Arts & Culture

While other girls my age were mooning over the two Coreys and wearing New Kids on the Block buttons as large as a salad plate, I quietly crushed on Davy Jones, Chad & Jeremy and Peter Blair Dennis Bernard Noone. Gently caressing my mom’s gatefold LP The Best of Herman’s…

With each passing day, American society slips farther and farther into the immoral, unscrupulous black hole of sin and depravity. Once, we were pure. Now, we are extending our obsession with sex to that most innocent of American institutions: man’s best friend. Now, we are insisting they woo us with…

Who said the homemaking maven’s status plummeted after her tangle with the law? The press release for Martha Stewart’s November 11 book signing may as well be advertising an impromptu show by a trendy band. Space is limited to the first 300 customers, it says, and pre-purchasing tickets doesn’t guarantee…

Last year I attended the Shrine Circus for the first time, borrowing my favorite 4-year-old for an afternoon of elephants, clowns and old men in funny hats. It was a lot like one of those Mastercard commercials: One stick of cotton candy: $6. Another stick of cotton candy to replace…

Here’s our kind of Sunday: Sleep in way late, feast on pigs-in-a-blanket and watch the Cowboys beat up on the lowly Arizona Cardinals. Fortunately, the Granada has effortlessly found a way to indulge in all three of our passions—slackerdom, food and Tony Romo—by offering a pre-game brunch and a subsequent…

I know you love to judge. You’re just a big ol’ bag of judgment love. When Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes got together, you were all, “Isn’t he gay?” And when Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston got together, you were all, “Isn’t he gay?” Well, crack those judgmental knuckles and…

If the recent Truman Capote biopics on the big screen are a bit too grim and ghastly for your tastes, then try a couple of his more family-friendly works on the small stage as Duncanville Community Theatre presents “The Thanksgiving Visitor” and “A Christmas Memory” (bundled together as Holiday Memories)…

I heard the title Thieves Like Us and immediately imagined Louise Fletched…which is something I try very hard not to randomly do since I was traumatized by her Nurse Ratched while watching One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. See, Fletcher was given her first film role as Mattie in 1974’s…

Imagine the cutest possible thing you can think of. Imagine the smells, sounds and textures. Then, realize that whatever you’re thinking of is not nearly as cute as little orphaned baby animals wrapped up in donated fur coats simulating their lost mommies. That’s what the Coats for Cubs drive is…

It’s hard enough for us average Joes to live up to our folks’ good name…assuming they have a good name. But just imagine if the name you’ve got to live up to not only holds a Nobel Peace Prize but is also the most widely recognized name in the American…

Some things just have to be seen to be believed. One such thing would be the sheer spectacle of a Pink Floyd concert performance. Pink Floyd pioneered the live music experience in the late ’60s and early ’70s with over-the-top visuals, quadraphonic speaker systems, sound effects…oh, and some good music…

Ask your mother what her worst nightmare is, and she’ll probably answer something to the effect of, “Waking up next to your father for 25 years.” Ask your daughter the same question, and she’ll probably say, “Turning out like you, hellbitch.” Based on these responses, you might realize that you…

Love, societal constrictions and clever young women make for successful theatrical plots in any language, in any time period. Lope de Vega’s 1606 Spanish comedy La Discreta Enamorada is proof. It’s been updated and translated to reflect the Spanish dance music and costumes of the 1950s for an English-language performance…

Growing up in New York City, my childhood Christmas memories are made up of Fifth Avenue’s meticulously decorated shop windows and storefronts, the fever dream that is a mid-December visit to FAO Schwartz and standing in line at Macy’s with 100 other rambunctious brats and our exhausted parents waiting to…

Comedian Steve Byrne must have a lot of fun filling out census forms. Having sprung forth from the union of an Irish father and a Korean mother, he describes himself as a “CaucAsian,” meaning his brand of humor must lie somewhere in the comedy gulf between Margaret Cho and Colin…

Would you rather spend your Tuesday night parked in front of must-see TV or learning something? The Fort Worth Modern Art Museum makes that an easy question to answer, with their regular Tuesday lectures by artists, scholars and critics. This week, it’s Alexandra Munroe, who specializes in Asian Arts at…

I’ve always thought that toy trains were pretty cool, especially considering the fact that Neil Young is into them. There’s just something undeniably charming, unbelievably nerdy and quintessentially American about building a tiny little fantasy town to drive your tiny little fantasy train around in. If Lionel is looking for…

If there’s one person a child, hell, anyone, wouldn’t want to disappoint it’s Mr. Rogers. You wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of what would have to be the most godawful, gut-wrenching, heartbreaking look of disenchantment. An educator, baby-sitter, illusionist and friend on the small screen, Fred Rogers…

If, like me, you have an inexplicable obsession with the colorful and kitschy calaveras of Mexico (you know, the skeleton brides and grooms, the busloads of skeleton passengers and such), you’re in for a treat: Day of the Dead: Migrations in Life will be on display at the Ice House…