With vinyl records, tie dye, acoustic music and campfires, SonsStock 2009 sounds like an offbeat way to spend a Saturday. And dig this: It falls on the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. This free, all-day event benefits the Sons of Hermann Hall Lodge 66, a landmark in Dallas since 1911. Head…
Wednesdays are suppertime at the Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary. The Heard boasts the most comprehensive public collection of Texas-native snakes including rattlers, racers and water snakes. Between bellowing, “Ew, gross! COOL!” and bawling, “Poor wittle mousey,” you’ll get an up-close look at what these serpentine creatures prefer…
If you’ve been following the Junius Heights Turf War, you know that it’s getting more heated than the leather inside my car in August.Since Jose Escobedo’s meeting with the Landmark Commission on August 3, his application for a Certificate of Appropriateness has been denied. Escobedo already vowed to appeal the…
It’s about time Bowerbirds paid a visit to Denton. Bowerbirds’ organic rhythms — not to be confused with crude strumming, but rather subtle arrangements and raw energy, easily surpass those of Devendra Banhart or Beirut Inspiration must come easy for founding members, Phil Moore and Beth Tacular, through living off…
Otep at The Loft on Thursday, August 6 “Nirvana means freedom from pain…” quoted Otep Shamaya before hammering into this Nirvana classic with a pungent admiration for Kurt. Otep’s new album Smash the Control Machine is due out next Tuesday…
Bob Schneider, Odis and Charlie Shafter and the Gnomes The Granada Theater August 7, 2009 Better than: Listening to a 68-year-old man proposition you to lay across his big brass bed. If you’ve never attended a Bob Schneider gig, it’s highly probable you spent a good portion of last night’s…
It must be something about too much makeup and leopard print that makes cross-dressing men some of the most fabulous divas around. Steven Jay Crabtree’s one-man show, featuring half a dozen of his inner divas, is no exception. These girls sing songs, sip cocktails and sass it up, all the…
Before you attend the Live Raptor Presentation at the Heard Natural Science Museum & Sanctuary, remember that these 6-foot-tall beasts with retractable claws and mouths full of razor-sharp teeth terrorized young children in Jurassic Park and have a reputation as vicious and cunning killers. So when the Heard says its…
De La Soul at House of Blues on Friday, July 31Rather than worry about being pretentious hip hop superstars, De La Soul stayed true to what real hip-hop looks and sounds like on Friday night. With 20 years of contribution to the scene, De La Soul lives up to their…
Central Market’s cooking school won’t be doing much cooking on Thursday, July 30. Actually, the lesson focuses on a new trend in healthy eating: raw food. Gather up all your foodie friends and learn to prepare zucchini hummus, garden scrabble (are Qs and Zs still worth 10 points?), Greek salad,…
Dreading the death of summer and the dawn of classes? Get motivated! Kids Who Care will present its summer musical District XI–Believe in Me! inspired by 10-year-old Dalton Sherman’s 2008 keynote speech to Dallas ISD teachers and staff. “I can do anything, be anything, create anything, dream anything, become anything,…
LP33.tv, a music site out of Santa Monica, California, recently interviewed the sometimes Denton-based electro-pop duo Roy G. and the Biv for a short featurette about the band’s jazz background, pop sensibilities and the “pretty solid” grasp the duo has of its futuristic, uh, future. Check it out in the…
At a press conference at Dallas City Hall this morning, Dr. Bob Sanborn, president and CEO of the Houston-based Children at Risk, ticked off the tragic statistics: Of the reported cases of human trafficking in the U.S., 25 percent of victims were from Texas. During the final few months 2007…
The O’s at AllGood Café on Friday, July 24Foot stomping, banjo picking and two good ‘ol boys screaming heartache? I’m absolutely loving this duo. You may notice Willie Nelson keeping a close eye on The O’s during this set…..
Brothers Benny and Phil, played by Joe Cucinotti of Allen and Charles Bates of Dallas, go from extras in a set of 3,400 to director and star as they take over the larger-than-life film Exeunt Omnes–more epic than Gone With the Wind and Ben-Hur–in the play Epic Proportions. The cast…
Honor the influences of black filmmakers in the Southwest area at the 7th annual Dallas Black Film Festival. The weekend event appears promising considering past winners, including 2008’s Circle of Spiders: the Deliverance by Clifton McCurry and 2007’s Hustler’s Guide to the Entertainment Industry by Hotep. The festival begins with…
Last year, at our 20th annual Dallas Observer Music Awards, there was a distinct theme of tradition behind all the festivities. And rightfully so: 20 years is indeed a long time. Countless great acts have passed through and risen up in Dallas during that time period. But there’s just something…
Amanda Shires at Allgood Café on Friday, July 17 Amanda Shires starts this song at Allgood Café sounding as nervous as someone at their first show. Don’t be fooled. Her soulful vocals paired with Rod Picott’s constant strumming create ghostly music. This video features Amanda on fiddle and ukulele in…
Who needs a corner, window office? Former Dallas resident and musician Darius Holbert proves you don’t need a 9-to-5 to keep up with the mortgage. Just a little creativity is all.That’s how Holbert says two of his tracks ended up in the upcoming films World’s Greatest Dad (starring Robin Williams)…
The Festival of Independent Theatres kicks off its 11th annual, four-week play festival featuring new plays and local playwrights in eight one-act performances starting Friday and running through August 8. Located at the Bath House Cultural Center on Lawther Drive, FIT offers drama to all levels of theater fans. Plays…
Craig Nelson, the award-winning historian and author of Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon, tells the heroic story of the space race and the Apollo 11. The former vice president and editor of Harper & Row, Hyperion, and Random House will be in Dallas…
Matt & Kim at the House of Blues’ Cambridge Room on Friday, July 10 This New York duo, known for its high-energy performances, kept up to its standard at the Cambridge Room. Glad to see they’ve gained some notoriety in North Texas and moved on from 1919…..
