You’ve always wanted to be a patron of the arts, but somehow you just haven’t found the time in your busy schedule. And humanitarian work; you’ll be all over that — one of these days. It looks like Monday’s your lucky day, because just about the entire Dallas arts community…
Everyone knows that The Godfather Part III sucked. Seriously, Coppola should have left well enough alone, because the first two films are among the greatest movies ever made. But when it comes to which was better, The Godfather or its sequel/prequel (creatively titled The Godfather Part II), well, everyone has…
The cultural zeitgeist in this country is one of total unease — it shows in the horror movies that churn out endlessly, in the waffling political landscape and in the comments section of stories about Trayvon Martin or Obamacare or other hot-button issues. Bruce Norris’ Pulitzer-winning play Clybourne Park stares…
Perched in an upstairs hideaway within Texas Theatre (231 W. Jefferson Blvd.) is Dallas’ newest small gallery, The Safe Room. It’s brought intimate works by local and formerly local talents since materializing magically earlier this year. Its latest offering is the peculiarly crafted Nothing Fits! Told in two stories, united…
On Sunday the Dallas Museum of Art (1717 North Harwood St.) premieres Give More Than You Can Take, the first survey exhibition of American installation artist Jim Hodges. The New York-based Hodges has been working since 1987, and Give More Than You Can Take features 80 pieces from throughout his…
Whether you missed last May’s Dallas Comic Con or it’s simply been too long since you’ve cosplayed, this weekend’s Comic Con Fan Days has you covered. It’s not just mid-year filler fandom either. Some of pop culture’s biggest names in movies, television and comic books are Texas-bound this weekend, and…
A great gift shop is a place where art and consumerism meet. Until you enter its doors, you never really appreciated the beauty of taxidermy, or you never you desired — or in fact needed — a mannequin dressed as an Aztec warrior. Well, maybe you don’t need one, but…
Dallas’ murals are as disjointed as the architecture they’re painted on. The high-end commissioned works, like the walls Shepard Fairey and Faile did for the Dallas Contemporary, are balanced by spaces where local artists were allowed to get handsy. What we don’t have much of — well, never for long…
Too often, classical music concerts in Dallas — maybe “art music” or “concert music” are better terms — are limited to performances of music from centuries past. Plenty of living, breathing contemporary composers around the world continue to create beautiful, evocative art music. This October, however, in addition to some…
Kiki Smith headlined the Nasher’s Speaker Series last January and the thing sold out, fast. Now more of North Texas gets to glean off Smith: the Irish Catholic talent just moved into the IAA artist-in-residency at the University of North Texas where she’ll work during 2013-2014 academic year. Students will…
Sunday, along with more than six million Americans, I watched the end of Walter White. I didn’t think I could handle alone the emotional toll of saying goodbye to Breaking Bad, so I decided to head to the Granada Theater to scream cheer with a crowd at three huge screens…
Can you truly separate an artist from his art? Arguments from either side of the question grow inflamed in the case of Orson Scott Card. The author of the much-loved Ender’s Game has done everything possible to submarine the film adaptation’s upcoming box office release — which is a nice…
Sex shops are like snowflakes — assuming snowflakes wanted to get you laid, like real bad. They each have their own feels and specialties. You shouldn’t drive out of your way for bachelorette party accessories just to find only hand-blown glass anal plugs. Or vice versa. Some shops cater more…
Guys, admit it. Part of you thought it was kind of hot when Bugs Bunny dressed up like a woman to trick dumb ol’ Elmer Fudd. Perhaps it’s because you subconsciously felt bad for Mr. Fudd since he’s clearly lonely and in need of companionship thanks to years of inadequacy…
Austin’s comedy scene has become a big conversation. Unconventional venues have sprung up across the city, improv classes are a standard activity for young adults and events like Moontower Comedy Festival pair big names (Maria Bamford, Anthony Jeselnik, Reggie Watts, and Amy Schumer) with the best in upcoming stand-up, sketch…
This Saturday night, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra gets Dallas’ gala season started with a glitzy bash at the Meyerson. Big bucks demand big stars, and so this year’s post-dinner/ pre-party concert will feature American opera superstar Renée Fleming. When it comes to the American opera stage, there’s hardly a bigger…
Alessio Bax is not a native North Texan, but we’ll claim him as our own nonetheless. After all, the Italian pianist moved to Dallas at age 16 to study piano at Southern Methodist University and made his home here for more than a decade. When Bax returns to Dallas to…
Tomorrow’s opening of the Texas State Fair doesn’t just mark the start of another heat stroke inducing, artery clogging, diabetes causing month of fun. No, this one is special because we get to say hello to an old friend who can’t say hello back because he’s a giant inanimate object…
Word on the street is Big Tex got a booty upgrade, so when you go to the Fair’s opening weekend, you’ll want to admire his new assed-up Dickies. Not ready for fried? Fine, there’s plenty to do this weekend, like a great comedy show at Texas Theatre; a burlesque party…
October may be synonymous with Halloween, Oktoberfest and diabetic comas from all the candy and beer drinking that happens throughout the month. So you may not know that October is also Literacy Month. That’s probably because of all the comas and beer. Maybe it’s because of all the drunken revelry…
Last night they flipped the breaker, turning on this year’s bigger, brighter and more brilliant Chinese Lantern Festival for a private media preview. It’s changed a lot since we last saw it: there are 17 new scenes, making 24 total, and the overall layout and groupings are more orderly. It…
When a relatively young actor dies suddenly, as James Gandolfini did in June, it’s tempting to wonder about the roles he’ll never get to play. When we didn’t know we’d be losing him so soon, it was always fun to see Gandolfini show up, a casual surprise: In 2012 alone…
