500X Expo: College brings together the talents of college students from across the state of Texas for a special exhibition juried by Andrea Karnes, associate curator for the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. If these kids are anything like we were in college, expect to see lots of beer,…
Uptown Players have always been a favorite in the local theater scene, and shows like those in their 2010 season are a perfect example of why. They’ll be ending this season on a high note with the U.S. premiere of Closer to Heaven, aka the Pet Shop Boys musical. No,…
If you hide beneath your sheets during just about every horror flick, you’re probably not a huge fan of Halloween, or even strolling through a few haunted houses. (OK, the crazy chainsaw guy can be a little frightening, especially when he’s chasing you.) Oh yeah, and going through a house…
Reigning in Hell might sound like a bad-ass way to spend eternity, but while you’re here you can get a preview at Mark-Brian Sonna’s play Lucifer Descending. After God lays a Hail Mary smackdown and kicks the devil out of heaven, Lucifer decides he needs to muff up things for…
On the off-chance your own seventh-grade English teacher didn’t make you study the book for four months, and in case you’ve lived beneath a rock for the past century, the Artisan Center Theater has got your back. They’re putting on a production of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird at…
Art that moves you…literally, Tramaine Townsend: The Misadventures of Flaco aims to move you physically and mentally. Don’t show up expecting to just stand around and look at the pieces. Instead, be prepared for your senses to go wild and the art to pop. Get geared up to for Townsend…
You may not know Wendell Minor’s name, but if you’ve spent time with children’ literature, you’ve likely seen the nature-loving illustrator’s work on books like Nibble, Nibble, The Last Polar Bear, If You Were a Penguin and many others. View Wendell Minor: In the American Tradition from 9 a.m. to…
If you think surfers have it bad now with what lurks beneath the ocean’s surface, imagine trying to catch a wave 82 million years ago. Sure, a great white shark may seem scary with its rows of razor-sharp teeth coming after you, but you might prefer that rather than a…
A film seemingly designed to get every New York City honors student face-punched at college, It’s Kind of a Funny Story chronicles a privileged Brooklyn high-schooler’s super-cool institutionalized mental-health break. Hot for his best friend’s girlfriend, stressed out over an application to a prestigious summer school and audaciously neglectful of…
Kept afloat by a great cast, Woody Allen’s latest foray into the perverse follies of mankind begins with a statutory quote from Macbeth about the futility of it all. But like so much of Allen’s work over the past decade, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger is more Bergman-lite…
Nothing loosens the wallet like an excellent glass of wine. 20 Dallas area chefs, lead by Kent Rathbun, will pair delicious food with dozens of Napa Valley wines for the Signature Chefs of Dallas Auction benefiting The March of Dimes. Local foodie mouths will water at the list of celebrity…
Linus, Lucy and the lovable loser Charlie Brown are back. Take a journey with the Peanuts gang through the typical childhood feelings of doubt, insecurity and humiliation. By the end, however, Charlie Brown pushes through, proving once again that he really is a good man. As Lucy points out, “For…
That the Dallas Opera is offering something for free should be incentive enough, when the free event comes packed with performances, discussions, and “lively” panels (instead of, I guess, wall panels or dead panels, which can’t be much fun), it’s a no brainer. The Dallas Opera welcomes its patrons back…
By the time we were old enough to appreciate him, Jerry Jeff Walker was a mere caricature of himself, churning out lame Jimmy Buffet-esque albums (Cowboy Boots & Bathing Suits, anyone?) and dutifully playing his hits for drunk frat boys while working the brand name of whatever beer happened to…
Though it resembled a small ghost town just a couple years back, Deep Ellum is finally back to its original, lively roots. With live concerts almost every night, a few tasty restaurants and infamous street festivals, the historic Dallas neighborhood is back with a vengeance. So why not take a…
It’s hard out here for a…liberal arts grad. Truth is an English (or history or sociology) degree just doesn’t go as far as it used to. Sometimes it seems like you end up paying six figures for a four-year degree that guarantees you a whopping 10 bucks an hour. Some…
The name Stradivari is synonymous with quality for fans of classical instruments, incredible given the fact that the famous Italian luthier died over 250 years ago. Antonio Stradivari’s instruments often sell for millions of dollars at auction, despite the fact that both science and casual listening tests have yet to…
Money makes the world go ’round, but it’s also the root of all evil. To say that our relationship with this paper and metal blessing/albatross is complicated would be an understatement. Houston’s Psophonia Dance Company confronts the issue and dances it out in the form of Money Back Guaranteed, a…
Comedian Joel McHale began as an improv sketch artist, but he made a name for himself as host of the E! network’s hit show The Soup, using his quick wit and severe sarcasm to poke fun at celebrities, talk show guests and basically anyone else who has managed a television…
Arthur Miller was one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century (Death of a Salesman anyone?). but he almost quit being a playwright. After his first play tanked on Broadway, Miller swore if All My Sons failed that he’d quit the business. The play is set just after World…
My mother was one of those modern women who went to college, had a full-time job and taught her daughter the importance of education and independence instead of how to make prize-winning biscuits. But all the love and support in the world doesn’t erase the fact that our “family recipes”…
You probably already have a tyrannical woman, an emasculated man and an opinionated old lady in your life, but the Bath House Cultural Center wants you to spend $20 to see Edward Albee’s The American Dream and The Sandbox, anyway. Both satirical pieces about American home life, Albee’s two plays…
