Wise men say only fools rush in, but margarita-craving Elvis fans might disagree. They understand that getting a table on Elvis Wednesdays at El Ranchito (610 W. Jefferson Blvd.) sometimes requires sprinting past the hostess. (Sorry, hostess.) What started 10 years ago as a one-night-only Elvis impersonator contest has become…
Undermain Theatre brings local theater hard, son. Its latest production, Abraham Zobell’s Home Movie: Final Reel…, is the story of Zobell’s last hoorah. He’s sick, dying and under constant care of his wife. One night he hatches a plan to escape her watchful eye and travel back through his past…
Sometimes wonderful things only happen once, and being ephemeral makes them all the more amazing. Other times some wonderful thing happens more than once and you’re relieved because screw that ephemeral bull, let’s just do that awesome thing again. Such is the case with the second run of On the…
A day trip to Denton is in order. You haven’t really been back to appreciate all it has to offer in a while — you’ve got fond memories, sure, but it’s been too long since you’ve visited your favorite old haunts or checked out what’s new and exciting. As you’re…
The past is not even past, to steal half a quote from William Faulkner. With this in mind there’s a certain relish in seeing remakes and adaptations: finding the things that change, things that skew slightly and the things that keep biting people in the ass time and again. Like…
Tomorrow is the day this year’s Oscar nominations are revealed, also known as national Gah! What Were Those Idiot Voters Thinking Day. We can’t wait, so in the meantime, we give you this: 1. Marvel Films has become Taco Bell, with plenty of sour creamy, cheesy wrap-up menu items scheduled…
She’s the Program Coordinator and Visiting Scholar in Dance at Eastfield College, the Director of University of Texas at Arlington’s Dance Ensemble, a guest choreographer for Dallas Neo-Classical Ballet, and a dancer at Contemporary Ballet Dallas and the Big Rig Dance Collective. Phew! Such is the life of Danielle Georgiou…
There’s a peculiar magic that surrounds creation. A collision of matter, sparked by energy, goes on to be viewed as destiny. In recent years our city has experienced a push of new life, a rupturing of culture. An Arts District was built. A museum became communal space. Public art was…
America’s second favorite committer of treason, Julian Assange, is to speak and be interviewed at SXSW on March 8, the Austin mega-fest has announced. Obviously he won’t actually be there, as he has been a geographical prisoner since 2012, trapped inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London by a now presumably…
When Jeffrey Grove transitioned into his new DMA gig, Senior Curator of Special Projects and Research, the role of Senior Curator of Contemporary Art was left open. That was back in May, and yesterday the institution announced this is no longer the case. They’ve wrangled in Irish-born, England-stationed, Gavin Delahunty…
Peter Mayhew, the man who spent three Star Wars movie probably sweating away half of his body weight in a Chewbacca costume, must have a wealth of sci-fi history hiding in his Boyd, Texas, home. This weekend, he dropped a bunch of it on the malleable, easily blown minds of…
Comedian Brian Regan, a Letterman regular and car buddy of Jerry Seinfeld, will perform this Friday in Big D. I set up a phoner with the G-rated comedian from his home in Vegas to get his take on his act, taking a car ride with the comedy king and growing…
Classical musicians sometimes have a warped sense of time. For instance, as Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Music Director Miguel Harth-Bedoya reminded his audience on Saturday night in his introductory comments, Sergei Prokofiev — a composer often considered “modern” and whose music was featured on this weekend’s program — was actually…
Since the annual No Pants Subway Takeover arrived in Dallas, taking public transportation has become much more interesting. Sunday brought an afternoon of skivvy-clad commuters, hopping aboard DART to surprise and alter the days of unsuspecting fellow riders. We sent photographer Ed Steele to follow these brave, stripped-down souls through…
Don’t Talk – Siri from Alamo Drafthouse on Vimeo. The Alamo Drafthouse has a strange monopoly in the movie business on public service announcements that find new and creative ways to tell their patrons to shut off their phones. Their latest entry into their PSA vault is nothing short of…
The creepiest boy-faced actor working today will be at the Texas Theatre in mid February for a two-part show. Crispin Glover is coming to make your Valentine’s weekend a little more magical, but in a weird way. On Saturday, February 15 and Sunday, February 16, Glover will perform dramatic narration…
You might think that a show that features nothing but bizarre moments from the starry-eyed days of the VHS tape wouldn’t last five minutes when anyone with two thumbs and an iPhone can download one of a billion embarrassing moments from YouTube or laugh at tragedy after tragedy along with…
My sinuses are finally clearing from the Christmas vacation flu/cold/snot/crap that’s been going around. And just in time, too, because there are some great concerts coming up in the next few weeks and it’s impossible to fully appreciate the delicate vibrations of the world’s most expensive violin or catch all…
Calling all photography students! The lovely and friendly people at the Dallas Observer are recruiting a photo intern for the upcoming semester. Our interns work directly with the art director and the web editor to supply quality photography for blogs and slideshows, covering events including burlesque shows, art openings, local…
Some big announcements came out of SXSW yesterday. Supernova heartthrob/astrophysicist/author/educator Neil deGrasse Tyson will participate in a keynote interview for Interactive on Saturday, March 8 at 2 p.m. So for the love of laminates, if you’ve ever known anyone in a power position at SXSW, now is the time to…
This amazing rap montage is just a swig from the found bottle. Suck the rest down on Saturday when Found Magazine the Found Footage Festival and A/V Geeks unite to battle for scavenger bragging rights at Texas Theatre. This weekend the city activates, flowing with new energy. Gallery and art…
Colin Quinn brings his one-man show Unconstitutional to the Wyly Theater at 8 p.m. Friday. While he might be an SNL veteran, TV host, and stand-up comedian, Mr. Colin Quinn is better known these days for his conceptually ridiculous Twitter account. Sounding absolutely nothing like Colin Quinn himself, his account…
