From this moment, you have less than a month to fill out all of those obnoxious tax forms and file for the appropriate (necessary) extensions as you scratch your head in stupefaction, wondering how it is you could possibly owe the IRS even more money than last year. It’s quite…
When it comes to playwrights, few are bigger and better than Texas-born Horton Foote. Foote won all the big awards — two Oscars, an Emmy, a Writers Guild of America Screen Award, a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and a National Medal of Arts — and he was known for such…
Whether you’re a runner, a walker or someone looking for some morning festivities, head over to the Bishop Arts District Saturday for the Dash for the Beads, the kick-off event for Mardi Gras Oak Cliff. On the schedule of activities are a 5K run, a 1-mile walk and a family-…
Even though Chinese New Year started a couple of weeks ago, don’t worry–there’s still time to party like it’s 4708. Chinese New Year is traditionally a 15 day long celebration that lasts until the first full moon of the new year, so if you haven’t had your fill of sweet…
There are only so many times a person can sit through yet another production of a classic or one of the Broadway hits, so it’s always a special treat when a theater company dares to take on a new play. Billed as “a dark comedy about love, family, loyalty and…
When it comes to Shakespeare’s classics, there’s a fine line between tactful updates and total bastardizations. A setting and soundtrack tweak here or there and you’re golden (thanks Baz Luhrmann), but a total revamping where it’s acceptable for Troy Dyer to become the Prince of Denmark makes people fear the…
While it’s just a short drive east, Louisiana is really worlds away, especially in the kitchen. For those of you who can make country gravy better than your grandma but have never been about to perfect the Cajun roux, Dallas Central Market’s Cooking School (5750 E. Lovers Lane) is ready…
I’m a card carrying member of the Ed Ruscha fan club for a reason. Like several of his more popular pop art brethren, Ruscha can be all about the bright colors and recognizable icons (see: the well known Standard Stations paintings), but he’s much more than that. Historically his work…
Midnight movies are frequented by two types of people: the die-hard fans of a movie who know it, word for word, like the back of their hand, and said fans’ uneducated friends who have never seen the greatest movie of all time and are inevitably dragged along for a special…
Playwright Martin McDonagh can be kind of scary. Not the man himself, per se, but the man whose mind can come up with the disturbingly awesome tales McDonagh’s written over the years (see The Pillowman and In Bruges). McDonagh has a knack for making the bloody and horrid hilarious and…
Leslie Jordan is, hands down, one of the most entertaining people out there–it’s nearly impossible to witness a Jordan performance without breaking into smiles and laughter. Whether you’re short or tall, gay or straight, soft-spoken or rambunctious as all get out, the pint sized character actor is sure to have…
You swore it would be different this time. You’ve changed, really you have–or at least that’s what you want your friends and family to think. Yet here you are, stuck empty-handed at the giftiest time of the year. Forget about gift cards and last-minute gift sets that scream, “Yeah, I…
On a visit to Scardello’s website, you’ll be welcomed with a cheesy quote like, “Cheese is the biscuit of drunkards” (Grimod de La Reyniere), so it’s only fitting that they should be the fromagephiles you turn to when you need cheese advice for the biggest party of the year. In…
However you cut it, Alexander Calder and his works are true awesomeness. Though he is recognized as the inventor of the mobile (as in, twirling suspended attention-getters), Calder’s done more than just kinetic work, as his massive sculptures have graced the world over, including iconic pieces such as “Flamingo” in…
The best way to get people out for a holiday fair is to put Fletcher’s corny dogs on the menu. As if you didn’t get your fill in October, you can enjoy corn dogs, funnel cakes and all of your other favorite fair foods as you get your holiday on…
If the pretties of Cirque du Soleil were to find themselves on a street corner in New York, one of two things would happen: They’d get a smackdown unlike any other, or they’d emerge from the experience looking a little something like Cirque Dreams Illumination. A stunning sight all its…
Three is a magical number–good stuff always comes in threes (as do celebrity deaths, but that’s beside the point). There’s The Three Musketeers, Three Cups of Tea, the Three Wise Men and, of course, Three’s Company. Being a part of a triumvirate is a magical thing, so perhaps that’s why…
Parents do the darnedest things. Take Harpagon, for example. The titular character in Moliere’s 1668 satirical comedy The Miser, Harpagon brokers out his daughter like a thoroughbred race horse and disinherits his son after stealing his girlfriend. Stay classy, Pops! But only a French guy who died more than 300…
The Dallas-Haiti Project, a ten year old organization which focuses on humanitarian aid, education, health care, and emergency funding for poor communities in Haiti, has teamed up with Urban Dog Coffee to present the two-artist show Ase Anpil. Featuring clay pottery by Leslie Showalter and black and white photography by…
So you think you’re prepared for the pending zombie apocalypse? Hours of Left 4 Dead and lessons from screen geniuses like Simon Pegg and Woody Harrelson have given us a decent amount of training, but one never really knows how they’ll react in the moment of a zombie attack. Get…
Just so you know, Mexico and Asia have more in common than their brilliant uses of rice and peppers. Take, for instance, their art. While worlds apart, the Kuroshiro, or “Black Current,” connected the traders and artists of Mexico and Japan as far back as the 16th century. With its…
Uptown Players have always been a favorite in the local theater scene, and shows like those in their 2010 season are a perfect example of why. They’ll be ending this season on a high note with the U.S. premiere of Closer to Heaven, aka the Pet Shop Boys musical. No,…
