There are few things that can shock a viewer when it comes to reality television. Housewives throw champagne glasses. Strangers get married at first sight. Other things happen that we can’t think of right now because it’s that hard to shock us. But Thursday night, exactly one week ago, our…
Wednesday Get ready to feast your eyes on Dallas VideoFest’s dozens of documentary features and shorts on topics ranging from history-makers, some right here in Texas, to humor (Peter Bogdanovich’s doc on comic great Buster Keaton). Screen opener at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday takes place at Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson…
The Dallas Observer Music Awards survived its 20s. It can no longer blame its age on being stupid, or getting too drunk at a party, or not knowing what they want to do with the rest of their life. Well, they can, but society pities people in their 20s. Not…
Hit song after hit song, giant snakes, sexy choreography, surprise performances and a whole lot of fire. For anyone who walked into sold-out AT&T Stadium skeptical of why Taylor Swift is the biggest pop star in the world, her two-hour show cemented her reputation. Right on time at 9 p.m., Swift…
Friday Mockingbird Station just added music to its list of things to do there. It already has shopping and eating, and at 5 p.m. Oct. 5, it will also be home to the Mockingbird Station Music Festival. Friday Night Fights, a power pop group, will headline the festival, while guests…
Friday “Our state fair is a great state fair; don’t miss it, don’t even be late.” While that incredible show tune wasn’t technically sung about the State Fair of Texas, we know it could be applied to us. Sept. 28 marks the beginning of the State Fair of Texas and…
It’s a Friday afternoon and The Real Housewives of Dallas star Stephanie Hollman is all alone in her newly renovated Dallas home. Outside, the rain is pounding into her infinity pool overlooking Turtle Creek, while inside, her miniature goldendoodle Biscuit keeps her company. Her youngest son, Cruz, is off on…
Friday The high-fashion community has always been an advocate for AIDS awareness and research. Even when AIDS was still taboo to talk about, designers, models and retailers put the conversation in the spotlight and raised both awareness and funds. That vital tradition continues at the TWOxTWOXTWENTY Pop-Up Shop at Forty…
Last week on The Real Housewives of Dallas, something happened off-camera that we did not get to see, but once the camera turned back on, Housewives Brandi Redmond and Cary Deuber let us in on it. Late at night during the women’s ski trip in Beaver Creek, Colorado, it is said…
Wednesday Maybe it was balls or just fortuitous timing, given the state of race relations in Dallas today, but Shakespeare Dallas presents Othello, the bard’s grim masterpiece about the jealous “Moor” Othello and his evil companion Iago’s plan to break up Othello’s marriage to the lovely (and white) Desdemona. There’s…
Friday If you love nonstop controlled skids and the smell of smoking rubber — endless clouds of it — and are so much more interested in variables such as angles, lines and style than speed that you don’t mind watching 1,400-horsepower muscle cars driving at speeds that would get them…
On Tuesday night’s episode of Married At First Sight, we saw the three Dallas couples enter the home stretch and try to really get into the groove of their relationship. Bobby and Danielle still aren’t fighting. Mia and Tristan plan to move to Houston. And Amber and Dave simply cannot…
Wow. Is it already that time of the year? Yes, it is. The DOMAs are coming up, aren’t they? Yes, they are. Wow. Time flies. Yes. I should start thinking about buying tickets to the coolest showcase in all the land. Yes, you should. The presale for the Dallas Observer…
Wednesday Are you one of those people, aka normal, who isn’t up to the challenge of ordering wine with dinner in a restaurant? Why exactly, does a diner want to sniff a cork? Will it get us high? That first little pour — how long are we expected to fake…
Ashlee Simpson (you may know her as Jessica Simpson’s sister) and her husband Evan Ross (you may know him as Diana Ross’ son) have a new docu-series on E! Simpson is from the Dallas area, so as a dedicated Dallas journalist, I began watching the show to see if she…
Kameron Westcott is the tall blonde on The Real Housewives of Dallas. She’s unique and she says very unique things. She also schools all the other women on manners. Like it’s not OK to give someone a gift in front of her if you don’t also have a gift for…
Friday Just because you missed the boat on spring cleaning and landscaping doesn’t mean you have to wait until next year to cultivate the home of your dreams. You can definitely still dig in and get going this autumn, and the 2018 Annual Fall Texas Home & Garden Show will…
Wednesday A dark musical about the life of a toy: think Toy Story but Mr. Potato Head has gone into a crisis. Ochre House Theater presents the world premiere of Mousey, in which Mrs. Mousey begins to think that life is more than just being a toy. When she launches…
Wendy Williams wouldn’t be celebrating her 10th season of her morning talk show without Dallas. “Well, first of all, the reason why we have a season 10 is because of Dallas,” Williams tells us over the phone Thursday. “We were just a small water drop in 2007, which was our…
Sarah Sellers is re-inventing herself. She’s dropped a husband — and his last name — added an R to her first name, gained a fiancé, and through it all, she wrote an entire album about heartbreak, rock bottom and the love that comes after it. SARRA, Sellers’ new stage name,…
Wow, has it already been 29 days since our six favorite strangers turned three favorite couples got married? Time flies when you’re watching a TV show about strangers getting married in Dallas. If you haven’t been watching but are still curious about this public social experiment and you’re relying on…
Think you can get out there and shake your pom-poms and smile every time Jerry Jones says something? Think all it takes is a high kick here and there? Each season during CMT’s show Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team, panelists and judges ask potential cheerleaders a round of questions…
