With the signs of Christmas showing up earlier every year, it was probably inevitable that it would rub shoulders with some of its neighbors, but this is a different story altogether. The Moxley Manor Haunted House summons the spirit of Halloween from the grave for the house’s second annual A…
Whether your vision of the bleak future includes zombies, radiation, epidemic disease or aliens, it’s best to be thoroughly prepared for the apocalypse. All we’re sayin’ is: Canned goods, bucket toilets and potassium iodide tablets don’t stockpile themselves. The world’s seed banks have the right idea; they collect and carefully…
A Christmas Carol — yeah, that again — was penned in the 19th century, but its themes are still pretty relatable. Grim economic times and, if you’re lucky, an overbearing boss and a crummy dead-end job. If only the jerks in our own lives could experience life-changing paranormal intervention and…
Few books are embedded in American culture like A Christmas Carol, the classic Charles Dickens novel about Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. A whopping 168 years after it was first published, new adaptations of the story appear seemingly annually, with Disney responsible for three…
This holiday season the Kittrell Riffkind Art Glass Studio and Gallery is looking to get you out of a jim-jam. You know that one person that pops up every year with a gift for you? And all that you have for them is a handful of air and a blank…
Some of the best art that you’ll ever come across may not be hanging on the walls of a traditional museum or an art collector’s home. It can be found in the lobby of an office building, on the wall of your favorite watering hole or in a public space,…
A few months ago, I discovered that the show of the year was coming. Not Radiohead or Wilco, or even Warbeast. This was a little different. It was something that my 5-year-old niece and her posse are totally nuts over: Pinkalicious the Musical. Excitement started building weeks ago. I’m sure…
Welcome to another edition of Geek-Offs, where you’ll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way through hump day each week. Are you ready for tomorrow’s festivities? Chances are you’ve already prepared yourself for the barrage of questions from the out-of-towners who want to know why you’re not…
If you have to use “the Method” to act excited about seeing in-laws at your holiday gatherings, you have something in common with all the actors in Scrooge and Santa drag night after night from now till New Year’s. Sure, it’s a job for them, sometimes even one that pays…
Gay Video & Lesbian Movies – Logo: Fierce TVThe one bad thing about last week’s episode overflowing with crazy drama: It meant this week’s episode would bore us with too much post-drama analysis. So I’ll try to be shorter and bitchier than usual this week. We’ve all got places to…
Saturday, the Cadiz Bridge, which sits just below the intersection of Cadiz at Lamar Street, experienced a facelift and makeover that rivaled the best in Dallas. After navigating design changes and logistics since March, digital marketing agency (and South Side resident) Imaginuity was finally let loose to create their homage…
By know you’ve probably seen it: the campus police member John Pike has become a web sensation after being caught on camera hosing down Occupy protesters with a coarse, red pepper spray. The brilliant men and women of the Interwebs have, of course, taken to the photoshops to insert the…
Name: Keith P, 29 Occupation: Event planner and DJ Location: Double-Wide Influences:”Misanthropy, melancholy, melody in all forms of music both modern and classical. People who have pride in their origins and the cities they live in as well as those who put work into the cultural offerings of their city.”…
On Saturday, as a part of the 9th annual Cedars Open Studios, more than 60 artists provided the opportunity to share a little insight into their own creativity by opening up their studios to the public. Complete with food, music, and of course, wine, most studios were at capacity with…
Friday marked the Dallas Arts District’s second Art Crawl, a recurring event which takes place on the 3rd Friday of each month, correlating with Late Nights at the DMA and the Crow. With seven food trucks, tracks spun by DJ Durty Laundry and a live show by Ishi, Art Crawl…
And so, here we are. It’s friggin’ time to start talking about Christmas, already. I know, right? Craaazzy. Awesome tiny things! Good way to kick it off this weekend was to check out the 4th Annual Etsy Jingle Bash, which carries enough awesome tiny things to bolster your effervescent cool…
Tish Mussey and her brother Martin grew up as army brats, moving frequently and learning that their shared love of theater gave them an identity and something to do together wherever they were. When the siblings ended up in The Colony, now with their own families, they found there wasn’t…
Twilight Saga stars Jackson Rathbone, Ashley Green, Nikki Reed, and Charlie Bewley — along with Breaking Dawn – Part 1 soundtrack artist Christina Perri — were in Big D last week to walk the red carpet, sign autographs, answer questions from fans, and just generally make dreams come true for…
Hey, what’s up? You been reading some crazy shit in the first half of this Chuck Palahniuk book, Damned? Yeah. Us too. Want to talk it out down there in the comments? We feel you. Head on down there. We can discuss the remote closing of curtains in Dubai, grimy…
The Date Movie You Can Sink Your Teeth Into The moment all you Twihards have been waiting for; the beginning of the end is here. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (try vamping that when you’ve got a mouth full of cookies) finally hits theaters this weekend, this…
While some people will be standing outside Target and Walmart at midnight next Friday, waiting to stock up on gifts for the kids and relatives, we’ll be relaxing at home with bellies full of turkey and presents already wrapped. It’s easy to get the shopping list done early this year…
Theater Caps are bite-sized punch-packing capsule reviews by resident theater critic Elaine Liner. Use them as a reminder — or a teaser, if you procrastinate — of her full-length reviews in The Mixmaster’s weekly sister. It’s probably not the best idea to make a play about a cross-country road trip…
