We’ve all heard it before. Every year, a round, bearded man in a red polyester suit and pointy black boots makes his trip around the globe. He drops through the chimneys of the children on his “nice list,” slips a few presents under the Christmas tree, snacks on a few…
Look carefully at an old family snapshot. Does the image in your hand match the one held in your memory? Are details and vividness missing from you mind or from the photo? Has the moment the photo captured faded from memory, or does it come flooding back with smells, sounds,…
Holiday events require all hands on deck, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s festivities are no different. Through December 18, it’s one of the busiest organizations in town, delivering a packed schedule of holiday music featuring multiple choirs, guest conductors and special activities. A World of Joy is a new show…
God forbid you should talk during a performance at your local theater, let alone boo, shout or cheer. Heck, at the movies, even clapping will get you a few cocked eyebrows. Thankfully, for those of us who prefer to react to a performance, there is an alternative. Theatre Britain presents…
Ah, the holidays, that one time of year when otherwise happy philistines find themselves corralled into attending a ballet — The Nutcracker, the classic story of dancing toys, wicked rodents and a brave nutcracker. Pity the poor fools dragged away from their comfy nests and the warm glow of ESPN…
Do you find yourself void of Christmas cheer this year? Are you having a hard time envisioning sugar plum fairies, reindeer and Santa? The Dallas Arboretum’s Holiday at the Arboretum is an event for the entire family that might be the answer to your holiday blues. From now until January…
If you are looking for a fun, family-friendly holiday activity that doesn’t employ the same old neighborhoods full of lackluster Christmas light displays, then look no further than Dallas Heritage Village, 1515 South Harwood St. This year, the village celebrates its 40th year of old Texas culture, traditions and customs…
If you attended Artopia on December 3, you may have stopped first at the Barry Whistler Gallery reception for a little pregame celebration. If you missed out, you still can celebrate the opening of three incredible exhibitions. Featuring solo shows by 2011 MasterMinds nominee Lawrence Lee and sculptor Jonathon Cross,…
We typically use photography to mark events in our lives, to take photos of our families at holiday get-togethers and birthday parties, but the Sun to Moon Gallery is using photography to mark an event in an entirely different way. The gallery is holding its 10th anniversary celebration with a…
A Dallas art gallery is stepping up to support women’s reproductive rights. A group exhibition on view at the Smoke and Mirrors Art Gallery showcases a broad spectrum of art created and donated by women. The pieces will be sold to benefit the Texas Equal Access Fund, a reproductive rights…
About 350 years before modern day comedians like Jerry Seinfeld and Daniel Tosh, French actor and playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (known by his stage name Molière) had audiences in stitches. Little did the comedic master know way back then that he’d inspire another playwright — multiple Tony Award nominee David Hirson…
Unless you’re an extreme coupon clipper, there’s not much you can find these days that won’t cost anything, yet admission to Afterimage Gallery in the Quadrangle, 2800 Routh St., is just that: F-R-E-E. Following the gallery’s recent celebration of its 40th anniversary with 40 Exceptional Photographs, Afterimage is hosting Terry…
Brian Donnelly, known professionally by the moniker KAWS, is interesting for many reasons. Like, for instance, the fact that he blends elements of graffiti, commercial graphic design and fine art to create treatises on modern consumerism. Or that he designed the cover art for Kanye West’s 808&Heartbreak album. Or that…
Earlier today, the most important book of all time, Hot Guys and Baby Animals, appeared at the Dallas Observer headquarters. With its arrival came a ripple of unrelenting excitement and joy as it circulated around the newsroom. The book is straightforward, as you may have postulated: It’s 40 pages displaying…
Some art leaves a singular, momentary impression. Other work sets the mind afire. Michael Reafsnyder’s paintings definitely fall into the latter category. In this week’s FLP, “I’ve Got a Feeling,” Reafsnyder takes the eye on an amazing race through every scrape, swirl, and, dribble and blob.Get close enough–we swear–and your…
Gay Video & Lesbian Movies – Logo: Fierce TVSorry for the delay this week, poodles. Got tied up while filming for ‘Real Freelancers of East Dallas.’ Premiering soon on My Fantasy Bravo! Anyway, this week’s episode of ‘A-List’ ratchets up the drama in anticipation of next week’s season finale. This…
Lens, the New York Times photo blog, debuted their “Picturing 7 Billion” photo project: a “time capsule” built with user-submitted photos that capture our little blue marble hurdling through space. It’s an incredible collection, and– wouldntyaknowit–our own contributor Danny Fulgencio is included in the mix. Danny’s work, for us, has…
Leonard Volk has always liked capturing images, and a camera has been his weapon of choice. He’s spent a lifetime taking photographs, and now he’s complied those images in one single collection: a book titled everyday. The images inside are just that – moments of the everyday that somehow rise…
If you remember flopping on the divan in your flannels and scuffies to watch TV Christmas specials starring Perry Como, the King Sisters and the Osmonds back in the day, you’ll feel right at home at WaterTower Theatre’s Rockin’ Christmas Party. The show is a nostalgia-filled musical cheese ball, rolled…
Oh, they don’t want a lot for Christmas… just for you to lip sync your little elfin heart out on camera. But not just any lip sync: The Dallas Comedy House would very much like you to film your sync to a very specific song, and a specific version, by…
For its eighth season, Second Thought Theatre, the small-ensemble company founded by Baylor grads, will move back to where it started — or close to it. Second Thought is leaving the Addison Theatre Centre’s black box studio and relocating to 75-seat Bryant Hall, across the parking lot from Kalita Humphreys…
Christmas this, Christmas that. You know what would really piss off Bill O’Reilly this holiday season? Learning about religious and philosophical traditions outside of the dominant paradigm. Tomorrow presents a perfect opportunity with a “Perspectives on Buddhism” talk by David Sunshine, owner of Dallas Yoga Center. Perhaps a crash course…
