Last night I ate the art at the Dallas Contemporary. Everyone there did. It was an installation/performance art piece, one of the Contemporary’s LEGENDARY events, called Made in Texas and created by New York artist Jennifer Rubell, and the point was not just to see the art, but also to…
Frank Campagna is not only a talented local artist, he’s also a sweet father. Last night marked the opening of the exhibition Campagna2, which includes both Frank’s work and his daughter Amber’s paintings as well. I stopped by his Deep Ellum gallery, Kettle Art, to chat with the elder Campagna…
It’s nearly 2012 and still women are not represented in art, history and any number of other realms as prominently as they should be. As we slowly remedy that, we do what I like to call “add women and stir.”…
You can’t help but wonder who it is that’s being trained on this particular day. At once fanciful and thought-provoking, Heather Gorham’s work, “Training Day,” challenges the viewer’s expectations. The sky is mottled and the horizon line drips down. It looks as if you could wipe away the white and…
It’s the first of its kind here in Dallas and it appears to be off to a smashing start. I’m referring to Uptown Players’ Dallas Pride Performing Arts Festival that kicked off this past Friday and runs through the September 17. I had the chance to check out three of…
Saturday night’s opening of Tony Cragg: Seeing Things at the Nasher had the museum packed with well-dressed Dallas art lovers humming and buzzing about the incredible body of work. Nights like that remind me of one of Dallas’ best features, gobs of arts’ patrons discussing and admiring and examining the…
It was definitely not on my list of galleries to watch, until now. But when Ryder Richards sent out an announcement about the opening of Reconstructing Perspective at Brazos Gallery, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to get out of the regular gallery loop and see what’s going on just outside…
Vitaminwater may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about fashion, but Tuesday night at the Granada, it was the the inspiration for a number of local designers and the focus of a competition with a $2500 prize. Vitaminwater Uncapped was a runway fashion show…
Selena Gomez Gexa Energy Pavillion August 31, 2011 Better than: hearing your 12-year-old sing lyrics about probing aliens and ménage a trois. To the sounds of screams the likes of which I’ve never heard before, the lights went down at 8:22 at Gexa Energy Pavillion last night. When they came…
Keith Urban American Airlines Center August 28, 2011 Better than: Walking along the boardwalk, sipping sweet tea and holding hands. It was an evening of warm fuzzies last night at the American Airlines Center. Keith Urban, on his “Get Closer,” tour opened with “Put You in a Song”from his latest…
Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center August 25, 2011 Better than: Wearing a fake arrow through your head. Most comedians are lucky to have one straight man. When Steve Martin plays the banjo, he has five. Of course, those five men are kick ass musicians –…
The Dallas Museum of Art has just come into some big bucks, an $85,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for their Access to Artistic Excellence program. It’s not the first time NEA has honored the DMA with a grant. In fact, it’s the fourth they’ve received…
In 2004, third-generation Plano dairy farmer Todd Moore beginning crafting artisan dairy products. He called the company Lucky Layla Farms. Now Moore has just put the finishing touches on Springville Farm, a state-of-the-art diary farm, so that he can start offering his local Lucky Layla goodies across the Southwest. Springville…
On Saturday night, actress and singer Liz Mikel performed in concert at the Music Hall at Fair Park. The performance was part of a new series at the venue, and it was Michael Jenkins, President and Managing Director of Dallas Summer Musicals, who called Mikel while she was in New…
When Jonathan Palant asked me to be a judge in the final round of the Voice of Pride competition, I said yes without giving it a second thought. But the second after I hit send, I was a little concerned about what I had just gotten myself into. To be…
On Saturday night, I attended the opening of import, the new exhibition at Ro2 Art Uptown that features works from Eric Eley, John Frost, and Ryder Richards . The gallery, which opened earlier this summer, is housed in a really cool space in the West Village. Cement floors, light wood…
A sheep and a dragon. A devil and an angel. A tiny icon of sweet dreams. These are the pieces Julia McLain blocks together in a way reminiscent of those puzzles where you slide the pieces around until the picture is whole. Only in “Peace and War,” the lack of…
Bloody Marys and mimosas are, clearly, classic brunch drinks. But if you’re a frequent bruncher, the usual suspects may be becoming a bit of a snooze. I’m a brunch fan myself, which is why my ears pricked up when I heard the Second Floor is offering a prickly pear margarita…
Each year, Nation’s Restaurant News selects five emerging companies as its Hot Concepts! Award winners. This year’s group was cited for “bold tactics, outstanding creativity and strong performances in a persistently sluggish economy.” And one of Dallas’ own is a member of that group: Twisted Root Burger Co. Other winners…
Young women have been known to do any number of crazy things in order to cover the price of their nuptials. It’s no wonder considering how expensive weddings are these days. But Rebekah Rutledge and her fiancé Stephen Kirkpatrick went off the proverbial hook when it comes to securing what…
“I remember when cotton candy was twenty-five cents,” my dad said as I shelled out $12.00 for a bag at the AA Center for the circus, Barnum and Bailey’s show, Barnum 200: Barnum’s FUNundrum. “We’re going to need another bag,” my daughter said as I handed her the puffed-up bag…
Marshall Barnes can make stuff go faster than it should, in warp drive, in fact. Sounds insane, I know. But apparently it’s true, and he was Dallas to talk about his discovery and all of the current electromagnetic field research at the 14th International Mars Society Conference this past weekend…
