South Dallas Cultural Center

City Finally Tending to South Dallas Cultural Center. Still Waiting on Motorsports Museum.

South Dallas Cultural Center To Open This Year. Maybe. When the City Can Find a New Contractor.

Events for the week

Events for the week

Events for the week

Events for the week

Rapper's delight

Erykah Badu emerges from nowhere with a record deal and vast ambition

Picture Imperfect

A struggling arts foundation gives kids a chance to see South Dallas through a camera lens

Events for the week

A struggling arts foundation gives kids a chance to see South Dallas through a camera lens

Events for the week

A struggling arts foundation gives kids a chance to see South Dallas through a camera lens

"Fathead" Newman's Granddaughter Reveals Plans for Two Dallas Memorials

Talibah Newman, David "Fathead" Newman's granddaughter, tells Unfair Park today that on Sunday at 2 p.m., there will be a memorial service in honor of the saxophone great, who died Tuesday night in New York following a long bout with pancreatic cancer. The service will take place at the Warren Avenu ... More >>

Don't you dare call it the 'Chitlin Circuit'

With their sequined dancers, cardboard characters, and savage beauty-shop banter, Shelly Garrett's comedy plays don't get any respect from critics. But black Dallas knows better.

Letters

With their sequined dancers, cardboard characters, and savage beauty-shop banter, Shelly Garrett's comedy plays don't get any respect from critics. But black Dallas knows better.

Events for the week

With their sequined dancers, cardboard characters, and savage beauty-shop banter, Shelly Garrett's comedy plays don't get any respect from critics. But black Dallas knows better.

Events for the week

With their sequined dancers, cardboard characters, and savage beauty-shop banter, Shelly Garrett's comedy plays don't get any respect from critics. But black Dallas knows better.

The Truth is out there

Erykah Badu profits from her role as soul music's last, best prophet

Night & Day

May 14 - 20, 1998

Night & Day

June 18 - 24, 1998

Night & Day

November 26 - December 2, 1998

NIGHT & DAY,

1998 December 3-9

Good at being the best

The youngest man in rock and roll, Ronnie Dawson gets hitched and grows up (sort of)

Lady sings the Blues

Chonita "N'Dambi" Gilbert is a back-up singer no more

The real deal

Chonita "N'Dambi" Gilbert is a back-up singer no more

Gimme gimme

City Hall has $22 million in federal funds to fix your neighborhood. Instead, it's spending the money on barrels of pork.

The keys of time

Red Garland played with legends and then became one. So why is he barely known in his hometown?

Global Drama

Red Garland played with legends and then became one. So why is he barely known in his hometown?

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Red Garland played with legends and then became one. So why is he barely known in his hometown?

Black Power

Badass or just bad, blaxploitation gets its day

Comfort Food

This tour keeps you in stitches

Here's Hoping

Hope springs eternal on Second Avenue, but real change comes slowly

Danger Zone

Tom Clancy plays spy games

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Tom Clancy plays spy games

Harlem Nights

Single sisters shouldn't settle?

Toxic Filmmaking

Troma's bossman to take over town; hide your children

Raising the Bar

At last, the USA Film Festival is back under the influence

Day Jobs

Four Day Weekend wants to second that emotion

Paradise Lost

Letting the Yanomamö speak for themselves

We are the World

More fun than a school board meeting

Cora! Cora! Cora!

Artistic director Cora Cardona's style--passionate, arrogant, riveting, domineering--makes Teatro Dallas special and her enemies livid

Still Born

Jubilee Theatre's subdued Black Nativity lacks its usual wallop

Soul food

A complete and well-balanced arts meal

Girl Drink Drunk: Capitol Pub

A fireside Taxi Cab​It was a brisk night. Jessica and I had set out to see John Spriggins' Paper Dolls exhibition at the South Dallas Cultural Center. We made several illegal u-turns before successfully achieving our goal (the SDCC is precariously located at a wonky intersection) and perusing the ... More >>

Yesterday at NX35: Things Kick Off With A Discussion of The Arts

Lindsey Coyne​Panel: DFW, The Arts, and The Future: A Roundtable DiscussionVenue: BanterTime: 1 p.m. Perhaps the most appropriate way to kick off a music festival in a town of burgeoning music and artistic talent is to discuss the bigger picture. How do festivals, art galleries, house shows and t ... More >>

Creative Genes

Lindsey Coyne​Panel: DFW, The Arts, and The Future: A Roundtable DiscussionVenue: BanterTime: 1 p.m. Perhaps the most appropriate way to kick off a music festival in a town of burgeoning music and artistic talent is to discuss the bigger picture. How do festivals, art galleries, house shows and t ... More >>

Kwanzaa Gets Creative

Lindsey Coyne​Panel: DFW, The Arts, and The Future: A Roundtable DiscussionVenue: BanterTime: 1 p.m. Perhaps the most appropriate way to kick off a music festival in a town of burgeoning music and artistic talent is to discuss the bigger picture. How do festivals, art galleries, house shows and t ... More >>

Book It to the Fair

Lindsey Coyne​Panel: DFW, The Arts, and The Future: A Roundtable DiscussionVenue: BanterTime: 1 p.m. Perhaps the most appropriate way to kick off a music festival in a town of burgeoning music and artistic talent is to discuss the bigger picture. How do festivals, art galleries, house shows and t ... More >>

Cool Snaps for Hepcats

Lindsey Coyne​Panel: DFW, The Arts, and The Future: A Roundtable DiscussionVenue: BanterTime: 1 p.m. Perhaps the most appropriate way to kick off a music festival in a town of burgeoning music and artistic talent is to discuss the bigger picture. How do festivals, art galleries, house shows and t ... More >>

Save Him Ishmael

Lindsey Coyne​Panel: DFW, The Arts, and The Future: A Roundtable DiscussionVenue: BanterTime: 1 p.m. Perhaps the most appropriate way to kick off a music festival in a town of burgeoning music and artistic talent is to discuss the bigger picture. How do festivals, art galleries, house shows and t ... More >>