For all those out there whose frustration level with the Cowboys season thus far has reached higher than Jerry Jones’ blood pressure (as mine has), fear not: Respite is on the way. Regardless of how much the last few seasons may or may not have been a disappointment, the Dallas…
The unwavering focus and driven, almost brutal, determination of the Dallas shopper is something all newcomers to the area should be warned of. Seriously, nobody should have to face down the legion of seasoned Dallas housewives who’ve been honing their retail hunting skills in the hallowed halls of NorthPark Center…
Photographer Keith Wilson’s images of Austin apartment buildings remind us of our college days spent partying in crappy complexes with high-falutin’ names like “Telluride” and “El Dorado”–the dank, crowded units never quite lived up to the promise of the signs. Wilson’s photographs appear alongside those of Lupita Murillo Tinnen–whose work…
Before Adam and Barbara Maitland died, they probably never did Halloween right. But hell, after death, in trying to scare the Deetz family out of their newly decorated home, the two ghosts come up with some ingenious costumes and scare tactics. When they finally come out from under Delia Deetz’s…
The Paul Taylor Dance Company is the same gaggle of jumpin’ jacks that brought Dream Girls to the Eisemann Center in 2002 and maintained a “gold standard of modern dance” after that. Their title upkeep will continue when the Paul Taylor Dance Company opens the 2010-11 Eisemann Center Presents’ Spotlight…
Running is a pain in the ass, but you know what is an even bigger pain in the ass? Colon cancer. No telling if that’s the thinking behind the third annual Undy 5000 5K, but we wouldn’t put it past the organizers. After all, they’re not above a pun: The…
The Beginning of November, Post Halloween, Candy Coma Recovery Days–people have a lot of different names for November 1 and 2. But none sound as cool as Dia de los Muertos, the traditional Mexican holiday celebrating the memory of loved ones who’ve passed away. At 7 p.m. Saturday, bust out…
What do Meat Loaf and Susan Sarandon have in common? Aside from their flowing locks, they both escaped the film-career killing that claimed their Rocky Horror Picture Show co-stars. After owning the role of sexed-up transvestite Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the brilliant Tim Curry was tossed asunder to forever serve as butler,…
It’s time to take back Halloween from the commercialism that’s held the holiday in its grip since before the birth of the millennial generation. Forget the ratty wigs that hang in seasonal costume shops, or the huge amount of candy you have to buy so you won’t look like a…
So you think you’re prepared for the pending zombie apocalypse? Hours of Left 4 Dead and lessons from screen geniuses like Simon Pegg and Woody Harrelson have given us a decent amount of training, but one never really knows how they’ll react in the moment of a zombie attack. Get…
I want you to ask yourself a deep, thought-provoking question. Were you scared when you saw The Grudge? How about The Ring? Now before you start dealing with these potential life-altering questions, take a deep breath and don’t worry, because I’m not gonna ask if you saw the god-awful sequels…
You can travel the world with Mary Ellen Mark. Through her lens, you’ll gain an intimate understanding of people you’d never dare approach on your own–acrobats in an Indian circus, teenage addicts and prostitutes in Seattle, Marlon Brando on the set of Apocalypse Now. In nearly half a century of…
Until now, New England held the title for creepiest-looking houses. The Richardson Theatre Centre is looking to tumble that juggernaut with its production of The Haunting of Hill House. The play follows a gaggle of guests led into the sinister mansion by a knowledgeable older gentleman. The last time this…
Attention all ghouls and ghastly unliving souls. The time has come to rise up out of your slimy, cobweb encrusted coffins. Drag your hollow and rotting body out of the 19th century cemetery and saunter over to the McKinney Avenue Contemporary 2010 Halloween Party. Enjoy a chilling DJ set by…
Sure, trick-or-treating is a great way to spend Halloween with just about any kid, but why not make this Halloween absolutely perfect? The 24th annual Halloween on Main Street invites everyone to dress in their best costume and head on down to a weekend full of contests, games and, of…
Central Market Plano is in a curry to get things done. As a part of their cooking school series, Central Market is offering Curries of Asia on Monday–a $55, two-hour tour through Asia, meals included. Learn to make Thai beef curry, tart and hot beef, Kerala fish curry, aloo gobi…
The Magnolia at the Modern is an ongoing series at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, featuring critically acclaimed films. Friday through Sunday welcomes the documentary, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Radiant Child about the late graffiti artist turned international art star and Warhol protege. Basquiat used his art to confront the…
As scary as some horror movies from my youth may have been, none of them came close to providing the fear that a good ghost story would. The power of imagination and the suggestion that the tale really did happen made any rubber-masked cinematic ghoul pale in comparison to the…
Wait Until Dark–first staged in 1966 and written by Frederick Knott–tells the story of Susy, a woman forced to confront three hoodlums who’ve come to her apartment looking for a very valuable doll. If that doesn’t sound too suspenseful, try this on for size–Susy is blind and the doll is…
Henry VIII was an all-around bastard, but just in case you had any doubts on that score, go and check out Anna Bolena, Donizetti’s Italian opera version of how Henry’s second wife ended up with her head separated from her neck. Back in Good King Henry’s day, Anne Boleyn started…
Hegemony (n.): the political, economic, ideological or cultural power exerted by a dominant group over another group, usually through unwitting consent. In less stilted graduate-school terms, hegemony is manipulating the masses to accept a way of thinking, acting, consuming, etc. without them realizing they’re being manipulated. The saps on Jersey…
National Grandparents Day wasn’t the only important day in September this year, as the 16th marked the bicentennial of Mexico’s independence. To celebrate, Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery has a new exhibition of Nickolas Muray’s portraits of Frida Kahlo on display through January 1. Nickolas Muray was born in Hungary…
