After the three-and-a-half hour drive from Dallas I decided to start the evening off right at Hut’s Hamburgers before finally checking out some music. Here’s what I saw. Now it’s time for breakfast tacos at Nueva Onda and more bands in the beautiful Austin sunshine, but more on that later…Band:…
In this town once dubbed the “City of Hate,” it often seems as if there are three kinds of people: those who respect the past while living their normal daily lives, those who ignore Big D’s rich history in favor of building more ultralounges and parking lots, and finally, our…
If you’re a conspiracy theorist or a UFO buff, then you’ve no doubt heard of Skunk Works, the nickname for aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs–the division responsible for the SR-71 Blackbird, the F-117 Nighthawk and all sorts of other stealth aircraft the government may or may not have…
Photographer Todd Eberle is obsessed not only with the photogenic subjects of pop culture and architecture, but also with how our cultural artifacts reflect upon us as a society. His newest exhibit, America, collects 11 years’ worth of photographs taken on his travels throughout the country, from pictures of pop…
We first came across the whimsical paintings of the late Charley Harper in an issue of Audubon magazine published shortly after his death in 2007, though he’s been a favorite of both nature buffs and commercial artists for years. Harper is probably best-known for his illustrations in Ford Times (a…
After Sunday’s road game against the Lakers, Tuesday’s home game against the struggling Detroit Pistons should be a walk in the park for the Mavs, but then again, between the Clippers, the Bulls, the Nets, the Grizzlies, the Kings, the Bucks and the Thunder, the Mavs have losses to at…
Listening to singer-songwriter M. Ward’s stunning new record, Hold Time, the idea of his show this Sunday at the Dallas Museum of Art becomes more and more fitting. After all, Ward’s albums play something like a stroll through a good museum, with artifacts and sounds from the past blended in…
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If you ask us, traditional Irish bands are best enjoyed in the confines of a pub or at least at a drunken street festival, so forgive us if we don’t find the idea of The Irish Rovers concert at the Meyerson a particularly appropriate way to gear up for St…
If you watched last summer’s Olympic Games then you surely remember the massive show the Chinese people put on for the world, from the dramatic opening ceremonies in the Bird’s Nest–arguably the greatest human spectacle in recorded history–to the massive smoke machine they constructed to set the mood for the…
“Over Whiskey Flats and I am on my way, Lord let me fly/The Bosque flows and it runs dry/Hold me down, that’s where I will die.” Google the unincorporated community of Whiskey Flats, Texas, and the first thing you’ll find is an AP story on a man who attempted to…
It must be rough being an artist with a name like Ron Pokrasso, but he’s been at it for more than 25 years now, making a name for himself in a world where a name quite similar to his has already been made. (Not to worry, though;I’m sure he’s formed…
If you ever watched Captain Planet and the Planeteers as a kid, then you probably remember the kid who had the lamest power: “Earth! Fire! Wind! Water! And…heart?” If only Planeteer Ma-Ti had spoken in Spanish, his power would have sounded more imposing (“Earth! Fire! Wind! Water! And…Corazon!). After all,…
Rockfish5331 East Mockingbird Lane, #160214-823-8444Dude Factor: 9, or “Tin Cup”, on a scale of 1 (Message in a Bottle) to 10 (Bull Durham). Sure, I love me some mom and pop independent joints, especially if they serve up some grub quality grub. But sometimes a dude just wants a little…
With a name like The Seafarer, you might think Stage West’s latest play would be set at sea. An adaptation of The Old Man and the Sea or The Perfect Storm, perhaps. Or maybe it’s a full-blown, mega-production version of Kevin Costner’s Waterworld. Unfortunately for all you special effects lovers,…
Texas artist Otis Jones “combines multiple materials–both fine art and industrial–to produce nonrepresentational, meditative colorscapes. Intricate fields of color comprise layer upon layer of mixed media that have been built up, sanded down, painted, marked or otherwise manipulated. By continually adding and removing surface elements, the artist exposes the compositional…
If J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series is still a children’s favorite in 2147, perhaps community theaters worldwide will mount imaginative musical adaptations of Goblet of Fire and Half-Blood Prince, but luckily I won’t live to see it. Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There has already…
Artist Olin Travis was the first native Dallasite to receive training at the prestigious Art Institute of Chicago, going on to paint landscapes and portraits that landed in the permanent collections of Austin’s Elisabet Ney Museum and the Dallas Museum of Art and drew him comparisons to artists like Winslow…
Artist Lillian Garcia-Roig specializes in landscapes, but rather than painting picturesque scenery as seen from a mountain top, she puts the audience directly in the deep woods, bathed in the claustrophobic romance of shadows and light. Her newest exhibit, Autumn Spectacles, showcases 30 of her newest works, a collection of…
Eatzi’s3403 Oak Lawn Ave.214-526-1515Dude Factor: 5, or Thurston Howell, III, on a scale of 1 (“Carlton Banks”) to 10 (“Jed Clampett”) From the moment the Observer first moved to Maple and Oak Lawn in 2005, lunch runs to Eatzi’s became a frequent occurrence around here, but honestly, this dude never…
The last time your Dallas Mavericks faced the bottom-feeding Sacramento Kings on the road, only Jason Terry really showed up to play, scoring 33 points in the 102-95 loss. Since then, the team parted ways with DeSagana Diop in favor of Charlotte’s Matt Carroll and Ryan Hollins, and while Hollins…
Given his penchant for wearing light-up Western suits onstage, it’s not entirely surprising Phosphorescent’s Matthew Houck would record an entire cover album of songs by Robert Redford’s co-star in The Electric Horseman. Sure, Willie Nelson has received his share of tributes before, from 1996’s grunge-heavy Twisted Willie comp to Carla…
