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Shecky's hosts a fab Girls Night

By Mark Hughes
Feb 26, 2009

Ladies night usually conjures thoughts of free admission before 10 p.m., $1.50 you-call-its before 9 p.m., and a small group of five to 10 girls surrounded by five to 10 hundred dudes wearing too much cologne. Well, here is a ladies night no guy will go near, so the ladies...
Links And Clinks

Toast the holidays and have a brat

By Mark Hughes
Dec 4, 2008

Usually, we wouldn't recommend going to a sausage fest, but in this case we guess there can be an exception made to the rule. The GermanDeli Retail Store in Colleyville is celebrating Weihnachtsfest--or Christmas for us non-Teutons. The festivities include free food samplings, Glühwein, beer sampling, live music, surprises, prizes,...
Turtle Creek Sparkle

By Mark Hughes
Nov 27, 2008

Thanksgiving is over, so it's time to take down the cornucopias. Bring on the December dazzle shows! If you want to get started early on the "lots and lots of lights" Christmas tradition before November even ends, this weekend's Fifth Annual Light Up Lee Park Festival & Fireworks Display offers...
Through The Years

By Mark Hughes
Nov 6, 2008

The Southern Methodist University's Mustang Band's Pigskin Revue musical variety show has been a SMU Homecoming tradition since 1933. This year's show is titled Mustang Bandstand and features 20th-century popular music. You can imagine the type of entertainment as the big band and jazz music extends into pop hits from...
Pumpkinhead

CATS does Sleepy Hollow

By Mark Hughes
Oct 30, 2008

It's the beginning of the holiday season, and a perfect way to start it off is a story of a headless Hessian horseman throwing flaming jack-o'-lanterns at a nerdy schoolteacher. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has to be one of our favorite stories, and luckily the Creative Arts Theater and...
Intergalactic, Planetary

Take on your Nemesis in Richardson

By Mark Hughes
Oct 30, 2008

Old adventure serials are fertile inspirational ground, as proven by Star Wars and Indiana Jones. They're also ripe for parody, as in the off-Broadway play The Intergalactic Nemesis. A time-traveler arrives to warn the world of 1933 about an impending alien invasion. He rallies the aid of a Pulitzer-prize winner...
Pour One Out

The Grape closes out Texas Wine Month

By Mark Hughes
Oct 16, 2008

Did you know it was Texas Wine Month? We sure didn't. If we had known, we might have taken a break from our own private 18-pack-a-day celebration. Oh well. If you're actually cultured enough to know about Texas Wine Month you'd probably like to know that The Grape Restaurant is...
Gourd Jog

By Mark Hughes
Oct 16, 2008

When some of us here at Night & Day hear "Valley Ranch" we're thinking more about condiments, not athletics. But hey, it takes all kinds, and we understand there are people who crave electrolytes, not dippin' sauce. So, if you're the kind who likes to jog or run there's the...
Dancin', Dancin'

Not-quite-celebs tour their smooth moves

By Mark Hughes
Oct 9, 2008

So, dancing is back "in" you say. There's a reality show called So You Think You Can Dance that gets great ratings to prove it. There's even a tour: the So You Think You Can Dance Tour 2008, where people can sit and watch salsa, ballroom, hip-hop, street dancing, contemporary,...
Border Crossing

By Mark Hughes
Oct 2, 2008

Any artist worth their easel pushes boundaries, but this region's artists seem interested in borders. The latest example is Unified Field: The Border, by contemporary artist Beatriz Ezban. This exhibition addresses the physical line between nations and differences in culture. Ezban, employing an aesthetic based in existential philosophy, uses space,...
Back In Time

The Meyerson hosts Huey Lewis

By Mark Hughes
Sep 4, 2008

It's hard to imagine a time when a band like Huey Lewis and the News could dominate pop charts and MTV alongside a balding Phil Collins. Man, things sure have changed. And whether you think they've changed for the better or worst will determine your interest in seeing the News...
Sailin' For Supper

Take a dinner cruise on Lake Ray Hubbard

By Mark Hughes
Aug 28, 2008

Considering that we've never "made it" by anyone's definition, the phrase "fake it till you make it" has become a way of life. Some things are tough to fake, though, like pulling a yacht into Ibiza and partying with the rich and famous. Well, maybe now we have a metroplex...
Mall Varmints

By Mark Hughes
Aug 21, 2008

We think it's about time you taught your kids about the regional wildlife. No, we're not talking about a field trip to Greenville Avenue at 2:05 a.m. after all the bars have let out. We actually want you to take them somewhere they'll have a chance of surviving without emotional...
Before The Rise

By Mark Hughes
Aug 14, 2008

Did you know a pro athlete during college, a successful musician when he struggled unnoticed at an open-mic or a porn star when she was a Hooters waitress? That's cool. It's also cool to see some emerging fine artists before they become jaded alcoholics or famous generations after we're all...
In The End

Have some Shakespeare with your park

By Mark Hughes
Jul 17, 2008

Mix comedy, tragedy, romance, desire and honor and what do you get? No, not Jean-Claude Van Damme. You get Shakespeare, and those needing a fix of the Bard this summer can check out All's Well That Ends Well, one of his deeper cuts. Presented by Shakespeare Dallas, it follows Helena,...
Moving Myths

Take in the work of Humberto Saenz

By Mark Hughes
Jul 3, 2008

While politicians deal with immigration using talk about building fences, artists try to bring fences down. Who's right? Who knows, but while one makes policy, the other reports -- letting you decide. Migrations and Mythology, a display of artwork by Dallas artist Humberto Saenz, deals with the immigration issue. Presented...
Teen Movie

See a High School Musical in Fair Park

By Mark Hughes
Jun 26, 2008

High School Musical is the latest in "love conquers all" movie propaganda, and now it's coming to town as a stage show. Once again, boy and girl fight impossible odds against cliques and the "status quo." It's a story that's equal parts Grease, Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story and...
Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Let your skin crawl in McKinney

By Mark Hughes
Jun 12, 2008

You can't help but be fascinated with what you're taught to fear. Maybe that's why we like brunettes in high heels and too much lipstick. And maybe that's why kids (and some adults) are so fascinated with snakes. Well, if you've got young ones interested in our slithery friends, The...
Look Sharp

The EOS has its Eyes on you

By Mark Hughes
Jun 5, 2008

We're being watched. Observers are constantly scanning our planet from space. Collectively, they are called the EOS, and they monitor everything. The EOS, or Earth Observing System, is NASA's primary satellite mission and The Museum of Nature & Science's Eyes on Earth is a new, interactive science exhibition that explores...
Something In the Water

Eleven Hundred Springs distills Texas at the Granada

By Mark Hughes
May 22, 2008

There is a kinda of ineffable something in Texas that makes it tick. It might have something to do with being in between the two coasts—a sort of both-of-those yet none-of-those and completely all-its-own vibe. Done wrong you get a wannabe syndrome exemplified in Nuevo Rich Dallas. Done right the...
Fair Art

ARTFEST rounds up the oohs and aahs

By Mark Hughes
May 22, 2008

What do you get when you put more than 200 artists in one place displaying, demonstrating and selling their creations? A paintball tournament without the balls. No, that's not right. Actually, what you get is ARTFEST 2008, a juried event bringing together said artists at Fair Park. It goes down...
West Siiiide

We're happy to be at the Inwood Saturday

By Mark Hughes
Apr 17, 2008

Things might have changed, but midnight movies used to mean such subversive fare as The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Pink Floyd The Wall. But stretch your imagination a bit and maybe it's not that far off that the Inwood Theatre is showing West Side Story as a midnight movie...