This list, arranged in no particular order, is limited to books that were published in 2017 and written by authors who live in Dallas-Fort Worth. The Sandcastle Empire by Kayla Olson This dystopian thriller, published in June, focuses on a formerly privileged girl named Eden who escapes a labor camp…
Thu 12/7Our prediction for the only snowflakes you’ll see in Dallas in December: Turtle Creek Chorale’s one-of-a-kind holiday show, Snowflakes, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday — plus a matinees at 2:30 p.m. Sunday — at Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St. in the Arts District. TCC has grown from…
Franco portrays Wiseau as a haughty but charismatic weirdo, someone who isn’t well-liked but who definitely gets noticed
And one of the great delights of this film is the way it charts the shifting waves of allegiances that can occur in a family that loves and argues with equal ferocity
Thousands of runners will take to the streets of Dallas on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 9-10, to test their wills and bodies in the 2017 BMW Dallas Marathon. Although many of the runners participating in the races are Dallasites, the event draws runners from across the world. Events include a…
When the Stomping Ground Comedy Theatre hosted its first official show in October, it did so without a theater it could call its own. A new fundraising campaign on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter could change that. Last week, nonprofit theater company Stomping Ground launched its first campaign to raise $30,000 to lease space in…
If you’re an old-school football fan who’s never touched a joystick, you probably look at professional gaming with a confused, scrunched-up face. But there’s at least one football fan in Dallas who’s in the know, and he owns the Dallas Cowboys. Jerry Jones and John Goff, the founder of Goff…
Like Water for Chocolate with Chef Pop-up Texas Theatre 231 W. Jefferson Blvd. 7 p.m. Wednesday $10 Like Water for Chocolate is one of the more intense, ardent films ever conceived, in no small part because its source material employed food as a symbol for all of life’s passions. It’s…
If you thought Nordstrom’s customer service couldn’t get any better, think again. From Dec. 16 until the store closes Christmas Eve, Nordstrom at NorthPark Center will offer 24/7 curbside pickup. Curbside pickup is already offered during regular Nordstrom business hours. If you buy something online with the option to pick…
First, he was a child prodigy who talked at 7 months. Later, he did enough cocaine to kill a baby rhinoceros. In a new authorized biography titled Everything’s Bigger in Texas: The Life and Times of Kinky Friedman, author Mary Lou Sullivan digs into the Texas Jewboy. And it turns…
It’s been a while since film and TV actor Brad Leland has performed on a stage, but he decided to take a chance and return to it when Dallas Theater Center director Lee Trull asked him to play Ebenezer Scrooge in his latest production of A Christmas Carol. “He said,…
Fri 12/1CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen are close friends who first met onstage at the famed 92nd Street Y in New York. They had such great chemistry onstage that they decided to turn their witty banter and exchanges into a conversation tour filled with funny tales about their…
Hobbes VincentThe word on the street is that sculptor Hobbes Vincent tells one hell of a tall tale. “You never know whether you’re getting an accurate portrait of reality or one that’s been manipulated,” gallery owner Jen Mauldin says. Translated: He’s a bit of a bullshitter. That’s good news for…
Last Halloween, theater director DR Hanson went as Freddie Mercury, the late lead singer of Queen. He chose to emulate Mercury’s famous outfit from a World AIDS Day performance. Hanson was sure it would be easily recognized. He was shocked — and disappointed — by the outcome. “So many people, gay…
An article, a book and now a film, Talese’s fascination with Foos’ voyeurism still hasn’t resulted in anything like rigorous journalism
For many, the holidays are a time of great anticipation and excitement. Much-needed breaks from work are coming, holiday music has been playing for months (but now we can all finally enjoy it) and a joyful buzz is in the air. The holidays can also mean traveling back to our…
Thu 11/30There’s karaoke night and then there’s Broadway Karaoke Night. At karaoke night, you toss back drinks in a dark hole-in-the-wall until you summon the courage to belt out Lisa Loeb’s greatest hit and then slink back to your seat like nothing happened, which is probably for the best. At…
… The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel tracks its title hero’s journey from bright-eyed newlywed to disillusioned standup comedian making her way through the coffee houses and nightclubs of New York City circa 1958, propriety be damned
The Christmas shopping season is officially underway, and if you’ve visited a shopping mall or a megastore recently, you already know that it’s a tough battle. You have the bruises and black eye — from fighting over the newest Nintendo Switch — to prove it. Geeks are some of the…
Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper waver between being a likely and an unlikely pair. One is a grey-haired gay man who is famous for his late-night TV show, on which he interviews celebrities about their personal lives. The other is a white-haired gay man famous for being an anchor on…
A Facebook post by former Housewife Tiffany Hendra made its way around the internet Monday. In the post, Hendra warns women against going on the show. She also calls out Housewives executive producer Andy Cohen for pitting women against one another and profiting from it. Hendra appeared on The Real…
Two Hollywood legends will grace the stage of the Winspear Opera House next year. The AT&T Performing Arts Center announced yesterday afternoon that actor and movie star Rob Lowe and film and comedy icon Bill Murray are on the lineup for its next season of #HearHere lectures, along with Neil…
