What if a mural had the power to affect change? That’s the concept behind the international Not A Crime mural project, which is spreading awareness about the plight of people of the Baha’i faith in Iran through public art. This minority of the population is jailed, tortured and killed for…
The only fantasies Fifty Shades Freed convincingly fulfills are those of boutique publishers who would like to believe that a debut novel can acquire 250,000 preorders and that a local glossy can employ upwards of 50 full-time staffers, both of which occur in this film
Citizen Rose is strongest at the start, when it juxtaposes McGowan’s present-day anguish with the media coverage of her as a young starlet in the late 1990s and early 2000s
The Ritual finds a quartet of British lads/drips hiking through the deserted woods of northern Sweden, a labyrinth of ancient trees with trunks that stretch up forever
Money doesn’t buy happiness, but it does buy you 50 Valentine’s dates, which might be the same thing. John Dixon III, self-professed millionaire and founder of Dallas-based Business Society, wanted to do something nice for women, so he posted a Facebook status inviting 20 women to a nice date for…
Fri 2/9 Echo Theatre will create an old supper club setting just in time for Valentine date night with Her Song, a music and dance revue at the Bath House Cultural Center, which overlooks WhiteRock Lake at 521 E. Lawther Drive. Shows start at 8 p.m. Friday and continue through…
Pocket Sandwich Theatre doesn’t take itself seriously. And that’s why, of all the theaters in Dallas, it’s the one you’re most likely to appreciate even if you don’t like the theater. This Dallas institution has called the corner of Mockingbird and Central Plaza home since 1980. On Thursday nights, when Pocket…
The Free Play Arcade franchise continues to grow this year. It has plans for two new locations: one in downtown Denton, the other a new arcade concept in Oak Cliff. The retro video game arcade chain has announced that its third arcade and first growler bar will open in spring…
Thu 2/8Here we have two of the best rappers in the world, two rappers who grew up together, two rappers who sit stylistically at different poles. There’s the stark, heady and cold philosophizing of Vince Staples set against Tyler, the Creator’s warm, technicolor revelry. Staples’ tracks balance hardline street values…
Tue 2/6 Daniel H. Pink has all the answers. Need to understand what drives you? He wrote a book about that. Want to harness your creativity and potential for professional success and personal fulfillment? He wrote a book about that, too. Questioning whether the time is right for you to…
Performing requires confidence and focus. And performing improvisational comedy requires extra of both because the players make up the dialogue, movements and settings on the spot based on their fellow players’ reactions. It’s basically an ordinary social interaction, but onstage. A simple conversation with a complete stranger or a close…
Dallas’ comedy community is rallying around comedian Larry Campbell, whose family lost everything in a four-alarm apartment building fire on Jan. 25. “I’m just really overwhelmed by everyone’s kindness and support,” Campbell tells the Observer over Facebook Messenger. “I knew I wasn’t a scumbag, but I had no idea that many comics…
During a first reading of proposed ordinance amendments last week, the Arlington City Council voted unanimously to ban vehicles from being parked on Arlington streets for longer than 24 hours. If the amendments pass, all people, including Arlington residents, parked in a street or alley longer than that could get…
… While the film does insist on its own irreverence a bit too much at the outset — it opens with a group of birds inspirationally singing, “You’re only as small as your dreams,” before they get abruptly knocked out of the sky — it offers plenty of lively fun once it settles down …
Cupid’s day is nearing quickly. Its challenge is finding something to do that’s not totally cliché. Candlelit dinners? Been there. Rose petals? Already sprinkled ’em. We’ve rounded up eight Valentine’s Day activities for you to enjoy morning, noon and night. These are fun whether your Facebook status is single, in…
Weddings can be stressful, money-sucking pains in the ass, but Deep Ellum’s BrainDead Brewing has a solution. If you and your future spouse are willing to go without some of the usual luxuries associated with weddings, you can get legally married at the Main Street brewpub between noon and 10…
Even compared to the grandeur and rapture that normally accompanies well-executed symphonies inside the Meyerson Symphony Center, Friday night felt exceptional. The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s program was divided into two portions — one a contemporary work, Philip Glass’ Double Concerto for Two Pianos, and the other a towering classic, Anton…
God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. God forgives man and gives us Jeff Goldblum. Man creates dinosaurs for a movie starring Jeff Goldblum. Jeff Goldblum appears at the Fan Expo in April. The star of such classic films as Jurassic Park, The Fly, Independence…
A Dallas couple is showing its love for Deep Ellum through their free artwork. Painter and Lash Loft owner Preston Pannek and his girlfriend Adrienne Casey have started the 10 Mural Project through their company, House of Pannek. “We are starting off by donating 10 free murals to Deep Ellum…
Ash Studios went to court in December to contest a citation issued to proprietor Fred Villanueva in March 2017 for allowing Upstart Productions to host a stage play on the premises of his live-work complex in Fair Park. The fire marshal fined Villanueva $700 for not having a certificate of…
Fri 2/2Oh, God, I need this show: Uptown Players’ staging of A Chorus Line at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St. Marvin Hamlisch wrote the music for lyrics by Edward Kleban. Direction and choreography are by Jeremy Dumont, whose…
I’m Time’s Up-invigorated and ready to BURN IT ALL DOWN, so please take all my recommendations with a grain of salt, because if it stars a white man, I’d like to see it in the garbage can
