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Sous Chef's Art on Display at Fairmont's Bar EMBER

Sous Chef's Art on Display at Fairmont's Bar EMBER

The Stewpot Partners With The Lighthouse to Sell Van Gogh-Inspired Art by Homeless Artists

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The Best Things to Do in Dallas July 28-Aug. 3

By Diamond Rodrigue
Jul 28, 2021

They say it’s all happening at the zoo, and the Dallas Zoo and Children's Aquarium at Fair Park (650 S. R.L. Thornton Fwy.) have given us all the adorable animals to gawk at this week as they welcome a baby alpaca, two cheetahs and a baby giraffe.
Pocket Sandwich Theatre's New Building Owners Want Them Out by Year's End

By Danny Gallagher
Jul 28, 2021

Pocket Sandwich Theatre, the raucous, popcorn-tossing melodrama theater and late-night entertainment showcase space, will move to its third home just shy of its 40th anniversary. Jeff Vance, director for the theater, said the owners of the block of stores on Mockingbird Lane where it operates decided not to renew Pocket...
African American Museum of Dallas Hosts New Smithsonian Exhibition Men of Change

By Danny Gallagher
Jul 27, 2021

Artist Patrick Earl Hammie says the opportunity given to him by the Smithsonian Institute to display his portraits of prominent African American artists Romare Bearden and Khande Wiley wasn't just a chance to showcase his talent in its new touring exhibit. It's also an opportunity to show who he is as...
The Oliver Francis Gallery Reopens Just in Time for Its 10th Anniversary

By Scott Tucker
Jul 15, 2021

In July of 2011, Francisco Moreno’s exhibition Seven Days in America opened at Oliver Francis Gallery.
Meet the Dallas Artists Who Create Local Craft Beer Can Designs

By Kristina Rowe
May 13, 2021

What do a mural artist, a graphic artist specializing in user experience and a brewery co-owner have in common? The simple answer is that they’re designing art for the beer can labels of Dallas-made beers.
Dallas Native Post Malone's Rosé to Come Out this Month

By Alex Gonzalez
Jun 10, 2020

This month, Dallas-native rapper Post Malone is launching a new French rosé, alongside music manager Dre London and entrepreneur James Morrissey of Global Brand Equities. Maison No. 9 is largely inspired by Morrisey’s time in Provence. Malone chose the name after his favorite tarot card, the Nine of Swords, which is believed...
Statue at DMA Is Just One of Nepal’s Many Pillaged Works

By Silas Allen
Jan 30, 2020

When a centuries-old bronze statue now on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art was stolen from a Hindu temple in Nepal 36 years ago, it became one of hundreds of ancient cultural artifacts that have been illegally removed from the country over the last six decades. Since the 1950s,...
It’s Always a Party With The Big Ass Brass Band

By Meredith Lawrence
Dec 10, 2019

The Dallas-based Big Ass Brass Band has become known in the Dallas music scene for the energy and joy they bring to the stage.
Cyberattack Takes Dallas’ Heritage Auctions Offline

By Lucas Manfield
Oct 23, 2019

Heritage Auctions, a Dallas-based auction house, was hit by a ransomware attack on Friday that took its website offline through the weekend. Many auctions were rescheduled and some Friday bids were lost, but customer data was not leaked, according to updates posted on the company’s website. The website was back...
Toilet Seat Artist and Former Museum Owner Dies at 98

By Meredith Lawrence
Jul 29, 2019

Over his lifetime, Barney Smith designed, decorated and collected roughly 1,400 toilet seat lids. The master plumber-turned-artist died Tuesday at the age of 98. From art and knickknacks to spoons, coins and stamps, human beings have amused themselves by accumulating large quantities of similar items for thousands of years. Janet...
Perot Helped Shape Dallas’ Arts Scene

By Silas Allen
Jul 9, 2019

Nationwide, Ross Perot was known as an eccentric Texas billionaire who launched two unsuccessful presidential bids. In Dallas, he's known, among other things, as the man whose name is on one of the city's better-known museums. Perot died Tuesday after a five-month battle with leukemia, a family spokesman confirmed to...
Noah Jackson Ditches ‘Sad Bastard’ Plateau, Finds Joy and a New Sound

By Jeremiah Jensen
Jun 4, 2019

It’s been about a decade since the disbandment of Ghosthustler and the beginning of Noah Jackson’s solo career. We haven’t heard much from him since then, but now, after years of reinventing himself and searching for his sound, Jackson says he’s found it and that a new EP is just...
Nasher Has Gone Back to Its Old Ways With ’Til Midnight

By Jennifer Smart
Feb 8, 2019

Last year’s 'til Midnight at the Nasher series, the popular (and free) Friday evening concerts at the Nasher, looked different from years past. For the first time, it seemed as if the music, which even the Nasher bills as the primary focus of these events, had been carefully curated. Since...
Lawsuit Claims Gearbox CEO Got Secret Bonuses, Possessed Child Porn

By Chase Carter
Jan 21, 2019

What started as a legal battle between Gearbox Software (Borderlands, Aliens: Colonial Marines) CEO Randy Pitchford and his company's former legal counsel, Wade Callender, has boiled over into the public sphere thanks to a number of shocking details in a recent lawsuit.
Incubus Frontman Brandon Boyd Is Showing His Art at Samuel Lynne Galleries in Dallas

By Eric Grubbs
May 9, 2018

Brandon Boyd always wanted to be a painter. He only accidentally had a career in music. The frontman of the long-running band Incubus is excited to share his artwork for the first time in Dallas. Boyd will be in attendance for the opening night of the show, called OptiMystic, on...
Nasher Sculpture Center Is Expanding 'til Midnight Shows to Year-'Round, National Acts

By Alaena Hostetter
Apr 18, 2018

Dallas knows that putting music and art together is oftentimes more successful than having an event that highlights just one. The Nasher Sculpture Center capitalized on that idea eight years ago when it launched the ‘til Midnight series, where the museum stays open until midnight (as one would guess from...
Do You Live for Dallas Music and Culture? Can You Write and Edit? We Have a Job for You.

By Patrick Williams
Jan 26, 2018

Do you consider yourself a Renaissance man or woman? Are you a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll, with some hip hop, EDM, pop and classical tossed into the mix? Do thoughts of Dallas music, books, theater, art, TV, film, freaks (we mean that in a good...
Selena Gomez Undergoes Kidney Transplant

By Paige Skinner
Sep 14, 2017

Selena Gomez has been laying low this summer. We've occasionally seen her out with her boyfriend, The Weeknd, or promoting her new handbag with Coach. Her last big appearance was in May, at the Met Gala in New York City. Now we know why. The North Texas native revealed on...
Auditor Warns that Arts Patrons May Need a Bailout Again After One Year

By Jim Schutze
Sep 1, 2017

Oh, no. Guess who’s back? Uncle Bob. Can somebody tell him we can’t see him now because we just got run over by a bus? No, I know. Probably not. Bob knows that one by heart. We discussed Uncle Bob in this space not quite one year ago. Bob is my...
The Epic Backstory Behind a Half-Million-Dollar Movie Poster Sold in Dallas Last Weekend

By Joe Pappalardo
Aug 1, 2017

Bidders at an auction in Dallas this weekend matched a world record for the highest amount ever paid for a vintage movie poster: $478,000 for a 1946 Italian piece touting the classic film Casablanca. Several bidders vied for the 55.5-by-78.25 inch piece of history. Grey Smith, the director of vintage...