Arts & Culture

If after a long day with your loved ones, a tequila shot and a $3 PBR chaser sounds appropriate, head over to The Rustic (3656 Howell St.) in Uptown. They’re drumming up post-holiday business by offering that ultra-specific combo. Nothing says Christmas like being wasted at a bar in Uptown,…

Christmas is a time for giving and receiving, but it’s also a time for returning. Everyone has received a gift that made them contemplate buying the giver a home test from the National Institute of Mental Health for their next birthday. The Dallas Comedy House (2645 Commerce Drive) has a…

First Comic Standing These days, people who claim they’ve been on “Last Comic Standing” are a bit like those who brag they’ve climbed Mt. Everest. Sure, it’s impressive — and there’s no way you’ve got the gumption to do it — but plenty of others do and have. Chattanooga, Tennessee…

Perhaps one of the most lovely art exhibitions in town this year was Provocations at the Nasher Sculpture Center. Featuring the design work of the UK’s Heatherwick Studio, it featured small scale models, or bits and pieces of designs from around the globe, all of which demonstrated the company’s humanistic…

Unlike most of today’s road comics, comedian Steve Byrne wears a suit for his performances. You’ll never catch him onstage or behind a mic in a crumpled hoodie or a pair of ripped jeans that might be worn by a skater with bad coordination. We don’t know the exact reason…

We’re all casting an eye to the future for 2a15, hoping for bigger, better things. But there’s still value in looking to the past–particularly when that past consists of gilded, jazzy parties that evoke a free-wheeling, glittery spirit. The Singapore Slingers bring all the sounds and sights of pre-swing America…

You’ve spent some New Year’s Eves in less-than-ideal situations. There’s the year you talked to the cops in your front yard while hiding a 12-piece band in the living room. Then there’s the year you were prostrate in the stall of a dive-bar bathroom after a few too many champagne…

It’s time to inject a bit of blue into the bright lights and sparkling colors that characterize the merrymaking this holiday season. Red and green has had its time to shine — it’s decked all the halls and festooned the trees for over a month now — and our eyes…

Now that the visions of sugarplums are long gone, replace them with aerial silks and acrobatic tricks at Oh La La!, presented by Lone Star Circus at Dallas Children’s Theater this week. Don’t let the word circus fool you. There won’t be any clowns or prancing horses — just human…

A Play With A Body Count Harry Hunsacker is one of those people who leaves a body trail in his wake. Like dear old Jessica Fletcher of Murder, She Wrote fame or Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot. Hunsacker is something of a buzzkill. Think you’re going for an ordinary night at…

However you feel about the holiday season, it is finally drawing to a close. After Christmas Day on Thursday, the shimmering lights and Christmas trees will be packed away as we all get back into the regular routine. (Most of them anyway, and is there anything sadder than Christmas lights…

Here are a few sprinklings of awesome things to do when you’re not spending quality time with your family this Christmas week…

Earlier this month, Merriam Webster Dictionary declared 2014’s word of the year to be “culture.” Which simply means that more people looked up the definition of that word than any other in the past 12 months. At first glance that may seem ludicrous. Everyone can define culture. But if I…