Looking for a way to make a difference in your weight before summer hits full-force? Now’s your chance. Dr. Neal Barnard details his three-week vegan weight-loss program and signs his new book, 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart: Boost Metabolism, Lower Cholesterol, and Dramatically Improve Your Health at the Southlake Library, 1400…

I’m not really a fan of popular fiction. As a librarian on the front lines at a public library, this can be problematic. A patron will approach the reference desk, looking for suggestions, and I have very little to tell them off the top of my head, having to revert…

When Adolf Hitler and the Nazis set out to create a “master Aryan race,” it wasn’t only the Jews they wanted to do away with. Although Jews were the most significant group of victims of the Nazis’ systematic imprisonment and murder, other targeted groups included anyone with mental and physical…

You wouldn’t know it to look at Chris Hardwick, with his boyish good looks and his scruffy, hipster look, but he is a nerd. No, not a music nerd or a comedy nerd, or any other genre-inspired cute way of calling him a fanatic; Chris Hardwick is a Star Wars-quoting,…

If you love dogs as much as you love fashion, then you can’t miss the Fashion Group International of Dallas event, Four Legged Fashion: Canine meets Couture, which features pawsitively fabulous one-of-a-kind fashions created for dogs by major clothing designers. Come and see the canine models strut their scruff on…

Pretty in Pink is one of a handful of movies I will watch anytime. I mean, I would watch it every day if it presented itself every day. There is something so very comforting about it, and I can’t put my finger on it. Is it just because it was…

If you’re like us and can’t get enough of cute dogs and doggy photos, Frisco Arts is hosting a free event featuring local photographer Fran Reisner, signing copies of her new book The Dogs of Central Park. The book features portraits of some of New York City’s finest canines –…

If you like a good walk and care about healthy kiddos, you should definitely join the March of Dimes annual March for Babies on Saturday at White Rock Lake’s Norbuck Park. The 5-mile walk supports lifesaving research and programs (including professional education, prenatal wellness programs and research grants) that save…

When Dazed and Confused–Richard Linklater’s neo-classic film about the last day of school in small-town Texas in 1976–came out in 1993, I was in college in Tucson, Arizona, which was one of the test cities for the movie. There were at least three “sneak preview” showings in town, and I…

Over the past several years, feature-length animation has won favor with everyone from your four-year-old to your English professor. If you enjoy animation as much as the next guy, but would rather be tied-up and whipped with a dirty gym sock then watch a 90-minute feel-good fest, Spike and Mike…

Are you an adventurous beer-lover looking for something more? Well, we have the class for you, and it’s not just about perfecting your jalapeno poppers. Learn how to make several gourmet treats using beers and ales at Central Market’s hands-on Upscale Pub Grub class this Wednesday. Participants will learn to…

I consider myself somewhat of a comedy nerd, following comics’ careers and listening to comedy podcasts. I also listen to NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! occasionally, but I still wasn’t sure if Paula Poundstone, the comic who is a frequent panelist on the show, was funny–so I decided to find…

Japan’s preeminent performing arts ensemble, Kodo, integrates taiko drumming–a uniquely Japanese style of percussion played with uniquely Japanese drums–singing and dance to put on a show that is as powerful as it is traditional. The group visits Dallas this week as part of a tour celebrating its 30th anniversary and…

Who knew that after all was said and done, the two youngest Wayans brothers would be the funniest and most successful? That seems to have happened, as Shawn and Marlon Wayans’ careers have outlived those of their older brothers Keenan Ivory and Damon. It all started with Keenan, who orchestrated…

Oh, the disaster that is our “gardening!” We really want to succeed, but we just seem to kill all plant life in our wake. Our thumb is the opposite of green, whatever that is. No matter what color your opposable digit, we can all use some more help in the…

When I was a kid, my best friend Allie’s father was in an Irish folk band. That is what he did for a living, so music was ever present in their household. And, although we were forbidden from touching most of the instruments, they became a source of comfort and…

Now that the new year is underway, it is time for you to really start working on all of those resolutions. Yes, that’s right, the smoke has cleared, the confetti has been swept up and you may have even kicked that colossal hangover by now. Get to work! Get out…

Chicago has been around for a long time. You may think they are yet another band reuniting, cashing in on the deep pockets of its sentimental fans, but, no, the band has been plugging along, putting out album after album, since 1969. They have lost key members to death and…

SMU’s Meadows Museum presents–as a companion to the loan of El Greco’s Pentecost from the Prado Museum–Sultans and Saints: Spain’s Confluence of Cultures, an exhibition that brings together works created in Counter-Reformation Spain and the period of La Convivencia. La Convivencia, the coexistence of Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Spain…

Sheila Cunningham is a photographer who lives and works in Dallas. She experiments with various media to create installations, which she then photographs to create a final piece. Cunningham’s especially interested in the decline of books, the recent surge of interest in plants and the connection between them. In her…

Doug Benson is one of the hardest working men in show business. With a new Comedy Central show, The Benson Interruption, the weekly podcast Doug Loves Movies and a very active stand-up career, he has more irons in the fire than a busy blacksmith. He also finished sixth on NBC’s…

You may remember Chris Hardwick as the co-host of ’90s MTV show Singled Out, but he has been doing plenty since with his popular podcast, The Nerdist, hosting two shows on the G4 network and taking his turn in a couple of movies. The whole time, he has been doing…