Grab your lawnchair, your stars ‘n’ stripes button-up shirt, and your six-pack of domestic beer–it’s that time of year again! Addison’s Kaboom Town! has been the firework show Mecca here in North Texas for over two decades, and this year, things are no different. After three musical acts donning the…
What do you get when you take one of Dallas’ finest movie theaters, one of Fort Worth’s finest museums, and combine the two into one extraordinary event? Well, naturally, you get Magnolia at the Modern, a weekly series that features viewings of critically acclaimed films. From Friday through Sunday, the…
Butterflies, flowers and humans, alike, will be heralded by horns Sunday thanks to the Basically Beethoven Festival. Oboist Allison Whitfield performs selections by Mozart and Saint Saens for the Rising Star Recital at 2:30p.m., while the 10-member Imperial Brass ensemble regales audiences with “A Time Traveler’s Concert” spanning the Renaissance…
Happy Birthday America. We got you a Star-Spangled Spectacular featuring the least burly burlesque ever–The Jigglewatts with special guests Honey Cocoa Bordeauxx & Levi des Peu Chapeaux. Seriously, I heard these girls made Uncle Sam’s striped pants tights. I also heard if you show up topless with pasties on your…
What’s better than wine and cheese? Beer and cheese, of course! Most people pair their brew with a few slices of pizza, a juicy hamburger, or a ballpark hotdog, but few know just how tasty it can be with a few slices of fancy cheese. Cheesemonger Rich Rogers invites food…
A movie about an insomniac seems like the perfect fit for a midnight feature, even if the the lifestyle depicted in the film involves less Letterman and more punches to the face than one would expect. The Inwood Theater’s Midnight Madness series strikes true again with a screening of subversive…
Native Texas painter Jim Stoker’s works are irrefutably influenced by nature. His pieces showcase natural beauty like trees changing color or water washing over pebbles, as well as pop-art depictions of large birds in suburban life. For instance, his 70-by-50-inch oil-on-linen piece titled “No Place To Live: Whooper Burgers” spotlights…
Über-aficionados of the vine bandy about terms like ‘horizontal wine tasting’ and ‘Methuselah,’ respectively meaning a tasting of a group of wines from the same vintage or region and a really, really, big bottle of wine. Show off your newfound knowledge at The Mansion’s weekly Wine Chat. The informal get…
Looking for a way to make a difference in your weight before summer hits full-force? Now’s your chance. Dr. Neal Barnard details his three-week vegan weight-loss program and signs his new book, 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart: Boost Metabolism, Lower Cholesterol, and Dramatically Improve Your Health at the Southlake Library, 1400…
Which is louder: 100 crying babies or a Boeing 747 on takeoff? This is just one of many questions posed and explained as part of Ascent…When Dreams Defy Gravity, the newest exhibit at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, 1600 Gendy St. in Fort Worth. Ascent consists of…
It turns out that for every time you’ve wondered why on earth mosquitoes exist, one relevant answer was, well, bat food. Apparently, bats aren’t all leather-winged bloodsuckers hell-bent on feasting on the necks of randy teenagers. As it turns out, in addition to being the world’s only flying mammals, bats…
The Hilton Anatole held the unveiling of its Trinity Corridor last night with a reception featuring “small bites and summer sips.” The corridor, which is the newest addition to the $125 million remodeling, is essential is quite literally just an air-conditioned walkway for guests to get to different parts of…
Welcome to another edition of Geek-Offs, where you’ll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way through, and beyond, hump day each week. When we’re feeling particularly snarky, one of our favorite places to let off some steam and do some on the clock button mashing is Adult…
Will you be joining the Mixmaster Online Book Club for its inaugural selection? Make sure you make your opinion known by voting for the book you want to read. As of right now, Erik Larson’s historical In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin…
“Fear no more the heat o’ the sun,” wrote William Shakespeare. Easy for him to say. He didn’t have to endure three-hour productions of his works outdoors in a blistering Texas summer. This has been a particularly punishing season so far for Shakespeare Dallas. Getting people through the gates isn’t…
At some point a few weeks ago, I stopped scanning local arts calendars looking for events and activities that were the most stimulating for Baby’s now eleven-month-old brain and started looking for things with the best air conditioners. Hell hath no fury like an overheated infant, and so the criminally…
Welcome to the latest edition of our ongoing photo feature, Profiles In Pictures. Every couple of weeks, esteemed photographer Sara Kerens gives us another view of a local creative, and we ask them a set of standard questions to give us some further insight into their world in their own…
Fourth of July is one of the most stress-free holidays. You don’t have to worry about buying anyone gifts, prep and cook a smorgasbord of food or break out your fancy clothes. While it’s a bummer that fireworks are illegal to set off in your backyard, the Dallas-Fort Worth area…
It’s press-day once again here at Dallas Observer HQ, so it’s also time for the Weekly Tease! (Cue boom-bada-boom music.)Here’s this week’s sneak-peek of the cover that’s headed out to the press today. Grab your copy of the issue when it hits the streets on Thursday. You will see then…
We suppose you could call it a drive-up movie theater. This Friday, the Filmmobile, a straight-outta-LA school bus catering to all things cinematic, sets up shop outside the Kessler Theatre for a night of solar-powered film screenings, live music, and bingo under the stars. Currently in the midst of a…
Remember when you were a kid and your parents told you not to play with matches? We’re almost certain David Sena’s parents forgot to tell him that fire is dangerous, but that’s only served him well. The Dallas native has made a name for himself as a renowned tattoo artist,…
Through September 5, a special exhibit at the Dallas Holocaust Museum is dedicated to some of the lesser-known victims of the Holocaust: gay men. Paragraph 175 was a provision of the German Criminal Code that made homosexual acts between men illegal, and roughly 140,000 German men were convicted under this…
