At the end of last week, I did a Facebook Live interview with Dallas Park and Recreation Board President Bobby Abtahi in which Abtahi gave evasive answers on some key questions. I did not nail down those issues in the interview, for which I blame myself. I do think it’s...
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For an aspiring musician, the ability to share music with the best possible production value is almost as important as a song itself. A music video shared online will, in most cases, be the first time a potential fan sees as musician's work, and that first impression needs to be...
In the Dallas Opera's production of Don Giovanni, there are moments when the women appear flattered by Giovanni’s compliments and advances. After all, Giovanni is a rich, powerful man; the lyrics of one aria ask "How can a nobleman be guilty of such a crime?" But every sexual encounter devolves...
When you watch the Trailer Park Boys live, you're not always sure if you're in reality. The cult comedy creations of Ricky, Julian and Bubbles, who have run on Canadian TV and Netflix for 12 seasons, are always in character, even in press interviews. This is the third time we've...
A collective of five artists called Art Beef opened the white-walled gallery and performance space Beefhaus in 2012. But as the Exposition Park gallery rounded the corner on six years, the collective decided to pull the plug. “It lived out its natural life cycle,” says Luke Harnden, one of the...
... What makes O.G. so fresh and appealing is how, while it’s a laugh riot, the characters are both written and portrayed as grounded, fully realized folk
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Voters in the city of Dallas will be able to give everyone who works in the city paid sick leave when they head to the ballot box in November if a coalition of worker's rights groups gets its way. Volunteers with the Workers Defense Project and other groups will head...
The Oxford English Dictionary, a favorite read among stoners, added a section just below the term 420 last year, officially acknowledging its place in marijuana culture. Whether taken as a date or time, or simply screamed from a high school graduation stage, those in the know have responded to the...
Things are about to get extremely trippy in Denton. The second annual Acid Koolaid Fest begins today. Organizers of this psychedelic rock extravaganza decided to expand the production this year to intensify the experience. Last year’s inaugural event took place over two days with two stages at Backyard On Bell...
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s guest star this weekend, 25-year-old Italian concert pianist Beatrice Rana, has never played with the orchestra before, but five years ago, a weekend in North Texas changed her life. Rana took home the silver medal in the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, an award that...
One of Deep Ellum's newest spots created a cocktail in honor of the Boxer Bowtie Club, the Boxers in Bowties, to celebrate what they're doing with their organization. While it's a wildly spirit forward cocktail, it's ridiculously delicious.
Pedro Gonzalez Jr. has been fighting the good fight behind the decks for over two decades under his alias, DJ PriestTD. Although his roots are deepest in hip-hop, he is versatile in a variety of genres, like any veteran DJ. Much of that versatility came from digging for the source...
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During the past four years, Gavin Mulloy has been synonymous with Trees and The Bomb Factory. Doing marketing for two of the best venues in Deep Ellum, he seemed to be staying put, given the quality of the shows and their turnouts. But he dropped some big news Monday: He...
Activists in Austin got something Wednesday for which they've pushed for almost five years. The Texas State Board of Education gave preliminary approval to a Mexican-American studies elective for high school students, closing out a debate that began with an unsuccessful attempt in 2014. They couldn't do so, however, without...
Because we can never get enough chicken and waffles, Henry’s Majestic has a brunch worth visiting — at least once. This McKinney Avenue restaurant, part of the Bread Winners family, offers a warm environment with friendly service, with meals from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekends that are mostly...
In an 8-7 vote Wednesday, the Dallas City Council signed off on a $15.9 million development agreement with a former city employee, over the objections of council members who believed that the deal should've gone through the city's bidding process. Rodney Burchfield, who worked in the city's economic development office...
... This is a movie where everyone in Johnson's radius accuses his character of hating humanity, when the actor himself can't help ingratiating himself to everything ...
Brad Anderson’s talky-smartish thriller Beirut, like the first half of Million Dollar Arm, sets Hamm’s sharpie loose in a country — in this case a fractious Lebanon — where the rules aren’t his
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Sushi + burritos = sushitos. Or burrushi, depending on your portmanteau style. Whatever you call them, Sushimo Burritos will be available for purchase at BAD Bazaar, the artists and makers collective. The last Sushimo Burrito pop-up sold out, so don't delay. What it be: Sushimo Burrito Pop-Up When it do:...
Sometimes you make a huge impression when you least expect to. Such was the lesson learned by Dallas indie rock band Motorcade when it ventured down to SXSW in Austin last month. The band's performances didn't go as well as its members had hoped — “We thought we were dreadful,"...
For nearly seven decades, the house at 314 W. Eighth St. in Oak Cliff was merely a domicile. Nothing more than a place to keep your stuff dry when it rains and plug in your refrigerator. That was before Javier García del Moral and Paco Vique owned it. Four years...
This little purple building, tucked away on Haskell Avenue in an old East Dallas neighborhood that hasn’t yet had its moment, carries a lot of history. It was built as a Sinclair gas station in 1932, the same year that Sinclair trademarked its beloved dinosaur logo. The Texas Historical Commission...