Some artists never leave the realm of commercial illustration or photography, plying their skills and style away from the gallery. Craighead Green Gallery seeks to remedy that with Launch, a new series of exhibitions featuring commercial artists whose work has not been seen in galleries before. First Launch, the series’…
In the two months since Nigerian soccer star and Major League Soccer alum Uche Okafor was found dead in his Little Elm home, press from his home country has followed the blow-by-blow between the Little Elm Police Department, which has called Okafor’s death a suicide, and his family, who insist…
Harry Shearer is probably best known as the voice of Mr. Burns on The Simpsons or for classic mockumentaries like This Is Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind, but his recent documentary is nothing to laugh about. Directed and narrated by Shearer, The Big Uneasy explores the after effects of…
A mysterious stranger. A shameful secret. And even nuns! If it wasn’t set to a score by Puccini, you’d think it came straight out of the morning soaps. An English adaptation of the Italian opera Suor Angelica is the latest production from the Meadows School of the Arts’ monthly “Opera…
You might be girding yourselves for the Cajun cuisine that goes along with the upcoming Mardi Gras celebration, but a little-known and rarely celebrated holiday is right around the corner. Declared by President Reagan in 1984, National Frozen Food Day — which fallas on Sunday — celebrates the modern convenience…
Drawing upon both the rich cultural traditions of Africa and the artistic philosophy and themes of the Harlem Renaissance, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary’s Nobody Knows My Name: The African American Experience in American Culture is an examination the black experience. The exhibits focus on the challenges African Americans have faced…
Fairy tales are usually pretty predictable. Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy finds girl. Sure, there might be a wicked witch or ancient curse in there, but the premise is generally the same. You don’t exactly go in expecting an M. Night Shyamalan ending. But in the Dallas Children’s…
There is a hazy, oppressive boundary between awake and asleep that many of us struggle through each morning, whether it’s the groggy, pre-coffee sleepwalk or the stubborn fight between a person’s obligations and his under-rested body. This half-awake state is the subject of Houston-based Italian artist Nicola Parente’s series of…
If you’ve been dreaming since early adolescence of making tea time with your teddy bear a reality, now’s your chance. Dallas Arboretum’s Friendship Tea couples gourmet food from the Arboretum’s Restaurant DeGolyer with the aroma of flowers at 11 a.m. this Thursday through Sunday. And what would tea be without…
The thwack of the bat, the roar of the crowd or the screams of the cheerleaders–games and sports permeate our culture, and in our art no less than anywhere else. Dunn and Brown Contemporary’s Ball Game group exhibition explores sports imagery. The renowned artist Damien Hirst, photographer Luis Gispert and…
Late last month, West Dallas activist Otis Fagan turned up at City Hall backed by 20 or so other members of a group he calls the Clean Association for Environmental Justice, asking the city council to intervene on their behalf and help them get medical benefits he said they’re guaranteed…
Councilman Ron Natinsky got his Valentine’s Day started right, taking a short stroll with his wife, Nancy, down to the City Secretary’s office to submit his petition to run for mayor. Ah, romance. A handful of cameramen and reporters crammed into the office alongside Natinsky, where he gabbed about future…
Which Wich, the sandwich chain born in downtown Dallas, announced yesterday it’s expanding its menu for the first time in seven years — and in its first phase, that expansion is literal. No longer will you have to lie to the cashier about that “friend” waiting outside for whom you’re…
Dallas-based specialty salad restaurant Greenz and Beautiful Brands International on Wednesday announced an agreement to open the first Greenz franchise in Uptown. An existing McKinney Avenue store will be converted into the first franchise location. The franchise restaurant has two counterparts that will remain under corporate ownership; a smaller venue…
