The nearly 100-year-old Majestic Theatre in downtown Dallas is one of Texas’ first historical landmarks to gain recognition on the National Register of Historic Places. At 7 p.m. Thursday, it will host Recovery’s Got Talent, a showcase of singers and musicians in recovery from drugs and alcohol. It’s not the kind…
Local busker and musician, conquered his stage fright by playing as many shows as he could. He’ll be releasing his debut album later this month.
Jon Spencer, a long time figure originating from the New York Punk scene of the 80s, released his first solo album last year and is coming to Club Dada to play a show.
While some teenagers might feel lucky to make it out to concerts every weekend, for Tippy Balady it’s slowly becoming her career. The student at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts is still sending out college applications but has already made her mark on the…
Calling Charlie Crockett a bit eccentric is more than an understatement. Everything from his wild youth spent strumming tunes for change to the 10-plus years of wandering that took him across the country and beyond is evidence enough of that. His history makes even more sense after you find out…
Deandre Conway’s Oak Cliff upbringing would seem outlandish and exaggerated if it were the plot of a movie. The rapper known as Yella Beezy was 12 when he lost his father. He started hustling to help provide for his family by 13 and sold his last rock of crack right…
What is there to say about Taylor Swift that hasn’t been said before? She’s the princess of pop, the queen of open letters to streaming services, the goddess of breakup and beef songs. There’s nothing she can’t or won’t do at this point. But even with all she’s accomplished, it…
After nearly eight consecutive days of rain leading up to Figment Dallas’ scheduled debut on Oct. 20, the storm had finally broken. Unfortunately the event had been canceled the day before, just as the last portable toilet was being unloaded. “The city called us the day before the event at…
Pet Supplies Plus and Natural Balance are raising money for a local charity that gives service dogs to wounded vets.
Beth Wood has been making music professionally for more than 20 years now. Long nights on the road have taken her as far from her hometown of Lubbock than one could hope for. Yet the self-described modern-day troubadour says she still feels like an emerging artist. “I’ve always struggled, my…
Like many others in Dallas and across the nation, Allison Russell found herself glued to the news on the evening of July 7, 2016. Shots were fired during a protest in downtown Dallas, and her husband Dan Russell was among hundreds of cops on the scene where four Dallas Police…
Celebrities come to Richland College to encourage them to vote. Richland’s SGA had already been getting the word out though.
Youth group teenagers laughed and chatted while wrenching their feet out of a trail of mud, freshly stomped in by the hundreds who’d come before them. They step onto the pliant wet wood porch of what appears to be a cabin in the woods. Volunteers shout warnings for liability’s sake…
Oak Cliff rapper Deandre Conway’s career was turning a corner at the beginning of 2018. Better known as Yella Beezy, he was fresh off the release of a new album (Lite Work, Vol 2), had just signed a record deal with L.A. Reid’s Hitco and was finally generating buzz outside…
Ella Jerrier, daughter of local pizza magnate Jay Jerrier, has gone on to show that talent does indeed run in the family. The quick-witted 12-year-old and her father have been in L.A. for the last few weeks, hard at work setting up what seems to be the beginning of a…
Post Malone, Dallas’ favorite New Yorker, has finally unveiled the rest of the lineup for his upcoming day-long festival. The event dubbed Posty Fest, which was announced to take place Oct. 28 earlier this year, is already being headlined by Malone himself as well as Travis Scott. However the rest…
After spending two days in Dallas, Drake seemed like he was a little sorry to see his stay end. He called the city one of a kind, all while graciously complimenting the crowd throughout. His mom even showed up, correctly picking Dallas as the proper venue to see her son…
The final episode of what is perhaps the biggest podcast to have ever come out of Dallas is now out. Since dropping its first episode Sept. 4, Dr. Death has had more than four million listeners and racked up more than 21,000 five-star ratings on iTunes. But despite the rave…
Hate him or love him, Canadian superstar Drake has had a knack for bringing little-known artists to the forefront of mainstream attention throughout his career. Some like Migos or The Weeknd were truly diamonds in the rough. Others struck viral gold, and even platinum, only to disappear as quickly as…
In recent years new perspectives have pushed sex positivity a bit closer to the forefront of society. Pole dancing has become as much an athletic pursuit as a debauched pastime. Modern sensibilities have allowed for models of a wide range of body types to be plastered on magazine covers and…
Foundation 45 has a new leader and is putting on an event in Arlington.
An unnamed Dallas police officer entered the wrong apartment on her way home after a 12-hour shift. Presumably under the assumption he was an intruder, the officer fired two shots that killed St. Lucian native, Botham Shem Jean on Thursday Sep. 6.
