Cheap and Free Events in Dallas This Week

Chi Omega Christmas Market Fair Parks’ Centennial Hall 1001 Washington St. Thursday-Saturday $12-$15 You finally threw away the pumpkin on your porch, and you’ve only begun to dread the point during Thanksgiving dinner when someone makes you say what you’re thankful for. But it’s halfway through November, and Christmas is…

Trinity River Distillery to Award $1,000 in Whiskey for Mural Contest

The Trinity River Distillery is about to host a rather spirited art contest. The downtown Fort Worth distillery is calling upon local artists to submit their work for a chance to become the distillery’s official muralist. While creativity is encouraged, each contestant must create and submit a design that will…

Best Things to Do in Dallas This Weekend

FridayAlthough they live on opposite sides of the globe, Kurt Vile, a lanky, mumbling Philadelphian, and Courtney Barnett, a reserved Australian rocker, make a perfect musical match. On their debut collaborative album, Lotta Sea Lice, their jangly guitar chords intertwine and their call-and-response vocals effortlessly weave together. It’s one of…

Denton Urban Legend Put to the Test on Buzzfeed Web Series

A web series with more than 200 million viewers has turned its attention to Denton. Buzzfeed Unsolved explores true crime and supernatural stories, and the most recent episode of the show centers on the Old Alton Bridge, better known to locals as “The Goatman’s Bridge.” The Old Alton Bridge made our 2015…

Local Artists Come Together to Depict Immigrant Stories

The latest project of Kavita Khandekar, the deputy director of the nonprofit Human Rights Initiative of North Texas, began as a fever dream. She and her coworkers at the small agency wanted to host a large-scale fundraiser, but they didn’t want to do a big gala or luncheon like other…

Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying Never Snaps to Attention

Despite the many troubling trends in our media culture, the movies’ response to the Iraq War has been (gasp) surprisingly admirable. Since the mid-2000s, a steady stream of films have artfully addressed war’s aftermath and the homefront — from Stop-Loss and In the Valley of Elah, to Grace is Gone…

21 Things to Do in Dallas This Week

ThursdayComedians must hear this all the time: “I’ll bet you’re really glad Donald Trump is president right now. The jokes must write themselves!” Comedian Chris Rock knows enough about telling the truth as he sees it and making people laugh that he could mine material from the world even if…