As the story goes, a band of peripatetic, out-of-work carnies ended up squatting in the old Market Center Building at 603 Munger Ave. during the Great Depression. They took up residence in the structure’s lower, subterranean recesses. And if that wasn’t creepy enough, cadavers were stored down there in the…
Here’s the thing about kids: You can scar them. So this year take off the gory mask, put down the R.L. Stine novel and head to the Dallas Zoo (650 S. R.L. Thornton Freeway) for Halloween Nights. Each night is filled with animal attractions, trick-or-treating and a backward ride on…
It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there, and sometimes you must pick a pocket or two. Learn the rugged ways of survival from the best of the best with Oliver! the musical version of the Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist. Join the little orphan who could when he escapes from the…
Why zombies? Why are the undead shuffling atop a wave of popularity, as opposed to those angst-ridden, broody vampires whose moment in the sun — or moon — has been eclipsed by sartorially challenged zombie folk? Is that some sort of commentary on where America’s head is at in these…
Dear Michael Myers: Your bleached William Shatner mask will be of no use this Halloween. We have Pumpkinhead. Also, we have Lance Henriksen. In the genre of horror films based on creepy, supernatural old women in the Appalachian mountains, Pumpkinhead is one of the best. It’s also directed by Stan…
Tap dance isn’t really all about 12 pre-tweens with rouged cheeks attempting to ball-change in time with one another, no matter what you may have heard from friends with children. Tap is incredibly athletic, fun even at its moodiest and pretty much universally jaw-dropping. Savion Glover’s brand of tap, that…
It’s every designer’s dream to create a garment that becomes a classic, but few fashion trends ever make it to that status. Coco Chanel did it with the black dress. Burberry did it with the trench coat. Then there’s Diane von Furstenberg. In 1974, von Furstenberg created the wrap dress…
Joan Rivers has a giant card catalog in her fancy New York City apartment where she files every one of her jokes. The 78-year-old manages to shill jewelry on QVC, host a show on E!, film a reality show with her daughter, make brilliant guest appearances on TV shows and…
Ah, the big, fancy wedding. At least half the guests (the male half) would rather be somewhere else. The bride is exhausted. The groom is either hung over or just generally looking pole-axed. The lines for food and the bar are long. The clothes are uncomfortable. How is so much…
Steven Levine started chasing storms way back in 1977, nearly 20 years before Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton made it cool (did that really happen?), and 30 before Reed Timmer and Sean Casey made it cool again with Storm Chasers. In fact, Levine realized storm chasing’s mainstream appeal well before…
Ah, the saintly Atticus Finch, his daughter Scout and his boy Jem — such a pure-hearted and forthright trio of the nobler kind of Southern white people. How good they were. How kind. How treacly, like a big mouthful of sweet cornbread smothered in molasses. OK, so maybe that last…
Diana Al-Hadid is making some of the boldest, most interesting pieces of any living artist, creating works inspired by a mélange of ancient mythologies, Gothic and Middle Eastern architecture, cosmology and physics. Her visionary creations resemble upended cathedrals, castles and Towers of Babel (See: “Self Melt” or “Spun of the…
His face is on the one-dollar bill, the quarter and Mount Rushmore, and he may or may not have chopped down the cherry tree as a child. You know George Washington, but it’s unlikely you know the real George Washington. The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History offers you…
Stanley Kubrick and Stephen King are a match made in scary, anxiety-inducing horror movie heaven. Oh, no wait. Actually, let’s make that perfect pairing a three-way with Jack Nicholson. Creepy Jack Nicholson, to be specific. The tale is a classic: Isolation (or near isolation) + malicious spirits + person of…
The World Series game has been postponed so you need something new to do. Seems to us that Scott Pasfield’s one-night reception for and book signing of Gay In America at Ilume Galerie is the obvious choice. Why? Because it’s equally American as apple pie and baseball — it’s just…
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. Bless the Japanese. That sweet little island nation half a world away has given us some pretty awesome stuff. From tasty treats to creepy horror flicks…
So, Chuck Palahniuk races up the aisles of the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art with arm-fulls of huge, inflatable brains, snapping them like Frisbees throughout the eager audience, most of whom look to be in their early- to mid-20s and many of whom are bedazzled with metal…
Tiesto, Girl Talk, Diplo and Neon Indian are just a few of the names taking to the tables at the annual two-night New Year’s blowout better known as Lights All Night. But you knew that. What you may not have known is that the Observer and DC9 are official sponsors…
A note to all homebuilders: Please pay better attention to the likes of your grounds. You see, over the years, too many homes have been built on or near pet cemeteries, directly on top of Native American burial grounds, or caves that lead to the Hell. Land is land, I…
Tags: Gay Video & Lesbian Movies, Logo: Fierce TVScene 1: We join last week’s Footloose pool party in progress. Stylist/future cartoon character Phillip continues to rage uncontrollably at having been pushed in the water by the doe-eyed RepubiChristian, Taylor. Taylor’s secret beau, Brokeback Levi, also got wet in the pushing,…
In all honesty, I haven’t been to a haunted house since — well, lets just say since my mode of transportation was my mummy. While I love Halloween (it just so happens to be my favorite holiday of the year) I stopped hanging out at haunts back in high school…
Dallas actor and painter Aidan Langford rolls like a rock star. He has a driver to chauffeur him to and from the theaters where he’s performing. His agent is busy fielding offers for acting and modeling gigs. At home, he has someone cooking and serving the meals he likes. Being…
