Sunday, along with more than six million Americans, I watched the end of Walter White. I didn’t think I could handle alone the emotional toll of saying goodbye to Breaking Bad, so I decided to head to the Granada Theater to scream cheer with a crowd at three huge screens…
Few things evoke Americana like a barbecue (though in fairness, pretty much every culture grills). It’s the setting for a very summery, suburban and 1950s idea of what America is. The play Detroit, by Lisa D’amour, focuses on Mary and Ben, a married couple in a suburb outside of an…
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were heavyweights of dance. Their routines are some of the least edited and most demanding in movie history, and for all the strutting they did backward, sideways and on roller skates, you never once saw them sweat. The Southwestern Invitational Dancesport Championships, at Westin Dallas…
Sometimes we need to be reminded how much things suck. It’s a sad fact that getting too happy with our current situation is not only unhealthy but unwise. Which is why the sagacity of Lewis Black is so welcome. Black takes the stage at Bass Performance Hall, 525 Commerce St…
Gentlemen, it’s unlikely you’ve given much thought to high heels before, let alone how you might be able to use them for the greater good. But it’s time you gave them some consideration. The Dallas County Sexual Assault Coalition is hosting the International Men’s March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault…
Profanity, the play written by Sylvan Oswald that’s making its world premiere this season at Undermain Theatre, 3200 Main St., is about real estate agents in Philadelphia in the 1950s selling land that doesn’t exist. While that may sound vaguely related to David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross, the profanity here…
We’re coming up on the end of Breaking Bad, possibly one of the most successful shows in history to feature both crystal meth and exploding tortoises (remember that?). To help gear up for the coming finale, the manic quiz masters at Geeks Who Drink have organized Los Geeks Hermanos: A…
At the behest of Mayor Mike Rawlings, county commissioner Elba Garcia and council member Dwaine Caraway, the City of Dallas will host four panel discussions about race. The first of these discussions kicks off Saturday at the Dallas City Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St, at 10 a.m. While later panels…
The circus has always been a place of mixed emotions. Of course you’re relieved when the tightrope walker makes it across safely, but deep down you’re wondering what it would be like if he fell. You’re impressed that the lion tamer has so much control over her animals and at…
While we’re still giggling from The Book of Mormon, Theatre Arlington (305 W. Main St., Arlington) will kick off its 41st season at 8 p.m. Friday with Altar Boyz, one of the 10 longest-running off-Broadway shows ever. The Boyz are a Christian boy band: Matthew, Mark, Luke and Juan (get…
Some people consider a marathon an accomplishment. And running 26.2 whole miles is definitely something to be proud of, but there are other stamina-heavy activities that require more finesse. Like tattooing for 24 hours straight. Or holding a world record for most tattoos done in 24 hours. Oliver Peck made…
Hangovers are a particularly spiteful affliction because on top of the poisoning in your brain and gnarled barbed wire in your stomach and the random vomiting, there’s a lingering sense of guilt. You spent all of the day before watching a Millionaire Matchmaker marathon and now you’re too hungover to…
You know a good movie when you see it, but it’s hard to describe in abstract. Good writing, good acting and good cinematography seem like obvious requisites, but sometimes one aspect is just so damn good that you’re willing to forgive the others being kinda shitty. It’s just as hard…
We are officially in Dallas Pride mode now, and there’s a lot to celebrate after this past year: the Supreme Court rulings in favor of marriage equality (and Edith Windsor being adorable), the Boy Scouts of America’s (admittedly half-assed) step toward inclusivity, George Takei being pretty much everywhere. We want…
Because there aren’t purer joys than live music or beer, and God forbid anyone should have to choose between the two, we’re pretty excited for the Untapped Festival this weekend. All the important information and headliners are in the nifty graphic above, but we wanted to help maximize your enjoyment…
This summer saw a bit of a kerfuffle around abortion in Texas. Emotions may run high on both sides, but we can all agree that Governor Rick Perry has taken a heavy-handed interest in the goings-on of Texas vaginas. It even caught the attention of noted gentleman-scholar Blowfly. The usually…
If you think Jewish cinema begins and ends with Mel Brooks, might we gently suggest that you expand your references? And the 17th Annual International Jewish Film Festival of Dallas is an excellent place to get a glimpse of how alive and, well, international Jewish films are right now. The…
The Dallas Pride Performing Arts Festival wraps up Sunday with a staged reading of Cock by Mike Bartlett. Bartlett is from England, so before you get in a lather about the name being smutty, just know that the word has a different meaning there (actually, no, it still means penis)…
While the rest of the country is getting over their gay pride celebration-induced hangovers, Dallas is just kicking its own festivities into high gear. That means it’s also time for the annual Dallas Pride Performing Arts Festival, presented by the Uptown Players. Since you can’t start off a good pride…
Maybe the gender-bending of Sheik and Zelda got you a little excited. Maybe you always wanted to see what Master Chief was packing under the armor. Maybe you wondered exactly what happened when Mr. and Mrs. Pac-Man turned in for the night. If video games ever aroused your sexual curiosity,…
Dallas sometimes has a penchant for getting excited about what’s most shiny and new. Amidst all the demolition and reconstruction, it’s invigorating to hear about preservation efforts. As KERA reported earlier this week, the Trinity Lutheran Church near White Rock Lake is being torn down, to be replaced with a…
The Nasher Sculpture Center has announced that New York-based artist Rachel Harrison will design the tenth and final project in the Nasher XChange, the first museum-organized, citywide art exhibition in the country, running from October 19 through February 16, 2014. See also: Vicki Meek’s Nasher XChange Project Puts Black Dallas’…
