Comedian Dennis Miller hated on Ronald Reagan as much as any other comedian in the 1980s, but when 9/11 happened, the self-described libertarian was among the first celebrities calling for Dubya to nuke the Middle East back into the Stone Age. Of course, no one ever accused Miller of being…

Local legend “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott was always known as a metalhead with a heart of gold, and there’s no better testament to this fact than watching Dime’s fans continue to help out his favorite causes some five years after his sad, untimely demise. The fifth annual Ride for Dime BBQ…

If there’s anything that’s still ripe for parody no matter how many times it’s been done before, it’s boy bands and contemporary Christian music–and there’s no local group more up to the task than the fine people at Uptown Players, who present Altar Boyz starting Friday at the K.D. Studio…

Honestly, we are poor military historians, so what little we know about the Dallas Artillery Company–which eventually became Battery A of the Texas National Guard’s 133rd Field Artillery Unit–comes courtesy of intense Googling. Luckily for you, local historian Ed Owens knows quite a bit more than we do, seeing as…

Traditionally, the term “lucky stiff” refers to some average a-hole who finds himself in a suddenly fortuitous situation, liking winning the lotto or bedding some beautiful dame who’s way out of his league (all of this starts to make a lot more sense if you talk about it in a…

If you were a star in the teen comedies, sitcoms or early reality shows of the late ’80s and ’90s and you haven’t parlayed your role into a successful film or television career, then the odds are pretty good you’ve taken to the stand-up circuit. The schedules of clubs like…

Comedian Tom Rhodes hasn’t gone on to the success of ’90s contemporaries like Janeane Garofalo and Dave Chappelle, but he’s nevertheless kept at it, weathering short stints on his own NBC sitcom and a Dutch talk show in the process. With an easygoing stoner-redneck shtick, his comedy touches on everything…

Things made in Dallas, past and present: Mrs. Baird’s bread, Robocop, integrated circuits, Barney, 11 Robert Johnson 78s, Fletcher’s Corny Dogs, Walker, Texas Ranger, microprocessors, the growing fetus in Cristal Taylor’s womb, Dr. T & the Women, oil fortunes, the first frozen margarita machine and seasons two and three of…

Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo started off as a professional wrestler, but it was his art that finally took him around the world–from Mexico to New York City to Paris–before finally landing back in his hometown of Oaxaca, where he built his Museo Rufino Tamayo. Through November 1, the Amon Carter…

Springfield, Missouri, has the most diverse weather pattern in America according to Forbes magazine, which means the AAA Springfield Cardinals might present somewhat of a threat to our own Frisco RoughRiders. For starters, they’re an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, who have won 10 World Series to the Texas…

I vividly recall watching two fireworks shows from my family’s porch every Fourth of July as a child. One was the display at Fair Park, which we could barely make out over the tops of our neighborhood trees, while the other was down the street at Lakewood Country Club, close…

Comedian Greg Warren has quite the background for a funny man, including stints as an All-American college wrestler and a West Point cadet. His comedy features everything from anecdotes about his colorful past to prank phone calls, including one where he calls Olive Garden and pretends to be an old…

I vividly recall watching two fireworks shows from my family’s porch every Fourth of July as a child. One was the display at Fair Park, which we could barely make out over the tops of our neighborhood trees, while the other was down the street at Lakewood Country Club, close…

There’s no better way to work up an appetite for a hot dog-eating contest than a nice long run, right? The Fourth of July in Texas might not be the ideal time for outdoor physical exertion, but the Flagpole 8K (as in Flag Pole Hill, duh) starts bright and early…

Artists Daniel Mirer and Raven Schlossberg have much to say about male stereotypes in their respective new exhibits, In the Finest Tradition and The Road South. Mirer’s photographs place manly men in architecturally intriguing spaces, from a horn player in a marching band playing under a stone arch (OK, maybe…