In the wise words of Derek Zoolander, “There’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking.” And yet, sometimes, when we’re watching models strut down a runway, we forget this. But the KidneyTexas 2010 luncheon and fashion show is different. This year’s program, titled “The Runway…

Wine is enough of a reason to go to a winery, for sure. Tasting rooms are fun, and, duh, wine is delicious. But, for some reason, local winery Times Ten Cellars, 6324 Prospect Ave., wants to give you another good reason, so here it is: They’ll be hosting a live…

There is a big problem with words like “biennial.” How can a word mean both “every two years” and “lasting for two years?” This sort of lazy word defining is what really gets my goat. Come on, English, you’re better than that! If, for example, you attend the biennial exhibition…

Women in ancient Greece sure knew how to control their menfolk. Or, at least the fictional ones did. In the classic play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, the title character tries to end the Peloponnesian War by telling all the non-single ladies to withhold sex from their husbands, which was shocking back…

You know those people who continually meddle in your life and just keep popping up everywhere, even if you move and change your phone number and create a secret Facebook profile they don’t know about? No, I’m not talking about your parents. (Call your mother, by the way. She misses…

Writer and director Harmony Korine is perhaps best known, at least by me, for his 1997 film, Gummo, which is now a cult classic among indie kids and hip sociopaths everywhere. Korine’s latest, Trash Humpers, caused a stir at SXSW this year and has been described by Dallas film reviewer…

I used to think of felt as a kids’ material, much like crayons or uncooked macaroni, but it turns out I was just using the cheapest stuff imaginable, and apparently making your own felt (or “felting”) is actually a popular artsy activity for crafty people. Its popularity makes sense because…

You can find so many amazing things at the local public library, and not just in the pages of their books. Sure, they’ve got reading material on everything from aardvarks to zebras, but the really special library moments involve a little something extra. Take, for example, the Petzapalooza event going…

The title of the film showing this weekend as part of the Magnolia at The Modern series, Women Without Men, is reminiscent of that famous women’s lib slogan, which is sometimes attributed to Gloria Steinem, that says, “A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.” Nice…

The cult (and pothead) classic Reefer Madness (1936) was originally titled Tell Your Children, but definitely do not tell your children to attend Ohlook Performing Arts Center’s musical production of the tragic tale. The show includes adult humor, religious parody, drug use, suggested violence, sexual explicitness and more, so, yes,…

On Contemporary Dance Fort Worth’s website, the dance company describes its work as “NOT the ballet,” and sums it all up with a slogan fit for a Nike commercial: “New music. No swans. No limits.” Clearly, if you’re to learn one thing from this message, it’s that contemporary dance is…

As someone who has gotten motion sick on airplanes many times, let me put forth a theory that perhaps the motion of flight just doesn’t jive well with human physiology. If we were meant to fly, we’d have wings. Yet, thanks to contrary folks like Amelia Earhart and the Wright…

Everyone’s scared of something, be it death or public speaking, but some little fears are silly. For instance, I don’t get it when people are afraid of public restrooms. No, you’re not the first person to ever utilize this space. So what? But we can all agree that some fears…

When Artadia Award recipient David Aylsworth creates a painting, he thinks of the forms as characters, interacting with each other in a theatrical performance. And, more specifically, his latest paintings reference the lightheartedness of musical theater in particular. How appropriate, then, that the title of his new solo exhibition should…

It would be great to be famous and thereby acquire large quantities of money, chicks and glory. In some cases, however, famous people become even more famous for doing gross/stupid/bad things, and that’s never good. O.J. Simpson might be one example; Ashlee Simpson another. It can even happen to people…

Remember the Myers-Briggs personality test? I recently discovered that, as it turns out, when you break down the U.S. population in terms of ENFJs and ISTPs, most Americans are introverts. Of course, one of the questions is whether you’d rather read a book or go to a party, and given…

Do you like your mom? Do you enjoy putting things in their proper place? Then boy, is there a perfect Mother’s Day event for you! From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, folks at Texas Discovery Gardens, 3601 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, will celebrate all things mom…

In 2004, a French woman named Marie-Leonie Leblanc reported to police an anti-Semitic attack that occurred against her on the Metro. Her clothes had been torn, locks of her hair had been cut off, her baby’s stroller had been overturned and swastikas were drawn on her skin in red marker…

Some people say they wish their lives were more like musicals. Well, those people should be happy because it seems like everything’s a musical these days. Ten years ago, who would have guessed that Monty Python would tackle Broadway as Spamalot, or that the cast of Evil Dead would sing…

You know what makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside? When someone has a dream and just keeps on chasing it, no matter the obstacles that stand in the way. (I mean, maybe not if the person is Scarlett Johansson and the dream is to release an album of…

Having attended a PostSecret event in the past, there are so many secrets we want to reveal. Should we divulge the details of which never-before-seen postcards Frank displayed? Or, should we recount Frank’s own personal secrets that he shared with the audience? No, friends, the answer is no. That kind…

Worm charming, air sex, extreme ironing–you name it, and folks are out there somewhere competing to be crowned its champion. So, if you’ve never heard of the United States Barista Championship, big whoop. It and other barista competitions are out there, and baristas with mad drink-concocting skills from right here…