Dallas visual artist Said Abusaud believes that art should never have an answer and that it should always be in the form of a question. He carries this theme in all of his work, lacing hidden messages in each piece. Viewers would be smart to keep that in mind when…
An upcoming Dallas ticket lottery means that some can watch The Book of Mormon while hanging onto a bigger chunk of their cash. Ticket prices at The Music Hall at Fair Park run the gamut from $46 to hundreds, and even thousands, of dollars. But the lottery will allow a…
Wednesday Need a ladies night? Or a men’s night? Or just a night to get totally wasted and scream and holler when you see men taking off their clothes? Chippendales is coming to town just in time for bachelorette party season. Or a way to unwind after the stress of…
Comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is about to film his 10th comedy special, and he’s decided to film it in the place where he got his start in show business. “It’s a homecoming for me,” Dunham says from his home in Los Angeles. “It’s like, ‘Why in the world have I…
New venues are laying roots around Downtown Arlington, and a few older ones have switched saddles. Steven Morris, Lamar High School’s former theater director, is now Theatre Arlington’s executive producer, while over at Arlington Music Hall, formerly Johnny High’s Country Music Revue, Mark Joeckel has taken the lead as general…
About 30 people, mostly Native American youth, filed into a small, upper room of an unassuming building in Oak Cliff. A drum began to beat. Members of the Soar Beyond Youth Mentor Organization were there to practice for the Dallas Women’s March, where they drummed and sang for missing and…
Passing by the bars and restaurants that line Parry Avenue facing Fair Park, it’s easy to miss a new addition hiding among the old buildings. White with bold black trim, the outside of the building resembles a sketch of a storefront, and a quick peek into the window offers no…
As you step up to the line, ax in hand, you stare down the wooden target in front of you. With a powerful swing, you launch the ax into the air and watch as it lodges as closely as possible to the painted bull’s-eye you aimed for. This is the…
Two Dallas Zoo staffers won big for conservation after receiving a grant of roughly $70,000 from the National Geographic Society. Supervisor of Birds Kevin Graham and Curator of Ectotherms Ruston Hartdegen will join the ranks of renowned conservationists like Jane Goodall and Jacques Cousteau, all while working on personal field…
Since 2001, the Radio City Rockettes have hosted the Rockettes Summer Intensive, a weeklong camp at which dancers get to train like Rockettes in the same space where the Rockettes rehearse for their annual Christmas Spectacular. In those 18 years, 75 women have been hired as full-time Rockettes after completing the…
Friday The annual Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo kicks off its three-week run with the Best of the West Ranch Rodeo at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium, 3401 W. Lancaster Ave. (The big All-Western Parade through downtown Fort Worth will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday,…
There are countless things you can buy in a Walmart. TVs, dishwashing detergent, all the modern creature comforts are a few crowded aisles away. But since November, a Walmart in DFW has added one item to the list: therapy. Beacon Care Services, an offshoot of Boston-based behavioral health services company…
Ask any hardcore gamer who grew up in the 1980s to name what they believe to be the first portable gaming console. They’d probably answer with the Entex Electric Baseball game or those tiny, white Tiger Electronics LCD games that their parents thought were just as good as a Sega…
When filmmaker Todd Jenkins released his independent horror comedy film Cherokee Creek last summer about a group of horny bachelors whose party in the woods gets crashed by a furious Sasquatch, he released it on his terms. He controlled the script, filming and editing process. He chose the premiere date and…
A new year, for some, may mean extreme change and a mad dash to The Container Store. When Marie Kondo’s Netflix series Tidying Up kicked off Jan. 1, the show brought new meaning to the phrase “thin is in” as the tiny, Japanese decluttering guru coached distraught couples into getting…
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s annual SOLUNA International Music and Arts Festival is back for its fifth iteration, and with it comes some intriguing programming as always. In years past, SOLUNA has given us a mixed bag of sorts as it’s worked toward finding a true purpose within the DSO. Odd…
In a few short weeks, the iconic blue-and-yellow tent announcing the arrival of Cirque du Soleil and its show “Amaluna” will be raised at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie. For fans of anything Cirque du Soleil, they can expect the same lavish costumes and haunting art design that’s made…
Friday Alive, he’d be celebrating his 84th birthday this month. Dead, Elvis’ birthday bash continues with the look, the voice and the moves of tribute performer Kraig Parker, who has represented the King in more than 1,000 party, cruise ship, corporate and Las Vegas appearances since Presley’s death at 42…
The Dallas Cowboys are going to the next round of the playoffs Saturday. Only three victories stand in their way of another championship ring, and Cowboys fans everywhere are counting the hours until kickoff. Since the game is happening in Los Angeles, where they take on the Rams, people who…
The Dallas film festival scene has exploded in a short time. It’s gotten so big that occasionally they occupy the same space on the calendar. “A few years back, we had a situation where a couple of festivals fell on the same date, which of course is not great,” film…
Performing miracles at a rented duplex in Oak Lawn this week, ladies and gentlemen how ’bout a big round of applause forrrr … God? “No, I’m not God,” says Jim Weathers. “Just his big, ugly conduit.” Um, yeah, about that glaring lack of a miracle-worker denial. That’s because Weathers —…
Performing any of Gustav Mahler’s symphonies is no easy feat, as most musicians know well. While not a symphony in name, his Das Lied von der Erde (German for “Song of the Earth”) is no exception. Most consider the piece to be his ninth symphony, although Mahler himself didn’t want…
