I’m not for dessert after dinner. Honestly, I’m not much for sugar. I don’t put it in my coffee; I don’t crave pumpkin pie in the fall; and icing gives me a headache. But when it comes to art, my personal taste would manifest as an 11-year-old girl – all…
The walls of the Dallas Contemporary’s main gallery wear unfamiliarly dark shades of black and maroon. When it’s empty, the space seems more reverent, more immersive. All you hear is the click of your heel meeting the floor, and all you see are the rich, vibrant colors of Peruvian costumes…
The Dallas video making its way around the Internet lately is the local rendition of “50 People One Question,” which is exactly what it sounds like. Awkward Brunch Production stopped people on Lower Greenville on August 1 to ask them what would make the perfect day? It’s one of those…
Kayli House Cusick met Shannon Driscoll at a volunteer meeting for the very first Better Block Street Festival in Oak Cliff. They immediately clicked. And for that year’s fest, they wanted to fuse Shannon’s background as an art conservator and leader of adult craft workshops and Kayli’s work as a…
About once a year, the city of Dallas is treated to the offbeat, immersive theater of the Dead White Zombies. Seeing one of the troupe’s shows is unlike any play you’ve seen before. You don’t settle into a plush, comfortable seat. There’s nothing comfortable about the shows at all -…
Thinner than Water The basis of a good family drama is the unified hatred of the patriarch. Well, hatred might be a strong word. Indifference? If there’s one thing most of America can agree upon, it’s that our parents fucked us up and we’re not to blame for our deteriorating…
A great museum exhibition can serve as a time capsule. When The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth opens its newest exhibit, Urban Theater: New York Art in the 1980s, visitors will be sent back to one of the most exciting decades in contemporary art history. Think Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jeff…
While we’re on the subject of the weather, which our weather gods tell us is changing from hot to slightly less hot, let’s discuss one of the best places in Dallas to enjoy the great outdoors. It must be nice to be the Arboretum, which celebrates the four seasons like…
The basis of a good family drama is the unified hatred of the patriarch. Well, hatred might be a strong word. Indifference? If there’s one thing most of America can agree upon, it’s that our parents fucked us up and we’re not to blame for our deteriorating lives. The combustibility…
Many of the today’s contemporary artists are inspired by the same masters. You’ll see the work of master painters emulated in young artists as they develop their own careers that often take wildly different paths. The same is true for students who study under the same teacher, which is the…
It’s like that book about traveling, but skinnier and less religious. While we don’t recommend forgoing food or inner peace, there’s something about this yoga and cocktails event that we do recommend. Maybe it’s the price tag, which is a big, fat zero dollars. Drink-Play-Love at the Fairmont Hotel is…
As a city, Dallas has plenty of experience with conspiracy theories, corruption, and making headlines. But enough about us. At 5:30 p.m. Sunday, the Texas Theatre (231 W. Jefferson Blvd.) screens a 35-mm print of The Parallax View, which follows a reporter as he unravels a multinational corporation’s conspiracy that…
Every year, the gay community in Dallas celebrates the freedom of being “out.” After 31 years, the annual Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade has grown into quite the event with its march taking over Cedar Springs Road with huge displays of pride and support. This year, catch the route from…
TV aficionados will tell you that most shows hit their peak somewhere between season four and season seven and that it’s only downhill from there. Of course, we’re not sure this applies to ART 21, the PBS show that explores the contemporary art world through interviews with the world’s most…
In downtown Portland, Powell’s Books stretches the length of a city block. Inside, hundreds of wooden bookshelves stuffed to the brim with everything from classic literature to engineering manuals keep crowds of regulars and tourists engrossed. When you go to Portland, you have to go to Powell’s. Even readers who…
In early 2013, news broke that New Mexico high schools were banning Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere. But this was not the only book on the list. Titles like Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter, and a Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary – because it defines obscene words. In Arizona, bans have only…
This weekend, the gallery scene expanded in two divergent directions with the opening of both Erin Cluley Gallery and Cydonia. Over the big, white bridge Erin Cluley Gallery became the first commercial art space in Trinity Groves – although not in the area’s conventional strip mall of restaurants. Tucked into…
The idea of inviting strangers into their home is not new to Lily Taylor and Sean Miller. When the artistic couple lived in Denton, they participated in the (International) Home Theater Festival, a movement to take performance out of the theaters and use house venues. Recently, they became Dallas residents…
It might be difficult to believe this, but there is an entire generation of adults who have not necessarily seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It’s about time these young whippersnappers learned the “Time Warp” and I can think of no one better to teach them than the Dallas Theater…
One of the most infamous women in world history is the mysterious Egyptian queen Cleopatra. As penned by William Shakespeare, she’s the complicated centerpiece of the tragedy, Antony and Cleopatra. For the fall show of its 2014 season, Shakespeare Dallas mounts this somewhat historical romance in all its temptuous grandeur…
When you read “opening ceremonies attire” on the September Surrender event description, think latex. Latex, whips, dog collars, and anything else that you’d find in the kink section of your favorite sex shop. If you’re not part of that community, it will be unlike any party you’ve ever attended. This…
You only use the word vintage when you’re talking about antiques and fine vines. Frankly, I like the second use a whole lot more. And once a year for the past 28 years, downtown Grapevine is filled with people who agree with my taste in semantics. At GrapeFest, a blend…
