Pegasus Reading SeriesThe Wild Detectives 314 W. 8th St. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Free The Wild Detectives, 314 W. Eighth St., offers a night of poetry reading from four North Texas poets: Susana Edith, Melania-Luisa Marte, Johnny Olson and James Barrett Rodehaver. Edith is the founder of Lucha Dallas, an activist…
Friday Pandora’s Box prides itself on selecting only the most original and thought-provoking poets throughout North Texas for its less-than-family-friendly showcases of poetic literature. To celebrate this year’s Banned Book Week — which honors thousands of authors whose work society has, at least once, dubbed too inappropriate for schools, public…
Thursday The concept of the Great American Frontier haunts Modest Mouse’s music — even if it’s a twisted version of it. Panoramas of vast, dusty deserts, both brutal and beautiful, streak across each of the indie rock group’s records, like blurred landscapes glimpsed through a car window. The indifferent evils…
Scott Hilton and Kenda North Dallas Center for Photography 4756 Algiers St. 7-9 p.m. Thursday $5 Dallas Center for Photography Speaker Series presents Scott Hilton and Kenda North from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at 4756 Algiers St. Both speakers are members of the University of Texas at Arlington photography…
Rick and Morty’s Don’t Even Trip Road Trip Alamo Drafthouse Cedars 1005 S. Lamar St. 6 p.m. Monday Free Cartoons, especially those on Cartoon Network’s weekly late-night block Adult Swim, aren’t just for kids. Among the string of foul-mouthed, risqué humor that plays during the time slot is one of…
Friday At the center of the concrete landscape that is downtown Dallas sits a cozy little urban green space that regularly hosts food trucks, concerts, art installations and various other activities on the cheap. Klyde Warren Park, 2012 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, is no doubt a local favorite for lazing around…
Elsewhere – Danny Rose and Haylee Ryan Jen Mauldin Gallery 408 N. Bishop Ave., Suite 103 6-9 p.m. Saturday Free It is both strange and inspiring how two entirely different styles of painting can reflect upon and speak to one another. Take, for instance, Elsewhere, the exhibition featuring the works…
Thursday Literature is coming. It’ll arrive this fall in all of its diverse forms: poetry, storytelling, readings from novels, performance art, and expressions of culture and diversity. And WordSpace Dallas, local literary gatekeeper that it is, will usher it in and dole it out with a full slate of events…
Labor Day at the ArboretumDallas Arboretum 8525 Garland Road 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday $10-$15 Labor Day is a sigh of relief. It’s a weekend celebration of the fact that the worst of the hot weather is (mostly) behind us, the kids are back in school, and there’s still enough heat…
Friday The Distinguished Performer Concert Series at Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts, which highlights notable faculty and guests, returns for its 2017-18 season. Esteemed concert pianist and Meadows professor Joaquín Achúcarro opens the season with an all-Chopin program. Achúcarro, who has produced some of the finest piano…
Thursday Deserts are having a moment. The neutral colors and sparse landscapes are burning up the interior-design scene right now, and Joshua Tree has become the hotspot destination for backpackers, glampers and supermodels. If ever there were a time for a desert-themed modern dance piece, this would be it. TITAS,…
Modern Sacred Beatrice M. Haggerty Art Gallery 1845 E. Northgate Drive, Irving 6-9 p.m. Friday Free The attraction of an illuminated manuscript goes beyond words on the page. Drawings and decorations, often in gold and silver, surround the text or appear in the margins and as featured, small illustrations. The…
Shakespeare in the Bar: The Tempest Wild Detectives 314 W. 8th St. 8 p.m. Monday $7 Theater doesn’t have to be in stuffy performance halls to be good. Sometimes all it takes is a small ensemble of actors, a modest stage in a bar and plenty of booze. And Dallas…
FridayDallas Green isn’t just the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and songwriter for hardcore screamo outfit Alexisonfire; he also plays his hand at the other side of the multifaceted alternative genre with his country folk project, City and Colour. The Toronto-based musician uses his softer sound to release music he’s written…
Thursday These days, it’s a cat’s world, and we just live in it. These tiny mousers were tasked to warn off rodents in order to earn their keep when they first entered our homes hundreds of years ago. Now, you’ll be hard pressed to get Mittens out of his bed…
Solar Eclipse Party Perot Museum of Nature and Science 2201 N. Field St. 12-2 p.m. Monday Free Solar eclipses happen regularly, but the U.S. hasn’t experienced a total solar eclipse since 1979, making this year’s something to get excited about. Although Texas won’t be in the path of totality, The…
FridayHere’s a fun trick. You can learn someone’s age just by asking them their earliest memory of Arsenio Hall. If someone says Hall is “that guy who starred alongside Eddie Murphy in Coming to America,” then he or she is probably a baby boomer bordering on a gen-Xer. Hosting his…
CHAOS!!!!! Ro2 Art 1501 S. Ervay St. Closing 7 p.m. Friday Free This chaotic gallery show offers patrons a chance to peruse small works by more than 100 artists. For the fifth summer in a row, Ro2 Art presents CHAOS!!!!!, an exhibition featuring artwork of various styles and media hung…
ThursdaySouth African band Seether has been making loud and aggressive alternative rock for close to 20 years. Trafficking mostly in the various styles popularized by Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails and Evanescence, the three-piece (four-piece on the road) recently released Poison the Parish, a 12-song album that is its brashest yet…
Photo Editing for Social Media Lewisville Public Library 1197 W. Main St. 7 p.m. Tuesday Free Posting the perfect photo to Facebook and Instagram is tough for those who haven’t acquired the skills of an amateur photographer. The Lewisville Public Library, 1197 W. Main St., has some free help to…
Friday Over beds of pillowy instrumentals and trim percussion, Mexican pop singer Cristian Castro’s delicate voice soars. Pulling from disparate sources — from alternative rock to ’80s pop to traditional Latino music — Castro’s songs speak mostly about romance and its complications, glimpsing love through a wistful, rose-colored haze. Maturing…
Michelle Mackey: Double TakeHolly Johnson Gallery 1845 Levee St., No. 100 Closes Saturday, Aug. 12 Free Paint, canvas, watercolors, paper, multi-media collage – these are all familiar components in making art. Michelle Mackey’s joint compound, however, is a bit of a surprise to the uninitiated. Holly Johnson Gallery, 1845 Levee…
