Following funnyman Neil Hamburger on Twitter is like a peek into the mind of an obsessive madman, albeit a hilarious one. If you had no other window to the world, you might think that the two biggest threats to the future of our world are Axe Body Spray and the…
Have you resolved to exercise more in 2011? Well, set that alarm and be at Flagpole Hill at 10 a.m. New Year’s Day to start the year off right–or horribly awry, depending on how big a swig you took on New Year’s Eve. The new abuse waits for no one,…
The key to keeping New Year’s resolutions is to strike while the iron’s hot–start working toward your goal while you’re passionate about it. And if your goal is getting in shape, maybe you should hike while the iron’s hot. Join other resolution-makers at the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge,…
New Year’s Eve usually means party hats, noisemakers, and booze. Take all of those things, throw in a handful of comedians, and you’ve got the New Year’s Eve celebration at The Backdoor Comedy Club. To ring in 2011 the right way, the club is hosting Paul Varghese, Raj Sharma, Chris…
If you’re one of those people that just has to lock down some sort of New Year’s Eve plans before Christmas even comes, you’re in luck. But even if you aren’t, you too are in luck. The Libertine Bar on Lower Greenville Avenue has a New Year’s bash planned that…
Every New Year’s Eve involves some sort of mystery: How did those pants get on the ceiling fan? Where did I spend that last $50? Who are they and why are they wearing various parts of my Maude costume? This year, plan on a mystery…and then solve it. Mystery Comedy…
You can tuck in to a fancy schmancy dinner before toasting at midnight. That’s all well and good. It’s also, like, so Central Standard Time. At Plano’s Bavarian Grill, 221 W. Parker Road, you can make a reservation now for a 4 p.m. seating. If “Ein frohes Neues Jahr” doesn’t…
Between the recession, a brutal political season, Wikileaks and that bitch of an oil spill, 2010 was a total headache for a lot of people, but at least we’ll look back and laugh at it all–especially at the Tea Party. This New Year’s Eve, get a head start on the…
Everybody has been making New Year’s Eve plans for a while now: Are you going to get a good meal and a toast of the bubbly, see a rock show but still have a good midnight countdown, or tap a few kegs at a house party? If your plans include…
Most local watering holes whip up some black-eyed peas, tap a few new kegs and call it a day when it comes to their New Year’s celebrations. But the Meddlesome Moth is not your average watering hole, and for their first New Year’s celebration, they’re going the extra mile, offering…
We were on a high school choir trip in Austin once where the entertainment consisted of pulling the bus up to the multiplex and letting 60 teenagers run wild for a couple hours. Unfortunately, our girlfriend at the time wanted to see the Meg Ryan/Matthew Broderick vehicle Addicted to Love,…
This Friday night, restaurants will be packed, the champagne will be flowing, and some drunk schmuck will land himself in the emergency room after launching fireworks in his yard. Yes, New Year’s Eve is upon us, and if you haven’t made plans, well, your options are limited. You could reserve…
Lemon meringue, rich, chocolate cream and powder filled puff pastries sit beautifully on display. Meticulously arranged like an artistic masterpiece, they cry out to the watering mouths of all those who dare stare at their ornate detail. The judging is about to commence. The competitors are frantic and scramble to…
The Portland Trail Blazers have been hovering under .500 and in the bottom of the Western Conference Northwest division while your Dallas Mavericks are trying to close in on San Antonio for first in the Southwest division. But that doesn’t mean it will be a blowout when they meet Tuesday…
The late George Hickenlooper’s Casino Jack is an improbably blithe cautionary tale, recounting the rise and fall of D.C. superlobbyist Jack Abramoff. “You’re either a big-leaguer or you’re a slave clawing your way onto the C train,” the avid antihero (Kevin Spacey) tells his mirrored reflection in the pre-credit sequence;…
It’s got ’em all–knights, kings and queens–and they all sing and dance. Monty Python has nothing to do with this, and I know it doesn’t sound like the best evening ever, but trust me, you’ve gotta see Camelot. The Lerner and Loewe musical opened on Broadway in 1959 starring Richard…
In his latest batch of inventive mixed-media sculptures, Jerry Dodd explores the “functional and esthetic qualities” of tools, utilitarian objects and the like by incorporating things like pitchfork tines, hooks and rototiller blades into the context of his welded steel sculptures. Then, Dodd lavishly paints many of the components in…
Local artist Mark Shane Nelson is a bit of a rock star. And that’s not just because he created the cover art for fellow Dallasites and indie nostalgia-pop darlings The Happy Bullets’ Hydropanic at the Natatorium. Nelson’s work is musical in its own right, mixing brilliant colors and subjects together…
When artists are described as the “artists laureate of Oak Cliff,” it gets our attention. We love Oak Cliff and its artistic sensibilities. So, we assume that Brian Jones and Brian Scott are real artist’s artists. And, with work that depicts the Carni-sutra (Kama Sutra with carnival people) and a…
Pegasus Theatre makes the fans of its “Living Black and White” comedies wait a year for a new show. This new one bears evidence that playwright-actor Kurt Kleinmann spent much of 2010 polishing the details. Script, sets, costumes and casting are right on the money in this latest in Kleinmann’s…
You can always count on a handful of things to never go out of style. These are the timeless items that, no matter the decade, can still put a smile on your face. Things like chocolate cake, oversized sunglasses, Paul McCartney, martinis or Young Frankenstein. If the latter seems a…
If you don’t want to party then you can go home. The ice cold beer is ready, the wings are extra sloppy and the fans are ready to hoot and holler at the TV screen. The Super Bowl is one of America’s most coveted sports spectaculars, and with the city…
