In the past six months, life has changed dramatically for Fort Worth native Leon Bridges. He went from washing dishes to having a record contract with Columbia, and his world turned on its ear. But it was during a recent photo shoot in London when that fact was driven home:…
Kris Youmans is an almost constant presence in Deep Ellum. Hop around the patios of the neighborhood late at night and you’re bound to hear to his cackling laugh sooner or later. To most, he’s known as a 20-year veteran of concert promotion, one of the owners of Three Links…
Leon Bridges is coming home this weekend, but good luck getting into the show. Either of them. The Fort Worth phenom, one of the most buzzed-about artists of 2015 since he signed with Columbia Records last Christmas, is playing two shows at Scat Jazz Lounge on Saturday night, and to…
Darius Goodson and Evita Cortez are up front about Black Lodge. “We’re big David Lynch fans,” Cortez admits. The name of this DIY space in Deep Ellum in an homage to the surreal place from Twin Peaks that contains the infamous Red Room, where Agent Dale Cooper meets the Man from…
Edward Montes is a Dallas painter drawing inspiration from travel and his love of skateboarding. He has always drawn a particular character, but it’s a nameless character that has constantly changed. “It transforms into whatever mood I’m in,” says Montes. After a few minor local exhibitions, his work drew the…
Over the weekend, the great progressive suburb of McKinney barrel rolled into the the national conscience. A video showing footage of the McKinney Police Department’s response to a disturbance at a teenage pool party went viral, viewed by millions within a few hours. Emotions ran high on social media. But…
For eight years, talent buyer John Iskander has been synonymous with his production company, Parade of Flesh, which has evolved into a very specific brand of live entertainment. But he also has other endeavors, like booking free shows at The Foundry, a bar paired with The Chicken Scratch restaurant. As…
Located in the gallery known as The Safe Room upstairs at Texas Theatre, The Glacier Project is an endeavor from Amarillo artist Jon Revett, also known as Jon the Lion. The idea is to combine graphic and geometrical designs, mixing pop culture with spirituality. Revett started with album art from…
The tiki bar dream has been a hard one to make stick here in Dallas, and it looks like it just got that much harder. Earlier this week, Sunset Lounge, situated on Ross Avenue close to downtown, announced on its Facebook page that it will closing its doors at the…
Comedians are like rappers: They typically face the crowd alone, use a poetic language, and are worth following on Twitter. Like some rappers, some comedians have ghosts. At least one of the comedians listed here probably wrote material for a comedian with a bit more name recognition. Dallas-Fort Worth has…
If you enjoy ironic consumption, Granada Theater and Dallas Comedy House have joined forces for the Summer Mockbuster Series. Starting with Batman and Robin on Saturday June 6, this exercise in bad taste gives you the chance to sit with others, imbibe, and talk shit about awful movies. Or rather,…
A longtime professor at Southern Methodist University, Jeremy DuQuesnay Adams has dedicated his life to education and writing. By his own admission, he knows very little about music. He was only involved with something music related on one occasion, but it just happened to do with the Beatles. In 1968,…
Over the weekend, the Nasher Sculpture Center unveiled Phyllida Barlow: tryst, a major exhibition of all new works by the influential British artist who has been working with sculpture since the 1960s. Using commonplace materials, Barlow has hand-built an imaginative world of organic structures that challenges common ideas about sculpture…
Little Edie and Big Edie were related to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Edith “Big Edie” Ewing Bouvier Beale and Edith “Little Edie” Bouvier Beale were the aunt and first cousin of the former first lady. Grey Gardens, the Long Island home of the Beales, was almost shutdown by the health department…
How do you make a music festival stick out from the crowd in 2015? Organizers have tried all sorts of ideas, from putting them in arenas to spreading them among clubs and even, uh, having them in the suburbs. A new music festival announced earlier this week, Timescape Music and…
At 64, Warren Harris has led an exceptionally various life. Starting out in the psychedelic music scene in San Francisco back in the 1960s, he was a roadie for The Grateful Dead. He worked in the music industry for decades after that, doing engineering work at Motown and sound for…
Sad Cops are a band of two different worlds. They’re teenagers who are about to strike out on their own as adults. They’re based in the upper middle-class suburb of Coppell, but they’ll soon be in the college music haven of Denton. And depending on the night of the week,…
Three years in the making, Francisco Moreno’s The WCD Project was open to the public as an exhibit on Friday and then fully realized with a 5-minute performance piece on Saturday night at a Trinity Groves warehouse. Part of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s inaugural Soluna Festival, Moreno’s study of cultural…
Before Giovanni Valderas was the director, the Cliff Gallery at Mountain View Community College wasn’t exactly an essential stop for those who visit art galleries on the weekends. But in the last year and a half, Valderas has turned the gallery into a hotspot. Now Valderas is ready to activate…
If the Dallas music scene had an official family, it would almost certainly be the González family. Together, Dennis and his sons Aaron and Stegan have spent decades playing jazz and experimental music and making tireless contributions to the community through education and youth programs. Sadly, the past year has…
One of Dallas’ most unique hip-hop artists and greatest live performers, -topic, is getting ready for Legendary Cake Jam 2.0, a follow-up to last year’s hip-hop party in Deep Ellum. His career is currently taking him in several different directions, most notably to the Pacific Coast. Sadly, it is unlikely…
A comedian without a dark side is a rare thing. “There’s not one that comes to mind,” Clint Werth admits. A local standup comic who skipped comedy classes and jumped right into open mics, he pauses and gives the topic further consideration. “Some are not necessarily dark, but still troubled.”…
