Museum of Geometric and MADI ArtLooking for an off-the-map, quirky, small museum dedicated to midcentury geometric moving sculpture? Dallas has it. Housed in an interesting Uptown building is the Museum of Geometric and MADI Art. The MADI art concept was born in the 1940s in Buenos Aires. Although it’s hard to define, MADI art can be described as colorful, often […]
Dallas MakerspaceVolunteer-run and supported by membership dues and donations, the nonprofit Dallas Makerspace is the powerhouse of creativity. Want to learn to knit or paint a watercolor of your dog? There are plenty of places around offering classes for that. Want to learn how to use a CNC plasma cutter or a 3-D printer? Makerspace not […]
Danielle Georgiou Dance GroupFormed in 2011, DGDG is constantly cooking up new dance-theater hybrid shows that buck what we expect when we think of dance. Georgiou and her partner, Justin Locklear, are one of the most prolific teams in Dallas in terms of writing and producing new works. This year, we’ve seen DGDG’s War Flower and Donkey Beach, […]
The ZooThey say, “If you love something, set it free; if it comes back, it was meant to be.” That makes us feel great about the return of rock radio station KZEW The Zoo, which reigned supreme in the ’70s and ’80s and then left the airwaves. But this year, 28 years after The Zoo said […]
One Man, Two GuvnorsIn 2012, the Tony Awards committee went cuckoo for Richard Bean’s One Man, Two Guvnors. The smart slapstick comedy, a reinterpretation of a 1743 Italian play, originally starred James Corden in the role of Francis Henshall, a right-hand man to two criminals staying at the same hotel, each of whom must be kept a secret […]
Angelika Film CenterIn 2001, the Angelika Film Center was the hippest, most sparkling theater in town. It was the crown jewel of the new Mockingbird Station and was among the first to expand the standard popcorn and Milk Duds menu to include gourmet snacks and alcohol that doesn’t suck. Sixteen years later, more ambitious chains have in […]
Hedwig and the Angry InchIn a year when discussion of a bill that would prevent transgender people from using bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity has dominated state politics, the first national tour of Hedwig and the Angry Inch also visited Texas. John Cameron Mitchell’s musical has been familiarizing American audiences with what it means to be transgender […]
Texas Frightmare WeekendMost festivals are fairly predictable. If it’s a music fest, you can expect some big names, a bad vantage point and to spend a whole paycheck on bacon-wrapped macarons or some other food gimmick. Frightmare Fest is anything but predictable, and if you’re a fan of horror or even just the macabre, it’s one you […]
Dead White ZombiesThe symphony, the opera, the theater … these are not venues people with short attention spans are likely to visit, however beautiful the work created inside them may be. That’s why we’re grateful for Dead White Zombies, a theater experience that’s perfect for anyone with an insatiable curiosity and an inability to sit still. University […]
Aaron AryanpurWhether you’re looking for a Dallas comic to perform a clean set at your corporate event or want to head to the Addison Improv for non-workplace-approved humor, Aaron Aryanpur is your guy. Not only does Dallas think he’s funny (the Funniest Comic in Texas in 2012), America is also impressed with him. When he released […]
DallastyleBecause there may be roughly 1 million fashion bloggers just in Dallas, it’s hard to tell one from the others. If you follow more than one on Instagram, you realize they are sharing all the same clothes from all the same department stores. Dallastyle’s Taylor thankfully shows us unique fashion finds paired with shoes and […]
Caylea WoodburyWhen the Little Women reality TV franchise invaded Dallas, our hopes were high. The show is like Real Housewives, but the stars all have dwarfism. The breakout star of the Dallas installment was easily Caylea Woodbury as the show tracked her trying to find her place in Dallas. Wanting to follow in her co-stars’ footsteps, […]
John BentonFew personal trainers can make you trim you down to your goal weight and also call you a friend. Luckily for a few models and nonmodels, both in Dallas and all over the world, John Benton is the personal trainer of the their dreams. When he helped one one model lose 4 inches around her […]
Alyssa EdwardsIf you’ve seen RuPaul’s Drag Race, you are aware of the force of nature Alyssa Edwards. She’s stunning, she’s funny, she’s talented and she’s everything you would expect from a contender on that show. But when she’s not being one of the best drag queens in the business, Edwards is Justin Johnson, owner and instructor […]
Truck YardDogs love bars. Well, not all dogs. But if your pooch can take a lot of stimulation and distraction, the Truck Yard is a surprisingly good venue. The place gets crowded, seemingly with dog lovers. The spacing of the tables enables the free flow of leashed animals while the heights are low enough for the […]
Doug DunbarHe invades our homes every night at 5, 6 and 10 on KTVT-TV (CBS 11) to give us the breaking and nonbreaking news of Dallas-Fort Worth. His smile and authoritative voice help the news go down easier, but what Dunbar does off the screen makes him one of the best. Last October, he headed to […]
KRLD 1080Dallas’ spring saga, the federal corruption trial of County Commissioner John Wiley Price, would’ve been a lot harder to understand without the yeoman’s work of KRLD reporter L.P. Phillips. Day after day, Phillips showed up to the Earle Cabell Federal Building downtown, updating KRLD’s listeners throughout the day about the latest goings on in Dallas’ […]
Think with Krys BoydIn 2017, the rest of Texas found out what Dallas has known for a long time: Krys Boyd, host of KERA’s flagship midday program, Think, conducts some of the best interviews anywhere. The first hour of Boyd’s show began airing in Texas’ other big markets, including Houston, Austin and San Antonio, in January. Now, her […]
Dwaine CarawayAfter two years in exile thanks to term limits, Dallas most entertaining City Council member is back at City Hall. Dwaine Caraway cruised to election over incumbent Carolyn Arnold in May, beating the woman he’d endorsed to take over his seat in 2015. This time around, Caraway promises that he’ll help get a deck park […]
Cite-and-ReleaseThis spring, the Dallas City Council finally passed a cite-and-release policy for marijuana possession. The decision, which maintains the same penalties for marijuana possession while allowing those busted to respond to a summons rather than immediately head to jail, isn’t perfect. It’s not decriminalization or legalization. It is a start, however, one for which Dallas […]
City Council Axes the Trinity Toll RoadFor going on 20 years, to build or not to build — that was the question. Now we have an answer. The Trinity toll road, that six-lane behemoth that supposedly would relieve traffic congestion downtown (except it wouldn’t), bring $1 billion in state and federal construction dollars to Dallas (not really), improve flood control (nope) […]
Philip Kingston Wins Re-electionTo hear his detractors tell it, District 14 City Councilman Philip Kingston is a dick. To his supporters, however, Kingston is better known as a dick. He’s certainly no friend of Mayor Mike Rawlings, whom he recently called an “overgrown jackleg.” (We looked it up. A jackleg is an unskilled, incompetent or dishonest person.) He […]
