See Some Alter Ego Art at The Reading Room Saturday

For her latest solo show, Becoming Colette, multimedia artist Colette Copeland has switched alter egos, assuming the identity of French author Colette. As a teen, Copeland naturally gravitated toward the novels of the famous French author who used her first name as a pen name. Over the years, she found…

Club Dada Celebrates the Fifth Anniversary of Its Second Coming

Club Dada will celebrate the fifth “birthiversary” of its second chapter this weekend with a showcase of local talent. The Deep Ellum club first opened 30 years ago. Since the reopening, Dada, along with its neighbor Trees, has played a crucial role in the resurgence we are seeing in the…

Seven Artists Receive Grants from the Office of Cultural Affairs

The City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs has announced the recipients of the third-round of its Special Support Grants. Seven artists were awarded up to $5000. There were only twenty-three applicants this time around, but the next call for applicants already began this week. The grants aim to foster…

Artist Celia Eberle Explores The Mythology of Love

Guided by a belief that anything not backed by science or hard math is mythology as always, Dallas multimedia artist Celia Eberle explores love in her latest solo show. The Mythology of Love references music, poetry, movies, animals, and the love goddess herself. Eberle’s work is well known throughout Texas,…

Lights All Night Reignites at Dallas Market Hall

Back in April, the Something Wonderful Festival at Fair Park seemed to document the end of an era, like Gimme Shelter with the Dallas Police Department stepping in for the Hell’s Angels. But that simply isn’t the case. Starting tonight, the two-day EDM festival, Lights All Night, is back and…

The Gilmore Guys Really Love Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Guys is a comedy podcast with a devoted following reminiscent of the TV show it chronicles. Kevin T. Porter and Demi Adejuyigbe are dissecting all seven seasons of Gilmore Girls, devoting a podcast for each episode. Hundreds of thousands of listeners tune in each week and live recordings have…

Rigor Mortis Film Celebrates Late, Great DFW Metal Venues

Production for Rigor Mortis’ documentary, Welcome to Your Funeral, started in 2007. The original idea was to make a film about the birth of the DFW metal underground. But after Rigor Mortis guitarist Mike Scaccia died in 2012, the focus shifted solely to the band, which was mixing metal with…

No Christmas While PDNB Is Moving

Owners Missy and Brent Finger are listening to Christmas music while relocating in lieu of having Christmas this year. PDNB is leaving Dragon Street to go be with the Dallas Contemporary on Glass Street. “I’m not having Christmas, I’m moving,” says Missy Finger. “I have to listen to the music…

Jazz in the Atrium Comes to an End This Week After 25 Years

Jazz in the Atrium, the longtime weekly source of live jazz music at the Dallas Museum of Art, is calling it quits after this Thursday, December 17, with a performance by the Freddie Jones Jazz Group. The series is a local tradition, a place where up-and-comers from Booker T. Washington…

Texas Ballet Theater Brings a Christmas Dream to Life With The Nutcracker

Ben Stevenson’s The Nutcracker is a stunning production with choreography exquisite enough to bring a Christmas dream to life and accentuate Tchaikovsky’s melodies. With athleticism and grace set to music, a story is magnificently told without words. Every performance makes use of 200 exotic costumes and there are three different…