At the center of an enormous, lushly green landscape sits a bright white sheep, head cocked in interest, staring directly at the onlooker. The animal is on the other side of a metal fence. Separate from the flock, the animal couldn’t have known that when Letitia Huckaby captured him through…
The title of the Nate Lowman’s exhibition at the Dallas Contemporary is the punchline to a joke: Why is everyone always saying “God Bless America?” Because America Sneezes. It’s a simple introduction into the brain of an artist whose work as a painter often emerges from observations about American culture…
Don’t be embarrassed. We know why you’re here. You forgot. Entirely forgot that this is the weekend Hallmark has decided everyone should celebrate the woman who gave you life. The woman crucial to your existence. She wanted to bring a human life into the world, and that human life was…
The first, and far too obvious, question desperate to fall from my lips when Anne Waldman answers my phone call is, “What was it like to hang out with Allen Ginsberg?” It’s the unfulfilled dream of this poetry student to sit in the room with a creative force like Ginsberg,…
Do you know what a baby penguin looks like? I didn’t until I saw the adorable news this morning on the Dallas Zoo’s blog that the African black-footed penguin couple,Tazo and Tulip, are now the proud parents of a little chick. The animal kingdom is an “aww”-inspiring place this morning…
Tut, tut, Pooh Bear’s friend always said, looks like rain. No need to be an Eeyore about the bad weather this weekend. Embrace your inner Tigger and leave the house to do something cultured and fun. Do that, and we promise to stop referring to your social life in Disney…
How well do you know Dallas history? We’re not talking about conspiracy theories or assassinations. Although we’re not not talking about those things. The Dallas Historical Society wants to delve into the other things that comprise this city we call home. They host numerous events throughout the year to bring…
I’ve always thought that Arthur Miller’s All My Sons sounds like a soap opera. Certainly there is plenty of familial conflict in this post-World War II drama, but obviously the playwright brings a bit more sophistication to the dialogue than you’d find in your grandmother’s “stories.” The winner of the…
It’s probably time we put the notion of colorblindness to rest. The last few months should be used as tools, as lessons, as evidence that we need a cultural shift. A big one. Perhaps a step will be acknowledgment of the problems, not a blindness, but truly seeing them. African…
Three very different artists take over the McKinney Avenue Contemporary this weekend. Mexican-based artist Joy Laville’s paintings return to Dallas for her first exhibition in 30 years, featuring work from five decades of painting. In the square gallery, Dallas-based collaborative duo Chuck and George create an immersive installation “channelling 1970s…
Photographer Francesca Woodman was fascinated by the female body. During the late 70’s she shot black and white portraiture, often of women in the nude, playing with the camera to blur or smudge the image further submerging the subject into the medium. Woodman’s photographic self-awareness, her sensitive portrayal of the…
We build our lives on mythologies. Narratives, often grand ones, are responsible for structuring much of the way we discuss history, and therefore shape how we live in the present. Myth and legends are the subject of the next exhibition at Kettle Art Gallery, which will be a four man…
When it comes to movements in poetry, no generation is more idealized than the Beat Poets. We’re talking about post-War World II beatniks like Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Gary Snyder, and others. And just a few years behind them was a poet named Anne Waldman. Growing up in the heart…
One of the country’s most interesting theater troupes resides in Austin. Just a quick ride down 35 will guide you to the backyard of the Rude Mechanicals, a group that creates off-the-wall, intellectually challengingly and wildly fun theater. It’s worth the drive every time, whether they’re workshopping a piece, or…
Josephine Durkin: Maps, Flora and Highlighters Sculptures come in all shapes, sizes, colors and beautiful packages. Especially in the art of Josephine Durkin, a Greenville, Texas-based artist whose colorfully abstract sculptural pieces will be on display in a solo exhibition at Erin Cluley Gallery (414 Fabrication St) that opens at…
Perhaps one of the most beautiful sights in the world is a ballet dancer pirouetting on water. It doesn’t happen everyday. But in honor of the Soluna festival sashaying into our lives this week, we present the graceful ladies of Avant Chamber Ballet, along with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s cellist,…
This week the Dallas Symphony Orchestra brings to life its newest project. The Soluna Festival packs music, art, dance and storytelling into a three-week extravaganza. There’s a lot to chose from, and the website is beautiful but unfriendly, so we asked our classical music writer, Jonathan Patrick to sink his…
The world is a magical place, especially if you’re spending time in the parlor of Confetti Eddie. He’s one of the magicians that walks among us, point his wand and making sexy magic. Every month he invites audiences into his studio in Expo Park (it’s the one with the dinosaur…
This has been quite the spring in terms of new initiatives both public and private that seek to financially support, not just the arts, but the artists. This morning, the Nasher Sculpture Center announced the recipients of its new microgrants. These $1000 awards are meant to help artists offset costs…
Three years ago, Erin and John Paul Hossley opened the doors to their Bishop Arts store {neighborhood}. Their symbiotic professions, interior design and architecture, respectively, gave them a leg up on other design/decor stores in the city. After all, they could offer both their services and their good taste. They…
This weekend the weather predictions are magnificent. I’m talking 80 degrees and sunny all the way through. Enjoy it while you can. There are plenty of festivals and events to attend. CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post said the Thai Culture and Food Festival was this weekend. Our information…
If you love the way John Oliver or Stephen Colbert handle the news; if you wish there were someone in Dallas to pontificate on the topics and issues that you will be voting on this election season; if you just want a strong drink and a good laugh, Bar Politics…
