Do you hate snakes? If so, then stay the hell away from the Texas Motorplex (7500 U.S. 287) in Ennis this Saturday and Sunday. Repticon holds its second Dallas-area show this weekend, baiting in dedicated herpers from across the state. This destination festival allows enthusiasts to show off their most…
John Lithgow is one of America’s most celebrated actors. He’s got a shelf full of Tonys, an Emmy for a dark guest appearance on Dexter and he’s even put out some charming kids’ albums. But if you’re a child of the ’80s, you remember him for one role: the high-strung,…
Five years ago, Dallas Comedy House founder Amanada Austin risked a cushy job at a Lexus dealership to follow a dream of bringing Chicago-style improv comedy to Dallas/Fort Worth at a time when its comedy scene was still in its infancy. “When we opened, I was really more concerned with…
A trio of University of North Texas (UNT) improvisers who went to Austin to compete in the College Improv Tournament came back to Denton with a first-place plaque. UNT seniors Daniel Matthews, Colten Winburn and Ryan Goldsberry, known collectively as Cell Block Tango, beat 11 other teams to win the…
DFW Vintage Toys’ Jayden Frost has a hard time turning away just about any toy that someone brings into the store. He doesn’t just have mainstream vintage fare like unopened G.I. Joe Skystrikers, plastic molded comic book characters and a room dedicated to Star Wars. He has some of the…
Metal has always had a natural fit with fantastical landscapes that look like they were crafted by the hand of Frank Frazetta. The Fort Worth metal group The Hack and Slashers, however, don’t live in a world that looks perfectly suited for a custom painted van in the ’80s or…
Every true fan has some grand adventure cooked up in their heads. A way to honor the thing they love most. Only a few dare to actually put that to paper and share it with the world. If your passions involve stories of fire-and-ice-breathing dragons, aliens who travel to Earth…
Jared’s Epic Party is only a month away and he already has a ton of attractions in store that could make the richest kid in Highland Park’s birthday party look like a gathering at a Chuck E. Cheese. Besides the promise of reuniting Vanilla Ice and his “Ninja Rap” with…
The perennial gaming powerhouse ScrewAttack announced that they will hold another massive gaming-gasm in Dallas this summer, and you have your first chance to pick up your tickets. The annual ScrewAttack Gaming Convention (SGC) will return to DFW on July 11-13 to the downtown Sheraton Hotel and the tickets for…
Magician Edward Ruiz takes a classic approach to magic from the illusions he performs on stage to his physical appearance. It’s no accident that he looks exactly like one of caped madmen straight from the pages of an old kids’ magic book. “As a kid, I wanted to be that…
Drafthouse Films recently plucked Ms. 45, a very dark and gory ’80s revenge tale, from falling completely into obscurity by re-releasing it in theaters and on DVD and Blu-ray with a brand-new, fully restored high definition gloss. We can certainly respect the film powerhouse’s effort to honor this underrated classic,…
If you’re a family man or woman, it is nearly impossible to see live comedy with your little ones. That’s because the man or woman of the hour-and-a-half-or-so on stage either made his name through boundary-breaking shock and obscenity or wasn’t funny enough on his own and had to turn…
Peter Mayhew, the man who spent three Star Wars movie probably sweating away half of his body weight in a Chewbacca costume, must have a wealth of sci-fi history hiding in his Boyd, Texas, home. This weekend, he dropped a bunch of it on the malleable, easily blown minds of…
Don’t Talk – Siri from Alamo Drafthouse on Vimeo. The Alamo Drafthouse has a strange monopoly in the movie business on public service announcements that find new and creative ways to tell their patrons to shut off their phones. Their latest entry into their PSA vault is nothing short of…
You might think that a show that features nothing but bizarre moments from the starry-eyed days of the VHS tape wouldn’t last five minutes when anyone with two thumbs and an iPhone can download one of a billion embarrassing moments from YouTube or laugh at tragedy after tragedy along with…
You’re never quite sure where you are when you talk to Neil Hamburger. The standup walks a fine line that can leave you dancing between genuine reality and some bizarre universe where you’re not sure if the hand you hold in front of your face is real or even your…
A comedian, storyteller and founding member of the sketch troupe The State is bringing his deep and dark storytelling podcast to the Dallas Comedy House next month. Kevin Allison will record a live episode of his popular Maximum Fun podcast Risk! at 10:30 p.m. Friday, February 7. The podcast is…
Three tours with the Army in Iraq and Afghanistan left Raul Sanchez with post-traumatic stress disorder, crippling anxiety attacks and, at one time, a substance abuse problem. So, naturally he turned to comedy. That might sound odd, but for Sanchez, the San Antonio standup comedian recently named the Funniest Comic…
Found footage films are an interesting art form. We don’t mean those shaky movies where the director forgot to pack a tripod. We mean movies that were actually found in garage sales, Blockbuster liquidation sales or some dusty thrift store that still has a VHS section. Thanks to the efforts…
One of the most memorable sketches in The Kids in the Hall’s repertoire had comedian Kevin McDonald skewering the gentlemanly image of Lubbock boy Buddy Holly. McDonald put on a pair of thick-frame glasses and treated everyone around him like dirt just moments before his fatal flight because, as McDonald…
Just about every film buff worth his weight in rare 3-D copies of Captain EO raves about director Spike Jonze’s first feature-length film, Being John Malkovich, calling it one of those bizarre films you just have to see before you die. Well, now’s your chance. We don’t mean the dying…
Do you remember all the fun you had in the 1970s? If you do, chances are you didn’t have enough. You didn’t spend enough time rotting your brain with flashy disco music, fashion that could put someone’s eye out and a stockpile of narcotics. Make up for lost time as…
