Arts & Culture

There seems to be a new trend: overachievers who decide to participate in marathons. As someone who generally avoids any kind of working out or physical exertion in the presence of any other living soul, I have not come around to this new trend. However, I make one exception to…

Top three rocker dads? Easy: Bono, Slash and Mick Jagger. Unless we count dressing up as Gene Simmons for Halloween or being a world-class steering wheel thumb-drummer, my dad is out of the running (sorry, Pops). While being a father is a full-time job, it’s important to remember to put…

I’ve never personally owned a greyhound, but they run so fast they have a bus line named after them, and that’s good enough for me. This Saturday, the Deep Ellum Foundation and the Greyhound Adoption League of Texas (GALT) are teaming up to bring you the Deep Ellum Pup Crawl…

After a successful friendship lasting more than 50 years, Texas gents George Arnold and Ken Squier decided they’d test their bond and try writing a book together. Arnold already had seven books under his belt in “niche” genres like colloquial humor, but he wanted to branch out. Both he and…

If you like jokes about broken-down cars in the yard, beer and NASCAR, you might be a redneck. But even if you’re not, there is plenty of entertainment in store at this triple-shot of blue-collar comedy. The godfather of this genre is without a doubt Jeff Foxworthy. He has turned…

Have you ever head the phrase “Everything is bigger in Texas”? From the food portions to the parties, to the thick pageant hair, it’s a fairly accurate Texan stereotype. Well, Contemporary Ballet Dallas is no exception to the rule. Join the company in celebrating the opening of its 10th season…

The Weasel’s coming to Texas. No longer sporting the curly long hair, the raging ’90s grunge-tip clothing, but probably still looking for the worm in the tequila bottle, Pauly Shore brings his stand-up comedy to the Improv Comedy Club in Arlington Thursday through Sunday. His flamboyant rise to fame through…

When the usual spate of sub-par horror movies clog theaters in the weeks leading up to Halloween (Saw 36, anyone?), there’s a certain comfort in knowing the classics will never die. Such is the case during Hitchcocktober, a month-long celebration of Alfred Hitchcock, the unmatched master of on-screen suspense, dread…

Donna Brazile is a Democrat’s Democrat. She has worked in politics since the 1970s, and she became the first African-American woman to manage a presidential campaign when she led Al Gore’s team for the election in 2000. Mountain View College in Oak Cliff is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year,…

What could be cheddar? In an hour, Central Market Dallas will not only teach you what a fromagier is but how to be one. For only $20 the Central Market Cooking School staff will walk students through the basics of a cheese plate and offer techniques on how to create…

Most folks queuing up to see Mao’s Last Dancer will do so because of the dramatic and romantic story–a young Chinese ballet dancer, hand-picked to be a part of a foreign-exchange dance program, falls in love with his beautiful company member and his new country and ultimately defects via a…

Photographer Carolyn Brown has explored the intersection between faith and art for years, largely by documenting the ancient sacred places of the world, from cathedrals to mosques to temples and everything in between. Dialogues: Where Iberia and the New World Meet, a new exhibit at the Afterimage Gallery, collects her…

500X Expo: College brings together the talents of college students from across the state of Texas for a special exhibition juried by Andrea Karnes, associate curator for the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. If these kids are anything like we were in college, expect to see lots of beer,…

Uptown Players have always been a favorite in the local theater scene, and shows like those in their 2010 season are a perfect example of why. They’ll be ending this season on a high note with the U.S. premiere of Closer to Heaven, aka the Pet Shop Boys musical. No,…

If you hide beneath your sheets during just about every horror flick, you’re probably not a huge fan of Halloween, or even strolling through a few haunted houses. (OK, the crazy chainsaw guy can be a little frightening, especially when he’s chasing you.) Oh yeah, and going through a house…

Reigning in Hell might sound like a bad-ass way to spend eternity, but while you’re here you can get a preview at Mark-Brian Sonna’s play Lucifer Descending. After God lays a Hail Mary smackdown and kicks the devil out of heaven, Lucifer decides he needs to muff up things for…

On the off-chance your own seventh-grade English teacher didn’t make you study the book for four months, and in case you’ve lived beneath a rock for the past century, the Artisan Center Theater has got your back. They’re putting on a production of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird at…

Art that moves you…literally, Tramaine Townsend: The Misadventures of Flaco aims to move you physically and mentally. Don’t show up expecting to just stand around and look at the pieces. Instead, be prepared for your senses to go wild and the art to pop. Get geared up to for Townsend…

You may not know Wendell Minor’s name, but if you’ve spent time with children’ literature, you’ve likely seen the nature-loving illustrator’s work on books like Nibble, Nibble, The Last Polar Bear, If You Were a Penguin and many others. View Wendell Minor: In the American Tradition from 9 a.m. to…

If you think surfers have it bad now with what lurks beneath the ocean’s surface, imagine trying to catch a wave 82 million years ago. Sure, a great white shark may seem scary with its rows of razor-sharp teeth coming after you, but you might prefer that rather than a…