Jessie Frye Is a Goth Pop Superhero

Jessie Frye is obviously in her twenties, but she appears as though she could have stepped into the present through a rip in time from 1994, when The Crow was in theaters and Brandon Lee’s death was fairly recent news. Frye laughs at the notion, but admits that she is…

Dennis Gonzalez Uses Jazz Improvisation for Visual Art

Dennis Gonzalez is better known for being a free jazz trumpet player and educator, but he is also an artist. Saturday night he will have his first exhibit in a decade, a one night only pop show that will also feature music from his longtime band, Yells At Eels. The…

The Music Hall Exits the Building with Yellow Barn’s Music Haul

In The Shawshank Redemption, Tim Robbins plays Mozart over the prison’s public address system and locks himself in the control room. All the prisoners stop what they are doing and listen. They were shocked that it was actually happening, but inspired. And they understood the music. When Seth Knopp brought…

The D.O.C. Finally Gets the Homecoming Show He Deserves

The last time the D.O.C. performed in Dallas was back in December of 1989 at Fair Park. After working with N.W.A. and releasing a debut album that is an undisputed hip-hop masterpiece, it was a tragic homecoming show. Just a month earlier, the D.O.C. had severely damaged his vocal chords…

10 Pieces of Dallas Public Art We Love

1. Drinking Fountain #1 In the Dallas Records Building at 509 Main St., Lauren Woods made a public sculpture out of what was once a “Whites Only” drinking fountain. The county had put a plaque on top of the remnants of the prohibitive sign, but she decided to replace that…

Oral Fixation Builds a Community of Storytellers

Oral Fixation builds a community by getting people to tell their personal stories. The series kicked off its fifth season last night at its new location, the Dallas City Performance Hall. The new performance space is a perfect fit, big enough for the large crowds these events draw, but still…