It was a great year for the arts in Dallas. Well, actually, if you look at the numbers, it was a great year for TV about Dallas. Yeah, stories about art gallery openings and operas didn’t rake in the big numbers, but TV (and bud sex) did! Yay for art…
Sitting in the backseat of your parent’s car, gazing at holiday lights and watching them beam down, is a favorite feeling of most children. And for adults, too. The bright and colorful bulbs hang proudly on homes, businesses and parks, bringing light to people even in the darkest times. So…
It sets a host of alternative Spider-folk running amok in the New York City of Brooklyn teen Miles Morales, the mixed-race Spider-Man (his father is black and his mother Latinx) invented for the comics in 2011 by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli
Please don’t click off this article because you think you are too good for reality TV. You turn nose up at the thought of Dallas women mouthing off at one another. And you think it’s sad some desperate Dallas woman went on TV to get married. Please. You’re not too…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, which means there’s no shortage of fun things to do around DFW to get in the holiday spirit. One of our favorites is the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Big Brassy Christmas and Organ Extravaganza. This extravaganza features the DSO’s brass and percussion sections…
The writer-director shot Roma in chronological order, without showing the cast the script, unveiling it to the actors the same way it is for the audience, piece by piece, a chance to marinate in each moment as it plays out
This time, though, the lessons are urgent, the jungle threatened by man, the wicked tiger Shere Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch) a true terror vowing to one day taste that boy’s blood
While Tavern Carols might create images of cheerful clinks from frosty mugs at Christmastime, for Mark Mangrem, pastor of Gospel City Church, the program has another goal. “The purpose is just to introduce us to the community,” he says. While some people may not attend church on Sunday morning for…
Friday The Dallas Black Dance Theatre, 2700 Ann Williams Way, presents an event that’s part holiday party, part gift: their Black on Black production at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7, and Saturday, Dec. 8, operates as an exciting talent showcase while serving up seasonal merriment. The 21-and-up soiree kicks…
Today, I’m still awed by the film’s scope and scale, by its relentless energy and attention to detail, by its interest in faces and names and coats and belongings
WWE mastermind Vince McMahon is bringing the XFL back from the dead and awarding Dallas a shot at sports legend or infamy in 2020. In an afternoon press conference, XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck, sometimes known as father to Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck, announced Dallas would be one of eight…
Mark Cuban’s days as owner of the Landmark Theatres have come to an end. Cuban and 2929 Entertainment partner Todd Wagner sold the collection of theaters to Cohen Media Group for an undisclosed figure. Cuban and Wagner bought Landmark Theatres in 2003 under 2929 Entertainment. As reported by The Hollywood…
Plenty of people in baseball have written a book. There’s Jim Bouton’s Ball Four, Josh Lewin’s You Never Forget Your First — hell, even actress Alyssa Milano has written a book about baseball. Eric Nadel, the radio announcer and voice of the Texas Rangers, has written three books, but his…
The Winspear Opera House triple dog dares everyone in Dallas to show up when they present A Christmas Story, The Musical from Dec. 12 through 16. The movie that made pink bunnies, leggy lamps and almost shooting your eye out Christmas staples received the Broadway musical treatment, and the touring cast…
The Arlington Improv has been the place to go to see a national touring comedian and grab a late-night drink. Starting this month, it will also be the place to break your all-time high score on Ms. Pac-Man. The Arlington Improv is converting its restaurant space outside of the showroom…
Wednesday If you’re looking to smarten up your holiday music listening ears, try a night at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra when Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis plays. He’ll do classic Christmas songs, like “O Christmas Tree,” “Jingle Bells” and others. Sip some wine while taking it all in. The…
As the Christmas season tiptoes closer and closer, so do all those sweet childhood memories. Like peeking through your bedroom door to catch Santa perfectly placing presents under the tree or waking up extra early to find what is stuffed deep in your stocking. Unfortunately, not every child has these…
When Heather McKinney and Christie Wallace found out the podcast they co-host, Sinisterhood, cracked iTunes’ top 10 list for U.S. Comedy Podcasts, they assumed something must be wrong. After seeing how many times Sinisterhood had been downloaded in such a short period, Wallace went so far as to reach out…
And much of the present-day free-skate footage, shot at what have come to be known as “Adult Nights” at skating rinks, also proves invigorating, an invitation to relish the momentum, the joy and the peacocking pride of grown-up skaters
Actress and comedian Amy Sedaris doesn’t have a lot of time to herself, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. “I look at my calendar and I can’t believe it,” Sedaris says. “I’m busier than I want to be right now.” She’s not only starring and writing in her own…
Friday If there’s a work of music that better expresses the wistful and melancholy nostalgia that the holidays can bring than the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s soundtrack for the 1965 CBS television special A Charlie Brown Christmas, I haven’t heard it. It perfectly captures the way you feel about poor Charlie…
This time, we meet the sharecropping peasants of the remote village of Inviolata, living lives of seasonal toil, lives that look — except for the occasional radio or lightbulb — like they might have a century or so ago
