Trying to get your arts fix is kinda like squeezing out paints on a palette. Your visual arts are the blue and your music is the red … and dang, if they don’t turn into something completely awesome when they’re mixed. It’s such a shame to isolate them, no? ArtLoveMagic’s…
Most well-rounded humans spent lazy afternoons soundtracked by two things: Mr. Show and Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Originally a BBC Radio program, Whose Line challenged four comedic performers to games of improv and sketch, which would often devolve into absurdity. It made a leap to American television in the…
Better upgrade your mapping app and pump up those bicycle tires, because the Oak Cliff Speedbump Tour returns this weekend to bait you inside the homes of stranger artists. (Somewhere right now, your mother is irrationally angry but doesn’t know why.) The 2013 hop-along includes the studios and residences of…
Next to instant ramen and Nintendo, manga and anime are Japan’s most adored exports, and one of the hottest purveyor of said goods is Studio Ghibli. Not one to be boring, the animation powerhouse mixes it up with its latest film, Goro Miyazaki’s From up on Poppy Hill. It’s a…
Listen, sister. Underneath that Jezebel-browsin’, beer-swillin’, takin’-care-of-business exterior lies a girl who once wore high-waisted acid-wash pants and danced to Amy Grant in her bedroom. Baby, baby, just maybe you like to embrace your girly-girl side once in a great while and spend some time with your lady friends enjoying…
Playing with the idea that the urban landscape can be used for more than just commerce, Red Bull is transforming downtown Dallas’ Victory Park into a golf course for its latest event. Rising pro golf star Rickie Fowler will be taking it “Off the Course,” and instead of playing the…
What’s it like to be a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer whose works have been performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Tokyo String Quartet and The President’s Marine Band? You’d have to ask Jennifer Higdon about that, and you may just get your chance at Composing Conversations. As one of only a handful…
After years of hiding your tap shoes, it’s time to pull them out and hoof it down to Fair Park, where you can join the Fab-TAP-ulous fun with tons of fellow dance lovers thanks to the Dallas Dance Council of North Texas and Dallas Summer Musicals. This sweet duo is…
Dallas Comic Con, that annual ode to pop-culture nerdery, arrives at the Irving Convention Center this weekend. If it’s anything like last year’s, it will be glorious. But for noobs and vets alike, it’s easy to get lost in the shuffle. So we’ve created a simple-to-follow-if-you-know-your-A-B-Cs glossary, to give you…
Thought all subcultures were already tapped for reality television? Guess again. A new program is gaining momentum and intends to fill its cast with our favorite obsessives, The Nerds of Earth. The Quest has been described by its creator as “Amazing Race in Middle-Earth” and takes its potential crew on…
Dallas’ sprawl is often seen as a weakness, especially when it comes to creating community. But sometimes a little distance is useful. It allows for distinctive pockets of artistic personalities to emerge, and when those pieces click together, as should happen on Saturday, our city’s many influences become visible, tangible…
If you’re a new parent, of course you want the best for your beautiful little angel-bundle of piss and dump. And don’t fancy designers know it. Here are five ridiculous baby-clothing options that are currently available in the world. Prepare to be amazed. Gucci Double-Strap Sneaker, Pink (above) You, too,…
There’s a lot going on in That Mortal Coil (Rebuking the Ideal in Contemporary Figurative Art), CentralTrak’s newest group show, curated by Heyd Fontenot. The exhibition is a search for beauty in unconventional bodily spaces, and a retaliation to how the human figure is perceived in terms of physical perfection…
Before they were strangers who decided to stop being polite and start getting real, the cast members of Real World were just stars in waiting. MTV’s iconic staple of reality television is now casting for Season 29. The show’s vetters will be in Dallas at Redrock Bar and Grill on…
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 were thrilled by the sunshine, local jams and summer fashion at the 4th Annual Homegrown Fest…
A few weeks ago, Jason Reimer’s lovely teaser for the Oak Cliff Film Festival made the rounds. Today, we finally get some concrete evidence of just what will be screening. Some highlights include Computer Chess, Andrew Bujalski’s wonderfully weird ode to ’80s computer programmers; Joe Swanberg’s brewery comedy Drinking Buddies;…
The 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition kicks off with preliminary rounds in Fort Worth in just two weeks. On Friday, the organization tweeted this teaser video in anticipation of the high-stakes, high-pressure event…
Embrace your fandom, dig for obscure back issues of your favorite reads and pull on a weird jumpsuit because it’s Comic Con time. This year’s fest sets its phasers to stun on Saturday when Shatner pops by for a visit. Prefer late-model Trek? No problem, special guests Geordi La Forge,…
The audience that packed into last night’s Found Footage Festival at Texas Theatre learned some important lessons. The most haunting stemmed from a video segment regarding the management practices of various open sores, where crudely edited television hosts materialized out of an abscessed toe, or spun a terrifying game of…
In the last decade, social media and the Internet have assisted in getting more eyes and ears on the subject of autism, giving us a better understanding of what children on the autistic spectrum need on a daily basis, whether or not vaccinations play a role and how to edge…
Information: There’s a Huggies App that sends you a tweet whenever your kid pees in his diaper. Adweek tells us that the Huggies TweetPee is “a little sensor dreamed up by Ogilvy Brazil that affixes to your baby’s diaper, syncs with an app and tweets at you whenever it detects…
A man stands alone in the first-floor hallway of the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Dallas. His lanky arms hang behind his back, hands clasped. His fedora sits low between his eyes, obscuring his unflinching gaze at the glass encasement filled with large-scale, Renaissance-style oil paintings. Tony Bennet, the hotel doorman,…
