The Suffers With Sam Lao The Kessler Theater, Dallas Friday, April 22, 2016 On Friday night, the Suffers brought one of the loudest audiences the Kessler Theater has seen in a while. Lead vocalist Kam Franklin said they never expected to make it in Dallas on account of the…
Two years into its development, the upcoming Museum of Street Culture (MoSC) is ready for an experienced midwife to bring it to life. So when Paris-based museographic designer Adrien Gardère comes to town this Saturday to lead a discussion about the museum’s design, it’s more significant than just a public event. Located…
The Suffers have come a long way since they started out playing cover songs five years ago. The 10-piece “Gulf Coast soul” band from Houston started in 2011, started writing their own songs in 2013 and by 2015 had made their late-night television debut on The Late Show With David…
Frank Stella: A Retrospective at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth 3200 Darnell St., Fort Worth The first of its kind in over three decades, the latest exhibit at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth features 100 works that showcase the highlights of Frank Stella’s 60-year career. Starting…
Along with humor, nostalgia and fantasy, Erin Stafford’s new work references the aesthetics of decay. She thinks about the past: fantasies she had as a kid, the greatest times of her life, and what point she would like to revisit if she had the chance to go back. But she…
Jeff Liles, artistic director of the Kessler Theater, discovered a trove of unseen Dallas music history when he resurrected one of his old hard drives. It contained never before seen live performances dating to the Texas International Pop Festival of 1969. The musician and talent buyer shot most of the video…
The latest exhibit at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth started with a simple question: Which great living artist had not had a retrospective in over two decades? Frank Stella has a 60-year career and is ingrained in contemporary art. A young art star, he actually had a retrospective…
April 20, in case you haven’t heard, is a bit of a counterculture holiday. Several annual events take place across the country; some have been going for decades. But most who observe this holiday just consume and celebrate cannabis – which often leads to a case of the munchies, known…
Irving Penn achieved great artistic and commercial success and became one of the most iconic photographers of the 20th century. A touring exhibit organized by the Smithsonian and presented by The Dallas Museum of Art, Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty is the first retrospective of his 70-year career in nearly two…
Hey Sunshine at Liliana Bloch Gallery From Providence, Rhode Island, Lynne Harlow’s art has been exhibited nationally and internationally for 15 years. In her latest show, she continues a reductive exploration of light, color and material, placing added emphasis on the behavior of light in relation to color and space…
One of the best talent buyers in North Texas, Moody Fuqua, took over at RBC just four months ago. Everything seemed to be going as planned with the rebranding of the club venue behind Twisted Root. Fuqua brought weekly shows that focused on local music and also worked with promoters…
It’s been an exciting start to the year for Kirk Franklin — sometimes more exciting than he would’ve liked. In February alone, he won his 10th Grammy, was featured on Kanye West’s new album, The Life of Pablo, and performed with him on Saturday Night Live. But many of the…
A ton of restaurants are coming to Deep Ellum right now, and on Wednesday, Pho Bowl joined the fray with Vietnamese fusion. At this counter-service spot, the food is fresh and comes out fast. The setting is cute and casual, with large tables that encourage diners to interact with each…
The vinyl record craze has raging for years. Everyone has a turntable now and fans often buy multiple copies of an album simply because the records are different colors. Here in Dallas, Good Records is still going strong, Josey Records is planning to take over the world, and Off The…
The whole idea of going to a farmers market is to support farmers and local businesses. Ideally, this is a place where you can get the best seasonal produce grown regionally. If you want to get food that was flown in from thousands of miles away, most grocery stores will…
Fighter and the Kid is a popular podcast with a rabid fan base. The fighter is Brendan Schaub, a mixed martial artist who fought several times as a heavyweight in the UFC. The kid is longtime comedian and actor Bryan Callen. Unedited and uncensored, the two friends riff on fighting…
Just after he got out of a mental hospital, Norvis Junior had an epiphany. Checked in against his will, he spent weeks under surveillance after suffering a nervous breakdown. He turned to music to help him heal, and in the process he struck on a captivating sound that was all his…
Entering through the mouth after being sprayed with mouthwash, a 15” sword goes down into a stomach. More precisely, it goes all the way down the esophagus past the voice box, entering the chest in between the lungs. It even nudges the heart on the way down. Further down, it…
Bearings Down at The Goss-Michael Foundation Paula Crown serves on President Obama’s Committee for the Arts and Humanities. Balancing traditional studio time while engaging technology, her art is about mapping experiences. Crown’s work centers on places and landscapes, exploring how they can exist as objects. This is an immersive installation…
Formerly known as Shed No. 2, The Market at Dallas Farmers Market looks like an enormous food court ripped out of a shopping mall, and vendors are packed in there like sardines. There’s still a great farmers market outside, but much has changed now that Dallas Farmers Market is privately…
We Are All Homeless at The MAC Willie Baronet started collecting signs made by homeless individuals in 1993. Now with more than 1,000 signs, the project has developed into an exhibit called We Are Homeless. This attempt to confront an often ignored and uncomfortable issue has been exhibited nationally and…
The passing of A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg broke the hearts of hip-hop fans everywhere last week. Along with Q-Tip, Phife Dawg — whose real name was Malik Taylor — formed the seminal hip-hop group as a high schooler back in 1985. Five years later, the group released its…
