Ever since starting point guard Antonio Daniels went out with hand injury, the Texas Legends have struggled, dropping to ninth in the D-League standings, one spot out of playoff contention. They got a brief boost when Mavericks rookie Dominique Jones spent a few games in the D-League, but now that…
While a bored bourgeois French housewife and a sexy Spanish contractor can’t have much in common, the film Leaving proves that for the sake of a movie, sexual compatibility is enough. The film, produced in 2009, stars British actress Kristin Scott Thomas looking elegant and refined even as she pays…
Painter Gary Komarin was a student of the late neo-expressionist Philip Guston, though, from what we’ve seen, it seems Komarin’s work hews closer to the abstract expressionism Guston abandoned in his later years, with bursts of color and random squiggly lines betraying no real figures or subjects whatsoever. He has…
Fitting that Sleep Whale, or at least some members of the experimental ambient instrumental band, would perform at the opening reception for Slow Cheetah at Plush Gallery. The three-artist show includes abstract resin figures created by C.J. Davis, formerly the label rep for Sleep Whale, back when they were known…
What exactly is This? This is complicated. This is middle age and not being “OK.” It’s potential without muse and parenting without lessons, all the while showing four best friends making what they can out of the messiness of life. Fort Worth’s Stage West (821 W. Vickery Blvd.) presents This,…
Lint can be annoying. I mean, why can’t it just fall somewhere and disintegrate? Not only can lint be pretty annoying, but just about every small particle hanging around the house. But what if those annoying little things around the house became the inspiration of an entire are exhibition? That’s…
The Dallas Children’s Theater is staging its first show of the New Year for children and families, and, surprisingly, it’s in a courtroom. The hilarious musical-theater adaptation of John Scieszka and Lane Smith’s book: The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs will run until February 27 at the Rosewood…
I’m a card carrying member of the Ed Ruscha fan club for a reason. Like several of his more popular pop art brethren, Ruscha can be all about the bright colors and recognizable icons (see: the well known Standard Stations paintings), but he’s much more than that. Historically his work…
Ceramics can be both an art and a craft. When a potter sits down with a lump of clay, he or she can form it into an abstract, powerful sculpture or a humble, useful bowl. And either way–art or craft–a piece can be beautiful and durable, lasting thousands of years…
Claire Denis’ strongest movie in the decade since Beau Travail, her tense, convulsive White Material is a portrait of change and a thing of terrible beauty. The time is unspecified. The subject is the collapse of an unnamed West African state, and the protagonist, Maria, a French settler unflinchingly played…
Writer-director Tanya Hamilton’s striking debut is the rare recent American-independent film that goes beyond the private dramas of its protagonists, imagining them as players in broader historical moments. Set in the Germantown section of Philadelphia in the summer of 1976, Night Catches Us examines the failed hopes of ’60s liberation…
As a cultural, historical icon exploited for stage and screen, Frankenstein’s Monster is right up there with Jesus, Abe Lincoln and Santa Claus. You know the Monster at first glance: bolts through the neck, Cro Magnon forehead, ugly shoes. With a vocabulary limited to “fire bad!” and “friend good!,” he…
“Save room for dessert” is our most-ignored culinary request. We’d rather save room for a second (OK, fourth) helping of meat or a second (OK, fourth) beer. But the four treats (including goat cheese souffles with mixed citrus compote in sparkling Champagne and yuzu jelly) taught by pastry chef David…
It’s not often that hot chocolate is used to entice runners, but on Saturday the sweet beverage will be the reward for those participating in the Hot Chocolate 5K/10K and Fun Run presented by Run On. The route includes Addison Bridge and Addison Circle. After the race, runners will be…
Have you ever just sat on a park bench, at a bus stop or in a booth at a restaurant and just stared at someone? Just freaking stared–picking apart their every detail and imaging what sort of life they’ve lead that happened to bring them to the exact same place…
By now, you’ve recovered from any New Year’s Eve indiscretions and are ready for another holiday celebration. Unfortunately, the holiday calendar looks pretty bleak this time of year. Sure, there’s MLK Jr. Day, which most people don’t even have off, and expectation- and tension-ridden Valentine’s Day, but we won’t get…
Mild Texas winters are good for one thing: outdoor grilling. Lately, it’s rarely been too chilly to light the grill on the patio. But a few times every winter, a cold wind rolls down from the north, forcing grillers to fire up the George Foreman in the kitchen, where the…
Few people who have walked this earth are more deserving of annual celebrations, tributes, parades and concert extravaganzas than civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. After featuring American Idol veterans Fantasia Barrino and Ruben Studdard in recent years, the planners behind The Black Academy of Arts and Letter’s 28th…
If y’all are ready to laugh your dicks off, let me hear you say YEAH! If that offends you, read no further. That said, Aziz Ansari should need no introduction to comedy fans. The enduring popularity of Randy (“Raaaaaaaaandy!”), the boorish character in Judd Apatow’s Funny People, has outlived the…
When I was a kid, my best friend Allie’s father was in an Irish folk band. That is what he did for a living, so music was ever present in their household. And, although we were forbidden from touching most of the instruments, they became a source of comfort and…
While the TV show Entourage is actually loosely based on the life of Mark Wahlberg, it could definitely moonlight as a show based upon the life of Adam Sandler. The only people on this earth luckier than E, Turtle, and Johnny Drama are probably Peter Dante, Allen Covert and Rob…
The female buddy story is a virtual treasure trove of plot devices: heartwarming friendships, feminine empowerment, heartbreaking melodrama–you name it, it can be mined from the premise of ladies getting together to chat, bitch and bond. Shining examples from the genre include the film and stage versions of Steel Magnolias,…
