If you have even the slightest, faintest, mildest tinge of fear that all of this matter currently in existence may be gone tomorrow, I’ve got a little advice. Spend time with nerds. Yep. It’s a simple lesson, but an important one. When standing in the nucleus of nerd cloud, the…

When staring down infinity’s barrel, you will ask yourself some crazy questions. “Does my cat know I’ve stopped loving him?” “Do you wear the same outfit for eternity, like a cartoon character, and is it what you have on when you die?” And maybe most important: “Will there be cheese…

When the end of the world comes to knock, it’s best to be prepared. Have your home in order, and all that. So we at Mixmaster thought it would be fun to sew together some of art’s most disturbing, prophecy-strangling, all-out night terror-inspiring legacy pieces. This way, your aesthetic muscle…

This year brought with it a full-on art assault, and it was nice to see Dallas chumming up the headline waters. If, after this last year, you still think art is a gentle sport, where paintbrushes seductively caress canvases and everyone sips red wine, you weren’t paying attention. Things got…

They look like Mrs. Claus’ sexytime footware, but there’s a note attached. It explains that they were likely owned by another female icon, the star of Laugh-In, stand-up goddess and occasional Broadway stand-in, The Amazing Phyllis Diller. The knee-hitting, red vinyl go-go kickers were snatched up in a lot sale…

I think the Mayans just had better things to do than extend their dayplanner out, indefinitely. Perhaps they predicted Google Cals and Siri, then took another look at their elaborate and lovely circular documentation of time and thought, “Well, screw that.” So this Friday we’ll all share a few human…

#10 The whole gang showed up Santas, reindeer, Jesus and other late-December icons partied 400 deep on Saturday night at Dallas Santa Rampage, 2012. After an initial meet-up at Mockingbird Station, the gang spread cheer the responsible way: by piling onto public transport and infiltrating neighborhood watering holes. Peppermint schnapps…

A dream comes true for the young and drunk at heart this January, as the Perot Museum announces a new program called Social Science. It will be a series of late night parties geared strictly for adults, with cash bars spread throughout the venue’s many levels. That means you can…

If you aren’t one of the 175,000 people who have already visited the Chinese Lantern Festival in Fair Park, give your inner cheapskate a sloppy high-five. Your laziness has paid off, because the illuminated production has just announced a holiday gift to the community with half-priced admission this evening, on…

Artists in graduate programs have the financial double-whack of student poverty and artist income. Don’t worry guys, there’s a green light in the distance. The Dallas Museum of Art and the Dallas Art Fair have joined forces to offer the very new Art Ball 2013 Awards, cash prizes available to…

Santa must have received your exceptionally poignant, well-crafted letter detailing your desire to spend evenings with your favorite modern literary icons. I mean, this list of participating authors in the 2013 Arts and Letters Live series is insane. Let’s just check out a few of the biggest names. Art Speigelman?…

As the tornadoes blew in on April 3, most of us did the logical thing and sought shelter at Medieval Times (it’s a fortress, after all). But not local photographer Parrish Ruiz de Velasco: he was in Lancaster, in the thick of it with his camera. He caught some great…

I hope you’ve done your power lunges, Dallas. I don’t want you to pull anything sprinting from one amazing party to the next. There’s so much going on: art lectures, screenings of The Jerk and Wake in Fright at Texas Theatre, a beer buffet in the Arts District and a…

Patrick Short didn’t run off to the Yale School of Architecture because he felt compelled to reinvent a skyline or establish a high-end construction project. “He went into architecture so he could learn how to make better sculptures,” says his friend and fellow Boston University alum, Joshua Goode. “He wanted…

There’s a moment of realization in the Apatow-produced television series Freaks and Geeks when young, gangly Sam Weir realizes he hates his popular cheerleader girlfriend. They’re sitting in a movie theater. She’s heavily primped and wearing an angora sweater. He’s nervously attempting to find common ground by sharing his favorite…

The Modern’s beautiful building, designed by Tadao Ando, turns 10 this month. They’ve been celebrating inside those glass walls by amassing new acquisitions for the space’s permanent collection, and by offering a series of lectures by some of contemporary art’s biggest brains. In the mix is a stunning neon light…

With all the shopping, decorating and periods of family togetherness, let us not forget the true meaning of the holidays: getting tipsy and making out with strangers. Book yourself some quality time for exactly that at the Holiday Winter Warmer, a never-ending beer buffet celebrating the best breweries in Texas…

Dallas: One of our own needs us. Patrick Short, the 26-year-old man behind the now-closed alternative arts space Guerilla Arts, has been diagnosed with anapalastic oligodendroglioma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. The discovery happened in a highly unpredictable way. He’d worked to get into Yale’s architecture program for years,…

Dallas, you’re crazy and that’s why we love you. From conventions to pet parades, zombie runs to Kiss concerts, you found a way to stand out from the crowd. You know why? Because normal is boring, that’s why. Let’s take a look back at the strangest, most beautiful or simply…

The Modern’s shell, that tremendous glass building, turns ten this month. To celebrate, the team is dolling up the permanent collection with a run of new acquisitions. The electronic cherry-on-top was revealed to the public on Friday in this new piece by Jenny Holzer. Her work plays off of its…

UNT professor James Thurman might want to borrow that book when you’re done with it. Don’t let him. He’ll turn it into stone. There’s no dark magic at work, and the “stone” in question is actually a new art material that Thurman created and has now trademarked, called Thurmanite. With…