Arts & Culture

Thirty years ago, the first Super Mario Bros. movie based on Nintendo’s iconic sidescrolling game made it into theaters and it b-bombed. According to Box Office Mojo, the film cost $48 million to make but it only made over $8.5 million in its opening weekend. It still hasn’t made back even half of its budget.

It’s like John Travolta came up for the official pronunciation of Texas towns. Here’s a handy guide so you can keep track.

Elon Musk is trying to pull a “Schitt’$ Creek” by buying up a small Texas town – except he’s not doing it for a joke (we hope).

Roger Sharpe helped overturn New York City’s 30-year ban on pinball in, as chronicled in the new film ” Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game.”

The Deep Ellum Art Festival is making a comeback, and it is new and improved, organizers say.

Make Miley proud and buy yourself flowers. But like, you know, do it where you don’t have to take care of them or watch them die. Hit up Dallas Blooms: Great Contributors at the Dallas Arboretum (8525 Garland Road) and take in the sights and scents of more than 500,000 blooming flowers including tulips, hyacinth, and daffodils.

Merlin Entertainments announced that its second Peppa Pig theme park, based on the popular Hasbro toy brand and cartoon series for preschoolers, will open in 2024 in North Richland Hills

A Rockwall health spot, the Nutrition Spot on Dalrock, wants to avoid the hangover by throwing “health parties.”

It’s a party at the cemetery, for a good cause. Oakland Cemetery will be hosting its annual picnic and fundraiser with live music a silent auction and tour, among other things.

Six Flags Over Texas has come up with a novel way to beat the heat and activate the part of your brain that makes you think you’re gonna die so you can scream your guts out at the same time.

The new kid-geared theme park comes with a 300-room hotel, more than 4,000 parking spaces, rides no higher than 100 feet and some citizens who don’t want the thing in their backyard.