Trench coat? Check. Mustache? Check. Seven minute long chase scene with wheel-mounted camera shots, ala Bullitt? Yeah, it’s got that, too. It’s gotta be Violent Rome, the 1975 gutter classic, screening tonight at Texas Theater. It’s this week’s pick for Tuesday Night Trash, the curated series appropriate for anyone who…
happy birthday Mike, you look good for 537. Artist, sculptor, painter and general Major Dude, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni will forever be one of our favorites. Today’s his birthday, so we thought we’d put together a few fun facts about this life and legacy. Here’s five things that made…
When local husband and wife duo Dylan and Pamela join forces, there’s nothing they cannot accomplish. Take for instance the recent refurbishing of their trailer boutique, the Dowdy Studio Wagon. With only 72 square feet to play with, they were able to convert their space into a bright, welcoming retail…
Everyone loves healthy competition, especially when it doesn’t involve any physical athleticism. Now in its 11th year, the 24 Hour Video Race has opened registration for this year’s event. Only the first 100 teams who have filled out their forms and paid will be able to participate, so don’t be…
I’ll admit that I was terrified when I misread the email. Tonight, Trees is hosting a libationally liberal event called the Drinks & Ink Tour, sponsored by TUACA liquor and featuring LA Ink’s master tattoo artist Corey Miller. My mind went to the worst and most incorrect place first: free…
He was on his way to Austin when we caught him on the phone, and Bruce Lee Webb was breaking up. “That’s when I came across….baboon skull…gone too soon.” Even with a Texas highway’s splotchy reception, Bruce Lee Webb is fascinating. He’s currently on a mission: he must replenish his…
Live video from your iPhone using UstreamWaterTower Theatre has chosen to make its Out Of The Loop Fringe Theater Festival even more accessible by streaming the event live. Sure, there will be periods of deadspace (As much as we wish they could, they can’t perform 24/7), but when it’s on,…
They’re coming up all over and folks are even starting to take photos in front of them. Here’s another installment of Denton’s newest public art project, commissioned by 35 Denton…
There’s another week before 35 Denton envelops the city in a dreamy puddle of booze-tinted concert memories. Art will be everywhere, from that fluffy pink cake tattoo on the side of Thee Oh Sees’ guitarist Petey Damnit!’s neck to Gallery owner Bruce Lee Webb’s panel discussion on art and music’s…
This year’s Texas Bear Round-Up is muscling up its four-day affair with a visit by celebrity blogger and children’s book author Perez Hilton. From March 15 to the 18, Dallas will see an increase in big burly men, and those who adore them, as they pack up to paw their…
You work hard for the money. So hard for it, Honey. Now that you’ve got freedom in your sights we want to guide you to the very best ways to treat yourself right. Whether that means mixing potassium and alcohol at the Banana Bar Crawl in Uptown, going green at…
Congratulations Michael Martinez! You get to see One Man Lord of the Rings on Sunday, compliments of WaterTower Theatre’s Loop Festival. The festival kicks off tomorrow and tickets are still available for some of Mr. Ross’ performances; get them here. For a breakdown of other cool Loop plays, check this…
That cheese-ball slinging, peculiar craft stitchin’, hot fruit slurpin’ superstar is coming to Dallas and tickets are officially on sale as of now. Whether you adore her for her role as the underbite that launched a thousand detentions in Strangers With Candy or you pore over her freaky craft books…
Smoke and Mirrors Gallery is the type of space that you walk into and think “Am I still in Dallas?” Yes, ma’am you are. But it’s easy to forget that when an oil painting of Big Tex is staring at you with laser-beam eyes. This cocoon of the peculiar nurtures…
Authentic Entertainment, the company behind Flipping Out, Ace of Cakes — and yes, Toddlers in Tiaras — picked up the webisode White Collar Brawlers and is in the process of turning it into an AMC reality show. It is actively searching for cubicle-dwelling would-be stars so it can begin season…
I was starting to feel like Out of the Loop Fringe Festival would never arrive. The ten day, highly experimental outsider theater festival has been sitting on the timeline’s horizon; I nearly constructed an advent calendar to make the waiting more bearable. Starting tomorrow, theater-goers will pour into WaterTower’s multiple…
The only thing better than a shopping success story is an autobiographical shopping success story. Welcome to mine. I popped into Dolly Python on my lunch break and heard them make the decision. Rather than bagging up all of those georgous coats and sweaters they are all marked down by…
What are my thoughts on Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff? Put a ring on it. Texas Theatre’s newest weekly installment, Tuesday Night Trash, is just another example of how this privately-owned venue is awesoming up Dallas. The series is designed to show the rare, under-exposed and peculiar footnotes in cinematic…
While it’s undoubtedly gotten “Boston George” Jung in plenty trouble over the years, it was the famous cocaine smuggler’s schnoz that recently bought him a short medical leave from La Tuna prison in Anthony, Texas. With less than two years left on his current 15-year sentence, the man who inspired…
Gardening is two parts labor and one part magic. It’s the magic part that kids find so alluring (well, maybe playing in dirt also has a role in it). The process of growing stuff cultivates patience, knowledge, and a deeper appreciation for this big ol’ ball of soil that we…
Susan Miller doesn’t throw words like “retrograde” around willy-nilly, even when there’s an Oscar at stake. The celeb psychic put a celestial spin on last night’s Academy Awards by droppin’ fate cards via Twitter. More entertaining than the ceremony itself, Miller’s astrological decrypting of the 84-year old event predicted who…
Last night the Pin Show’s organizers transformed the Fairmont’s Regency Ballroom into a spectacle worthy of its two-and-a-half hour runway show. A six-foot wide catwalk stretched out, dividing the room to club-style table seating on one side and rows on the other. The DJ’s platform chose no party, instead it…
