Arts & Culture

Putting on a pair of heels can change your outlook on life. Yes, it seems silly, but the transition from tennis shoes to stilettos is on par with shedding your depression sweats, shaving your legs and wearing dresses again. It’s empowering, and that is likely why those shoes are the…

He’s rockin’ the classics, bringing the new school to the old school and vice versa. Join renowned musician, singer, songwriter, solo artist, music judge and former Ben Folds Five piano frontman Ben Folds as he makes his Bass Hall performance debut with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Holding a long…

When he was knee-high to a King James Bible, Clay Stinnett first saw The Book. Roughly the size of a poster board with Raymond Pettibon-esque illustrations, the behemoth religious tract was meant to save souls and summon the spirit during house calls for Christ. It imprinted young Clay’s brain in…

So … Silence of the Clams … that’s a thing. … Well, it’s a play actually. One that takes place at the Rose Room Theater inside S4. Everything makes a little more sense now, doesn’t it? In this adaptation of the movie that made you hate face masks (you know,…

What started four years ago as a means to cover the medical costs of a few displaced dogs in Atlanta has now grown across multiple states and raised $45,000 for nonprofits in the process. PBR for PUPS combines all of life’s most wonderful components: kegs of Pabst, do-gooder motives and…

Bicycle fashion is way more than padded butts and sweaty no-nos. Sometimes it’s a flirty skirt and a floppy hat, and other times it’s whatever’s rumpled on the floor that the cat hasn’t peed on … yet. The point is, fashion makes the cyclist, and on Saturday, Dallas Cycle Style…

Finally, an eating competition that doesn’t require you to dunk the food in water for (gag) throat lubrication. Fish City Grill is hosting its annual eating competition, Oyster Fest. Competitors will dive into a stack of these slimy sea creatures and, in a The Walrus and The Carpenter-esque display, knock…

Yeehaw, y’all. Grab your boots, find your lasso and get ready to steer your trusty steed. It’s time to hunt for the goods on the nonprofit terrain. Scour, search and scavenge new and gently used items of your choice at the 3rd Annual Rummage Roundup. Hosted by the Junior League…

The high rises along Turtle Creek are some of the most exclusive residences in the city, boasting floor after floor of breathtaking views, valets who give you breakfast in a bag every morning, and HOA fees that make a mockery of the mortgage payments the rest of us scrape together…

In the mid-’80s you woke up each Saturday morning, tugged on a pair of jams and participated in The Ritual: Crunch Berries and Transformers. It was the most magical part of your week, and somewhere, in a one-off galaxy, Cybertron was maliciously birthing new Autobots and Decepticons, terrible ones that…

Not only is 42 the answer to life, the universe and everything, it’s also the number of years the USA Film Festival has been enculturating this city in the ways of cinema arts. Formed in 1971 when American-made cinema was largely uncelebrated, the Dallas-based nonprofit has grown to incorporate special…

It happens every Tuesday night at Texas Theatre: The cinematic garbage disposal gets all jammed up. Some brave soul then must plunge his fist in to find the source of the rattle — please don’t flip the switch during this delicate time. The slimy disturbance could be anything — a…

When Maxwell Anderson accepted the role of the Dallas Museum of Art’s director, we knew that change was a-comin’, but nobody was prepared for how much and how quickly. Since taking the reins, he’s made steps to expand our museum’s in-house conservation department, brought in talent from all over to…

If it were legal in the state of Texas, the state of Texas would marry itself; in fact, after decades of jealous neighboring states telling the Lone Star State to “get a room” with itself, Tejas has followed suit by putting what is promised to be a “boat load” of…

I think something happens when a girl reaches bikini age: We are so eager for that right of passage to skin-bearing that we see the one-piece suit as childish. I gotta tell you, one-pieces are hot. Really hot. And our favorite swimwear designers have started to take notice again. The…

Dallas has always carried a reputation of conservative wealth wielded by southern male tycoons, but anytime a region’s veneer shines with such a high gloss you know that there’s an opposing force lurking beneath the concrete. Anne Richards kept the balance with her big hair and whip-smart sentiments. Mary Kay…

There are still some free passes available for this Saturday’s simulcast of The Magic Flute at Dallas Cowboys Stadium, or so says the press release that scampered across my inbox. I stomped on the thing, shook it out and noticed a fun fact: according to TDO and WRR Classical 101.1…

Last month Dallas experienced the reality television equivalent of a pregnancy scare: Reality Tea leaked that we’d be getting our own bouffanted edition of the popular Bravo “Housewives” series. A Wiki page was summoned, a Facebook page emerged and we collectively clutched our pearls, waiting to hear if Troy Aikman’s…

If you haven’t made it over to the Winspear to see “La traviata,” your thrifty ways are about to pay off. Hear Greek soprano Myrtò Papatanasiu sing herself to death beautifully in the role Violetta this Friday night, and your date’s ticket will be half-price. Just enter the promo code:…