In 2004, Tammy Pescatelli tap-danced her way into the hearts of Americans everywhere with her loud-mouth, ballsy-broad comedy on Last Comic Standing. Seven years later she still spends the better part of her life in front of a mic dishing out her opinion on everything from motherhood to Snuggies. She’s…
It’s 1933 and gooey slug monsters from the planet Zygon have found their way to Earth. Our fate is in the hands of Molly Sloan (reporter), her assistant and Ben Wilcott (librarian). Will Judgment Day rear its ugly head, or can the three unlikeliest of people save us from total…
If the rumors are to be believed, the incidences of fainting during readings of the Chuck Palahniuk short story “Guts” are now up to 73. Some folks, it seems, just can’t handle their Chuck. If you think you can — or if you think passing out in a big museum…
Those who might have been avoiding the Dallas theater scene because it’s too talky or Sam Shepard-y, Level Ground Arts presents a play to draw in the skeptics of the stage (or anyone who snoozes in the back after one martini): A Samurai Nosferatu. That’s right; it’s real. All you…
The undead tend to leave a lasting impression, whether it’s a spine-chilling commercial for a midnight showing of George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead or The Cranberries’ hit protest song or Target’s “Kids’ Heartless Zombie Costume” for boys. Or, maybe, it’s watching young adult zombies slowly stagger across the…
If you want to get truly terrified this Halloween, hop on Interstate 30 and head west. Worse than the traffic on Woodall Rodgers, your destination, Hangman’s House of Horrors, is a three-acre scream-fest featuring one overly ghouled house and three side attractions — McDagenville, The Labyrinth and 3-D Wonderland. All…
I know Julia Roberts’ Pretty Woman character was enchanted by the opera from the start, but the reality is that most people start out feeling very special about being at such a fancy event and then figure out about 15 minutes into it that they’re not supposed to bring wine…
Usually the word bootleg isn’t something that artists take kindly to. But downtown’s Plush Gallery has no problem with the word — at least as it relates to Eric Doeringer’s Cowboys. Doeringer doesn’t actually copy other artists’ works, but their process — scanning, cropping and retouching to make something that…
For art seekers looking to test their understanding of memory and the irreplaceable imprints of past experiences, an exhibition of new works by Gael Stack may be a decent place to start. Stack uses brief messages and overlapping sketches to reflect memory’s complexity, and uses the concept of Sigmund Freud’s…
As the early-’90s poets Boyz II Men so helpfully remind, it’s hard to say goodbye to yesterday. But like most things, it’s easier with food. The Mexican tradition of Día de los Muertos, a centuries-old celebration of honoring and remembering ancestors, makes sure to include the dead’s favorite food items,…
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s kaleidoscopic musical Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is going small, taking a run on the intimate 150-seat Artisan Center Theater (418 E. Pipeline Road in Hurst). The 43-year-old musical, about the Old Testament Joseph’s journey, is presented through lively song and dance, dazzling costumes and colorful…
Dallas painter Joey Seeman specializes in portrait caricature and has drawn inspiration from rock ‘n’ rollers, Bonnie and Clyde, Mexican wrestling and other pop-culture treasures. He has an exhibition of new works entitled Masquerade at the Magnolia Gallery, which is located inside the Magnolia Theatre in West Village, 3699 McKinney…
Back in the 1960s, there was a Milton Bradley board game called Mystery Date. Advertised during Saturday morning cartoons with a nifty jingle — “Open the doooooor for yooooour mystery date” — it was aimed at girls age 6 to 14. The game went like this: You took turns picking…
What do clocks, a desk, logs, cardboard boxes, equipment of one kind or another, buildings, a train, meters, fans, a chair, radios, a tractor, a bed, blocks, toy trees, a dollhouse, a telephone, an electrical outlet, Saturn, record players, cut pages from a children’s book,a grandfather clock, train cars, cash…
In honor of Paranormal Activity 3’s release this Friday, I’d like to take a look back to 2007 for the film that started it all: Oren Peli’s Paranormal Activity. It may be hard to separate the film from the phenomenon only four years later, but I actually believe the series…
Welcome to another edition of Geek-Offs , where you’ll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way through hump day each week. Sometimes boys screw up pretty badly. Sure, they could buy some flowers, send a singing telegram or even grovel like there’s no tomorrow, but with this…
“I never want to be one person, I always want to be different.” Name: Taylor Work, 21 Occupation: Makeup stylist for NARS Location: Deep Ellum Style breakdown: Vintage blouse, Cheap Monday jeans, Evan Picone shoes and Shane bag. Influences: “My mood and Edie Sedgwick (she’s my favorite person), and of…
OK, seriously. One of this movie’s taglines was/is “You have been warned.” Amazing. Also, if children creep you out in any way, Richard Donner’s 1976 antichrist fright-fest, The Omen, will really send you in a tailspin, because this tyke — Damien — is a tiny boy-suit-wearing devilchild. Literally. Oh, that…
Tags: Gay Video & Lesbian Movies, Logo: Fierce TV Last night on The A-List: Dallas, our beautifully bitchy cast members (get acquainted here) cut loose at a Footloose-themed pool party. People were pushed in water, punches were thrown and potentially season-long beefs got beefier. Let’s dive in. Scene 1: Crazy-haired…
Because Chuck Palahniuk’s the guy who once wrote the lines, “I want to have your abortion,” and “the condom is the glass slipper of our generation,” [Fight Club, 1996], we weren’t at all certain what to expect when we sat down to talk with the prolific writer about his twelfth…
On last night’s Most Eligible Dallas finale, Courtney and Matt took important steps toward a long and lasting love affair. OK, you’re right. It’s all bullshit. That much was confirmed in the Watch What Happens Live episode following the finale, in which Andy Cohen alternately questioned and poked fun at…
My apartment is littered with failed craft projects, DIY books and the occasional tortilla chip. See, I love the idea of crafts, but not as much as I love not completing them. Given that and the fact that etsy now exists, you’d think I’d hang up my glitter pen altogether,…
