Hey Dallas, ain’t it beer-thirty yet? (Sound of can cracking open… *fizz*) Let’s tease our hair and hit the town! There’s a whole mess of great things happening, like three astounding art shows on Thursday night, a pinball convention all weekend and the Dallas Comedy Festival next week. So don’t…

Being an athlete is overrated. The only things you really need to feel powerful are a pocketful of quarters and access to your favorite pinball machine. Twister, you had me at multiball. Black Knight 2000, you manage to taunt while serenading with your medieval metal background anthem: “You’ve got the…

Ever since your fur child squirmed into your heart and home you’ve been smitten. But love doesn’t allow you to quit your job or negate your daily responsibilities, so when the weekend arrives you seek out activities that let you bring your pup with you for quality time. This Saturday…

Dallas supports the arts consistently, lovingly and vibrantly. The amount of organizations that exist solely to enhance our community’s ongoing education in the poetic visual and auditory nature of the universe can rival just about any other in the country. Proof of this can be seen today when Business Council…

Tweet up your friends because tomorrow night, March 22, the artistic stars align: It’s the painterly equivalent to buying a McRib and Shamrock Shake on THE SAME DAY. Three of our favorite venues are hosting parties by several great artists, each representing a contemporary or outsider lean. The MAC’s bash…

Oh dear lord. There were just too many cranked-out uppers and psychedelics circulating in 1976 for anyone to make good decisions. This film, an X-rated (though by modern standards, an ‘R’) musical-comedy adaptation of Alice in Wonderland was produced by Bill Osco (Mona in 1970 and Flesh Gordon in 1974)…

The word is out: Cirque du Solieil returns to Dallas in June but this time it’s thrusting its collective pelvis to an all-Michael Jackson soundtrack. The Immortal Tour was created by Jamie King, a former Jackson tour dancer who’s passion for meticulous choreography was developed under Jackson’s tutelage. His goal…

Maxwell Anderson has stayed busy since taking the reigns as The Eugene McDermott Director of the DMA. Staff restructuring has become an almost daily procedure. Last week Oliver Mesley was bumped up from Senior Curator of European and American Art to Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs, and former Chair of…

Being on a float in the St. Patrick’s Day parade feels like being a minor celebrity for about an hour. People cheer for you like you’re Princess Kate, or better, like you’re Pippa’s rockin booty, laced in Jell-O shots. But this year my friends and I realized that we didn’t…

Greenville: After the obvious (Greenville St. Patty’s Day parade, and the Dallas Observer concert with headliner Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses and featuring Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights) nosh up with $5 food over at the Granada’s new restaurant, Sundown. Help to grow a little green at Barcadia’s…

Quixotic World was waist-deep in geek love last night as Vinyl Thought presented its newest show “The Next Level.” Based on early gaming and the characters the genre inspired, the gallery show/sale brought collectable toy fans out by the hundreds. Hoarding vinyl toy art was ranked a phenomenon about five…

Dallas International Film Festival has completed its selections for this year’s star-soaked offerings and posted the final list. While early documentary picks and features have been slowly filling out the two-week cinematic meal plan, DIFF has seasoned it with finishing touches, like the selected short films and two World Premiers…

Scorsese’s Hugo swept the Oscars this year, taking home five of those little golden men. The 3-D creation is spooky, imaginative and delightful, and this Friday night, it’s also free. The Nasher Sculpture Center is hosting the Spring Break wrap-up party in its beautiful courtyard — and when the Nasher…

Dallas, commence fist pumping. It’s St. Patty’s Day weekend! We’ve kept the party monster well cared for, but hungry, and we’re about to release him from the crate. Look out: It’s going to be total destruction as that crazy parade tears (slowly) down Greenville and every bar in town throws…

If you study dance and know you’re destined to break into the professional performance world, you must find a mentor to help you along. Enter scene, The Beat. This two-day, beat-droppin, crunk-pressing dance workshop is directed by Courtney Galiano and features features guest choreographer Comfort Fedoke; you’ll recognize both girls…

Kiss your Munny dolls and tuck them in early tonight, because Vinyl Thoughts is bringing their popular show back, and it’s swelled up even bigger than you remember. In the last installment of this celebration of collectable geekdom, Quixotic World was at capacity within an hour of opening — awe…

Those of us who already snatched up free tickets to the simulcast of The Magic Flute at Cowboys Stadium suspected the show would also be held at the Winspear Opera House, but now the dates have been confirmed. One of Mozart’s most popular operas, The Magic Flute, is a favorite…