This past January, UNT’s improv group, Roll Out the Barrel, nabbed first place at the College Improv Tournament (CIT) Southwest Regional. This marks the second consecutive Southwest Regional win for UNT, with last year’s group, Cell Block Tango, taking home the prize in 2014. Roll Out the Barrel members Cotton…
Leonard Nimoy has died at the age of 83. Both on camera and off, he exemplified the best of what Star Trek, and thus humanity, could represent. Part of that was Trek’s writing, of course. But it was Nimoy who took what was on the page — often repaired what…
Today, the world was dealt a sad blow. Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ died at 83. “Live Long and Prosper” popped up numerous times in my newsfeed, stories of Nimoy and Star Trek were everywhere, but one tribute caught my eye. Rob Wilson, local artist and graphic designer extraordinaire,…
When one discusses South Asian films, especially those from India, it often conjures up Bollywood images of swaying chorus lines, catchy music and Indian film stars. Jitin Hingorani, the director of the South Asian Film Festival in Plano, however, has a plan to show DFW that India and its geographical…
When we talked to Jeremy Snead last summer, his documentary Video Games: The Movie, had just premiered at the Texas Theatre. The local filmmaker, who is also behind the Mediajuice production studio, lined up some big names to be interviewed for the project, like Sean Astin, Zach Braff, and Chris…
If you’re tired of hearing about the dress of many colors, the Internet offers numerous alternatives. Lately, Dallas writers have flooded the Internet with words worth reading. And while I’m obviously biased toward the writing you’ll find on the pages of DallasObserver.com, there are some articles out there about the…
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Count on actor-writer-director-puppeteer and Ochre House regular Justin Locklear to bring his unique brand of weirdness to Doom McCoy and the Death Nugget, his original student-acted production (from an idea by Thomas Riccio) now at UTD’s University Theatre…
Amid a residential area surrounded by charming old homes, Greenville Avenue shimmers with its gripping nightlife. With venues like Granada Theater and Crown and Harp guarding both its ends, and great restaurants and bars in between, the area’s become something like Deep Ellum’s less naughty little sister. So despite Trader…
TV shows aren’t too different from people in at least one respect: The longer they’ve been around, the less interest they tend to garner. But the sixth season of FX’s beloved spy spoof Archer is like few others. It’s an “unrebooting” of the previous year, in which creator Adam Reed,…
If Grace Kelly had been raised by coyotes, she might have stalked the screen like Focus’ Margot Robbie, a va-va-voom blonde with bite. Robbie is too beautiful to play normal, too sly to play nice. Miscast as a shy saint in Craig Zobel’s upcoming Sundance hit Z for Zachariah, she…
Sport is a natural metaphor for war. Two sides in two colors face each other on a field, each with its pride and physical safety at risk. Their leaders scheme plans of attack, drawing arrows toward the enemy’s flank. And backing the teams in the stands — or, more often,…
Ten years ago, Wellington, New Zealand, was less welcoming of vampires. When Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, two unknown comedians, walked the streets in velvet frocks and ruffles for a 2005 sketch, dudes would drive by and scream homophobic slurs. Says Clement, “We were constantly abused.” Over the next decade,…
Being a cellist requires a special kind of commitment. Not only are there arduous hours of practice, of learning theory and of playing scales, but there’s the added burden of lugging the damn instrument around. It weighs roughly the same as a bass guitar, but the case … it’s the…
Poets live among us. That man slurping coffee in the corner of Mudsmith, scribbling into his notebook? Poet. That woman drumming her fingers on the bar, mouthing words and staring into space? Poet. And they’re finding inspiration for poetry everywhere. By all accounts, it’s a beautiful way to see the…
Comedian Jim Breuer must have one weird existence thanks to the foothold he’s gained in popular culture. He had a short but memorable run on “Saturday Night Live,” where he left his mark with characters such as the chemically engineered MTV show host Goat Boy and a completely over the…
George Lopez has done just about everything that a comedian could hope to cross off of his bucket list. He’s been the star of two primetime sitcoms — the long running “George Lopez” on ABC and “Saint George” on FX. He’s had several stand-up specials on HBO and Showtime, and…
Betrayal, madness and suicide are the themes of this concert. For the second installment of the Nasher’s Soundings series, it will offer up two string quartets, each an exploration in human darkness. First, composer/violist Brett Dean’s String Quartet No. 2 (“And Once I Played Ophelia”), a five-movement character study in…
It’s almost time for Porky Pig, but not quite: There’s one last Dallas Medianale event for your viewing pleasure. Carolyn Sortor has put together a closing program of seated screenings called “Existential Virtuality” for the experimental film festival and it starts at 5:45 p.m. Saturday at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary…
What keeps Dallas alive and vital is not the giant retail centers, the towering glass office-buildings perched on freeway frontage, or the teeming roadways that connect them. Those things create revenue, and revenue pays for more concrete and glass and roadway. But the true lifeblood of the city — the…
The point in our lives when we get the most exposure to great works of literature is the point in our lives when we least give a shit. In the high school and early college years, lit is something that stands between you and your social life — you get…
Brahmin Bulls will make its Texas premiere during the South Asian Film Festival. The film centers around a father who makes a surprise trip to Los Angeles, where he visits his estranged son. But as the two begin to build their relationship, Sid discovers his father was actually there to…
