Author. Comedian. Television host. Admitted hussy. Chelsea Handler has announced a Dallas visit on her new tour, and tickets go on sale Friday, January 17. The 31-date stand-up excursion will promote her fifth book, Uganda Be Kidding Me, an essay collection with a March 2014 release date. Handler’s North Texas…
Dallas, this Saturday night we experience an embarrassment of riches as nearly every gallery in town opens a new, post-holiday show. From Expo Park to Uptown and throughout the Design District, there are exhibitions that deserve your attention, and you should visit them during their runs. Some, like the MAC,…
Last week my friends saw a touring violinist slurping soup in a noodle house. How did they know he was a violinist? He had the Stradivarius with him, at the table. Keeping a rare violin close is standard practice for top tier musicians who often play instruments on loan from…
Each year we at the Dallas Observer like to get a little rowdy. We reach deep into Dallas culture and pull out the trend makers, the game changers and the party starters. We find the most interesting names in fashion, dance, art and music. Then we take over a venue,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
George Takei just wrapped up a very busy year. He released a cologne called Eau My just in time for the holiday shopping season, then in April he released a book recounting his meteoric rise to popularity on the Web titled, Oh Myyy! There Goes The Internet, he launched a…
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Editor’s note: The author is British, so this thing is, like, authentic. And you might be saying “Hey, didn’t you run an almost identical drinking game last season?” Actually, yes! We considered writing a new one, then remembered how enraged we were by the Season Three finale and just posted…
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…
Found footage films are an interesting art form. We don’t mean those shaky movies where the director forgot to pack a tripod. We mean movies that were actually found in garage sales, Blockbuster liquidation sales or some dusty thrift store that still has a VHS section. Thanks to the efforts…
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…
Rosemary’s Baby notwithstanding, it’s usually only white suburban people who fall prey to movie ghosts and demons — they’re always the ones opening doors to rooms that shouldn’t be entered, stepping witlessly into pentagrams painted on the floor in goat’s blood, and wondering aloud, “You think this is some sort…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
