Comedy Jam

Dallas has a growing comedy community but just the simple act of going to a comedy club can be a huge hassle. If you’re going to see just one comedian, there is no guarantee that the person you are paying your hard earned money to see will actually be funny…

Chili Cookoff

The recent bouts of cold weather have taken a devastating toll on our roads, psyche and soul. We may not get as much snow as other parts of the country but as every resident Texan knows, just a few inches of snowfall means that certain doom is soon to follow…

Pack Your Fancy Tissues

Puccini’s La Bohème was, in its day, the opera equivalent of a cinematic tearjerker à la Steel Magnolias or A Walk to Remember. It wasn’t especially highbrow, but it attracted crowds due to its simple, sweet, hankie-wringing plot — and still remains one of the most frequently performed and most…

Repeat the Past? Of Course You Can!

Sometimes, in certain parts of Dallas that have been largely spared bulldozer-happy redevelopment, you can almost imagine what this city might have been like at the beginning of the 20th century. Squint hard enough at Fair Park, and in sections of Deep Ellum and Oak Cliff, and there are enough…

You Betcha, It’s Fargo

Long before it was a show, Fargo was a movie staring Frances McDormand and co-starring her gnarly accent. She plays a pregnant police chief who stumbles on a disturbingly bumbled crime. William H. Macy plays a struggling car salesman with a hot tip on an investment property. The only problem?…

The Bard of Anarchy Visits Bishop Arts

For generations, the works of Shakespeare have been lauded as tales and tragedies that will forever remain relevant. It’s impossible to argue with that when modern works of all media set in realms that seem to be worlds apart from the Globe Theatre heavily employ the storylines ol’ Will brought…

Art of Protest

Being in your twenties in this past decade has certainly brought upon an anger and animosity at older generations, politics and society. Banksy’s street pieces scattered across the map sparked a new fascination with street art and their greater social meaning. Texas Christian University recognizes that value and is having…

5 Art Exhibitions to See This Weekend

Joy Laville, Chuck & George, and Flor Garduño Three very different artists take over the McKinney Avenue Contemporary this weekend. Mexican-based artist Joy Laville’s paintings return to Dallas for her first exhibition in 30 years, featuring work from five decades of painting. In the square gallery, Dallas-based collaborative duo Chuck…

100 Dallas Creatives: No. 4 Lisa Robison, Designer with Purpose

Most of us wouldn’t think that there is a lot of art to working in the nonprofit world, and that’s probably a pretty fair assessment. Many agencies that work with struggling families are so focused on providing basic assistance like food and shelter that sometimes life’s finer details aren’t always…

Agatha Christie Mystery Is a Hit for Theatre Britain

Agatha Christie’s 1943 whodunit And Then There Were None is packing them in at Plano’s Cox Building Playhouse. Audiences love a well-done mystery and this one, creaky as it is, and so repetitive in its three acts that you might wish the murderer would kill faster, is sufficiently entertaining…

5 Free Events This Week for the Broke but Culture-Hungry

After blowing all your money (and any chance at a healthy liver) at the St. Patrick’s Day parade this weekend, you’re probably going to have to do a little penny-pinching until payday. But being cheap doesn’t have to mean sitting at home eating Kraft dinner and praying that your Netflix…