Denton, Prepare To Get Arted On

Street Mural – Nicky Davis from Nicky Davis on Vimeo.Timelapse of artist Nicky Davis making Houston a little artier. This year’s 35 Denton showcase took its vitamins and grew extra massive. Now its lineup is fortified with bands like Built to Spill, Thee Oh Sees and The Jesus and Mary…

The Ten Best Things To Do This Weekend, February 23 to 26

Is that numbing pain in your shoulder diminishing? It can only mean one thing: The weekend is coming! Unwind from your stressball career with runway shows, stand-up comedy and drag queen brunch. It’s all happening this weekend, kids. Here’s a little guide to cool stuff happening around town. Share it…

The Pin Show: A Runway Worth Sitting For

In a city fueled by fashion there are few runway shows featuring work by independent designers. The Pin Show, an annual worship service to all things glamour, mends that tear in our city’s style coverage. After taking a one-year hiatus, the garment fete is back and packed with more enticing…

Fort Worth Is Getting A Drive-In, But Dallas Wants To Get Laid, Too

Chihuly, Central Market, that crazy bridge — they’re all being billed as the saving grace of Dallas, or rather stuff that makes our already valuable stuff more valuable. Fine, you can have your bridge and your heart-healthy prepared meals and your blown-glass chandeliers, but none of those things will get…

Happy Fat Tuesday! Where to Go To Earn Those Beads.

Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez! It’s the last day before repentance, how are you going to spend it? If you feel like getting sauced and earning those eight cent strings of plastic beads, you’re in good company. A whole gaggle of nightclubs are featuring DJs, shirt lifting and drink specials,…

Here Are Some Pictures Of A 190 Pound Turtle

The Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park has a new resident, a big fat alligator snapping turtle that remained nameless until this morning. Thanks to the Carey family from Lewisville, the ancient reptile now goes by Spike and because of some very cautious handling at the Children’s Aquarium we now know…

Five Rules To Surviving A Trip To IKEA, Dallas

I made my first trip to the Frisco IKEA yesterday. In the course of my journey I saw families ripped apart, friendships tested and entirely too many things promising to solve my organizational dilemmas. Yes, I left disorientated with two carts of “AUSKS” and “FULKVIKS.” The problem with IKEA is…

Last Night’s Zombi Race 2012: Endurance, Booze and Braaaaaaains

“All the zombies are our tonight,” shouted the guardian of Smokin’ Joe’s hot dog cart to a passing patrol cop. “OOOOOOOh, it’s going to be wiiiiild!” he thundered, fist in the air. The cop rolled down his window, assessed the spectacle occurring in front of The Church and looked severely…

Shepard Fairey To Appear On The Simpsons

Fresh off a week of recent Dallas escapades, Shepard Fairey has been cast in an upcoming episode of The Simpsons called “Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart.” Now in its 23rd season (Wha-hoo!) the city of Springfield is faced with a new scourge: Bart Simpson turned rebellious street artist. His muse? Homer,…

John Leguizamo: Shape-Shifting Ghetto Klown

John Leguizamo, by all scientific standards, is only one man but you suspect otherwise during his stage shows. Is he channeling dark magic? Is he demolishing the laws of physics by existing in multiplicity? How the hell does that guy become so many characters so quickly? “That’s the thing about…

The Sketchy World Of Don Hertzfeldt

In his famous short film Rejected, Don Hertzfeldt depicts himself as a down-on-his luck illustrator who acts out his spiraling madness through squiggly cartoon stickmen. Each segment grows progressively more insane until characters are bludgeoning one another for their inappropriate selection of head wear. God we love this man. He’s…