What’s a book club without wine? Next week, Lisa M. Mattson will be in town to discuss her new book, The Exes in my iPod, at Veritas Wine Room (2323 N. Henderson Ave.) – where else? Sit back, sip your wine, and listen to a reading from Mattson. Get your…
Rodgers & Hammerstein From classics like “Shall we Dance?” from the King & I to stunning ballads like “Bali Hai” from South Pacific, the music writing duo Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein gave American theater some of its great songs. This weekend, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to the…
Have you ever wondered about the history of Texas art? When artists started painting in this great state of ours, did they paint tumbleweeds, catci, and oil rigs? What exactly is Texas regionalism or modernism and why does it matter? These are the movements that Dr. Katie Robinson Edwards documents…
Every concert should be like a fiesta. Lively music, drinks at the bar, and if you’re lucky, the vocal stylings of a Mexican mezzo-soprano like Elda Peralta. For its Dia de la Raza concert, the Orchestra of New Spain brings in Perata to perform alongside the orchestra in a baroque…
Hopefully I don’t have to explain this one to you. This portmanteau (a fancy word that means words smushed together) is clearly combining “Beer,” “Feast” and “Festival” to tell you, the potential attendee, exactly what to expect. If you didn’t attend enough Oktoberfest events in September (where were you?!), then…
One of the more popular Dallas Black Dance Theatre shows, Black on Black, returns for the company’s 38th season. It’s an intimate evening of dance that culminates in a lively cocktail party. They give the floor to some of the company’s fresh, young choreographers who choreograph works for the dynamic…
Ilana and Abbi, America’s favorite young bitches who’ve puff-puff-passed slacker comedy to females, announced today on the Broad City Facebook page that they’re bringing their jokes to Dallas next month…
Where is my Playboy pinball? Where is my Harley Davidson? Where have all the pinball tables gone? Look, I’m asking for a friend. With the recent shuttering of July Alley, he’s found himself despondent. He’s having to literally twiddle his thumbs with the loss of his beloved pinball tables…
This weekend presents a hodgepodge of activities from a Tim Burton themed burlesque show to some world class musicians…
Prepare for an overload of pink when you step into the Cliff Gallery for Hugs & Kisses. The latest work from Dallas-based artists Erin Stafford and Heyd Fontenot is sure to combine with an electric chemistry, as the two artists have earned reputations for challenging notions of sexuality with a…
We could make a pretty good case for the piano as the world’s most beloved instrument. It’s one of the few instruments that so easily transitions from jazz to classical, from group to soloist, and they a beautiful grand piano can be a marvelous work of art. But we’re not…
Theater season is in full swing. Here are a few picks for your month…
Yesterday, D Magazine’s Frontburner blog got their fingers sticky in some scoop batter via the boob tube. The Internet’s cutest repetitive Preschooler, the “Apparently Kid” got his first reporting gig from Ellen Degeneres, who is sending him to cover the State Fair of Texas. On a scale of 1 to…
This morning, KERA’s Jerome Weeks commented on my Facebook check-in at Shakespeare in the Bar last night with a link to a New Yorker article about Drunk Shakespeare, pointing out that New York did it first. I squinted at the screen, rubbed my aching head and thought, damn it, it’s…
Much of the art on display in The Modern’s newest exhibition doesn’t belong in a museum. The very title, Urban Theater: New York Art in the 1980s, implies the art’s original presence in the streets. Even today, after decades of moving the risky stuff off the streets and onto the…
Some rebellious theater kids take over The Wild Detectives tonight for the first-ever rendition Shakespeare in a Bar. Well, we’re pretty sure we’ve heard some drunken actors (maybe even some of these guys) reciting lines of iambic pentameter over a double whisky on the rocks. Now it’s just a bit…
Our Best of Dallas 2014 issue rolls out this week. While we can modestly say it’s the greatest, most comprehensive city guide ever created, Dallas is a pretty big place that’s filled to the brim with best-ness. To cover all the good stuff we might have left out, Mixmaster will…
It’s that time again. Fried food, bird shows, no bird shows (sad face), and a visit with your old buddy, Big Tex. The State Fair of Texas officially opens Friday, and as usual we’ve got your go-to guide of what to do when you get there. We’ve also got suggestions…
No stranger to celebrity, his own or that of Hollywood actresses, Mario Testino steps away from the glamour of supermodels and royalty to photograph something a little bit more personal in his new exhibition at the Dallas Contemporary. Presented in the United States for the first time in Dallas, Alta…
One of the 21st century’s greatest playwrights, Tarell Alvin McCraney earned a reputation for his well-spun characters and an overwhelming sense of urgency in his plays. Perhaps there is no better example of his work than the Brother/Sister Plays, a trilogy that takes a sharp look at family life. This…
Some weeks in this business feel like shouting upwind. This was not one of those weeks. In the cover story of last week’s Dallas Observer, I posed the question, “Other cities have big, iconic bookshops, why don’t we?” Apparently, you all have a lot of opinions about that. It wasn’t…
From the foyer, you can hear the squeals of delight echoing from the garden of the Nasher Sculpture Center where visitors have climbed into the spool-like creations known as spun chairs. They are on display as part of Provocations: The Architecture and Design of Heatherwick Studio, an exhibition that surveys…
