Arts & Culture

In our adolescence, we cling to those writers who can reach us. For some, that writer was George Orwell or Stephen King, Anne Rice or Stephen Chbosky. For aspiring riot grrrls, it was Margaret Atwood — a Canadian feminist fiction writer perhaps best known for The Handmaid’sTale, an lyrical dystopian…

Dean Worrmer and the Omegas seriously had it coming to them. You don’t mess with the ragtag crew known as the Deltas, a lesson well-learned in the classic National Lampoon’s Animal House. For more than two decades, the granddaddy of all college misfit comedies has been preparing incoming students for…

Before he was Tom Haverford on Parks and Rec, Aziz Ansari starred in the video sketch series Human Giant. And before both of those things, the major venue stand-up comedy tours, television specials and wildly enthusiastic reviews from Rolling Stone and Pitchfork, Ansari was a gangly kid in New York…

Do you think you could survive a zombie apocalypse? No? Maybe you just need some training in the field of zombie evasion. Put on your running shoes and head to Forney this Saturday to Run for Your Lives where you’ll join your fellow humans in a 5K obstacle course where…

Gallery walks are a natural, easy continuation for the Design District’s pedestrians. But over in East Dallas, Gallery Day is more scavenger hunt than stroll — where a scattered, loose chunk of geography is punctuated by the city’s more experimental art spaces. Start your visits early to snag a gift…

Have you ever listened to This American Life and wondered how they decided which interview with the feuding restaurant owners should go first? Or how they strung together the audio clips about a bulletproof chicken? Have you ever wanted to know how the show takes the interviews, sound clips and…

Considering more than one third of Dallas’ population is Spanish-speaking, our lack of interesting bilingual entertainment is glaringly evident. Major theaters don’t offer reliable alternatives, only increasing the divide between cultures and, more important, neighbors. But there is one series that brings not only Spanish film to the big screen,…

Back to the Future/b> is, well, back. It’s showing at Sunset Screenings for FREE. That’s right, you can see adorable little Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson and even Crispin Glover before he was a total prick. I’m fairly certain we all know the story — Marty McFly (Fox) meets up…

The line between Tracy Morgan, the actor and comedian, and Tracy Jordan, his unpredictable, stubborn character on 30 Rock, got pretty blurry for a while, especially during a 2011 run of stand-up appearances, in which he upset both LGBT and disabled communities. Morgan seems to be more in control these…

If you have yet to make it out to the Bath House Cultural Center (521 E. Lawther Drive) and fancy yourself a fan of theater, you now have roughly three weeks to make it up to yourself. The 15th Annual Festival of Independent Theatres runs through June 22, and features…

No matter what you may hear, it’s not a cult. The Tribe of the new film, M15F1T5 is actually a group of misfit kids (er, young adults) who band together for do-gooding, and they somehow evolved into a social and political movement set to change the world. While being shirtless…

For 40 years, Dallas has been designating its landmarks, recognizing and honoring architecturally and culturally significant structures. And for the next month, the Dallas Center for Architecture (1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100) is giving us a little insight into the city of Dallas Landmarks program in its exhibition aptly…

A trip to the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame (1720 Gendy St., Fort Worth) is a must for anyone interested in Texas history, and its latest exhibit, Tough by Nature: Portraits of Cowgirls and Ranch Women of the American West, is an excellent example of the kind of…

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 found our selves bouncing between a few parties in East Dallas over the weekend, and were…

In 1967, when two astrophysicists picked up regularly recurring radio signals from the heavens, they didn’t really think the signals were coming from little green men in outer space. But the thought did cross their minds. What else could it be? The rhythms they detected were so accurate and musical,…

A-Kon, the annual summer convention catering to Dallas’ anime, Asian-culture and geek aficionados, will be returning for its 24th year this weekend at the Hilton Anatole. As with Dallas Comic Con, we have compiled a A-to-Z guide to all things A-Kon to give a rundown of the festivities, events and…

Like Me is the title of Dallas writer-actor-comedian John Michael Colgin’s latest one-man show; it’s also his challenge to the audience. It’s every actor’s request, come to think of it. They’re up there begging for approval. Colgin’s new solo one-act comedy, his fourth as both writer and performer, is part…

Remember all of the hubbub back in 2011 when organizers of the Tomato Battle claimed they were working to raise cash for the Food Bank, but didn’t pay up until the media put the squeeze on ’em? We do too. The event no longer masquerades as do-gooding. Now it’s expressly…

Sunday Fun Day knows no ally like a holiday Monday, which this Sunday meant Dallas’ committed party people throwing on their smallest apparel and descending on Sisu Uptown Resort, for a pool party with English DJ Paul Oakenfold. Photographer Bianca Montes captured the scene, including these fashion try-harders. See her…