A Dallas Group Is Participating in the World Chase Tag League
The childhood game of tag is all grown up and Envy Gaming is joining the action with its first professional chase and tag team.
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10 Things To Do in Dallas Before Summer Ends, According to Your Vibe
Summertime comes to a close over the next few weeks and Dallasites don’t want to miss the opportunity to kick back and enjoy all the perks of what the city has to offer this special time of year.
Young Dallas Actor Julian Hilliard of WandaVision Gets Turned Into a Pop! Doll
The rules for making it to the big show in Hollywood terms have evolved. For a while, getting your likeness drawn in a Mad Magazine parody was one sign of stardom. Getting your drawn likeness on the wall of the Brown Derby restaurant was another sign at one point in time…
David Lowery Goes Medieval in The Green Knight
Hitting theaters this weekend, The Green Knight adapts one of the iconic tales from Arthurian legend from a mature, thoughtful perspective. However, for filmmaker David Lowery, it brought back childhood memories of a 7-year-old boy sword fighting his brother in cardboard armor. “Here I am now over 30 years later…
Jim Schutze’s Seminal Book The Accommodation Is Set for Republishing
Some considered it the most dangerous book in Dallas, a moniker coined by D Magazine years after it was published. The Accommodation: the politics of race in an American City, traces race relations and politics in Dallas from slavery to the early ’80s. It argues slavery was crueler in North Texas…
Make Room for a Cult Classic at the Angelika. Spoons Optional.
“I did not hit her. It’s not true! It’s bullshit! I did not hit her. I did not. Oh, hi, Mark.” For nearly 20 years, this iconic monologue has baffled moviegoers. The rooftop conversation is only one of the bonkers conversations that make up Tommy Wiseau’s cult movie masterpiece The…
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The Best Things to Do in Dallas July 28-Aug. 3
They say it’s all happening at the zoo, and the Dallas Zoo and Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park (650 S. R.L. Thornton Fwy.) have given us all the adorable animals to gawk at this week as they welcome a baby alpaca, two cheetahs and a baby giraffe.
Pocket Sandwich Theatre’s New Building Owners Want Them Out by Year’s End
Pocket Sandwich Theatre, the raucous, popcorn-tossing melodrama theater and late-night entertainment showcase space, will move to its third home just shy of its 40th anniversary. Jeff Vance, director for the theater, said the owners of the block of stores on Mockingbird Lane where it operates decided not to renew Pocket…
African American Museum of Dallas Hosts New Smithsonian Exhibition Men of Change
Artist Patrick Earl Hammie says the opportunity given to him by the Smithsonian Institute to display his portraits of prominent African American artists Romare Bearden and Khande Wiley wasn’t just a chance to showcase his talent in its new touring exhibit. It’s also an opportunity to show who he is as…
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10 Medal-Worthy Movies for Those Who Can’t Get Enough of the Olympics
It’s not just the pandemic that makes this year different for the Olympics. New sports that aren’t exactly familiar to ancient Greeks are being included for the first time, including karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding. Is horseshoe pitching next? Maybe we can try to lobby the Olympics committee before…
Crush It! Virtual Sports Lounge Lets People Play Ball Come Rain or Shine
Virtual reality has become a huge draw for entertainment venues and most focus on putting people in otherworldly situations that impede their chances for survival – like a zombie apocalypse or a perilous jungle adventure.
G.I. Joe Sparking Your Action Figure Demand? Check Out These Dallas Toy Stores.
The days in which merchandise was inspired by movies have been subverted, and there’s long been a trend of movies based on toys.
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Podcasters Say Sexual Health Is Taboo Among Latinx Communities Because of Machismo
Although casual hookups and encounters were strongly discouraged during the early stages of the pandemic, there’s never a bad time for sex education, especially as things, er, loosen up.
Horseshoe Pitching Is Serious Business in Texas
About a half century ago, a horseshoe pitching club formed at Arlington’s first city park.
Growing Numbers of Female High School Wrestlers Take Down Old Barriers
Bobbi Navarrete was seven years old when she first started wrestling.
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Best Things To Do in Dallas July 21-27
It wasn’t that long ago that women would be institutionalized for being disagreeable among the (obviously sexist) men in their communities.
The Next Dallas VideoFest Will Be the Last One, Says Founder Bart Weiss
When the first Dallas VideoFest launched in 1986, it started at a time when film festivals and media conventions weren’t a weekly occurrence or even a massive industry like it is now.
Dallas’ 500X Gallery Is a Treasure Map To the Discovery of New Artists
Earlier this month, three new exhibitions opened at the artist-run cooperative 500X Gallery, located in a former tire factory in the Tin District. Featuring abstract, conceptual and textual works by four local artists — including a 24-year-old painter who graduated from the University of North Texas two years ago and…
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#WASHED Director Jerod Couch Turned a ‘Quarter Life Crisis’ Into Emmy Nominated Series
Dallas writer and director Jerod Couch went from the start of a promising career at ESPN and the Texas Rangers to his lowest point in a short amount of time.
‘Bun Ministry’ Event Takes Women to Church About Natural Hair
The first-ever “Bun Ministry” meet-up, hosted in the Design District last Saturday, was a celebration of hair.
Mexico’s Soccer Team Was on Thin Ice in Dallas Thanks to Rowdy Fans’ Homophobic Chants
The scene at Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas this past Wednesday was a welcome reprieve from the controversial chants and misconduct that have blighted the fan section behind Mexico’s national soccer team in recent months.
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Exhibition Unspoken Burdens Dissects the Paradox of Black Male Vulnerability
An ellipsis, also known as a “dot-dot-dot” is the symbol of elision — the omission of words in print, for example.