This weekend, Jaap van Zweden concludes his tenure as music director of the Dallas Symphony with performances of perhaps the most famous work in the orchestra’s repertoire: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. But there’s another piece on the program, a major world premiere of a new work written especially for the DSO…
Alongside the road leading into the entrance to Trinity Forest Golf Course and this year’s Byron Nelson golf tournament, an African-American man held up a sign, “Byron Nelson would be sad, this course sucks.” The sign marked the arrival of the strange intersection of gentrification and leisure, a truly Dallas…
In 2000, there weren’t many avenues for dancers and choreographers in Dallas, but that same year saw Contemporary Ballet Dallas widen the pool when it first opened its doors. Now after 18 years, one of the longest running ballet companies in Dallas is changing its brand and its mission. Starting…
University of North Texas fashion design students will take the runway with some of the most fashionable and adoptable pups at The Best in (Fashion) Show fundraiser Saturday. Dogs from Denton’s Linda McNatt Animal Care and Adoption Center and one leash-trained cat will be available for adoption at this first-ever…
Three years ago, Derek Nemunaitis was doing cancer research and practicing mixed martial arts. But one day, he broke his leg training and decided to try drawing and painting as a hobby. A few years later he was let go from his job and continued creating art instead of finding…
Shakespeare Dallas has a challenge ahead. Its 2018 season opens June 6 with the The Comedy of Errors and The Taming of the Shrew and running intermittently. Committed to a diverse repertoire, Shakespeare Dallas opted to perform The Taming of the Shrew — which deals with a politically charged topic that is at the…
Friday Addison might be known for its endless row of chain restaurants, but its food scene deserves more credit than that. Taste Addison is here to prove that even foodies can love the suburb. Blue Goose Cantina, Table 13, and yeah, On The Border all participate in the three-day event…
Apocalyptic stories (as well as post-apocalyptic ones) have been with us forever; as a species, humans are uniquely fascinated with our own annihilation
This story revolves around four successful women in a monthly book club who start reading E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, which inspires them to rekindle their own love lives
Gladys Johnson entered the dance world via a Black Eyed Peas music video in 2009. After appearing in the “Hey Mama” hit, she went on to star in K-Swiss and AT&T commercials and become a backup dancer at the MTV Music Awards. Now, she is empowering Dallas women through her…
Vision seems to be the driving force for The Classics Theatre Project. Joey Folsom, a Dallas actor and director, considers the purpose of a theater company to be to get people in the room where they might find “a moment of humanity and empathy.” And in this highly polarized moment,…
Weddings are hell. They usually take all day, you have to bring a present and you’re forced to eat with strangers you have nothing in common with. Weddings without open bars should be illegal. Unless you’re the couple being married, they are a chore to attend (and even then it’s…
This is what it’s like to be 27 and kind of a mess and totally sleepy and kind of miserable and suffering a headache and not sure who you are or who you should trust
Because one pivotal Get Out close-up displays Gabriel’s astounding emotional range in just three seconds, the actor’s face has become memorialized in GIF-dom
… Here are our picks for the most promising movies due in the Memorial Day-to-Labor Day frame that was responsible for keeping Hollywood solvent, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away
Wednesday Metallica with cellos. That’s all you really need to know about Finnish orchestral rock band Apocalyptica, which is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its debut album, Plays Metallica by Four Cellos. The group (which hopefully you’ve gathered is made up of four cellists) created a new genre with this…
Eric Nadel was aware of mental illness from an early age. His mother volunteered for an organization for emotionally disturbed children, and his family has a history with depression and anxiety. “I became very aware at a really early age that that sort of problem was very prevalent,” says Nadel,…
Here’s what you need to know: This is less Deadpool 2 than Deadpool Squared, a studio and its star (Reynolds is credited as co-writer) committing to hyper-violent self-referential comic-book buffoonery
The lineup for the Oak Cliff Film Festival will rock, literally. Festival officials announced the lineup of feature-length movies, documentaries and short films for the 2018 Oak Cliff Film Festival at the Texas Theatre that runs June 14-17. The list consists of 25 feature-length films, including 10 that will make a…
As the last G.I. Joe is deployed to a child’s bedroom and the hungriest of hippos eat their final meal, the doors of Toys R Us will soon close for good. With the closures imminent, the employees of the DFW toy store locations will be forced to find new jobs…
Underage drinking. Drawing genitalia on a sleeping friend’s face. Getting high and going to work. Being arrested with your best friend. All the trials of youth are on display in the new red-band trailer for Augustine Frizzell’s feature-length directorial debut, Never Goin’ Back. Never Goin’ Back is a comedy about…
Stephen Ketner, a Dallas-based musician, is known for his band Stevie James Trio and for his long political Facebook rants. Here, he shares his experience of eating dinner with Glenn Beck. Glenn Beck is a really nice guy. I can remember sitting up on school nights with my conservative parents…
