The original “pack leader” and canine mentalist Cesar Milan comes to the Winspear on May 30, with tickets going on sale this Friday, September 14. It will be an evening of conversation with Milan, coupled with demonstration. He’s scheduled to speak about the events of his childhood that coalesced to…
Film critic Karina Longworth is reporting from the Toronto International Film Festival this week. As the summer of self-plagiarism comes to a close, add Terrence Malick to the list of those accused of this debatable crime: The auteur’s quick follow-up to last year’s The Tree of Life, To The Wonder,…
The Intown You Project is an Uptown outpost of an international public art installation called the “Before I Die” project. Basically, it’s a huge outdoor chalkboard that asks, “What do you want to do before you die?” A little over a month ago we told you about the installation, but…
Film critic Karina Longworth is reporting from the Toronto International Film Festival this week. See also: How Hollywood Movies Led to Genocide. For maybe the first hour of Yellow (written and directed by Nick Cassavetes, the man responsible for the national treasure that is The Notebook), I kept thinking about…
Last Thursday night, while Madonna struggled to shake off the burdens of being fifty-freaking-four in some remote corner of Planet Earth, I sat in the Power Station listening to UTA art history professor Ben Lima inform a packed room that “Madonna has been the topic of hundreds of academic journal…
Tomorrow (September 13) is North Texas Giving Day, which is kinda like a giant NPR pledge drive, but with funds raised getting channeled to nearly every non-profit in town. It works like this: Pick your non-profits of choice, then give. Yep. Easy. It gets better. For every cool $25 you…
See also: Ten Must-Hear Classical Music Shows in Dallas This Fall No flab? Check. No shirt? Check. No singing talent? Check, and you still get a paycheck if Dallas Opera deems you and your tight abs suitable for casting as an extra in the upcoming production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aïda…
Film critic Karina Longworth is reporting from the Toronto International Film Festival this week. See also: Threesomes at the Toronto Film Festival The best, most daring and form-defying documentaries in the world right now are being funded by the Danish Film Institute, and so it goes that the nonfiction knockout…
Number 10 There’s something so seductive about the Stoneleigh Penthouse. Its plush interior mimics an early century speakeasy. That time period tug was extra alluring last Saturday when the come-hither vixens La Divina, Ruby Joule, and Eva Strangelove of La Divina Productions put on a show as richly sensual as…
See also: The Best Shows and Performances of the Theater Season, According to DFW’s Critics Saturday night’s Dallas Symphony Orchestra gala was a Jaap van Zweden one-two punch. After conductor Zweden led the orchestra in its opening performance of the season, his daughter, sexy socialite Anna-Sophia (above, right), put on…
An intimate relationship between a fisherman and a lobster. An ice cube waxing on the topic of modern refrigeration. A team of kung fu chefs, negating peril from aggressive, mutated chickens. A woman with orange juicers for breasts. It can only be Fantastic Fest, Austin’s annual celebration of grind house,…
See also: 11 Must-Do Parties For Fashion’s Night Out In Dallas If you’re like a lot of people I know, you’d love to go hear a classical music performance now and again. But saying you’d like to go hear some art music and actually remembering to do so are two…
See also: City Artists To Hijack The Omni’s Lights. Dallas Gets More Blade Runnery. Those tireless video artists of the Dallas Video Festival want everything to run seamlessly when they present their work on Wednesday, September 26. In order to that, they’re having a preliminary run-through of the projection content…
Village Voice Film Critic Karina Longworth is out at the Toronto International Film Festival, where Tom Hanks is possibly playing all the characters. Karina will be along each day on The Mixmaster with news, reviews and updates from Canada. This is a blog post about two movies that were screened…
Saturday night felt like a dreamy gift, with every art space in town presenting fall shows, locking the door on a stagnant summer. Even the weather bowed to the event; breezy temperatures escorted us down the same pavement that would have turned our shoes into hot bubblegum on Friday. Conditions…
I’m calling bullshit on this Atlantic Cities article. It breaks down the US of A into a list of the country’s 20 most fashionable metros. Not only is Dallas not on the list, but Jacksonville, Florida ranks number 12. Have you been to Jacksonville? Guy Harvey is the razor’s edge…
See also: Holy War Horse There’s a Lot of Great Theater Opening in Dallas in the Next Week The annual fried chicken and loud cackling session known as the DFW Critics Forum luncheon was lighter on both grease and arguing this year. The group reached unusually strong consensus on menu…
If you love opera but prefer to shop it a la carte, listen up: Single tickets go on sale today for “Aida” — so you’ll want to snag yours fast, before the available seats thin out. For the uninitiated, this is one of Verdi’s most popular pieces, and like most…
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. We call it Street Style. Last night NorthPark Center was crawling with folks, dressed to to nines, and celebrating Fashion’s Night Out. A few people…
When the Dallas Opera posted the above photo online a few days back, I had to find out what was going on. When it comes to personal fashion, I tend to follow a staunch rule that anything I can’t find at a second-hand rate isn’t for me, but that is…
Dallas art-lovers should be appropriately jealous of Fort Worth this weekend. While both visual arts communities slip out of their respective Summer dormancies on Saturday, stretching out their creative limbs with exciting new exhibitions, those galleries in Fort Worth have unified in a Fall Gallery Night. There are printed guides…
See also: Dear God My Kid Wants Me to Take Her to Chuck E. Cheese 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. Earlier this…
