Fort Worth resident Micah Conn opened Neon Noir, the first local virtual-reality arcade of its kind, last May. It is just as cool — and slightly creepy — as it sounds. Sometimes life is uncomfortably close to an episode of Black Mirror. “When I embarked on opening up my own…
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom was the No. 1 movie during its opening weekend, bringing in a haul of $150 million in North America. For the fifth movie in the franchise to perform so well, it’s clear the desire to see dinosaurs snacking on humans like well-prepared Chilean sea bass is as…
During the summer movie season, all the major film studios pull out their biggest guns for box office dominance. That fight for moviegoers now starts before customers even pick their movies, with AMC Theaters announcing a new subscription service, called AMC Stubs A-List, to compete with MoviePass’ unlimited movie offer…
Artist Liss LaFleur, a University of North Texas assistant professor of new media art, worked with a group of students to sort through more than 10,000 #MeToo tweets. After narrowing them down to 111 tweets, LaFleur discovered powerful and personal narratives that read like confessions. “I’m interested in the ways #MeToo…
Visiting the Alamo can be a dry, overcrowded experience. Looking at it in person, it might be easy to lose sight of the significance of the historic building — the loss of life in that standoff and how it influences the Texas we know today. San Antonio-based company Alamo Reality…
Whether it is knitting or crocheting, some people might look at yarn crafting as a hobby that is only suited for certain kinds of people. However, the Craft Yarn Council, a nonprofit trade organization, has been dedicated to breaking that stereotype for the last 35 years. “You know, some people…
This ultra-violent crime thriller, satirizing some of Americans’ most despicable, imperialist impulses, somehow seems as though it is from a quieter, more decent time — and that’s depressing
Age Of Napoleon The beautiful thing about podcasts is that one exists for probably any topic. Need to learn how to play pinochle in a weekend? Easy. Want someone to analyze every political subtext of Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid? Close your eyes and point to literally anywhere on your…
Dallas will soon get a first look at an expanded exhibit of relics that shed light on the life of Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved concubine. If their relationship involved more than the obvious and occurred in another era, Hemings might have been first lady. The African American Museum at…
The show’s production designers and costumers clearly revel in Claws’ setting; everything is slightly overdone, Florida-style, right down to the elaborately detailed designs that Desna’s salon specializes in
Like Nanette, Rape Jokes is in part a deconstruction of comedy itself, particularly the debates in recent years over what should, or shouldn’t, be acceptable in a stand-up set
The calamities come with accelerating speed, and everything happens so quickly that you don’t even have time to wonder if you’re having fun or not
Working hands-on with material that becomes squishy, moldable and able to give the illusion of a pause in time, Dan Lam waits, makes and repeats her creative process that leaves an impression of a raw, new idea. Lam moved to Dallas three years ago. Her work is popular on Instagram,…
In his 15th year of acting, David Coffee will put on a fat suit, wig and high-heels when he visits Dallas’ Winspear Opera House to play the role of Edna Turnblad in the Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray. Coffee chose the role in spite of missing the 10th year of his…
You should always be careful what you tell a comedian. You could become more than just a clever bit in an act. Comedian George Redd learned that lesson when he told fellow comics Joel “Junebug” Runnels and Flo Hernandez about an old parking ticket he planned to pay. Runnels and…
Wednesday Clemantine Wamariya was 6 years old and her sister Claire was 15 when they fled the Rwandan genocide and were separated from their family in 1994. They finally made it to America in 2000, and Wamariya went on to write The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War…
On a television screen that only the audience and improviser Scriven Bernard can see, the word “Titanic” flashes, starting a wave of giggles from the audience. Brian Harrington, the other improviser onstage, has his back turned and cannot see the word, and it’s Bernard’s job to create an improvised scene…
Inside a room on the upper level of the Plano Sports Authority building, taekwondo practitioners of varying skill levels prepared to test for their next belts. They hopped in circles around the blue and red matted floors of the studio. One individual, however, was readying for more than a test. Corbin…
In this always-on-the-go world, it’s hard to take a moment to smell a rose, call your parents or find out where your parents live. Lately it feels like you’re working more hours and getting paid less, and the stress is reaching a breaking point. You’re probably reading this in a…
Like a Beatles tune asking where all the lonely people come from, a black-and-white photography exhibit at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art revisits the question. Multitude, Solitude: The Photographs of Dave Heath, which runs through Sept. 16, features a collection of 150 works by the artist, mainly images…
Former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Erica Wilkins wants to get paid. Wilkins is suing the Cowboys, according to the lawsuit, because she was not paid for all the hours she worked. This includes practices, training, rehearsals and filming for the CMT show Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team. Wilkins also claims…
A group of longtime friends gathers around the dinner table at Ben Stegmair’s two-story house, which sits on cul-de-sac in Carrollton. With laptops and notes in front of them, they rehearse lines in preparation to take the stage for their upcoming inaugural production of Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party. Stegmair,…
