We Don’t Need No Thought Control

Pink Floyd: gods of the concept album, the conceptual rock tour and, arguably, the conceptual music video. Thanks to the Internet you can now watch Pink Floyd’s The Wall anytime you want, but thanks to Alamo Drafthouse, at 8 p.m. Tuesday you can see the full-length film exactly the way…

Every Side Needs a Label

The term “outsider artist,” comes with some interesting connotations. Refer to yourself as an outsider in the wrong context and you’ll be sure to hear the sound of monocles shattering and frightful gasps. Luckily, most outsider artists are too busy looking for cans to care. But in Dylan Hunt’s case,…

Is That Even a Real Word?

“Caligrafitizm.” That’s the first word you see when you look up graffiti artist Soner’s website. What does it mean? Well, it’s an amalgamation of his largest influences: calligraphy, typography, graffiti and graphic design, and it truly describes his work. His large-scale murals are fantastical explorations of the interplay between text…

The Ugly Duckling Grows Up

For Ricardo Paniagua, the canvas is sculpture and his sculpture is a canvas. He uses vivid colors to reconfigure recognizable shapes, suggesting interests in geometry and psychedelia, and to talk to Paniagua is to talk to someone inspired. His self-taught artistry and varied creative outputs are what he considers “assignments”…

Peer into Museum Vaults

For Mind’s Eye: Masterworks on Paper from David to Cezanne, co-curators Olivier Meslay and William B. Jordan delved into the Dallas Museum of Art’s holdings and private collections to piece together a stunning exhibition of drawings from some of the 19th and 20th century’s most important artists. The works range…

100 Dallas Creatives: No. 85 Party Planning Print Maker Raymond Butler

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. I’m standing inside a stairwell thumbing through my phone contacts when I hear a slight creak…

Alamo Drafthouse Announces Plans for Downtown Dallas Movie Theater

When Dallas/Fort Worth finally got an Alamo Drafthouse theater to call its own, every ravenous movie buff in the Metroplex knew it couldn’t match their unquenchable appetite for cult films, first runs and obscure favorites. So rather than risk having the Richardson theater eaten up by their fans (because as…

A Handy Guide to the Festival of Independent Theatres

Tucked into a sleepy neighborhood on the edge of White Rock Lake, the Bath House Cultural Center is one of those venues only locals know. It’s part theater, party art gallery and the terrace overlooks the lake with a view of downtown Dallas in the distance. When the Texas sun…

10 Best Staycations in Dallas

Living in Dallas in the summertime is honestly kind of a mixed bag. On one hand, it’s going to be hotter than hell and utterly miserable until at least September. On the other, there are plenty of things to do that make it feel like you’re actually on vacation without…

12 Awesome Things to Do This Weekend, July 3 – 6

Friday is Independence Day. If you’re visiting this blog and expecting me to tell you to do anything other than watch fireworks on Friday night, you’ve lost your red, white, and blue marbles. Go stuff your face with apple pie and chug 10 patriotic Budweiser beers. In fact, the Dallas…

Best Theater to See in Dallas in July

It can seem a bit quiet around this city during the summer, because in case you just moved here, it’s about to get really freaking hot. Sure, these summer storms have kept the temperatures in the refreshingly high 80’s, but beware the “searing pain” our weather blogger predicts in regard…