In a place like Dallas, most of us just assume that sex work is a thing that happens here, in back-alleys and strip clubs. Of course, the actual reality of sex work in our fair city is much different, but it is rare that we are blatantly confronted with its…
BoJack Horseman lurched out of the gate last year with a whole lotta animal puns and one uncomplicated thesis: Old sitcoms suck. An aggressively stupid and mawkish show from the late ’80s called Horsin’ Around, about an equine-human hybrid in Cosby sweaters who adopts three adorable orphans, made its star,…
I’m having a really hard time with the death of the Dallas Zoo’s baby giraffe, Kipenzi. Earlier this month, I lugged a video camera out to the Zoo, a place I hadn’t set foot in such childhood. To my mind, these baby animals were symbols not just of what attracts…
This Friday evening at 6 o’clock, if you see a bunch of people holding hands in a long line from Main Street in Deep Ellum to Ash Lane in Fair Park, it’s not protest or performance art. Dubbed “Hands Across Deep Ellum,” it aims to bring together creative types of…
You’re running out of time to see a few of my favorite exhibitions so far this year, so I’ve made you a list that combines those and a few new openings. Closing this weekend: Concentrations 58: Chosil Kil This is the little show that can’t be ignored. London-based artist Chosil…
We’ve already established that there is a depressing dearth of fashionable plus-size clothing in Dallas, but that doesn’t mean that there are absolutely zero boutiques in this city selling the fashion-forward clothing that plus-size consumers are practically dying to buy. As we mentioned last week, the Marlie Madison Boutique is…
At 53, Tom Cruise is past the retirement age of every James Bond except Roger Moore. Yet his 19-year-old Mission: Impossible series ticks on, counting down the seconds till its next explosion — and Cruise’s Ethan Hunt is determined to unman his cross-Atlantic competition. Forget high-tech gadgets. The older Cruise…
It’s been 32 years since the release of National Lampoon’s Vacation, in which Chevy Chase, as dad Clark Griswold, packed his Griswold clan into what looked like a Country Squire from Hell and sought the family-bonding experienceTM by driving cross-country to a mythical mega–amusement park known as Walley World. If…
Every tattoo is different. This art form is permanent and personal, especially for the people who create it. On a mission to ink our own skin, we researched and tracked down some of the best tattoo artists in Dallas for an ongoing series. (The first one on the list became…
Be afeard, the aisle is full of noises. Also the stage, the exits and the stairwell in Second Thought Theatre’s slam-bang-hollerin’ production of Othello at Bryant Hall. What’s with all the Shoutspeare going on this summer? Shakespeare Dallas put microphones on all the actors in its outdoor Romeo & Juliet…
Sadie Robertson of “Duck Dynasty” and “Dancing with the Stars” fame is here to make everything a little bit brighter. To make the sun shine a little bit more. To direct a little bit more of god’s smile at you and your loved ones. OK, we’re sorry for that, but…
Today, I woke up to a blast of warm air on my face. What used to be our air conditioner has now become a furnace. Our power was out. In fact, everyone on our side of JuggaloNation (my new name for The Gathering of the Juggalos campground) was out of…
If it feels like there’s been a bit of a lull in what’s been going on across the city, it’s because there has been. Summertime doldrums are a real thing, and not only because it’s too damn hot to do anything but lie in a cold bath. You might think…
Three of Dallas’ oldest theater companies — Kitchen Dog Theater, Theatre Three and Dallas Theater Center — are undergoing major transitions that could usher in dramatic changes as their shows go on. For Kitchen Dog, it’s a new temporary home inside the Green Zone, a smallish stand-alone performance space on…
Naptown Mike and Menace had an interesting day. Before the evenings big festivities set in, they had already seen a Juggalo version of “The Gong Show” and a Faygo launching contest. When we met back up, Menace’s shorts had blotches of Red Pop soda stains all over them, with confetti…
If you play a lot of video games, you probably consider yourself a nerd, and you’re likely a fan of Star Wars. The Dallas Gaming Expo is a place where a door fee gets you access to bunch of old arcade games, like Cruisin’ USA and Space Invaders, set to…
After spending an ungodly amount of time driving and tailgate partying, I was more than enthused to crawl onto my foam mattress for some shut eye. From 4 a.m. until 10 a.m., I sunk heavily into an ocean of REM sleep. If the sun was acting as my alarm clock,…
Thursday, July 23 Oak Highlands Brewery Launch Party There’s no such thing as too many breweries in a city. That would be like saying you can ever have enough cake, or french fries, or puppies. You can never have too many puppies. What about puppies in a brewery? Now that…
To the unfamiliar, the concept of zines is a little bizarre. The hand-assembled leaflets, covering topics from politics to poetry, are usually printed on someone’s at-home printer, which was a massive upgrade from the ink-blotted copies that came from old school mimeographs. Zines have always often been the products of…
By the time the piercing rays of Ohio’s morning sun started to poke their ugly heads through the hemisphere, I was finally able to sleep. Of course, I was in the driver’s seat of my SUV, sitting in a park-and-ride lot outside of Legend Valley — the venue in Thornville,…
We run down the 10 best movies of 2015 (so far) on this week’s episode of the Voice Film Club. Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice, joined by Amy Nicholson at LA Weekly, each share a few of their favorites on this mid-year (well for Hollywood, anyway)…
At this point, Dallas has plenty of places to see and enjoy art. On just about any given evening, you can enjoy an edgy, new theater, or a classical symphony. You could possibly do both in the same night, even. There is no shortage of talented artists in this city,…
