Still haven’t figured out what you’re doing for Friday date night? Well it better be something more entertaining than the ABC prime time lineup, because your date’s not going to stand for that, and if you’re looking for cheap, it doesn’t get much cheaper than this unless you want to…
Having already lost his position as creative director of his own fashion line and the Christian Dior label, John Galliano’s life just got worse. The former fashion designer was convicted in a Paris court today for racist and anti-Semitic remarks made at a bar in Paris earlier this year. He…
We adults would be as enamored with the zoo as our kids are if, say, there was an adults-only evening replete with food, music and plenty of beer on tap. Where can we sign up for that? We’ll tell you where you can sign up for the Dallas Observer’s inaugural…
As much as we love DIY design and craft projects, there just isn’t enough room in our house for a studio worthy of Martha Stewart’s praise. That’s why workshops at Oil & Cotton make more sense, especially when it’s no-brainer creativity craft time like the Neighborhood Collage workshop. Go to…
Sure, we’re no Vegas, but Dallas is known for some iconic neon signs, perhaps more so for the ones that have gone dark, like the original Pegasus and the Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts signs. The Alamo closed in 2008, and last summer Unfair Park toured the vacant property days before…
According to the oh-so scientific minds at AAA, approximately 30.5 million Americans will be traveling this Labor Day weekend, which is down roughly 2 percent from last year. How do the guys at AAA figure this out? We don’t know, and we don’t care because we’re not hitting the road…
Is your garage looking more like a thrift store these days or can you barely get into your closet because it looks like it should be on one of those hoarding reality shows? Hey, we know you’re not a hoarder, you’re an appreciator of things, which is why you should…
Abstract paintings can appear so abstract that it’s difficult to interpret meaning from the crowded geometric shapes or intersections of paint splashes and splotches. Abstract painter David Collins layers abstract images on each other in his works, but the result is not an onslaught of imagery that leaves one looking…
We’re not usually advocates of dressing up pets, especially when owners decide to play twinsies with their pooches. Now, that’s just wrong. But we’re all for putting Fido in a snazzy outfit when it’s for a good cause, like world peace or helping other adorable animals. That’s why we’re fans…
Many a girl dressed her Barbie doll in a sequined wedding gown and marched those overly-arched feet down the aisle to Ken doll while humming “Here Comes the Bride,” but Mattel broke the hearts of little girls everywhere when it announced in 2004 that Ken and Barbie, who only got…
We just found out our favorite waitress in Pushing Daises and Good Witch of the North in Wicked is coming to town, but it’s not to film scenes for the 2012 midseason ABC series Good Christian Belles. Chenoweth, best known for belting out tunes on Broadway, is set to speak…
No matter what the season or climate, White Rock Lake is always a serene destination in our otherwise bustling city. This year the lake turns 100, an anniversary that’s been celebrated this summer with a festival, guided tours and plenty of champagne toasts at sunset. White Rock Lake Museum is…
When the American Film Institute originally compiled its list of the best movies in the first 100 years of American film (1896-1996), five of the top 10 movies chosen were shot in black and white and one film, The Wizard of Oz, was filmed in both black and white and…
It’s almost time to send the kids back to school, and we’re sure their favorite part isn’t getting a new locker or pencil bag. When we were kids, “back to school” meant a trip to the mall for new shoes and a snazzy outfit for the first day of school…
On August 6, Andy Warhol would have turned 83, and to commemorate the iconic artist’s life, LuminArte Design Gallery installed a collection of works from modern artists inspired by Warhol. What Would Andy Do? is an exhibition of works from local, national and international artists who apply Warhol’s pop stylings…
It’s been a while since we’ve thrown a big party. Sure, we have awesome Tweet Up Parties every month (don’t miss tonight’s mixer at House of Blues), but it’s time for a big blowout, the kind your friends talk about for days or even weeks if they didn’t leave the…
We were all saddened when we learned that community philanthropist and arts patron Charles Wyly had been killed in a car accident on Sunday morning in Colorado, and we here at Mixmaster send our condolences to the Wyly family. Robert has the details of Wyly’s passing and initial reactions from…
People packed into The Kessler this past Saturday for Hotter Than Hell Burlesque, but it wasn’t just the scorching temperatures that made it a night that was truly hotter than hell. After the jump, read about a performance from a 67-year-old dancer and see photos from the burlesque show…
Remember those Sundays you spent as a kid thumbing through the Sunday paper, looking at the latest Calvin and Hobbes? Comic strips aren’t filling up the pages of the paper like they used to, but they’re still out there on this newfangled thing we call the internet and popular with…
Since becoming a popular movement in the 1950s, minimalism has remained a powerful force in fashion, art and architecture. Of course, as with any art movement, there are critics who are quick to attack minimalist art as too simplistic or less meaningful than, say, impressionist or abstract art. But art…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and though many of you might disagree with that statement because it’s ball-sweat hot (even my metaphorical balls are sweating), it really is the best time of the year because it’s Shark Week. Shark Week! The one week of the year where…
Thanks to the popularity of artists like Banksy, graffiti is becoming a more accepted form of art rather than just the unsolicited tagging of newsstands and buses. Local artist Carlos Donjuan has elevated graffiti, and his works, along with other members from the art collective SourGrapes, can be seen in…
