If you don’t have spotty patches of lower back hair, you probably already know it’s Women’s History Month. And while it’s not a dance-in-the-streets type event, it’s still a time to come together as women … and bitch about our periods. Just kidding. It’s a time to look back at…
There is a lot of wiggle room for what qualifies as a car show. They can range from cars in just any parking lot, taken out of storage and given a tune-up and a quick shine, or they can be something much more exciting. The Goodguys Second Spring Lone Star…
Milliner Nick Smith is, literally, a man of many hats. The British designer has dabbled in many fields, taking the stage as an author, musician, actor and socialite in the past, and now he’s taking his role as a philanthropist quite seriously. At this week’s Rock Runway: War of Love…
This St. Patty’s Day weekend, give your liver a break and your nerves a workout. Friday through Sunday, the Dallas Opera and the Dallas Theatre Center are combining efforts for the first time (why haven’t they done this before?) with a production of British composer Peter Maxwell Davies’ eerie 1979…
If you study dance and know you’re destined to break into the professional performance world, you must find a mentor to help you along. Enter scene, The Beat. This two-day, beat-droppin, crunk-pressing dance workshop is directed by Courtney Galiano and features features guest choreographer Comfort Fedoke; you’ll recognize both girls…
It’s said that 2012 is going to be the last year as we know it, so you better frak your weekend away at All-Con’s end of the world, three-day convention for fans of science fiction, fantasy and anime. Get all-conned up for events such as a costume competition, get crowned…
If ever there were an example that you could, in fact, go to college, accidentally find your calling and change majors midstream without disaster, and with success, it is Mireya Mayor. The wildlife expert and television personality, who earned her Ph.D. doing research in the Madagascan wilds, admits she took…
She’s Muskogee-born and Bozeman-raised, and in just 42 years, Sarah Vowell has penned five nonfiction books; traveled the country, sardonically exploring American history from a wry perspective; reported back to dreamy Ira Glass for Public Radio International’s This American Life; and, most recently, scored a spot as The Daily Show’s…
This week, it’s the Dallas Mavericks’ chance to strike back against the Lakers and avoid cementing their third loss this season to the Los Angeles team. The Mavs might have secured an NBA Championship of their own, but it hasn’t made their games against their predecessors any easier. The last…
If the photos on their website are to be believed, Austin’s Invincible Czars have chops and sideburns that would rival the likes of Sam Houston, David Crockett and Jim Bowie – which is kind of appropriate since the Czars will be at the Texas Theatre March 24 to perform a…
A night on the town can be an expensive ordeal, even if all you’re after is a nice dinner and some live music. But fear not, not all fine dining requires reservations and not all shows have a two-drink minimum. Truckstock brings together food trucks, music and, yes, even a…
You know what it means when people wearing giant flat pendants start hitting on each other for no other reason other than they’re both at the same event? It’s festival season! It’s not just for music and film, folks — festival season includes comedy. Specifically, the awesome comedy at the…
Those of us who already snatched up free tickets to the simulcast of The Magic Flute at Cowboys Stadium suspected the show would also be held at the Winspear Opera House, but now the dates have been confirmed. One of Mozart’s most popular operas, The Magic Flute, is a favorite…
Boom from Daniel Matyas on Vimeo.Twenty-three selections were accepted into the SXSW Film Festival’s High School Short Film category, but only one was able to win the prize. It went to Boom, the creepily fun love child of Addison’s own Daniel Matyas, Andrew Fields and Brian Broder. The boys all…
Dallas Comedy House took a bath in funny pheromones then baited in talent from across the country for this year’s Dallas Comedy Festival, which runs from March 27 through April 1. The lineup looks slammin,’ and we’ll have interviews with the comedians up until the fest kicks off, so that…
The bat signal is up. Whole Foods in Fairview is searching for artists. The event, Whole Foods Market Art Fair, is being held on March 31 from noon to 6 p.m. and all participants can as much as 80 percent of what their work sells for — a much better…
Taking private, often painful experiences and making them public is the point of Oral Fixation (An Obsession with True Life Tales). The new monthly series of spoken-word performances drew a full house at The McKinney Avenue Contemporary Tuesday night. Seven writer-reader-actors took solo turns in the spotlight, offering stories loosely…
Adopting that dog was such a good idea… until you got to know each other. He is a Tasmanian devil of destruction, consuming or demolishing all that come into his path like that smoke monster from Lost. You are a push-over who cannot establish boundaries. Something’s gotta give. Despite the…
Courtney Galiano, is one of those amazing women that got started early and never slowed down to nap. When faced with leaving high school and pushing dance into the grown-up drawer labeled “hobby,” she refused. Instead she started college AND joined the New York Knicks dance team. A couple of…
THIS VIDEO IS NSFW. Working for Troma is the adult version of your childhood “I want to go to Space Camp!” dream. When your family explained how much the astronaut retreat would cost, you had to admit defeat. That was the year you spent in front of the Betamax watching…
Dallas, you’ve allowed your rage to build up like an emotional credit report and now you’ve got to work through it. You could try therapy, but that requires effort and money. Oh, hey, why don’t you just go into windowless room at an undisclosed location and smash a bunch of…
Grey Smith knew that he’d stumbled upon something glorious when he first got the call: batches of old movie posters were found in a Pennsylvania attic during an estate sale, glued together into slabs. Facing out of one chunk was a poster for the 1931 crime flick Little Caesar. These…
