A couple weeks ago, we reported on a panel discussion at CentralTrak, “1.2 Million Stories: State of the Emerging Arts,” conceived by Green Bandana Group founder, Darryl Ratcliff, and featuring such prominent young voices as Kevin Rubén Jacobs, Danielle Georgiou, Jerod Davies and Bryan Embry. Lasting more than 90 minutes,…
I’ll have to break somebody’s legs up in payroll before I make another trip over to Dolly Python, because that place has everything I want, but nothing I (particularly) need. *Not a real threat, payroll; I’m a writer, not a fighter.* Whenever I step through those doors, my staying on…
Dispatch from Cedar Springs, where one community organizer is setting up a red-hot first week of June. Razzle Dazzle Dallas is a volunteer organization with a mission to better the LGBT in any and every way imaginable, and RDD is gearing up for its second annual June Pride extravaganza. Razzle…
Man, I’ve got a thing for cowboys, so it’s unfortunate that I don’t happen to have the right thing when it comes to wrangling one of the fellas-in-tight-jeans at the Round-Up Saloon. But, a girl can still enjoy the scenery on what is one of the city’s most eclectic…
I really want to like Ed Young. Don’t get me wrong: he stands for virtually everything I find offensive. But still, dude’s pro-boning. Yeah, yeah – under his rules you have to be a “married” heterosexual Christian couple in order to get in on the holy foreplay, but I got…
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…
Furniture lovers, take note. An especially alluring shopping event opens to the public this Saturday, April 14, in the Design District. Dwell With Dignity, a non-profit that helps furnish residencies for families transitioning out of homelessness, knows nesting treasure when it finds it. And by the looks of this month’s…
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 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…
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…
Smoke and Mirrors Gallery is the type of space that you walk into and think “Am I still in Dallas?” Yes, ma’am you are. But it’s easy to forget that when an oil painting of Big Tex is staring at you with laser-beam eyes. This cocoon of the peculiar nurtures…
The only thing better than a shopping success story is an autobiographical shopping success story. Welcome to mine. I popped into Dolly Python on my lunch break and heard them make the decision. Rather than bagging up all of those georgous coats and sweaters they are all marked down by…
Let’s face it, Lula B’s is Dallas’ mecca for living room necessities. They’ve got all the basics covered, from a suspended round TV to a ’70s disco light that flashes to the beat of the stereo it’s connected to. While wandering the aisles of Lula B’s West on a lazy…
If there’s one thing I love, it’s a man who goes by his initials. If there’s another thing I love it’s anyone who will re-create Anthropologie furniture for a fraction of the price. I found both in a local woodworker named Khaki Caekaert. But you can all him K.C. My…
I made my first trip to the Frisco IKEA yesterday. In the course of my journey I saw families ripped apart, friendships tested and entirely too many things promising to solve my organizational dilemmas. Yes, I left disorientated with two carts of “AUSKS” and “FULKVIKS.” The problem with IKEA is…
Holy crap. You better go ahead and sew your liver an apology sling right now, because Saturday is going to be a major rager. GayBingo has had Dallas by the weave for ten glorious years, so we know how packed the Rose Room will be when the hard partying Mardi…
Man, I still get the same old tired line: Oh, you write for the Culture section? In Dallas? What Culture. Yes, yes. We know. Dallas is no New York. Or, Paris. Or, hell, even Austin. I was just the same when I left here in back in 2006 with both…
What caught our eye with this one was the phrase: “bargain hunter’s paradise.” This Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. you can troll for treasures at The Gyspy Wagon Swap and Flea where more than 20 venders will encamp to peddle their best vintage, oddities and straight-up junk. No…
This previously adored Louis Vuitton train case sparks exotic escape fantasies. After all, it would only look better if fluffed out, filled with carefully selected frocks for an impassioned weekend getaway. Sure, you could use a smaller bag on a two-day pass, but why on earth would you? This massive…
Is your kitchen underdone? Is your wet bar dry of inspiration? Dolly Python has you covered…
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. It’s a rare day when you see an app in the iTunes store that has a 5 star rating (for the current rating at least, and 4…
A special connection with a soccer ball. How it felt when he left you alone, in front of your locker, with only your Mead 5 Star to catch your tears. Justin Bieber’s eyes. Nothing is off limits when it comes to youth poetry. Now in its 16th year, “Express Yourself”…
