For every eight-foot party table demolished through a sweaty collision and every figure-four leg lock gripped around a neck, we raise our hands to the heavens and thank the gods of wrestling for all they’ve given us. Also, that it is entirely authentic. Monday’s WWE Live performance at American Airlines…

In an interview with the Chicago exhibition space LVL3, artist Rachel de Joode was asked what she hoped people would take with them as they leave her work. She replied, “I want them to think about how strange it actually is to be alive and to be human.” While reviewing…

Burlesque is a unique entertainment genre in that it’s typically performed by scantily clad women and women are also some of its strongest audience supporters. Sure, guys enjoy the show, but it’s the empowerment sparked by the art form that causes ladies to applaud with such gusto, and often even…

You love the combination of skateboarding, art and rock and roll. Of course you do: You’re a reasonable, thinking human. But it’s rare to find those particular elements choreographed perfectly together. That changes 6:30 p.m. Friday as Overground Project hosts the third ever Culture Y’all, a party just oozing with…

Part-time Texan Quentin Tarantino has an eye for the impossibly hip. He also tends to tell his stories in strings of punchy musical vignettes, so you wind up with vivid isolated memories of lap dances in Austin dive bars (Death Proof), Mr. Blonde cool jiving with a gas tank (Reservoir…

If you’ve held out this long to visit the F.O.E., tonight is when you break your streak. The oasis of Jell-O shots and water canons will be hijacked by local photographers, painters and sketch artists. Oh, and there’s a shit-ton of booze. It’s a fundraiser for girlShow, Dallas’ biggest one-night…

Michaela Meyer didn’t trace those pictures of famous cartoon cats that you see at right. She drew them “free hand.” “Free hand:” That’s a phrase that takes me back to her age. The summer before sixth grade, to be precise. Certain kids just hit an artistic growth spurt, the same…

Sex. Politics. Religion. All are safer topics of cocktail chatter than the current battle between Museum Tower and the Nasher, especially within the arts community. And still, nobody can stop talking about it. Is there a responsibility for an architect to work with a skyline, rather than flexing on its…

Plans for the swimming pool are still being kicked around at Pooch Hotel, Dallas’ first boutique hotel catering exclusively to dogs. Its sister location in Hollywood has one that’s detailed like a Miami Beach condo, right down to the one-inch glass tile squares reflecting off the pool’s interior walls. In…

Saturday’s opening at W.A.A.S. Gallery had all of the components of the perfect party. Seriously. They went as fire as bringing in a remarkably nimble and still unsinged fire dancer, and liquid BLT shots from the Glut Life that came with a meat straw. (For the uninitiated, a meat straw…

You have until 6:30 p.m. to convince your wife that she would be happier with another family. That’s when Wife Swap producers will interview potential subjects for next season. The once-popular, then canceled, ABC program has been exhumed, dusted off and sanitized for another go — but they need fresh…

Sunday’s vintage swimwear party at the F.O.E. is going to be a lot like this, but with more making out and better music. I’m not sure how Dallas is managing it, but the weekends keep out-doing themselves. I’m already popping ibuprofen in preparation for Monday’s hangover. Just look at this…

There’s a Dallas website that remains cloaked in mystery and gravy. It’s House of Plates, an electronic make-out session of food porn, photography and music — and today, Plates will make you shake your ass. I know what you’re thinking: “How can they do that? They live inside my computer.”…

Local designer Tashumbra has that something special. It’s in the way prints are layered, the boldness of the color palette selected and the unexpected surprises that accompany the line’s “classic” looks. But there’s something else, something a little more uncommon that this designer offers that few others can: Tashumbra’s clothing…

It isn’t enough to be fashion-conscious in 2012: You’ve got to look great without dissolving your bank account. It’s a fine line to balance — a tedious walk between appearing expensive and actual frugality, and that’s why the F.I.G. Fashion Finale has become a weekend-long magnet for Dallas shoppers. Stretching…

As part of Texas Theatre’s unofficial Awesome-up The Planet Initiative, anyone is now allowed to be an artist. Also, a drunk. Even you! Yes! The one shaving out your ear wax with a pencil eraser! A–aaa–nd you might want to hang on to that: there is no medium du jour…

Video by Catherine Downes Yesterday evening, something amazing happened. The American Airlines Center plaza was briefly renamed The Battle Zone. Entry to its sloppy inner sanctum was not offered to every eager warrior: official battle tools were required. Hundreds of pie-enthusiasts waited in line to receive the items: A plastic…