Not many comedians have the luxury of growing up. This is no fault of their own; when you base a career on a shtick or tag line, a theme or gimmick, you’re forced to carry it with you or face the turbulent world of rebranding. But watching a 40-something discuss…

They’re going fast, but you can still snag tickets to see Bill Cosby on June 8th at the Winspear Opera House. I don’t need to give you a bio about this man; he revolutionized comedy — you know who he is. Instead, let’s watch this short art film titled “Gesticulations…

Due to inclement weather, tonight’s performance at Kidd Springs Park has been canceled and will not be rescheduled. Feeling blue about it? Let Milli Vanilli ease your strife. *************************************************************************************************** Sometimes we all need a kick in the pants to remember how good we have it. The DSO administers us a…

Last year a campaign was designed to raise funds for a unique experiment: Create a completely free to the public, new score and recording of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations. The plan was set loose on Kickstarter, exceeded its monetary minimum and is now complete, making it the first publicly-funded…

I don’t know the designated program time for TLC’s show “My Strange Addiction,” but its marathons battle “Hoarders” and “My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding” for “Most Serendipitous/Highly-Depressing Six Hours of Programming Catered to the Extremely Hungover.” Too dehydrated to change the channel, we watch as Bertha appeases her OCD demons…

Let those wild crazy kids fest do keg stands this weekend, you’d rather take it easy. Well Tiger, you should scoot over to Fair Park, that’s where the City Arts Festival holds court through Sunday. With a throwback theme to car culture, this year’s fest features two complimentary outdoor flicks…

While the musical component of this year’s Homegrown Festival reaches out beyond our region’s hemming, its arts vendors remain decidedly local. Frock flippers, silk screeners, painters and gadget-benders round-out the day’s visual flair. Here’s a few reasons to be psyched. Local artist and all-around supporter of talent Frank Campagna is…

Dallas sprawls. It wraps. And at times, it isolates. But our city is better than its geographical pretzeling because its inhabitants strive to reach across the concrete divisions and unite over common goals, like advancement of the arts. Join a team of artists and curators this evening at CentralTrak for…

I spent an entire weekend hypnotized by Erica Felicella’s experimental art installation “Visible Shell.” She is the photographer and performance artist that we came to know as “The Girl in the Box” when she sealed herself in a plexiglass enclosure and embarked on a 48-hour path of self-discovery. She held…

Just because you have to work through Friday, doesn’t mean that A.) you can’t get an early start on fun tonight, and B.) you can’t strategically scope out your three-day party plan now. There’s so much great stuff going on: Somebody left festivals scattered all over town (don’t trip), there…

There’s a group in town hell-bent on making the world better, and they do it by throwing parties. Against The Grain Productions, you’re all right in my book. Tonight you can take part in this libation-rich butterfly effect by forking down $25 (or $30 at the door), getting drunk-ish (it’s…

Well, “GCB” is canceled. Come Fall you’ll have to look elsewhere to find salvation via bedazzeled craptastic television. Let’s all have a moment of silence that I’ll inevitably destroy with diabolical laughter. Done! Since you’ll be without your weekly dose of head mean girl Kristen Chenoweth (the stiletto-adorned pack leader…

Gamers, if we learned one thing this year it is this: When the Dallas Symphony Orchestra plays the score of a popular video game, it is glorious. Also, it’ll sell out. Like, fast. For one geektastic night DSO will perform “Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy” and you will embrace…

Branding has been a business tool since the earliest labels were printed, but in recent years it’s become impossibly pervasive. The days of an elite few sloshing scotch in an advertising office, allowing their genius to define a brand are over. Now, it’s collaborative. Also, branding involves everything from visual…

We talk constantly about what’s missing in education, areas where we fall short, and a persistent lack of community involvement, specifically regarding youth and the arts. Today, two organizations give us cause to do the opposite. Let’s celebrate that and take a look at what our neighbors are doing to…

Sometimes it doesn’t matter how you break into a trade, just that you took the initiative to do it. Maxima Visions Productions would like to save souls via feature films; the Christian movie company is seeking talent, and well, they don’t look all that picky. Since Maxima Visions is relatively…

Stirling isn’t all that excited about this art he’s fighting for, but fuck it; he’s having a great time. He’s been standing with one hand on this wall for about two and a half hours now and figures “why stop?” Especially since his friend is fighting a similar battle two…

I have hesitations with performance art. There, I’ve said it. Having sat through too many diary-open mini-sagas in my life I approach that strain of artistic expression with apprehension, but by letting myself indulge those complicated feelings rather than exploring them, I missed out on a great series at CentralTrak…