Some say that the spirit of Christmas is joyful giving, sharing the love of family and friends in a cheerful celebration of life-affirming blah, blah, blah. Others suggest that it’s a commercialized greedfest characterized by grabbing, ripping and crying when one doesn’t receive the perfect (pricey) gift. But we all…
Chaos theorists have suggested that a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil might cause a tornado in Texas. Well, we can’t say for sure if the same goes for paper butterflies, but there will be plenty of flapping at Leland Faulkner’s World of Wonder, and if the inverse theory also…
“I don’t believe in Bigfoot. I thought I’d let you know that I absolutely do not believe in Bigfoot,” begins Chester Moore Jr. The audience shuffles and murmurs uneasily, as if they have been tricked. “How many people here believe in Bigfoot?” Almost everyone warily raises a hand. Moore delivers…
When everything from toothpaste to hair dye is touted as “age-defying,” when we will inject toxins to smooth wrinkles and lift, snip and tuck everything else, one gets the impression that we’re not all that thrilled with the thought of our own mortality. But even in such a youth-obsessed culture,…
Though we are generally the urban type–hip boutiques, black clothing, art films–nothing makes us itch to wear boots and sculpt butter like the State Fair of Texas. The giant festival runs for 24 days and expects to host more than 3 million visitors from across Texas and the United States…
If you are annoyed with epic films that tax the limits of your bladder, you’ll be, uh, relieved to hear that it will probably take you longer to read this newspaper than to see any of the films featured at D-Studios’ Long on Shorts film festival. All the films are…
Annie Leibovitz has spent her photographic life capturing celebrities on film, including actors, musicians and models. Women, an exhibit of her work that has been touring for almost three years, may be a departure from her usual magazine work. “May be” because, at times, it’s hard to separate the personal…
Good morning, agent. Your mission–should you choose to accept it–is to infiltrate the ranks of the Sacred Order of Brides. It is your task to learn what drives a frugal woman–a woman who clips coupons and only shops sales–to purchase a $7,000 dress that she will wear for three hours…
