The great sins of the 20th century are already too many to list, but let us note one more: the abduction of infants from mothers deemed unworthy or undesirable by governments and religious institutions. Thousands of children were kidnapped from leftist parents during Argentina’s and Spain’s respective dictatorships, while children…
For all its nasty twists, the biggest shock in Spike Lee’s remake of Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy (opening November 27) hits in the movie’s first minutes — during the credits. “A Spike Lee Film,” a title card reads, a first for any of Lee’s features. Jungle Fever, He Got Game, Inside…
Sweet as a bushel of sugar cookies, light as a snowflake, ‘Twas the Night before Christmas is safe family fare on the big stage at Dallas Children’s Theater. The play-with-music pretends to tell the back story of how 19th century American journalist Clement C. Moore came up with that poem,…
Dead White Zombies’ latest, Bull Game, written and directed by Thomas Riccio, promises more than it delivers. Maybe that’s the point. Maybe not. Staged in a drafty warehouse in the new Trinity Groves hipsterhood west of the Trinity River, the show is an overstretched metaphor about the American obsession with…
It’s not unusual to put on extra pounds between the end of October and the start of January. Most people wait until the new year to do something about it, starting gym memberships or loading up on fiber supplements in well-intentioned attempts at resolutions. Why not try a new tactic…
You just got home for Thanksgiving. Your parents embrace you with hugs. Your dog slobbers all over your face. The warm receptions and the awaiting feast erase all the stress from work — until you see that in-law who will not shut up or the nephew who cannot stop asking…
Sure, you live on soup and rice for the other 364 days of the year, but Thursday is Thanksgiving. That means gluttony of vast proportions, hopefully prepared by someone other than you. So splurge, do it right. Feast until you collapse, drooling on a horn of plenty. This is freaking…
Black Friday is going to be exhausting whether you embrace it or run from it. You might spend the whole day ransacking stores for deals, you might try to hit up just one and become trapped for hours in the Walking Dead-esque frenzy, or you can try to avoid it…
Veteran performers are a rarity in striptease. Burlesque too, for that matter, though proponents of burlesque say that it’s less about conventional beauty and sexuality and more about entertainment and provocation. In either case it’s unusual to see someone old enough to be a grandmother take the stage, but that’s…
We’re digging on this comedy series Behind the Screen, organized by local chuckles harvester Elizabeth Howard. It brings you back — or, rather, forward — through Texas Theatre, and plops you down in a makeshift comedy club set in a part of the building you rarely experience. The things are…
Cronenberg apostles, listen up. The Angelika loves and understands your obsession with exploding heads and all things ConSec, because it’s showing Scanners at 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Weird, dark and riddled with telepathy, this one’s got it all. Governmental ill deeds? Check. Subversive counterculture messages and gruesome theories…
Whether delivering a treehouse harangue as dictator-for-life of G.R.O.S.S. or getting sneak-pounced by his tiger sidekick, Calvin was our kid id. Operating on a combination of misunderstood genius and prankster mischief, he and Hobbes conquered the world, time travel, art, dumb girls and physics, one perfectly drawn frame at a…
When the phrase “national treasure” gets tossed around, it’s usually questionable or an outright joke. For example, “Ted Cruz is a national treasure” is questionable. “Taylor Swift is a national treasure” is clearly a joke. The statement “Tom Hanks is a national treasure” is neither of those things. Tom Hanks…
Tone Bell is from Atlanta, but he started his standup in Dallas, so show him some of that B_G love. Tone was on the now-canceled Whitney, a show in which the parts were greater than the whole. (Individually funny, but put them all together and it was like a one-way…
Comedy may look like it’s all fun and games but it’s actually a very competitive affair. Comics are constantly competing for stage time and the love and affection of a crowd who can’t come up with those nuggets of humor on their own. The competition really heats up toward the…
When you first hear Rick Steves on the radio, your natural immediate response is “Jeez, what a nerd.” Maybe it’s the nasal voice or his intense hatred of Naples, but there’s something a bit off-putting about the whole thing. But here’s the deal: When you travel, you need to bring…
They say every writer has a screenplay tucked away in a bottom desk drawer. In the case of Brooke Wyeth, that publication is a memoir, set to revive a long-buried family secret. So, you know, this holiday at the Wyeth house is shaping up to be one helluva par-tay. That’s…
Earlier this month, Unfair Park’s Eric Nicholson broke news that internet celebrity, Teddy Bear the talking porcupine is a Dallasite. We’re only human, so after learning distance wasn’t a barrier we sent Ted a formal invitation to visit our home office. We etched the address into a sweet potato, couriered…
Enough with the feelgood shows of the season. Bring on the feel-bad entertainment! If you’re feelin’ Scrooge-y and would rather throttle Tiny Tim than sit through another Christmas Carol, here are five alternatives amid the blizzard of holiday fare. Race, Kitchen Dog Theater, through December 14. David Mamet’s tight little…
During any discussion of Kennedy’s final day, Dallas’ infamous geography eclipses our sister city’s. A new commission by the Fort Worth Opera will address those lesser-seen moments, focused on bonds and experiences the president held dear during the 15 hours prior the assassination. It will be based mostly in Fort…
Beekeepers in More Than Honey.This year saw its share of incredible documentaries, but in 2013 the stand-outs are films that help flesh out the way we see the world. Below are fifteen docs we suggest seeing, from the grisly to uplifting. Click on the name of the film to read…
“Pineapple do” Usually for our #Dallas Instagram weekly recap we feature events, places, food, fashion, even pets. But this week, while actively scrolling through your photos we noticed a trend: dudes with highly stylized hair. So we’re giving you a special, more follicle-based edition of #Dallas Instagrams…
