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Magic and Illusions

  • Calendar

    April 12, 2012
  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Want to Know How David Blaine Does That Stuff? (Don't Hold Your Breath)

    If there really were such a thing as magical power, wouldn't it be a waste to use it on card tricks? Or trying to break the record for consecutive minutes not breathing without dying? But that is what magician, illusionist and "endurance artist" David Blaine does and he did some of it last night at ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2012

    David Blaine: His Only Crime is Being Awesome

    If there really were such a thing as magical power, wouldn't it be a waste to use it on card tricks? Or trying to break the record for consecutive minutes not breathing without dying? But that is what magician, illusionist and "endurance artist" David Blaine does and he did some of it last night at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Really, We Have to Wait a Whole Year Till Modern Family Cast Comes to Brinker Forum?

    Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet will be at the Winspear in April​Mixmaster Merritt has posted the lineup for next season's TITAS performances, which will be spread across the Winspear and Wyly beginning September 1. Here, we bring you the roster for next season's Brinker Inte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Rusty Tacos Is a Fine Wake-Up Call

    ​Not enough is written about breakfast tacos in Dallas. That's regrettable given that, like barbecue, breakfast tacos are a hallmark of the state's foodways, something so uniquely Texan that after my initial visits after marrying a D/FW native, I scoured the streets of New York in search of th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2011

    Chugga Chugga Chugga

    ​Not enough is written about breakfast tacos in Dallas. That's regrettable given that, like barbecue, breakfast tacos are a hallmark of the state's foodways, something so uniquely Texan that after my initial visits after marrying a D/FW native, I scoured the streets of New York in search of th ... More >>

  • Film

    February 3, 2011

    The Illusionist: Reanimating a Celluloid Fossil.

    ​Not enough is written about breakfast tacos in Dallas. That's regrettable given that, like barbecue, breakfast tacos are a hallmark of the state's foodways, something so uniquely Texan that after my initial visits after marrying a D/FW native, I scoured the streets of New York in search of th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 28, 2010

    More like Gourdvine...

    ​Not enough is written about breakfast tacos in Dallas. That's regrettable given that, like barbecue, breakfast tacos are a hallmark of the state's foodways, something so uniquely Texan that after my initial visits after marrying a D/FW native, I scoured the streets of New York in search of th ... More >>

  • Film

    August 26, 2010
  • Calendar

    July 29, 2010

    Broadway On Akard

    Faith No More

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    The Man Who Can Read Your Mind

    Fine, then you try to explain it. Call him the Dallas Wowboy. In my years as a sportswriter I've come to appreciate lots of athletes. For the most part, I could comprehend and sorta explain their greatness. Troy Aikman's mechanically flawless accuracy. Jason Kidd's uncanny peripheral vision. ... More >>

  • News

    June 18, 2009

    Prepare To Be Amazed As Mind Reader David Magee Freaks Out Dallas Cowboys and Other Local Sports Celebs With His Mental Skills

    Fine, then you try to explain it. Call him the Dallas Wowboy. In my years as a sportswriter I've come to appreciate lots of athletes. For the most part, I could comprehend and sorta explain their greatness. Troy Aikman's mechanically flawless accuracy. Jason Kidd's uncanny peripheral vision. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    The Blaine of My Existence

    Fine, then you try to explain it. Call him the Dallas Wowboy. In my years as a sportswriter I've come to appreciate lots of athletes. For the most part, I could comprehend and sorta explain their greatness. Troy Aikman's mechanically flawless accuracy. Jason Kidd's uncanny peripheral vision. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2008

    The Magic Man, Not El Diablo

    Fine, then you try to explain it. Call him the Dallas Wowboy. In my years as a sportswriter I've come to appreciate lots of athletes. For the most part, I could comprehend and sorta explain their greatness. Troy Aikman's mechanically flawless accuracy. Jason Kidd's uncanny peripheral vision. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 31, 2008

    Wands Up!

    Feel the magic of the Improv

  • Calendar

    October 25, 2007

    Symphonic Spells

    The DSO maestro raises a magical wand

  • Calendar

    March 22, 2007

    Choo-Choo!

    The DSO maestro raises a magical wand

  • Calendar

    March 8, 2007

    The Prestige

    Copperfield makes money vanish

  • Home Entertainment

    January 11, 2007

    Hold Your Horses

    Copperfield makes money vanish

  • Film

    August 17, 2006

    Practical Magic

    Eerie melodrama explores the dark arts in turn-of-the-century Vienna

  • Music

    July 13, 2006

    Sis-Boom-Blah

    Her Cowboys spirit is willing, but her rhythm is weak

  • Culture

    June 8, 2006

    Unhinged

    DTC's Illusion plays ugly tricks; Communicating Doors plays with time

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2006

    Spells and Binding

    DTC's Illusion plays ugly tricks; Communicating Doors plays with time

  • News

    March 23, 2006

    Hogwarts, North Texas Division

    Do you believe in magic? Then we have a school for you, Harry.

  • News

    February 2, 2006

    Wize Guys

    Here's your chance to get rich quick -- or lose your shirt, in which case, GlobalTec disavows all responsibility for, well, anything

  • Culture

    January 12, 2006

    Sing Out, Louise

    Gypsies make Broadway Our Way a gay old time; Pegasus back in black and white

  • Film

    June 16, 2005

    The Wiz

    Miyazaki returns with a beautiful but confounding fairy tale

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2004

    Tricksters

    An air of Mysterium

  • Best of Dallas

    October 14, 2004

    Best Salon

    Salon Gossip

  • News

    May 27, 2004

    Poof

    City manager disappears--a trick!

  • Calendar

    February 12, 2004

    Trick Schtick

    David Copperfield tries for a lucky "13"

  • Calendar

    November 27, 2003

    Park It

    It's a winter wonderland

  • Film

    June 5, 2003

    Heart Felt

    Lawless Heart is an alert look at human bounds and the emotions that break them

  • Culture

    October 31, 2002

    Paul Faaaaag!

    The creator of TV's Freaks can't stop talking about being a geek

  • News

    October 24, 2002

    Jerry Rigged

    J.J. pulls another stupid human trick

  • Film

    November 15, 2001

    It's So Wizard!

    The magic eclipses the marketing of the big-screen Harry Potter

  • Calendar

    March 8, 2001

    Tricks and Treats

    These are not your parents' magicians

  • Culture

    April 8, 1999

    Sofa kingdom

    The Contemporary British Painters exhibit soothes the critic's savage breast

  • Culture

    May 21, 1998

    Big-top drama

    Kitchen Dog doesn't just clown around in their dazzling Glass Menagerie

  • Calendar

    August 28, 1997

    Events for the week

    Kitchen Dog doesn't just clown around in their dazzling Glass Menagerie

  • Film

    May 29, 1997

    Magical mystery tour

    Peploe's potion mixes all the right ingredients

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