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Azazel Jacobs’s The Lovers Plumbs the Mysteries of Matrimony

A comedy, and also a tragedy, of remarriage — without couples counseling or divorce — writer-director Azazel Jacobs’ The Lovers revitalizes its genre with a piquant premise: What happens when long-wedded spouses, each with a romantic partner outside their dormant dyad, find the spark reignited — a combustion that results...
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Dallas Mother Seeks to Raise Awareness of Cannabinoid-Based Products

Dallas resident Penny Howard thought she would have longer with her 5-year-old daughter, Harper. Harper was born in April 2010 with a rare, life-threatening disorder called CDKL5 epilepsy. The girl died in January 2016, but her life and death are making an impact in the world of orphan diseases, the term for...
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Seriously, Adam Sandler Triumphs in Netflix’s The Meyerowitz Stories

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) premieres on Netflix Oct. 13 Adam Sandler’s core as a performer has always been his self-loathing. In his best comedies, he weaponizes it with humiliating ruthlessness. (In his worst ones, it wafts pathetically off him like the day-after stink of a drunkard.) Now, he’s...
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Hunting the Strongest Texas Beer at BrewFest

Beer festivals, like this weekend's Dallas Observer Brewfest in Dallas, create a dilemma for devoted drinkers. There are only so many glasses you're going to fill and so many lines you'll wait in. For those of us there to catch a buzz ... oh, right, beer is supposed to be...
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Will the Pavilion Give Dallas Venues a Run for Their Money?

After three years of construction, a new 17-block entertainment district in Las Colinas finally has an opening date. The centerpiece, simply called the Pavilion, will be one of the largest and most high-tech venues in Dallas-Fort Worth when it opens Sept. 1. Local bookers and musicians say it could result in...
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Crown Heights Tells a Compelling True Story with Jarring Impatience

In adapting for the screen the long, hard story of Colin Warner — a Trinidadian native who, as a Brooklyn teenager in 1980, was wrongfully convicted of murder and sent to prison for more than 20 years — Matt Ruskin’s Crown Heights moves along in a counterproductive hurry. Scenes rich...
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10 Best Books of 2017 by Local Authors

This list, arranged in no particular order, is limited to books that were published in 2017 and written by authors who live in Dallas-Fort Worth. The Sandcastle Empire by Kayla Olson This dystopian thriller, published in June, focuses on a formerly privileged girl named Eden who escapes a labor camp...
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Best and Worst of Dallas Culture in 2017

You have to take the good with the bad. Getting the ratios right is the tricky part. How did Dallas' cultural scene fare in 2017?  Hey, we just report. You decide. Institutions that received fantastic news early this year, like the Dallas Theater Center (which won a Tony award) and...
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5 Art Events for Your Weekend: May 11-14

MakeShift PhotoRama – Significance ImposedKettle Art 2650 Main St. Opening reception 7-10 p.m. Thursday Twelve Dallas photographers paired up with 12 Dallas writers and took a Texas-soaked road trip. Significance Imposed is the collection of photos, landscapes, characters and words that resulted from the statewide jaunt. Prediction: There will be...
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Music Factory in Irving Adopts New Name, Has Rocky Start

Ten years ago, voters in Irving agreed to finance a 16-acre, mixed-use entertainment complex off State Highway 114. It would have more than two dozen restaurants, an Alamo Drafthouse, and indoor and outdoor concert venues, along with retail and office space. That complex, originally called the Irving Music Factory, was...