The audience just would not leave. Rhythmic Souls, a Dallas tap-dancing troupe, had already taken their bows after a 40-minute performance called Play It by Ear, one of four shows premiering the second weekend of the four-week Festival of Independent Theatres at the Bath House Cultural Center. But the crowd…
Judy Blume’s first novel, The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo, was published in 1969, yet it’s only now, 44 years later, that the first big-screen adaptation of her work—Tiger Eyes, based on 1981’s novel of the same name—finally opens in theaters. This is a disgrace. One can…
Last week, EW columnist Mark Harris tweeted a statistic disturbing to anyone who cares about gender equality on the big screen: “It’s now been 61 days since the last wide release of a major studio movie starring a woman.” Unfortunately, that number will only increase—to 84 days—until Sandra Bullock and…
Sometimes, there’s just too damn much to say about a movie than can fit into any one review. (Even Stephanie Zacharek’s exhaustive, excellent one.) So, here’s more: Stephanie Zacharek, our lead film critic, and Film Editor Alan Scherstuhl hashing over all the portentous craziness in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel…
During a spring when things have been blown up or blown down with disturbing frequency, it’s easy to lose track of all the people in need of help. Luckily for the people in Granbury whose homes were damaged by a tornado May 15, students in the award-winning photography program at…
TED Talks have become our modern lecture series, taking the talk out of the classroom and putting it on an interactive, global stage. They engage at nearly every cultural level — art, music, tech, business, politics — and touch on more personal stories as well. They’ve become a future-casting event,…
The Nasher Sculpture Center’s (2001 Flora St.) Gallery Lab series taps two Undermain Theatre talents on Thursday to enlighten us on the art of set design. Undermain artistic director Katherine Owens and scenic designer John Arnone talk about how a play goes from script to stage, how to balance word…
Earlier this year, Naked Girls Reading — that clutch of lit-loving ladies in the buff — presented their Southern-themed event, with selections from Flannery O’Connor, Dolly Parton, Nora Roberts and a recipe for a cake made with Tang and Mountain Dew. This Friday night, they return to Quixotic World (2824…
In the case of burlesque, you may not think that venue is all that important. Professional movers and shakers could tease and reveal just about anywhere, and you’d be hooked, right? But the vaudevillian roots of burlesque have a special kinship with atmosphere. There’s something about a place with character…
Does your dad threaten to abandon you and join the circus? Are you still searching for a way to win back his affection via the perfect Father’s Day gift? Look no further because June 15 is World Juggling Day. Ripley’s Believe It or Not! (601 East Palace Parkway, Grand Prairie)…
Boxing is alive, but it’s not well, as mixed martial arts replaces it as popular culture’s combat sport of choice — EA stalling new Fight Night video games to focus on Sports UFC is the latest liver punch to pugilism’s popularity. Suggestions to help the sweet science make a comeback:…
You know him. You love him. You wanna get stoned and eat popcorn with him. Comedian Doug Benson is on tour, and he’s recording an episode of his podcast Doug Loves Movies at Hyena’s Comedy Nightclub (5321 Mockingbird Lane) during a special 4:20 p.m. show on Saturday. Benson believes in…
Rodeo season has galloped into North Texas, bringing sweaty bandanas, sturdy cowboys and rope tricks that punctuate the summer air with dusty red plumes. And no matter how much you might think you’re immune to the charms of extreme livestock wrangling, it’s hard to resist the excitement of all that…
He made a lot of empty threats during your childhood while keeping all of his promises, and for both of those reasons you’ll thank your dad today. In Dallas, you’ve got options for expressing your affection; the grandest of those is the transformative dining and rodeo experience of Medieval Times…
Superman is an idea. OK, fine. Technically he’s an intellectual property — a set of data points slammed together by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in the 1930s, sold for $130 to National Allied Publications (later DC Comics/TimeWarner), and subsequently transformed into a nugget of multivariously exploitable content that has…
As wily as modern politicians are, they’ve got nothing on their classic Roman counterparts. Those guys were as crooked as a barrel of fish hooks, and damned if they didn’t come up with effective ways to overthrow their adversaries. Like, say, including a guy’s best friend in a conspiracy to…
You’ve spent a lifetime at the driving range perfecting your swing, and an ungodly amount of money building a great golf game. But do you know who loves you for you, regardless of your handicap? The homeless and abandoned cats and dogs at the Humane Society. They think you’re an…
If you glean most of your world knowledge from talk shows and reality TV like Project Runway, then you know that the guys in Thunder from Down Under are built like no other men on God’s green earth. These guys put Chippendales to shame, with their chiseled, rock-hard abs and…
Unjuried art shows are a bit like estate sales. Behind the mostly emptied cosmetics containers, and just to the left of the Lone Star bottle cap collection, you find it: that thing you didn’t know existed and completely gives purpose to your hunt. For the second year, local collective art…
The Trinity Shakespeare Festival returns for its summer run at Texas Christian University (2800 S. University Drive, Fort Worth), with two of the Bard’s most well-known plays: Julius Caesar and The Taming of the Shrew. The latter, directed by festival artistic director T.J. Walsh, is Shakespeare’s tale of two sisters:…
If you heard a piece of theater described as “a film noir homage to a book author whose narrative intertwines the Hollywood machine, a detective story and real life” you’d shrug and say “that’s confusing.” But when the same plot comes to life on stage, as it does in the…
The courtyard pool of the Lumen Hotel is surrounded by chaise lounges and waterside cabanas, but you’ll need a room key if you want to dip a toe. Soon, that changes. The recently renovated hotel, which just picked up a few Brad Oldham sculptures, announced today that it’s extending its…
