Spring has been flirting with us all winter, but it finally feels like it’s here to stay. OK, yesterday it might not have, but today it’s sunny. And let’s focus on today, shall we? Stepping outside into the sunny 75-degree weather is enough to put a spring in the step…
Last week, I met with Kevin Ruben Jacobs, the 25-year-old whiz kid behind Oliver Francis Gallery to chat with him about the local art scene. I asked him what he’s trying to accomplish with his gallery. He shook his head at the word “accomplish,” saying it wasn’t about specific goals…
You’ve probably already seen this on the Internet this morning. Because, Monday. Trust me, we’re as sick of “Let it Go” as you are. Last week I made it through about five seconds of the good looking parents annoying the shit out of their daughter before CTR-ALT-Delete. During the Oscars,…
We start with the smallest triptych. In the corner of the painting, Masami points out a small plate of multi-colored lipsticks. “When I started this one I had just found out that in Iran, people aren’t allowed to wear lipsticks,” he says. ” I was amazed by this. The girls…
Your weekend probably revolves around the drunken parade Saturday. We’re not here to judge. The forecast calls for rain that day, and we have plenty of plan B’s for you. Yes, just like Walgreen’s. Speaking of which, Masami Teraoka’s new exhibit at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary gives the Catholic Church…
Matt Tolentino and Danielle Bennignus are a black and white photo brought to life. She bobs her hair, wears trousers and dances the Charleston; he wears swallow-tailed suits and trilbies. But this isn’t a special occasion costume, this is everyday. They’re your friendly neighborhood hep cats, with a mid-century lifestyle decorated with boudoir dolls, 78’s and pocket squares.
In a play within a play, it can sometimes be difficult to discern reality. The actors are always acting, but are they acting that they’re acting or are they just being themselves? Phew, I’m exhausted just thinking about it. Where reality stops and the show begins might be exactly the…
If you feel like you’ve traveled down the Yellow Brick Road one time too many, you’re probably right. Count ’em: The Wiz, Wicked, need I go on? Wikipedia says there are 22 stage adaptations, if you count The Wizard of Oz on Ice. So why on earth would we recommend…
Shakespeare wrote a lot of sonnets. Hundreds, actually. This, of course, led people to believe they couldn’t all be about his wife. Because, c’mon. In the 1970s English historian A.L. Rowse claimed to know the identity of Shakespeare’s mistress, commonly referred to as the Dark Lady. His research has fascinated…
Sometimes the moon looks like it’s winking at the little humans on earth, or maybe it’s just winking at me. Either way, many people have a fondness for the man in the moon and his magnetic pull. This tranquil reflection of the sun inspired a poem by former U.S. Poet…
When you die, you have two viable options: heaven or hell. I take that back; knowing you, there’s really only one option. See you down there, sucker. In the meantime, Fair Park’s Margo Jones Theatre opens a new play by (Ron) Alexy that plumbs the comedic depths of apocalypse. Heaven,…
Sometimes all a gallery exhibition needs is a backdrop of thunder or a quick burst of explosions. OK, maybe art doesn’t usually need those things, but they promise to make the new exhibition at the Reading Room a bit more exciting. Marfa-based artist Nicolas G. Miller’s sound and sculpture installations…
In our city, the major museums are the Dallas Museum of Art, the Nasher Sculpture Center, and the Kimbell Art Musuem and The Modern, if you count Fort Worth. This means our major arts leaders are Max Anderson, Jeremy Strick, Eric M. Lee and Dr. Marla Price, respectively. It probably…
Apparently, this is the weekend to play dress up in Dallas. We’ve got All-Con all weekend, the bunch of bananas Friday night, then the Greenville Ave. “parade,” where more than 100,000 people will dress up in green and play drunk in the streets. Here’s one more for you: “Brides of…
Saturday evening, I participated in the activity known in New York City or Los Angeles as “gallery hopping,” which is exactly what it sounds like. I just often forget you can do it in Dallas. On nights packed with openings, it can be the perfect pre-dinner or concert activity. Swing…
The Internet has not been kind to the printed word. It’s deformed language, crippled print journalism, and perhaps most depressing of all, it’s suffocating books. You know, the bouquets of paper you check out from libraries; the gently used paperback you rescue from Half-Priced Books; America’s next great novel available…
For the past five years, Dallas Theater Center has commissioned or collaborated on quite a few new musicals. Perhaps the most exciting commission yet opens this weekend. Based on Jonathan Lethem’s stunning novel, The Fortress of Solitude is a musical journey through 1970s Brooklyn, as two friends, obsessed with superheroes,…
Monty Python and the Holy Grail has to be one of the most quotable movies ever made. There are some scenes where it’s impossible not to quote along. For me, it’s the sea of insults thrown upon the Knights by the French guards. After I saw it for the first…
No, this isn’t the Kate Chopin novel you struggled through in high school English. The Awakening at The Majestic Theatre is a story of feminism and overcoming pretense. A theatrical experience from The Fashion Opera, this story of legendary diva Vanity Black follows her as she reconciles the ideals of…
What it means to be truly alive is a fundamental question of art. After all, when we stand in front of a painting it is an acknowledgment that we are present. We are alive. This affirmation of life is the crux of the newest exhibition at W.A.A.S. Gallery, an acronym…
It’s a childhood fantasy come true: attractive women acting out your bedtime stories in their skivvies. The annual Bedtime Stories show from Viva Dallas Burlesque, one of the best troupes in town, brings fairy tales and nursery rhymes to life. Violet O’Hara emcees this event, while some of the city’s…
Ray Charles sang about ’em, which led Kanye West to rap about ’em. Gold diggers plague our society, but it’s like my grandmother always says, “It’s just as easy to fall in love with a rich man as a poor man.” In her new exhibition at Caldwell Arte Exposicion, local…
