Other than the never-ending construction on Elm Street, there is very little not to like about Deep Ellum. This neighborhood of bars, restaurants, music and art has plenty of parking and is by far the most colorful area in Dallas. If you don’t believe me, head to the Deep Ellum…
Urban planning gets a lot of attention. In Dallas, forward thinkers are mapping out ways to tear down highways and build parks in thin air. If these progressive minds have their way, this will be the city of the future, complete with walkable neighborhoods, well-traveled bike trails and sustainable resources…
It’s an archetypal sci-fi story: Science, in its reckless search for knowledge, intrudes on nature. Nature retaliates by kidnapping science’s girlfriend and slaughtering anyone dumb enough to stick around after the first mutilated corpse turns up. Director Jack Arnold’s quintessential tale of unrequited amphibian love, The Creature From The Black…
We know you have unfulfilled fantasies. They’re vivid and personal. And private. No really, please don’t tell us. Daydreams are better when shared, but that’s what the Bondage Expo Dallas is for. Friday through Sunday, enter a safe space where you can unleash your inner kink. There will be sessions…
When I was a very surly teenager of 15, my mother dragged me, kicking and sulking, to a production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Kennedy Center. The underhandedness of the plot and all of the blood (so much blood!) made me…
In a month long celebration of Rahr-B-Q, the brewery is hosting various events including one at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27 that will benefit the Hope Center for Autism. Sonny and Friends provide music and there will be beer and meat. Tickets are $35 and available at hopecenterforautism.org. Sun., April…
In a city filled with creativity and entrepreneurship, self-starting good ideas come along in Dallas nearly everyday. And they’re all on Kickstarter begging (er, I mean crowdsourcing) for money. The Sophistication of the Old-Fashioned is a bit different. To launch the new theater “experience,” this creative group is throwing a…
This spring the Dallas Symphony celebrates the music of Beethoven with concerts featuring the composer’s symphonies as well as some of his more intimate chamber works. A chamber concert featuring the music of Beethoven and Haydn kicks off the festival across the street from the Meyerson at Dallas City Performance…
There are few moments as frustrating in a young teenager’s life than trying to decipher the works of William Shakespeare. They use what appears to be English but in a totally unorthodox order with words that look like they are only used by people who really want to prove that…
The three string players that make up Time for Three met when they were students at Philadelphia’s renowned Curtis Institute for Music. Two violinists and one double bass, they soon discovered that their talents lay beyond just performing classical music (which they do brilliantly). This group’s eclectic, energetic sound bounces…
Whenever a comic like Doug Stanhope comes to town, comedy clubs or hole-in-the-wall bars with pseudo-stages will post warnings intended to scare away the easily offended. That really doesn’t do justice to a comic of Stanhope’s caliber. He’s not out just to offend for the sake of offending. He’s there…
Seminar is a comedy that once appeared on Broadway with Alan Rickman (yawn) as the lead. But get this, Rickman was replaced by Jeff Motherfucking Goldblum (opposite-yawn)!! The guy from Jurassic Park!!! OK, I’ll calm down. Seminar was written by Theresa Rebeck and opens at 8 p.m. Thursday at Theatre…
A man walks into your office with white, chalky powder on his fingers, a nervous twitch and bags under his eyes. Obviously, he’s a school teacher. It’s elementary. Next case, Watson. Um … unless, of course, he’s just some slob who snarfed too many powdered doughnuts with his espresso after…
Last week, my sister invited me to be her date to Beauty & the Beast at the Winspear Opera House. I happily obliged, because I’m a sucker for nostalgia. She’s also a member of the press, so we had killer seats in the center of the orchestra section. We purchased…
One of the best ways to get to know an individual artist is to see a really well curated retrospective of his or her work. Whether its organized thematically or chronologically doesn’t really matter, the benefit is in the bulk. There’s something about seeing a lifetime’s worth of work in…
This weekend promises beautiful spring weather, a plethora of events and on opposite sides of town two day-long art gallery walks. In the Design District, Dallas Art Dealers Association hosts its annual spring bike swarm and gallery walk, during which visitors stop off at numerous participating spaces to see new…
Texas has spawned dozens of low-budget horror and sci-fi films since the 1960s. Unfortunately most of them suck, although not in the ways most normal, well adjusted filmgoers would think. B-movie fans are some of the most forgiving audiences in the world and will gladly let glaring deficiencies in budget…
You may not recognize his face, but if you’ve gone to an opera in Dallas at some point over the last 30 years, you’re likely familiar with the result of his work. Jonathan Pell, The Dallas Opera’s artistic director, has been the company’s resident taste-maker for three decades, making important…
You know what sounds nice? Lounging on a picnic blanket, with a couple of sandwiches from Jimmy’s Food Store and a glass of wine, while watching good guy Humphrey Bogart suck face with Lauren Bacall. Apparently that’s not just me, either, because the good people at Klyde Warren Park just…
On Saturday at the Crow Collection of Asian Art, the monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery ceremoniously marked the beginning of their creation of a mandala. This is part of a national tour they take regularly, introducing average Americans to the Mystical Arts of Tibet. Through Saturday, they will carefully brush…
Just a few weeks after the Dallas International Film Festival packed up its reels and stuffed them into storage, the USA Film Festival has arrived, beginning today at the Angelika Film Center. Although, you may not remember it was happening there are plenty of movie screenings, talk-backs and events for…
I first became aware of Ariel Saldivar at Wigwam, the Oak Cliff holiday pop-up shop most recently hosted at Oil & Cotton. Her Oak Cliff Soap Co. soaps were for sale and I bought three. Fancy soaps are one of those rare treats — like a bag of gummy bears,…
