Race and racism: powerful words that can make human blood boil. These words have come up in conversations at breakfast tables, in classrooms and on political power fronts for centuries. Race and racism are words that make people passionate. They ignite historical and controversial moments and provoke Americans to define…
We all take notes or scribble things down from time to time, but when Annabel Daou does it, it’s not on a Post-it note or napkin. She does it on a gigantic scale. Lebanese-born and New York based, Daou’s America takes the written word and explodes it across the 20…
The Sound of Music is the pinnacle of musicals filmed during the golden age of Hollywood musicals in the ’60s. The sizzling combination of Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer is impossible to duplicate, but a live performance can be as satisfying as the classic movie. The Artisan Center Theater is…
The latest abstract expressionist to captivate art enthusiasts is, of course, 4-year-old Australian painter Aelita Andre, who currently has her own solo exhibition in New York City. Not surprisingly, many Andre fans find her work reminiscent of Jackson Pollock’s paintings, but they are also seemingly influence by the works of…
The good people at the Belmont Hotel support the arts, they really do. Every six weeks, the Belmont selects a new artist from around the region to serve as artist-in-residence at the ritzy North Oak Cliff hotspot. From there, the hotel’s lobby, bar and select hallways transform into a top-notch…
Since most of your favorite shows have already aired season finales, you’ll probably be spending your weeknights going through your Netflix queue, but why sit at home when you can enjoy free screenings of films in the Arts District? AT&T Performing Arts Center and Dallas Film Society are kicking off…
It’s the Wednesday WTF? wherein we randomly select a photo/video/thing that makes us say those three special words.While some of you Internet savvy cat people out there may have already discovered the joy that is Meowmania (the link’s been around for a couple of years), we at the Observer can’t…
A short film by two Texans that’s played on the festival circuit from San Francisco to Sarasota, including South by Southwest and Dallas International Film Festival, is a finalist for Oscar’s little brother, the Student Academy Awards. Fatakra (Firecracker in Gujarati), the brainchild of writer/director Soham Mehta and producer Ninaad…
In honor of E3, aka every game nerd’s favorite trade show of the year, we’d like to introduce you to a new weekly feature, Geek-Offs, where you’ll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way though hump day each week. When you can’t bring yourself to look at…
For our on-going feature where we Question The Artist, today we hear from the multi-talented outfit QuickHoney. We turned to tap their pixel-y goodness to illustrate a story where the control and fate of a particular neighborhood was the topic, not unlike the control one has in developing your very…
With Game Four of the NBA Finals gearing up for tip off at 8 p.m., the Dallas Mavericks have a chance to tie the series 2-2. We know that Our Dallas Mavericks are the team of comebacks and have the ability to keep us on the edge of our seats…
That’s right, friends, time again for The Weekly Tease! Today is press day at Observer HQ, when The Mixmaster brings you a sneak-peek of the cover art for the issue about go to be printed and hit the streets later in the week.So whether you’re a long-time DO reader, or…
First it was her Fosse-esque dance steps in the “Single Ladies” video. Now the digital effects and dancing for the video of Beyoncé Knowles’ new single “Run the World (Girls)” have some critics and fans buzzing about similarities to other artists’ work. With “Single Ladies” and its wrist-popping, hip-swiveling choreography,…
You don’t have to eat ham and jam and Spam a lot to prove you’re a Monty Python fan, and if you’re indeed a fan the quest for the Holy Grail begins right now. Dallas Summer Musicals is bringing Monty Python’s Spamalot to the Music Hall at Fair Park on…
What if there was a bulbous bearded man from generations ago, and then his head was splattered in such an excited rush of sporadic color that somehow the form of Popeye made it’s way into the mix as a momentarily logical inclusion? What if there was an unidentifiable animal corpse…
Don’t have a space for an art gallery? Don’t have a venue for bands? The Bolivar Arts & Music Collective proved all you need is a forest of bamboo, your mother’s spare bed sheets and beer. Make that lots of beer. The most recent of the monthly events proves that…
Saturday night’s Cirque! Anything Goes! event at Edison’s proved to be a very successful fundraiser for TCC. They raised $60,000 plus. (They’re still shy of the $100,000 they need since 60% of their budget is from donations and the Meyerson costs them $10,000 a pop to use.) The place was…
The city was bowled over today when it learned that on July 14 two members of The Onion’s creative staff will bring the “writers’ room” to the stage of the ATTPAC’s Winspear. That much satire in one place isn’t something we’re all used to, excepting Unfair Park’s live blogging of…
Why you no dance, Dallas? 691 people. That’s all they needed from you, Dallas. So, why you no dance! Let’s back up for a second. What are we talking about? Saturday, at 11 a.m., at the the AT&T Performing Arts Center, the Largest Remote Dance Lesson was to break the…
Each week, Fine Lookin’ Piece offers an image of a work of art visually compelling enough on its own to inspire our readers to hit up the gallery for a closer look — even with no prior knowledge of the artist or exhibition. There’s something about the endangered/obsolete status of…
We know our Mavs are ready to kick some Floridian ass on Sunday night when they return to Dallas for Game 3, but since you’re not going to need the whole weekend to slather on the body paint and buy a keg, we’ve found plenty of fun events to keep…
Sex, spies and Sookie Stackhouse: that’s what makes our first summer reading list go ’round. Brace yourself; there’s not a Stieg Larsson novel in sight. This month, in honor of summer vacation, we attempt the daunting task of narrowing down books for the beach. Beach reading is the most democratic…
