Every morning during high school, esports entrepreneur Danny Martin spent hours running on sun-baked synthetic rubber. As a track athlete and Dallas native, Martin was indoctrinated into a world where athletics was an avenue to personal fame and fortune. “Sports is in our genes in Dallas,” he says. “When you…
While many of us have brought our metaphorical baggage many times to Deep Ellum’s bars, the Dallas neighborhood now offers an option for travelers who are burdened by luggage in between hotel’s check-out and check-in times. Between ever-changing flight boarding times and strict hotel checkout times, traveling with heavy luggage can,…
School’s in. Maybe you’re a freshman and you’re in a new, exciting place, or maybe you’ve been around awhile. It’s your third, fourth, 10th year at a university, and it’s getting hard to sit in dinky lecture halls and pretend you care about the syllabus. Maybe you need some motivation,…
Monday, August 26 KIFARUEarthxFilm, the environmentally focused film festival, is one of the many efforts by the Trammell Crow-founded EarthX, an organization that unifies environmental activists around the globe. Monday’s screening of KIFARU shows the full-length documentary directorial debut from Emmy-nominated cinematographer David Hambridge. The film follows the first four…
Yes, please reread that headline. “Uh-Oh — Did You Hear? Texans Are Not Having Sex” is what it says. Again, Texans — people who live in Texas — are not having sex — aka, intercourse, copulation, screwing, banging, etc. We think you get it by now. This information comes from…
Texas talent is once again on the rise. While artists like Khalid, Megan Thee Stallion, Lizzo and Post Malone are topping the charts, those working behind the scenes are also making a name for themselves. Earlier this year, it was reported that designer Charles Smith II had produced costumes for…
The Red Panther stands on the green ropes in the corner of the ring with his right hand raised as if he were challenging the sun to a wrestling match. He wears black tights and, similar to the other luchadores, a mask, black with a red panther face. On this…
This season, the Dallas Mavericks embrace the future. As announced last Tuesday via an official press release, the Mavs will become the second NBA team to accept the new-age cryptocurrency known as Bitcoin as a form of payment for all Mavericks products. Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency without a…
That’s it. You’ve found the one. As the sun sets in the horizon, you can hear a triumphant love ballad playing in your mind like the end of a rom-com as you stare into the eyes of your new forever. You feel like a freaking Disney Princess, it’s so perfect…
“I never really thought art was an option,” says Dallas visual artist Ari Brielle, explaining that societal pressures tricked her into believing that pursuing an artistic career wasn’t viable. Brielle had been making artwork her whole life but started to take it seriously in college after her father mentioned University of North…
From classic and chic to ultra-chunky, these five Dallas artists make one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces for every taste. Shamsy Roomiani, Shamsy Handmade Goods Dallas artist Shamsy Roomiani, best known as simply Shamsy, didn’t set out to make jewelry. Rather making her “wearable art” is something that evolved naturally through her work…
A disturbing Instagram video that went viral over the weekend caught the attention of the Dallas and Lewisville police departments. A live stream of an unidentified female juvenile putting a small, white dog in a dryer, and laughing as the dog is tossed around inside it, received a massive amount…
Actress and businesswoman Claudia Wells gets recognized a lot for her small but memorable role as Jennifer Parker in the blockbuster 1985 sci-fi comedy Back to the Future. Wells appeared in the beginning and end of the film, bookending the time-traveling comedy as the loving girlfriend of Marty, played by…
Friday, August 9 The NorthPark AutoShow 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9 Northpark Center Free Northpark Center will showcase more than 40 top-of-the-line luxury vehicles, including models from Audi, Jaguar and Land Rover. Get a glimpse into the future and see what Dallas’ top auto dealerships have to offer. Art Mania…
For the first time ever Refinery 29 is bringing its traveling art pop-up 29Rooms: Expand Your Reality to Dallas. During Aug. 9-18, Gilley’s Dallas will be transformed into a fully immersive experience for art lovers to enjoy, with sections ranging from the introspective to the provocative, all the while challenging…
A party card game called Trial By Trolley is now in development by Explosm Entertainment, the Richardson studio behind the dark cartoon comedy universe Cyanide & Happiness. It has become another lode of board game gold for Explosm and Skybound Entertainment, the comic, TV show and game making powerhouse behind the…
Scottish-born comedian Daniel Sloss can brag about the rare distinction of being one of the few comics to release two comedy specials on Netflix at once –including the ironically titled Dark and the deeply personal Jigsaw– a claim only reserved for a handful of comedians, like James Acaster, Chris Rock and…
25 years ago, id Software released DOOM, a bloody, unrelenting and challenging first-person shooter game which would change the video game industry and set a very high bar for future generations of programmers and game designers. The concept seemed simple but became far more complex after every grisly character death…
DOOM took up the most time and real estate at this year’s QuakeCon gathering at the Gaylord Texan Convention Center because of the iconic first-person shooter’s 25th anniversary. But it wasn’t the only game with a new or impending release on digital and retail store shelves. The Dallas-based game studios…
They call journalism the “fourth pillar of democracy,” and while it can and should hold powerful individuals accountable, the profession hasn’t exactly answered the one question that is truly on everybody’s mind: How many curse words do each of Quentin Tarantino’s movies use? This question has resurfaced in light of Tarantino’s…
Monday, July 29 You Can’t Take It With YouWhen the straitlaced Kirby family accidentally shows up a day early for a dinner party, their contrast with their hosts, the eccentric Vanderhof-Sycamore-Carmichael family, results in wacky high jinks and heartwarming life lessons in the perpetually popular You Can’t Take It With…
From side-hustling to climbing the corporate ladder, millennial earnings are on the rise. Despite their money no longer being funny or cute, many young people are still holding on to one thing — renting. And Dallas isn’t making things easier in terms of homebuying. According to RealPage, a real estate…
