. Just look at this bill. It's now 2013, so the New Kids definitely aren't so new anymore, and since they're all middle-aged, I'd say they've been around the block a time or two. Because the show isn't until June, you have plenty of time to pick out your outfit for Bill Hicks' favorite band. More >>

Tickets went on sale in February for the "Mrs. Carter Show" world tour, with stops in more than forty cities worldwide. The North American dates kickoff in L.A. on June 28. If Queen Bey's Superbowl half-time show was any indication of what her upcoming tour will be like, I say get your tickets... More >>

Austin's Alpha Rev is on the up-and-up it seems. Their Kirtland Records release, Bloom, is--pardon the French--"indie", in all ways. The band is slotted to play several fests this summer, so if you don't catch them at Granada this weekend, you can probably see them around Texas. More >>

Josh Groban has pretty much done it all, including going multi-platinum, and nowadays he's hitting the road for his "In the Round" Tour, where he performs on nothing but 360-degree stages. More >>

Yes, Justin Timberlake, the crown prince of pop/viral video appearances will bring his 20/20 Experience Tour to Dallas on December 4. It's at the American Airlines Center, and tickets went on sale Monday, May 13 at 10 a.m. More >>

“Don’t touch” will be a hard request to honor at Surface and Mark, the latest group show at El Centro College’s H. Paxton Moore Fine Art Gallery (801 Main St.). Two-dimensional art from Justin Hunter Allen, C.J. Davis, Timothy Harding, Nicholas Mathis, Jeff Parrott,... More >>

Impossibly adorable and standing only 12 inches tall, the meerkat clan in the new National Geographic release Meerkats 3D is freakishly relatable. That’s likely due more to the film’s design then its subjects — the animals’ existence is narrated with highly emotive plot... More >>

Dallas started gearing up for the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination a year ago, and it will be interesting to see how much revision and hand-wringing goes into November’s “festivities.” On a more interesting note, the Dallas Museum of Art (1717 N.... More >>