Oh, no. Did you forget to buy a plane ticket to Munich again? Don’t worry, you can still celebrate Oktoberfest and all things German a lot closer to home this year — just up U.S. 75. The most important part of Oktoberfest (the beer) is being handled by Franconia, the…
It’s never going to be easy for a victim of sexual assault. And despite the fact that we’ve come a long way in offering support for sexual assault survivors, all you need to do is look at the comments section of a news story related to the issue to see…
There’s a reason why gorillas are the go-to costume for singing telegrams: They’re hilarious. That’s why this Saturday you can compete in an adventure foot race filled with clues, public transport, prizes AND gorillas. Yep. Fittingly titled Gorilla Race, the challenge pits teams of Dallas do-gooders against one another through…
Starting to feel a tad embarrassed by that Lisa Frank sticker-covered Trapper Keeper you’re still sporting at the office? Don’t ditch the Trapper Keeper (how else would you possibly stay organized!), just upgrade your sticker collection. On Saturday, head to Strangeways for Zitta and Swank’s Stick ’em Up, Slap ’em…
Austin has had its Annual Beard and Mustache competition for six years. It’s grown so popular that its founders, the Austin Facial Hair Club, even snagged themselves a reality television show based on their love of chin locks. The event gets crazy, is plugged by local zine Misprint and is…
It’s finally here! The State Fair of Texas is in full swing, which means it’s time to remember that Fair Park exists and give Big Tex a massive bear hug (assuming someone pressure-washed him since last year.) Visit all of your favorite places, from the folksy barnyard to the vendors’…
One dark and stormy night, Lady Enid arrives at a spooky old estate with her new husband. But the ghost of his first wife haunts the place (shades of DuMaurier’s Rebecca) and a portrait over the mansion’s fireplace seems to hold the answers to “Why?” Camp classic The Mystery of…
Bald uncles with working mouth bulbs, surly children and a questionable plunging neckline. This can mean only one thing: The Addams Family is descending upon Dallas in all its oddball glory. In this chapter in the Addams story, we find Wednesday’s cold, black heart melting for a normal boy. Yep,…
When you hear someone say “Out, damned spot!,” that’s from a line in Macbeth (used in endless headlines for stories about acne cures and stain removers). When you hear “there will be blood” or a reference to “the milk of human kindness” or that someone leads “a charmed life,” Macbeth…
If we had a worth-more-than-a-nickel, nickel for every wonderful, rare comic Heritage Auction put out there for bidding, we’d be a worth-more-than-a-nickel-millionaire. Which brings us to now, where Heritage has announced the November auction of a piece from Bill Watterson: the “very first Calvin and Hobbes comic strip original ever…
The Dallas Museum of Art has received several large grants over the last few months, with many going to support the institution’s expansion of its Conservation Department. But its latest 250 thousand dollar acquisition will be spent exploring how visitors relate to art and programming offered and how engaging they…
What will you do when those herky-jerky gnawers of braiiiiiiiins come calling? You’d try shooing them away with a broom, wouldn’t you? You might as well open the doors and flash the lights. See also: The 10 Best Photos From the Zombie Walk in Deep Ellum You need a class…
Earlier in the year, Parade of Flesh, the moniker for John Iskander’s one-man booking “boutique” stated an idea: he wanted to have a black metal show at Medieval Times. See also: John Iskander’s Got Big Ideas For Parade of Flesh It’s a grand, hilarious idea from the always-busy Iskander, and…
That there’s the recently released trailer for Promised Land, the first mainstream entry into the hopefully thin canon of Fracking Movies, which will of course garner a little more scrutiny on the Barnett Shale. See also: A Moron’s Guide to the Fracking of Dallas The movie, out early next year,…
In 1997, Dave & Buster’s seemed like a good idea. It did to 12-year-olds, anyway, and adults played along for a while, enough for the chain of arcade/crappy restaurants first went public. Things soon soured, however, and the Dallas-based company was taken off the stock exchange after being was purchased…
Last Saturday night was a wild one for the arts in Dallas. Fundraisers, collectives taking over venues, art walks and big gallery openings had us pulled a dozen directions — from East Dallas to Uptown, over to the Design District and back to Expo Park. Just removed from the hubbub,…
You’ve waited a month for “Expanded Cinema,” the Omni light hijacking project happening this Wednesday night, September 26. Fourteen Dallas video artists will replace the flashy building’s normal visual programming with their own mad scientist inventions, starting at 8 p.m. You should see the show in the best available location…
The annual Plano Balloon Festival drew folks in by the thousands last weekend, all seeking a gander at those kaleidoscopic feats of floating serenity. Photographer Mike Mezeul II captured it all. Then, between spontaneous bouts of meditation, we picked our ten favorites. Have a look. The final two pictures resemble…
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 spotted Leah last week in the valet line at The Lumen Hotel’s opening party. We dug…
In the summer of 1955, Marfa Texas wasn’t a burgeoning collage of artists. It was just a little ol’ cowtown where ranchers gave birth to ranchers and everyone stayed put. Even the one point of outside influence, the local airforce base, had long-since boarded up. Life was predictable, aside from…
If you go hear the Dallas Symphony this weekend at the Meyerson — and you should — you might find yourself feeling like you’re in a beautiful movie theater. Your phone is off. It’s cool and quiet. You let what you are experiencing transport you. It’s a little different, though…
In The Parent Crap, Alice Laussade chronicles life as a mom in Dallas. Worried you’re screwing up your kid? Tweet questions to @thecheapbastard and she’ll confirm that, yes, you’re screwing up your kid. See previous entries here. Other parents had told me the horror stories: “You just have to avoid…
