2013-14 DFW Theater Critics Forum Awards Include Big Wins for New Work

It’s rare that one of the more difficult categories to choose for the DFW Theater Critics Forum Awards is “Best New Play or Musical.” But with Dallas Theater Center leading the charge and the smaller companies rising to the occasion, this year in Dallas/Fort Worth theater featured numerous new plays…

100 Dallas Creatives: No. 60 Rising Talent Michelle Rawlings

Mixmaster presents “100 Creatives,” in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. Know an artistic mind who deserves a little bit of blog love? Email lauren.smart@dallasobserver.com with the whos and whys. Michelle Rawlings is one of the emerging Dallas-based painters we’ll be able to say “we knew…

The Best Classical Concerts in Dallas this September

There’s a lot of Beethoven in the bloodstream this month. Just in time too. In the wake of summer’s blast-furnace oppression, a whole lot of Beethoven is just the ice bath we need to ready ourselves for another season of classical offerings. We have prodigies, a world-class violinist, some Shostakovich,…

10 Ways to Feel Like a Kid Again in Dallas

The urge to hop in a time machine and head back to our youth is universal. Obviously, science hasn’t resulted in a Back To The Future-style time travel option just yet, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t possible to take a nostalgic trip down memory lane. There are still…

Goss Michael Foundation

For much of its existence, the Goss Michael Foundation has been known as that George Michael art place. But in the past few years, it’s beginning to prove that it can be so much more. With Kenny Goss at the helm, the space has introduced innovative educational and charitable initiatives…

The Tickets Are Cheap

The Jewish Community Center of Dallas’ annual film festival is one of the smaller jewels in the DFW’s cinematic crown. It may not take up as much real estate as the USA Film Festival or the Dallas International Film Festival but it still sparkles when the light shines upon it…

The Tide Is High, We’re Holding On

What’s that saying about tides and ships? As the arts scene in Texas swells, so does the opportunity for cross-city collaboration. Whether it be sending Dallas artists to Austin, or bringing Houston artists here, as is the case with Draped Up & Dripped Out, a two-part exhibition at the Oak…

The Nerdiest Tits in Town

Tifa Tittlywinks, Kiki Maroon, Divertida Devotchka, Vivienne Vermuth, Layna D’Luna, and Lola LeStrange want to show you their naughty bits. Seriously. And, they are doing it all in the name of video games. A dream come true, right? You can thank Viva Dallas Burlesque for it; see, there’s a reason…

Duck, Duck, Joke

The man with the most distinctive voice in comedy defines the concept of a “comic’s comic.” Gilbert Gottfried did more than just spend a lifetime doing comedy and spending a season or two on Saturday Night Live. He stuck to his comedy no matter where his career took him through…