First, let’s get this out of the way: There is no Santa Claus. Now, on to a perhaps even harsher truth: There are certain indications that Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, whose 17th-century paintings — like Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Music Lesson — show an extraordinarily delicate touch…
The corpse lay crumpled on the conference table, close enough that the studio executive could tug on the red heel of her Louboutins. She’d been lying there unnoticed, or perhaps just ignored, for quite some time. Her wedding veil was tattered and someone had spilled coffee on her white satin…
“Sex films sell, and other stuff doesn’t … or at least not nearly as well,” says film preservationist Joe Rubin. Rubin, 24 years old, is one of the creators working Skinaflix, a VOD-style streaming video service he calls “the Netflix of porn.” At Vinegar Syndrome, a separate DVD/Blu-Ray–centric home video…
When we first meet the hero of Son of God, a kind of chintzy melodrama about the horrors of capital punishment, he’s approaching a fisherman with a classic boiler-room pitch: “Just give me an hour, and I will give you a whole new life,” Jesus (Diogo Morgado) promises Peter (Darwin…
You know that old adage about how you can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his mother? Well, the same holds true for a country’s conduct; just ask the experts. Valerie Hudson, coauthor of Sex and World Peace, is an authority on women’s security and its…
Admit it, you’ve caught yourself salivating over a picture of a juicy burger in the pages of Bon Appetite. If it seems as though no matter how many filters you apply your Instagram photos can’t quite match the pages of a menu, you’re right. There’s a magic to food photography…
When the weekend officially begins depends on many things … like exactly how shitty has your week been? Extra special shitty? Well, kick it off Thursday with the ladies of The Quake. They’re putting on a burlesque and variety show that promises “earth shaking shimmies, mind blowing illusions and tunes…
Pull out your swingiest vintage skirt and shine your dance shoes because Dallas’ most authentic Prohibition-era jazz band is coming to Oak Cliff for a night of two-steps, one-steps, fox trots and waltzes. On Thursday, head to the Kessler Theater, 1230 W. Davis St., to hear the Singapore Slingers play…
As it stands the average American’s knowledge of Irish culture extends about as far as Bono, Lucky Charms and Leprechaun 5: In the Hood. Domestically, St. Patrick’s day, a holiday intended to celebrate Ireland’s patron saint and culture in general, is little more than an excuse to get hammered on…
Where ya at? Gris gris, ju ju and voodoo. Mardi Gras is coming to the Kessler, ya heard. They even get the name right — OCarnivale Masquerade Ball. Costumes are always encouraged and prizes will be awarded for the best dressed. Sequins, headdresses, feather boas, hot pants (for the fellas)…
We’re coming out of the winter months, a time of year when it’s ridiculously easy to get off your diet and lie around the house because it’s too cold or slippery to go out for a run. The Trinity Commons Foundation and the city of Dallas’ Trinity Corridor Project can…
Everyone thinks they’re oh so funny, but when put on the spot, lesser men crumble. That’s why only the bravest of comedians try improv. Even then, few succeed. Flying by the seat of your pants and working with nothing but your wits and the words of strangers can be a…
The true gift of the arts is that they inherently transcend language, even culture, and speak to each viewer or listener as though they share the same tongue, the same experience, the same space. Dance in particular seems to drill through differences, using movement to deftly break barriers and create…
Looking for a way to lift your soul now that winter seems to have passed? Think Dallas is all indie rock and country music? Think again, and come out this Friday and Saturday to celebrate Dallas’ rich gospel tradition with an evening of fast-paced, power-packed music performed by Barbara Mitchell,…
In Expo Park an unexpected delight sits, waiting to be adored. Guarded by a T-Rex that’s large by human standards, small by a dino’s, is the studio of artist, inventor and magician Edward Ruiz. This is, quite literally, where the magic happens. Ruiz has begun opening up his art space…
If any athlete deserves a $1 million-plus prize, it’s rodeo cowboys and cowgirls. They voluntarily get on the backs of animals that can break bones in their bodies they didn’t know they had. The worst obstacle that even the biggest and toughest defensive football players have to go up against…
For a day of family entertainment that includes the jokes of a clown, the suspense of acrobatics, the amazement of a magic show and the all-around thrills of vaudeville theater, bring everyone out to Circo Comedia on Sunday afternoon at the Eisemann Center in Richardson. Circo Comedia, featuring Jean Saucier…
The 32nd annual North Texas Irish Festival has always tried to be inclusive and inviting to everyone in North Texas, but this year they are opening their festival to a massive but untapped demographic: dogs. This year’s festival theme is “Erin Go Bark!” in which visitors’ dogs can join in…
Why hear one classical pianist whip his fingers into a fury when you can hear two sets of hands tackle the ivories together? At 7:30 p.m. Monday, the Dallas Chamber Music Society presents acclaimed pianists Daniil Trifonov and Sergei Babayan in a concert at Dallas City Performance Hall, 2520 Flora…
Casablanca was an ordinary film by 1940s Hollywood standards — it wasn’t made to be a blockbuster, nor was it expected to be one. Its star, Humphrey Bogart, wasn’t seen as the kind of actor who could anchor a heavily romantic movie. It went through a series of screenwriters, was…
Yucky Children Charmer, Cereal Killer, Cap’n Corn Starch and Kill Frog’s Sugar Smack are snuggled into the breakfast options. On the next aisle over, the chubby Morton salt girl is trailing toward Hilter’s Helper and Rush Brand Oxycontin while boxes of Tupac bullets remind “firearms sold separately.” At Ron English’s…
If you don’t know of a Jellicle or an Old Gumbie, then you were likely born in the 1990s and aren’t into Broadway. That’s right, folks. We’re talking Cats, a favorite of those who came of age in the wah-pedaled 1980s. Confession: I was a pretentious lit-worm at the ripe…
