Anybody can print a copy of an Ansel Adams photograph. If you have access to your company’s printer, you could do it right now, and you won’t even need the color code, because most of his shots are black and white. But like any piece of art, there’s something about…
Nothing brings a family together quite like the impending death of an aging grandparent. For most kids, this is the first experience of the void created by the extinguished candle of life. It’s also the first experience many children have with savage familial honesty. Of course, when you’re an adult,…
The complete burrito, the full taco, the entire flauta, the total tostada, the undivided quesadilla. Oh, excuse me, didn’t see you there. I’m just trying to figure out why it was an enchilada that became the subject of an idiom that really just means “having it all.” Whatever the logic,…
Everything has its own holiday. In America, we have National Pie Day (yummy); in Spain, they have Goose Day, which is something worth a quick Google. But one holiday spans the galaxies. Star Wars Day is celebrated annually by the universe’s nerds on May 4, because if you’re Daffy Duck,…
This weekend, the worst nightmares of TSA agents climb into reality when swarms of bloodthirsty horror film fans flock to the Hyatt Regency DFW Hotel for Texas Frightmare Weekend. Hopefully, they don’t try to sneak their chain saws into a carry-on. This three-day celebration of gory, grimy movies gives even…
Film introduces you to parts of the globe you may know nothing about, to things you’ve never experienced, to people you’ve never met. You can learn a lot by spending a day at the movies, even if it’s just that Zac Efron defies the law of six abs to a…
If you’ve ever thought about participating in The Amazing Race only to remember your crippling fear of air travel, we have exciting news. The Deep Ellum Urban Race and Block Party gives you a chance to race through the streets, solve puzzles, answer trivia and outwit your opponents to the…
The next time someone tells you dance is boring, point them to Texas International Theatrical Arts Society, or TITAS for short. For more than 30 years, this group has brought some of the world’s most exciting dance troupes to Dallas. And no, “exciting dance” is not an oxymoron. Some of…
Have you ever wanted to be a person who’s really good at parties? You know those people. They have arsenals of songs they can play on the piano, endless jokes to tell, and they know how to make an impressive cocktails. Everybody likes those people and they never have to…
Often at museum gift shops, there are scarves colored with patterns from a Monet or a Renoir. Visitors can then wear the art they’ve seen; they adorn themselves with the work of an artist. But where art ends and fashion begins is more complicated than whether or not a famous…
Outside of New York City, those of us who care about the Tony Awards are few and far between. But real theater nerds aren’t that different than movie enthusiasts or sports fans and today we started building our brackets. Because today is Tony nomination day. Sure, you may not have…
Venus in Fur is about sexual domination, but not one person over another. Although, there’s a bit of that too. Rather, David Ives’ play is about BDSM of the soul, the masochism of humanity and the perversion of artistry. It’s about the self-flagellation necessary to bring a play to fruition,…
This week, the cool kids know what’s up. They’re swinging their way into some shows and driving to the drama, to let the good times roll in a theater. All around town, the theaters are getting hip and mounting plays worth a good old heel-kicking happy dance. So, if you…
If you’re in a horror movie and you’re the baby-sitter, don’t answer the phone. Don’t hide in the closet. If you find an ouija board, don’t play with it. Never say, “I’ll be right back.” If you’re a woman, don’t take a shower. In fact, keep your clothes on at…
“Check the dictionary,” I scream at my friend, Annie. The zombie is growling just inches from my feet and the clock is ticking down to the end of the hour. Somewhere in the small, locked room there are clues to open the combination lock that secures the zipper of the…
We love you, Scarborough Renaissance Festival. We love your jovial mood, your festive fashion, your adopted vocal patterns, your lack of irony, and your don’t give a horse’s turd attitude. Recently we sent out a photographer to snap you lovely people in all your finery, then I sat around wanting…
Dispatches from Beefhaus Gallery at 8:30 p.m. Saturday night are sure to be strange. Randall Garrett converts this artist-run space in Expo Park into a discotheque that houses his solo exhibition, Reach Inside to See the Stars. Part visual art, part performance art, he describes the experience of the space…
Thursday night in a disco club in East Dallas, the DJ spun one record into another, floating the desperate lyrics of Ace’s “How Long” over a slick beat that bumped right into sexy European saxophones. As the music washed over the crowd, hundreds of people dusted off their souls and…
If you strolled down Main Street Saturday night, you may have seen an elephant plodding in place in the window of a deserted building. No doubt it caused many a double take, or momentary lingering. But a few curious souls, and those of us with a map, ventured inside for…
Look, you’ve been treating earth pretty poorly. You drive an SUV, don’t recycle as much as you should, and let’s not even discuss how much Tupperware you own. Sure, Earth Day was technically Tuesday, but don’t you think you owe your home planet a little bit more love? Lucky for…
In a city filled with creativity and entrepreneurship, self-starting good ideas come along in Dallas nearly everyday. And they’re all on Kickstarter begging (er, I mean crowdsourcing) for money. The Sophistication of the Old-Fashioned is a bit different. To launch the new theater “experience,” this creative group is throwing a…
In a month long celebration of Rahr-B-Q, the brewery is hosting various events including one at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27 that will benefit the Hope Center for Autism. Sonny and Friends provide music and there will be beer and meat. Tickets are $35 and available at hopecenterforautism.org. Sun., April…
