Do This! If you’re obsessed with Zombies —and let’s be honest who isn’t? — the Walker Stalker Con is the place to be this weekend. Hundreds of living dead enthusiasts in one place? Yes, please. It takes place from 10:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday and 10:30 a.m. – 5…
Two movies, same scenario: Moments before a scheduled execution, just as the blade or gas pellet is set to deliver its fatal blow, the hero bursts into the room and carries the victim to safety. Banter is exchanged: “What took you so long?” “Traffic was a bitch.” “What took you…
American DirtArtists’ using found objects, or trash, in their work is old hat, but that’s not what photographer Jeff Ferrell does. Nope, he documents his dumpster dives photographically. This weekend, the Reading Room (3715 Parry Ave.) teams up with Gavin Morrison and Fraser Stables/Atopia Projects to present American Dirt, a…
Let’s give Gods of Egypt this much: An hour in, a giant cobra crashes and explodes like a bad guy’s car in a dumb movie from the ’70s. That snake, one of two in Alex Proyas’ film, is wide as a locomotive and long as a parade. It’s also straddled…
In Zootopia, animals do a lot of the things that animals in Disney movies usually do: They speak, to begin with; they walk upright and wear funny clothes; they exhibit attitudes that align or ironically misalign with their species’ appearance and reputation; they hold jobs; they experience outsize emotion and…
The title of Glenn Ficarra and John Requa’s strained dark comedy, in which the war in Afghanistan serves as the backdrop to an American woman’s self-actualizing journey, is the military phonetic-alphabet rendering of WTF. The mild Islamophobia and highly questionable casting choices in the film call to mind other texting…
Early Monday afternoon, the WWE finally put the questions and rumors to rest when they announced legendary group, The Fabulous Freebirds (consisting of Michael “P.S.” Hayes, Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy, Buddy “Jack” Roberts, and Jimmy Garvin), will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
Super Bowl Sunday morning, I was in a friend’s kitchen with her young daughter and a tin of watercolor pencils. The girl dipped a red one in the water, didn’t wait for a wet brush to trace the strokes after drawing first. Catching a strange word, the daughter asked an…
Saturday Night Live has shaped American culture and the country’s perception of an array of topics and events throughout its 40-year history. And the nation’s politics certainly fits into that idea. Even years after Tina Fey first impersonated Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin with the line, “I can see Russia…
We’ve got an extra day to work with this week, courtesy of some Gregorian-era calendar wrangling, and what better way to celebrate the 2016 Leap Year than by taking on a week full of new ideas and inspirations? Dallas will deliver just that— taking advantage of February 29 to kick…
Before Stephen Costello finished graduate school, he was charming North Texas audiences. Enrolled in Academy of Vocal Arts in his hometown of Philadelphia, the operatic tenor was tapped to fill in for a night as Rodolfo in a Fort Worth opera production of La bohème. “I’d worked with director David…
DALLAS SYMPHONY 2-26-2016 Thursday night at the classical subscription concert of the Dallas Symphony at Meyerson Symphony Center, Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto once again played the role it has fulfilled so well for 130 years. Dramatic musical gestures (e.g., that riproaring introduction), echt-romantic melodies (as in the sweet, not-quite-gooey middle…
We’ve all been there. You finally get around to watching this year’s nominees, and you think, “Didn’t I see pretty much this same Oscar-bait movie last year?” You probably did, thanks to the McKee/Weinstein-driven formula behind most Best Picture noms. You can even build your own! Just mix and match…
What is Shakespeare for a young audience? What should it be? Should it accessorize a high school lit class? Should it be a training tool for emerging actors? Should it be a compelling work of theater? Does it need to be forever produced to preserve and progress the theatrical…
Do This! If you want to give yourself over to absolute pleasure this weekend, you won’t want to miss the Oh, Rocky! Burlesque at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson Blvd. The Texas Burlesque Peepshow pays tribute to the Rocky Horror Picture Show in a classic…
Doris Salcedo:Plegaria Muda Last year, the Nasher Sculpture Center announced Nasher Prize, a $100,000 award for a contemporary sculptor, in the vein of the Pritzker Prize. It signaled the Center’s serious exploration of the future of the art form, but it also threw Dallas onto the international map in a…
Dallas has a solid foundation of fine arts to go along with its brash, honkey-tonk image. Here are some places to feed your head. — Lauren Smart, arts and culture editor Nasher Sculpture Center 2001 Flora St., nashersculpturecenter.org Part world-class sculpture garden, part museum, the Nasher Sculpture Center is one of…
Even in a place like Dallas, where you can’t throw a credit card without hitting a shop or boutique at which to max it out, shopping can get a little boring. Once you’ve established your favorite haunts, it’s easy to get stuck making the same old trip to NorthPark and…
If you’re interested in local yokels, they don’t get more yokel than these two. One’s from Plano and the other, Fort Worth. It’s a classic tale of modern romance where boy and girl meet aboard a Richard Branson space flight. (Not really, they met online, but who cares? SPACE JETS.)…
DR Hanson is a busy man: he’s an actor, director, and most recently a feminist crusader. Hanson has been hired as a director by Bishop Arts Theatre Co., which is producing a One Act Festival of six plays- all written by female playwrights “I am consistently shocked at how few…
If you’ve wondered just why Hollywood now so aggressively courts Chinese viewers, look no further than The Mermaid. In just two weeks of release, Stephen Chow’s fantastical comedy has already brought in $430 million in its home country, making it China’s highest-grossing release ever. (It’s doing well here, too, having…
In the Winter Olympics, ski jumping is one of those sports — bobsledding and luging are others — where Joe and Jane Satellite Dish cannot tell the difference between a great performance and a terrible one unless the athlete is carried away on a stretcher. No doubt there are crucial…
