A mural by artists Preston Pannek and Izk Davies was unveiled April 17 on the side of the Green Room Bar and Restaurant in Deep Ellum. Based on an image by photographer Jeremy Lock, the mural depicted a group of soldiers looking on as one of their own was breakdancing…
Break out your American flags and show off your bald eagle tattoos – the Fourth of July is almost here, and it’s time to celebrate the birthday of our great nation. For those that bleed red, white and blue, this is a holy day to celebrate what makes this country…
Summer hasn’t officially started yet, and the 10-day forecast already looks like the grades of an elementary school art class (mostly high 90s). But any Texan worth his or her salt could’ve told you on New Year’s Day this June was going to be hot. We take heat seriously, especially with…
For the past four years, Mario Aguilar and Miguel Rivera have been trying to reopen Incite. The skate shop opened in 2014 at Farmers Branch, but because of their inexperience and low inventory, the founders were forced to close the store. Since then, they have learned from their mistakes and…
Alongside the road leading into the entrance to Trinity Forest Golf Course and this year’s Byron Nelson golf tournament, an African-American man held up a sign, “Byron Nelson would be sad, this course sucks.” The sign marked the arrival of the strange intersection of gentrification and leisure, a truly Dallas…
Three years ago, Derek Nemunaitis was doing cancer research and practicing mixed martial arts. But one day, he broke his leg training and decided to try drawing and painting as a hobby. A few years later he was let go from his job and continued creating art instead of finding…
If your allergies didn’t already give it away, you might have noticed that spring has officially sprung. Which means it is time to start planning those picnic dates and outdoor Instagram posts. We can’t think of a better place to do that than these six local gardens. Pop a couple…
The Fitness Ambassadors, a community of fitness bloggers from around Dallas, hosted a silent yoga party last week. On a roof. At sunset. In the middle of the city. Yogis and fitness enthusiasts gathered Thursday night on a rooftop of a parking garage overlooking the American Airlines Center, surrounded by…
It was a celebration of all things green as a group of about 25 people gathered at the MAC POP Garden launch in the Cedars neighborhood. A few kids tried out their painting skills in a project using natural dye, and visitors weaved yarn through slats on a large wooden…
The days of baking in a tanning bed are a distant memory for most of us. And now spots and splats of skin discoloration stretch across our faces. Why didn’t we listen when we were teens who just wanted to bake to a crisp? These days, the spray tan scene…
A Texas spring wouldn’t be complete without rolling patches of bluebonnets. The state flower has flanked our highways and filled fields every spring but received even more acclaim after the Highway Beautification Act of 1965. President Lyndon B. Johnson helped to pass the act, but the best place to spot…
There’s a new mural in Oak Cliff. And as with almost all art, there are some opinions about it. The mural includes an eagle, a skull, a snake, a heart, a fish and a butterfly on tiled, multicolored triangles. It’s part of an effort to beautify (read: gentrify) Oak Cliff and the…
After scooping up nearly 400 acres of pricey ground to use, in part, for sports fields, Frisco is set to accommodate more young athletes. The city closed Feb. 5 on land it bought from Brinkmann Ranch, parks and recreation director Shannon Keleher says. “It was about $61 million,” she says…
Last time we saw artists Billi London-Gray and Daniel Bernard Gray, they were hosting a political pop-up at Umbrella Gallery in Deep Ellum that featured a pile of dirt and a Trump-inspired hairpiece. The duo is back with another installation to satisfy your appetite for unconventional art, but this time the…
In Midlothian, about a half hour south of Dallas, backhoes and excavators are working more than a thousand acres of land in preparation for the opening of DFW’s newest amusement park. But don’t start entertaining visions of roller coasters and log flumes. At Texplex, opening this weekend, it’s the excavator…
No matter how much you love your 9 to 5, chances are you’ll always live for the weekend. Make the most of those precious days off and start scheduling time away from the Big D. From surf museums to speakeasies and Sioux-style tepees, these 10 Texas getaways are sure to…
Not long ago, catching a glimpse of a bald eagle riding the wind in North Texas would have been about as rare as sighting a Sasquatch along the North Dallas Tollway. But today, if someone claims to have ogled one of the majestic creatures gliding past with a snake dangling…
Some of the new Super Soakers are so big and powerful that a kid would need Jack Lalanne’s upper body strength just to hold them. And if you’ve got an oversized Super Soaker lying around that you haven’t drenched anyone with yet, you’ll get the chance at a world record attempt…
In his old Cedars loft, which was formerly a grocery store — and way, way before that, a brothel — James Nawashi makes rope for a living and has been doing so for years. The rope he makes is specifically used for fetish play; consenting adults bind each other with…
In case you missed the memo sent in the form of a sauna-like climate, summer is here. But we only get to complain about the heat for so long before it’s time to change tack and complain about even more heat instead, so let’s all agree to buck up and…
Steve Holmes, founder of Springfree Trampoline based in Plano, has an invention he thinks can peel your video game-addicted children or man-children off the couch, lure them into the backyard and trick them into soaking up some Vitamin D while exercising. He’s built trampolines that incorporate tgoma, an interactive gaming…
Once again, bodyslams and suplexes were put alongside comedy, music and tacos at this year’s Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin. Local wrestling promotions Inspire Pro & Anarchy Championship Wrestling set up their ring in between the blue & black stage and were each allocated one hour of wrestling per…
