Try saying this: orthotics, carbo loading and rock ’n’ roll. Hmm. Nope. Doesn’t have the same ring as sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll, does it? Can’t really picture Keith Richards doing split laps or Jerry Lee Lewis running from anything, except maybe the law. But this is now, when…
You could, one supposes, redo Star Wars without lightsabers, Spider-Man without shooting webs or Peter Pan without wire rigs. But why? That’s the question that arises with Pegasus Theatre’s staged reading of A Degree of Death!, one in a series of 16 comedy-mystery spoofs by playwright Kurt Kleinman. For nearly…
As a fan of daily newspapers, two dark days haunt me: when Bill Watterson produced his last Calvin and Hobbes comic strip and when Dave Barry stopped writing his humor column for The Miami Herald. I can’t tell you exactly what those days were because, obviously, being a newspaper fan…
For most cat owners, purchasing a pet bed is, at best, wishful thinking. You really think Fluffy is going to curl up on some fancy cushioned item when there are perfectly good places already available for his daily 20 hours of napping? Say, for instance, the handmade quilt your late…
It was probably inevitable that someone would create a musical based on the works of Queen. The ’70s band’s flamboyant music has a theatrical bent that seems tailor made for conversion to a big, bombastic rock opera, and that’s what you get with We Will Rock You, the musical with…
The Dallas Police Department officially unveiled plans this week to encourage officers to tweet more, as part of a wider social-media strategy that includes beefing up the department’s blog and Facebook page and posting more photos on Pinterest. We welcome the DPD’s expanded entry into the highly competitive world of…
Before Spanish conquerors and churchmen stepped foot in the New World, representations of the human heart were not uncommon in pre-Columbian art. Aztecs adorned religious statuary with depictions of human hearts. And skulls. And hands. And human sacrifice. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, images of Jesus (also…
Anyone who has buried a parent knows there’s nothing like a sudden death in the family to uncork a little introspection, reconciliation and the occasional secret. Alexander’s House, a “play with music,” explores the fallout from the sudden death of a gay man, whose passing brings together his partner and…
Ahhh, the DFW Auto Show, that consumerist orgy. This year, it has more than half a million square feet of exhibit space featuring nearly every make and model of cars, trucks and SUVs. Just hundreds and hundreds of shiny new vehicles ready for your close inspection — once you clear…
Kicking off a U.S. tour, Irish tenor Paul Byrom will perform Wednesday night on the Voodoo Stage at House of Blues, 2200 N. Lamar St.. Former lead tenor with the group Celtic Thunder, a favorite of PBS watchers everywhere, Byrom’s solo career included release of the album This Is the…
As a terrified child growing up in a tornado-prone region, I was given many pieces of advice about how to tell when a tornado was coming. Greenish sky? Tornado. Jet contrails? Put two of them together and get a tornado. Sudden drop in temperature? Tornado. There were dozens of signs…
Pianist Jon Nakamatsu and clarinetist Jon Manasse will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday at St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church (1220 W. Belt Line Road, Richardson). In the fourth concert in Chamber Music International’s current season, the popular touring duo will perform works by Beethoven, Polulenc, Halvorsen and Brahms —…
A solo performance by renowned American pianist André Watts planned for this Friday night has been rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 2. Watts originally was intended to open the AT&T Performing Arts Center’s new Winspear Opera House Recital Series but had to cancel because of illness, the center announced…
It’s an old truism: The family that ruptures bad guys’ spleens together, stays together. Sadly, in this modern, cuckoo world, we just forget how important hanging with the sibs and delivering roundhouse kicks to vital organs really are. Take a few minutes Monday night to reflect on the importance of…
“The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for the wrong reason.” –T.S. Eliot Many words have flooded the Internet over last weekend’s auction by the Dallas Safari Club of a permit that will allow a well-heeled hunter to kill one of the few remaining black…
State Representative Lon Burnam has a simple request of anyone interested in learning just how far the state Republican leadership will go to throw a wrench into efforts to provide affordable health insurance to millions of uninsured Texans. Subpoena him. Do it. Please. The Fort Worth legislator is among a…
This year, our annual news rehash features some really good news. You ready? Here goes. Jesus came back. That’s right: J.C., right here in Dallas. Really. We have that on good authority from a Dallas City Council member. Not only that, but anti-Jesus also made an appearance in 2013, according…
Flowers can blossom in the harshest environments, much like the art scene that bloomed in Mexico City after the devastating 1985 earthquake. The ’90s was a time of growing violence, economic disruption and widespread political corruption. It also saw an explosion of contemporary artists rising to explore the social changes…
Buzz wants to give a big shout-out and thanks to The Washington Times, the super-conservative other paper in D.C., for clearing up a misconception many people have about Tea Partying Congressman Steve Stockman, who recently announced that he’ll challenge Senator John Cornyn in next year’s GOP primary. Turns out that…
Every week, managing editor Patrick Williams disappears into his office and reemerges a cranky, anti-depressant-gobbling, third-person-referring superhero we like to call Buzz. OK, people, listen up. Buzz can’t believe we have to repeat this lesson, but apparently someone hasn’t been paying attention. We’re looking at you, Mr. Watkins, so please…
Every week, managing editor Patrick Williams disappears into his office and reemerges a cranky, anti-depressant-gobbling, third-person-referring superhero we like to call Buzz. At last, Buzz has begun to share some of the emotion driving the city’s 50th anniversary celebration of the Kennedy assassination. (Official motto: “Yep, still dead.”) Sadness. Anger…
Combine the words “magician,” “audience participation” and “Las Vegas” in any sentence and you might expect the word “smarmy” to show up real soon. Luckily, that’s not the case with The Amazing Johnathan, comic and long-time Vegas headliner who explodes the conventions of Vegas cheese with comedy that’s abrasive, ridiculous…
