For many, the holidays are a time of great anticipation and excitement. Much-needed breaks from work are coming, holiday music has been playing for months (but now we can all finally enjoy it) and a joyful buzz is in the air. The holidays can also mean traveling back to our…
Thu 11/30There’s karaoke night and then there’s Broadway Karaoke Night. At karaoke night, you toss back drinks in a dark hole-in-the-wall until you summon the courage to belt out Lisa Loeb’s greatest hit and then slink back to your seat like nothing happened, which is probably for the best. At…
… The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel tracks its title hero’s journey from bright-eyed newlywed to disillusioned standup comedian making her way through the coffee houses and nightclubs of New York City circa 1958, propriety be damned
The Christmas shopping season is officially underway, and if you’ve visited a shopping mall or a megastore recently, you already know that it’s a tough battle. You have the bruises and black eye — from fighting over the newest Nintendo Switch — to prove it. Geeks are some of the…
Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper waver between being a likely and an unlikely pair. One is a grey-haired gay man who is famous for his late-night TV show, on which he interviews celebrities about their personal lives. The other is a white-haired gay man famous for being an anchor on…
A Facebook post by former Housewife Tiffany Hendra made its way around the internet Monday. In the post, Hendra warns women against going on the show. She also calls out Housewives executive producer Andy Cohen for pitting women against one another and profiting from it. Hendra appeared on The Real…
Two Hollywood legends will grace the stage of the Winspear Opera House next year. The AT&T Performing Arts Center announced yesterday afternoon that actor and movie star Rob Lowe and film and comedy icon Bill Murray are on the lineup for its next season of #HearHere lectures, along with Neil…
When same-sex marriage became legal in Finland this past March, the government celebrated by releasing an official emjoi — a leather-clad man with a drooping mustache and a police-style cap emblazoned with the word “Tom.” No explanation was necessary, for “Tom” was clearly a nod to Tom of Finland —…
Broadway Karaoke Night Vetted Well 1005 S. Lamar St. 8:30 p.m. Thursday Free There’s karaoke night and then there’s Broadway Karaoke Night. At karaoke night, you toss back drinks in a dark hole-in-the-wall until you summon the courage to belt out Lisa Loeb’s greatest hit and then slink back to…
Welcome to Night Vale: All Hail with special guest Mal Blum: Wednesday, Nov. 29, Majestic Theatre, $25-$30, c3reserved.frontgatetickets.com. We’re living in the golden age of podcasts. Nearly everyone, from top-notch celebrities to your seldom-seen neighbor, hosts a podcast of some sort. It’s become big business and a serious media format…
The garland is hung, the hot cocoa is poured and the tree is trimmed. Let’s not forget the main attraction: the sparkly glow of Christmas lights. Dallas does the holiday season up in a big way, and we’ve gathered 10 of the best holiday light displays in the area. Dallas…
Friday In his six-decade career as an actor, the late Harry Dean Stanton played memorable roles in numerous classic films such as Cool Hand Luke, The Godfather Part II, Alien, Repo Man and Pretty in Pink. This weekend, Texas Theatre hosts a Harry Dean Stanton Series as a tribute to…
Holiday theater productions are a great way to entertain out-of-town guests. If you’re looking for something more than the traditional holiday productions, there are great offerings that venture outside the box. Here’s a roundup of holiday theater in the Dallas area that promises unique, family friendly fun. Irving Berlin’s White…
When Dee Mitchell approached Ludwig Schwarz about doing a retrospective of Schwarz’s drawings, he told Mitchell he hadn’t drawn in years and wasn’t planning to return to it anytime soon. Not to be deterred, the two came up with something else, maybe something better, for the new The Box Company space…
Although it goes beyond a mere stylistic device, the supernatural here often feels like a function of Thelma’s loneliness and inner turmoil
While Sam Moon Group is best known for its handbag and accessory empire, it has now taken on a new venture in the hotel and hospitality industry. The 15-story Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West Hotel, which opened in July, brings a mix of Asian art and culture to North…
Alpert checks in again and again with the same three families over 45 years of visits to the island, with sometimes heartbreaking results
Nalluri’s emphasis is on amateur theatrical performances, magic-lantern projections and comically competitive authors.
The Dallas World Aquarium is gaining international interest, this time for good. As part of its documentary series, Earth From Space, BBC is documenting the DWA’s project in which a team of veterinarians, biologists and conservationists have rescued and released five rehabilitated Amazonian manatees back into their natural environment near Iquitos, Peru…
Thursday Look, you don’t need to do the 50th Annual Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot out of some sort of pre-emptive guilt about taking down a massive Thanksgiving feast. We get one day a year when gluttony is socially acceptable, and we should embrace it. Instead, you should do the Turkey…
It’s official. Starbucks unleashed its holiday cups at the start of this month. That means it’s time to start holiday shopping. With Small Business Saturday coming up after Thanksgiving, we’ve gathered a list of local companies and their best-selling products. Shopping local often makes that special someone’s special gift a…
When Dusty Parrish, an Allen-based photographer and educator, stumbled across a Kodak box camera from the 1930s while browsing in an antique store in McKinney, he had no idea how significant the camera in his hand would be in his life, nor did he know how important the purchase would…
