Yesterday was North Texas Giving Day, where donations made to local non-profits were amplified through a shared funding pool. Students at Booker T. Washington got in the mix at the Downtown DART station with an early morning flash mob, of sorts. Photography intern Zara Walsh was there and caught a…
On Saturday we celebrate mankind’s most spectacular failures of flight at Red Bull Flugtag. If Lake Carolyn feels too far, stick yourself in Dallas proper for BurgerFest; join an art walk and bike swarm; or pop up to Addison for Oktoberfest. There’s more, a lot more. So eat a dinner,…
The Perot opens its first touring exhibition this week with Animal Inside Out, a Kingdom offshoot of the popular Body World series. Dallas is the second American city to get the show, which just finished dazzling audiences at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. The presentation looks at…
To be kind, let’s just say that your Olympic opportunity never quite arrived. Your dog-paddle wasn’t the stuff of body-waxed giants. Your ice skating experience is limited to slapstick laps at the Galleria. Let’s not discuss the gymnast phase. Still, you’d like to think that even at your age and…
There’s almost too much happening during Saturday’s Fall Gallery Walk and Bike Swarm to allow for easy navigation, so here’s what you need to know: Just block the whole damn day out. Seriously. Thirty-five of Dallas Arts Dealers Association’s galleries and spaces are participating with extended hours and a relaxed…
When beloved and locally operated gallery Kettle Art was forced to close its doors last May, the loss resonated far beyond Deep Ellum’s periphery. Fortunately for all parties, Deep Ellum 42 — the Dallas property management company known for reaching out to and working with local artists — stepped in…
The sheer newness of last year’s Expanded Cinema project, the public art offering organized by the Dallas Video Fest, caused thousands to pull over and watch awestruck as locally designed video pieces reprogrammed the Omni’s massive LED canvas. Well, guess what? This year, they’ll do it again. A few artists…
The weekend’s biggest party, Red Bull Flugtag, is this Saturday. Watch in greedy anticipation as 34 teams launch home-built crashing/sinking flying machines over Lake Carolyn in a quest for extreme distance and peer-review glory. Everyone’s going to be there. You’re more than a face in the crowd to us. That’s…
The most deliciously twisted mind ever to rise from Baltimore’s cultural coagulate will visit the Kessler in May. The author/playwright/sexybeast will present his one-man show, This Filthy World, wherein Waters discusses his rises and falls within the industry he’s spent a career both celebrating and mocking. It’s part of this…
Update: HOMECOMING! has stopped taking furnishings for this project, but is still accepting donations to cover shipping. While the bulk of the Texas Biennial happens at San Antonio’s Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum and other satellite cities’ venues, Dallas has a couple offerings of its own. The most flammable of…
Cedar Springs shut down on Sunday for the 30th anniversary of the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade. Recently some noise rustled throughout the LGBT community; a response to the announcement banning public nudity from the Pride Parade. It caused some to say that things were getting too commercial. Others used…
Frederic Church’s The Icebergs returned home to the DMA this week after an exhausting year of touring. Like any proper rock star, Icebergs immediately took a cold shower, ordered champagne delivery and then bought lots and lots of pay-per-view. [Checking notes.] Actually, that isn’t right. It looks like the painting…
Rainn Wilson’s more than just a great Twitter voice, and his vision extends further than the Schrute family beet farm. Wilson lives a life of civic service through volunteership, social activism and by using his celebrity platform to share good, big ideas via his website and book, SoulPancake. Yep, he’s…
The Dallas Opera has announced that not only will it share Tod Machover’s robot opera Death and the Powers in a global simulcast, it’ll present the thing with something called a “robot’s eye view.” On Sunday, February 16 at 2 p.m., Powers, Machover’s look at technology, immortality and conscious, will…
Gardeners can be classified into several groups. There’s veggie people, tree folk, general landscaping enthusiasts, and the most passionate off them all: cactus addicts. It’s a nerdy affliction, being seduced by succulents, but there’s something intrinsically satisfying about their subtle variations and perky personalities. None of that is lost on…
Why? Because this weekend is crowdsurf, come on down good. That’s why. Immediately locate your smallest outfit because the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade is this Sunday. Got a glitter allergy? Okay, fine. How about the year’s biggest vinyl toy show; a party for our favorite local jewelry line; or…
Is it wrong to define a comedian’s career by one glorious public moment? Let’s hope not, because when Josh Androsky was called onstage during a live taping of the Price is Right, loaded on booze and mushrooms, he became our daytime television spirit animal. Dressed in a Dolly Parton T-shirt…
In a city of staggered fall openings, blowing your art wad in one weekend is a rookie mistake. Hopefully you’ve saved a bit of room in your Franzia hump after last Friday and Saturday’s affairs because three shows now deserve your attention. Talley Dunn brings a double hit of Some…
Friday the 13th is more than an excuse to rubber-bat your cubical and sip red wine from an IV bag while doing data entry. (We’re all doing that, right?) It’s also a chance to explore your threshold for terrifying attractions as our area’s haunted houses pry their doors open for…
We’re standing in an Oklahoma City Museum of Art gallery, caught in the crossfire of three wrong-eyed critters. These puppets are big enough to make us feel miniature. Tugging on their connected gym ropes activates their pulleys, causing the beasts to shuffle and dance. Cobbled out of cardboard, bicycle parts,…
Inspiration materialized as the Naturally Isis Hair Parade on Saturday, a celebration of beauty through empowerment. Musicians, artists, dancers and a shoulder-lifted Erykah Badu filled out the procession to pay homage to a cultural movement and the local icon responsible for nurturing it forward, Isis Brantley. Brantley battled for, and…
The coin world princesses of Viva Dallas Burlesque! stripped down to their eight bits last weekend at a gaming themed spectacular. All the babes were there: Mortal Kombat, Duckhunt (with more estrogen, natch), Dr. Mario, Skyrim, Princess Peach, Ms. Pac Man and others fought for the crowd’s affections. Since the…
