To borrow a line from one of his films: Quentin Tarantino, when you absolutely, positively got to see everyone in a movie get killed. Accept no substitutes. OK, not everyone, but almost everyone. When Tarantino began to garner fame for writing and directing movies, Pulp Fiction probably became the title…
It’s time for a French lesson! If you ask Google Translate what the French word “potiche” means in English, it will give you simply the word “vase.” This definition might satisfy your needs in some cases, but if you were hoping to find out about the film Potiche (2010) based…
In a Depression-era Oklahoma, the Dust Bowl and outlaws like the infamous Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd are ravaging the landscape and threatening the livelihoods of farmers and their families. When a lone stranger drifts in from the desolate plains responding to an outdated ad to rent a…
For those who aren’t schooled in the indigenous people of Panama and Columbia, molas are colorful, ornate fabric panels that comprise part of the traditional costumes worn by the Kuna women. These bright, mesmerizing, geometric panels are created using an incredibly labor-intensive appliqué and reverse appliqué technique. Dallas-based painter and…
The use of human hair as an art medium may seem a bit questionable to some, but for an artist like Rosemary Meza DesPlas, who’s obsessed with the line, it’s a logical choice. Her works focuses on common feminist issues of gender and identity in a unique way using watercolors…
Every season, American Idol is generally hit or miss in its endeavor to crank out a new music superstar. In some cases (ahem, Ruben Studdard), the winner fails to achieve anything memorable after winning the contest, and in others, quickly ousted contestants (Jennifer Hudson, anyone?) go on to accomplish career…
The popular Mexican game of chance La Loteria is nothing like the lottery, but a bit like the Texas Lottery’s “Loteria Texas” scratch off tickets based on the game. A traditional Loteria game is a lot like bingo played with images instead of numbers. A caller officiates the game by…
Traditionally, silver is the choice gift for a 25 year anniversary, but a sculpture or painting from a celebrated local artist is a much better gift than that silver dolphin pendant you got your wife at the mall. Take the wife or any art lover to the XXV Anniversary Exhibition…
History is littered with artists whose works were largely unrecognized until the artists themselves were approaching the ends of their lives or were long since deceased. Perhaps The Dallas Museum of Art had this in mind when they started the Concentrations series in 1981. Concentrations showcases living contemporary artists whose…
Artist Campbell Bosworth lives and works in Marfa, Texas, mere miles from the Mexican border, so it’s no surprise he’s inspired by the ongoing cartel war that’s brought untold violence and drama to our state’s doorstep. Through paintings and carved wooden sculptures, he attempts to tackle the cartel narrative in…
If things are unusually quiet on some local stages right now, it’s because most of the biggest, baddest voices in Dallas musical theater are singing like mad in Broadway Our Way, the annual fundraising revue at Oak Lawn’s Uptown Players. The cast is an all-star lineup of area divas and…
Sink into summer at the très chic Hotel ZaZa with a visit to the hotel’s gallery—not the pool. Wet, an exhibition dedicated to water-themed artwork, will evoke the coconut smell of sunscreen and the sensation of gentle waves. The featured artists hail from states to the west: Eric Zener (painter,…
As a relatively new mom, I’ll admit that the things I don’t know about raising a kid could probably fill all of that empty real estate in Victory Park and then circle round for last call at Ghostbar. For example, while at a 4-year-old’s birthday party a few weeks ago,…
Last night’s Warby Parker event was clearly a success. According to our eyes-on-the-scene, the Nest was jam packed with shoppers in need of corrective lenses…or just a new look. And, apparently, people were really making spectacles of themselves [rimshot!].Oh, and don’t cry your eyes out if you missed last night’s…
Welcome to Wednesday WTF? wherein we randomly select a photo/video/thing that makes us say those three special words.On/Off boxes aren’t a new thing by any means, but this one has a certain flair. Could be the changing face. Could be the accompanying music. Could be the obviously crazy amount of…
Welcome to the first installment of Profiles In Pictures, a photo series brought to you by The Mixmaster. Every couple of weeks, Profiles In Pictures will profile Dallas natives who, in some form or another, create. Shot by our intrepid photographer Sara Kerens (who shoots more than just food for…
Dr. Phil McGraw will speak at the University of North Texas’ doctoral and masters commencement ceremony on Friday. The event is free and open to the public, and will be live-streamed online here.Presumably, the good doctor will reminisce about his halcyon days at the university, where he got his doctorate…
Flamenco is on fire in this town starting May 11 at Central Market stores as part of their Pasaporte Espana event celebrating the food and culture of Spain. Who knew that flamenco, the sexy Spanish dance with gypsy roots, has been building a big following here over the past five…
If you think your kid is talented enough to be the next Michael Kors or has the balls to be Anna Wintour one day, it’s high time to invest in that kid’s future so you’ll be spending your golden years in a fancy condo rather than a crappy retirement home…
Doing a play set in a cave is a redundant move at Theatre Too, which itself is a dark grotto some 30 steps below The Quadrangle. The play that opened last night at Theatre Too, Language of Angels by Naomi Iizuka, is about a group of hick kids in North…
Introducing, The Weekly Tease, wherein every Tuesday (known around these parts as “press day”), The Mixmaster will bring you a little taste of the upcoming cover art for the issue about to hit the streets. Sometimes it will be confounding. Sometimes it will be tantalizing. Mostly, just consider it just…
Despite what some audience members are saying about actor Wade McCollum’s impressive display of physique in Dallas Theater Center’s flesh-baring production of the Kander and Ebb musical Cabaret, his chiseled abs are not tricked out by makeup. McCollum earned them the hard way, with 90 minutes a day of tough…
