One of the greatest accomplishments for a stand-up comedian is to have an hour of material recorded and released as a special. It’s a time capsule of all the memories and experiences the comedian lived through while piecing together, minute by minute, an hour of his or her best comedy…
In a row of industrial storefronts in the Design District is a misleadingly small entrance to Viva’s Lounge. Twice a month, staff members flip on the lights and open the doors, inviting a returning loyal audience to see Viva’s newest offering of burlesque entertainment. Confetti Eddie’s Naughty Magic Show, a…
Wednesday See late 19th century France through the eyes of Parisian nobility when French literature professor and fashion historian Caroline Weber discusses her latest book, Proust’s Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin de Siecle Paris, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717…
The Uplift Peak Preparatory graduation was almost like any other high school graduation ceremony. Parents flapped programs in their faces back and forth to cool them down from the hot summer air. Infant relatives cried and screamed in the silence that preceded the start of the ceremony. Graduates flooded into…
The morality-tale obviousness of First Reformed’s plotting at times proves at odds with its sensitive detailing of its characters’ inner and spiritual lives
In the newly released Solo: A Star Wars Story, audiences see how the friendship between Han Solo and his best friend for life, Chewbacca, is formed. Also for the first time, Star Wars fans will see a more mobile Chewbacca, a version of the famous Wookiee that runs into battle,…
Dallas is known for cowboys, the Cowboys, the Cowboys Cheerleaders, housewives, the Housewives and a lot more really great reality television. And the bad good reality TV will continue this fall. CMT announced Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team will return for its 13th season at 9 p.m. Aug. 2. Cheerleader…
Like Rogue One, the other standalone Disney Star Wars film that suffered a famously troubled production, Solo has a just-finish-the-movie quality to it, an uncertainty about the pacing and seriousness of developments in its own story
Can two PC gaming cafes function 400 feet away from each other? The city of Carrollton has hit the gaming market and recently approved the construction of AK PC Gaming Cafe, the city’s second gaming cafe. It will be open 24 hours per day and is set to open in…
Friday Let’s see, it’s step, step, hop, turn, hop. Or is that hop, step, hop, turn? It’s so tough to remember polka steps without a head full of beer. Never worry, though — there’ll be plenty of dancers willing to show you the ropes at the National Polka Festival this…
“Why is theater so old?” Morgana Wilborn, the 33-year old woman who runs the education department at Dallas Theater Center, says with a laugh. According to numbers provided by DTC, of the 17,801 people who attended a performance at the theater last year, 74 percent were older than 35 and…
Kevin Moriarty is tight-lipped. “This could be the most pointless conversation you will ever have,” joked Dallas Theater Center’s artistic director when asked about DTC’s upcoming production of White Rabbit Red Rabbit. “Nearly everything you ask, I will dodge and weave.” Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour wrote White Rabbit Red Rabbit…
Makeup artist Kim Jones, a Dallas native, has worked with some of the most well-known makeup artists in the country, including Jeffree Star and Patrick Starrr. While under the wing of Dallas photographer Jessy J., Jones established her career and got the opportunity to work with Star on his summer campaigns in…
The young newlyweds are violin virtuoso Florence (Saoirse Ronan) and history grad Edward (Billy Howle), each very much in love with but still painfully awkward around the other
The tell-all celebrity autobiography is more than just an easy way to make another buck for a person who’s lucky enough to spend any amount of time in the spotlight. It’s become a comedy goldmine for writer and performer Eugene Pack and the other stars he sends out onstage with…
Thursday The robots will soon overtake us, and Alexa will be their queen. The world’s most chipper shopping assistant is more intuitive than Siri, more confident and more pop culture savvy. It’s her job to connect you with you with binge-worthy, earwormy content as well as with household cleaning supplies,…
Michael Mayer’s sunnily bleak all-star film, I fear, squirms through the first acts of Chekhov’s masterpiece the way a cast member’s 8-year-old cousin might in a theater seat
Tig Notaro relishes the challenges of doing stand-up, but doing a charity show like the one she’ll be doing on May 31 at the Eisemann Center for Cancer Support Community North Texas takes the challenge to another level. “I would say I do one every other month for some sort…
An anonymous complaint was sent to the fire marshal stating both buildings that make up Dallas Comedy House were over capacity, thus creating a fire hazard. Of the two buildings, only one is open to the public, that being the home to DCH’s two theaters and bar area. The other…
This weekend, Jaap van Zweden concludes his tenure as music director of the Dallas Symphony with performances of perhaps the most famous work in the orchestra’s repertoire: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. But there’s another piece on the program, a major world premiere of a new work written especially for the DSO…
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…
In 2000, there weren’t many avenues for dancers and choreographers in Dallas, but that same year saw Contemporary Ballet Dallas widen the pool when it first opened its doors. Now after 18 years, one of the longest running ballet companies in Dallas is changing its brand and its mission. Starting…
