We’ve all felt that awkward freezing feeling creep in when facing a homeless person, as a plethora of questions form quickly into an inner monologue. We ask ourselves whether we have spare change, whether it’s safe to roll down the window and whether the light will turn green before we…
Thursday Muscle Shoals, Alabama, has long been a mecca for musicians the world over for sharing its name with the legendary Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. And it’s also where the electro-rock duo BoomBox calls home. Composed of Zion Rock Godchaux (son of former Grateful Dead members Keith and Donna Jean…
With more variety than a United Nations Conference, the crowd at the 10th Annual Emmitt Smith Celebrity Gala was celebrity totality. There’s Billy Dawson, a country singer from Nashville; “Kid” Reid of Kid ‘n Play hip-hop fame; an elite group of NFL Hall of Fame running backs: Curtis Martin, Eddie…
In our heated political climate, it’s hard to agree on something as simple as what equals two plus two. Dallas-based filmmaker David Maddox explores this idea quite literally in his film, Alternative Math, which just passed six million views on YouTube. The short film, directed by Maddox and co-written by…
On ABC News Friday night, Dallas resident Eve Wiley told her story about her conception. What started out as snooping through emails turned into Wiley’s biggest self-discovery. First, she found out that her father was a sperm donor. When her mother, Margo Williams, couldn’t get pregnant during her first year…
With so many streaming services and options, it’s hard to pick something to watch, and at this point, we’ll pay someone just to make the decision for us. Texas has long been the home to, or the inspiration for, many great works, so why not dust off an old favorite…
A couple of years ago, we made a plea for Dallas to step up and produce a cool pinball lounge. A renewed wave of interest in the delightfully approachable game had made its way to other major cities like New York and San Francisco — but Dallas? Nada. Well, unless…
Peter Mayhew, the actor who played the towering Wookie Chewbacca in several Star Wars movies, has passed away. Mayhew’s family delivered the news of his passing in a statement on his official Facebook page. He died Tuesday at his home in Boyd surrounded by his family, according to the statement…
The last thing you probably want to hear about now is of any aquatic activities, with all the rain and severe thunderstorm and flood warnings that keep ruining our evenings. It’s like asking someone who just walked two miles in a blinding snowstorm if they can turn down the temperature…
Dallas Comedy House doesn’t have a new location ready for visitors, so that won’t stop them from bringing comedy to you. While they work on renovating their third location, DCH is putting together pop-up comedy shows at different venues around their new address in Deep Ellum. When DCH closed the…
Ilknur Ozgur has boundless energy. She talks quickly and effusively, often digressing into detailed, rambling stories that somehow, someway, make their way back to a larger point. When you ask her about any of her passions (art, performance or her performance art company, Artstillery, to name a few) she lights…
Jenna Page Owens might have invented your miracle skincare product. Owens, radio personality on The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show, started wellness brand Fitish in fall 2017 to help people achieve an obtainable wellness, whether that’s through working out, eating healthy or simply being happy. “The ‘ish’ is a real prevalent…
Thursday The nonprofit Dallas Opera Guild presents its ever-growing annual vocal competition. Launched in 1987, the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition offers opera buffs a chance to see and hear the next generation of burgeoning national opera talents. In addition to industry recognition and the chance to perform alongside The…
Just inside the gates of Scarborough Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie, Kymberly Nielsen helps make magic by dressing and accessorizing a slew of dragons, fairies, nobles, woodsman, pirates and peasants. “We try to create a show,” says Nielsen, whose family owns Suit Your Fancie, a costume shop that rents attire for…
Being a fan is tough. There are no official guidelines to tell you how to be the perfect — or even adequate — fan, except for obvious ones like refraining from mailing naked pictures of yourself to the object of your affection and honoring the court-determined distance pertaining to your restraining order. That’s why…
The Texas Frightmare Weekend isn’t your typical film festival. The frames of the films at this long-running horror movie convention are stained with gallons of Karo syrup, the substance used to make the fake blood that horror movie fans crave with the strength of 10,000 methadone addicts. While other film…
When you hear the phrase “psychedelic mushroom convention,” your mind’s eye probably conjures images of a room full of tie-dye-wearing, tripping hippies. The first Psychedelic Mushroom Convention held on Sunday at the Bella Vista Inn in Grand Prairie didn’t house anyone who looked like they might be on any kind…
From the Von Trapps to Mary Poppins, Firehouse Theatre has seen numerous musical characters grace their stage, and in May they’ll add an unexpected icon to that list: Lee Harvey Oswald. Performed for the first time ever in its entirety, audiences can watch Oswald, the musical, Friday through Sunday, May…
Keith Haring’s vibrant work will soon decorate the blank, cream-colored walls at Arlington’s Museum of Art. From June 21 until Sept. 15, visitors will be able to read Haring’s opinions, as told through his art, about things like the environment and health care, in Keith Haring: Against All Odds, which…
“So, this is our desert,” Anna Jordan says as she unlocks the art gallery on the street level of 1900 Pacific Residences in downtown Dallas. The doors swing open to a spacious room with a photographic mural of a desert scene along the far wall, the work of Dallas artist…
LeeAnne Locken, star of The Real Housewives of Dallas, is a married woman. Everything seems to have gone according to plan. At 51 years old, Locken wore white. Now-husband Rich Emberlin wore his signature eye patch (he is blind in one eye) and a custom vest with his and Locken’s…
Poet Anne Waldman has been a thundering force in the world of American literature since first stepping onto the scene in the days of the Beat Generation. A prolific and experimental author, performer, editor, feminist and activist, Waldman published her latest book, Trickster Feminism, just last year. She is the…
