We are officially in Dallas Pride mode now, and there’s a lot to celebrate after this past year: the Supreme Court rulings in favor of marriage equality (and Edith Windsor being adorable), the Boy Scouts of America’s (admittedly half-assed) step toward inclusivity, George Takei being pretty much everywhere. We want…
Romeo Espana is many things — father, makerspace member and drone builder extraordinaire. He co-founded the NTDUG (North Texas Drone Users Group) and has led several how-to workshops on drones. I recently sat down with him to make sure he wasn’t spying on the city or secretly carrying our personal…
Twelve-year-old actress Kennedy Waterman, the late Jerry Russell and lots and lots of Shakespeare are on this year’s list of honorees chosen by the 12 members of the DFW Theater Critics Forum. The annual luncheon and voting session was held Saturday, September 7. Maybe it was the heat, maybe we’ve…
Inspiration materialized as the Naturally Isis Hair Parade on Saturday, a celebration of beauty through empowerment. Musicians, artists, dancers and a shoulder-lifted Erykah Badu filled out the procession to pay homage to a cultural movement and the local icon responsible for nurturing it forward, Isis Brantley. Brantley battled for, and…
The coin world princesses of Viva Dallas Burlesque! stripped down to their eight bits last weekend at a gaming themed spectacular. All the babes were there: Mortal Kombat, Duckhunt (with more estrogen, natch), Dr. Mario, Skyrim, Princess Peach, Ms. Pac Man and others fought for the crowd’s affections. Since the…
We’ve been following the progress on Instagram, watching the stair and ramp construction for Overground’s new street course. And yeah, we got nostalgic. We looked at our skate shoes that are never, ever used for skating and wondered if some secret talent would be unlocked if we threw a deck…
Oh girl, I got class. Well, I had class. It’s gone now, but it was glorious while it lasted. The class I had was 45 minutes of nonstop Gourmet Easy-Bake Oven instruction where I learned tips that even applied to non-Easy-Baking. And now for the question of the century (not…
Inside a nondescript, hard-to-find office in Richardson, a man named Jordan Williams takes many forms. There’s a full-color, miniature bust of him on the edge of a desk. On the wall a few feet from the front door hangs a hi-res picture of Williams holding said bust. And last but…
Jerry Russell, founder of Fort Worth’s Stage West theater and father of state Senator Wendy Davis, has died. The sad news came from Davis, who released this statement Thursday morning: “I am heartbroken to report that my father, Jerry Russell, passed away peacefully in the early hours of this morning…
Biology dictates that small children, particularly those ages 2 to 4, are just not good people. They can be sweet, sure, but they deploy that only strategically and in private. In public, there are fits and lapsed “inside voices” and the total inability to just sit in a chair and…
Catch Jimmy Cliff as antihero reggae god in The Harder They Come, which just got a 40th anniversary reissue. Puff, puff, pass your way to Texas Theatre tonight to see it, then stick around for a dub/reggae afterparty in the lobby. But wait, there’s more. Kick it off tonight with…
There are very few things in life that may help ease the pain of realizing you’re more than halfway through your life expectancy: some kind of trophy spouse or companion, plastic surgery, some kind of gypsy or voodoo potion that can reverse the aging process. Of course, those treatments come…
Go local. We hear it, we do it (sometimes) and we chastise others when they don’t. Local food. Local beer. Local music. Well, now’s your chance to check out D-FW’s local film talent. On Thursday, the USA Film Festival once again partners with the Texas Association of Film and Tape…
The movie that made college look like it was worth racking up a mountain of debt that even a Republican fundraiser couldn’t pay off is getting the special screening it deserves tonight … again. (More on that in a bit.) The Alamo Drafthouse in Richardson will screen National Lampoon’s Animal…
Richard B. Riddick — Dick to his friends, if he had any — is an intergalactic meathead who has glowered through three movies, two video games and a cartoon. He’s both the luckiest and unluckiest man alive: lucky because he’s impossible to kill, unlucky because everyone keeps trying. In the…
Short Term 12 is the kind of film that sounds agonizingly depressing on paper but mesmerizes onscreen. It’s a delicate yet passionate creation, modest in scope but almost overwhelming in its emotional intricacy, ambition and resonance. Easily one of the best films so far this year, it’s a nearly perfect…
Whether you realize it or not, your existing knowledge about that little Caribbean nation known as Jamaica is a result of one iconic movie — and no, we’re not talking about Cool Runnings. Perry Henzell’s The Harder They Come, the groundbreaking crime film set in Kingston, starred none other than…
We sure do love our arts around here, especially ones with Texas ties. That’s why we’re uber-thrilled about TexFest, a one-day film festival highlighting all things Lone Star. Presented by the USA Film Festival and the Texas Association of Film & Tape Professionals, TexFest offers three programs of Texas-made feature-length…
One of our generation’s most fascinating artists opens a solo show at Kirk Hopper (3008 Commerce St.) Friday. James Magee has spent more than three decades communicating with a desolate swath of West Texas landscape to build his opus The Hill, which remains in perennial construction. Acting as engineer, designer,…
Maybe the gender-bending of Sheik and Zelda got you a little excited. Maybe you always wanted to see what Master Chief was packing under the armor. Maybe you wondered exactly what happened when Mr. and Mrs. Pac-Man turned in for the night. If video games ever aroused your sexual curiosity,…
It seems a little odd that someone — particularly someone not in drag — would make a career impersonating Dolly Parton, seeing how Dolly isn’t, not to be crass, dead. Elvis impersonators? He is dead or returned to his home planet or otherwise not available, so that makes sense. But…
Isis Brantley fought a fight that few in Dallas even know existed. A leader in the underground hair-braiding movement, Brantley was arrested in ’95 for practicing her craft without a cosmetology license. Known throughout the international hair community as Naturally Isis, she refused to accept the charge, arguing that cosmetology…
