In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Mark Graham. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. It’s the movie house that Howard Hughes built, and the one a shlub named Lee Harvey forced…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Mark Graham. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. A little more than three years ago, Nicole Stewart was in Venice Beach, California, and she was…
I had a brief run-in with a sorority initiation process back in 2003 that left me scarred. As you can imagine, being one of about five non-greek, scholarship students at SMU, navigating the turbulent social waters of Highland Park was quite the challenge for a young woman straight off the…
That rippling glass of water on the dashboard. Velociraptors chasing children through an industrial kitchen. That part with the dick jokes where the dinosaurs hump each other — oh, you don’t remember that part of Jurassic Park? Well, then it’s a good thing Old Murder House Theatre is coming to…
When we found the looks-totally-Shell-branded arcticready.com website, which includes a build-your-own Let’s Go Arctic advertisement, we thought it was real. Turns out, it isn’t. But, it’s still amazing. The site is part of a “multi-layered stunt” created by Yes Men. Enjoy…
Leave it to director René Moreno (profiled in this week’s “People” issue) to find a way to make Coriolanus hot. For Shakespeare Dallas’ first production of this rarely done bit of Bard, Moreno cast the easy-on-the-eyes (and ears) actor Alex Organ in the title role. He plays Shakespeare’s lonely warrior,…
By now, we’d expect that you’re reasonably familiar with CentralTrak. The UT Dallas artists’ residency in Expo Park jam packs a lot of dynamic programming into this city, from educational panels to visual installations, performance art jam sessions and auditory revelations. Our only complaint is that there’s not something new…
The audience-goes-crazy moments are cleverly written into the book of Jersey Boys, the long-running hit Broadway musical on view at the Winspear for three more weekends. Frankie Valli and his three pals, known as The Four Seasons, start out singing on street corners in New Jersey and work their way…
We got word this week about an incredible project brewing out in Denton, headed by Blayre Stiller. You might remember that Stiller last lit things up back in April at Cohn Drennan Contemporary, during a Master’s thesis exhibition called Blair Blayre with fellow UNT artist, Michael Blair. As part of…
Name: Khristina Khounlamith Age: 23 Occupation: Hairstylist/college student Location: Double Wide Style influences: “Floral grunge, gypsies and cats.” Style breakdown: UNIF t-shirt and shoes, American Apparel shorts and thrift store purse…
How I feel when I realize it’s the weekend. Alright! Reach tall and stretch high, you guys! It’s the weekend and we’ve got, quite frankly, a shitton to do. Have you heard about the live-action retelling of Jurassic Park over at Texas Theatre yet? No worries, it’s in this list…
A flood of flawed heroes! An abundance of bounders and bastards! A cavalcade of troubled characters has arrived on summer’s stages. First up, because he’s heavily armed and insists upon’t, is Coriolanus. William Shakespeare’s lonely Roman warrior is a fierce 5th century B.C. battlebot with nothing but contempt for common…
It is as if Hitchcock had discovered digital illustration when Alberto Mena steps behind the lens. While not shooting exclusively in black and white, much of Mena’s photography is reminiscent of the chilling but unflinchingly understated shots from the classic filmmaker’s repertoire. Inspired but never derivative, Mena, masterfully drives his…
Comedian Brad LaCour is the opinionated friend you would never bring home to meet your folks, unless parents enjoy hearing a nonchalant 30-year-old trash their religious beliefs or talk about marijuana and sex with the mentally challenged. They’ll love him! A five-year veteran of the Dallas comedy scene, LaCour strides…
There are countless schools of thoughts about lady “performers” — the pole-swinging girls with daddy issues, empowered glamazons, victims of the patriarchy, etc. But the academic literature is largely mum on the issue of dudes who take it (almost) all off. Performing in front of hordes of women decked out…
Roller derby is a sport that exemplifies sisterhood, athleticism and, perhaps most important, kicking a whole lot of ass. Dallas’ own Assassination City Roller Derby and the historic Texas Theatre are showing the latest roller derby documentary, Derby, Baby! This is far from being the only roller derby documentary out…
Avenue Q is a part-human, part-puppet musical for adults. (Well, let’s just say “mature audiences” because we all know 18-and-overs who giggle at the mere mention of s-e-x, drinking and p-o-r-n.) Anyway, Avenue Q tells the tale of a recent college graduate, Princeton, who moves all the way down to…
When the Ruby Revue graces the House of Blues, “standing at attention” usually is just an awkward side effect, and this summer’s red-hot Stars-n-Bars tribute, The Ruby Revue Salutes the Troops, is no exception. With “burlesque and vaudeville with a blend of ribald humor, tantalizing striptease, singers and original choreography…
Here’s the great thing about psychedelic freakout parties: Coordination is irrelevant. Do you think Roky Erickson oozes seduction when he’s on the dance floor? I promise you, he does not. The Sonics? There’s a reason they perform with minimal choreography. The Zombies? Granted, they were in their 60s when I…
RuPaul once told a contestant on Drag Race that she looked less like Sex in the City and more like sex in the alley. It was a perfect summation of drag — flashy, sometimes tawdry and consistently entertaining, but always toeing the line between high camp and just … high…
In the mood to see average Joes like yourself (beer belly and all) strike out the 2011 NBA Finals MVP? Local good guy Dirk Nowitzki and the Heroes Foundation are granting you the opportunity by hosting Dirk Nowitzki’s 2012 Heroes Celebrity Baseball Game. This star-studded game will feature local demigods…
Adam Corolla says that women aren’t funny, but that’s pretty judgmental for an inexpensively made Japanese sedan with a “first man” complex. Comic and self-professed “Standup in Stilettos” Christina Pazsitzky’s Twitter response? “That’s [his] opinion — and apparently nobody’s been paying attention to them until now.” A Chelsea Lately roundtable…
