Best Things to Do in Dallas New Year’s Weekend

Fri 12/29Let’s see: It’s not in the Cotton Bowl anymore, but at the Cowboys’ stadium in Arlington; the Southwest Conference is long dead; the game is not a semifinal in the bowl championship series this year; and it’s not even played New Year’s Day. “Classic” must be one of those…

The 12 Best Films of 2017

First, these are my favorite movies of the year, not a claim to rank the definitive best, so don’t write to tell me that your favorite should have made it

The Top 10 TV series of 2017

I won’t waste your time attempting to sum up the totality of this year’s output, because I can’t, and any critic who claims to have seen enough of the more than 500 scripted series that aired in 2017 to do so is lying

21 Things to Do in Dallas This Week

Thu 12/28 We all have friends who say they’re going to write a book someday. But former Observer staffer Paul Kix really meant it. Kix, who’s now deputy editor at ESPN The Magazine and has contributed to The New Yorker, recently published his first book through HarperCollins. The Saboteur is…

Cheap and Free Events in Dallas This Week

The Saboteur Reading The Wild Detectives 314 W. 8th St. 7:30 p.m. Thursday Free We all have friends who say they’re going to write a book someday. But former Observer staffer Paul Kix really meant it. Kix, who’s now deputy editor at ESPN The Magazine and has contributed to The…

Dallas’ 10 Most Fascinating People 2017

It takes all kinds, and if we’ve learned anything this year, it’s that Dallas has them. The Observer published a lot of profiles in 2017, and in them you’ll meet everyone from mermaids to sheriffs to movie producers. Here are 10 of the most interesting people we talked to. The Cowboys…

Best Things to Do in Dallas This Weekend

Fri 12/22If you want a traditional Christmas music experience, you can sing some carols with your family, Mom on piano and Dad on eggnog-spiking duty. Or go to church and try to stay awake during verse four of “Joy to the World.” But if orchestral prog-rock majesty with about a…

21 Things to Do in Dallas This Week

Thu 12/212018 is the year it’s going to happen. You’re going to sign up for that cheap gym membership in January and actually go. We can feel it. Confidence! Get a jump on prepping yourself for the new, fitter you with the nighttime Jingle Bell Run. A Dallas tradition for…