On the side of a 1,200-square-foot building in Deep Ellum there are two aliens painted in a far-out galaxy with a spaceship that lights up Commerce Street at night. This is the home of Weed and Whiskey TV — A Video on Demand streaming service. The channel is like Hulu…
The slapstick comedy The Play That Goes Wrong does exactly what it says in the title. So what happens when something actually goes wrong? The cast and audience attending the final performance of The Play That Goes Wrong’s national tour this month found out when an alarm went off during the…
The Addison Improv has booked four shows for comedian Louis C.K. next week and some members of the North Texas comedy community aren’t happy about it. “As soon as I found out he was coming (no pun intended) my stomach completely twisted on itself,” says comedian Ruth Banks who regularly…
Life-sized photographs of the bodies of four African American people dangled from nooses on Barney’s tree in Glenn Beck’s studio on Wednesday evening in Dallas. Beck didn’t kill them, but some white man did. They were images of slaves who had been hanged in the past for real and then…
Why do people collect things? Records, concert tickets, stamps and even toys can easily fall into the category of clutter in a world of cloud technology, celebrated minimalism and the ever-advancing strategies to simplify one’s life. Why have a record collection 500 units deep when you can simply keep all…
From exquisite fashion to somber recollections and colorful replicas of classic art built brick by brick, Dallas has enjoyed a remarkable array of art in 2019, and here’s a short list of six important exhibitions that are still on the radar. Dior: From Paris to the World at the Dallas Museum…
If you’ve driven at all through Dallas, you’ve no doubt come across some of local artist Steve Hunter’s work. Be it signage painted on the exterior of one of your favorite watering holes, or a mural that you took a selfie in front of in Deep Ellum, Hunter has painted…
In 1776 our forefathers, hopped up on Coors Light and red meat, signed the Declaration of Independence — a cherished decree stating that every year Americans could get the day off work and buy mattresses at discounted prices. Now with the upcoming Thursday off (unless you’re a mattress salesman) there’s…
Wednesday If you’re at the Deep Ellum Art Company on Wednesday, you might have trouble standing still. The funkadelic sounds of Georgia band Funk You will have you moving and grooving like never before, even though you’re usually too self-conscious to dance in public. The vibrations will shoot through the…
Known as “Lords of the Plains,” the Comanche Indians earned their reputation as fierce warriors and highly skilled horsemen. Quanah Parker is known as the last chief of the Quahada branch of the tribe. Parker was the son of Comanche Chief Peta Nocona and Cynthia Ann Parker, a white woman who…
Pride month may almost be over, but it’s not too late to make a grand gesture for that special someone. For those in the LGBTQ+ community ready to celebrate their love with the sanctity of marriage but lacking the gas money to do it, ride-share service Lyft will provide a…
Dissecting Clyde Valentin’s mind is much like looking at a city’s map. There are divisions and crossroads and, mostly, the bridges that he wants to cross. He builds by day, charts unmapped territory, and finds ways to see the city of Dallas through an unfiltered lens. His most steadfast effort…
There have been a lot of angry messages sent to my various inboxes and social media accounts in response to my stories over the years. Some were fair, polite and well reasoned. Others not so much, but still had a semblance of a point from an often useful perspective other…
The Deep Ellum Art Company has a vision: growing a network of artists, and helping them prosper creatively and economically. Artistic director Amber Crimmings, along with owner John LaRue, are taking their vision a step further with their Satellite Gallery program. LaRue says the satellite galleries are a way of…
The biggest art trend in Dallas this summer? Photo pop-ups. Whether in Uptown, Deep Ellum, Walnut Hill or Mockingbird Station, Dallas is certainly not short of opportunities for the ultimate Instagram photo-op. The latest one comes in the form of the Museum of Memories, opening today in downtown Dallas, with…
It was a cultural explosion that still reverberates today. The 1920’s Harlem Renaissance was a period of legendary creative output. A group of poets, writers, painters, sculptors, dancers and musicians that sprouted the likes of Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston and W.E.B. Du Bois. According to Alain Locke, a writer,…
The video starts with a skeleton in a green beanie giving a security guard a high five. Then the skeleton, an Instagram phenomenon known as Ribs Man, hops on a skateboard and does a handful of smooth tricks across the wide steps in front of the American Airlines Center. Toward…
Every summer, ventriloquist, comedian and Richardson product Jeff Dunham would work at a summer camp in Van. In the spring of 1980, after he auditioned in an open call for performers at Six Flags Over Texas, he put in his notice. He had just turned 18, and was doing shows…
North Texans don’t have to buy airline tickets to travel the world, because the world is coming to them. Over 100 artists representing different mediums and different regions around the planet will be featured in a festival celebrating international cultures. World of Art, which will take place at Texas Live’s outdoor…
As high school students across the country were studying for AP tests and gearing up to primp and preen for prom, an elite group of students was just starting to research fresh debate topics ahead of the National Speech and Debate Tournament. The competition started June 16 at the Sheraton…
Thursday Don’t be alarmed by earth-shaking incidents in the Fair Park area. It’s Ochre House and Dallas Flamenco Festival’s presentation of La Muerte de Don Quixote, written and directed by the theater’s founder and creative dynamo Matthew Posey. The performance at 825 Exposition Ave., runs through June 29 and features…
You know the saying, “Everyone knows that.” The fact that Earth is a three-dimensional oblong spheroid no longer applies to that idiom. There are people in this almost perfect sphere of a world who believe the earth is a flat surface surrounded by a wall of ice (and wait, that’s…
