Arts & Culture

Some artists never leave the realm of commercial illustration or photography, plying their skills and style away from the gallery. Craighead Green Gallery seeks to remedy that with Launch, a new series of exhibitions featuring commercial artists whose work has not been seen in galleries before. First Launch, the series’…

You probably won’t see it at Fashion Week, but bark cloth takes the natural textile craze to a whole new level. Durable, sustainable and eco-friendly, this ancient material, made from the Ugandan mutuba tree, is versatile enough to work for shoes, wedding gowns and even steering wheel covers. It’s functional,…

From this moment, you have less than a month to fill out all of those obnoxious tax forms and file for the appropriate (necessary) extensions as you scratch your head in stupefaction, wondering how it is you could possibly owe the IRS even more money than last year. It’s quite…

Fewer than two million World War II veterans are still alive in the United States, and their number shrinks by about 900 a day. Soon, a living link to the past will pass. Even rarer are samples of some of the equipment these warriors used in battle. The Collings Foundation…

Over the past several years, feature-length animation has won favor with everyone from your four-year-old to your English professor. If you enjoy animation as much as the next guy, but would rather be tied-up and whipped with a dirty gym sock then watch a 90-minute feel-good fest, Spike and Mike…

So you stumbled upon the do-it-yourself Yanni nail tip manicure set and it scarred you from ever clicking an Etsy link again? Fear no more! As funny as it would be, there’s nothing “regretsy” about the handmade craft show coming to Fort Worth this Saturday. Produced by Etsy Fort Worth,…

In the ’50s and ’60s, few people knew about fancy inventions like 3D movies or color TV. Heck, it was just about all anyone could handle to see Elvis gyrate his hips in black-and-white. Things have clearly changed. Within the culture and imagery of the ’50s and ’60s were the…

Have you been bucking at the chance to purchase some high quality bull semen? What about embryos? Well, since you’re already in the market, why not dig a little deeper for a good cause? The Texas Longhorn Marketing Alliance is holding their 7th annual Texas Longhorn Legacy Sale. In the…

Spring is here, baby, and it’s time to put that extra bounce in your step with People StyleWatch’s March Celebrity Stylist event. Enjoy a free style consultation from a style expert, learn new beauty tips and skincare regimens and don’t forget to enjoy all your free goodies in your StyleWatch…

If the kids are growing restless sitting at home this Spring Break, there’s something you can do to change that, and it doesn’t involve theme parks or lots of cash. March is Women’s History Month, and The Women’s Museum is offering free admission to patrons this week through Saturday. The…

Shakespeare may look like a dour dude in a ruffled collar, but he knew how to party. “Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used,” he wrote in Othello (a performance of which would drive anyone to drink). A personal favorite, “Good wine needs no bush,”…

Who knew that scrap metal could be molded into something so beautiful? Artist Nic Noblique finds rare beauty in the metal he finds. Imagine a giant red spiral of metal and you’ve got a pretty good picture of one of Noblique’s unique sculptures. Just in case you still can’t conjure…

So what are the odds you know Paul Rodriguez? Here’s a hint: A Million to Juan (Those aren’t the odds, he wrote and starred in the movie). As a writer, comedian, actor and producer, Rodriguez has been on the comedy scene since the early ’80s. Though his name may not…

In 1956, Polish author Slawomir Rawicz published The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom, a now classic tale of adventure and survival that’s gone on to sell more than half a million copies and be translated into some 25 languages. The book describes Rawicz’s World War…

For some of us, Italian seasoning begins with garlic and ends with whatever desiccated remnants are left in the generic “Italian Seasoning” jar that came with that wedding-gift spice rack. But as author and chef Gina Stipo will show in her Traditional Italian Spices class 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday…

Originating in 2010, the North Texas Road Trip project–consisting of 15 members of the Dead Photographers Society–set out to capture and interpret the people and scenes of several small, rural communities 75 miles north of McKinney. The resulting exhibit chronicles each photographer’s one-day journey into the outside stretches of the…

Nothing says a great time like waking up in bed with a guy you can’t remember from your night out at Hooters. Unfortunately for Felicia, the protagonist of Why Torture Is Wrong and the People Who Love Them, this little mishap becomes much more serious when she realizes she married…

So, if you’re a soon-to-be-famous opera singer, you’re faced with all kinds of challenges right? Singing well, staying inspired, not being carried off by the deformed musical genius who hides in your dressing room to give you voice lessons–the usual stuff. This isn’t Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera…

Do you really need us to explain this one? Good Luck Karaoke? It’s so obvious, but we’ll do it anyway: First of all, there’s the whole luck o’ the Irish thing — that ties in with the name. Then there’s the ancient Irish tradition of karaoke. The word “karaoke” roughly…