Need new décor for your coven? Something to camouflage the bloodstains on the basement wall? Local thrift and vintage stores are well stocked with affordable, terrifying pieces of art depicting death’s heads and visions of hell. We found some thrilling, chilling pictures (and one creepy pillow) at Dolly Python, White…
Driving down any major Texas highway in October you can see pop-up Halloween costume stores scattered on corners like landmines. Ever wonder how they got there? Or how they come up with all those clever costume ideas? We did, so we decided to check out some costume shops around the…
Welcome to another edition of Geek-Offs , where you’ll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way through hump day each week. Bless the Japanese. That sweet little island nation half a world away has given us some pretty awesome stuff. From tasty treats to creepy horror flicks…
There are ghosties in the treezies all over town. Halloween yard decorations are adding spookily Goth touches to lawns, especially in Highland Park, where not a few elegant mansions are under attack by giant spiders and haunted by specters dangling from tree limbs or dancing in circles by the driveway…
Readers, have you experienced a night of unforgettable Dallas-ness? A night you were proud to be a part of, one that represented what you think of when you think of our fair city? Tell us about it. Email Jenny Block and she might feature your experience in a future Dallas…
Welcome to another edition of Geek-Offs , where you’ll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way through hump day each week. Sometimes boys screw up pretty badly. Sure, they could buy some flowers, send a singing telegram or even grovel like there’s no tomorrow, but with this…
Welcome to another edition of Geek-Offs, where you’ll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way through hump day each week. We’re a big fan of Armor Games around here, as if you couldn’t tell. They’re the purveyors of some of our favorite Geek-Off games from the past…
When I heard the Women’s Museum was closing, I felt a deep sense of…culpability. It was one of those places I always intended to go. I went when it opened, and possibly once more (or possibly not), but never again. Even when it had an exhibit of Annie Leibovitz photos,…
Hey, you. Yes, you. We know you know a MasterMind. Have you nominated them yet? We need you to tell us about innovative, cultural landscape-paving Dallas-based artists — those in dance, theater, performance art, visual arts and more. Why? Well, we want to recognize them (in print and at our…
Art Con 7 Artist Lottery from Erica Felicella on Vimeo. Exciting news for those waiting for the big yes or no. Mixmaster received this dispatch from Art Conspirators just moments ago: We the Conspiracy are hard at work sorting artist submissions. Our mainframe is spitting out numbers using the latest…
It’s now. It’s live. It’s happening. We want the innovators, the community climate changers, the artists who see, make, and do like no one else. And, well, since you artistic types are already in the spirit of entering things, we figured you wouldn’t mind our online registration form and the…
Welcome to another edition of Geek-Offs, where you’ll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way through hump day each week. Sitting in meeting after meeting all week, your mind probably wanders a bit. Chances are there are some pretty sweet doodles to be found in the edges…
If you’re anything like us, you probably have a garage full of weird and unnecessary items morosely collecting dust, but don’t drag them to the curb just yet! Join us on Saturday, October 1, 2011 for the Dallas Arts District’s Art in Motion procession. Grab that jogging stroller that has…
Minted.com is currently running a promotion for free mommy business cards, offering you 25 cards free (you just have to pay for shipping). If you have a kid, you’ve seen these at the playground. I once had a woman proposition me with one of these while I was shopping at…
If the world does end soon, we can leave as happy campers. We came, saw and conquered. Well, we conquered Dallas at least, and we have the proof that we’ve experienced the best this city has to offer in our Best of Dallas 2011 issue, which hit newsstands today and…
Labor Day might mark the unofficial start of fall, but fall really begins this Friday. We’ve suffered through record-breaking heat and, maybe worse, Pete Delkus’ tweets about it, for months, but now with football season in full swing and the State Fair just around the corner we can officially get…
Welcome to another edition of Geek-Offs, where you’ll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way through hump day each week. With the cool weather creeping in, we’re getting a little twitchy in our seats. Unfortunately, being stuck at our desks all day means we need a virtual…
Welcome to another edition of Geek-Offs, where you’ll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way through hump day each week. We’ve been playing video games as far back as we can remember. Once upon a time we had to save up quarters and go to the arcade…
If you were thinking of moseying over to a Target store after work to pick up a few of those Missoni items, don’t bother. By 8:30 this morning the racks were cleaned out. I know this because I was at the Super Target at Abrams and Skillman bright and early,…
It’s the first of its kind here in Dallas and it appears to be off to a smashing start. I’m referring to Uptown Players’ Dallas Pride Performing Arts Festival that kicked off this past Friday and runs through the September 17. I had the chance to check out three of…
Last week I participated in a bit of a Facebook debate started by one of our Arts & Culture own (see above). With 38 comments, there was some heavy debate mixed in with the quips. Most skewed on the side of the tiger. But a few of us supported that…
Every few months Dallas-area theaters pile on the new shows. This is one of those weekends, with 10 productions opening. One of those, Dallas Pride Performing Arts Festival at Uptown Players, is a multi-show offering filling several performance spaces at Kalita Humphreys Theater. So go see a show. Tickets start…
