Wednesday WTF?: Showdown with Battle Box

Welcome to Wednesday WTF? wherein we randomly select a photo/video/thing that makes us say those three special words.On/Off boxes aren’t a new thing by any means, but this one has a certain flair. Could be the changing face. Could be the accompanying music. Could be the obviously crazy amount of…

Profiles In Pictures: Ches Campbell

Welcome to the first installment of Profiles In Pictures, a photo series brought to you by The Mixmaster. Every couple of weeks, Profiles In Pictures will profile Dallas natives who, in some form or another, create. Shot by our intrepid photographer Sara Kerens (who shoots more than just food for…

Feet On Fire! Flamenco Hits the Floor at Central Market

Flamenco is on fire in this town starting May 11 at Central Market stores as part of their Pasaporte Espana event celebrating the food and culture of Spain. Who knew that flamenco, the sexy Spanish dance with gypsy roots, has been building a big following here over the past five…

Into the depths of Theatre Too for Language of Angels

Doing a play set in a cave is a redundant move at Theatre Too, which itself is a dark grotto some 30 steps below The Quadrangle. The play that opened last night at Theatre Too, Language of Angels by Naomi Iizuka, is about a group of hick kids in North…

The Weekly Tease: Volume 31 – Number 19

Introducing, The Weekly Tease, wherein every Tuesday (known around these parts as “press day”), The Mixmaster will bring you a little taste of the upcoming cover art for the issue about to hit the streets. Sometimes it will be confounding. Sometimes it will be tantalizing. Mostly, just consider it just…

Say Wilkommen to Dallas Theater Center’s Cabaret Star Wade McCollum

Despite what some audience members are saying about actor Wade McCollum’s impressive display of physique in Dallas Theater Center’s flesh-baring production of the Kander and Ebb musical Cabaret, his chiseled abs are not tricked out by makeup. McCollum earned them the hard way, with 90 minutes a day of tough…

Warby Parker’s Pop-Up at Nest Is a Spectacle

Until today, Warby Parker eyewear has come to Dallas mostly by way of online sales, as the company has limited showrooms and exclusive pop-up sales. For the next two weeks (through May 28), however, Knox Henderson’s beloved Nest will play host to the Warby Parker 2011 collection, kicking things off…

Who Got Served? Comedian Mike Epps.

Comedian Mike Epps, known for his roles in The Hangover, Friday After Next and new flick Jumping the Broom, was performing to a full house at Grand Prarie’s Verizon Theater on Friday night when things got not-so-funny. A few minutes into his stand-up act a plainclothes peace officer swept across…

Fine Lookin’ Piece: Jim Lambie’s “Sonic Reducer”

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.Find Jim Lambie’s incredibly labor-intensive and site-specific floor…

OH: Cabaret Has Its Audience All A-Twitter

The only thing more fun than watching the Dallas Theater Center’s production of Cabaret last night — a knock-down, drag-out, must-see for which you can read Elaine Liner’s review here — was watching the audience. The Wyly Theatre is set up for the show with a front section of cabaret…

Bright Lights, Big Hit: Author Jen Lancaster Was Here

Upon entering the bookstore you could hear the horde of women upstairs on the second floor chatting away like excited schoolgirls. With fresh new books in hand, they waited anxiously for the woman of their nonfiction dreams to greet them with the latest and greatest details about last week’s night…

The Beaver: Mad, but not Madcap

An earnest, intermittently droll dramedy about a manic-depressive toy manufacturer and his bewildered family, The Beaver is a parable that’s not easily parsed. While director Jodie Foster fails to maintain a consistent tone, the movie’s lopsided wobble is undeniably enhanced by her star Mel Gibson, or at least by the…

Something Borrowed Will Make You Blue

Something Borrowed is based on a 2005 work of chick literature by Emily Giffin. It was directed with extraordinary impersonality by Luke Greenfield (Rob Schneider’s The Animal), and produced by Hilary Swank in collaboration, apparently, with the restaurant Shake Shack—one of the lifestyle brands prominently featured in this tale of…

See More Clearly

Can you imagine walking the streets alone at 15, 16 or 17? Can you imagine yourself on a dark, damp night with nowhere to go, nowhere to run? You don’t know who your father is or where you come from. Can you imagine sticking out like a sore thumb? You’re…

Amazing Miracle Music Cure

Editor’s Note: This event is not intended to treat or cure any disease. With all the self-endowment and entitlement they can muster, 4 Out of 5 Doctors recommend this event to the public for any malady, real or imagined. Or, at least they do if they want to pay the…

Spirits Like to Party, Too

Is your astral projection not quite stellar? Are your chakras out of whack? Do you need a psychic tune up? The Manifestation Celebration might just be what the shaman ordered. Self-described mystics, writers, neo-shaman and musicians gather together in the Dallas Museum of Nature and Science to share their art…

Rock and Roar with Mom

Dallas Roars is about to soar away, but on Mother’s Day, there’s one last chance to catch the festivities. Party down with Mom at the Dance Party Disco, the caterpillar bounce house or carnival games. Or for just $5 extra, families can tramp it up on the bungee trampoline, zip…