See also: Drunklympics: The 2012 Summer Olympics Drinking Game Every two years your liver’s reputation is offered rebirth. During the Olympics your usual drunken bar crawls are not seen as debaucherous meanderings, instead they’re proof of your patriotism. Be the best American you can: Charge a giant bar tab, eat…

As all who are participating in Tuesday’s Pie Throwing Championships are aware, the circus is in town. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey digs its big red heels into Dallas soil for a 12-day run of Fully Charged, a production showcasing the company’s most high energy acts. You’ll see Ukrainian…

Isis Brantley fought a fight that few in Dallas even know existed. A leader in the underground hair-braiding movement, Brantely was arrested in ’95 for practicing her craft without a cosmetology license. Known throughout the international hair community as Naturally Isis, she refused to accept the charge, arguing that cosmetology…

Find way more events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. It’s finally happening: The world record title for most shaving cream pies thrown is on Tuesday! Any week with pie-chucking is already a winner, but you aren’t limited to competitive slap stick. There’s a beer pong tournament, Design District Gallery Day (with free beer!),…

Galleried out? Spend Saturday raiding the Gypsy Wagon instead. Even for veteran gallery hoppers, getting to every opening is limited by time available. We wind up picking and choosing between favorite spaces, artists with the biggest buzz, and which gallery doles out the heaviest pours. (What can I say? I’m…

While most photographers feel comfortable off-camera, capturing the world from behind their lenses, Erica Felicella has stepped out in the open. She’s the same wonder woman performance artist who spent 48 hours in a plexiglass box behind the Kessler Theater in May. That piece of performance art was part emotional…

In a perfect world this would happen every day: You wake up, stretch, tug your shoes on and then get irrationally excited because you’re about to throw hundreds of pies in other people’s faces. It would solve socioeconomic division, crime rates would plummet and war would be nothing that a…

In a perfect world this would happen every day: You wake up, stretch, tug your shoes on and then get irrationally excited because you’re about to throw hundreds of pies in other people’s faces. It would solve socioeconomic division, crime rates would plummet and war would be nothing that a…

It was Poison Ivy that made me love the Cramps and then garage-rich rockabilly as a whole. She’s a menacing female sneer in a male-dominated genre; her hair hides half a dozen switchblades and damn can she shred. Now that the group has dissolved, we miss her desperately. With her…

It’s well known that Snoop Dogg wasn’t “born” in the traditional sense. Instead he materialized, a wee Snoopling, in a hot tub on the set of a rap video, blunt tucked into his diaper. Still, one woman argues this. Her name is Beverly Broadus-Green and she insists that she pushed…

You realize you’ll have to work your way up in the corporate sector until you advance through the chain of operations. Who knew that the same rules apply at the Texas Renaissance Festival? They’re holding a job “faire” on August 11 and 12, in search of seasonal help. No, you…

Those tantalizing vixens of Viva Dallas Burlesque recently expanded their enterprise with the new series Cirque du Burlesque. Still firmly rooted in cheeky flirtation, the ladies elevated Friday’s show with aerial acts by Austin’s Bethany Summersizzle and seductive hula hooping routines by temptress Lula Houp Garou. That uptick in weekend…

The National Space Society of Texas isn’t all about data crunching and calibrations: It also has a soft spot for poetry. The organization is holding a poetry contest that anyone can enter, if you love the red planet. Or lust after it enough to scribble down prose on the topic…

See also: The Dark Knight Rises in Dallas: Where to See it in Full IMAX Unlike most superheros, Batman isn’t bionic. He doesn’t have a mutation or special power: He’s a man. Since his toys are what protects him, five decades of Alfreds have dedicated their lives to tuning up…

The cyber-orgy of food porn, music articles and drag-you-in photography known as House of Plates is manned (or womanned) by an anonymous group of Dallas bloggers, all hell-bent on showing us the great shit they’ve found around the city. So of course we like them. But we like them more…

Big Al’s on McKinney Avenue must not think the spectacle of little people wrestling (EXTREME-ly) is enough to draw a crowd for tonight’s main event, The Baddest Little Show on Earth. Their website has upped the ante, promising another compelling lure: miniature horses. You can pet them, Instagram them, or…

Hey fellow nerds, geeks and dweebs: This is your weekend to shine. Friday, July 20 marks the 43 anniversary of Neil Armstrong planting his kicks on the moon. To celebrate, let’s watch this Michael Jackson moonwalking video. It’s pretty boss. There’s so much happening this weekend: The Nerdist is doing…

The League of Animal Protectors sounds like a fur-loving cluster of superheroes. Actually, that’s a fairly accurate description. LAP is a local nonprofit dedicated to rehabilitation, fostering and eventual adoption of stray dogs and cats, and Sunday they’re going to get you wasted. Dog owners already know that Lee Harvey’s…

Dallas is often known for its glamour and style, but hiding behind that shine is something much brighter and more beautiful than any couture garment or three-pound diamond. We have tiny groups of people who provide support for those who can’t press on, lend assistance to our neighbors in crisis…