In the mood to see average Joes like yourself (beer belly and all) strike out the 2011 NBA Finals MVP? Local good guy Dirk Nowitzki and the Heroes Foundation are granting you the opportunity by hosting Dirk Nowitzki’s 2012 Heroes Celebrity Baseball Game. This star-studded game will feature local demigods…

Comedian Brad LaCour is the opinionated friend you would never bring home to meet your folks, unless parents enjoy hearing a nonchalant 30-year-old trash their religious beliefs or talk about marijuana and sex with the mentally challenged. They’ll love him! A five-year veteran of the Dallas comedy scene, LaCour strides…

For Jessica Luther, owner of outsider art gallery Smoke and Mirrors, June 23 will be a kind of rebirth. If you’ve recently driven by the shop’s former location on Haskell, next to the vintage/curiosities boutique Dolly Python, you’ve likely noticed that the windows are taped up and the venue has…

Comedian Marc Ryan is the kind of guy you’d like to have a beer with. OK, a couple of six-packs of Keystone Light, topped off with a few shots of Jack Daniel’s. Preferably on the bank of a dried-up river. Shirtless, maybe. (Too far?) Raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Ryan…