Kathryn Keller Is an Unorthodox Pioneer in Religious Trauma Therapy

Thanks to Netflix series Unorthodox, religious trauma is a topic that’s fresh on people’s minds, even if we haven’t identified the show’s takeaway message in that exact term. The drama details a young bride’s life and subsequent escape from a deeply orthodox Hasidic community in Brooklyn. The show became a…

Performance Artist Colton White Is an ‘Intimacy Activist’

What is performance art? It’s not quite the performance of theater, nor even improv. It doesn’t consist of a finished piece that can hang on one’s wall or be propped on a stand. An academic might describe it as anything involving “action, ritual, task” but that misleadingly boils performance art…

Woman Crush Wednesday: Model Lucy Gebert

Our woman crush this week is model Lucy Gebert, whose otherworldly beauty makes her a standout in the fashion world. It’s no wonder Gebert’s signature edgy elegance makes for a photographer’s acid dreams: Although she’s lived in Frisco since toddlerhood, Gebert was born in Luzern, Switzerland, to Canadian parents. She was…

Big Brother’s Kathryn Dunn Knows About Love Lost

Kathryn Dunn has never had trouble being liked; so much so, she quotes Elle Woods from Legally Blonde: “Everybody likes me,” she says with a laugh. Dunn, a bleach blonde Dallas native who has a past life as a pageant queen, Mavericks Dancer and broadcast journalist, was made for this…

Be Our Guest: A Dallas Food Blogger’s Disney-Themed Dinners Go Viral

Is Disney the security blanket of the millennial generation? For whatever unexplored psychological reasons, young people are obsessed with the soothing memories of Disney-specific nostalgia. The internet is brimming with song quizzes and villain makeup and so much princess art. One Dallas blogger is combining the love for the brand…

Woman Crush Wednesday: Dancer Avery-Jai Andrews

Our woman crush this week is contemporary dancer Avery-Jai Andrews, who is not only a master of movement, but a pillar in the artistic community through her nonprofit work. The Booker T. Washington and New York University graduate is an accomplished, inspiring and worldly force. Here’s why we love her…

Someone Stole a Truck From a Plano Food Pantry. On Easter Weekend.

As if this Easter holiday wasn’t forlorn enough, workers at a Plano food pantry returned to work from the holiday to discover that they had been robbed. This weekend, a truck from Minnie’s Food Pantry was stolen from the parking lot. Throughout the coronavirus-related closures, the team at Minnie’s Food…

Too Soon to Laugh? How Comedians Are Surviving a World Without Comedy

As millions of people stay quarantined in their homes, sheltered from the outside world, comedy is seeing a resurgence on streaming platforms. This is Pyrrhic victory, however, as the coronavirus pandemic has deprived the entire comedy profession of its lifeblood: live performances. “My career as a touring live stand-up comedian…

Same City, Long Distance: Couples Struggle Through Social Distancing

Government stay-at-home orders have left us with a lot of mixed feelings. While a very small percentage may be overjoyed about not having to leave the house or interact with people, the fair majority are feeling sad, anxious and aggressively horny. While single and non-monogamous people have had to refrain…

Artist Jana Renee Captures Scenes of the Quarantine

In her last collection of paintings, called “Reveries,” Jana Renee captured the hazy serenity of her sleeping female subjects. One woman, generously tattooed, slumped over a sofa above a sea of clouds, while another lay like a napping Alice dreaming on a field, encircled by white flowers. A sense of…

Stay Cultured: The Best (Virtual) Things to Do With Your Family

Remember when we used to go through a calculated Rolodex of excuses to get out of social events? Anyone else long for the days of having to make obligatory cameos, like that awkward baby shower for Nancy from accounting? As it turns out, being at home isn’t that exciting, and…