If you’re like me, it’s very easy to window-shop for a new life. I do it at NorthPark all the time. I walk through Pirch or some other store I can’t afford and imagine a life that’s fancier. More fashionable. I’m guessing it’s a struggle I share with many artists…
If you grew up in Texas, it’s likely you knew someone with an inflated idea of patriotism. For a lot of people, pride in one’s country is like religion. It’s easy to follow along with the narrative blindly. It’s this faith that the P.A.T.R.I.O.T Project investigates. In a new exhibition…
From the organizers: “Join us as we create space for people in Deep Ellum with a much-needed park on Crowdus Street! The four-day activation will take place in conjunction with the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) annual conference. Movie Schedule: Wednesday Sunset – Book of Life Thursday Sunset -…
Ark Festival Last year Fort Worth-based artist and Dallas Observer Mastermind Christopher Blay collaborated with bc Workshop to erect an ark in Oak Cliff — a project meant to bring a neighborhood together. Created as a gathering space and temporary gallery installation, the ark sat on East 10th Street between…
There are just a few truly classic works of theater. Plays or musicals that don’t just remain relevant, but the characters continue to introduce new worlds to an audience, the language continues to dance, and the ideas continue to ignite discussions. Arthur Miller’s All My Sons is one such play…
The Internet, reliable source that it is, reports that if you live in America your chance of being struck by lightning are 1 in 700,000. It’s likely the chances of capturing a photo quite as magnificent as the one Justin Terveen snapped last night are even smaller…
There are no more excuses for staying home. Tornados won’t stop the fun that’s scheduled for this week. Grab your best friend, slather on some lipstick and leave behind your night of Netflix. You can turn into a homebody next week…
Imagine if the Rude Mechs had a love child with Taylor Mac (or Daniel Alexander Jones), and then named Young Jean Lee the godmother. You might find him crawling around Dallas theater today introducing himself as Brigham Mosley. Of course, you won’t need to know the cultural lineage of Mosley’s…
There are a lot of holidays in the world. Yesterday not only marked Earth Day, but also National Girl Scout’s Day and Administrative Professionals’ Day. But today, April 23, is one for the books. Literally…
Dear Web Readers, It’s been a minute since we wrapped up the 100 Creatives list, but this week the list of awesome Dallas people, with a few selected full interviews, runs in print. So, step away from your computer and grab one from the Dallas Observer boxes around the city…
Call me a psychic. When I was leaving All My Sons on Monday night, I said to my companion, “I really want to see a good production of A Long Day’s Journey Into Night.” No joke. What should arrive in my inbox this morning, but an announcement from one of…
The weekend. It’s always just around the corner. As life pushes ever onward, and the good things come and they go, it’s nice to know that the weekend always arrives on time. Unless you have a job that requires you to work on the weekend. In that case, we’re really…
How do new media artists approach the decay of the physical? The question may sound pedantic, but consider this: Collectively, human beings are leaving a more permanent mark on the earth thanks to the Internet. We’re storing our resumes, our social interactions and more in the cyber world, which is…
Primary colors might get a bad rap. The newest show at Barry Whistler Gallery was inspired by a piece at the National Galerie in Berlin and the viewing of Barnett Newman’s “Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Blue IV, 1969-70.” It makes a splendid argument for the continued necessity of…
Some people might try to convince you that there is art in the everyday. You might scoff and return to your spreadsheets. It’s the same premise interdisciplinary artist Lauren Cross functions under, but she knows what she’s looking for. Opening at the South Dallas Cultural Center (3400 S. Fitzhugh Ave.)…
Houston-based artist Kent Dorn swims upstream for his exhibition at The Safe Room that opens this weekend. Er, he rolls up the highway at least. Then he climbs the stairs up into the hidden gallery space at the Texas Theatre (231. W. Jefferson Blvd.), paintings under arm, to display his…
You reset your clocks this spring, you’ve cleaned out your closet, and now it might be time to sweep out the mental cobwebs. One trick? A night of dance. Nothing resets the internal tempo quite like watching the grace and beauty of a dance performance. At 8 p.m. Friday and…
The McKinney Avenue Contemporary leaves McKinney Avenue for south Dallas.
Earlier this year, the City of Dallas, through the Office of Cultural Affairs, issued a call for applications for “Special Support Grants,” by which an artist could receive up to $5,000 in financial support for a project that would “benefit the general public.” It’s the first instance in a while…
Kent Dorn: Into the Night Houston-based artist Kent Dorn swims upstream for his exhibition at The Safe Room that opens this weekend. Er, he rolls up the highway at least. Then he climbs the stairs up into the hidden gallery space at the Texas Theatre (231. W. Jefferson Blvd.), paintings…
When writing of WaterTower Theatre’s production of All My Sons, which opens tonight, the Morning News’ Nancy Churnin raises an interesting point about the show’s playwright Arthur Miller. She says that in the past decade her admiration for Miller has been challenged by the 2007 revelation in a Vanity Fair…
Leslie Moody Castro arrived in Dallas with an idea for an exhibition. Moody Castro, a curator based in Mexico City and Austin, is currently a resident at CentralTrak, the University of Texas at Dallas’ artist residency program in Exposition Park. While there, she was planning to curate an exhibition filled…
