Charles Long’s futuristic XChange sculpture could be science fiction source material. Housed in NorthPark Mall, an area that’s already established itself as an art and commerce amalgamate, Long fuses new media with ritual, then tosses in an element of monetary exchange. The end result will be a large, chalice-shaped wishing…
I dare you to find an imperfect moment in this promotional video for the Texas Association of Magicians conference. Go ahead. Just try. It’s impossible. 1.) Opens with mindbending alternative title sequence from Battlestar Galactica? Check. 2.) White gloves frozen in time over classic top hat? Check. 3.) Feathered haired,…
Usually Dallas contracts a case of the sleepies before Labor Day weekend, but not this year. No way. Unh uh. We’ve got Flight of the Conchords, Dave Chappelle, Hannibal Buress and more rolling in for Sunday’s Oddball Comedy Fest. The Observer makes you remember why you grew up at Brew…
We’ll take just about any excuse to visit the Bath House Cultural Center (521 E. Lawther Drive), with its dreamy lakeside location and historic architecture. On Saturday it plays host to a new exhibition, one that looks so good that it might overshadow its lodgings. This Is What I Think…
David Lowery’s newest film, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, popped up with dogpiling positive responses, snatching up awards at each stop on the recent festival circuit. After more flattering words by the The New Yorker and others, ATBS opened in select cities last week. Friday night, everyone else gets a gander…
It could be the largest comedy show ever to kick through town. Hell, it could be the largest that ever kicked through anywhere. The Oddball Comedy Festival force-tickles thousands at Gexa Energy Pavilion (1818 1st Ave.) in Fair Park on Sunday with a deeply stacked lineup. Headliner Dave Chappelle is…
It’s being called Scooby-Doo meets Evil Dead, which are two of your favorite earthly delights. And while Saturday Morning Massacre went VOD last month, Thursday’s screening at Texas Theatre (231 W. Jefferson Blvd.) is your only chance to see the thing on a big screen in Dallas. The comedy/slasher was…
Oprah’s Lifeclass, the talk show superstar’s NAACP Image Award-winning series, tapes its next episode at Dallas’ American Airlines Center on Thursday, August 29. She’ll share the stage with Bishop TD Jakes to discuss fatherless children in America and the community’s outreach role. The episode will air on OWN network in…
Tony Orrico: CARBON set from Tony Orrico on Vimeo.Artist Tony Orrico will bring his movement-based art to the McKinney Avenue Contemporary, first through a 30-hour performance spanning four days beginning September 11 and the next through an intensive two-day performance art workshop called Being to Begin on Saturday, September 28…
When Andrew Bujalski’s Computer Chess premiered at the Oak Cliff Film Festival, Texas Theatre paired it with a lobby chess battle: a tiny war waged and fought by humans. For its theatrical release weekend, they’ll hit the return key with “Texas Theatre Speed Chess Tournament: Man vs. Machine,” a series…
David Lowery’s newest film Ain’t Them Bodies Saints formally opens in Dallas Friday at the Magnolia, but many locals have already caught a viewing — either through a leaked screener or June’s surprise Oak Cliff Film Festival airing. Even if you haven’t, let me assure you: Lowery’s gritty love story…
It’s following has grown so large that Oral Fixation, Dallas’ only night dedicated to true stories, sells each show out in advance. From an intimacy standpoint, that’s been nice. Those with the foresight to plan ahead and reserve their seats get an evening of memoirs, shared in a small room…
Last year Good Magazine rolled through town and dared Dallas visionaries to improve the city they inhabit. Improve they did, and one of those teams hellbent on doing such improving was GO Dallas, which focused its efforts on transforming urban trails to better Dallas’ collective quality of life. (For example:…
The New York Times Magazine featured the art collection of Dallas’ Joule Hotel in a recent June spread, calling the boutique lodging an “art destination to rival its neighbors in the nearby Arts District.” Bold words? Certainly. But Joule, it seems, isn’t interested in going toe-to-toe with its neighbors. Instead,…
She’s known as much for her rebel rousing as her art work, so we’re excited to learn about Black & Blue: Cultural Oasis in the Hills, Vicki Meek’s Nasher XChange contribution. Meek is the only local artist creating a solo work for the series, which runs from October 19, 2013…
Denton’s historic Wright Opera House went on the market yesterday, with a whopping $2,699,000 dollar price tag. The lavender accented building is more than a city landmark and town square anchor, it’s home to Recycled Books and Records, a beloved temple for all things analog. Naturally, folks didn’t take kindly…
Texans flipped for last year’s Chinese Lantern Festival, which occupied Fair Park’s lagoon after the midway’s close and into the New Year. Well, great news: Not only is the festival back for 2013, but it’s developed 17 new scenes — making 24 total — and one of the recently constructed…
Both the DMA and Nasher offer free admission and extended hours tonight, so there’s already a cheapskate incentive to pop over for a visit. But here’s what you may not know: These spots don’t skimp on the frills. They’ve organized a full night of can’t-be-missed events, which is why Late…
Shake out your matching cowboy outfits: The Nasher shows The Three Amigos for free in it’s beautiful courtyard on Friday. But that’s not all. No way. There’s a bodybuilding expo, complete with MMA bouts and a massive arm wrestling competition — an event perfectly counterbalanced by Thursday’s thumb wrestling battle…
It’s the year’s most sought-after ticket, born from the twisted, brilliant brains of Trey Parker (South Park), Matt Stone (South Park) and Robert Lopez (Avenue Q). It’s won nine, count ’em, NINE Tony Awards while retaining its street cred. Seats on Broadway are STILL ungettable and the touring production has…
Texas is a flummoxing place to be a gardener. With abbreviated planting windows, heat waves, prehistoric-seeming insects and downright crappy soil, it’s a wonder anything grows at all. But pros know the tricks, like that fall planting is the most rewarding, underrepresented gardening cycle of the year. It’s when you…
The most twisted film created by the screenwriting cerberus of Randy Newman, Steve Martin and Lorne Michaels is also one of the most quotable. The Three Amigos remains the greatest film about three silent film actors who mistakenly travel to Mexico to accidentally battle a brutal villain due to an…
