While the rest of us blame autocorrect for our misspellings, kids are still taking spelling to new competitive levels, and for the first time ever in its 92 years, the Scripps National Spelling Bee Championship had an eight-way tie. Three of the winners came from the North Texas area, and…
This Wednesday, the Wyly Theatre will premiere an original play written by Dallas’ Jonathan Norton. Inspired by true events, Penny Candy takes place in Dallas’ Pleasant Grove neighborhood in the late ’80s and depicts the effects of the crack epidemic during the Reagan-H.W. Bush era. The play, which runs until…
In its nearly four decades of performing, the Turtle Creek Chorale has used music to shine light on various contemporary issues. This weekend, Dallas’ famous men’s chorus will perform a set of songs in a concert series called You Are Light, which aims to bring attention to mental health issues and…
It’s a dim day in Dallas when Niecee X turns off the rain-swept streets into the parking lot of Desta, an East Dallas Ethiopian restaurant. The eatery is a typical haunt for the 29-year-old Niecee X, an artist, poet and queer community organizer whose vegan palate is right at home…
Just as the local economy has soared over the last few years, so too has the popularity of urban, luxury residential-condominium living among a somewhat surprising cohort: well-heeled baby boomers. From uptown and downtown Dallas to Frisco, Flower Mound and Plano, more and more multimillion-dollar high-rise condos are being snapped…
A guidepost for egalitarianism has arrived in the Dallas Design District, representing the 42% of Dallas’ population who are Latino. The Latino Arts Project opened its doors on Dragon Street this past Cinco de Mayo with the exhibition Mexican Modern Sculpture: A Study of the Artists, on display until Sept…
If you’ve been strolling around downtown Dallas in the last few weeks, you may have noticed some trees, bicycle racks and light posts bedecked in fabulous knit creations. These stylish accessories are the work of the Dallas Yarn Bombers, a group of local artists committed to evoking positive feelings through…
As night descends on the wooded hills surrounding his home, visual artist Jeremiah Onifadé gets to work. While his garage studio is his usual stomping grounds, tonight Onifadé is working in the kitchen of his two-story house in a middle-class neighborhood near Grand Prairie. A glass table facing a sliding…
If you’ve been to a play in Dallas in the last few years, chances are that you’ve seen Michael B. Moore’s work onstage — even when he’s not on it. Moore is an actor and an award-winning makeup and wig designer who’s dolled up the stars and performers for shows all…
The Dallas Mavericks Dancers are no more. Instead, there will be The Dallas Mavericks Entertainment Squad (name TBD). According to a press release, the entertainment squad will “consist of talent of all ages, and any and all specialties, including but not limited to tumbling, all forms of dance, illusions, stunts, comedy,…
Eighty-five years after their deaths, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are inescapable. They’re in The Highwaymen, released this year on Netflix. Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson star as Frank Hamer and Maney Gault, former Texas Rangers who helped bring the Barrow Gang’s gruesome, two-year spree of 13 murders and numerous…
A mix of dance, theater and the exposition of the female body, modern burlesque has been transformed to include a range of styles, from the classic striptease to theatrical mini-dramas. The latter style is embodied by performances by one of Dallas’ rising burlesque stars, Audrey Scorn. Tall, dark and stunning,…
After studying at the prestigious Stella Adler Studio of Acting as a child in New York, Dallas Morning News columnist Dave Lieber homed in on journalism. “It was because of Watergate,” he says. “When Watergate happened, I realized that I wanted to be, like, a columnist and an investigative reporter.”…
Wednesday It’d be easy to write off Midwestern-born singer-songwriter Pokey LaFarge as an archetypical hipster- a one-man Mumford & Sons, complete with banjo, fedora and bow tie. But of course, nothing could be further from the truth. Combining elements of modern Americana music with deeper cuts into ragtime, early jazz…
Let it be known that Iris Le’Mour shines. On an intensely sunny Sunday afternoon at Deep Ellum’s colorful vegan café Tiki Loco, she lights up the space beyond the daylight glow. Le’Mour speaks on her signature burlesque acts, and the tagline for one of them as she enters the stage,…
Thanks to social media, better camera phones and misleading filters, it seems like everyone these days thinks that they’re professional photographers. But on platforms like Instagram, populated by millions of amateurs insulting your sophisticated visual taste with insipid pictures of food and selfies with cat filters, the professionals stand out…
What started out as a conglomerate of old buildings with project possibilities just north of the Union Pacific Railroad in downtown Arlington, is now an area drawing comparisons to the trendy Bishop Arts district in Oak Cliff. Some social media users are quick to point out that the area, known…
This Thursday, an exhibit called Chimera opened at Kettle Art in Deep Ellum for a run that ends June 23. The four contributing artists chose the title to connect the pieces in this show and guide an understanding of the artwork. But “chimera” is a word rich for interpretation. In…
Dallas will be celebrating pride a bit earlier than usual this year. Typically held in September, Dallas Pride will now be celebrated in June in alignment with national pride month. The new dates also come with new locations for festivities. Instead of Cedar Springs and Oak Lawn, the annual pride…
Complexity Gaming may not compete at the AT&T Stadium, but the new Gamestop Performance Center at The Star in Frisco means they will, at least, train like the Dallas Cowboys. Acquired by Jerry Jones in 2017, Complexity is one of the oldest organized esports leagues in the U.S. and boasts…
The watchmaker Fossil has an interesting history of making watches that play outside the norms of faces with the simple digital watch and two arms. The Dallas-based timepiece company has produced wrist watches with hand-painted faces, watch hands sitting behind water-filled cases and even wearable sundials. Fossil brought back one of…
Dallas artist Erica Stephens is ready to get personal, and she doesn’t care if you like it or not. Her home is full of art depicting love and violence in preparation for shows that she says mark a turning point in her professional and personal life. “I was so scared…
