How Cold Is It? Here’s A Handy Chart, Dallas.

It’s been cold in Dallas lately. Because: winter. And based on the screenshots of the 10-day forecast clogging up the Facebook Newsfeed, you’re all starting to have a collective pants-crap about the fact that it’s not 110°F with a heat index of Shit Steam anymore. I get it. Icemageddon drive-by-boned…

Eight Great Photos from Sunday’s F.O.E. Polar Plunge

In much colder parts of the country cold water dips are stern dares, scheduled on New Year’s Day. Designed to baptize the NYE debauchery out of you, the shiver swims prove that you’re still alive, despite all of this calendar flipping business. In Dallas, the timetable is less pressing. (We…

A Q&A with Raul Sanchez, the Funniest Comic in Texas

Three tours with the Army in Iraq and Afghanistan left Raul Sanchez with post-traumatic stress disorder, crippling anxiety attacks and, at one time, a substance abuse problem. So, naturally he turned to comedy. That might sound odd, but for Sanchez, the San Antonio standup comedian recently named the Funniest Comic…

An Open Letter to James Franco: Do the Double Dick Dude

James, By now, your buddies have forwarded you the Reddit Ask Me Anything where a 24-year-old man with Diphallia — aka two penises — says he wants to give you a facial. Say yes. Let’s get through the superficial reasons first. This magical male unicorn (er, twonicorn?) is anonymous, which…

Philip Glass Is Coming, Dallas. And the Show Looks Amazing.

Consider this your warning: Next month Philip Glass will turn an otherwise ordinary Monday evening into a landmark night of experimental chamber music at the Winspear. This Dallas visit — part of the TITAS concert series — lassos in the living legend’s current project, an ongoing duo-recital with violinist Tim…

Community Returns — and Feels Like Community Again

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15 Awesome Things To Do in Dallas this Weekend, January 2 to 5

Welcome to a new year, Dallas! That means you’ve got a clean slate just waiting to be dirtied. Start strong this weekend with art openings, two visits by George Takei (Oh, myyy!), football ragers, classical music, films, burlesque shows, zine release parties and more. We’ve got it all in this…

Ten Movies to See in 2014

As awards season draws nearer and best-of-the-year lists keep rolling in, there’s only one thing left to do: Get excited about what comes next. Here are 10 films you won’t want to miss in 2014. 1. Adieu au language (Dir. Jean-Luc Godard) Jean-Luc Godard, former master of the French nouvelle…

Most Likely To Seduce

It’s interesting that pin-up darling Bettie Page is more of a fascination to modern women than men. Named class salutatorian and voted most likely to succeed, Page could have been anything she chose: She chose to be the queen of bondage and cheesecake photos. Adding to the lady-centric intrigue, when…

Bowled Over By Booze

Unless you’ve got some seedy back alley connections, getting Cotton Bowl Classic tickets is impossible. If you do have those connections, holler. We love shady deals. The 2014 bowl game sold out in record time, leaving Oklahoma State Cowboys and Missouri Tigers fans equally flummoxed. But hey, you don’t have…

Oh Myyy, Y’all

If you’re unfamiliar with the overlap of the Venn diagram of nerd and gay cultures, then you may be unfamiliar with the fame of George Takei, Mr. Sulu of the original Star Trek series. Takei is enjoying a huge resurgence in popularity in the mode pioneered by other famed elderly…

Leisure Suits Optional

Do you remember all the fun you had in the 1970s? If you do, chances are you didn’t have enough. You didn’t spend enough time rotting your brain with flashy disco music, fashion that could put someone’s eye out and a stockpile of narcotics. Make up for lost time as…

FYI: The Middle Kingdom Isn’t from Tolkien

With the Chinese New Year fast approaching, there’s no time like the present to catch up on a few thousand years of Chinese civilization. Shen Yun gives quite the primer, rolling through classical music and dance representing each region and every dynastic era comprising the Middle Kingdom’s history. See more…

A Night at Almost the Opera

If there’s anything Dallas needs (and all of us, if we’re being honest), it’s more classical music. The performance of Ian Bostridge, a regular guest at Covent Garden, English National Opera and the Bavarian State Opera, marks the debut of the Robert E. and Jean Ann Titus Art Song Recital…