Where To Watch The Super Bowl In Dallas

Exciting news broke out a few weeks ago that hedgehog cheerleaders would add to the womb-shaking adorableness of Puppy Bowl. Also, we’re told there’s a football game people are watching scheduled for roughly the same time — why the two parties didn’t coordinate their events for different days is beyond…

Designing Against The Bias

Texas is such a curious fashion market. We’re inherently prone to shopping and collecting, but when it comes to growing our own labels, there are very few to speak of. The Texas Next Top Designer Awards addresses that conundrum by choosing the state’s greatest fabric artists and then whittling them…

Phantasm Plans to Uprock the Art World on Thursday Night

Special guest, World Champion pop locker, Poppin’ John will pull out all of the subtly explosive stops (and starts) at Phantasm. There’s an art show on Thursday night that’s making us polish our helmets and grab our cardboard. It’s Phantasm, a group show featuring the work of mig L Barjas,…

14 Awesome Things to Do in Dallas this Weekend, January 24 to 28

(Look up to see video evidence of last year’s Artopia.) Giant weekend alert: I hope you’ve recovered from FluFest 2013, because you’ll need your A-game if you want to hit up Friday’s Shining-themed costume party, tonight’s ’70s Motown bash and an Art Con 8 thank you joint on Monday. Personally,…

Celebrate Art-Loving Misfits

That massive celebration of grassroots art lovin’, Art Con 8, left us gleeful for weeks. So why they’re throwing all of us a thank you party is beyond me. Shouldn’t we be baking those organizers a giant cake? (Let’s not overthink it.) It’s a big Monday over at Double Wide…

Writer’s Block Is Brutal

You go to the Texas Theatre (231 W. Jefferson Blvd.) because you love and support its mission, but also because of its Good Human Element: namely, the venue’s exceptional staff. Bartender/life coach/bar art wizard Susie Sue is the Wendy Bird to Oak Cliff’s Lost Boys. She doles out solid advice,…

Behold, Artopia

Dallas, I hope you’ve braced yourself for Artopia. We at the Observer pride ourselves in being better than everyone else in several important ways — we write the words that make you happy, dig up interesting events and spotlight the artists who make our city great. That’s all well and…

Girls Gone Oscar Wilde

Few activities, if any, are as straightforwardly and aptly named as Naked Girls Reading. Lord bless ’em, am I right? The unorthodox series originated in Chicago and grew so popular that it couldn’t be contained to one city. Now burlesque performers, authors and other ballsy broads get together to read…

Naked Women will Recite Southern Literature in Deep Ellum on Friday

Let’s be honest: Most of us who enjoy reading give in to the act appropriately for any long-term relationship. When climbing into bed with the new George Saunders, sweatpants are often involved. Unmatched socks? Well, they’re dear friends too. It’s hard to say whether or not we’ve brushed our teeth…

The Warby Parker Bus Doles out Wine and Pie This Evening

If you didn’t get a chance to pile into that adorably retrofitted Warby Parker school bus at its welcome party on Saturday, I completely understand. It was slammin’ in there. For slackers like me and possibly you, the Warby Parker bus is pulling the parking break at 2323 Henderson Avenue…

11 Awesome Things to Do in Dallas This Weekend, January 17 to 20

Cro–oo-o-oo-w! Yay! Our favorite intergalactic, film-riffing janitor, MST3K’s creator and main mocker, Joel Hodgson, will be at Texas Theatre on Saturday night! There’s also a massive celebration of low rider culture at the Dallas Contemporary, a riotous relaunch of Rite of Spring by the Joffrey Ballet, and a visit by…

Dallas’ Four Must-See Art Shows

While last weekend we toasted Dragon Street’s 2013 openers, this weekend’s art events speak to Dallas’ younger, more experimental circuit hoppers. You’ll need to hit up four spots to catch the action, so start the night off early at the Power Station (3816 Commerce St.) from 5 to 7 p.m…

Robot Roll Call!

You know the back of his head better than the front. That’s because Joel Hodgson is the human creator of Mystery Science Theater 3000. For six years he served as camp cinema’s whistleblower, pelting verbal tomatoes at sacrificial B and C genre films with assists by snarky robot sidekicks. Now…