When we were little, and sometimes even now, we fantasized about the house we would have when we were older. What color would it be? Would it have a basement, or possibly a Batcave? While we’re bummed that our reality is about as far from the Batcave as it gets…

When you’re alone and life is making you lonely you can always go…Uptown? That’s not the song that we’re used to, but it works. A similar new twist on old favorites can be found at the Uptown Players’ Broadway Our Way fund-raiser. This year’s event takes selections from hits such…

What are we—Chopped Liver? We’re sure that’s a line that never gets old to the comedians of Chopped Liver. That last sentence was sarcasm, a trait probably appreciated by the small improv ensemble, who are also part of Five Buck Improv (FBI). On Friday, they’ll share a bill with Greg…

How do we appreciate Santa? Let us count the ways. Not only is he a symbol of holiday spirit, he’s also a great motivator for kids to act nice. He spends weeks braving tiny screamers and lap-wetters galore and still manages to keep his elves and reindeer productive. And as…

In Sweden, Lucia Day is celebrated to honor the promise of the sun’s return after winter. Although the sun doesn’t disappear for too long here in North Texas, we like the idea of celebrating the lightness to come, especially as we close out another year. The North Texas Chapter of…

Not only can ladies sing the blues, but sometimes one lady can hold within her many types of them. The Black Academy of Arts and Letters proves this as Sandra Reaves Phillips channels the lives and music of blues and jazz greats such as Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday…

Would you rather spend your Tuesday night parked in front of must-see TV or learning something? The Fort Worth Modern Art Museum makes that an easy question to answer, with their regular Tuesday lectures by artists, scholars and critics. This week, it’s Alexandra Munroe, who specializes in Asian Arts at…

Love, societal constrictions and clever young women make for successful theatrical plots in any language, in any time period. Lope de Vega’s 1606 Spanish comedy La Discreta Enamorada is proof. It’s been updated and translated to reflect the Spanish dance music and costumes of the 1950s for an English-language performance…

Vessels in the Night, or a Practical Guide for Unimaginative Husbands sounds like something Dr. Phil would hawk. But while it would probably be a best seller, in this case, it’s the catalyst of Every Trick in the Book, a play presented by the Classical Acting Company. Here, a woman…

Some would say that “wine aficionado” is just a fancy phrase for “wino.” But they do exist, these winemakers and experts who take the lowly grape and elevate it to the highest, most respectable quality. Jefferson Wilkes, of J.Wilkes Winery, is such a person. He’ll be in Colleyville for a…

Just in time for the frisky fall holiday, Method Entertainment has unveiled Halloween Wednesdays at Club Dada. Instead of dressing as ghosts and ghouls, however, bands disguise themselves as other bands. Usually that’s referred to as a cover band, but hey, ’tis the season. Participating bands are composed of musicians…

The Lee Blessing play Two Rooms is set in the 1980s, but its story is happening, at least for someone, even today. This politically charged love story simultaneously documents and humanizes the experiences of a man taken hostage in Beirut and his grieving wife in America. The two rooms—one in…

Move over Trinity, there’s a new river in town! Big River, the classic Roger Miller musical based on Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, rolls in this weekend courtesy of Garland Civic Theatre. There are no fancy bridges to cross (or debate!), but Huck’s adventure with a runaway slave on the Mighty…

Why should London get all the good werewolf cred? Who’s to say there aren’t any hiding in a Park Cities mansion or in an Oak Cliff hipster enclave? Just in time for Halloween, the Belmont Hotel hosts an outdoor screening of Dog Soldiers, an action-horror flick centered on a military…

Unlike the goddess Athena, mortal women didn’t spring forth into the world wearing a helmet. But we did “spring forth” armed with similar potential to do great things. The 2006 Athena Award, given at this year’s Women’s Business Conference, honors Wendy Lopez (owner of engineering design and environmental planning firms)…

When people think of Dallas, John F. Kennedy and pivotal events in American history, they think of bullets. However, the JFK Museum endeavors to supplement that experience with a more positive one. The SNCC Experience in Dallas features interviews with 1960s civil rights activists Bishop Emeritus Mark Herbener, Ernest McMillan…

Inspired by her native India, Aditi Samarth’s art employs iconography, batik fabric design and a range of meditative deities to represent time and harmony. We’re glad that she’s the Visiting Scholar in Humanities at Richland College and co-coordinator of an emerging Asian/Middle Eastern American Studies Program—those who create harmony are…

Models slink among us, tower over us and, from some media reports, can simultaneously drink us under the table and steal our boyfriends. Impressive. You don’t have to go to New York or Los Angeles to see this rare species. Some of Dallas’ most beautiful will be at the MODA…

As little girls, we loved our toy ponies. We loved to make them gallop across the carpet and leap impossible hurdles, like Matchbox cars. Old habits are hard to break, so we’re stoked to hear about some upcoming equine antics. If “horsing around” was that fun in miniature, we can’t…

As little girls, we loved our toy ponies. We loved to make them gallop across the carpet and leap impossible hurdles, like Matchbox cars. Old habits are hard to break, so we’re stoked to hear about some upcoming equine antics. If “horsing around” was that fun in miniature, we can’t…

Brooklyn is more than just what holds up the other side of that bridge, and though the most famous lullabies are on Broadway, other New York City boroughs also have stories to tell. The musical Brooklyn borrows the spotlight to shine on itself for a while, telling the story of…

“That ship has sailed,” is a familiar lament, most often used to describe missed opportunities. But sometimes the sailing ship of opportunity is a dinghy that we’re best rid of, like the “carefree” days of our youth. There are those who seek to recreate the sag-free days, minus the hardships…