Morphing and malleable, the octopus has always been a cosmic creature. With the ability to press its gelatinous girth through the tiniest rocky crevice, this cephalopod has inspired terrifying legends retold through film and literature. Its only bone is a puncturing, grinding beak that, when used in tandem with its…

Dick Butkus has played with the Chicago Bears; been in movies like Any Given Sunday and Necessary Roughness – he was even on an episode of Murder, She Wrote, but it wasn’t always a brauts and champagne lifestyle for Butkus, in 1986 he hit a professional rough patch that could…

Staff Meeting picks up where Pinkberry left off, with rabid exec Miles Fisher demanding results from his creative staff. This time, they’ll need something truly cutting-edge. How about transitioning into staff meeting videos? What’s that sound? Oh, right — somebody’s crushing it. Follow the Mixmaster on Twitter and Facebook…

With only one presentation of Nick Cave’s soundsuits scheduled in Dallas, Sunday’s performance in front of the Nasher Sculpture Center attracted families by the hundreds. People scampered up poles and balanced precariously on top of trash cans and in an effort to watch the procession and subsequent dance performance. Just…

Saturday night’s Dragon Street openings were loaded deep with fresh talent both from artists and new-arrival galleries such as Red Arrow, which specializes in work by street artists Banksy and Futura and Los Angeles master printer Richard Duardo, among others. Circuit 12 Contemporary (which will be screening this season’s Art…

OMG Jason Timberlake just ate a sandwich #sayitwasareuben. Wanna c pics of cats? Lisn to my new podcast about puppets @whocaresthatwascoolsixyearsago Are you over it yet? Do you wish you could tune it all out and silence the constant updates on your Twitter feed? What would you do with that…

Eat a hefty early dinner before you hit up Saturday night’s Dragon Street art openings, because a whole mess of galleries want to ply you full of wine and point you towards their latest installments of glorious eye candy. Here’s a helpful guide — think CliffsNotes for booze and art…

Grab your pigs’ hearts and go off your meds, because Real World’s casting department is coming to find local talent for Season 28. The round-up happens April 7, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Red Rock Bar and Grill (18110 Midway Road, #208, Dallas). They’re looking for specific traits…

Take a sit, dear — you work too hard, and I worry. Wouldn’t you feel more relaxed if you met a sexy Italian on a Vespa, went to a comedy festival or got inappropriately sloshed on complimentary wine during this weekend’s gallery openings? Of course you would. (*Pats hand*) You’re…

In Guatemala a movement is happening. A group called Hug it Forward has stepped in and is using discarded bottles to build schools in villages (trash architect Michael Reynolds would be so proud). In the last two years the organization has constructed 18 schools, allowing a classroom education to hundreds…

Dallas’ contemporary art lovers have no shortage of fodder for their lust on Saturday night, with many Dragon Street galleries opening their doors and corking their wine in honor of new exhibitions. Conduit Gallery (1626 C Hi Line Dr.) is a quick step over and features the monochromatically hued landscapes…

When Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr. (Jay Reatard) passed away in early 2010, Memphis’ soul-slab foundations crumbled. The reverberation spread well beyond the walls of Goner Records, through and past Austin and was felt worldwide. While a crushing blow to followers of Lindsey’s music, news of his death was not entirely…

These are the coolest purses, ever. Designed to look like 2D cartoon paper sketches, they come in a variety of shapes and sizes and are entirely real. From laptop cases to small travel totes these are the perfect addition to any she-geek wardrobe. You’ve got to buy them online because…

There are so many things going on in this terrible (pronounced: “tur-bul”) ad for Dallas that I don’t even know where to start. Since I’m wading aimlessly in frustration, let’s begin with the tagline. “…And No, You’re Not Dreaming.” No shit. When I’m dreaming awesome stuff happens, like last night…

DIFF just informed us that a few more famouses will be in town for this year’s Dallas International Film Festival, which runs April 12 through the 22. Ms. Gabourey Sidibe (Precious, based on the novel “Push,” by Sapphire) has achieved much in her four-year career, and will be celebrated accordingly…

It’s day two of the Dallas Comedy Festival, the chuckle-rich lovechild of Dallas Comedy House. Tonight’s line-up features the bravest of all funnymen and -women, the stand-up comics. There are no props or pals to help these folks. It’s just them, a microphone and the will to make you buckle…

You might have already heard of this movie even though it doesn’t hit mainstream release until March 30. Bully is a gnarly-hard look at the generated cycle of child-on-child violence. Tonight, you can see it for free at 7 at Studio Movie Grill (11170 N. Central Expressway). Go early, these…

Arts education shouldn’t be an elite luxury, but schools can barely afford chalk and teachers to push it around, so financing for those fundamental programs is dissolving. Plus, Mom and Dad are broke. Now forced to trade expensive cultural outings for more pocket-comforting activities like video games and television, parents…

Reorganizing departmental staff and hiring new talent aren’t the only changes happening at the Dallas Museum of Art. Maxwell L. Anderson, the DMA’s new Eugene McDermott Director, launched DMA Dashboard last Friday. The sub-site gives an at-a-glance fact list ranging from monthly over-all endowment value to more obscure details, like…