Arts & Culture

For the past two weeks, 30 of the world’s elite competitive classical pianists between the ages of 18 and 30 have been battling it out on stage at Fort Worth’s Bass Hall (525 Commerce St.) for the title of 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition gold medalist. After two grueling…

Viva Dallas Burlesque is the biggest burlesque show in Texas, and on Friday, comedy is queen. The Dirty Sexy Funny show features music and dancing too, and the night of comedy and cabaret will begin with music-comedian Laura Ainsworth singing songs from her new album Necessary Evil. Following her performance…

Comedy Central named Jerry Seinfeld the 12th funniest comedian of all time on its list of 100, which almost makes up for the fact that the network is solely responsible for Tosh.0. If you don’t know who Seinfeld is and how good he is at doing it, there’s really not…

While last year Art Conspiracy doled out speakers for RZN8, this year’s seed event — which raises money and awareness for the annual party — gets more visually freaky. Saturday’s 2013 seed event, Mounted, will be all taxidermy themed. Participating artists were issued wall plaques for their “trophies,” which tribute…

Have things been a little stale lately between you and your pup? Looking for a way to spice up those mundane Saturday morning walks or dog park excursions? Look no further than this weekend’s 19th Annual Dog Day Afternoon. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Flag Pole Hill Park…

I know, I know. We’re all waiting for Flashdance at the end of the month, but in the meantime, Dallas Summer Musicals presents another Broadway tale of overcoming adversity and learning the value of being yourself: Sister Act. If you thought the plot of this Whoopi Goldberg film could only…

Not every comedian started as an electrical engineer inspired by time spent on the Oldsmobile Cutlass assembly line, but Loni Love isn’t everybody. She’s a former Xerox employee who graduated from Prairie View A&M. I know, right?!? These days, you can find her on Chelsea Lately where she and Chelsea…

There’s an unrivaled decadence that accompanies film-festival immersion. Closed off from the world, cell phones shut down, we sit in meditative, dark calm for days at a time, allowed to exist in a tiny pocket of protected, curated experiences. For the next four days you’ll exchange your daily static for…

When musician Twin Shadow announced that his upcoming tour, which includes a Dallas Granada stop, would be centered around storytelling, we got to thinking: “Hey, we like storytelling. And rooftop bars. So do our friends at the Granada and those yarn spinners over at Oral Fixation.” Which leads us to…

The plight of the office drone is the subject of Good Nuts, the latest play at Ochre House (825 Exposition Ave.). But, this being Ochre House, it’s not that black and white. Indeed, there is much color to Kevin Grammer’s script, which follows Ochre House faves Carla Parker, Trent Stephenson,…

Oh, allegory is the most useful of linguistic tools, keeping us from living in a world of painfully concrete Brady Bunch-esque revelations that beat us over the head with the lesson of the day. It’s so much more entertaining to unwrap life lessons one metaphor at a time, and playwright…

Montreal group 7 Fingers wants to make the circus relatable. If you’ve ever seen the psychosexual alien invasion that is a Cirque du Soleil production, the scale and structure is dizzying; it’s about spectacle and endurance. With Traces, 7 Fingers is attempting to draw something a bit more personal out…

“Don’t touch” will be a hard request to honor at Surface and Mark, the latest group show at El Centro College’s H. Paxton Moore Fine Art Gallery (801 Main St.). Two-dimensional art from Justin Hunter Allen, C.J. Davis, Timothy Harding, Nicholas Mathis, Jeff Parrott, Arthur Peña, Ben Terry and Michael…

Fort Worth artist Helen Altman returns to Talley Dunn Gallery (5020 Tracy St.) for the opening reception of her latest exhibit, Clear View. Altman’s work has always had a naturalistic shade, and Clear View expresses that through intricate bird sculptures and tree paintings. Also on Saturday night is a group…

Austin director Andrew Bujalski’s latest film, Computer Chess, is a radical departure from his previous works, Mutual Appreciation, Funny Ha Ha and Beeswax. It centers around a computer chess tournament at a hotel in 1980, and was filmed on black and white Sony AVC-3260 video cameras from 1968, giving it…

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. The threat of (and eventual) rain showers didn’t stop the crowd from looking good and having fun…

Trying to do warrior pose sandwiched between a stranger and a very old, expensive piece of art is nerve-racking. “Yoga is for everybody,” says Susan, who’s ushering our group through a series of ancient postures at Crow Collection’s Yoga in the Galleries. “Not every pose is for everybody.” The 63-year-old…

The first time I visited Kettle Art, someone handed me a beer before I got inside. The party had flowed into the street. Musicians and a puppeteer were set up, busking for change. A keg was floated. Several artists boasted proudly, claiming the moment as their first time they’d publicly…