If you grew up in Garland and live in Dallas, sometimes it’s hard to admit when the weekend’s tastiest event is going on in… Addison. But with the city’s inaugural Fork & Cork festival coming up, we’ve never been so hungry to head north. Friday and Saturday are looking to…
What will become of comic strips when the last printed newspaper rolls off the presses? Can the art form that brought us Little Nemo, Krazy Kat, The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes endure in a digital age? Yes, indeed, it would be just tragic to lose the pages where…
A young girl walks up to purchase a pack of cigarettes and quietly rips off a chunk of her skin as payment. In the past decade, the anti-smoking public service announcements have grown increasingly alarmist, in an attempt to stave off teenage addiction to tobacco and make the act of…
No one won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1917 – the award’s first year of existence – signaling the prestige of future winners. For nearly a century, the award would be given to deserving novels by the world’s best writers. Since the creation of the Academy Awards in 1927,…
When it comes to astrophysics, cosmology and space exploration few people on Earth carry as much clout as Neil deGrasse Tyson. Even before Stephen Colbert’s recent assertion that Tyson was his “favorite guest of all time,” People Magazine named him the “Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive” in 2000. Tyson has written 10…
Admit it. Your curiosity got the best of you last year, and you found yourself curled up with a really bad book, a book so very bad that it made Twilight look like a Steinbeck novel in comparison. You totally enjoyed 50 Shades of Grey and all of its sequels…
Teamwork can lead to great things when executed perfectly, but then there’s that whole “only as strong as the weakest link” thing—it’s hard to excel when your co-chair on the company party-planning committee routinely “forgets” to book venues and order food. Theater, of course, is a little different in this…
Photography has really suffered an identity crisis over the past several years. Digital photography came onto the scene and completely took over, while, at least in the art world, film photography still had a lot to say. Many artists have come up with ways to incorporate traditional darkroom photography with…
We will find you acting on your best behavior, drinking wine and browsing paintings. Everybody wants to rule the (art) world. Tears for Fears at Circuit 12 Contemporary is sadly not an appearance from the 1980’s new wave band. It’s a solo exhibition for the paintings of Joshua Von Ammon…
If you’ve been wondering when a seasoned gallery hopper in Dallas hops, it’s nights like this Saturday. Sure, there are the daytime gallery walks a few times a year, but those are for newbies. And we want you to feel like you’re part of the club. That’s why we’ve compiled…
Are you ready for some kick-ass theatre? Brad McEntire is ready to give it to you, if you think you can handle it. Opening Thursday and running until May 25, the Dallas Solo Fest, under McEntire’s helm, is packed full of entertainment to take you out of your weekend rut…
The Internet overflows with long lost treasures. You can find people from your past, research moments in history and dig up photos of bygone years. Local blogger Paula Bosse started Flashback Dallas in February to share her penchant for discovering the way we were. She keeps her site chock-full of…
Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s annual Spring Celebration Performance and Gala is coming around this weekend. Taking the stage at the Winspear Opera House, DBDT will be commemorating the end of their 2013-2014 season and ushering in the end of an era. For the two performances are not just a way…
2014 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. & Legendary Pictures Productions LLCGodzilla, opening May 16.Village Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl and L.A. Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson recommend Neighbors (Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron) and Godzilla (Bryan Cranston, Godzilla) and are joined by special guest, James Beard Award-winning L.A. Weekly restaurant…
If you were looking for Tina Parker last month, she was hiding in a dark corner booth somewhere, slurping whiskey mixed with energy drinks, wading through 400 full-length play submissions. Her friends are used to her annual month-long absence though, because this is year 16 for Kitchen Dog Theater’s New…
Clear Channel has had this outdoor board up for a while. (Walter Cronkite voice) “Business is done here. Clear Channel. Dallas Skyline with a filter from 1980.” Maybe years. And every time I see it, I think, “Really, Clear Channel? This is what you went with?” This is what your…
Weekends aren’t enough fun anymore. You asked for weekday events and we heard you. This week, ignore those storm clouds. Life outside your cubicle is beckoning you this week and you should probably show up. If you’re looking for the best concerts this week, head to the music blog. We…
Dallas is a funny place. After you’ve lived here long enough, you’ll grow a strange combination of love and hatred for this place. You’ll also begin to understand the importance of name dropping. If you’re new to town, here’s your humble-bragging how-to. If you don’t want to look like a…
The whole building doesn’t fit in a single shot…
Fort Worth Opera’s 2014 festival wraps up this weekend with finale performances of two contemporary American operas and a classic comedy by Mozart. There’s a lot of room for diversity within the operatic genre and this year’s FWO festival has celebrated the wide range of musical and dramatic styles opera…
Just like Barbie®, there are a variety of different Beethovens. There’s Classical Beethoven. He’s young and playful and optimistic. He takes his cues from Haydn and Mozart, following the formal rules of classicism but always infusing them with his own rhythmic punches. There’s Brooding Beethoven — a personal favorite –…
A huge mural fills the wall of Company Café on Greenville Avenue. The subjects are familiar faces — Big Tex on Fire, Bob the Nomad Keyboardist, a wisp of a woman hovering above a lake… Wait, a minute. What woman? And what lake? We have so many. Turns out the…
