Lisa Lampanelli wants you to know she’s mean—the Queen of Mean is how she describes herself. She considers her act “bawdy” and has been compared to “a cross between Archie Bunker and Don Rickles.” According to Friars Club dean Freddie Roman, she’s able to “get away with saying anything.” And…
Robert Dean Stockwell might be most recognizable as an actor (“that Quantum Leap guy!”), but he has another career as a collage artist. It’s often difficult to get past the idea that collage art feels more like a grade-school cut-and-paste project than actual art. But Stockwell has impressed some—his work…
Wheel watchers: Prepare your eyes! The Wheel of Fortune Wheelmobile is rolling into town, and it’s taking prisoners! Well, contestants. The event, free and open to the public, will allow fans to play a simulated version of WoF, win prizes and qualify for an audition to appear on an upcoming…
Wheel watchers: Prepare your eyes! The Wheel of Fortune Wheelmobile is rolling into town, and it’s taking prisoners! Well, contestants. The event, free and open to the public, will allow fans to play a simulated version of WoF, win prizes and qualify for an audition to appear on an upcoming…
What can you do in 24 hours? You can have a shirt dry-cleaned 24 times. You can watch an entire season of 24. Or you can race to make a movie. Those who choose the latter, as part of the Video Association of Dallas’ Fifth Annual 24-Hour Video Race, will…
A word of advice: When choosing a comedy club, stay away from places named Laffy’s or the Laff-Shack. Yukz, Inc! is a pretty terrible name too (as is The Chuckle Hole, The Komedy Klozet, Funny Ha-Ha and Zingers). And you can pretty much guarantee the lameness of a place called…
Former D Magazine editor and frustrated college basketball player Terry Murphy began the Hoop-It-Up three-on-three basketball tournament 20 years ago to raise money for the Dallas Special Olympics. Originally named Hoop-D-Do, its beginnings were slow. But the tournament grew rapidly, and by 1991 it became the official three-on-three streetball tournament…
With Hairspray, John Waters wrote and directed his first PG-rated film (a step down from his earlier X-ratings), tackling issues of teen angst, racial turmoil and true love all in one combed-out/teased-up package. Then Broadway took over and made the beehives bigger and the dance numbers more spectacular. What remained…
Street fairs are a great excuse to eat meat on a stick while bargaining for some hemp jewelry. When the weather’s nice, the crowds aren’t too pushy and there’s no line at the funnel cakes booth, nothing can beat an hour of strolling down a blocked-off street perusing the wares…
Isn’t laughter supposed to be the best medicine? (Well, penicillin, then laughter, then a lot of morphine…) For a doggy in dire straits, your laughter could mean the difference between life and death. Comedian Todd Glass is on hand to deliver the laughs; you might remember him as the guy…
One of the only good things to come from Hurricane Katrina was a renewed appreciation for the art and culture that the city of New Orleans has always provided, whether we noticed it or not. The booze and beads were fantastic, but the blues and jazz were the main event…
Q: What did one Deadhead say to the other Deadhead after the LSD wore off? A: “Man, this band sucks!” If you think that joke is totally harsh, you probably won’t definitely avoid seeing Dark Star Orchestra, a Grateful Dead cover band making its way to the Lakewood this Thursday…
A writer and comedian whose résumé includes both “contributor for The New Yorker” and “creator of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” Andy Borowitz certainly seems interesting. So it’s no surprise that the Dallas Institute for Interesting People has asked him to be a part of their lecture series. What’s surprising…
Southern women are often portrayed on stage and screen as wisecracking straight talkers with unlimited sass. Flo had everyone at Mel’s Diner kissing her grits; “Mama” Harper’s clan was a far cry from the Waltons. And the ladies of Steel Magnolias are no exception. Even the characters’ names are uniquely…
Say what you will about Texas, but recognize that a state this big has a great many tales to tell. Its colorful history, climate and characters make Texas ripe for literature as spicy and meticulously crafted as its barbecue sauce. To honor our storytelling traditions, the University of North Texas…
In 2004, when Beastie Boy Adam Yauch discovered a fan’s cell phone concert photo, an idea was born: give cameras to the fans and let them shoot enough footage to make a feature-length film. The result is awesome. Literally. The film Awesome: I…Shot That was made by 50 camera-toting fans…
Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, for more than 38 years, the crisis prevention organization CONTACT has taken thousands of phone calls to help callers deal with “loneliness, anxiety, relationship problems, domestic violence, depression and suicide.””These are problems with which even a casual viewer…
Last summer Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson taught us “the rules” of wedding crashing. Rule No. 2: Never use your real name. Rule No. 10: Invitations are for pussies. Rule No. 72: Never talk about the bridesmaids you’re nailing; the polite term is “nailing love to.” OK, maybe I made…
Through film, conversation, music and food, Black Cinematheque Dallas tells the truth about love at the 10th annual Black Women’s Film Festival. Ten films have been selected to tell the stories of black women and relationships as per this year’s theme: Looking for Mr. Right or Mr. Right Now. The…
Used to be if you wanted a public head-shaving, you’d go see The Banes. But since the sad demise of that band, one has few opportunities to “bald it up” onstage. Fortunately, St. Baldrick’s, the patron saint of “what seems like a drunken frat prank but actually helps kids,” has…
When James Brown declared, “This is a man’s world,” he wasn’t speaking about the film industry, but the sentiment certainly applies. Women In Film was formed to combat the “boys’ club” atmosphere in Hollywood. WIF Dallas celebrates International Women’s Day and women behind the camera with a month of screenings,…
You’ve seen London. You’ve seen France. But you haven’t really seen anything until you’ve experienced a century-old German farce performed on the Southern Methodist University campus. Enter: The Underpants. Originally written by Carl Sternheim in 1910, the play has been adapted by actor/comedian Steve Martin (currently starring in the equally…
