Watch the Perot Museum’s Dinosaurs Being Built, In Time Lapse

After following the Perot Museum’s grand construction and getting little peeks inside, we’re full-blown excited about opening weekend. Adding an extra flame to our nerdy fervor is this new video in time lapse by EarthCam. It shows the exterior and interior construction, documented and compressed, complete with dinosaur installations. Have…

Dallas Fashion Designers: The Observer is Seeking Visionaries

The Dallas Observer operates under a strict “work hard/play hard” policy, so when we throw a party, everyone shows up. Our annual Artopia event takes things even further by blending the best of Dallas’ visual, performance, and fashion arts together into one, illuminating showcase. It’s our chance to give back…

Let ’Em Eat Space Dust

If you’ve ever dug into your history textbook while huffing mescaline, you might already know the story behind On The Eve, the new locally crafted rock musical written by Michael Federico and Home by Hovercraft’s Seth and Shawn Magill. It’s the almost completely true story of Marie Antoinette, with a…

Improving The World, In A Day

Technology. Innovation. Dudes with jobs. You’ll find them all at re:THINK, the 2012 installment of TEDxSMU, a day-long symposium happening on Saturday at the new City Performance Hall (2520 Flora St.). Now in its fourth year, the event combines the best varieties of geekly fascinations. There are lectures and panels…

The Artful Trifecta

Whether you find yourself in the East Dallas, White Rock Lake or the Design District area Saturday night, there’s a show you’ll need to pop into. Starting at the Bath House Cultural Center, take in a view of Dallas’ most endangered spaces: architecture. The group show Vanishing Dallas brings to…

Givin’ Art The Gussy-Up

The Gallery at the Fairmont gets an added collar pop Friday when three local talents present Caviar, a group show that pokes gentle fun at swank living, as told through a throwback rear-view mirror. Filling the walls are works by artists Daniel Perez, Daniel Driensky and Ray Albarez, all of…

Art Car Spotted at the Texas Theatre

At first glance, you think it’s the strangest decision for a wrap, ever. Upon closer inspection, this sedan gets even more perplexing as you realize that it’s hand-painted. Yup. A hand-painted, 360 degree replica of van Gogh’s dorm poster classic,The Starry Night. I don’t know who the artist/driver is, but…

Comedian and Former Dallasite Wyatt Cenac is Leaving The Daily Show

The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on FacebookSo. Good. After four great years, Dallas-raised writer/comedian Wyatt Cenac has announced that he’ll be leaving his position as correspondent on The Daily Show. His final report will coincide with the last…

Watch the Wyly Theatre Transform in this New Time Lapse Video

The Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre is a great space for experimentation, and that’s due as much to its design as its creative occupants. Crafted to be fully modular, the area accommodates almost any stage layout one can envision. Like a giant Transformer, it morphs. Removable seating, drop down floors,…

11 Holiday Films That Haven’t Been Totally Ruined by the Holidays

Every year Hollywood cranks them out — saccharine remakes of A Christmas Carol or It’s a Wonderful Life, with minor plot tweaks and overused actors. They’ve ruined the dial, filling it with cinema’s version of re-gifting. Meanwhile, original movies that were great the first few hundred times play on a…

Find A Reason To Love Again

Davy Rothbart is a wanderer, a wonderer and a magnet for eccentricity. He’s united those strengths to build an admirable DIY résumé: He’s the long-time editor of Found Magazine, which has compiled and published discarded curiosities as a popular zine for more than 10 years. He’s become a regular contributor…

Brighten Up Black Friday

NorthPark Center (8687 N. Central Expressway) opens bright and early, but not angry-alarm-clock early, at 9 a.m. Friday, and doesn’t close until 10 p.m. And to kick off the holidays with flair, you’ll want to gather for the parade at 10:30 a.m. Santa will be there, as will The Salvation…

Squeegee Your Third Eye

Take a moment and clear your mental cache. Please, we’ll wait. That infinite accumulation of data from complex mathematics to banal daily stimuli has no weight, no volume. Hell, it has zero quantitative properties hemming it in. Meanwhile, in the third dimension, you could examine an object woven in abundant…

Football: The Real Reason For Togetherness

Choosing the right Thanksgiving watering hole is clutch. You’ll want a place that’s busy and has the game on. Otherwise it feels like you’re drinking alone on a holiday. Here’s a little list of spots that are open, showing the Cowboys versus Redskins game and loaded with future friends. Bryan…

Tonight’s Final, Free Rooftop Movie is Garden State

Well all, it’s been a great run. These weekly collaborations with the Dallas Film Society and Sundown at Granada have turned Wednesday evenings into amazingly fun, community events. Plus, there’s booze. (Who ever thought it could be so good?) Tonight, step away from the turkey. Wipe the stuffing off your…