The looters who damaged small businesses in Deep Ellum over the weekend were not legitimate demonstrators protesting police brutality against black people and the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis cop. They were merely opportunists who targeted a neighborhood and small businesses owned by the very…
The music industry came together on Tuesday to support the Black Lives Matter movement. There were, of course, critics. The Rolling Stones, Rhianna, Drake, Quincy Jones and other artists joined organizations like United Talent and major labels including Warner and Def Jam Records in sharing the hashtag #theshowmustbepaused, a call to…
This weekend, people around the world put their COVID fears aside and came together to protest police brutality and racial inequality, prompted by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week. The three days of protests weren’t the only examples of solidarity among Dallas residents. Dozens of volunteers came…
The history of racism in America may be vastly complex, but the crux of it is so simple that it evades a lot of adults. Kids, however, always know how to simplify the straightforward truths lying at the bottom of prejudice. “Please respect all races because this racism is not…
Let us backtrack a few years so that you, along with everyone else who has followed the saga of the Vaughan Brothers statue, can properly panic and then calm down. It all started when locals came to realize that despite the fact that guitar legends Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan were…
It’s not even June and there’s already a perfect Father’s Day story melting our hearts on the internet. On Tuesday, PepsiCo data analyst Chris Hart, a Rockwall native who now lives in Carrollton, found a YouTube account called “Dad, How Do I?” that moved him so much that he took…
When the pandemic silenced the sounds of nightlife, local musicians found resourceful ways to get by, like online busking — performing to internet traffic for virtual tips — and giving remote music lessons. Some started playing curbside delivery concerts in front of homes on residential streets. In the last month, Texas…
Even the most loyal of homebodies are sick of being inside their own homes these days. Many of us have yet to learn that when we need a change, we should redo our places instead of butchering our own bangs, even if that means switching the furniture around. Since we…
Singer, organ and masterful guitar player Lucky Peterson died this Sunday in Dallas. He was 55. A statement on his Facebook page, posted on Sunday evening, read: “It is with great sorrow we announce the passing of Lucky Peterson on Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 2:25 PM CST in Dallas,…
Myria Perez is much smaller than her coworkers, and the only one who’s non-extinct. The Houston-born paleontologist is a fossil preparator at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. “My duty is to take care of, prepare, prep, clean up fossils that are brought into our lab for our research…
Local kids these days have looked forward to many a required field trip to the Perot Museum. The massive six-story institution in downtown Dallas is a tourist mainstay with cutting-edge technology that allows visitors to feel the shaking grounds of an earthquake or try to outrun a dinosaur. But without…
Our woman crush this week is fashion designer Kendall Falcon, who first launched her line House of Cro five years ago. Before presenting her brand of minimalist luxury, the poised and well-traveled charmer was once cast in an MTV-produced The Hills spin-off that never aired. Their loss was Dallas’ gain…
Concerts are officially joining the list of drive-thru American experiences, along with dining, banking and prescription pickups. It’s possible that the pandemic drive-in experience all started in Dallas, first with a series called “Carbaret Drive-In,” a series of sold-out events outside of Brixzo in Richardson that included magic and other…
Concerts are something we look forward to for weeks or months. They mark our lives with a meaningful timestamp that interrupts the drudgery of our daily responsibilities. A concert can be a significant life event, where our idols’ lives intersect with our own, as we feel at one with a…
If you’re a philanthropist and an art collector, then Friday is the perfect day for you to open your heart and wallet. Dallas art gallery RO2 Art will host an online art auction, with over 90 works by 50 different artists, and all proceeds will benefit the North Texas Food…
While the future of live music remains uncertain, and some sources predict there will be no large concerts until 2021, one Dallas musician found a way to continue touring around the lockdowns. This Monday, famed electronic musician Marc Rebillet announced via Twitter that he’ll be embarking on a national tour…
Last week, a small band performed outside a restaurant in a Dallas suburb. The live video of the event showed that none of the members were wearing masks, unlike the small group watching. A woman, wearing a mask barely covering her nose, waved at the singer, even though they were…
MATTIE is easy to crush on. The Dallas musician and hairdresser is a force of creativity whose work is boundlessly original. She’s a superb live performer with a transfixing onstage act rooted in storytelling. Offstage, she’s just as fascinating, an all-caps mystic with inimitable style. Here’s why we love her…
This past weekend, a Dallas woman named MaryBelle Judd turned 100 years old. The act of surviving an entire century is an occasion that should earn one, at the very least, a celebratory dinner at Chili’s, but COVID-19 forced Judd’s family to stay at home. A pandemic might have derailed…
Mothers never stop worrying about their kids, and we’d be willing to bet that many have done more worrying in the past few months than they have through all their kids’ lives. Moms are now homeschooling while working from home, all while making sure no one catches COVID-19. This should…
For the past five years, Master of the Mic has been one of the most important events in the local music scene. The hip-hop competition, which crowns the best rapper in North Texas, is a crucial platform for local talent, who have the chance to showcase their skills in front of…
Breaking up is hard to do, they say, and that’s without factoring in the additional stress brought on by a pandemic, an economic crisis and the loneliness of lockdown. There are many ways of coping with breakups, and some of the most foolproof (albeit unhealthy) have been severely altered by…
