If the term “Mess O’Potamia” means anything to you, then you might want to hoof it on down to Urban Outfitters. Sure, going back to t-shirts with pictures on the front might feel like a step back for you personally, but it’s Steven Colbert on a gallant white steed wrapped…
Your work lifeclock is blinking erratically; time to dash into the weekend. Oh yeah, it’s time to break those cubical chains and shake your ass at Ladies Stay Crazy, wear your aviators to a Top Gun themed sketch comedy night or indulge your sci-fi fantasies with screenings of Logan’s Run…
In Celeste and Jesse Forever, the titular, newly separated female protagonist’s un-flamboyant queer co-worker (Elijah Wood) tells her “it’s time to get your fuck on,” and then immediately apologizes: “Sorry, I was trying to be your saucy gay friend.” Co-written by and starring Parks and Rec straight-woman Rashida Jones, Forever…
In anticipation of the remake of the 1976 girl-group melodrama Sparkle (which didn’t screen in time for our deadline), Whitney Houston’s posthumous film appearance and her return to movies after a 15-year absence, we look back at the handful of celluloid performances by the woman once known as “the Voice.”…
Any way you slice it, Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street can be bloody good fun. Currently running at KD Studio Theatre in a production by the community theater group Level Ground Arts, the 1979 musical is regarded as one of the composer-lyricist’s masterpieces, a sung-through…
There’s way more to Latino fashion than stereotypes suggest. It’s an often overlooked branch of a highly competitive industry, a branch that is constantly shouldered out by long-standing labels. But that is changing. Top Latino designers including John Dunn from Puerto Rico, Yirko Sivirich from Peru and Camilo Alvarez from…
You’re not alone if the term “radiate” evokes images of eggs sizzling on Dallas sidewalks right about now, but come Thursday all you’ll be thinking about is the hot, hot heat of Dallas art. Raw:natural born artists, an international non-profit that “educates, connects and exposes emerging artists in 54 artistic…
The world of Logan’s Run is a decadent place, filled with jumpsuits and miniskirts. There, free love is always in season, you get to live in a dome and, aside from the occasional patrol detail, nobody carries much daily stress in their lower sacrum. Of course, turning 30 blows. Living…
Chances are, if you are an NPR fan, you’ve had breakfast with Diane Rehm on a number of occasions, though it was likely more “granola bar behind the wheel” than five-star cuisine. A staple of the morning commute, Rehm’s daily show illuminates and inspires, bringing civilized but cogent analysis and…
Chris Tucker has gone from unemployed pothead in Friday to special agent in the Rush Hour movies. That in itself merits a round of applause. Cheers, Tucker, to professional advancement. This Friday, despite the millions in his bank account, Tucker has one thing in mind: making you laugh. What more…
If I had my way, I’d go to bars in the same outfit I wear on “Make Cleaning Fun Day.” On MCFD, I, like many women, suck it up and do my chores, but I wear my favorite pajamas — yes, the pair with snack evidence stains all over the…
It started in Chicago, this act of women disrobing and reading stories. Burlesque performers Michelle L’Amour and Franky Vivid thought it would make an interesting paradox: Women, gussied in only boudoir makeup and hair, politely reading on a stage. As will happen when ladies take their clothes off, tickets sold…
With today’s grand opening of Pooch Hotel, Dallas’ only hotel exclusively for dogs, we can now say that we have everything. Here, canines are pampered the same way humans choose to treat themselves while on vacation — with facials, “pawdicures” and aromatherapy massage. Dogs are referred to as “guests” and…
For the rest of America, fall is just around the corner. Here in Texas that means slightly less-hot summer will arrive in a couple of months. And with that one-degree temperature change comes a need for a whole new wardrobe. But we need help. How do we transition from summer…
Roller derby’s got something for everyone — theatrics, athleticism, costumes, physical violence, Ellen Page movies and so on and so forth. One thing it doesn’t have a lot of: dudes. Unlike synchronized swimming, guys aren’t expressly forbidden in the annals of roller derby, but the former just doesn’t pack the…
Not all children have access to a solid, artistic education. Even in the better public schools, the focus has shifted to exam testing and away from creative endeavors. Fortunately local superheroes ArtLoveMagic will not stand by, hands in pockets, watching the most interesting parts of childhood slip away. Nope, instead…
Hard times call for hard bodies, especially when those glutes are available for less than 50 cents apiece! The Hardcore 3rd Sundays International Revue boasts “30 Dancers for $30 or Less,” and Sunday presents a rousing round of finely oiled gentlemen in leather chaps and cowboy hats. Celebrating the 2012…
Being an adventurer these days isn’t easy. Aside from the trouble of explaining border crossings in a hot air balloon, what is left to explore? Those “race across the world in 80 days” times are behind us, so let’s settle for flying around Lake Lewisville in 8 minutes as you…
Fact: Being called “Yankee Doodle” wasn’t exactly nice in pre-Revolutionary War terms. And “macaroni” once referred to an 18th-century metrosexual. These days, we’ve reclaimed the epithet, learning to belt out one’s “Yankee Doodle Dandiness” as early as kindergarten when macaroni is considered the epitome of all artistic media. Seem confusing?…
Nature lovers, this one is for you. The Reel Paddling Film Festival makes its first stop ever in the heart of Oak Cliff. The Texas Theatre will play host to this festival that calls on paddling junkies and environmental enthusiasts to come together and watch short films about paddling through…
If movies over the past 30 years have taught me anything, it’s that Nazis can be used as instant villains in a pinch. They’ve fought with everyone from Hellboy to Indiana Jones. Regardless of setting, time, or genre they always seem to be plotting some nefarious way to take over…
There was a group of heroes in World War II who rarely get credited for their efforts. They couldn’t; they were on a secret mission. Known internally among the Allies as The Ritchie Boys, these roughly 9,000 young men predicted the darkness rolling into their Austrian and German homelands. They…
