Seems like any one of the nights we do a Girl Drink Drunk would be a “girls’ night out” but this one was officially a “Girls’ Night Out.” Like, I got an invitation. People RSVPed. There were boys around once we arrived, but hey, we were at a public bar…
The longest-running American musical–original run or revival, we don’t care–just has something about it. Something that gets you tense, nervous, excited. When 17 Broadway dancers step up for an audition, they’re ready to show their talent…but are they ready to show themselves–down and dirty, emotional and raw–to get the part?…
Why going to the FC Dallas versus New York Red Bulls game at Pizza Hut Park on the Fourth of July is awesome: There are happy-hour dollar beers and $3 margaritas from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. There’s a patriotic and moving halftime show from the American Fallen Soldiers Project. There’s…
In a little house on McKinney Avenue, Jessica and I- after a bit of a parking adventure involving me running out and hopping into her car in the middle lane of McKinney and showing her how to get behind our desired location–sat down for some catching up on recent trips,…
What do Swatch watches, nude bodies and neon lights have in common? Aside from collaborative efforts in 1980s porn movies, the Conduit Gallery’s current exhibitions. San Fran’s Rex Ray offers New Works featuring his “designer” art that rips magazines apart and reassembles them (with a little paint) to create gorgeous…
Greg Rucka is incredibly busy, people. Now, normally, writers will claim they are busy–all the research, the drafts, the edits–when it’s really a case of perfected procrastination–daytime TV, coffee runs, walking the dog, laundry (lots of small loads), a repair project that will end in calling someone, and then when…
Greg Rucka is incredibly busy, people. Now, normally, writers will claim they are busy–all the research, the drafts, the edits–when it’s really a case of perfected procrastination–daytime TV, coffee runs, walk the dog, laundry (lots of small loads), a repair project that will end in calling someone, and then when…
Tania Kaufmann is an amazingly focused artist with an incredible spirit. Or at least, she must be if we’re to assume anything from her work. I’ve never actually met her, but damn, her pieces have captured me. A series of tiny expressive blocks. Little round forms with toothy grins that…
The most entertaining impression of that backpacking, pageboyed, ever-jubilant princess of interrogation they call Dora the Explorer! was created by Robert Smigel on SNL’s TV Funhouse. Little Dora-like Maraka and her pal Mittens saved a penguin baby, spoke in languages ranging from Mandarin-ish to faux-Xhosa (the African clicking language), questioned…
Yeah, yeah, I’m sure Iliza Shlesinger is a very funny gal. She’s won Last Comic Standing and hosts The Weakly News on TheStreamTV and that’s all well and good but that’s not what I want to address here, people. The thing that really interests me about Shlesinger? I know she’s…
I remember being high in the sky, not giving a damn that it was 114 degrees in the basket (and even hotter in the envelope above me) or that the sporadic flames were singeing my scalp. I leaned over the edge as my knees shook, and I tried not to…
Our fair city has long held a great relationship with the arts. Dance, museums, music of all kinds–the list goes on and on. So, really, the annual CityArts Celebration is a natural thing for Big D. For its sixth year, the Dallas CityArts Celebration comes as loaded as a Texas…
“If you like Calvin Klein’s Obsession, you love Designer Imposters’ Confess.” “If you like Acqua di Gio, you’ll love Designer Imposters’ Mascolino.” Yeah, uh huh. And I suppose that Liza impersonator does Cabaret just as good as the real Broadway loon, and that Velveeta tastes something like actual cheddar. So…
Let’s start out by acknowledging that ParaNormalRomance.org (the official homepage for the ParaNormalRomance Groups–for real), called Mary Janice Davidson’s first effort in the Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor series, Undead and Unwed, “a hilarious book,” while author Christine Feehan dubbed it “erotically passionate.” Hoo wee! Move over, Stephenie Meyer, because it…
Some folks are all about the rare find that can elevate status and, well, just make them seem awesome to others. So Jacqueline Cambata’s latest line of porcelain–exclusive to The Crow Collection of Asian Art’s Lotus Shop–should be right up their collective alleys. Except that Cambata’s porcelain is actually a…
Check out more photos by Hal Samples in our slideshow.Last night a steadily growing crowd kept the Granada staff on its hospitable feet as well-wishers, friends and music lovers in general (and yeah, a news crew or two) celebrated the release of Carter Albrecht’s solo album, Jesus is alive…and Living…
So I’m watching a video clip of comedian Chas Elstner discuss NASCAR versus Indy cars and how the body changes a great deal after 40 (which, according to him, includes a possible decrease or backing up of semen, so I’m gonna go ahead and say watch out, 30-somethings…of both genders)…
Chef, instructor and cookbook author Terry Thompson-Anderson knows a dish or two about Texas eating. If her highly praised Texas on the Plate isn’t proof enough, her Central Market Texas Tastemakers class focusing on the Hill Country should be. In it, Thomson-Anderson will discuss Lone Star ingredients for locavores (or…
Found Magazine taught me how to save. See, every year I save up found items that I deem worthy and wait for Found Magazine’s Davy Rothbart to visit Dallas celebrating another fab book release so I can give it to him in person…in a posted, addressed envelope so he doesn’t…
I can totally understand the fascination people have with the mermaid and octopus. Sure, the mythical fish-chick and the eight-limbed sea beast have been popular figures in art and literature for ages longer since I’ve been alive, but I was marked with an interest in them at a young age…
This edition of Girl Drink Drunk will be presented in the form of a letter. If you read it fully, you will receive 42 tickets, which somehow are worth 84 tickets and may or may not be redeemable at the prize counter.***Dear Dave and Buster,First of all, I really hope…
Auctions have a strange power over people: The fight to win an item that people–in their minds–have already adopted as their own turns seemingly calm and polite individuals into crazy, competitive spenders. Look at furniture auctions, eBay, even charity benefits. A protective feeling suddenly overwhelms, and bidders will go far…
