Apparently, There’s More

What the …?! Oh, come on. More? Geez. OK, fine. But only because the Rangers are done, preseason real football isn’t here yet and the Guinness International Champion Cup tournament has the word “Guinness” in its name. That always gets attention. Anyway, it’s AS Roma vs. Real Madrid, which are…

And Life Is an Incontinent Dog

Dallas journalists have it easy. Our First World problems range from a crappy cup of coffee to an unreturned phone call, while halfway across the world, writers like Anna Badkhen write about life in war zones or impoverishment. Badhken has covered wars in Asia, Africa and Europe, chronicling the hardships…

We Honestly Love Hugh

The Boy From Oz might be most well known as the sexy Hugh Jackman musical that overtook Broadway a few years ago. Beyond that it’s just a fun jukebox musical about Australian songwriter and entertainer Peter Allen, former husband to Liza Minnelli, who apparently was the only person on the…

More Than Skin Deep

Well, it’s taken 23 years, but it’s finally here guys. The musical adaptation of the 1991 flick Dogfight is heading to Dallas. Come see the 2013 Lucille Lortel Award-winning production, opening at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Water Tower Theatre (15650 Addison Road). Newly forged Marine, Eddie Birdlace (Zak Reynolds)…

Perverse Things Happening at RE Gallery

Mark Floods loves him. He loves him so much he curated his work into a group show in New York called, Mark Flood Resents. If that’s not reason enough to get yourself to RE Gallery on Saturday for the opening of Alika Herreshoff’s first solo show in Dallas, then I…

Party Under the Influence of Art Thursday Night

Since its official launch in May, the Fashion Art Network has thrown “curated parties.” They tempt partygoers with a fresh vibe, cheap tickets, and booze, then treat them to an evening of design, performance, and visual art – typically featuring artists represented by the part event-planning, part marketing company. On…

Forget the News, Just Follow This Dog on Instagram

Last week, I was walking through the Bishop Arts District with my younger sister, who recently graduated from college and is living with me for the summer. She let out a squeal when she saw a Vespa with a sidecar parked in front of Oddfellows just yards from a big,…

100 Dallas Creatives: No. 79 Behind-the-Scenes Teacher Rachel Hull

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. The kids are our future. Eventually the students of today will be the teachers of tomorrow…

Dallas Filmmaker Jeremy Snead Captures the Video Game Industry on Film

Dallas-based Jeremy Snead has a hot commodity on his hands these days. He’s the director, writer, and producer of Video Games: The Movie, a documentary on the history of video games. With his production company MediaJuice, he successfully raised over $100,000 through a Kickstarter campaign, got Zach Braff to be…

Our Five Favorite Pictures from the Austere Inferno Fashion Show

I’m not sure how you spent your Friday night, but we sent our photographer Scott Mitchell into the nine circles of hell, which apparently look like a fashion show, meets performance art meets a zombie cocktail party. The hybrid art collective and digital publication, Austere Mag’s event featuring the work…

The Dallas Dance Fest Is Back, Bigger than Ever

The Dallas DanceFest is back. After a 10-year hiatus, the festival that began with outdoor performances at the Annette Strauss Square returns with the same premise but a new venue, the Dallas City Performance Hall. Its original debut in 1985 started off small, featuring only three companies: Dallas Black Dance…

100 Dallas Creatives: No. 80 Imaginative Director Jeremy Bartel

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. As a kid Jeremy Bartel’s mother made him and his two brothers dress alike. He never…

10 Best Galleries to Start Looking at Art in Dallas

Last year, Jerry Saltz bemoaned the death of the New York City gallery show. He was pointing to the emergence of an online art market that no longer required collectors to be present at opening night receptions. It deflated the communal conversations at such events, leaving him with fewer people…

15 Awesome Things to Do this Weekend, July 17- 20

This week just won’t end. It’s been one fire after another that needed putting out. But we’re finally rounding the corner to see the glorious week’s end off in the distance. It didn’t come quickly enough but now that it’s arriving, the Monday doldrums begin to slip away. Now, it’s…