There’s plenty to love about this upcoming week in Dallas — even as you scramble either to pull together a romantic outing with your Valentine or totally avoid the inevitable crush of lovebirds invading all your usual haunts. From advocating for an art deco treasure near and dear to our…

If you had to distill February down to a couple of key phrases, you’d probably be hard pressed to come up with something beyond unpredictable weather and a wealth of chocolate. But this second month of the year also offers up a diversity  of experiences in the arts—from somber remembrances…

January wraps up with a calendar-tipping bang this week—a quick glimpse at the goings-on in Dallas gives a full range of options for gallery shows, performing arts, and other cultural nuggets. But this round-up of events pretty well encapsulates what made this past month so culturally significant for Big D:…

If you’re finding yourself a little short on inspiration lately, this is the week to get out there and find someone to light a fire under you. There are plenty of opportunities to find insight, know-how, and revelation in the coming days, whether from the glimpses into the most ordinary…

Yes, binge-watching eight hours of a documentary about the legal travails of cat-torturing ne’er-do-well is tempting, but it’s also more than a little depressing. Fight the urge to hole up on the couch and marathon through all those miscarriages of justice this week with these engaging endeavors, none of which…

As you go forth into this new year armed with the best intentions to be more well-rounded, well-read, and generally happy, you’ll be glad to know you’ve got all the support you need to actually pull those things off. Consider Dallas’ literary minds, theater companies, dancers, artists and dreamers your…

The week after Christmas always seems to move at a glacier’s pace: it’s a weird transition period between holidays and a return to the real world—school starts back up, work suddenly expects you to stop taking days off and do something, and the glitter and gold fade into the gray…

It’s here! Finally, Christmas is upon us — which means that the hard work is almost over: Booze will be flowing, gifts will be given and the love will be palpable. At least for a few precious hours. As for the rest of the week, you should give yourself the…

As we pull into the home stretch of another busy holiday season, you either need exactly zero help filling your calendar or you need the sweet, sweet relief that comes from spending time with patrons of the arts as opposed to patrons of the NorthPark parking garage. If you fall…

Sergeant Amy Mills is busy. Not so busy that she can’t spare some time to talk about the job that she loves, but her brisk gait and purposeful demeanor are an instant giveaway that she’s a woman on a mission. And that mission—to resolve the backlog of rape kits in…

Shake out your picnic blankets and dust off your lawn chairs, y’all: it’s the Fourth of July. By day, you’ll avail yourself of parades, pool parties, backyard barbeques, and a never-ending supply of watermelon. But at dusk, it’s time to join friends, neighbors, and countrymen for legally-sanctioned pyrotechnics and the…

This season of AT&T Performing Arts Center Broadway Series is a good one for the little kid in all of us: two of its big shows are childhood callbacks, allowing us to relive the movies that we played ad nauseum on lazy Saturday afternoons. Annie is along coming this summer,…

The Nasher has been killing it lately, showcasing lots of heavy hitters in the world of sculpture, ranging from big names to quieter talents that haven’t had their moment in the art world’s limelight. The museum just wrapped up Anna-Bella Papp’s exhibition of minimalist clay sculptures and shipped off the…

To be a conservationist these days is to be a person with plenty of work on your plate; as the environment changes, habitats disappear, and species begin to vanish, there are so many things to make people aware of, so many things to bring attention to, so many things to…

Few things are tougher viewing than films about the Holocaust. Those types of movies are silent, somber cinema, leaving trembling hands and downcast eyes when the lights come up…rendering us unable to reconcile what we just saw with what we think we know about people. As hard as it is…

The organizers of Fort Worth Opera Festival know that there are some misconceptions out there about opera. The first is that it’s all so old and stuffy; given that so many of the great works are in fact pretty old, it’s an easy assumption to make. The second is that…

The country’s favorite form of drama takes place every year from September to February, and it appears in living rooms, bars and giant stadiums across this great land. It features a cast of rich team owners, apoplectic coaches and players who we root for as long as they’re useful to…

We Love You, Conrad Let’s overlook the fact that Justin Bieber is Canadian and that the draft is not currently a thing, and imagine what would happen if he was being forced into the Army. Scratch that. They would never take him. Taylor Swift, perhaps? A legion of crying teenage…

Slather the family in sunscreen and get your walking shoes on—it’s Mayfest time again. The annual ritual offers up a heady dose of Vitamin D, plus 33 acres worth of activities for the whole family at Trinity Park in Fort Worth, 2401 University Drive between Thursday and Sunday. Events include…

The 2015 Asian Festival is a delightfully broad title for an event crammed with activities representing the cultures of over 30 countries. It’s not like the Scottish Festival, which–despite its many, many merits—is pretty limited to kilts, organ meats, and log-throwing. Indeed, the Asian Festival is teeming with variety—it’s one…

Ever put off going to the grocery store a little too long, and been faced with the prospect of making dinner using only what you have on hand? That’s a terrifying thought, considering it means that you’re supposed to derive sustenance from some soy sauce packets, a can of navy…