No, the Virgin Mary doesn’t get high on aerosol fumes, and Joseph doesn’t ride in on a skateboard, but in most other respects, The Nativity Story is less of a departure for Thirteen and Lords of Dogtown director Catherine Hardwicke than one would have imagined. From our first glimpse of…
We wear the chains we forge in life. Link by link their weight increases until at last the burden is so great it drags us down into the grave. As a Christmas message, this one is sort of “open vein, insert tinsel.” But it is the lesson taught in Charles…
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (Warner Bros.) At long last, Richard Donner’s much-whispered-about “original version” of Superman II sees the light of day, and it quickly joins the ranks of the reconstructed Touch of Evil, Apocalypse Now, and Blade Runner as films made superior in the recutting and retelling…
By now, you’ve probably heard about Bully. It’s the game that was supposed to finally ruin America’s youth. Crusading lawyer Jack Thompson, the self-appointed schoolmarm of the videogame industry, called it a “Columbine simulator” and tried to block stores from selling it. Lou Dobbs — who hasn’t seen a videogame…
It’s possible someone at the Addison Improv needs to update their comedian bios. According to their calendar of scheduled performances, “Actor/comedian Mark Curry…is now the host of the new funny game show Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush on Comedy Central.” That may have been true six years ago but not today…
The last time I was at the Conduit Gallery, I saw Wayne Coyne walking around in a giant plastic bubble. Now that’s what I call art. Granted, artists C. Meng, Matthew Bourbon and Linda Pace probably aren’t gonna show up at their Conduit opening with inflatables and a lady that…
This Tuesday and Wednesday, contemporary Christian singer Michael W. Smith teams up with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for a greatest hits set mixed with holiday standards. Keeping the artist in mind, these holiday tunes will be of the Jesus/manger/three wise men variety, with Santa, Frosty and the reindeer taking a…
The melancholy central to the tradition of Irish music comes through high and clear when the Irish Tenors take the stage. These talented singers are anything but old-fashioned, however. Since first teaming up in 1998, the Irish Tenors’ performances on PBS and onstage have featured everything from favorites such as…
The Eastfield College freshman and sophomore art students’ exhibit, Eastfield SoFresh, will be presented at Gallery 219 from now through December 8. The students will showcase everything from drawings to paintings to photography, sculpture, pottery, jewelry and mixed media, all while the Eastfield College Clay Guild puts on its semi-annual…
John Lennon’s dream for mankind lies buried in New York City’s Strawberry Fields. Buried, but not dead. The spirit of his campaign for world peace—represented there by the mosaic “Imagine”—has taken root in the hearts of millions of fans who have passed through the 2.5-acre Garden of Peace since its…
As if Clear Channel wasn’t already awesome enough, playing all our favorite hits from Nickelback, Staind and Hilary Duff over and over and over again, they’ve made our dearest Christmas wishes come true with this year’s KISS-FM JingleBall. Our very favorite singer, JoJo, will be joined by a real punk…
What do you do to prepare yourself for an erotic evening? Take a hot bath? Spend a few minutes with a bottle of your favorite sweet-smelling lotion? Well, get on it, because the “hottest erotic fantasy novelist since [best-selling erotica writer] Zane,” N.M. Shabazz, is coming to town. Imagine screaming…
“Life without Jesus is like a doughnut,” says Rob Evans—aka The Donut Man—”’cause there’s a hole in the middle of your heart.” The Donut Man brings his Jesus-themed show for kids to The Heights Baptist Church Sunday for a “Happy Birthday, Jesus” party at 4 p.m. Evans is known for…
The Barber of Seville works equally well as a classic comic opera or a classic Nick at Nite sitcom. Granted, it would be a sitcom sung in Italian, but zany shenanigans would ensue nonetheless. Seventeenth-century Spanish Count meets girl. Seventeenth-century Spanish Count falls for girl. Seventeenth-century Spanish Count enlists the…
Rarely does one hear art revered for being “cute.” It’s refreshing in a sense. Think about it. How many times do you read a review of an art exhibition and find words such as “intense,” “introspective,” “profound” or “sensual”? Too damn many. So let’s regard The Modern Art Museum of…
Since publishing photographs in D magazine documenting the heroin epidemic among Plano teens in the late ’90s, Misty Keasler has developed a reputation as a photographer with a singular eye for the strange places people live. Her pictures of the people who live in cardboard huts on the fringes of…
Don’t let the name fool you—while it may sound like an apocalyptic Bruce Willis movie with lots of bombs, Light Up the Sky is actually a classic Broadway comedy by Moss Hart. Catch it now in the Black Box Theatre at Collin County Community College, 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway…
The Museum of Nature and Science, formerly known as the Dallas Museum of Natural History and the Science Place, follows its education objectives (focusing on the nature of science, life science and earth science) by presenting Scholastic’s The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm. A magical school bus, hmmm?…
For me, parades are a perfect storm: They draw huge crowds of people (which scare me), and they include giant inflatable Santas (which scare me almost as much as Fall Out Boy and JoJo being at the same concert venue at the same time. What if they do a duet?…
Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis are Texas country’s favorite couple, our very own modern George and Tammy minus most of the drama and substance abuse (save a very public addiction to the allergy drug Claritin). After taking a break from recording to make babies, both songwriters are back this year,…
Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis are Texas country’s favorite couple, our very own modern George and Tammy minus most of the drama and substance abuse (save a very public addiction to the allergy drug Claritin). After taking a break from recording to make babies, both songwriters are back this year,…
It’s a fact that appearances can be deceiving. It’s also a cliché, sure, but forgive that irritation for a moment and understand there’s a reason for it. In fact, let’s look at some evidence. Take a hoppin’ Dallas nightclub and that hot blonde at the bar you assume is plastic…
