Dallas Opera Focuses on Star Power for ‘Swept Away’-Themed 62nd Season

Prepare to be “swept away” by the Dallas Opera’s new season. That’s the theme the opera is rolling with for its 2018-19 season, which will be “filled with captivating stories and unsurpassed music performed by some of the world’s greatest opera stars,” says Kern Wildenthal, interim general director and CEO. Last week,…

21 Things to Do in Dallas This Week

Thu 2/1 Tennis has a knack for making the old new again. When the husband and wife duo of Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore burst onto the music scene in 2011, they instantly became the darlings of the blogosphere and college radio with their dreamy indie-pop tunes and retro aesthetics…

Cheap and Free Events in Dallas This Week

Tue 1/30 The Upstander Speaker Series puts a spotlight on those who support when others go low, go wrong and choose brutality. The series focuses on human trafficking in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with a panel discussion at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Unity of Dallas, 6526 Forest Lane. Panelists include…

The Waze Carpool App Works Great — If You Can Get a Ride

The free Waze mobile app acquired by Google in 2013 helped bridge the divide between expensive GPS driving devices and web-based map applications. It delivers a pretty accurate driving app that gives great directions, shows high-traffic areas and lets users customize the look and sound. Waze even hired Liam Neeson…

Best Things to Do in Dallas This Weekend

Fri 1/26Book collectors, good luck in finding author-signed copies, best-sellers, and coffee-table books on art and travel at the sale this weekend at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young St. Friends of the Dallas Public Library will get first pick of thousands of books, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and…

Is Dallas Getting a Robocop Sequel?

The first RoboCop became a bona fide and unexpected hit in 1986. Naturally, Orion Pictures wanted to make a sequel to the Paul Verhoven-directed sci-fi action film, which starred Peter Weller as a robot-human hybrid and was filmed almost entirely in Dallas. The studio commissioned the film’s screenwriters, Ed Neumeier and…

Events Encouraging Sleep Deprivation Are a Dangerous New Trend

Insufficient sleep is a common problem, but a disturbing new event trend is turning it into a form of recreation. At everything from charity gaming marathons to improv shows, Dallas performers and ticket-holders are asked to forego sleep for the sake of amusement. Dallas Comedy House had its second annual…

21 Things to Do in Dallas This Week

Thu 1/25The meaning of the word “truth” used to be widely understood, but in the last two years, fake news, alternative facts and the like have forced us all to give the concept more thought. The well-timed film and video exhibit Truth: 24 frames per second at the The Dallas…