Dallas Life

Get off the couch because it’s a real mother of a week for culture in Dallas: Billy Porter, Magen King and Averie Bishop are just a few of the shining stars.

Get over your “Succession” stress by getting out of the house for some culture. Cinco de Mayo events, Boot Scootin’ Skate Night, Black Heritage Celebration and Echo Theatre’s “Natural Shocks” are just a few options.

This week has us exhausted from all the decision fatigue. There are so many cool things to do, which ones do we choose? The Boulet Brothers, Darken, Less A Light On and Deep Vellum’s Anniversary Celebration are just a few to choose from.

It’s been three years since QuakeCon has held a non-virtual gathering for its newest and classic games. This year, it goes back to an in-person meeting, but not everything is returning to the Gaylord Texan Resort this summer.

Everyone has a little bit of mystery in their past, otherwise we wouldn’t have online ancestry sites. But Anya in touring Broadway musical Anastasia, doesn’t have a laptop in the 1920s as she navigates from Russia to the stunning world of Paris.

Skip Ikea and give your home some personality (and maybe cool ghosts from haunted mirrors). Here are 10 thrift hacks that will help you save some money to put toward your utility bills this Texas summer.

The legendary Texas Chain Saw Massacre is finally getting the asymmetrical video game treatment and it’ll be on your PC or console as early as May. Put down some newspaper because it’s gonna be really bloody.

Another Dallas venue has become the target of phone and online abuse for trying to hold a drag show event that it cancelled on Saturday because they could not ensure the safety of its employees or guests.

We’ve created a nifty list of things that we, the Target-loving Oak Cliff residents and frequenters, hope to find at the new local Target.

March comes in like a lion with some strong opportunities for Dallas audiences. “On Your Feet,” “Silver Foxes” and the “28th annual El Corazón Exhibition” are just a few.

As fashionistas endlessly bookmark luxury pieces on resale treasure trove The RealReal, and TikTok influencers serve up the latest microtrends, 2023 is the ideal time for the opening of 2nd Street USA.

When Larissa Retchless left Parkland Hospital’s labor and delivery in 2017, she left alone.She had barely laid eyes on her one-week-old daughter, Kennedy, let alone gotten the chance to hold her. And she didn’t know when or if she’d ever be able to.

Arcades are no longer a retro novelty. Thanks to local chains like Free Play and Cidercade and national chains like Main Event and Dave & Buster’s, they are part of the possible answers when one of our friends inevitably asks “I dunno. What do you wanna do” on a weekend night.

The LGBTQ movement may feel newer for the average person because of more recent advancements  – such as the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case, which requires that all states recognize same-sex marriages, and the 2010 repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy – but its roots run deep in America’s history.

The lodging rental app Airbnb has seen its fair share of controversies, which is what happens when you let total strangers stay in your home without doing a background check.

There’s no limit on the amount of money some fans will spend to get memorabilia and keepsakes of their favorite teams and players.

Fans of page-turners will likely recognize the name Rachel Hawkins thanks to her 2021 Southern, salty gothic swerve on Jane Eyre, The Wife Upstairs. Now she’s showing up with another gothic murder romp, but sending us to Italy.

The holidays mean more than just potlucks, budgeting for the best gifts and decorating. Unlike the rest of the year, this is the season to think about how to use your time and money with intention.

Trimming the tree with personality and wit is having a moment. In 2022, decking the halls is a choose-your-own-adventure event.

Don’t ask how it got here so fast, but the holidays officially began when you took that final bite of turkey and mash last week.

Since billionaire Elon Musk took over Twitter, he’s restored banned accounts, including that of former President Donald Trump, tried to implement features that failed spectacularly and embarrassed himself with every unfunny, trolling Tweet. Twitter can be a toxic wasteland of scorn and hate, but it can also be genuinely entertaining…

WaterTower Theatre is celebrating its 27th season and the opener isn’t some quiet effort, but a big rock opera of Biblical proportions. Literally. The company is hitting the stage with Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar.