Medieval Times (2021 N. Stemmons Freeway) tips its crown to young lovers on Thursday night with an AMAZING date package. For $99 you get a split of Champagne and two commemorative glasses (smuggle in gin and you’ve got French 75s!), a commemorative scroll, a photo, some flags to cheer on…
My mom always said that it isn’t Valentine’s Day unless you have to sign a waiver. Which brings us to Moxley Manor, the metroplex’s only haunted house catering to this special day of sexual tension. Will she cling to your arm for protection during the scary bits, or just associate…
Red Arrow Contemporary (1130 Dragon St.) has quite the spring/summer schedule lined up, but before we race ahead, the Dragon Street art gallery has a milestone to celebrate. In addition to the usual flow of wine and conversation, Red Arrow is turning one year old, and to celebrate the gallery…
When considering Dallas art galleries that go against the grain, a few come to mind. But no other artist-run space has stuck it out as long and unconventionally as 500X (500 Exposition Drive), which has provided local emerging talent walls to start careers on since 1978. It’s remarkable that 500X…
Saturday’s Pretty Things Peep Show at the Kessler Theater (1230 W. Davis St.) is a bump-and-grind touring sensation celebrating the best vaudeville talents in the biz. Go-go Amy and her crew of vixens twirl their tassels for sure, but there’s more to this production than just sequins and feathers. Mr…
This Valentine’s Day treat your date (and yourself) to a theatrical extravaganza fit for a Spanish king or queen. The zarzuela, a Spanish mini-opera filled with music, lyric poetry and dance, began as entertainment for royalty in the Middle Ages. On Saturday, The Orchestra of New Spain’s groundbreaking period production…
Roller derby has been around since the 1930s … back when it was just a bunch of dames acting out a skated script. These days there are no scripts and approximately 1,400 amateur leagues exist around the world. We’re lucky enough to have two of the roughest, toughest teams of…
Take a few super-talented burlesque performers, add some roller derby attitude and flair, and what do you get? Why, none other than the Lollie Bombs, of course. Texas’ longest-running burlesque troupe, the Lollies have been shaking their money makers and giving the beloved burlesque art form a Texas-sized rock ’n’…
Documentary lovers have been flocking to the streets of Denton for the past week to check out the Thin Line Film Fest. Featuring dozens of feature-length docs and shorts, covering everything from social issues to the absurdities of life, Thin Line is all reality, all the time. If you haven’t…
Every time a little girl wishes to be a princess, a quinceañera dress is born. Way better than a boring white debutante gown, quinceañera gowns are colorful bling clouds perfectly suited to 15-year-old girls, and finding the perfect one can be akin to an episode of Say Yes to the…
Now that the Dallas Museum of Art is free to the public, it’s going to have to bring the awesome if it wants people to pay for special exhibitions. Rising to the challenge, the DMA (1717 North Harwood St.) has joined forces with Musée La Piscine to bring Chagall: Beyond…
A legacy piece of local cinema, The Playroom is an interesting look at family dynamics, pinned to the hinge of powerful generations. Time itself plays a role, as we see parents (Olivia Harris, John Hawkes) who missed the most thrilling eras of rebellion and who are now trapped together in…
When factoring in the ingredients for the upcoming O’Reilly Auto Parts AutoRama Event, you get the feeling that anything could happen. Confirmed on the bill: a professional wrestler, a Disney Channel star, a pair of real Batmobiles, a monster truck and stunt-performing street bikes. Yeah, it’s quite possible that things…
Even with the stream of talent that has come from Chicago’s revered improv school The Second City (Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris), it takes a minute to sink in that it’s been around for more than 50 years. Last fall, the Wyly Theater hosted The Second City Does Dallas,…
You could consider him one of the last world-recognized boxers in history and you wouldn’t be wrong. You could, also associate him with lady beating, ear biting and face tattoos. So what will Mike Tyson say during his two-hour one-man show Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth at the Verizon Amphitheater (1001…
When Hollywood tries to revive a beloved film, it usually follows a formula: Take a great story, add in a dose of zeitgeisty marketing and try to make it a “hip” revival. Broadway doesn’t need those tricks. Anything Goes is a prime example of a beautifully done Broadway revival, chock…
Every Wednesday, we find you five movies for you to check out over the coming 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. The Master Screens Friday, Saturday, and…
It’s happening again. Reps for the Dallas Opera were thrilled with last year’s Magic Flute collaboration at Cowboys Stadium. Since then they’ve been hinting, and in some cases, flat-out stating that they’d hold another opera simulcast in the Arlington sports center during the 2013 season. At yesterday’s press announcement it…
“Superman is a hero for all of us,” says Richard Neal, co-owner of Zeus Comics. “He’s not just a hero for some people.” Neal is responding to a divisive decision brought about by industry giant DC Comics. It recently announced that comic fans will get the Man of Steel storylines…
In Death by Microphone, local Brit and barbecue blogger Gavin Cleaver attends stand-up comedy classes at the Dallas Comedy House and reports back for our amusement and education. Check back next week to revel further in his failure. There are lots of styles of stand-up comedy, from the surreal to…
It’s hard to do justice to the freewheeling radiance of Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective at the Nasher Sculpture Center. Suffice it to say that you should see the work of the late Mr. Price for its combination of cheeky razzmatazz and idiosyncratic imagination. As the second stop on a…
Everyone needs a dog park to call their own. Without it, where would you publicly shame your fur child for humping? Nowhere, for he’d have no one to inappropriately hump. There’s a lesson in there somewhere… Our Oak Cliff neighbors have a lot of great things, but so far a…
