Several hours ago (what day is it?), a couple of Dallas Observer staffers were wearing meat helmets. With real salted, cured meats. The reason was very, very simple: the 24 Hour Video Race happened. Which, naturally, means gorilla suits, massive foil balls and a helmet made of roast beef and…
Each week, Fine Lookin’ Piece offers an image of a work of art visually compelling enough on its own to inspire our readers to hit up the gallery for a closer look — even with no prior knowledge of the artist or exhibition. A recognized Texas artist, Ted Kincaid has…
With the highly anticipated Dallas mayoral vote happening tomorrow, we all have had more than our fair share of campaign signs seen on every street and yard over the last few months. Former police chief David Kunkle’s austere (if not fashionable) black and white signs break the the typical campaign…
Yesterday, we previewed the annual Friday the 13th tattoo marathon at Elm Street Tattoo, which is still happening at this very moment, and you’ve got until midnight to get that “13” etched somewhere on your beautiful body. We’ve got quite the collection of inked beauties here at the Observer, but…
Turns out fencing isn’t really my cup of tea, but when you find an online deal for a private lesson for only $15, you kind of have to buy it. Unless you’re Scrooge McDuck, but then you have to wear those absurd cartoon spats and, well, you know those don’t…
Gotta be honest, Bobsky over on Unfair Park and I (the newest blog editor on the block) have been Indian leg wrestling for some prime pieces of art and culture blog real estate, but today, well we’ve decided to divide and conquer some big announcements. Big announcements like the release…
The Texas Theatre began screening the Dallas TV series at the end of March, but this week, the new-found tradition ended abruptly — with a voicemail, two faxes, and two emails from Warner Bros. ordering theater employees to “cease and desist” the screenings because of copyright laws. The Texas Theatre…
I’m in. That was my response when the Dallas Observer told me about the Mixmaster and my proposed role as Photo Geek, the blogger. I’m Allison V. Smith, self-proclaimed photo geek, with a resume to prove it. I shoot with film, digital and cell phones. I shoot for myself and…
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. There is one visually stunning image in UTD professor Thomas Riccio’s new play blahblah, now…
Robyn Chauvin, 29. Ladies Shoe Salon Manager, Neiman Marcus. Uptown. “It’s totally about the weather and the vibe. Tonight I’m super ‘spring.’ I went for comfort and style, with wedges and spring accessories.”…
Oliver Peck’s already been in the “news” this week, but it’s the eve of Friday the 13th, and even the superstitious have reason to tempt fate because Elm Street Tattoo is once again offering number 13 tattoos for $13 (we don’t need to tell you to just give them a…
George Krause, the Philly-born photographer who started the photography program at the University of Houston, has taken up residence in Wimberley, but the picturesque Central Texas town hasn’t kept the 74-year-old away from the lens. His work is currently exhibited in The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The…
Last night’s screening of Restrepo at the Texas Theatre and the accompanying photography exhibit at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center lead the audience through a close examination of poignantly heartbreaking global realities. From the soldiers in combat in Restrepo to the dust-coated survivors of the September 11th attacks in a…
I had the chance to see Uptown Players’ Broadway Our Way: Divas Rising last weekend and the show is a hoot. But I had some questions, so afterward I caught up with one of the cast members, Amy Stevenson, by way of email, to find out more about the show…
My name is Chase Whale and I’m a movie addict. This is a really special week for me, Chase, movie addict, and there are two reasons for that. On Wednesday I headed out to France to cover the Cannes Film Festival for Stella Artois and film culture website GordonandtheWhale.com. Now,…
Turnaround time from Broadway to Dallas is getting shorter. The AT&T Performing Arts Center’s Lexus Broadway Series has just added the current Lincoln Center and West End hit play War Horse to its 2012-’13 season at the Winspear Opera House. The play, currently up for five Tony Awards, has become…
Tenacious indie Kelly Reichardt has specialized in quirky, minimalist quasi–road movies in which loners come unmoored in some great American space. Meek’s Cutoff is that and more—one great leap into the 19th-century unknown. The members of a small wagon train crossing the Oregon Trail in 1845 follow their bombastic, wrong-headed…
Bridesmaids is a high-profile test case. Directed by Paul Feig (a sitcom journeyman most lovingly known as the creator of Freaks and Geeks), it’s the first female-fronted comedy produced by Hollywood kingpin Judd Apatow, who has weathered criticism in the past for his brand’s dude-centric point of view. It’s also…
Greatly expanded from a four-page, single-situation story by Raymond Carver, Dan Rush’s first feature, Everything Must Go, is an ambitious if enervated vehicle for Will Ferrell—playing it straight as Nick Halsey, a middle-class drunk fired from his job and locked out of his suburban home by an irate, never-seen spouse…
One of Design Star’s stars is coming to Dallas. Vern Yip spent four seasons on TLC’s Trading Spaces and also did a little time on NBC’s Home Intervention. He owns his own design firm in Atlanta and after all his years of screentime assisting clueless homeowners, we like to think…
Note: The date for this event has changed from Tuesday, May 17 to Wednesday, May 18. Want to know how to make us lose interest in a book immediately? Tell us it’s part of a vampire trilogy. In this case, though, an excerpt proves Justin Cronin’s The Passage is no…
Forget Bill Nye the Science Guy; Sid the Science Kid has got it all. Sure, he’s already a pretty smart kid, but he can also teach future scientists the ins and outs of everything science with a little music and humor. The PBS kids television star asks his viewers questions…
