Being a part of the royal family definitely has its perks. I mean, what could be better than being the Queen of England? For one, she wakes up in a palace every day, but even more mind-blowing is the fact that she pretty much has her own 49-piece group of…
I think it’s possible someone has found a workable solution to ending illiteracy: Give a book to a naked chick and have her read it aloud. Hell, even require people to pay to hear, er, watch it. On Saturday and Sunday, at the Luminarte Design Studio, La Divina Productions is…
More than a few nights during our childhood, my sister and I were awakened by storm sirens. We would sit with our Barbies in the family’s first-floor bathroom as our father stood at the open front door, watching for tornadoes. The power of nature manifested in thunderstorms and tornadoes is…
Normally car shows are highlighted by celebrity appearances and deals, deals, deals! But not this year. No, for the 50th anniversary of the O’Reilly Auto Parts AutoRama, the real draw isn’t an autographed 8-by-10, but a chance to glimpse some of the coolest cars from the last five decades–dragsters like…
Forget the traditional pointe shoes and pantyhose, people. You need a little spice in your life, and the Black Academy of Arts and Letters’ 6th Annual Weekend Festival of Black Dance is just the ticket. The festival, titled Rhythm and Soul of a People, features Happy Nia Dance Theatre, Djely…
It is, once again, my favorite time of the year–Chinese New Year. Now that you’ve probably had your fill of yummies and filled your pockets with little red envelopes (cha-ching!), it’s time to bring the celebration to a close, and you can do so with style at The Crow Collection…
Usually, an empty bowl is a bad thing, like if your cat is hungry, or your pipe needs to be refilled. But sometimes, it’s a great thing, like an empty toilet bowl, or Empty Bowls 2010, a Tarrant Area Food Bank art luncheon that helps fight hunger. For $35, you…
They say it takes a village to raise a child. In the Austrian film The White Ribbon, it takes children to ruin a village. A series of unfortunate events in fictional, rural, pre-World War I Eichwald, Germany, are not only imposed on the village youth, but attributed to them. A…
Ooh, it’s another Quick Fire Challenge! Well, not exactly, but as many Top Chef fans know, former contestant (and executive chef at Plano’s Loft 610) Tre Wilcox knows how to prepare an amazing meal in a flash. Now it’s your chance to learn his secrets. Once you master some techniques,…
The composer Donizetti probably died of syphilis, but before he went stark raving mad, dying in an insane asylum, he wrote a whole bunch of operas, including Don Pasquale. In this opera, young Ernesto is in love with the penniless Norina, but his cranky, rich uncle won’t let him marry…
There are certain sports moments from years past that, whenever I reflect on their outcomes, reduce me to an epic level of grumpiness. The Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants (2008 playoffs, anyone?), basically anything and anyone associated with the New York Yankees (seriously, is there a snottier franchise…
Men with men, men with women, women with women, nymphs with clowns. Stop what you’re thinking, and instead put your mind in a wonderful place filled with impressive stamina and intense acrobatics. Still can’t follow? Imagine daring aerialists on trapezes soaring to their partners 40 feet above the stage floor…
Henry Rollins isn’t for everyone. No, the former Black Flag frontman isn’t for the faint of heart, but neither is he for many of the cynical and jaded. A large contingent of those who may seem like they would be fans of Rollins–who may have been fans of his in…
Beginning Saturday, Dallas art fans and fanatics will have the fortunate opportunity to behold the imagination of the late Houston artist Virgil Grotfeldt. Virgil Grotfeldt: Memories and Transformations will feature the works of a man who used “the anthropological, sociological and geological composition of our world” as the basis for…
Native American food must suck. Even though India is an ocean away from America, menus and grocery stores are far more likely to carry Indian food than the cuisine of the people formerly and incorrectly called “Indians.” Or maybe it’s that the sight of a diner offering Native American food…
Somewhere along the line, Elmo figured out how to trump Muppet icons like Oscar and Big Bird to become the face of Sesame Street. Perhaps it’s his diminutive size or his constant use of the third person, but kids these days just love the little red fur ball, so if…
Fashionistas who can’t go to Fashion Week can get their fix in Dallas, where designer duds, from wedding gowns to plus-size styles, will roll down the runway this Thursday.The Pin Show, now in its third year, showcases the creations and talents of independently established designers, models, stylists, artists and photographers…
Don’t let the title of Child’s Play: A Children’s Fashion Story evoke nightmarish manifestations of little knife-wielding killer dolls in red overalls. Instead think of happy, sweet, innocent dolls dressed in red overalls–and dresses, hats and a variety of other historical attire. The exhibition, presented by Texas Fashion Collection, celebrates…
Martin Luther King Jr. was 5 years old when James Farmer Jr. was initiating the beginning efforts of the Civil Rights Movement. After his first sit-in at a Chicago coffee shop in 1943, Farmer co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality, to which many Southern college students turned during the 1960s…
The differences between two people in a relationship make it pretty impossible to believe that any of us cohabitate for long periods of time. It’s the little differences that seem to lead to the biggest fights too. A simple soggy towel on the floor, a dish left overnight in the…
If there’s a form of entertainment more resistant to updating than juggling, I don’t know what it is. Sure, the ancestors of today’s jugglers couldn’t juggle modern objects like, say, chainsaws, but performers still use the same techniques and probably the same jokes. Which is why the title of one…
I have always loved that book The Secret Garden. It’s very British, and while the little girl, Mary, may have been a brat, at least she didn’t take any lip from anybody. But I digress–this has nothing to do with the All Texas Garden Show, except for the whole “garden”…
