Driving down any major Texas highway in October you can see pop-up Halloween costume stores scattered on corners like landmines. Ever wonder how they got there? Or how they come up with all those clever costume ideas? We did, so we decided to check out some costume shops around the…
There are so many Horror films to watch around All Hallow’s Eve (see previous 27 entries) but so few of them actually have to do with or take place on Halloween! John Carpenter’s iconic and classic Halloween (our film from October 1st that kicked off this whole spooky shebang) is…
It seems almost criminal to even think about Halloween when Your Texas Rangers are in a do-or-die Game 7 of the World Series tonight, but, on the off chance you’re planning to peel yourself off the couch or barstool, we’ve got a way for you to calm your sports nerves…
Theater Caps are bite-sized punch-packing capsule reviews by resident theater critic Elaine Liner. Use them as a reminder — or a teaser, if you procrastinate — of her full-length reviews in The Mixmaster’s weekly sister. Oh, girl, we gotta talk. Actually, we gotta be quiet while Haley Walker talks to…
Not a baseball fan? Before you read my reasons why Psycho is a fantastic horror film, head on over to Angelika Film Center to get in line for a screening of the Hitchcock classic on the big screen (it starts at 8 p.m. in Dallas and 7 p.m. in Plano)…
One of the last things Steve Jobs was working on, before he died October 5, was television. He told biographer Walter Isaacson about it and a few details are included in the just-published book Steve Jobs. “I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use,”…
It felt a little dangerous and inappropriate to be viewing English-born artist Nigel Cooke’s work, as if as viewers we had slipped inside his head to see insecurities, dark humor, questions and answers — some of which it was difficult to feel as if we had the right to see…
Johnny Depp — yes, the Johnny Depp — was in Austin over the weekend for the Austin Film Festival, where the actor was honored with the first-ever “Extraordinary Contribution To Film — Acting Award.” Depp’s latest film, The Rum Diary — a screen adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s long lost…
“I’m inspired by the 90s. I often [revert] back to my ’90s, pre-teen self.” Name: Blakely Soileau, 28 Occupation: Hair stylist Location: Reno’s Chop Shop Style breakdown: “Vintage purse from Value World, necklace from my dad, thrift store skirt and top, boots from The Salvation Army and a Timex watch…
Two good Dallas actresses are getting their due in a pair of shows obsessed with courtship, marriage and the whole damn thing called love. One play will make you feel good about all that. The other won’t, but it does afford its star, Sally Soldo, the sweetest role she’s had…
The Rum Diary Needs More Punch
Written and directed by Bruce Robinson, The Rum Diary is what the Brits might call a rum movie — an oddly inoffensive piece and a personal project for its disconcertingly unengaged star Johnny Depp. The movie adapts a novel Hunter S. Thompson began in the early ’60s and published, under…
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, is the close-second candidate to be attributed authorship of the 37 plays of William Shakespeare, the glover’s son-turned-actor from Stratford-upon-Avon — who, due to the troublesome existence of evidence, remains the general favorite. De Vere is the protagonist of Anonymous, a work of…
Fans of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons will be thrilled to know that The Midtown Men are coming to town. Reuniting four stars from the original cast of Broadway’s Jersey Boys, which celebrated Valli’s life and work, Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard and former Texan J. Robert Spencer…
Everyone’s telling you that you need to lighten up a little. If you need some help getting on the enlightened roadway, we have just the thing for you. Together with the Dallas Arts District, the Nasher Sculpture Center and the Dallas Yoga Center, the Crow Collection of Asian Art is…
Last year, inspired by the all-night Nuit Blanche celebrations of art in Paris, Santa Monica and other cities around the world, artist Shane Pennington and partner Joshua King decided Dallas deserved its own version, so they created Aurora and set it in Dallas Heritage Village. Installations projected colorful lights and…
For every lucky designer who gets a break on Project Runway, countless others sketch, sew and struggle to make names for themselves in the fashion industry. After his parents abandoned him as a child, Nary Manivong discovered a copy of Vogue while living on the streets of Columbus, Ohio, with…
Kind of like a big lunch and carnival rides, something about mixing booze and acrobatics seems odd. Leave it to the performance genius of Cirque Mechanics — with performers from the Moscow Circus and Cirque du Soleil — to make it work. The troupe presents Boom Town, a reinterpretation of…
The season of spooks is the time to challenge the conventions of caution and emotional comfort, to investigate abandoned mansions, take strolls through foggy woods or ride a rickety passenger train through an eerie ghost town. The latter will probably be the easiest to find around Dallas on Saturday when…
Have you heard about this, folks? Have you seen this? Apparently, Jay Leno is performing at the 10th Annual A Night to Remember, a benefit show for CitySquare. If you are feeling pangs of guilt for your collection of hundreds of automobiles and want to give something back, now is…
Celebrate Latin heritage this fall with two Día de los Muertos events celebrating life, renewal and the memory of loved ones: The Bishop Arts Foundation hosts its first Día de los Muertos celebration 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday outside the North Oak Cliff library at 302 West 10th St. with…
It’s time for a preemptive sugar rush, no? That is to say, before you stuff your pumpkin full of delicious fun-size treats, what say you run down the ol’ calorie count via the Watters Creek Second Annual Trek or Treat 5K at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Oh, and there’s a fun…
Greenville Avenue is one of Dallas’ tastiest streets. From Barley House and Blue Fish to Rohst and Woodfire by Kirby’s, it’s as diverse as it is delicious. For the third year, we can taste our favorites and try new flavors at the Taste of Greenville Avenue (TOGA), which features small…
