Some of the greatest art throughout history has sprouted from shaky grounds in tumultuous times. While some of us are overeating or learning how to cook or working on beautifying our yards, North Texas artists are finding ways to channel their stress into their art and make good use of…
Stephan Wolfert hadn’t planned to stumble drunk into a Montana theater in 1991 for a performance of a play by Shakespeare. The jaded Army veteran also didn’t expect to connect with the medieval character of a crazed, homeless woman up on the stage, or to eventually share the healing he…
Our woman crush this week is contemporary dancer Avery-Jai Andrews, who is not only a master of movement, but a pillar in the artistic community through her nonprofit work. The Booker T. Washington and New York University graduate is an accomplished, inspiring and worldly force. Here’s why we love her…
As millions of people stay quarantined in their homes, sheltered from the outside world, comedy is seeing a resurgence on streaming platforms. This is Pyrrhic victory, however, as the coronavirus pandemic has deprived the entire comedy profession of its lifeblood: live performances. “My career as a touring live stand-up comedian…
Kristin Colaneri is a self-described renaissance woman. An Italian American visual artist with degrees in film and theater, she has spent time in both Dallas and New York and logged countless hours in the worlds of fashion, makeup and theater. Since 2015, she’s taught fine arts at Brighter Horizons Academy,…
Melissa Tucker has conquered many mediums. As a sculptress her work is shockingly lifelike, and as a clarinetist, she’s rocked audiences with former band The Orange. The swing-dancing, vintage Mustang-driving, vampy, elegantly cool, old-time-influenced artist is also one of Dallas’ best-dressed personalities. Tucker opened up about up about her screen siren…
We’ve been warned that the coronavirus would threaten the safety of millions of people. We’ve been told that schools and workplaces would shutter en masse in efforts to prevent the spread of the viral infection. We’ve seen just how severe the economic repercussions of the pandemic truly are. But nobody…
About three years ago, theater director and playwright Kara-Lynn Vaeni arrived in Dallas from New York City, where she worked for 15 years after getting her MFA in directing at Yale University. Vaeni also spent her post-university life doing freelance theater work in New York, cobbling together jobs at various…
Rawlins Gilliland believes in happy endings. And against recent odds, it looks like he may be getting one of his own. Friends and fans are banding together to help the local luminary, who is facing a $36,000 lien placed on his home by the IRS. A GoFundMe page that went…
Monday, March 9 Art Babies: Five Senses Let’s say you’re one of those artistic parents (which is why you’re off on Mondays) and you’re terrified that your child will grow up to be basic; well, you can put your vintage album collection away, hipster dad, because the Dallas Museum of…
Friday, March 6 RuPaul’s Drag Race watch party 7 p.m. Friday, March 6 Alexandre’s Free-ish Catch the latest episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race at Alexandre’s. While you’re at it, support your local queens and catch a drag show on the Strip afterward. Yoga N Da Hood: Beyoncé 7 p.m. Friday,…
Artist Hilly Holsonback is exhaustingly cool. Whether she’s starring in award-winning independent films, treating the audience to surreal bits of performance art, or exhibiting a solo show of her self-portraits, if there’s anything excitingly strange going on in the underworld of the Dallas arts, you can be sure that Holsonback…
Monday, March 2 Tuesday, March 3 Wednesday, March 4 The Red Pears One hot summer day in 2014, a seed was planted somewhere around El Monte, California. It happened the moment musicians Henry Vargas and José Corona started talking about starting a band. The two played their first show with…
Racism is alive and well in America — anybody who denies it is probably racist themselves. But America’s racism isn’t all violence and hate speech; it is just as prevalent and harmful among pleasant American families who don’t consider themselves problematic at all. As Martin Luther King Jr. described in…
Friday, Feb. 28 Ron Bultongez: Birthday Show 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 House of Blues Free (with RSVP) American Idol alumnus Ron Bultongez is free from his old label and doing better than ever. Ring in his 24th year at a free show, where he will be performing new music…
Journalism has been a popular subject recently with theater-makers in North Texas. This past fall, Stage West Theatre in Fort Worth produced the snappy, witty play Lifespan of a Fact, in which an essayist and a fact checker go head-to-head over the factual accuracy of the essayist’s latest work. Now,…
Friday, Feb. 21 Off The Cuff Presents Sisqo 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21 Off the Cuff Free-ish Oooo, this weekend so scandalous. Take it back to the ‘90s at Off the Cuff and party with the one and only Sisqo. You don’t even have to wear a thong-th-thong-thong-thong. Bollywood Beatz…
When Gustave Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary was published in 1856, it was publicly prosecuted for its scandalous portrayal of Emma Bovary’s obsession with finding love well beyond the confines of her marriage. In our culture, Emma’s promiscuity is less shocking than the sheer sadness of this story. And yet, Undermain…
Friday, February 14 Sweet Broken Hearts: Love Songs & Sad Songs with Mike Randall 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 Double Wide Free-ish Not feeling festive this Valentine’s Day? Mike Randall and The High Roads will be playing all of your favorite gloomy tunes at Double Wide. Because sometimes a couple…
In the 1930s, children all over Germany were sucked into Hitler’s ideology by means of the youth organization Hitlerjugend. Two such children were Hans and Sophie Scholl. Like many Germans, the Scholl siblings were initially enamored by the promises of national socialism and eager to swear loyalty to their country…
Monday, February 10 Love Me or Leave MeRecently, a real conversation between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard was leaked online and our curiosity nearly made us forget about the Super Bowl. Before YouTube and TMZ, there was only old-fashioned correspondence. Love Me or Leave Me lets us pry into the…
Golden Globe- and Tony award-winning performer Bernadette Peters held the Meyerson in the palm of her hand this Saturday night, and all you needed to see it was your Dallas library card. That’s all thanks to Culture Pass, a new partnership between the Dallas Library and the Office of Cultural…
