Friday The largest horror convention in the Southwest breezes through town next weekend for its 13th year. It’s like Comic Con but with more ax wounds. Texas Frightmare Weekend will mark the premieres of lighthearted feature-length films Death Box and Zombie 4: After Death, so go ahead, take a load…
America has been at war for nearly 20 years. From guns to sexual harassment to immigration, we’re divided, angry and active. Donald Trump is in the White House. Now seems like a grand time for a songwriter to pick up a pen and let fly with some sharp protest songs…
The Texas Musicians Museum has 24 hours to vacate its downtown Irving facility. Museum owner Thomas Kreason says the city of Irving game him a notice Wednesday afternoon. He says the city claims he hasn’t paid rent but that the museum and city have a written agreement that says otherwise…
Thursday The Anti-Defamation League reported in February a 57-percent increase in anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. from 2016-17 — the largest single-year increase since the organization started keeping such records in 1979. The report found “a significant increase in incidents in schools and on college campuses, which nearly doubled for…
Friday Jazz vocalist and pianist Diane Schuur will lead her ensemble in a concert marking Sammons Center’s 30th anniversary at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St. Sax virtuoso Stan Getz discovered Schuur at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1979. Her latest CD, I Remember You (With…
When Dana Adam Shapiro approached Suzanne Mitchell in 2015 about creating a documentary about the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Mitchell advised him to hurry. “She said, ‘If you’re serious about this, I would get down here pretty quick because I’m dying,’” Shapiro remembers. Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of…
On Sunday, Dallas photographer Marrica Evans posted on Instagram a photo questioning the inclusiveness of rewardStyle’s annual conference. The Dallas-based company, founded by fashion blogger Amber Venz Box, partners with bloggers, influencers and brands, allowing influencers to monetize their social media posts. Using rewardStyle, a blogger or influencer can link…
Wednesday Eric B & Rakim, who had a five-year career together, were at the top of the DJ/emcee game during what most consider rap’s golden age in the late 1980s. This year’s 17-date tour marks the first official outing from them in 25 years. Later this year, they’ll play the…
Friday Ska by Skawest celebrates all things ska and punk. For its fourth year around, catch 19 bands over two days that embody elements of ska, reggae, two-tone, rocksteady, third wave and dance. Of the bands taking the stage, Denton-based The Holophonics has taken its roots as a ska cover…
Wednesday Docs, shots and songs — Thin Line Fest has them all Wednesday through Sunday at a variety of locations in Denton. The festival offers free general admission for a host of events, including a documentary film fest, a series of live music and a photography exhibition. Films (primarily shown…
Consider this your annual Real Housewives of Dallas update. At least three of the Housewives have been spotted filming a new season of the show. Observer reader Nick Hance saw Stephanie Hollman, LeeAnne Locken and Kameron Westcott with a film crew at Lark on the Park. Hollman and Locken together?…
Wednesday “This newly commissioned performance explores the dark glamour of American life, its history of transformation and reinvention,” says the Dallas Symphony Orchestra about Eyes as Bright as Diamonds. We’re not exactly sure what that means, but it appears to involve rather grim-faced women in military-ish uniforms. With flags. The…
Carey Stinson was a 23-year-old Chili’s employee in 1991 when a co-worker first introduced him to Barney, the purple dinosaur. “One of the employees asked me, “Can you work Saturday for me because I have to be Barney?’” recalls Stinson, a Dallas native. “I said, ‘What in the world is…
Friday Once a year, Deep Ellum transforms to a neighborhood of the arts — even more so than usual. The three-day Deep Ellum Arts Festival is back and possibly bigger than ever. The festival will feature 200 amazing decorative and visual artists, 100 bands and musicians performing on six stages…
We’re not here to harp on someone’s age, but it can be sobering when a musician younger than 21 is kicking ass while we sit in our cubicles wondering where we went wrong in life. Here are some of the best. Caleb Lewis is the 20-year-old wunderkind guitar virtuoso and…
Fixer Upper aired its last episode Tuesday night on HGTV, and everyone was sad. People love TV shows about couples renovating homes together, and when they are denied the privilege of watching them, they become really sad. But there is no need to be sad. Chip and Joanna Gaines, the…
Wednesday Second Thought Theatre’s performance of Empathitrax, which opens at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and continues through April 28, deals with a couple (STT company members Jenny Ledel and Drew Wall) trying to fix a broken relationship by merely swallowing pills guaranteed to let each experience what the other is feeling…
Wednesday Lindi Ortega makes country music for people who don’t typically like country music. Her rockabilly-infused style keeps her a few steps away from today’s commercial country pop rock but not too far from her Nashville base. The Canadian singer-songwriter released Liberty last week. 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, Club Dada,…
If you ever find yourself drunk in a tattoo parlor, just stop. Take a moment and stop what you’re doing. Or if you ever find yourself at the mercy as a newbie tattoo artist with an at-home tattoo machine, walk away. Please. Just walk away. These Dallas musicians know a…
Friday One of Dallas’ premier craft beer events, Big Texas Beer Fest, is back for its seventh go-round and its third iteration as a two-day event. If you’re a local beer geek, you’ve probably been to a few, run through a 12-sample card or two, fueled up on food-truck grub…
Remy Reilly is surrounded by her family, friends and fans in Modern Electric Sound Recorders. She made her way back to the place she recorded her first EP, Rattlesnake, for its release party. As she sits at the piano and sings about a rattlesnake of a boy — “Went through…
Friday Turtle Creek Chorale has chosen anthems of past and present “to help bring peace and harmony to our chaotic humanity” in its program at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St. “We Shall Overcome” and the premiere of a new…
