The XX Factor

There’s a group in town that’s busy toppling the existing gallery regime. ArtLoveMagic has proven repeatedly that this city is both unified and beautified by a collaborative web of artists whose talents run a gamut of media. Twice a year we see that network surface for a massive public exhibition,…

Sniffing Tail, Doing Shots

While it’s true that we need dogs to feel complete, there are also times when they need us — like when they’re trying to get into a bar, without ID. This Saturday you can pay back your hound for all of his tireless dedication by taking him out for a…

Live Fast But Die Slow

It’s been two years since word spread through Dallas that one of the city’s brightest, most beloved musicians, Frankie Campagna, had committed suicide. Then, doubling the pain’s weight we saw his Spector 45 bandmate, bassist Adam Carter, follow suit only three months later. It made public a union that’s existed…

Tonight’s Free Rooftop Film is Trainspotting

THIS VIDEO IS NOT SAFE FOR WORK DUE TO BOOBS Before Slumdog Millionaire and 28 Days Later, Danny Boyle dragged us into Scottish drug addiction with Trainspotting. It’s a perfect encapsulation of club life flirting with damnation, but more importantly it proves the Ewan McGregor is still a heart throb…

Watch Free Films This Weekend At Dallas’ New Studio Movie Grill

The new Spring Valley location of Studio Movie Grill marks the company’s seventh dinner theater in Texas and tenth in the country. To celebrate the newest edition to Dallas’ dine-and-watch theater family, Spring Valley’s SMG is offering admission for only $1 throughout opening weekend (October 12 to the 14). Still…

Video: The Texas Chute Out Implosion At Six Flags

Yesterday we said farewell to the Texas Chute Out, a mild mannered attraction that’s been at Six Flags since 1976. It went out with a glorious bang: the implosion’s force was so strong it rattled our cameraman in his chest. Here’s the video by Mike Mezeul. And yes, I would…

The Ultimate Comeback

It’s rare to read the words “The dinosaur trail is stroller friendly,” and yet you will find exactly that at Heard Museum’s exhibit of life-sized animatronic dinos. That’s right, Heard is going all Jurassic Park on you and those you love with a walkable, strollerable half-mile nature trail simply littered…

They’re Coming for You, Barbara

Romero and Russo changed the way we look at horror in their 1968 cult classic, Night Of The Living Dead. They also are responsible for that panicky feeling you get when you cannot immediately find your keys while walking to your car, and your irrational fear of tiny cottages. Sorry,…

Missed the First Pot Zombies? You’ll Catch Up.

There’s pigs’ blood in the Trinity and we’ve most certainly paved over some very important burial sites here in Dallas, so it would make sense for the impending zombie uprising to take root in our alkaline soils. Whether or not the infection is spread by traditional biting or through bong…

There’s A Game Today? Go Figure.

Saturday is a big night for CADD galleries, with loads of openings happening around town. Over in the Design District, you’ll want to get emotionally stoic and aesthetically stripped down with TEXAS-BAUHAUS, a new exhibition by Photographs Do Not Bend. It pairs three female North Texas photographers’ work with several…

Tonight’s Free Rooftop Movie: Dazed and Confused

Last Wednesday we kicked off a new weekly film series at the Sundown, that amazing rooftop bar next door to the Granada. Not only did a few of you show up, so many came that folks cuddled on each other’s laps to conserve space. It was a great evening in…

Six Flags Will Implode A Ride Tomorrow

It was a wholesome ride, but the Texas Chute Out just didn’t have the bells and whistles of those newfangled, fancier attractions. And so, the 225 foot tall mainstay closed on September 3, after 34 years of loyal service. But what do you do with non-traveling structure of such a…

Texas Theatre Will Show Skyfall in 35mm.

There are certain big budget releases that will lure any pale, arthouse-lover to the local multiplex. Bond flicks definitely reside in that category. But this November you won’t have to resort to such pedestrian circumstances. Nope. Texas Theatre announced on Twitter that it’s getting a 35mm edition of the film…

Why That Rothko Vandal is a Wimp

The room containing Rothko’s Seagram collection is considered an immersion experience. Nine paintings line the walls of the secluded viewing area inside the Tate Modern, making up the first series where the artist’s goal was to surround and intimidate the viewer. Originally these paintings had been commissioned by the Four…

Oral Fixation Season Two: The Best Stories Are Still Untold.

When Nicole Stewart sparked up Oral Fixation earlier this year, we became instantly addicted. Here’s how it works: Each month’s program is loosely based around a theme or concept, then local storytellers craft drag-you-in accounts of their real-life situations related to the topic. These tales are penned well in advance,…