Until now, having lustful feelings for our founding fathers was the stuff of fetishes, then a little musical came along that made America (or, “Amercia” for Romney followers) get all tight in the pants. It’s Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, a rockin’ tour of populism that modernizes our seventh president by…
The musical Jersey Boys takes us back to an age before One Direction, Backstreet Boys, Hanson and, well, you get the idea. There are a lot of boy bands out there, but before music producers got around to cobbling together groups of cute, musically capable dudes, there were The Four…
OK, follow along: Viola, a woman, dresses as a man — there’s a reason for this involving a shipwreck, but that’s not important right now — and enters the service of a duke. The duke sends his servant to woo a woman, who instead falls in love with the servant…
Tiger Woods has given much to the world: million-dollar tournament purses, galleries that rival the pit of a Journey concert and a new standard for male horndogishness. But perhaps no gift deserves our gratitude like TopGolf, that non-golfing-golfer’s paradise and a byproduct of the sport’s Tiger-induced populism. The gift is…
This little gem has been circulating the intertubes the last few days, repulsing even the most avid of book lovers. Hey you, do you have a home library with full walls of bookshelves? Oxblood red sofas with brass tacks and a ladder with which to scale your erudite collection? Keep…
Four years ago, Ray Bradbury was scheduled for a book signing at the Barnes and Noble in Los Angeles for his short story collection, We’ll Always Have Paris. I was in LA at the time working, and had seen Bradbury speak several times on the subject of how movies these…
Despite the bloodshed over at Good Magazine last Friday, tonight’s “Good Ideas for Cities” panel is still a-go. The magazine darling known for focusing on the positive and most inspiring angle of each story while incorporating strong design methods, laid off all but three of its in-house editors last week…
Here’s Dirk talking about this baseball thing, but all you’ll be able to focus on is how his giant jersey threatens to devour his comparatively tiny head. Also, teeth. Dirk Nowitzki’s 2012 Heroes Celebrity Baseball Game is scheduled for June 30th; that’s your chance to watch our favorite unfrozen caveman…
It’s a perfect marriage: Two of the worlds most (only?) famous residents of National City, CA together in one amazing short film. Tom Waits narrates this piece about John Baldessari, which was commissioned by the LACMA and created by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (You know ’em for Catfish and…
ATTPAC invites you to dress as your favorite Broadway character for the Tony Award-watching party Sunday, June 10, at the Winspear Opera House. So how easy is it to throw on a rumpled suit, carry an old suitcase and call yourself Willy Loman? (The Broadway revival of Death of a…
Any event that combines tapas and Spanish cinema shoots to the top of our priorities list, so when we got word that a new monthly film series called Pata Negra was launching at Texas Theatre and doling out tapas, we showed up unattractively hungry, with napkin in hand. For a…
We get all hot-n-bothered when it comes to clam shells and hefty scopes, so you’re safe to assume that a date tonight to the Museum of Nature and Science would result in some serious lens steaming. As you may have heard, Venus is getting between us and our sun one…
Like fellow Oklahoman Tracy Letts (of August: Osage County fame), playwright Vicki Caroline Cheatwood has a good ear for how people in that state talk to each other. Plain-spoken, yes, but with a certain poetry to the flow of everyday speech. She’s lived in Dallas for many years, but Cheatwood…
Having lustful feelings for our founding fathers was once the stuff of fetishes, then a little musical came along that made America (or, “Amercia” for Romney followers) get all tight in the pants. It’s Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, a rockin’ tour of populism that modernizes our seventh president by stuffing…
No, Betabrand. No. Substituting belt loops for drawstrings does not a trouser make. Neither does a $90 price tag. Besides, if you’re going to give up on life and wear sweats to the office, don’t hide behind false fleece pretenses. Embrace your slovenly ways, dribble a little gravy down the…
Dispatch from Cedar Springs, where one community organizer is setting up a red-hot first week of June. Razzle Dazzle Dallas is a volunteer organization with a mission to better the LGBT in any and every way imaginable, and RDD is gearing up for its second annual June Pride extravaganza. Razzle…
Not long ago, Dallas was graced with the fascinating costumed-innovations of the fans of Comic Con. Thanks to an adorable partnership between Master Chief and the Sand People of Star Wars, it was nearly impossible to imagine an event to top such fantastic work. Well, kudos Dallas. This year’s A-Kon,…
The front, the back, it doesn’t matter which entrance you take when it comes to some QT with your favorite host of local galleries this weekend. These sweet thangs are good-looking, and even prettier on the inside – which is where it counts, mind you – and they’re not the…
If there’s such a thing as “museum famous,” Maxwell Anderson and former Indianapolis bro (now DMA’s Deputy Director) Robert Stein, are that. The public adoration is due largely to their tag-team technological advancements at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, specifically with their creation of ArtBabble. AB is an interactive program…
Beyond the Black Rainbow began screening yesterday at Texas Theatre, with its official opening party happening tonight. The movie is the visual equivalent to drinking 8 shots of Firefly Sweet Tea vodka, getting in a Gravitron and then being chased through a house of mirrors. It’s going to fuck with…
1.’Game of Thrones’ I’d say “Blackwater” was the best episode of G.O.T. to date, unless you can’t get over last season’s dragon-reveal finale. And, really, get over it. The dragons obvi won’t be ready for crazy, fire-breathing attacks any time soon. So we have to be happy with a cinematic…
Game Show Network is coming to Dallas tomorrow, Saturday, June 2, searching for home chefs with great recipes. It’s a new boob tube competitive cooking show for the upper registers of the dial called “Beat the Chefs.” Those programs never have much funding, I’ve seen people win “Chopped” with bologna…
