The Great State Fair of Texas has chosen not to renew Bill Bragg’s contract. You might know him as BIG TEX’S FREAKING VOICE. They say they’re going to find a new Big Tex voice to go with the new Big Tex. I say no. No, this. No auditions. No new…
Oscar Madison, hot slob? OK, let’s go with that. In Dallas Theater Center’s production of Neil Simon’s ever-delightful comedy The Odd Couple, director Kevin Moriarty has cast handsome New York actor J. Anthony Crane as the messy one. Smart twist. We go in expecting a Walter Matthau or a Jack…
What must Bruce Willis have felt when he discovered that his seven or so minutes of G.I. Joe: Retaliation screen time offer much more agreeable Bruce Willis-ness than the entirety of A Good Day to Die Hard? Or that his cameo, shot two years back and rich with quips and…
On Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Dallas Convention Center, the Texas Lottery is holding a Trekkie gathering. In honor of their new Star Trek scratch-off card, which could win you up to $50,000 human Earth dollars, the lottery HQ will attempt to set the Guinness World Record by “having…
Chamber music is classical music at its most intimate and naked. With only a handful of musicians creating live, acoustic sounds in a small space, each sound is on display in high definition. Last night, the Wyeth Quartet’s performance, presented by the Dallas Chamber Symphony as part of its inaugural…
Every week, we find you five movies for you to check out over the coming week or weekend, from the latest wide release to weird local screenings to timely classics you can watch on your couch. Did we miss something? Let readers know in the comments. American Beauty Screens Wednesday…
Tonight, the fourth annual Dallas Comedy Festival begins at the Dallas Comedy House (coincidence or conspiracy?), and it’s looking good, y’all. While many of Friday and Saturday’s workshops have sold out, there are still tickets available for the performances. We’ve picked out some of the most interesting ones below; feel…
A cornerstone segment of the David Letterman show, Stupid Pet Tricks serves as a reminder of precisely how lazy your own pup is. He does not dance in a tutu, operate a blender or ride a skateboard. But what if he did? On Saturday, animal talent scouts will be at…
“I was hoping to be finished like two weeks ago, but things happen,” Eddie Lee Henderson says, taking a seat across from me. He’s tall, thin and resembles a more youthful Lenny Kravitz. With him is Trevor Ayala, a 2011 Plano East graduate. We’re meeting at a small but bustling…
The Nasher released its Summer/Fall schedule of ’til Midnight events today, and there’s some real gems in there. The late night series is a Dallas staple that pairs live bands, great movies and free admission on the third Friday evening of each month. The next six are a strong collection,…
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 ran into this stylin’ babe while listening to some delicious jams at Good Records. Naturally we…
We have this stunning picture of Cowboys Stadium thanks to two years of planning by the Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Photographic Arts and Sciences. In its Big Shot series, university photographers select interesting points of architecture or landscape, then selectively light them. But they don’t use normal methods…
Named for Stephen King’s 1986 film, Maximum Overdrive the exhibition, which opens today at UT Dallas, picks up where the apocalyptic survival movie leaves off, with humor, gore and machismo. The movie is a cult classic for its depiction of electronic devices taking over the world, accompanied by a totally…
The best things that can happen to a playwright happened to Dallas writer D. L. Coburn in the 1970s. Then in his mid-30s and working in advertising, Coburn wrote his first play, The Gin Game, a two-act two-hander about a man named Weller and a woman named Fonsia. In their…
In Ink Spot, we stop people in Dallas to shoot, and learn about, their body art. Know an interesting human canvas? Leave a tip in the comments. Unlike many people with tattoos, photographer and art handler Jordan Inge has no plans to touch up his body art. Each represents a…
We reported last September that Dallas would finally get a look at The Book of Mormon, the Tony-winning musical from the creators of South Park that has left critics raving and some elderly audience members leaving at intermission after realizing what sort of performance they bought tickets to. The AT&T…
After stops in Fort Worth and Denton, British artist, culture critic and broadcaster Matthew Collings ends his North Texas tour at the Nasher Sculpture Center tonight. Not sure whether he’s worth your mind’s precious time? Here are five reasons. 1. He’s a tastemaker And even though he surely finds that…
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Jim Gaffigan at the Majestic Theatre If you have a fetish for alabaster, breathy men with high-pitched voices, Jim Gaffigan’s your guy. We’ve lost count of how many times he’s been a guest…
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 noticed Adriana’s bright shirt in the sea of dark ensembles in the Dallas Arts District during…
Every week, we find you five movies for you to check out over the coming week or weekend, from the latest wide release to weird local screenings to timely classics you can watch on your couch. Did we miss something? Let readers know in the comments. Badlands Now available on…
“All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun,” goes Jean-Luc Godard’s quip. Add to that a few more girls and their bikinis and you have the rough formula for Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers, which looks like the most expensive Girls Gone Wild video ever made…
An actress in her 30s — a woman, that is, still playing characters of babymaking age — may have it even tougher than actresses in their 40s and 50s. Unless she is exceedingly glamorous, a la Charlize Theron, she can all too easily get stranded in the land of mom…
