You were sweating in a tank top yesterday, which means freezing ice on Dallas roads this weekend. LET’S GIVE IT UP FOR TEXAS!!! There’s plenty going on this weekend — weather be damned — and because we like you, we’re keeping you (mostly) indoors with gallery shows, films, temperature-raising burlesque,…

History is full of jerks, of varying degrees. One of America’s grandest, John Wilkes Booth, was an actor who went Method expressing his disdain for President Lincoln. Unless you comb literature’s backstock, you might not know a whole lot about the guy aside from his perky haircut and propensity for…

The McKinney Avenue Contemporary (3120 McKinney Ave.) is a local treasure. Operating on free admission, this nonprofit space brings all forms of contemporary art into its showrooms. That gives Dallas folks the opportunity to explore and experience this frequently shifting category, without all the pretension that so often clings to…

Some of art history’s richest points of creativity came from fringe artists uniting. The Fluxists? Those kids were dope. How about the artwork that showed at the Salon des Refusés? Those were the pieces that changed history. And what about that gallery at 500 Exposition Ave. in Dallas? A member-run…

Texas Theatre has hit a stride, narrowing its program schedule to blend new releases with repertory films for see-’em-now-or-miss-’em-forever weekend runs. Plus, there’s always a dance party. But even three years ago when Aviation Cinemas first took the keys, they had a master plan. They would show all of that…

I’ll say it: Strolling through Concentrations 56: Stephen Lapthisophon — coffee, seasonal fruit, root vegetables, and “Selected Poems,” at the Dallas Museum of Art feels a little…sexy. Dangerous, even. Like you’ve entered the well-appointed bachelor pad of a worldly older man. There’s a rhythm in these works, some scuffed and…

Got money to burn and a massive backlog of Elder Skelter episodes to get through? Uber understands. Tomorrow, December 5, the car service pairs up with Home Depot to sling trees to Dallas’ most lethargic. That means you can have a fir delivered for $135 with just a tap on…

Throwing the words “S.C.A.B.” and “dinner” together takes some serious balls. They aren’t excellent bedfellows, in the traditional sense. But this Sunday you’ll opt to feign from free association to take part in an old fashioned progressive supper, hosted by some of Dallas’ most interesting emerging art studios. The S.C.A.B…

Dallas’ favorite alternative holiday lights display is still glowing strong. A 120-foot-long Imperial Dragon Boat anchors the Chinese Lantern Festival’s lagoon-rich magic, and it’s surrounded by dozens of complicated, illuminated vignettes. Take a stroll through the flamingo pond or photobomb the dinosaurs. It’s up to you: This is your adventure…

Enrollment is open for the Dallas Observer’s Fourth Annual MasterMind Awards and we’d like to hear from you. Submissions close on December 13, so scribble down your favorites and nominate Dallas’ best. We’re looking for innovators. Cultural climate shapers. People making work that pushes our city forward. That can be…

They say every writer has a screenplay tucked away in a bottom desk drawer. In the case of Brooke Wyeth, that publication is a memoir, set to revive a long-buried family secret. So, you know, this holiday at the Wyeth house is shaping up to be one helluva par-tay. That’s…

When you first hear Rick Steves on the radio, your natural immediate response is “Jeez, what a nerd.” Maybe it’s the nasal voice or his intense hatred of Naples, but there’s something a bit off-putting about the whole thing. But here’s the deal: When you travel, you need to bring…

Whether delivering a treehouse harangue as dictator-for-life of G.R.O.S.S. or getting sneak-pounced by his tiger sidekick, Calvin was our kid id. Operating on a combination of misunderstood genius and prankster mischief, he and Hobbes conquered the world, time travel, art, dumb girls and physics, one perfectly drawn frame at a…

Cronenberg apostles, listen up. The Angelika loves and understands your obsession with exploding heads and all things ConSec, because it’s showing Scanners at 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Weird, dark and riddled with telepathy, this one’s got it all. Governmental ill deeds? Check. Subversive counterculture messages and gruesome theories…

We’re digging on this comedy series Behind the Screen, organized by local chuckles harvester Elizabeth Howard. It brings you back — or, rather, forward — through Texas Theatre, and plops you down in a makeshift comedy club set in a part of the building you rarely experience. The things are…

Sure, you live on soup and rice for the other 364 days of the year, but Thursday is Thanksgiving. That means gluttony of vast proportions, hopefully prepared by someone other than you. So splurge, do it right. Feast until you collapse, drooling on a horn of plenty. This is freaking…

During any discussion of Kennedy’s final day, Dallas’ infamous geography eclipses our sister city’s. A new commission by the Fort Worth Opera will address those lesser-seen moments, focused on bonds and experiences the president held dear during the 15 hours prior the assassination. It will be based mostly in Fort…

Dallas has a burlesque troupe for every personality. Ruby Revue serves up old time glam, Viva Burlesque caters dolled-up routines to themes and those Lolli Bombs like to get a little freaky. But what if you’re into hot wax, barbed wire, machetes, broken glass and big top spectacle — all…

While Dallas was fixated on one 50th anniversary, fans of Dr. Who were busy with another entirely over at WhoFest. The sold-out fan convention ran for three-days in Addison, giving local Whoheads a chance to rub costumed elbows and geek out together. Every iteration of the good Doctor was represented,…

Honor the Kennedy anniversary in whatever way you see fit. We’ve got a bunch of events tucked in this weekend’s list. (I’ll be drinking pink Champagne, toasting Jackie for 24 hours straight. Chance of weep-sobbing? A solid 30 percent. That number increases to a steadfast 60 percent by the second…