Los Angeles artist Andre Perkowski is a cinematic meddler. He rifles through public domain film footage picking out the bits he likes, then he weaves them together into montages and full-length works. One of the most interestingly Frankensteined of them all arrives in Dallas Saturday night for the Oak Cliff…
You know him. You love him. You wanna get stoned and eat popcorn with him. Comedian Doug Benson is on tour, and he’s recording an episode of his podcast Doug Loves Movies at Hyena’s during a special 4:20 p.m. show on Saturday, June 15. Benson believes in comedic collaboration, so…
Bluto’s right. Psychotic, but absolutely right. We can’t give up. It’s … THE WEEKEND. Texas Theatre screens Animal House on Friday night, followed by a toga party. Anthony Jeselnik brings his gelled hair and poisoned tongue to the House of Blues on Thursday. And if you’re still hurting for action,…
Considering more than one third of Dallas’ population is Spanish-speaking, our lack of interesting bilingual entertainment is glaringly evident. Major theaters don’t offer reliable alternatives, only increasing the divide between cultures and, more important, neighbors. But there is one series that brings not only Spanish film to the big screen,…
Gallery walks are a natural, easy continuation for the Design District’s pedestrians. But over in East Dallas, Gallery Day is more scavenger hunt than stroll — where a scattered, loose chunk of geography is punctuated by the city’s more experimental art spaces. Start your visits early to snag a gift…
Before he was Tom Haverford on Parks and Rec, Aziz Ansari starred in the video sketch series Human Giant. And before both of those things, the major venue stand-up comedy tours, television specials and wildly enthusiastic reviews from Rolling Stone and Pitchfork, Ansari was a gangly kid in New York…
After comedian Anthony Jeselnik informed Donald Trump that nobody would mourn him if he got cancer, and after he created a sketch called “9-11 Babies” that involves dressing infants up like the Twin Towers, spoon feeding them and making their faces explode, he crawled into the uncomfortably small bed where…
You thought of Cesar Millan last week when you found your couch chewed open and gutted, like a tauntaun on Hoth. You thought of him the other day when your pup slipped his collar and ran directly into oncoming traffic, causing a comical chain-reaction of swerves and spin-outs. You thought…
Remember all of the hubbub back in 2011 when organizers of the Tomato Battle claimed they were working to raise cash for the Food Bank, but didn’t pay up until the media put the squeeze on ’em? We do too. The event no longer masquerades as do-gooding. Now it’s expressly…
Before Van Wilder flashed his glamor grin and Accepted achieved its cult accreditation; before Frank the Tank went streaking in the quad, Pivon threw meat on protesters and a house of nerds out-competed the Alpha Betas with an electric violin, there was the original: Animal House. This 35-year-old salute to…
Art Conspiracy has released its list of selected artists for Mounted, the taxidermy-inspired fundraising auction happening on June 8, at Life in Deep Ellum. Look out: It’s full of local the talents you know and lust after. Team Dowdy’s onboard, and likely creating something posthumously adorable; local collectable favorite Cabe…
Twin Shadow’s touring in support of his 2012 release Confess, but for this go he’s doing things a little differently by bringing his dad along. The pair will collaborate, telling different real-life stories at each stop, including the Granada on June 24. That got us thinking: “Hey, we like awkward…
Just a few porches east of 8th and Bishop in Oak Cliff sits an unassuming 1940s home. Surrounded by residential properties, the white 2/1 doesn’t appear fated for grand ambitions. But if local literary activists Paco Vique and Javier Garcia del Moral get their way, that’s precisely what’s going to…
The greatest film ever made about a time-traveling DeLorean soundtracked by Huey Lewis will screen for free in the Arts District’s Strauss Square on Sunday, June 2. It’s the next installment of the popular (and BYOB) Sunset Screening film series. Reserve tables and lawn seats to watch it here. The…
Arrested Development Season 4 starts Sunday. Prepare for extreme leisure, Dallas. The next four days are filled with drag queens, water balloon battles, brewery celebrations, rotten tomato chucking and top secret art shows. Send out the group text and make a plan. And click on the event titles for more…
Podiums are boring. A sculpture deserves a befitting platform, and while a rectangular box painted gallery white with a matte finish might be appropriate for formal work, pieces that veer toward the avant garde deserve something special. Or so believes fabric artist Chesley Williams, whose new show Consciousness Couture is…
So, you’ve got a Big Idea. Is your patented 3D printing technology destined to create onsite dwellings for impoverished, war-torn regions? Will the planet become more sustainable due to your hybridized food crop? Did you build a robot that can chew bubblegum while umping a baseball game? TEDxSMU wants to…
He’s the most recognizable pin-up painter in history, and ten of Gil Elvgren’s famous dames in peril are either about to be, or are now, available through Dallas-based Heritage Auction. But remember, Elvgren’s ladies are classy, so there’s no love for cheapskates. The lowest-priced work in the set will cost…
T.N.B. preview from Thomas Riccio on Vimeo. Hellbent on keeping it left-of-center, Dead White Zombies leaked this teaser video for its new show T.N.B., which opens for previews at the end of the month. Housed in a former drug den and billed as a “healing in the hood,” the intimate…
Saturday’s Oak Cliff Visual Speedbump Tour was proof that decorative inspiration doesn’t end with throw pillows. Not for ‘Bump artists, anyway. Each home was such a vivid representation of its owner’s aesthetic that their little touches and personal styles carried all the way to their respective thrones. Over the course…
*** Update: Park officials recieved a call just after noon from a family in the East Dallas neighborhood of Little Forest Hills. Two parrots were perched in a tree in the back yard. Bird handlers were immediately sent out and have confirmed that these are the missing 13-year old macaws,…
Dallas Comic-Con is a magical place where Wookiees high-five Cylons while William Shatner lurks behind potted plants. It is a true nerd oasis, and that’s precisely why we love it. Photographer Ed Steele set up camp at the Irving Convention Center to capture the most innovative, weird and flat-out cool…
