Natalie Young: The Showstopper

In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Mark Graham. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. There is a moment in the sexy Adam Rapp play Red Light Winter that could test the…

Jane Aldridge: The Princess of the Pumps

In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Mark Graham. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. Jane Aldridge reaches for a life-sized white ceramic cat perched on one of her coffee tables and…

Jason Reimer, Erik Steele and Barak Epstein: The Reel Man

In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Mark Graham. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. It’s the movie house that Howard Hughes built, and the one a shlub named Lee Harvey forced…

Nicole Stewart: The Memoir Wrangler

In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Mark Graham. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. A little more than three years ago, Nicole Stewart was in Venice Beach, California, and she was…

PRIDE Power Hour Fundraiser Thursday at the W!

Back in college, a “power hour” was a drinking game where two very drunk, and likely underage, idiots tried to drink one shot of beer per minute for a full hour. As an adult, we still rock that shit, but now we just call it “happy hour at Goodfriend.” These…

It’s Audie Murphy Day. Now What the Hell Does That Mean?

Among some of his less-remembered acts as governor, George W. Bush declared June 20th an official Texas state holiday back in 1999, honoring Audie Murphy. From meager beginnings as a North Texas plowboy to World War II’s most highly-decorated American soldier, Murphy led a life of immense acclaim as a…

Moment of Clarity: Allison V. Smith’s VI

If one were to describe photographer Allison V. Smith’s work with just one word, it would be: multifarious … or, variegated. Vivid, nuanced, resplendent, complicated. Conspicuous, but never ostentatious, never distractingly so. In other words, there’s simply no way to condense a multifaceted artist of Smith’s breadth to a single…

Gift Ideas: In Futile Search of your Dad’s Love

Art is Art posted a little reminder yesterday evening on Facebook that there are only two days left to scrounge up some last minute goods for the favorite father figure in your life. What do dads even like? Bill O’Reilly and steak, probably. Maybe a meat basket, if you want…

Worst of Craigslist: What Makes Good Christian Bitches Go Bad?

First of all, we’re not crazy about tossing around the term “bitch” – at least not outside the context of safe words and “yes ma’ams” – but some asshat writer popularized the phrase in order to capitalize on one of Dallas’ most overwrought stereotypes, and it has unfortunately just kind…

Addison Tops Dallas Neighborhoods In Cheaters, Per Capita

A recent study suggests that you might want to double wash your hands before exiting the restroom of that chain restaurant in Addison. The city tops AshleyMadison.com’s list of philanderers per capita. We can only imagine where they entertain their dalliances. The controversial website caters exclusively to married individuals who…

Dallas Woman Takes Home International Ms. Leather 2012

Think of it this way: it’s like Synn Evans just won Miss America, if Miss America contestants wore leather pants as formal wear and were required to describe a detailed sexual fantasy for a panel of judges. “Oh my god,” Evans said the other morning, calling from her Dallas home…

Budweiser Introduces Poolball To Celebrate Start of Soccer Season

Budweiser teamed up with FC Dallas and debuted their weirdest newest marketing strategy this afternoon at Dallas’ beloved American Airlines Center. It’s called Poolball and its YouTube video explains the essentials through Budweiser’s requisite B’s: beers, babes, balls and bros. Here’s what it looks like if you still haven’t figured…

Party, Shop And Eat A Whoopie Pie This Friday

When local husband and wife duo Dylan and Pamela join forces, there’s nothing they cannot accomplish. Take for instance the recent refurbishing of their trailer boutique, the Dowdy Studio Wagon. With only 72 square feet to play with, they were able to convert their space into a bright, welcoming retail…