Local Entrepreneurs Have Some Big Goals for Soccer in North Texas

Unlike other sports, soccer has a unique power to bring people together, says FC Dallas owner and president Dan Hunt. “When you put different cultures together on a soccer field, they can communicate with each other even if they don’t speak the same language,” Hunt says. “It’s so inclusive.” Some,…

Paz, Amor y Música The Alex Ruiz Story Was Shot Entirely on a Cellphone

Indie filmmaker Israel Marquez’s first foray into film was a short, silent flick. Now, the 45-year-old Grand Prairie resident has a feature-length film documenting part of the Texas music scene. Paz, Amor y Música The Alex Ruiz Story runs 90 minutes and was shot completely on a cellphone, Marquez says. It’s…

Jane Lynch Is Trying To Save Arts Funding in Dallas Schools

Sue Sylvester would be horrified at Jane Lynch’s fight for the arts in schools and communities. Or so we think. Lynch, who played Sylvester, the musical-hating cheerleading coach in the hit show Glee, is hosting Dallas Summer Musical’s Best of Broadway Gala. Lynch is joined by none other than Matthew Morrison, who…

Best Things To Do in Dallas This Weekend

Friday Long before “meta” became an overused catchphrase, there was Mystery Science Theater 3000, a movie wrapped in a comedy show wrapped into a “science experiment” that left creator Joel Hodgson trapped in orbit with his robot pals, where they were forced to watch bad movies and make hilarious comments…

Dallas Comedy House Is Moving Early 2019

In roughly six months, moving trucks will be loaded with the tables, costumes and autographed pictures that made up Dallas Comedy House as it moves away from its second location in Deep Ellum. The trucks won’t be driving far however, as they need to go only one street over, to…

The Dallas Symphony Explores Beethoven’s Softer Side

Ludwig van Beethoven’s music has a reputation as the Mount Everest of the classical repertoire — lofty, heroic, unknowable. Musicians lob the word “great” around so much when talking about Beethoven that even his name can be intimidating. But there’s a mellower, wittier, less ambitious side of the iconic composer,…

21 Things To Do in Dallas This Week

Wednesday If you still don’t have plans for Halloween, but you have a really awesome costume hanging in your closet — maybe it’s a hot dog costume or you have some Harry Potter glasses or your sexy French maid costume never got bedroom use — then just stop worrying. Head…

Dallas Loves Taking Lyfts to Whataburger

While children in neighborhoods everywhere might consider their bags of candy a treasure this Halloween, Lyft drivers are coming up the big winners. Last year during Halloween weekend, Lyft drivers made over $10 million in tips. The heftiest tip in the DFW area clocked in at $60, which was clearly…