There’s just one more day to go until that fat paycheck comes in, but somehow you’ve still managed to find yourself penniless and in desperate need of entertainment. Well, if you can scrounge together enough change from between your couch cushions to get yourself to Cowtown for the night, then…

Everyone seems to have a soft spot for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Maybe that’s because of an inspired reading in high school, or perhaps it’s just that we love characters named Bottom, Snug and Snout. Really it’s because we all got sucked into Neil Perry’s love of the play, his…

Married people live dangerous lives. Relying on (and compromising with) one other person for all of eternity sounds risky to the unwed, so James Braly throws the doors of the espoused wide open in Life in a Marital Institution (20 Years of Monogamy in One Terrifying Hour). Part walk down…

If you’re the type of person who wakes up early every Wednesday to pick up your comic book subscriptions and you’ve trolled through every shop in town locating your old favorites, then this weekend there’s only one place to be — at the Awesome Comic Book Collector Show. This comic…

How many times have you thought to yourself, “Why can’t I find a way to combine my appreciation of fine craft beers with my proclivity for financial do-gooding?” Well, now’s your chance to put your money where your mouth is, because the Best Little Brewfest in Texas has done all…

If you heard a piece of theater described as “a film noir homage to a book author whose narrative intertwines the Hollywood machine, a detective story and real life” you’d shrug and say “that’s confusing.” But when the same plot comes to life on stage, as it does in the…

If you glean most of your world knowledge from talk shows and reality TV like Project Runway, then you know that the guys in Thunder from Down Under are built like no other men on God’s green earth. These guys put Chippendales to shame, with their chiseled, rock-hard abs and…

You’ve spent a lifetime at the driving range perfecting your swing, and an ungodly amount of money building a great golf game. But do you know who loves you for you, regardless of your handicap? The homeless and abandoned cats and dogs at the Humane Society. They think you’re an…

As wily as modern politicians are, they’ve got nothing on their classic Roman counterparts. Those guys were as crooked as a barrel of fish hooks, and damned if they didn’t come up with effective ways to overthrow their adversaries. Like, say, including a guy’s best friend in a conspiracy to…

For 40 years, Dallas has been designating its landmarks, recognizing and honoring architecturally and culturally significant structures. And for the next month, the Dallas Center for Architecture (1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100) is giving us a little insight into the city of Dallas Landmarks program in its exhibition aptly…

No matter what you may hear, it’s not a cult. The Tribe of the new film, M15F1T5 is actually a group of misfit kids (er, young adults) who band together for do-gooding, and they somehow evolved into a social and political movement set to change the world. While being shirtless…

Do you think you could survive a zombie apocalypse? No? Maybe you just need some training in the field of zombie evasion. Put on your running shoes and head to Forney this Saturday to Run for Your Lives where you’ll join your fellow humans in a 5K obstacle course where…

Dean Worrmer and the Omegas seriously had it coming to them. You don’t mess with the ragtag crew known as the Deltas, a lesson well-learned in the classic National Lampoon’s Animal House. For more than two decades, the granddaddy of all college misfit comedies has been preparing incoming students for…

Tomatoes are all kinds of awesome. The magical fruit, which mistakenly poses as a vegetable from time to time, comes in as many varieties as it has uses. But there’s one hard and fast rule with the almighty tomato: Overripe ones are disgusting. So, what’s one to do with old,…

This weekend, the DFW International Community Alliance brings more than 85 nations and cultures together to wave their flags as part of the second annual Dallas International Festival. Relocating to Centennial Hall at Fair Park (1300 Robert B. Cullum Blvd.), the family-friendly fest will feature three stages of global music…

Summer is taunting us, with its beady eyes peeking around every corner, so to relish these final fleeting days of spring, the Texas Ballet Theater offers up amazing dance performances as part of SpringFest. Slated for the final weekend of the TBT festival is a can’t-miss double feature at the…

Let’s just get it out of the way now: There are some things a man will never live down, and one of those things would be a dozen-yearlong career playing an endearingly annoying nerd named Samuel “Screech” Powers. Yeah, we’re looking at you, Dustin Diamond. And we’ll be looking even…

After years of hiding your tap shoes, it’s time to pull them out and hoof it down to Fair Park, where you can join the Fab-TAP-ulous fun with tons of fellow dance lovers thanks to the Dallas Dance Council of North Texas and Dallas Summer Musicals. This sweet duo is…

What’s it like to be a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer whose works have been performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Tokyo String Quartet and The President’s Marine Band? You’d have to ask Jennifer Higdon about that, and you may just get your chance at Composing Conversations. As one of only a handful…

Next to instant ramen and Nintendo, manga and anime are Japan’s most adored exports, and one of the hottest purveyor of said goods is Studio Ghibli. Not one to be boring, the animation powerhouse mixes it up with its latest film, Goro Miyazaki’s From up on Poppy Hill. It’s a…

If you’re counting the days until Comic Con hits San Diego (or if you just want to save yourself from madness and airfare costs), then get a Texas-sized taste of geek season this weekend at Dallas Comic Con. As a special treat, this year’s con will feature “One Fine Sunday…

You look like you could use a drink. The economy, education and environmental issues have made you gloomy, but that’s no reason to drink alone. Join the conversation with like-minded (or not) politicos at this week’s Texas Tribune Festival Dallas Launch Party. The main event happens in September down in…