Free Play Arcade Makes a Big Comeback in Denton by Buying Its Own Square Space
The last time Free Play Arcade had a location in Denton, it ended in a lawsuit. Now the arcade chain is coming back to Denton in a much bigger way.
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Oak Cliff Film Fest Bounces Back Big With Films from Questlove, Udo Kier, Riz Ahmed
The plans for last year’s Oak Cliff Film Festival didn’t go as they were originally planned.
Flaccid in Frisco: North Texas Cities Rank Least Horny in America
It may now seem like a foggy pre-war memory, but there was a time life used to feel like an orgy of instant, rampant, often unexplained horniness — a time where attractions were so plentiful and our excitement so, um, premature we had to deliberately conjure unsexy mental images to keep our libidos in check.
In Dallas, More Employees Are Returning to the Office Than in Any Other City
We soon may have to put on pants again for work meetings. As COVID vaccinations become more widely available, offices are re-opening, prompting workers to return to the 9-to-5 grind.
New Dallas Comedy Club Owners Want to Turn Dallas Into a Destination for Comedy
The loss of the Dallas Comedy House (DCH) — the Deep Ellum improv comedy theater that got swallowed up by the pandemic last August — was swift and sudden, but a new set of owners stepped in with plans to open the theater almost one year later.
Zac Crain’s New Book Is an Ode to Dirk, Dallas and a Son
As soon as Zac Crain got copies of his new book, he gave one to his son Isaac. Isaac hadn’t read any of the manuscript while it was in progress, but Crain knew he needed to be one of the first people to see it in print. I See You…
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Artist Uprising Is Hosting an NFT Pop-Up Gallery in Dallas
As non-fungible forms of art rise in popularity, Dallas artists are riding the wave. Next month, Landmark Center will host an NFT pop-up gallery for two weekends.
The New Zombie Films Inspired Us To Find the Best Hiding Spots in Dallas
The bright side of 2021 is that we’re all a little better prepared for a zombie apocalypse. We’ve been paranoid about the symptoms of a disease that’s easily spread, and anxiously watched for warning signs.
Luke Wilson still knows good local restaurants but not much about the Dallas Cowboys
Dallas native Luke Wilson stars as Rusty Russell in “12 MIghty Orphans”
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The Best Dallas-Centric Films and TV Shows Happening This Summer
Widespread vaccinations promise Dallasites something that they didn’t have last year: an actual summer. It was hard to enjoy the season last year — what’s to love about warm weather if you can’t enjoy summer concerts, cookouts, waterparks or festivals?
On With the Show: Performing Arts Venues Hope for Returning Crowds as Pandemic Eases
The Four Day Weekend comedy theater opened in 2018 in Lowest Greenville but hasn’t had a traditional show on its stage in 14 months.
The Best Things to Do in Dallas May 26-June 1
Dallas’s Over the Bridge Arts presents FIRST DRAFT, a two-part live theater experience. In the first half, artists from Echo Theatre including Kateri Cale, Chad Cline and Leslie Patrick will read opening scenes from selected entries to Big Shout Out 3, an international new play contest for “women+” playwrights.
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Boomers and Millennials Aren’t That Different When It Comes to One Thing: Weed
The cultural war, or blame game, between baby boomers and millennials is still going strong. Hundreds of memes and YouTube-aired discussions later, there is not much of anything on which the two generations seem to agree — aside from their shared love of avocados.
Chip and Joanna Gaines Donated to a Campaign Aiming to Stop Critical Race Theory
On Wednesday, The Dallas Morning News reported that Waco’s Chip and Joanna Gaines of HGTV fame donated $1,000 to Shannon Braun’s campaign for the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD school board.
Schitt’s Creek Characters as Dallas Neighborhoods and Suburbs
Have you heard of the television program Schitt’s Creek? It’s a little-known Canadian comedy that introduced the world to newfound international sex symbol Dan Levy whilst reminding us that his father, Eugene, is a certified DILF.
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8 Odd Ways Capitol Insurrectionists Have Been Exposed So Far
Many of the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6 walked away with a stolen souvenir, but they all left behind endless news stories about their arrests.
Grapevine Pastor Asks for Prayers for Israel … by Posting Photos of Devastation in Palestine
The recent devastation in Gaza is horrifying the world, and one pastor at Grapevine’s Fellowship Church is particularly moved by the images, at least when he thought they depicted Israelis.
Dallas Gets an Obey Giant Water Tower Mural in Deep Ellum
You don’t have to know a damn thing about art to know the work of Shepard Fairey. The street artist’s ubiquitous poster of former President Barack Obama in red and blue, with the word “Hope” stamped at the bottom, is one of the most iconic presidential images of all time,…
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Sherri Doucette Is Healing Black Men One ‘Broga’ Pose at a Time
It’s Mental Health Awareness Month, and this May especially, Litehouse Wellness continues to put the “men” in mental health.
The Best Things To Do in Dallas May 19-25
The Pocket Sandwich Theater presents the 80th birthday celebration for Jay Ramsey and Jerry Brown, the original members of the Dallas-based award-winning group Back in Times Blues Band of the ’60s and ’70s
Sneaker Con Is Alive and Kicking (and Coming to Dallas in May)
The pre-vaccine pandemic made us revisit a habit we’d long forgotten about thanks to our various streaming services: walking.
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Short Film Harp and Sol Examines Environmental Racism in Dallas
Interminable news stories in the last year have especially proven that racism is alive and well, and keeping up with all of its subcategories is tough.