Two Texans are going at it this month. Dallasite and conservative pundit Tomi Lahren, who got her start on Glenn Beck’s Irving-based news and entertainment network The Blaze, referred to “police hating Beyonce” on Twitter. Houston native Beyoncé was in New York City to present former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick…
Local new media artist Eric Trich was thrilled when he got the call that Canton Hall needed his help. He’d attended the Grizzly Bear concert in November, the Deep Ellum venue’s first, and walked away impressed by the space. “I like how it’s straight to the point,” Trich says. “You…
The AT&T Performing Arts Center announced the lineup for its next season of #hearhere lectures a few weeks ago, but there’s already a major change to the schedule. Tavis Smiley’s “Death of a King” multimedia presentation, scheduled for Feb. 25, has been removed from the lineup amid claims of sexual misconduct…
Sometimes traditions have to be flexible. Just like our annual St. Patrick’s Day Concert, which encountered a minor snafu when its usual location, Energy Square on Greenville Avenue, began a major renovation that will still be in the works this March. The Dallas Observer looked hard for a creative solution,…
You have to take the good with the bad. Getting the ratios right is the tricky part. How did Dallas’ cultural scene fare in 2017? Hey, we just report. You decide. Institutions that received fantastic news early this year, like the Dallas Theater Center (which won a Tony award) and…
Maybe it’s the green fur around his face, or maybe it’s playwright and lyricist Timothy Mason’s interpretation of the character as a sassy attention hog, but the Grinch cuts a Beetlejuice-like figure in the musical adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ classic Christmas tale, which runs through Sunday at the Winspear Opera…
Online theater publication TheaterJones had been investigating sexual harassment allegations against local actor and director Lee Trull for more than a year when Dallas Theater Center made the move Monday to fire Trull, its director of new play development, for “inappropriate behavior.” Mark Lowry, who co-founded TheaterJones in 2009, was…
Here at the Dallas Observer, we show love to local music year round, but last night concluded our annual celebration of the Dallas music scene. At Saturday’s Dallas Observer Music Awards showcase in Deep Ellum, our ears were overwhelmed by talent. Some of our favorites from Saturday were Dome Dwellers,…
Every November when the Recording Academy releases its list of Grammy nominees, a handful of North Texas musicians are on it. Last year, Maren Morris, Snarky Puppy, Kirk Franklin and Pentatonix were just a few of the musicians with local ties who received nods and ultimately went on to win…
Sixteen Dallas music industry veterans are milling about on a Deep Ellum patio on an unseasonably warm evening in November. It wouldn’t be odd to see any one of these promoters, radio personalities, musicians or DJs in thriving Deep Ellum on a Thursday, but it’s strange to see them all in…
Amy Miller had prepared herself to hear a lot of county music when she moved to Dallas to accept a job as program director at KXT-FM 91.7. Miller is originally from the West Coast, but she’s worked at radio stations in California, Virginia, Pennsylvania and now Texas. When she got…
It’s less than two weeks until more than 50 bands convene in Deep Ellum for the 2017 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase, which means it’s time to get down to the nitty gritty: where and how you can learn the winners. The awards ceremony begins at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec…
The chance to see sixty of Dallas’ best music acts perform for $15 is already pretty sweet, but the deal just got sweeter. In honor of National Percussion Month, the Dallas Observer is running a two-day flash sale of Dallas Observer Music Awards tickets. From now until 11:59 p.m. Friday,…
Come year’s end, 40,000 people are expected to descend on Dallas Market Hall. That’s how many turned out for last year’s Lights All Night festival, a two-day extravaganza of electronic dance music and hip-hop planned this year for Dec. 29-30. Lights All Night announced the initial lineup for its eighth…
A web series with more than 200 million viewers has turned its attention to Denton. Buzzfeed Unsolved explores true crime and supernatural stories, and the most recent episode of the show centers on the Old Alton Bridge, better known to locals as “The Goatman’s Bridge.” The Old Alton Bridge made our 2015…
When St. Vincent announced a 23-date world tour in June, a gig in her hometown of Dallas was noticeably absent. But earlier this week, that all got sorted out. Twelve more dates were added to her Fear the Future tour, including a stop at Bomb Factory on Saturday, Feb. 24. Tickets…
It’s almost the most wonderful time of the year. No, not Christmas. DOMAs! Twenty judges met at a secret location last week to vote on the winners for this year’s Dallas Observer Music Awards, and just a few weeks from now on Saturday, Dec. 2, you can hear nearly 60…
The Dallas Observer has stepped up its commitment to multimedia reporting in the last few years and is hosting a free festival celebrating the short films we’ve produced in collaboration with our fine team of freelance videographers. Join us at the Texas Theatre on Tuesday, Nov. 21. The festival takes place on…
Based on the atmosphere inside the Bomb Factory last night, some might have guessed that it was a federal holiday. The venue was packed to the hilt with people guzzling beers and chatting up their neighbors. One woman, Allison Bonifay, wore a silver sequin body suit with matching shoes and…
Police in Mangham, Louisiana, pulled over actor-turned-singer Corey Feldman for speeding Saturday night. He was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana, speeding and driving with a suspended license. At his show in Dallas on Thursday, Feldman prophetically told Dallas Observer writer Eva Raggio that he was nervous to drive through Louisiana. “They…
When we shared the ballot for the 2017 Dallas Observer Music Awards last month, we told you we’re doing things a bit differently this year. In the past, DOMA winners have been determined by a monthlong public vote. This go-around, we’ve curated a group of 20 judges who live and breathe local…
Denton-based indie rock supergroup BNQT will play the Granada Theater tonight with Motorcade and White Denim, but before the show they invited videographer and Observer collaborator Casey Carr into their studio to chat about how the band came to be and film them performing a few songs off their first…
