Arts & Culture

It’s interesting that pin-up darling Bettie Page is more of a fascination to modern women than men. Named class salutatorian and voted most likely to succeed, Page could have been anything she chose: She chose to be the queen of bondage and cheesecake photos. Adding to the lady-centric intrigue, when…

Unless you’ve got some seedy back alley connections, getting Cotton Bowl Classic tickets is impossible. If you do have those connections, holler. We love shady deals. The 2014 bowl game sold out in record time, leaving Oklahoma State Cowboys and Missouri Tigers fans equally flummoxed. But hey, you don’t have…

If you’re unfamiliar with the overlap of the Venn diagram of nerd and gay cultures, then you may be unfamiliar with the fame of George Takei, Mr. Sulu of the original Star Trek series. Takei is enjoying a huge resurgence in popularity in the mode pioneered by other famed elderly…

Do you remember all the fun you had in the 1970s? If you do, chances are you didn’t have enough. You didn’t spend enough time rotting your brain with flashy disco music, fashion that could put someone’s eye out and a stockpile of narcotics. Make up for lost time as…

With the Chinese New Year fast approaching, there’s no time like the present to catch up on a few thousand years of Chinese civilization. Shen Yun gives quite the primer, rolling through classical music and dance representing each region and every dynastic era comprising the Middle Kingdom’s history. See more…

If there’s anything Dallas needs (and all of us, if we’re being honest), it’s more classical music. The performance of Ian Bostridge, a regular guest at Covent Garden, English National Opera and the Bavarian State Opera, marks the debut of the Robert E. and Jean Ann Titus Art Song Recital…

At 76 years old, George Takei’s career weaves an inspiring blueprint. He could have easily been typecast after Star Trek, doomed to a life trolling nerd conventions as Sulu. Instead he became a champion of gay rights, a speakerbox for Japanese-American relations, an accomplished playwright, an admirably grand geek and…

Martin Scorsese has been directing since 1967, when he made Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. It wasn’t until The Departed, nearly 40 years later in 2006, that he finally won an Oscar for Best Director, despite many critics declaring him one of the greatest directors to ever live. Here we…

If you’re one of the trillion ladies who got engaged this holiday season, you’ve got some planning to do. Fortunately there’s an entire industry that caters to making your big day even bigger and better and maybe even a little over the top. The Las Colinas Bridal Show is a…

The Game’s Afoot is bloodless bedlam, like Murder, She Wrote but without the dogged bad luck. The slapstick who-done-it play is your classic murder mystery. A holiday party in 1930s Connecticut is all fun and games until someone ends up dead. But this is no ordinary home. It’s the castle…

Just about every film buff worth his weight in rare 3-D copies of Captain EO raves about director Spike Jonze’s first feature-length film, Being John Malkovich, calling it one of those bizarre films you just have to see before you die. Well, now’s your chance. We don’t mean the dying…

If you think the word “pilates” translates to “rich people stretching,” boy are you wrong — at least when it takes place at Texas Discovery Gardens in Fair Park. For 45 minutes starting at 6 p.m. Monday you can stretch your hammies in the middle of 7.5 acres of a…

Masochistic opera lovers veer toward the impenetrable works of Wagner. Regression-prone classical enthusiasts seek out Mozart’s trippy-ass stage productions. People who just love great opera go for Verdi. The Italian king of the craft couldn’t make a flop and in his catalog of famous works, his 1853 La Traviata still…

No one knows how to throw a party like people who know how to throw parties. We’re talking about professional party planners, people whose job it is to make sure you’re having fun. Wedding planners, photographers, concierges, DJs, florists — there’s a surprising diversity when it comes to event planning…

Fifty Shades of Grey did for middle-aged women what the Harry Potter series has done for young children: finally made reading fun again. The series has sold more than 30 million copies and has a long-awaited movie adaptation in process. Not since the Twilight series has a work of literature…

Your Instagram account is chock-full of perfectly framed eye-candy, prompting mass “like”-age and plenty of comments about your obvious talent. Maybe it’s time to take your photography to the next level? If you’ve been thinking about stepping it up, Makerspace, 2995 Lady Bird Lane, is right up your alley. Venture…

One of the most memorable sketches in The Kids in the Hall’s repertoire had comedian Kevin McDonald skewering the gentlemanly image of Lubbock boy Buddy Holly. McDonald put on a pair of thick-frame glasses and treated everyone around him like dirt just moments before his fatal flight because, as McDonald…

Jayden Frost’s collection of vintage toys and collectibles has gotten so big so fast that he’s moving his toy collection to a bigger retail location in Carrollton. “We just can’t contain the amount of inventory or customers where we are now,” Frost said. Frost said he and his crew at…

I did the expensive party thing last year. I shelled out money for a ticket that granted me access to a sketchy warehouse in the Design District, where instead of dancing and Champagne, there was a drunken photo booth and a lot of Jack Daniels. This year, I’m hoping to…