Strictly speaking, the two scrappy Irish kids in Lance Daly’s Kisses aren’t homeless, but in every sense that matters, they have only each other for shelter. Kylie and Dylan (played by Kelly O’Neill and Shane Curry, both plucked from Dublin schools and oozing forlorn defiance) live next door to each…
In Steve Carell’s first few episodes of the American version of The Office, his character, Michael Scott, hewed closely to the template created by the series’ British mastermind, Ricky Gervais. Scott, like David Brent before him, was cruel and obtuse, a nightmare of a boss who thinks he’s a leader…
After digging in the dirt with chisels and brushes for hours and days and weeks, a team of paleontologists in Wyoming discovered something that made enduring the sunburns and dust worthwhile. In 2007, the complete skeleton of an Allosaurus was discovered in the 150-million-year-old rock at Dana Quarry in the…
Empty Red Bull cans don’t have to be an unwelcome reminder of last night’s Jagerbombs. With a little imagination (and maybe a dash of Jager for inspiration) they can become a work of art. The maker of the energy drink asked artists, dabblers and anyone else with a creative streak…
Generally speaking, my feelings about Melissa Etheridge lie somewhere between drinking a room temperature soda and being stuck watching a Two and a Half Men marathon–sure, I don’t care for them all that much, but often times my laziness outweighs their mediocrity and I’m stuck partaking in the aforementioned meh…
Give ’em the old razzle-dazzle just like Billy Flynn. Stand on tables, tap your toes and belt out your favorite lyrics. Yes, it’s cheesier than Velveeta but no one can deny an infectious Broadway musical. The passion, the hocus pocus and the magic have been celebrated for decades. Just ask…
I suppose after years of people walking into the Lake Grapevine Runners and Walkers Clubhouse looking for beer and bait, something isn’t right. Perhaps it’s the sign out front that reads “Gro. Bait, Ice, Beer.” So the group is finally raising money to “just fix the durn sign.” The race…
This weekend, all six Market Street stores in the DFW area will take guests on a cowboy-style cattle drive of the taste buds, with stops to try food and Texas-grown produce during its Best of Texas Expo. The expo will feature a variety of meats from across the state, sauces…
Sure, Ludacris and Ciara headline K104’s Summer Jam. But the real stars are homegrown. Up-and-comer Trai’d is too young to even get into the clubs banging his “Gutta Chick,” but that’s not stopping him from “…popping bottles with some models at the bar” (not to mention “…blowing herb, sipping syrup,…
Remember the episode of Friends where Monica is at a bridal trunk sale and fights another woman for her wedding dress? Or surely you’ve seen an episode of Bridezillas where the bride is screaming at the top of her lungs. Planning a wedding is stressful, and the bride needs all…
What can be more confusing than whipping up a nice meal? Perhaps whipping up a nice meal that also tastes the way it’s supposed to? Sure, anyone can boil a few noodles and drench ’em in marinara, but it can’t be considered spaghetti unless it tastes like spaghetti. Just in…
At 8 p.m. (or 10:30 p.m.) Friday see Hal Sparks perform his stand-up act, Charmageddon, at the Arlington Improv, 309 Curtis Mathes Way, Suite 147. You might remember Hal from the time he spent hosting Talk Soup, or from those five seasons he was on that show Queer As Folk,…
Writer and director Harmony Korine is perhaps best known, at least by me, for his 1997 film, Gummo, which is now a cult classic among indie kids and hip sociopaths everywhere. Korine’s latest, Trash Humpers, caused a stir at SXSW this year and has been described by Dallas film reviewer…
Chinese food is not the same the world over. If you go to China, don’t expect to get pork fried rice and General Cho’s chicken, because Americanized Chinese food doesn’t translate back. Other Chinese things, whether it’s Bruce Lee movies or traditional music and dance, do translate, and if you…
Nothing’s worse than planning something extensively, then having said plan implode right before your eyes. It’s especially frustrating when that plan is a homicide, and all that time spent to meticulously plot every detail of the grand scheme goes down the drain. In Kiss the Boys, a gay couple’s plan…
So after 70 years of flying around in a bustier and red knee-high boots, Wonder Woman finally gets a new outfit. How’s that for a feminist superheroine? Rising Gallery is coming to the rescue of area teen mothers and their children with its exhibit, I Am Woman, featuring 18 prominent…
In-laws always seem to get a bad wrap. Specifically, the mother-in-law always seems to be an adversarial figure in just about any situation, real or fictional, you could think of. I blame plays like Once Upon A Mattress, currently running at the Runway Theatre, 217 N Dooley St. in Grapevine…
Hypothetically, if you decided to get yourself some culture, and took someone to the theater festival at the Bath House Cultural Center on White Rock Lake, and you, hypothetically, left your wallet at home, then you wouldn’t be completely out of luck, thanks to some generous folk at the Bath…
Everyone knows Saint Mary Magdalene, the follower of Jesus (and his purported wife, according to a certain terrible book series). But you don’t hear a lot about her sister, Martha. That’s probably because she was too busy fixin’ tasty eats in the kitchen while everyone else was out spreading the…
At some point in elementary school you probably made a rose out of construction paper…or at least a paper airplane. Now’s your chance to channel your childhood and unleash your closeted creative side. Paper Nerds, a company dedicated to making art with paper, will be hosting a workshop to teach…
Most everyone who is a horror-movie junkie saw The Ring in 2002…and didn’t fall over dead seven days later. Then after that, the even braver ones experienced Ringu, the original 1998 Japanese version of the film, and were left with nightmares of Sadako (Samara). Those into the foreign originals of…
Joan Rivers is not a likeable lady. She’s a comedic mastermind, with brilliant timing and a cutting wit. Often hilarious and self-deprecating, she’s also a classic over-sharer. But she is frequently mean, setting her sights on a target and cutting loose with a fury few people understand. A recent tirade…
