You’ve had a hard day. You work hard for the money so you better treat yourself right. Kick off those heels, rub your feet and pop the cork on some fine wine. How about some cabernet, zinfandel or a sparkling white? The bubbles fizzle lightly on your tongue and you…
If someone said: “Close your eyes and picture the perfect pizza,” we’d all picture a different pie. Sure, the average pizza-lover may think hand-tossed, but others are partial to mega-thin, wide New York slices or gooey, cavernous Chicago deep dish. Some prefer calzones all-together. Central Market’s offering a cooking class,…
Brighton’s explosive British Sea Power are fresh off the release of their fourth studio album, Valhalla Dancehall, which, unfortunately, doesn’t quite match up to the power chord anthems on their previous record, Do You Like Rock Music. Rather, the new album hearkens back to their earlier work, when their live…
Hoping to continue the hot start to their 2011 season, the Rangers face the Los Angeles Angels Monday through Wednesday at the Ballpark at Arlington, 1000 Ballpark Way. Promotions each night include claw and antler hats on Monday, Thirsty Tuesday, Dollar Hot Dog Night, Ozarka and Dr Pepper Autographs on…
In the frenzy of fetes for Ebby Halliday’s 100th birthday, Dallas hasn’t forgotten the city’s other new centenarian: White Rock Lake. The lake’s history is a microcosm of how Dallas transformed from farmland to urban playground over the last hundred years. If the clock suddenly spun backward, the paved jogging…
Emerging conceptual artist Teresita Fernandez’ creates intimate, often experiential, installation pieces that evoke clouds, rainstorms, fire, waterfalls and stars floating in the night sky. In Fernandez’ hands objects like glass cubes become starfields when mounted to walls, and something like a pile of natural, jagged shards of graphite becomes bubbling…
Bring on the Mamet. Cue up some Neil LaBute. Somebody, quick, stage something full of cussin’ and screwin’ and gettin’ all nekkid. A month into the ongoing Horton Foote Festival on local stages, the surfeit of antimacassars and rocking chairs in these folksy, G-rated works is wearing me to a…
Most sane people quiver, cower and take cover in the face of extreme weather. We evacuate in the face of hurricanes, seek sturdy shelter upon news of an impending tornado or earthquake, or move to higher ground when floodwater starts rising. When it comes to natural forces, it’s more often…
Tones, melodies, projections, paints, oils and pencils all twist, turn and mold together as one artistic vision for the common good of artists everywhere as the Dallas Opera presents its 2011 Gala, UNVEIL. Featuring “A Question of Light,” a collection of songs based off of artwork by Rene Magritte, Gustave…
Last year the Colorado Rapids defeated FC Dallas in the MLS Cup Final, but FC Dallas has the chance to avenge that loss Friday night. Captain David Hernandez and 2010 MLS MVP David Ferreira will lead FC Dallas against 2010 World Cup star Pablo Mastroeni and his team from the…
Anne Lamott’s Bird By Bird, equal parts kick in the ass and comfort for the self-doubter, should be required reading for any would-be writer–and in fact is required in many a creative writing class curriculum. Her Operating Instructions, offering reassurance and brutal honesty about the unpleasant side of a baby,…
Imagine a day on the beach: warm weather, a fruity drink and the sounds of a ukulele being played in the distance. OK, so a day on the beach may sound pretty awesome, but let’s face it, the nearest beach is about six hours away and not everyone is willing…
There’s nothing like sitting in a dark movie theater filled with total strangers, watching a creepy scary movie about the bubonic plague, to put a person on edge–especially when you hear that first cough and sit idly by as it starts to spread through the seats like wildfire. Of course…
Loyd and Frank have their small-time schemes, but their desperation to succeed keeps them in a tragically comic state of epic underachievedom. Frog farming didn’t pan out and mosquito sprayers put an end to their flying squirrel dreams. To get out of another failed venture, Loyd and Frank, the pioneers…
There are badasses and then there are the people that get named after them. (if the name is cool enough). If you believe in the power of a name, name your firstborn after Fats Waller. The king of stride piano, Fats was the roundest, jolliest piano prodigy the world is…
Normally, if someone moves from New York City to a log cabin in the middle of the woods in the Arkansas Ozarks, it’s for one of two reasons. Either, (a) she is really into taxidermy, or (b) she got suckered at a particularly convincing 90-minute timeshare promotional presentation. In the…
On a typical Sunday morning, you’ll find joggers scattered around White Rock Lake, but this Sunday the tranquil area will be host to thousands of runners on a mission to win gold…and free Gatorade. It’s not the Olympics, but the Big D Texas Marathon certainly isn’t for amateurs. Runners would…
Do you like stories about a minority overcoming racial barriers to succeed in a particular field? Because that sounds sort of like Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story, a documentary narrated by Dustin Hoffman that will be screened at the Jewish Community Center of Dallas Sunday. On the other…
Until relatively recently, being environmentally conscious meant that you were an earthy, crunchy hippie with earthy, crunchy Birkenstocks. It meant that for all of your composting, recycling and earth-friendly efforts, you were an object of derision on par with the crazy cat lady and her ilk. But unlike the cat…
It is a common fact that when iconic country music artists are considered, Hank Williams, Gene Autry, Johnny Cash and–heaven forbid–Rascall Flatts, always seems to get honored. However, one of the greatest pioneers of country music and an individual who constantly pushed the envelope and as a result, carved a…
The most culturally significant fair in the world, let alone this city, brings artists from around the world to display and sell their creative innovations for days on end. But alas, such performance art as Man Voms Nacho Cheese Post-Gravitron, such culinary masterpieces as deep-fried beer and the display of…
Surely you remember reading Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in high school, so we don’t need to review the plot. Wait, you skimmed the CliffsNotes rather than reading the book? Then you missed out on a mystery that’s spawned literary and…
