As the Arts District builds more structures and our museums snag larger sponsorships, we easily see that our art community is growing, along with the market that it’s servicing. But that’s only a portion of the story. That’s a macro view. What we don’t see when we walk the Cindy…
It’s birthday month for empress of adult media Jenna Jameson, who’s been celebrating publicly since early April. Of course, if you follow the industry giant on Twitter, you’d know that the club circuit isn’t all Jameson’s been hitting [allegedly]. She’ll be in Dallas on Friday, blowing out candles at little-more-Taurus,…
Late-April is horror’s off-season. A solid six months’ distance from Halloween, we’re killing time until Killing Time. It’s enough to make an spook enthusiast downright antsy. This weekend you can sate those evil desires and silence the chainless chain-saw brain buzz, because shit is going down, yo. The celebration of…
We indulge the word memory in a utilitarian way, as though it were a physical space, crammed full of ancient locker combinations and emotional residue, a kind of messy junk drawer full of neural sparks that you’ll sort through, someday. In Cassandra Emswiler’s new solo show Canticles of Praise, on…
“If part of your goal is to find the great love of your life, and you went on a date holding a list of attributes that you wanted, and you had the whole night scripted, that’s not going to work,” says George Saunders, from his self-proclaimed writers’ compound in the…
We’ve already snooped ahead into several residences that will be on the White Rock Home Tour, and yes, architecturally speaking, they’re damn sexy. Do you want to go? Cool. We want to get you there. See also: Peer Inside: A Look at Dallas’ Finest Modern Homes from the White Rock…
Happy 4/20 weekend! As a perfect merging of events, 4/20 falls on Record Store Day and the Deep Ellum Gallery Walk — yeah, you’re welcome. There’s an opera festival kicking off in Fort Worth, a screenprint showcase, a boxing match, GIF art, George Saunders (we’ve got free passes for that),…
Val Kilmer spent a chilly November evening on stage at the Hall of State last year. The Dallas Film Society honored the Real Genius actor with a Star Award and we spent the night half-drunk, listening to him answer questions about his career. It was clear that certain roles charged…
So, you’re between hits. With DIFF cut and wrapped and USA Film Festival another week away, your mind sees the world around you as a movie. If you’re Dallas-to-New York artist Keri Oldham, that isn’t a cinematic hangover, it’s everyday living. Her watercolor world embodies themes, compositions and event title…
Reading your first George Saunders novel is like seeing your first 3-D movie. He adds a roundness of thoughtful dimension to his subjects that’s unlike anything you’ve ever explored. I remember opening The Braindead Megaphone Essays at a South Florida CiCi’s Pizza and experiencing a feeling of overwhelming joy, which…
Dallas’ Continental Gin Building (3309 Elm St.) is a creative stronghold, a rented crashpad for ideas by artists of every medium. There you’ll find the studio of local geometric head-game trickster, Ricardo Paniagua; the workspace of seduction-ready clothing line Status; and the 20-year painting quarters of oil artist Bob Nunn,…
We are architecture addicts. Voyeuristic rubber-neckers. Lovers of clean lines and free-flowing natural light. That’s why we’re drooling over the White Rock Home Tour, which happens this weekend and benefits local learnin’ institution, Hexter Elementary. The shoes-off affair features five different modern homes in the time trapped geographical area around…
David Sedaris refers to George Saunders as his writer’s block go-to. He says Saunders paints life so brilliantly that you get excited about words. He’s so, very correct. The characters filling the pages of a Saunders book weigh in at a magical density, tweaked by a pixelated richness and a…
There’s a feeling of pride that comes from living in a furnished home, rather than just a shelter. Going above barren fundamental need, having a thoughtfully designed area to collapse in affects our coping abilities. With attachment to space comes increased emotional connections — both to our physical location and…
Dallas’ wealthiest made a Downton Abbey parody to thank the sponsors of Saturday’s decadent Art Ball. Because I realize you’ll shut it off after 2 minutes, let me spoil the ending: Epic werewolf attack. Now, I’d like to point out the obvious stage chemistry between Maxwell Anderson/Papa Bear Rawlings and…
Things have been quiet on the USA Film Festival’s website, which begins its 43rd installment next week on April 24. Just as we were starting to forget worry, the press announcement arrived in our inboxes. It seems we’ll get a blend of old and new in this run, which crams…
Hey Jacqueline, I realize that we aren’t friends. In fact, we’ve never had a conversation before, so initiating one in this online forum is a bit unconventional, but screw it. Ladies need to stick together. You had a tough week. There was the divorce announcement, followed by media outlets snarkily…
A Seinfeld sighting in 2013 is a rare event, but Dallas gets one on Saturday, June 8, according to a fresh press release from the AT&T Performing Arts Center. If you want a shot at tickets to see this notorious neurotic, you’ll want to hover over your keyboards next Friday…
The dishy media blitz for the new, fourth season of Arrested Development has begun, kicking off with Bateman’s recent interview on Jimmy Kimmel. He said the pacing will be unconventional, playing out in divided unison. Each episode will follow a different character through the same segment of time, but if…
Positively, by Alan Rath “Did you let that art downstairs hug and tickle you?” is a thing I just asked another human. I wasn’t expecting to say those words at today’s Art Fair preview. After all, we’re standing in the shadow of Very Serious Work. And yet, that is exactly…
Remember, in the world of indie films, this trailer about breast cancer is considered highly uplifting. Next week we’ll return to our regularly scheduled fart jokes. DIFF continues through this weekend. So if you haven’t seen your movies, it’s time to see your movies. Now is also the time to…
In Dallas, beauty is revered. We sculpt our homes, yards and bodies to aesthetic perfection and for one weekend each year, we turn that obsession toward art in an extreme way. Yes, the Dallas Art Fair is back, showing off the fanciest, most sought-after, traditionally pretty works from the world’s…
