10 Things to Do in Dallas for $10 or Less: April 14-16

Vacation Studio 404 Exposition Blvd. 6 to 10 p.m. Friday Free Married artist couple Marie Boone and Matthew Brinston invite you into the Exposition Park warehouse that serves as both their home and studio this Friday for their first collaborative show, which will showcase 30 to 40 new works between…

Colossal Has a Big Idea, but It Quickly Shrinks

Two seemingly incongruous categories — the small-scale romantic doodle and the rampaging-creature feature — are brought together in Nacho Vigalondo’s Colossal, a film that never really fulfills the potential of its adventurous premise. This monster mash-up argues the opposite of what Humphrey Bogart declared in Casablanca: The problems of two…

5 Art Events for Your Week: April 14-17

Super Fantasy Mercado 2 Southwest Center Mall (formerly Red Bird Mall) 3662 W. Camp Wisdom Road Ongoing through April 30 If you think Southwest Center Mall, now anchorless and populated by the likes of “Body Bang” and “Eargazum/Xperience,” is a solid venue for an art show, gold star for you!…

21 Best Things to Do in Dallas This Week: April 11-17

Tue 4/11 Man, zombies are getting faster and faster every year. Did the undead take a Zumba class and start watching their carbs? Here’s some quick horror film history for the uninformed: The answer lies director Dan O’Bannon’s classic splatterpunk comedy horror action epic The Return of the Living Dead…

John Coltrane Documentary Chasing Trane Is a Flub Supreme

“You can’t describe music with words,” the great Sonny Rollins observes in John Scheinfeld’s survey-course-brisk docu-dip into the art and life of John Coltrane. As if seeking to prove Rollins right, Scheinfeld’s interviewees hold themselves to generalities: “His sound is stunning,” observes appreciator-in-chief Bill Clinton, who adds, unilluminatingly, that it…

Your Guide to Dallas Art Fair Weekend in Dallas

April is always a really good month for the arts in Dallas — so good that Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings decided to ordain it “Dallas Arts Month” — and the Dallas Art Fair from April 6-9 is one of the chief attractions. Against at least a few odds, the fair…

10 Things to Do in Dallas for $10 or Less: April 7-9

Spring Block Walk Tyler Davis Arts District Tyler Street at Davis Street 6 to 10 p.m. Friday Free Ah, spring. In Dallas, spring is generally a four-week period (not always continuous) falling anywhere between Feb. 1 and the end of May, during which the weather isn’t completely offensive in temperature,…