Dallas Neighbors Go Viral With Political Rivalry

Sometimes a picture is really worth a thousand words. The best words. The bigliest words. The yugest. A photo of side-by-side homes in East Dallas’ Lower Greenville neighborhood went viral last week for its display of political rivalry. One of the adjoining duplexes has banners supporting the Trump campaign, and…

The Best Movies To Watch This Fall

It’s September, which means it’s time to part ways with the long, hot summer, unpack your sweaters and take a deep breath of cool autumn air. Always a festive season, there are myriad ways to get into the fall spirit: baking pumpkin pies, picking apples, drinking seasonal beers, cool afternoon…

There May Be Hope for Texans Facing Evictions

Although Texas’ unemployment rate fell to 6.8% last month, some renters may still be anxiously eyeing a new year. Talks of a new coronavirus relief package appear all but stagnant these days, and with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s moratorium on some evictions set to expire Dec. 31,…

DocuFest Is Taking a Detour to the Drive-In For This Year’s Screenings

This is the 33rd year that Bart Weiss, the founder and artistic director of Dallas VideoFest, has brought his team together to put on the annual documentary festival DocuFest. Putting one event together every year since 1987 is challenging enough. “Every year there are new challenges,” Weiss says. “We’ve always taken…

The Internet Is Horny For Beto … Again!

Beto O’Rourke, ex-congressman and former Senate and presidential hopeful, is like the internet’s hot middle school social studies teacher. He’s tall and handsome and has salt and pepper hair. He’s also a little bit lanky and nerdy, but, like, in a hot way. Then there’s the skateboard he always has…

Dallas Actors Who Should Play Characters in Superhero Movies

The days of comic books adaptations being looked down on as nothing more than elevated B-movies now seems like a distant memory. In the past two decades, superhero stories have become the most dominant form of mass entertainment, with the characters of Marvel and DC comics populating some of the…

The Best AirBnBs for a Dallas Weekend Getaway

It’s been over half a year since the coronavirus hit the world like a truck. Maybe you’ve baked banana bread, dabbled with TikTok and forgotten what jeans feel like. But whatever your life has looked like in the last few months, chances are you’re stir-crazy. A great way to get a…

The Endorphin Factory Lets You Pursue Happiness by Demolishing Rooms

Sometimes when you’re stressed, a 20-minute mediation session or power-drinking night out will just not cut it. Nowadays, power-drinking nights out are depressing nights in with a “safe” number of friends while you practice social distancing and talk about how much of a dumpster fire 2020 has been. According to…

Jerry Harris From Netflix’s Cheer Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

Jerry Harris, a cheerleader featured on Netflix’s Cheer, a docu-series that followed Corsicana’s Navarro College’s cheer team, was arrested on child pornography charges, according to BuzzFeed News. On Monday, FBI agents searched his home in Naperville, Illinois. Harris was known for his “mat talk,” where he would regularly cheer on…

Cultural Events Are Happening Once Again in North Texas

While the coronavirus has left a trail of cancellations, many events have changed their format by either going outdoors or online. Things are changing daily, but Dallas culture is still thriving. We’ve put together a list of upcoming events that, so far, have survived a pandemic. Sept. 17-20 Book Sale…

Dallas Therapists Share Their Pandemic Advice for Patients

After the SARS pandemic in 2003, a study was conducted on 129 quarantined people to find out the effects of the pandemic on their mental health. 28.9% of subjects were found to have PTSD, and 31.2% had symptoms of depression. And the longer the quarantine, the worse things got. But…

The Plano Comedy Festival Will Go Virtual Instead of Dark

2020 has to be one of the worst years for live comedy. The coronavirus is, among other things, preventing live audiences from feeding a comedian’s innate need to be the center of attention. Some annual showcases, such as the Dallas and Fort Worth Comedy Festivals, had to postpone or outright…

You Can Now Learn to Vote at Legacy West in Plano

Rock the Vote, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and empowering young people to vote, is coming to Legacy West, the shopping and entertainment district in Plano. Because of COVID-19, young people are more likely missing out on the usual activities and events that schools usually provide. Legacy West’s response to…

We Smoked Some Delta-8 THC … for Science

Although consuming CBD (cannabidiol) is ever more popular for a number of health benefits and is now federally legal, it will never replace Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, or Delta-9 THC, in the hearts and minds of stoners. But, Delta-9 THC, which gives cannabis its “high,” has a cousin. Meet Delta-8 THC, a cannabinoid…

Star Trek: Discovery Beams Up Two New LGBTQ Characters

Expanding its already out-of-this-world storyline and casting, the Star Trek franchise’s latest installment, the series Star Trek: Discovery, announced the addition of a transgender and nonbinary character. The CBS All Access show plans to introduce the characters for its upcoming third season. Blu del Barrio will play Adira, a nonbinary…