5 Visual Art Exhibitions to See This Weekend

Digital-Distraction at Barry Whistler Gallery Put down your cellphone and see some art this weekend. For his latest work, John Pomara found himself interested in the way digital technology simultaneously connects us and disconnects us. Everyone has that friend who’s in constant communication with everyone except the people in front…

No One Cares That You Don’t Like Impressionism

Everyone’s seen a Renoir, most people know about Degas’ dancers, or recognize Manet’s Balcony. The ubiquity of Impressionism inspires films, fiction, and even credit card embellishment. “Two Girls at a Piano” reminds a father of his two daughters, so he finds a knock off online; an art student stares endlessly…

Put Down the Cell Phone

For his latest work, John Pomara found himself interested in the way digital technology simultaneously connects us and disconnects us. Everyone has that friend who’s in constant communication with everyone except the people in front of him. These communicative “visual distractions” were the impetus for his new abstract works that…

Theater In a Sandbox

For its newest show Cara Mia Theatre Company lugged ton after ton of sand into an abandoned warehouse in Trinity Groves. The actors in Teotl: the Sand Show play in what at first glance looks like an oversized sand box. Designed in collaboration with Prism Co., a fledgling company earning…

Pretty Pictures

Earlier this year, USA Today named the Dallas skyline Readers’ Choice for 2014 Best International Skyline. Look, I love Reunion Tower as much as the next Dallas lifer, but I’m guessing a lot of the votes were swayed by Justin Terveen’s stunning images. The Trinity River has never looked better…

Hot Off the Presses!

A coworker recently pointed out to me that without fail, iPhones will autocorrect “Deep Ellum” into “Deep Vellum.” Now, we’re not saying that this was the impetus for the new Dallas-based translation company’s name. But it could’ve been. After all, it’s not like they’re actually going to publish on “Vellum:…

Art Talk

When it comes to contemporary art, especially in New York City, Carlo McCormick is one of your go-to guys. The culture critic and curator will be in Fort Worth as part of the Tuesday Evenings at The Modern series, at which he will discuss “Crashing the After-Party: Revelries & Radicalisms…

Sonnets, With Music

Shakespeare isn’t just one of the theater’s greatest writers, he also wrote some damn good poems. He was particularly talented at penning those little 14 line monsters known as sonnets. This weekend Shakespeare Dallas, in keeping with its goal to stage every word the Bard ever wrote, presents Sonnets with…

Cajun Style

You can’t predict love. Certainly, when James Carville met Mary Matalin, we’re guessing he wasn’t thinking, “She’s perfect.” After all, he’s a democratic politician and she’s a consultant to the Republican party. But as it stands, 20 years later, their romance is still going strong, disagreements aside. They even wrote…

Unfried Peas & Carrots

If you’ve filled up on corny dogs and the variety of fried novelty foods packed into calorie heavy balls at the State Fair of Texas, you can clean out your stomach at the 2014 Texas Veggie Fair. This fiber-conscious event will leave you feeling better than you arrived. Styled in…

Gothic Macabre

Those campfire stories of yesteryear are about to look like child’s play in light of Rawlins Gilliland’s Happy Murder Stories. The unofficial Dallas Poet in Residence channels Edgar Allen Poe as he regales a packed house at the Kessler Theatre (1230 W. Davis St.) with the all-too-true stories of his…

Our 10 Favorite Instagram Photos from #StateFairofTX

Y’all have been taking some mighty pretty shots on your smart phones. We thought we’d share a few of our favorites, like this here photo of the slides from Photofox5000. The only picture I could snap was of Big Tex’s bony butt, so thank you for sharing your much more…

Dallas Video Fest

After kicking off with Expanded Cinema Sunday night, Dallas VideoFest 27enters full swing this week with screenings taking over Alamo Drafthouse through October 19. Thursday’s films include 7 p.m. screenings of An Honest Liar – a documentary about world famous magician James “The Amazing” Randi – and Regarding Susan Sontag,…

Words on Tap

It’s safe to say that the Oral Fixation storytelling series has become something of a Dallas phenomenon, as it continues to grow larger audiences and an expansive storytelling base. This month’s theme is “Go With the Flow” and has the series first “headliner” (at least that we’re aware of) in…