What is Shakespeare for a young audience? What should it be? Should it accessorize a high school lit class? Should it be a training tool for emerging actors? Should it be a compelling work of theater? Does it need to be forever produced to preserve and progress the theatrical…
Do This! If you want to give yourself over to absolute pleasure this weekend, you won’t want to miss the Oh, Rocky! Burlesque at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson Blvd. The Texas Burlesque Peepshow pays tribute to the Rocky Horror Picture Show in a classic…
Doris Salcedo:Plegaria Muda Last year, the Nasher Sculpture Center announced Nasher Prize, a $100,000 award for a contemporary sculptor, in the vein of the Pritzker Prize. It signaled the Center’s serious exploration of the future of the art form, but it also threw Dallas onto the international map in a…
Dallas has a solid foundation of fine arts to go along with its brash, honkey-tonk image. Here are some places to feed your head. — Lauren Smart, arts and culture editor Nasher Sculpture Center 2001 Flora St., nashersculpturecenter.org Part world-class sculpture garden, part museum, the Nasher Sculpture Center is one of…
Do This! The Pin Show is one of the most beloved fashion events in Dallas. Dreamed up by local designer, Julie McCullough, the event is dedicated to independent designers who work in everything from swimwear to jewelry. Sneak a peek at the endless sartorial creativity in our backyard. If you…
If you’re looking for a rowdy night out, there’s one more weekend to catch Ochre House Theater’s latest Brothers’ Harvest. Writer and director Matthew Posey’s off the wall comedy digs into the life of a small town girl named Indigo Sue (an irresistible Cassie Bann). It’s a musical romp through…
Familial dysfunction and tales of addiction reign supreme on two Dallas stages currently. I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard a 2015 two-hander at Kitchen Dog Theater owes a lot to Long Day’s Journey Into Night the classic Eugene O’Neill play at Undermain Theatre. Similarly both plays feature star turns…
Endless plays have been written about the brittle matriarch; the woman whose vulnerability intertwines with a vitriolic instability. Many, many playwrights it seems struggle with the mother-child relationship, or perhaps more accurately, the mother-son relationship. But as the work of female playwrights reaches more stages, it follows that new dynamics…
When the Out of the Loop Fringe Festival hits stages at WaterTower Theatre February 25- March 6, there will be numerous shows to choose from. A particularly interesting production at this year’s festival arrives via Brooklyn from the minds of Daniel Robert Sullivan and a handful of New York teenagers…
Do This! Usher in the Year of the Monkey in the Arts District with the Crow Collection’s Chinese New Year Celebration. From 11 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. on what promises to be a beautiful Saturday, there will be performances traditional Chinese New Year art making activities, calligraphy demonstrations, face painting,…
Joachim West Mother Earth Is a Dirty Whore – In Color and Uncensored Artist Joachim West weaves a tangled web of humanity’s darkest obsessions. His paintings and drawings portray the grotesque underbelly of society, turning metaphor into reality. His work will fuck your mind up and leave you wrestling with…
Do This! Nothing says Catholicism, like a bigass parade filled with plenty of costumed people riding on floats tossing multi-colored beads. The Oak Cliff Mardi Gras Parade is this weekend, and since it seems to grow every year it’s fair to say, this year will be bigger and better than…
For the Love of Kettle If anyone ever tells you, “No one cares about art in Dallas,” send them straight to For the Love of Kettle. This annual event features the work of hundreds of artists from all over the city at various price points sold off in an energetic…
Perhaps one of the most confusing American traditions is relying on a rodent to predict the end of winter. But that is precisely the holiday we are celebrating today. Groundhog Day arrives every February and like Phil Connors says in the namesake movie, “This is one time where television really…
One of the city’s great supporters of visual art, June Mattingly, died the afternoon of February 1 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas. She was 83 years old. For decades, Mattingly was at the heart of the Dallas art world. She was the owner and co-founder of the Mattingly Baker Gallery,…
Do This! The legendary Harlem Globetrotters dribble into town this weekend, with mind-blowing athletics. Their historic combination of sports and theater will wow crowds at the American Airlines Center (2500 Victory Ave.) at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets start at $28. More info at AmericanAirlinesCenter.com. One of the goals…
There’s something special about Ochre House Theater, the small experimental company in Expo Park. Helmed by Matthew Posey, a longtime actor/writer/director, it’s one of the few spaces in the city consistently creating original work. This weekend, the company unveils its newest show, Brothers’ Harvest, a musical about a small town…
Oil & Gas Show Inspiration comes in any number of places. It seems a handful of artists have found inspiration from the oil and gas industry, exploring the political, financial and cultural implications of the industry. This weekend, Level Gallery (2722 Logan St.) — formerly WAAS — brings together the work…
It’s hard to watch a group of teenaged boys screaming about who gets to lead a society and not think about the Republican presidential candidate debates. In America, it seems William Golding’s dark bildungsroman, Lord of the Flies, stays forever relevant with its portrayal of power attainment and the violent…
It must be true what they say about all good things. On January 31, Zhulong Gallery, one of the city’s most forward-thinking galleries will close for good. An email from the gallery’s PR company says the gallery, which was scheduled to open an exhibition of Stockholm-based artist Johanna Billing’s photographic…
Do This! BodyTraffic brings its energetic choreography from Los Angeles to the Winspear Opera House for a one-night only performance this weekend. At 8 p.m. Friday, the troupe promises to electrify the stage with movement both precise and wild. Tickets start at $12. If you’re looking for a few laughs…
Ann Veronica Janssens Belgian artist Ann Veronica Janssens has long been interested in creating what she describes as “situations of dazzlement.” She uses light, interacting with materials and architecture to explore our eye’s interpretations of reality, hoping to in turn allow the viewer “an experience of excess.” Her exhibition at…
