You have to love the Texas Theatre. One week they give you obscure 35-mm films and the next it’s comedian Pete Holmes, live. Who is this Pete character, you ask? Sit tight, little Holmes-ies, I’m gonna tell you all about him. First and foremost — and probably something he’d prefer…
The Dumpster pool is perhaps the most brilliant of brilliant summer ingenuities. Co-opting a fire hydrant for a little cool-down action has moxie, you understand, but only until a truckload of pissed-off firemen arrive. But a pool that bypasses all manner of construction equipment to bring you a deep, shimmering…
After years of waiting, the time has finally come: It’s opening weekend of the new Alamo Drafthouse! Metroplex cinephiles can finally sit back with some eats and sips and enjoy awesome movies in a talk-and-text-free zone, so what are you waiting for? If you’re trying to decide when to pop…
Wonder what a room full of herpers looks like? Well, once you discover that herpers are fans of reptiles, amphibians and all things cold-blooded, you’ll realize that herpers are everywhere, and you may be one too. Whether you like frogs, snakes, turtles or lizards, you can embrace your inner herp…
It may be more than a hundred degrees outside with no sign of letting up, but on Sunday, you’re gonna need to put on your coat … the brown one. At least, you will if you want to look the part for the annual Can’t Stop the Serenity event, benefitting…
The Guardian called Post Tenebras Lux “an opaque, unforthcoming, exasperating work.” Salon author Andrew O’Hehir countered, saying Carlos Reygadas’ newest is “a mesmerizing combination of opaque art-house cinema, personal reflection and class-based rural thriller.” (He then went on to slam Terrence Malick.) These reviews are indicative of the erotic, heady…
We take our chills when we can get them in the summer months: snow cones, the air-conditioned confines of we-don’t-even-care-where, and blood-curdling moments on the big screen. I’ll argue that the spate of summer slasher pics don’t quite accomplish that, though — nobody feels cool after 90 minutes of anxiety-feeding…
Nothing is more timeless than the battle between good and evil, and in no place is it more apparent than in great works of literature. In Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, that battle is fought by the young, as Meg and Charles Wallace Murry and their friend Calvin join…
There’s an event that’s happening on Wednesday that better sound amazing to you. And if it doesn’t sound amazing to you, we’ll wonder if you’ve lobotomized the part of your brain that acknowledges “awesome things.” (And if that really happened, I’m so sorry. Also, awkward.) Back in 2003, El Ranchito’s…
The scene set for Kiss of the Spider Woman is web-like: a Latin American prison where escape is impossible and being released is unlikely. In this pit prisoners are poisoned, tortured and berated. When that happens, lead character Molina mentally transports himself elsewhere: to the cabaret-styled films he watched as…
If I told you that there was a play that captured a cultural zeitgeist so perfectly, that it keenly married issues of sexuality, immigration and cultural identity, you’d be intrigued, right? And what if I told you it was written 20 years ago? Skeptical? You shouldn’t be. Guillermo Reyes’ masterful…
For 10 in days in March, Austin is transformed from sleepy hippie town to hipster mecca. March is more than a few months away, but registration for SXSW 2014 began August 1 and spots fill up fast. There’s a gazillion and one things to do during SXSW and sometimes badges…
Dumpster pools. Performance art. Local designers. Gallery openings. This weekend we celebrate local artists. The people who don’t fly off to summer homes and instead stay put, baking in Dallas’ concrete heat with the grackles. They’re performing at the DMA, selling their goods at the Dallas Contemporary and covering the…
In June 2011, Austin’s Alamo Drafthouse theater chain boldly transformed a customer complaint into a provocative piece of advertising. The ad in question became one of the no talking-no texting PSAs the chain runs before movies, and it features a profanity-laden rant from a female customer who was asked to…
A lot of us get nostalgic when we hear the words “Good/Bad Art Collective.” Back in Denton in the nineties (Yeah, I just said that.), it seemed there was always an Art vs. Rock, a fundraiser, a pop-up event before anyone said “pop-up”, or some weird interactive experiment at The…
Art is transformative. It can shift our perceptions of an area’s livability, remind us of a neighborhood’s history and even rebuild communities. None of that is lost on buildingcommunityWORKSHOP, the nonprofit dedicated to restoring the energy, joy and beauty of fallen neighborhoods through good design. The group has announced its…
Things are getting pretty crazy in Dallas’s art scene. Museums are handing keys over to inspired and innovative artists; houses are converting into galleries; one-off group and solo exhibitions are popping up in vacant Deep Ellum properties; and artists are adopting multiple roles as curators, musicians and publishers. We want…
Last Saturday the DFW Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence hosted their fourth annual Sister Pool Party benefiting LifeWalk and Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS. Here are some of our favorite shots from the event, and you can check out the full slideshow here…
The temperature was hovering somewhere in the mid-90s on Saturday afternoon when Olaniyi Rasheed Akindiya, better know as Akirash, stepped out of CentralTrak. The temperature was significant because Akirash was wearing only Scotch tape and empty water bottles on his feet. As he splashed water around the concrete and onto…
The assemblage rests near the roots of an immature oak, whose thin branches grow in front of a recently updated, East Dallas apartment complex. The artist is unnamed, but because of the inherent structural deficiencies and late-season presentation, the suggestion of a dove’s handiwork is visible. The sculpture is domestic…
A $250 million lawsuit filed against American Idol by 10 black former contestants who got disqualified (including Dallas’ own Akron Watson) has the media asking if the talent show is racist. But considering the success many other black contestants have had on the program, that’s not the right question. In…
When we see you on the street and think you put some thought into your style, we may take your picture and ask you things. See previous installations in the Street Style archive. August 1 was National IPA Day, and we couldn’t think of a better place to spend it…
