Much has been made of the blossoming literary scene in Dallas; and yet, the daily struggle of being a writer, in Dallas and in general, is less openly discussed. To “make it” in most other professions is to climb to the top of a predetermined ladder, while a writer’s path…
A film festival, a 36-hour hackathon and free scuba diving lessons in a 20-by-30 foot pool are just some of the attractions you can expect if you show up to to the free Earth Day celebrations at Fair Park this week. Earth Day Texas, a nonprofit organization dedicated to environmental…
A lot has changed in the two years since the last Dallas Medianale. In March 2015, the new experimental media arts festival closed two months of screenings, exhibitions and performances at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary (MAC), promising to return biennially. Dallas Medianale is preparing to keep that promise later this…
The Devil’s Country, out April 11, is the latest crime thriller from local author Harry Hunsicker, whose novels and short stories tend to take place in and around his hometown of Dallas. The new book, however, is largely set in the fictional Piedra Springs in remote West Texas and centers…
Robyn Hitchcock Opened for the Psychedelic Furs Granada Theater, Dallas Thursday, March 30, 2017 The first track on English singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock’s new, self-titled LP — his 21st full-length, out April 21st — is called “I Want to Tell You About What I Want,” though Hitchcock says the song’s original…
Last week, the team behind the Wild Detectives, an independent bookstore, cafe and bar venue in Oak Cliff, marked their third anniversary with a blog post announcing three big changes: a shift in curatorial focus that will allow the Dallas literary community to choose the books that will be sold…
