History is built on stories. Often, it’s the stories of politicians who impact the world or scientists who impact daily life, but our personal histories are built around our own stories -the ones you tell your friends and family. Those are the kind that StoryCorps is traveling across country to…
Another weekend has arrived without jamming a newly sharpened pencil into your coworker’s eye, so you deserve to celebrate your self-control. There are parties, movie screenings, dance shows, art shows, plays and operas. Get to it!…
At this year’s Whitney Biennial, the museum invited three curators from outside of the museum to work on the acclaimed exhibition. The goal of the biennial is to present the work of contemporary emerging American artists. And in 2014, only one curator was from New York; the other two brought…
The Dallas Holocaust Museum’s newest exhibition features the political cartoons of Arthur Szyk, a Polish-Jewish refugee, who came to the US during WWII. His work, which depicted the dictators who tortured the world in the early 20th century, was harsh in its criticism of Hitler and Mussolini and strongly pro-democracy…
The minimalism of Anna Bella Papp’s clay sculptures force the viewer up close. It’s as though she’s invited onlookers into an intimate moment with the art. For the tiny amount of space they actually inhabit, they imply much larger ideas. The Nasher Sculpture Center gives Papp her first museum exhibition…
Described as “a powerful play about love in a dystopian society,” Ochre House Theater’s newest musical, Flower in the Machine, by Kevin Grammer promises all the things we’ve come to love about this splendid little company, which we recently named the Best Small Theater in Dallas: music, fine acting, and…
Since opening earlier this year, we’ve been endlessly impressed with the display of art at Zhulong Gallery. This gallery has brought the neighborhood its first tastes of new media art from across the globe. The newest show, Systema, takes an interest in the uses of systems in various realms of…
Kill your opponent with comedy. Outwit the laughter and may the odds be ever in your favor. The Humor Games take over the Addison Comedy Club at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Tickets are $12. More info at comedysportz.com. Wed., Oct. 29, 8 p.m., 2014…
Ann Hamilton’s art is big. Internationally renowned for her large scale installations and objects that interact with space. Her work is often gestural and performative, and she’s damn smart. Which is why Univeristy of North Texas and the Nasher Sculpture Center invited her to participate as part of their lecture…
Look, everyone will be watching it (this is Dallas, after all), so why not do it in style? The Granada Theater and Do214 host a Mavs season opener watch party. Doors open at 6 p.m. Plus you have a chance to win tickets to a Mavs game. RSVP on Do214.com…
Some readers are gluttons for a good cry, which might be one of the reasons Jodi Picoult has earned such a large fan base. She’s written 22 novels, including My Sister’s Keeper, which is harder on your tear ducts than a freshly peeled onion. She’ll be on the SMU campus…
There’s nothing too scary at the annual Boo at the Zoo at the Forth Worth Zoo (1989 Colonial Pkwy. Fort Worth.There will be a live animal stage show at the Outdoor Learning Theater, a pumpkin patch, a Tot Spot, crafts and treat stations. Plus, there will be special programming at…
Everybody has that friend who self published their novel and is begging you to stop by the Amazon page and give it a sparkling review. The idea of self publishing can earn sneers from the people who believe in the value of the backing of a publishing house. But to…
If you know the name, Laurie Anderson, but don’t fancy yourself an post modernist art music aficianado, it’s probably because of her breakout hit in the 1980’s “O Superman” – a pulsating synth piece that sounds like an amalgam of Phillip Glass and Imogen Heap. If you haven’t heard of…
Open Classical DFW’s Halloween special returns to haunt Klyde Warren Park (2012 Woodall Rodgers Fwy) this week. Stop by the park for a spooky night with Decomposing Beethoven (Open Classical Director Mark Landson) who hosts the show with Decomposing Brahms (Thiago Nascimento) at the piano. Highlights: Schubert’s Death and the…
Fill October’s final full weekend with art. As fall trickles into town in fits and starts, decorate your life at these galleries. And for once, Friday is the stronger night to hit the galleries, although there will be compelling work to see Saturday as well. Ella Kruglyanskaya’s Grafika Much of…
Friday night, I found myself doing the Dallas Do-si-do Ditch. It’s a cute little shuffle that people here do after a show with the following steps. 1. Wait for first moments of applause. 2. Jump to your feet without missing a beat. 3. Swing your partner out the aisle. 4…
Dallas can be a difficult city to be proud of. I’m sure that statement brings with it numerous detractors who will verbally punt me back to wherever I’m from. I grew up here, just to be clear, and even moved back after very quickly falling out of love with New…
In the center of an abandoned warehouse, carpenters put the final screws into a sandbox big enough for a giant. Near the front of the box, a woman buries a man in the sand. She’s wearing a black leotard and a mask reminiscent of the reptilian birds from Labyrinth, he’s…
“Criminals have more fun” could’ve been the subtitle of the musical, Bonnie & Clyde, currently on stage at WaterTower Theatre. History’s law-breaking power couple certainly have a better time than the rest of their family in the Depression-era story. And it seems the actors playing them are having a damn…
Liliana Bloch might run the smallest gallery in town. With just a few white walls cordoning off her art inside Brian Gibb’s The Public Trust, she’s proving with each exhibition she programs that in the art world, it’s not size that matters…
Get out there and enjoy the crisp fall air. Monday, October 20 Autumn at the Arboretum This week the weather will be perfect to swing by the Arboretum for its celebration of fall and all things pumpkin. As the fall foliage turns a crisp brown, the expansive gardens fill with…
