If there is one thing to know about Dallas retail-preneur Matt Alexander, it’s that he is always up for a good story. At the launch of one of his earlier ventures, Need, in 2013 (an e-commerce retailer and publication for men), it was the art of the story that drove…
There aren’t many places in public where people could get away with wearing a gimp suit or fetish wear, but the 2019 Dallas Fetish Ball 20th Anniversary is encouraging people to squeeze into the sluttiest, freakiest and kinkiest shit they got tucked back in the corner of their closet. The…
A stuffed, winged monkey peeks from a storefront window while a black and white image of a 1950s-era twister threatening Oak Cliff adorns an inside wall. The pairing might seem unusual, but it’s at home among a hoard of vintage oddities waiting to be discovered at Dolly on Bishop. The…
Friday, November 8 Pupsgiving 6 p.m. Friday, November 8 Barney Wood Bark Park Free We’ve got a lot to be thankful for this season, and puppies are one of the reasons. Furry attendees can create works of art with their precious little paws, and humans can shop several dog-friendly vendors…
Let’s be honest: the CBD game in Dallas is all fucked up. There are businesses selling people a product they know is low-quality shitty cannabis and trying to pass it off as an exotic CBD bud. People want top shelf CBD flower, just like people who purchase high-THC cannabis. There’s…
Editor’s note: Thoele Sarradet is a Dallas-based comic artist and poet. She spends her time reading books about mythology, wandering groves and practicing sword fighting. After many years of dealing with dysphoria and unpacking social stigmas, she came out as transgender through a ritual ceremony on her 21st birthday.
On last Tuesday’s episode of The Wendy Williams Show, entertainment journalist Devyn Simone delivered news about The Real Housewives of Dallas in the show’s segment called Reality Rewind. Before Simone could get to the gossip, Williams asked her audience to clap if they watched RHOD. The audience was silent. “Dallas…
While you were sleeping, one of the most recognizable voices in morning radio dropped a new clothing company, and we have to admit — it’s darling. Kellie Rasberry, co-host of The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show and a self-proclaimed “all black everything” kind of gal, launched a mother-and-daughter e-commerce called Emma…
Monday, November 4 DMA Arts & Letters Live: Lori GottliebLori Gottlieb is a certified therapist (whose expertise is frequently sought on morning talk shows), a New York Times best-selling author and the columnist behind The Atlantic’s “Ask a Therapist.” Gottlieb’s latest book, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, is based…
Friday, November 1 Romanian Food Festival 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1 Biserica Sfanta Maria Dallas $5 Immerse yourself in Romanian culture this weekend. For just $5, attendees of the Romanian Food Festival can enjoy traditional folk dances and music, plus sample some Romanian food. Tickets are available for purchase here…
A group of phantoms perched in Plano will soon disappear off the downtown streets that they’ve been haunting all month. The figures are gray-beige characters slumped on benches and stooped on ledges, pieces of public art created by Plano artist Brad Stewart. Today, the eerie silhouettes ( which Stewart created…
We do not like delivering bad news this early in the morning (or this late at night, depending on what time of the day you are reading this; that’s none of our business), but we must. Chip and Joanna Gaines are trying to pull a fast one over on you…
Some strip clubs really cater to every type of fetish. If yours fall on the old-timey side, like the really old, prehistoric-timey side of vintage bestiality, then you missed quite the show at Bucks Cabaret in Dallas this past weekend, when a video straight from Ross Geller’s fantasies went viral…
Lorena Bobbitt, who now uses her maiden name Gallo, became the controversial face of domestic abuse in 1993, when the Ecuadorian-born manicurist was arrested after castrating husband John Bobbitt with a kitchen knife, and throwing his penis out of her car window after, she alleged, suffering years of spousal abuse…
The CW sitcom Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, created by and starring comedian Rachel Bloom, is a joyous anomaly of television. Despite its low ratings, the high level of critical acclaim carried the show through four glorious seasons, two Emmy wins and a Golden Globe for Bloom’s performance of Rebecca Bunch, a successful…
Every good show on TV should do what Breaking Bad has done. For starters, every show should strive to be as awesome as Breaking Bad. Someone should tell the makers of CBS’ Fam. Breaking Bad is as close to perfect in achieving what humanity hopes for from any TV show…
On April 18, the Deep Ellum neighborhood became a no-go zone for companies like Uber and Lyft. The pilot program, coordinated by the City of Dallas and Deep Ellum Foundation, dictated that ride-sharing company drivers would only be permitted to pick up and drop off passengers at designated areas. The…
Friday, October 18 Half Price Books Dallas Clearance Sale 9 a.m., Friday, October 18 Dallas Market Hall Free admission Everything is $2 or less as Half Price Books stores across North Texas clear their shelves. Stock up on books, records, movies and more. Parking and admission are free. Fall Movie…
Is Dallas the fashion capital of the world? Very few people would probably answer yes. But if you change the question to whether Dallas is a hidden gem of a fashion-forward city, you’d now have a pretty decent argument. One designer who continues to prove this to be true is…
Hollywood is making a quick stop in Dallas by way of the Guillermobile. Patrons stopping in the Skillman Mariano’s Hacienda will not only be treated to the restaurant’s classic Tex-Mex — served in Dallas since 1971 — they might also catch a glimpse of Jimmy Kimmel Live! fixture Guillermo, as…
Seeing a pile of poop at Klyde Warren Park isn’t an unusual sight, especially if you’re in the dog park (sigh), but a rather large one is attracting crowds to the downtown Dallas park. For one day only on Thursday, a 30-foot inflatable turd (This is why I took on…
Eric Andre put it best last night when he described his comedy as, “A mix between Gallagher and GG Allin.” The antics performed by the comedian on his Adult Swim television series The Eric Andre Show take notes from game-changing predecessors The Tom Green Show and Jackass, made manifest in…
