FenCon is not a pedestrian science fiction and fantasy convention. FenCon is a bastion for fans of literary science fiction, with a heavy emphasis on science, literature and music, and this weekend is its 10th iteration, at Crowne Plaza Hotel, 14315 Midway Road in Addison. Since it’s a member of…
Watch the three shorts playing Saturday during a silent movie marathon at the Garland’s Plaza Theatre, and you’ll understand why we still revere Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Laurel and Hardy. There won’t be any CG or loud explosions, just four masters of physical, expressive comedy doing their business to…
As the weather seems to be turning less and less hostile (all those joggers we sacrificed over the summer are finally paying off), the urge to actually leave the house is stronger than it’s been in months. That’s just in time for Fall for the Arts, in Klyde Warren Park…
Dane Cook is coming to town, and I know what you’re thinking: “Ew, sick.” “That hack?” “He’s a fart bag.” First of all, we’re kind of all fart bags, aren’t we? And secondly, in order to truly loathe something you should at least be familiar with that thing, right? So…
PhotoVelo is a super rad bicycle scavenger hunt in which the list is the opposite of lame. They’re not looking for a gnawed pencil or a used Kabbalah string. They’re looking for amazing things like a team member dressed in a quinceañera gown … for serious. (Also, that was a…
Life is stress. Either you learn to manage it or it manifests into an intestinal gremlin hellbent on exacting revenge. Or at least that’s the kicker plotpoint of Bad Milo!, a dark comedy starring Ken Marino (Party Down, The State, Wet Hot American Summer) that screens at the Texas Theatre…
You screamed with the Green Ranger when he shouted “Dragonzoid!” You laughed when Napoleon danced to Jamiroquai’s “Canned Heat” at the class president election. You fell in love with Batman when you first saw Neal Adams’ design. This weekend, beginning at 2 p.m. Friday, you will have the chance to…
Dallas Pride may be over, but that’s no reason to let the pride stop. Dallas Southern Pride, the city’s biggest black gay pride event, is this weekend, and the theme is “Candy Land: Where Everything is Sweeter and Sexier.” Organizers are expecting 10,000 people to show, and the perfect way…
You’ve always wanted to be a patron of the arts, but somehow you just haven’t found the time in your busy schedule. And humanitarian work; you’ll be all over that — one of these days. It looks like Monday’s your lucky day, because just about the entire Dallas arts community…
Everyone knows that The Godfather Part III sucked. Seriously, Coppola should have left well enough alone, because the first two films are among the greatest movies ever made. But when it comes to which was better, The Godfather or its sequel/prequel (creatively titled The Godfather Part II), well, everyone has…
The cultural zeitgeist in this country is one of total unease — it shows in the horror movies that churn out endlessly, in the waffling political landscape and in the comments section of stories about Trayvon Martin or Obamacare or other hot-button issues. Bruce Norris’ Pulitzer-winning play Clybourne Park stares…
Perched in an upstairs hideaway within Texas Theatre (231 W. Jefferson Blvd.) is Dallas’ newest small gallery, The Safe Room. It’s brought intimate works by local and formerly local talents since materializing magically earlier this year. Its latest offering is the peculiarly crafted Nothing Fits! Told in two stories, united…
On Sunday the Dallas Museum of Art (1717 North Harwood St.) premieres Give More Than You Can Take, the first survey exhibition of American installation artist Jim Hodges. The New York-based Hodges has been working since 1987, and Give More Than You Can Take features 80 pieces from throughout his…
Whether you missed last May’s Dallas Comic Con or it’s simply been too long since you’ve cosplayed, this weekend’s Comic Con Fan Days has you covered. It’s not just mid-year filler fandom either. Some of pop culture’s biggest names in movies, television and comic books are Texas-bound this weekend, and…
A great gift shop is a place where art and consumerism meet. Until you enter its doors, you never really appreciated the beauty of taxidermy, or you never you desired — or in fact needed — a mannequin dressed as an Aztec warrior. Well, maybe you don’t need one, but…
Dallas’ murals are as disjointed as the architecture they’re painted on. The high-end commissioned works, like the walls Shepard Fairey and Faile did for the Dallas Contemporary, are balanced by spaces where local artists were allowed to get handsy. What we don’t have much of — well, never for long…
Too often, classical music concerts in Dallas — maybe “art music” or “concert music” are better terms — are limited to performances of music from centuries past. Plenty of living, breathing contemporary composers around the world continue to create beautiful, evocative art music. This October, however, in addition to some…
Kiki Smith headlined the Nasher’s Speaker Series last January and the thing sold out, fast. Now more of North Texas gets to glean off Smith: the Irish Catholic talent just moved into the IAA artist-in-residency at the University of North Texas where she’ll work during 2013-2014 academic year. Students will…
Sunday, along with more than six million Americans, I watched the end of Walter White. I didn’t think I could handle alone the emotional toll of saying goodbye to Breaking Bad, so I decided to head to the Granada Theater to scream cheer with a crowd at three huge screens…
Can you truly separate an artist from his art? Arguments from either side of the question grow inflamed in the case of Orson Scott Card. The author of the much-loved Ender’s Game has done everything possible to submarine the film adaptation’s upcoming box office release — which is a nice…
Sex shops are like snowflakes — assuming snowflakes wanted to get you laid, like real bad. They each have their own feels and specialties. You shouldn’t drive out of your way for bachelorette party accessories just to find only hand-blown glass anal plugs. Or vice versa. Some shops cater more…
Guys, admit it. Part of you thought it was kind of hot when Bugs Bunny dressed up like a woman to trick dumb ol’ Elmer Fudd. Perhaps it’s because you subconsciously felt bad for Mr. Fudd since he’s clearly lonely and in need of companionship thanks to years of inadequacy…
