Finding the right gallery show can be a bit daunting. What you like one day, you may not the next, and though variety is the spice of life, you need a bit of consistency as you walk through a room. That’s why the three-person art exhibition on display at Craighead-Green…
Billy Joel is the jam, plain and simple. It’s hard to not love the Piano Man but, I’ll admit, he’s made some mistakes in his life. No, I’m not talking about his automotive mishaps or the “she’s young enough to be his daughter” wife–these things happen, people. Mistake No. 1…
When you hear of a theater company that emphasizes plays “by, for and about women,” you probably imagine something a little like the Hallmark Channel or the Lifetime Movie Network onstage. If your tastes lean more toward the family-friendly former network, then stay away, but if you want a more…
Have you been eyeing your kids’ Legos and Lincoln Logs a little too much lately? Maybe you can’t think of a proper excuse to get your hands on them, but you still have that I gotta build stuff itch, which is hard to escape. Well, just to rub it in,…
As a part of their 30th anniversary season, Stage West presents The Skin of Our Teeth, Thornton Wilder’s 1942 Pulitzer Prize winning play about…well, everything. The Skin of Our Teeth tells the story of the Antrobus family, a biblical every-family in every way imaginable. Take Adam, Eve and their kin…
You may not be a millionaire, but you can play one this weekend. The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is celebrating 20 Years at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, hosted by Honorary Gala Artist Van Cliburn, and everyone who’s anyone will be there this Saturday for what could be one of…
As a new homeowner, I can finally get behind–even get excited about–events like the Home & Garden Market. Take one part State Fair Expo and one part Home Depot and add a splash of yard sale and you can get yourself drunk on the awesomeness that is the Home &…
The heart of Dallas crossed the river over the past couple of years as Oak Cliff has been revitalized, and the Bishop Arts District’s First Thursday block party takes its job as welcome wagon seriously. On the first Thursday of every month, the shops, galleries and restaurants of Bishop Arts…
Fathers and sons have an interesting relationship. Some sons are expected to go into the family business, but John Harlin III took “following in dad’s footsteps” to a whole new level. His father, renowned mountaineer John Harlin II was the first American to ascend the north face of the Eiger–the…
Foodies everywhere should know that it’s Hatch Chile season–the best time of year for those tasty treats from Hatch, New Mexico, aka “Chile Capital of the World.” If you love the peppers but don’t want to go through the trouble of preparing them yourself (pepper preparation is a fine art),…
It seems like in the old days, institutionalization was the cure-all to life’s little problems. Just take a look at some Hollywood classics–One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Suddenly, Last Summer, A Day at the Races. If someone seemed a little zany back then, well then you just had to…
People say you should take time out to stop and smell the roses. Well, if the scent of flowers makes you reel more than revel, then forget about scents and enjoy your other senses aboard a new kind of loco-motion. See the beauty of Grapevine, Fort Worth and everything in…
Chihuahuas are odd little creatures. They have personalities the size of Andre the Giant, but they usually travel around in purses or under the arm of their owner. At first I thought that the little “dogs” were just hitching rides with the rich and famous, but then I realized something–…
Given that we fought a war a couple hundred years ago to free ourselves from the rule of a monarch, we as a nation will let just about anyone take on a “royal” title. We had the Prince of Pop, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, and everyone’s favorite chameleon,…
In light of the U.S. Men’s soccer team’s fairy tale-like rise to the Confederations Cup finals for the first time in history, beating out Spain only to lose to Brazil (but hey, it’s Brazil), it looks like it’s becoming more and more acceptable for Americans to become soccer fans. So,…
About 20 years ago I went to my first concert, The Jets, at Six Flags. I couldn’t tell you much about the show itself, but I do remember thinking that concerts at Six Flags were a special breed, catering to kids (or young adults if you prefer) like no other…
Dads don’t cook–they grill. It’s more manly to stick a beer can up a chicken’s ass than it is to sous-vide, so when it comes to paternal cuisine, we haven’t expected a lot of variety or experimentation from the old man, but the cooking school at Central Market (5750 E…
I think it’s funny to think of a time when white Americans were, across the board, afraid of Asians (of the Chinese and Japanese variety in particular)–I know I can be a bit intimidating, but seriously? What is now seen as the model minority, with our stereotypically superior math skills…
You know Eddie Griffin was probably picked on a bunch as a kid. Truth be told, he’s a funny-looking guy with a whacked-out sense of humor, so it’s only natural that he became the class clown who feels the need to teach the world about “Man Laws.” There’s just something…
Say what you will about the quality of public education, but my friends and I never had to deal with militant nuns and their abusive rulers. Sure, I couldn’t tell you which saint I should pray to if I should get lost in a forest, but then again I’ve read…
If it’s been awhile since you’ve trekked it over to Fort Worth, now’s the time to do it. Recently Lancaster Avenue’s been taken over by a series of six stainless steel 30-foot tall sculptures dubbed the Avenue of Light. If the sculptures, by artist Cliff Garten, impress you (which they…
Summertime in Texas can turn us all into a bunch of drinkers. With the heat index rising everyday, we’d live on a diet of anything, as long as it had “ice cold” in its name. But instead of sitting around the pool with cans of Lone Star until we’re beet…
