There’s no way you can catch the Holy Ghost four times in one day. After the first time, you’re faking. That’s according to comedian Gary Owen, who stars in major films such as Think Like A Man and Ride Along. He’s a retired Navy sailor, having served for six years,…
When pressed to name seminal moments in American history, so many of us — no matter our age — immediately jump back to that time in the 1960s where there was seemingly so much hope and promise of equality. Back when it seemed that a handful of people could really…
The volunteer confessors who spill their guts in Nicole Stewart’s Oral Fixation (An Obsession with True Life Tales) storytelling series are often serious writers and actors. But one of Stewart’s skills is working with someone who doesn’t consider themselves to be a writer, or who has never been on stage,…
We all know George Bernard Shaw. And we most def recognize that ol’ GBS has written some of the most well-known plays on earth. But even his earliest, most unassuming work is solid. Like The Devil’s Disciple, a story that takes place during the American Revolution when the Brits march…
Bengal tigers are kind of a big deal these days. Between The Life of Pi and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, we’re thinking it’s a good idea to heed the words, wisdom and wit of the national animal of India, especially if it’s haunting people in a morality tale…
Six dudes afraid to grow up — no, it’s not your collection of ex-boyfriends, it’s the subject matter of a new one-man comedy show by Danny O’Connor. He’ll channel a whole clutch of drifters, from the unemployed actor to the war vet to the high school drinking buddies. Created by…
If you like your theater with a bit of background, then you’ll love Come Early, the new pre-show lecture program from the Dallas Theater Center. Each event features a discussion with a member of the cast or artist team before DTC raises the curtain, giving audiences insights and background. Opening…
Waxahachie-lovin’, tattooed-armin’, memory-jug makin’, pecan-pie-bakin’ Bruce Lee Webb is made the drive to Dallas with a specific purpose: He’s showing off those oddly captivating idea babies lodged inside his brain. His artwork kicks off the 2013 season of Art with a View at The Belmont and since the details are…
GIF by Shebuscus As internet-based forms of communication gain popular traction, they naturally find their way into contemporary art’s dialogue. It’s technological symbiosis. While they’ve been around for 25 years, just in the last few GIFs have dominated our screens and galleries. The avalanche of choppy motion is versatile and…
About a decade ago, Shane Carruth released a mind-blowing little film called Primer. It’s a low-budget, low-fi take on time travely-displacementy stuff that won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2004. It was shot around Dallas, and Carruth — who went to high school outside Big D and then…
— Quick question: How is Austin’s only soul/funk band completely dedicated to foot worship, Foot Patrol, NOT playing this party? Somebody make a call, please.– Sure, it’s a niche fetish, but that won’t stop Footnight Dallas from rubbing its freshly scrubbed toes all over this city’s face on Tuesday, January…
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. Check back next week to see how his first bit goes. So then. Learning to be amusing. I am nervous. Especially at the Dallas…
Last night, it’s clear that some packing peanuts fell from The Up High and melted onto all of everyone’s outside stuff. DO NOT PANIC, DALLAS AND SURROUNDING BOROUGHS…
When pirates began invading ships and taking hostages off the coast of Somalia, it was world news. We heard daily about these ransoms and the rather archaic seeming bandits responsible for the acts. Really, pirates? In this day and age? What we heard little about was why these Somali people…
Photo by Julius Pickenpack at the Nasher. Via Twitter…
Red Arrow Contemporary, a young, cutting-edge art gallery, has shown work by famous artists like Banksy and Shepard Fairey. The new show, visibletraces, is an intense and thoughtful look toward the future with a group of young Texas artists. See also: In Du Chau’s Color of My Memory at Kirk…
“I think Mars is boring,” says Robert Ballard. The deep sea explorer is working as we talk. He’s also planning his anniversary dinner and looking at a very bold male cardinal who’s perched outside of his window – a brilliant burst of crimson life against his stark gray Connecticut winter…
While most of us couldn’t find enough pants to properly negate Sunday’s chill, one brazen posse took the road less clothed to endure a day-long celebration of partial nudity meets public transport. It was the 2013 No Pants Subway Ride, and our photographer Stephan Masker was on hand to capture…
When we last left Girls, Hannah’s possibly-maybe boyfriend, Adam, had been hit by a truck after uttering the words, “I’m a beautiful fucking mystery to you.” The accident may have been karmic revenge for uttering those words, but it also points to why Girls has become such a cultural tidal…
Dallas has hosted its share of big-name personalities through the years, but Friday was one of the more notable cases in recent memory. Eighties and 90s action movie superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger paid a visit to screen his new movie The Last Stand (January 18), his first star role in a…
It was a crushing ordeal to watch. Just as it seemed that everything was aligning for Jan Brady Lady Edith Crawley, wide-eyed goofball, early-bird dining enthusiast and longtime Bell’s palsy sufferer (unconfirmed) Sir Anthony Strallan abandoned her at the alter. In effort to remove all visible wedding evidence after the…
A Redditor spotted this on Google and shared it with the world. And thank the Molecules he did…
