What to Expect at the Third Annual Denton Black Film Festival This Weekend

The Denton Black Film Festival, now in its third year, is gearing up for a culture-sharing celebration. The annual event, which will feature more than 40 narrative films, documentaries and shorts from filmmakers across the nation as well as internationally, is for “film lovers, art seekers and culture enthusiasts of…

Good Vibes, Good Food: Eat Right at These Healthy DFW Restaurants

Last week, we shared a list of 10 decidedly unhealthy dishes that would be great for anyone whose only New Year’s resolution is “eat more awesomely.” Perhaps, however, you really are trying to better yourself this year, and a part of that bettering could involve eating better. If that’s the case, here…

10 of Dallas’ Most Iconic Residences

Stanley Marcus Home10 Nonesuch Road A Dallas city landmark, the Stanley Marcus home sits on approximately three acres. The property originally consisted of six acres and, according to CBSDFW, was a gift to retail wizard Stanley Marcus from his father, Herbert, cofounder of Neiman Marcus. Lore has it that Marcus…

10 Places to Celebrate Small Business Saturday in DFW

Survivors who make it past belly busters and Black Friday specials into the post-Thanksgiving stretch may want to take a breather and kick around these 10 mom-and-pop shops on Small Business Saturday. Houston Street Toy Co. 309 Houston St., Fort Worth This boutique toy store opened its doors in Fort…

Craft Beer Makers Put Art on Their Bottles, as well as Inside Them

The craft beer boom has beer makers, local and abroad, spewing out artsy booze labels. The stickers range from cryptically coded to simply stated to everything in between. Whether they are designed exclusively by a beer company’s in-house artist or banged out on a home computer, quite a bit of…

Fans in Arlington Treated Charlie Daniels Like a National Treasure

There are living legends and some of them are national treasures. To his fans at a performance at Arlington Music Hall this weekend, Charlie Daniels embodied them both. Daniels, who turned fourscore last month, led the packed house on a revered, musical journey from the Wooley swamps of Lucius Clay toward a…

A Guide to Independent Bookstores in DFW

A surge of online booksellers has left some brick and mortar bookstore owners wondering whether old school words on paper are down for the count, but a counter surge of independent thinkers and bookstores around Dallas are hellbent on preserving open thought and culture. Wild Detectives 314 W. Eighth St…

Is Miss Molly’s Hotel in the Fort Worth Stockyards Haunted?

Down the cobblestone streets of Hell’s Half Acre in Fort Worth’s Stockyards and up a flight of stairs on Exchange Avenue sits a historic hotel known as Miss Molly’s, which some say is haunted. The former bordello is a hot spot for paranormal investigators because of unexplained encounters, and was…

5 Freaky Attractions You Must Visit Before Halloween

Those looking to have their pants scared off this Halloween won’t have far to look since a medley of murder houses, witch covens and zombie lairs are set to open across the metroplex. Writing about them all would fill the pages of an entire spellbook so we have spotlighted five…