Remember how much fun your first plane flight was? Do you remember the excitement and tension mounting as you were about to take off? And after you left the ground, as the plane accelerated, did you feel a strange sense of calm as you saw buildings become smaller and smaller?…
The figures in the paintings and drawings of Rubén Miranda are distorted, sometimes stripped down to bone or muscle, other times seeming to have flowers sprout from their skin. Yet rather than appear grotesque, these embellishments suggest something deeper about the subject than a realistic depiction could, or conjure some…
Two houses, both alike in dignity, in fair Garland where we lay our scene. That’s my clever attempt at informing you that Romeo and Juliet, assuredly the greatest love story ever told, will make its way to the Garland Civic Theatre 7:30 p.m. Thursday to kick off the theater’s 2011-2012…
Whether you’re whining about the current state of the stock market or your teacup poodle that refuses to do back flips, art is there to convey your feelings. Texas Christian University can fill your need for artistic expression with the 29th Annual Art in the Metroplex Exhibition, and features local…
If we were to write a fantasy novel about winning the chance to inherit a magical food manufacturing facility, it would probably be called Charlie and the Smoked Brisket Factory, or better yet, Charlie and the Beer Factory. So it’s probably best that Roald Dahl had the idea first with…
Instead of going to stupid Macaroni Garden and ordering a build-your-own, never-ending, disgusting-ass pasta bowl, check out the Easy Italian Dishes cooking class at the Dallas Central Market, 5750 E. Lovers Lane. You’ll learn how to make your own fresh tomato and basil pasta, veal piccatine with mushrooms and marsala…
We just found out our favorite waitress in Pushing Daises and Good Witch of the North in Wicked is coming to town, but it’s not to film scenes for the 2012 midseason ABC series Good Christian Belles. Chenoweth, best known for belting out tunes on Broadway, is set to speak…
Above (and in full after the jump) is a (loosely) interpreted synopsis for a Chinese (bootleg) release of 2005’s Batman Begins found in an Asian dollar store. Apparently, how they get their bootleg movie synopses in China is by taking the American version, dropping it into AltaVista Babel Fish, translating…
Join me in obsessing about British actor, comedian, writer, commentator and all-around adorable young curmudgeon David Mitchell. He’s worth obsessing over, if you’re in need of a new source of laughs, because he’s as funny as Ricky Gervais. Maybe funnier. And he’s all over YouTube, thanks to the BBC channel…
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. In the past, we’ve culled the blogosphere and assorted casual game sites to find mid-week entertainment for you, but this week we’re doing things a little differently…
He’s back! You remember Daniel Edwards, no doubt. He’s the La Porte, Indiana artist who loves sculpting a bit of controversy into his celebrity, um, shrines? No, that’s not it. Celebrity studies? Maybe. Just about two weeks ago Pete over on DC9 satisfied the need for a good WTF? moment…
Hey gang. Well, we hope that you weren’t too let down from a missing Weekly Tease about seven days ago. The editorial art department (ahem, this singular guy) has been busy preparing (ahem, pulling one’s hair out) for all sorts of fun stuff (ahem, no, it’s actually fun …..
Artists have until 5 p.m., September 14, to paint and sculpt skulls, skeletons, ghosts and goblins for entry into the 25th annual Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) art exhibition at the Bath House Cultural Center at White Rock Lake. That’s the deadline for artwork to be considered…
On Saturday night, actress and singer Liz Mikel performed in concert at the Music Hall at Fair Park. The performance was part of a new series at the venue, and it was Michael Jenkins, President and Managing Director of Dallas Summer Musicals, who called Mikel while she was in New…
We’re watching Bravo’s Most Eligible Dallas every week so you don’t have to. For introductions to the cast members, check out last week’s recap of the premiere. There’s a lot to rehash, so on with the show! Scene 1: Decked out in his finest athletic sweater, Matt stops by his…
I know what you’re thinking, “Studio 54 and the Disney Channel had a baby?” Close but, not quite. The fine folks at Quiggly’s Clayhouse boast an offering of the perfect environment for children and adults to paint pottery, make mosaics and fuse shards o’ glass. Maybe I exaggerated on the…
You know what wedding photography needs? More zombies…
Today we here at Mixmaster HQ received the shortest and most seductive press alert we’ve ever received. The single sentence came from the Dallas Arboretum and referenced not only the natural beauty of the Arborteum’s Palmer Fern Dell, but also weather, cooling systems and oddly, NASA.”The Palmer Fern Dell is…
Saturday was the last full day of the Martin Creed exhibition, Work No. 1190: Half the air in a given space, at the Nasher that consisted of 9,000 giant gold balloons filling an eight-foot high gallery almost to the ceiling. I headed down with a friend Sunday for the de-installation event…
No matter what the season or climate, White Rock Lake is always a serene destination in our otherwise bustling city. This year the lake turns 100, an anniversary that’s been celebrated this summer with a festival, guided tours and plenty of champagne toasts at sunset. White Rock Lake Museum is…
It must be a joke. Right? It has to be. Otherwise, there are no words. New photos posted on on this snarky Craigslist ad of a heart-shaped placenta stain on a $500 mattress suggest it’s a keen little dark-humored joke. Man, we hope so. No words. (h/t Reddit) Follow the…
If you suffer from coulrophobia – the fear of clowns – then you might want to postpone visits to local thrift and antique stores for a little while. They’re crawling with scary clowns, priced to move. Paintings, prints, dolls, figurines. It’s like a Stephen King novel up in there. Here…
