Venus in Fur is about sexual domination, but not one person over another. Although, there’s a bit of that too. Rather, David Ives’ play is about BDSM of the soul, the masochism of humanity and the perversion of artistry. It’s about the self-flagellation necessary to bring a play to fruition,…
This week, the cool kids know what’s up. They’re swinging their way into some shows and driving to the drama, to let the good times roll in a theater. All around town, the theaters are getting hip and mounting plays worth a good old heel-kicking happy dance. So, if you…
If you’re in a horror movie and you’re the baby-sitter, don’t answer the phone. Don’t hide in the closet. If you find an ouija board, don’t play with it. Never say, “I’ll be right back.” If you’re a woman, don’t take a shower. In fact, keep your clothes on at…
“Check the dictionary,” I scream at my friend, Annie. The zombie is growling just inches from my feet and the clock is ticking down to the end of the hour. Somewhere in the small, locked room there are clues to open the combination lock that secures the zipper of the…
We love you, Scarborough Renaissance Festival. We love your jovial mood, your festive fashion, your adopted vocal patterns, your lack of irony, and your don’t give a horse’s turd attitude. Recently we sent out a photographer to snap you lovely people in all your finery, then I sat around wanting…
“This is the pyrotechnics of dance,” says executive director Charles Santos about the upcoming 20th anniversary of the TITAS’ Command Performance Gala. Now, if that doesn’t spark your interest in dance, I don’t know what else can. Pyro-technics, people…
Dispatches from Beefhaus Gallery at 8:30 p.m. Saturday night are sure to be strange. Randall Garrett converts this artist-run space in Expo Park into a discotheque that houses his solo exhibition, Reach Inside to See the Stars. Part visual art, part performance art, he describes the experience of the space…
Tommy Davidson will be at the Arlington Improv for a special engagement May 1-4, telling jokes, singing, and fingers crossed — doing his spot-on President Barack Obama impersonation…
If you strolled down Main Street Saturday night, you may have seen an elephant plodding in place in the window of a deserted building. No doubt it caused many a double take, or momentary lingering. But a few curious souls, and those of us with a map, ventured inside for…
Every April thousands of north Texas musicians, aficionados, artists and party-lovers from all life’s walks come out of the woodwork and converge on a 20-acre historic park in Denton to enjoy seven stages of music and an arts exhibition space of 17,000 square feet. Thousands more travel from across the…
Look, you’ve been treating earth pretty poorly. You drive an SUV, don’t recycle as much as you should, and let’s not even discuss how much Tupperware you own. Sure, Earth Day was technically Tuesday, but don’t you think you owe your home planet a little bit more love? Lucky for…
There’s a functional way to drag a corpse off a stage and there’s a funny way. The young actors in Fun House Theatre and Film’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead do it the funny way. Every time. Fun House, for theatergoers who haven’t yet discovered its extraordinary shows, is Jeff…
The vampires who walk among us — and they do — are not the Twilight kind, or the True Blood kind, or even the Buffy kind. In the world of Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive, the director’s most emotionally direct film since Dead Man, and maybe his finest, period,…
Since 2002, the year Sam Raimi’s SpiderMan hit theaters, the other SpiderMan, the hero of the actual comic books, has joined the Avengers, revealed his secret identity to the world, and become a highly paid inventor who has engineered, among other marvels, a limitless energy source science has dubbed “Parker…
The sexual politics of Nick Cassavetes’s decidedly un-romantic comedy The Other Woman are intriguingly European and, at their core, kind of groovy. Wronged Connecticut wifey-wife Kate (Leslie Mann) seeks out her husband’s mistress, sexy city-slicker and high-powered lawyer Carly (Cameron Diaz), looking to her for answers: Why is my husband…
Todd Barry wants to make fun of you, and you should let him. Here’s why: He’s moving away from the traditional stand-up routine and exercising his crowd work skills in his most recent tour, the appropriately named “Todd Barry: The Final Crowd Work Tour.” He’s done this before, and he’s…
If you aren’t a fan of all-you-can-eat pancake bars, booze and “underground art” — including live body-painting — then steer clear of The Pancakes & Booze Art Show in Deep Ellum Friday. (Seriously, what is wrong with you?) After launching in Los Angeles in 2009, The Pancakes & Booze Art…
Get your DIY on at the Etsy Dallas Spring Bash. There will be free crafts to make and take, music, a photobooth and some of your favorite online shops in person. The first 50 shoppers will receive free collectible bash bags. More information at handmadebash.com. Sat., April 26, 11 a.m.-6…
Whether you’re stocking up on rainwater in preparation for a climate apocalypse or denying global warming, you’ve got to admit — there’s no place like home. And our (relatively) little sphere of crazy — full of lurking volcanoes, shifting crusts and cell-signal dead zones — is an impressive residence, no…
Growing up in the ’90s, I have a very distinct memory of going to a friend’s house to watch a movie that involved boobies and the tall girl from Saved By the Bell. Earlier that week, he’d brought his dad’s VHS copy of Showgirls to school, letting people touch it…
Photography used to be such an intimidating art form — all darkrooms and pricey lenses and f-stops. Those things are all still an important part of the artistry, but now induction into the photo club is much more accessible than it was even a decade ago. Today, the most famous…
Mixing music, fashion and art often finds all three diluted to appeal to a broader audience. But WAAS Gallery’s Recess sparks a bit of curiosity and the hope that they just might pull it off. One of Dallas’ most creative minds, rapper -topic, is in charge and he brings along…
