Art and anarchy have a history of conjoining, and the burgeoning Fort Worth-based House of Iconoclasts is a prime example of these forces at play. Founded last year by visual artist Natalie Price, the intention of the collective revolves around destroying the image, “image” being a placeholder for whatever the…
The Doors’ “People Are Strange” has played its final notes at Dallas comedy clubs. DFW comedians and fans of stand-up mourn the loss of Dallas comedian Bob Strange, who died June 8, at the age of 70. You knew if “People Are Strange” started playing in a darkened showroom, Strange…
Wednesday, July 10 Jeff Guinn In the early part of the last century, automaker Henry Ford and inventor Thomas Edison traveled America together on summer road trips. Roads were bad, and car travel was in its infancy, so the two magnates had to rough it a bit, traveling cross country…
Jane Fonda walked out onto the stage of The Winspear Opera House to a standing ovation. The house was full, and the crowd, boisterous. Throughout the night, the conversation between Fonda and moderator Robert Wilonsky took many turns, which was indicative of her life of adventure in the golden age…
If you’ve watched one of Christopher Titus’s last eight comedy specials, listened to his podcast or seen even a single episode of his self-titled, criminally canceled Fox show, then you know about the troubled, dark and potentially life-scarring life story of this seasoned stand-up comedian and storyteller. Apparently, however, having…
This Fourth of July, hundreds of dog owners flocked to Dallas Market Hall to take part in the Lone Star Dog Show. It was the first of the four-day event, and a calm excitement buzzed through the air. Contrary to what one might think, dog shows are low-energy. Seldom was…
Dallas artist Stacie Monday paints African American women in a striking array of blue, purple and red because that’s how she sees them and that’s how she wants them to see themselves. “I love to celebrate the different hues that we have,” she says. “When I look at us, I…
Sex, jealousy and infidelity are on full display in Frisco. A Little Night Music, a musical by Stephen Sondheim, is running from July 29, through August 1, at Theatre Frisco. Set in Sweden at the dawn of the 1900s, the musical explores the romantic entanglements of old lovers and new,…
Austin-based artist Jennifer Pate is proving that the phrase “food porn” is more than just an Instagram hashtag. In her gallery, Maridad Studio, Pate displays drawings and watercolor paintings of food and beverages in suggestive positions. Pate’s Instagram page is filled with images designed to make the viewer both horny…
Mitch McLeod grew up watching fright flicks in a small town on the outskirts of Dallas. Now, the indie filmmaker makes the stuff of nightmares with his own work. “I don’t know if I’d even consider myself to be a horror person or horror filmmaker,” McLeod says, adding that his…
You truly can find anything among the weekend chaos in Deep Ellum. On Main Street, you can watch an acrobatic performer suspended from the ceiling, inviting you in through a street-facing front window of a club called The Nines. These artists are known as aerialists, and they perform suspended in…
The smell of new shoes, extra cologne and cold hard cash filled the air at Sneaker Con 2019 over two days this past weekend. The scene at the Dallas Market Center, where Sneaker Con took place, was a noisy, colorful and fast-paced spinning world of all things sneaker culture. The…
Wednesday In 1991, the Boston-based outfit Powerman 5000 was born. Despite sounding like an alter-ego superhero your 4-year-old made up, Powerman 5000 is one of industrial metal’s most successful bands. Led by Spider One, a punk rock Billy Idol lookalike, art school dropout and younger brother of horror metal heavyweight…
It’s the end of an era as Backdoor Comedy Club says goodbye to its DoubleTree location. This past weekend featured Backdoor’s last shows in the Hilton Dallas on Central Expressway, as the hotel is expanding its bar area and pushing the comedy club out. Linda Stogner, co-owner of Backdoor, says…
Former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were scheduled to show up last Thursday at 5 p.m. in the auditorium of the George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University. The purpose of their appearance was to recognize 58 graduates of the 2019 class of Presidential Leadership Scholars,…
Saambili, the first baby gorilla born at the Dallas Zoo in 20 years, turned one this past Tuesday. The staff presented her with a fruit-and-veggie cake with ice treats that spelled her name and age on a bed of kale. Saambili, who showed up to her party riding on her…
On the side of a 1,200-square-foot building in Deep Ellum there are two aliens painted in a far-out galaxy with a spaceship that lights up Commerce Street at night. This is the home of Weed and Whiskey TV — A Video on Demand streaming service. The channel is like Hulu…
The slapstick comedy The Play That Goes Wrong does exactly what it says in the title. So what happens when something actually goes wrong? The cast and audience attending the final performance of The Play That Goes Wrong’s national tour this month found out when an alarm went off during the…
The Addison Improv has booked four shows for comedian Louis C.K. next week and some members of the North Texas comedy community aren’t happy about it. “As soon as I found out he was coming (no pun intended) my stomach completely twisted on itself,” says comedian Ruth Banks who regularly…
Life-sized photographs of the bodies of four African American people dangled from nooses on Barney’s tree in Glenn Beck’s studio on Wednesday evening in Dallas. Beck didn’t kill them, but some white man did. They were images of slaves who had been hanged in the past for real and then…
Why do people collect things? Records, concert tickets, stamps and even toys can easily fall into the category of clutter in a world of cloud technology, celebrated minimalism and the ever-advancing strategies to simplify one’s life. Why have a record collection 500 units deep when you can simply keep all…
From exquisite fashion to somber recollections and colorful replicas of classic art built brick by brick, Dallas has enjoyed a remarkable array of art in 2019, and here’s a short list of six important exhibitions that are still on the radar. Dior: From Paris to the World at the Dallas Museum…
