“I want to be useful and bring enjoyment to all people, even those I’ve never met. I want to go on living even after my death!” teen diarist Anne Frank wrote during the two years she and seven other Jews spent hiding in an attic in Holland, attempting to avoid…
Kick off three eclectic new exhibitions at Conduit Gallery on Saturday with an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m., showcasing work by North Texas natives Steven J. Miller and Edward Ruiz and Arizona artist John Randall Nelson, three Southwestern artists whose respective styles draw inspiration from European, Asian and…
For WaterTower Theatre’s first local production of August: Osage County, the Pulitzer-winning drama by Tracy Letts, director René Moreno sticks with the star of his acclaimed 2011 Oklahoma City production, longtime Dallas actress Pam Dougherty, in the lead as matriarch Violet Weston. She co-starred in 2009 as “Big Edie” in…
Nothing says “Forever” like extinction. Remember when Atlanta housewife Cynthia Bailey got married underneath that menacing T-Rex skeleton in season three? Cameras cut to attendees whispers: “Isn’t this is a terrible omen?” Now you, the commoner, can also face forever under the looming eye (sockets) of raptors, stegosaurus, and other,…
Being new to a city brings with it certain challenges: Learning Dallas street names, only to have them turn on you moments later. Identifying the strange, elemental metal flavor in the tap water (current suspect: the rarely noted Ruthenium). And of course, the most pressing: meeting like-minded folks. Book clubs…
Welcome to another edition of Geek-Offs, where you’ll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way through hump day each week. It’s a rare day when you see an app in the iTunes store that has a 5 star rating (for the current rating at least, and 4…
The list of actors we want to see more of on Dallas/Fort Worth theater stages this year includes a few we’ve seen a lot of in recent productions — a lot, as in their frontal and backal parts sans costume. Nudity has become so common among local theater companies, it’s…
Those smug clowns have it all figured out: If someone looks pouty, they slap them in the face with a pie. If the rest of the world operated like that, it would be a better one. Less wallowing. More pie. BAM! Universal joy. While Lone Star Circus School doesn’t offer…
A special connection with a soccer ball. How it felt when he left you alone, in front of your locker, with only your Mead 5 Star to catch your tears. Justin Bieber’s eyes. Nothing is off limits when it comes to youth poetry. Now in its 16th year, “Express Yourself”…
Oh Link, we understand that your wifi reception is positively shit in those dungeons, but while you were putzing around with flutes and bows EVERYONE IN DALLAS beat you to Zelda tickets. Oh, the irony. Yep, the Dallas Symphony performs “The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddess” to a…
Experiencing the world around you shouldn’t be the stuff of resolutions, and yet we stay so content within the inertia of routine. Wake up. Make coffee. Car. Job. Sit. Flavorless lunch. Swallow it. Job. Car. More food. More sit. It’s human nature to lust after order, but when we fall…
On a rare day off recently, I was approached while in the philosophy section at Half Price Books by a gentleman who, very obviously, intended to garner my attention by any means necessary. I’d scoured the tiny u-shaped pen for what seemed like a half hour, trying desperately to locate…
A new year is often seen as a chance for reinvention. Maybe this will be the year you move out of the friend-zone with your “pal” across the hall. Maybe this will be the year that you don’t overdraft while buying a two dollar Miller High Life. Maybe this will…
Never has there been an event as catastrophic or storied in maritime lore quite like that of the Titanic. It is the story of an impermeable ship with giant expectations. It sought to revolutionize the way goods were shipped; improve and increase the transportation of immigrants; and change the game…
Today’s FLP (or FLPs) come from the Joel Cooner Gallery. They’re called door boards, and they are exactly what they sound like: boards that are hung over and around doors. Or the openings to homes, anyway. These are from the Star Mountains in central Papua New Guinea from the Ok…
If anything can be said for the news cycle over the last few days, it’s that there has been a conspicuous dearth of 2012 doomsday coverage. It’s almost New Year’s – are we not doing this Mayan calendar thing anymore? Oh, right. Well, even if Mesoamerican eschatology is no longer…
Should auld acquaintance be forgot – or if you forgot to make plans for the evening — don’t forget that there are lots of cinema New Year’s Eve scenes worth celebrating. Pop a cork and ring in the New Year and lots of yesteryears with these flicks. (Hey, it’s more…
Next year we’ll have the big-budget movie starring Hugh Jackman (as Jean Valjean) and Russell Crowe (as Javert) to compare it to, but right now you can see what critics and audiences are loving in the 25th anniversary touring production of Les Misérables, playing through Sunday at the Winspear. About…
Are you an artist searching for that perfect, unbuffable wall (aka: The Holy Grail of graff writers)? How about putting your name on something permanent by taking your skill set indoors? Your mom would be so proud…Local graffiti art collective, Gallery Bomb, is experimenting with new Dallas talent. The crew…
Has proper wooing taken a backseat to filling your gas tank? Has dinner out devolved into off-brand mac ‘n’ cheese night? Has your undershirt become your “sexy shirt?” Darling, that’s no way to live.The Dallas Symphony wants to readjust your idea of what is accessible for a proper date night…
Well, here’s your cool timelapse video of the day… Over on Dallas’ Reddit page this morning, caught an exciting piece from local artist Andy Buchanan. The two-minute plus video chronicles the construction of Buchanan’s action-y, three-dimension-y mural “Rescuing Freedom.” According the YouTube vid, the piece took three weeks to complete…
Dearest Dallas, I’ve been watching you for quite some time. And if you don’t mind me sayin’, you look good. Real good. I like a city with an air of mystery; where every neighborhood mashes up its own definition of “culture.” You’ve got it in spades. It’s reflected in your…
