The name Jay Chandrasekhar may mean nothing to you, but you can bet your sweet ass it does to every proofreader out there. Also, it should mean something to you. Jay is one of the Broken Lizard film ensemble — you know, the guys behind Super Troopers, you fools. Plus…
You spent your summer vacations shotgunning Capri Suns and watching CHiPs marathons. Maybe you got sent to vacation Bible school for a week — or if you were really lucky, actual camp — but by and large, summers were a high-fructose wasteland. Spare your kids from the monotony of your…
Married people live dangerous lives. Relying on (and compromising with) one other person for all of eternity sounds risky to the unwed, so James Braly throws the doors of the espoused wide open in Life in a Marital Institution (20 Years of Monogamy in One Terrifying Hour). Part walk down…
Everyone seems to have a soft spot for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Maybe that’s because of an inspired reading in high school, or perhaps it’s just that we love characters named Bottom, Snug and Snout. Really it’s because we all got sucked into Neil Perry’s love of the play, his…
The DMA, Nasher and Crow stay open late on Friday night for the annual Dallas Arts District Summer Block Party. We’ve looked at the evening’s itinerary and found exactly one million different things to do — either with your friends or your family. We’ve opted to guide you through the…
In one quick email, WNYC just announced that its hit radio program focused on scientific wonder will embark on a 21-city tour, and ticket sales are activated. Dallas gets its dose at Grand Prairie’s Verizon Theatre on Monday, November 4 at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $37.50 to $47.50 and are…
You know that guy you cross the street to avoid? The preachy, shout-y one who hands out pamphlets about who-knows-what? Oak Cliff’s favorite resource for creative education, Oil and Cotton, wants you to be that guy…
Calling all gamers — old school, new school, of the tabletop and video variety: Hosted by the ScrewAttack network, SGC is back by popular demand after a two-year hiatus. Short for ScrewAttack Gaming Convention, or Southwestern Gaming Convention if that makes you more comfortable, it’s this weekend in Dallas. Here’s…
Immersed in Ink Tattoo Convention returns to Dallas for a weekend-long celebration of needles, skin art and sideshow phenomena this Friday through Sunday. Happening at the Mesquite Convention Center, Ink’s website promises an assault on your tender bits — emotional and otherwise. Human suspensions will be performed onsite, testing the…
When we see you on the street and think you put some thought into your style, we may take your picture and ask you things. See previous installations in the Street Style archive. We Are 1976 hosted its Wild Ass Circus Gallery Reception over the weekend. Here are some of…
The cat fights, the tears, the perpetuation of silly, useless stereotypes: Reality shows both rot our brains and, in our moments of weakness, bring us fleeting, empty joy. Or something. And since everything is bigger and better in Texas, it’s no surprise that so many have been set in Dallas…
Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival w/ Dave Chappelle & Flight of the Conchords! – watch more funny videos Funny Or Die, the internet comedy mega-site founded by Will Ferrell et al. has just announced its first major comedy production, and one of the biggest comedy tours ever to hit the…
Doug Benson’s podcast, Doug Loves Movies, has gained a considerable audience in the seven years since it started. One that knows all his inside jokes, catchphrases, and recurring bits. His live taping at Hyena’s on Saturday afternoon was visual proof as the comedy club filled with superfans, many holding up…
The Texas Theatre quantum leaped on Saturday night, landing in a time of feathered fans and come-hither dames. It was La Divina Burlesque’s annual Nouvelle Burlesque Revue, a showcase of emerging and established talent mostly culled from central and North Texas but reaching as far as Hot Springs Arkansas and…
So you’ve got some jokes, right? Think you can make people laugh? Then you might find this list we’ve compiled, of the most prominent comedy open mics in D-FW, particularly useful. We’ve also got local comedy guru Dean Lewis to share his thoughts on not only the venue but the…
Today the Nasher reveals the first of ten pieces of public art being commissioned for Nasher Xchange, the sculpture center’s city-wide arts initiative. The announcement celebration at the Trinity River Audubon Center (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) comes with some family-friendly perks like free admission, nature hikes, homing pigeons and…
Your dad is a man. He may have been tamed by the structure of society and had his teeth dulled by life’s monotony, but he’s in there, lion and all. So with father’s day approaching, what have you gotten him? A tie? A gift card to Best Buy? Maybe a…
Old East Dallas, Old Town, Smash and Grab Headquarters — whatever you want to call it, I live there and I love it. But last week the dose of visual insulin you see above was dismantled, replaced by a boring brown brick exterior. Then I started noticing the other improvements…
He always kept his promises and never followed through on his threats, and for that reason you’ll do something nice for dad on Sunday, right? A–a-a-a-nd it’s the weekend! If you dig boxing, burlesque, art, smarty pants lectures, theater, homing pigeons, juggling, throw-back cinema, naked ladies with literary passions, bucking…
From the nebula stage, a potential star can become a relatively small Red Giant, or a brightly burning Supergiant. Though the life cycle of a Red Giant may be lower lit and last longer than a Supergiant, its intrigue cannot compare to the terribly powerful ending of the Supergiant, the…
Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel is a movie event with an actual movie inside, crying to get out. Despite its preposterous self-seriousness, its overblown, CGI’ed-to-death climax and its desperate efforts to depict the destruction of, well, everything on Earth, there’s greatness in this retelling of the origin of Superman, moments…
From the peak of Anchorman to the nadir of Burt Wonderstone, the formula for studio comedies of the last 20 years has been simple: Dude acts like a dick for an hour, turns blandly sweet toward the end and then everyone on the DVD commentary can claim to have made…
