Randy Blair spent about $5,000 more to bedeck his car in glass than on the $15,000 car itself. “I was trying to make something that’s as pretty as my wife, but I’m still not there,” he told people admiring his art car, a four-year work in progress. He and his…
Last night I laced up my bustier, put on my sequin thong and headed off to Pole Dance Class. Turns out no one really dresses that way. (No body glitter or Champagne room either. Gasp.) As a matter of fact, it was shockingly tame and I mean that in the…
What if there was a place where artists, craftsmen, singers and partygoers of all ages could come together? What if there was some huge party where people could taste food and drink wine while their kids dripped snow cone juice down their shirts as they watched the butterflies flutter by?…
We’ve got a government- and corporate-sanctioned holiday today, so we’re taking it. Except we’d have a serious guilt complex if we didn’t give you something entertaining and um, questionably educational for the end of the day. And obviously it should involve cats. So, enjoy…
It’s finally time for that three-day weekend you’ve been eying on the calendar all month, so it’s time to buy steaks for the grill, beer for the fridge and tickets to the best events this Memorial Day weekend. If you haven’t made plans yet, have no fear because we’re here…
Holly Dodson, 23. Singer in Parallels. Dada in Deep Ellum. “I’m wearing a cape from Etsy. I love vintage. I totally wish I had my mom’s wardrobe from the ’70s.”…
What follows are some must-see photos from contributing photographer Stephen Masker, who brought his keen eye for performance to S4’s Rose Room in Dallas last night, Thursday, May 26. The event was RuPaul’s Drag Race Tour with showcases by Season Three winners Raja, finalist Alexis Mateo and contestant Carmen Carrera…
Decades after he helped make Texas skateboarding famous around the world, Jeff Phillips’ legacy still shapes young skaters in Dallas. This Saturday, pro skaters from around the country are reuniting for a tribute to their old friend, and to mark the opening of Dallas’ newest skater mecca. The Overground Project…
Since Silkwood was the first major motion production filmed at The Studios at Las Colinas, the Muller Film and Television Education Foundation is hosting a mixer and special screening tonight. And by mixer they mean the 1983 drama will be playing in the background while you sip a drink, nibble…
I’ve been looking at your photos. I see them on Facebook, Twitter, Path, instagram and Flickr. Occasionally, I plan to post a few that I like, with your permission, in what I like to call, the Smallest Group Show, ever. This installment: scenes of Texas weather. View the show after…
Kung Fu Panda 2 opened yesterday, just in time for the big box office Memorial Day weekend. The sequel to the charming martial arts cartoon will no doubt do massive ticket sales, but it won’t be the first time an Asianploitation picture cleans up at the movies. Asian culture has…
More than anything, Aaron Kozak’s two-act play The Birthday Boys is about what mean little boys big men can be, even when they’re big, bad Marines. Onstage at the Texas Theatre through Sunday, May 29, the play, also directed by Kozak, is a study in what happens to men under…
There is a large spot in my soft heart reserved for the X-Men. Growing up, my Saturday mornings weren’t spent playing in the dirt and being a stereotypical boy, but glued to the TV watching the X-Men cartoon. I collected all the action figures and my favorite was Gambit. You…
Tonight, a doe-eyed little girl mutilating a teddy bear with a knife will be in the same room with a hummingbird that’s innocently resting on a flower. Sounds strange, but that’s exactly what you’d want to find at an exhibition entitled Dark and Lovely: New Works by Loretta Gonzalez |…
Is Dirk your homeboy? We bet he is. Especially after last night’s amazing win — C’mon, Dallas, just because we’re an arts and culture blog doesn’t mean we’re not totally stoked that the MAVS ARE FREAKIN’ GOING TO THE FINALS! IT’S RIDIRKULOUS!!! OK, deep breaths. Focus. You’ve probably caught sight…
Park Place Motorcars of Dallas turned into a mini Bryant Park last night for Fresh Faces of 2011 Fresh Focus Reveal, a fundraiser for the Suicide Crisis Center of Dallas. The dealership rolled out the shiny, new 2011 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet, but the main event was a fashion show featuring…
Welcome to the second installment of Profiles In Pictures, a photo series brought to you by The Mixmaster. Every couple of weeks we’ll profile a Dallas natives who, in some form or another, create. Shot by photographer Sara Kerens, (check out the premier PIP post here) and accompanied by a…
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. American Idol has named its latest winner, Scotty “Lockemdoors” McCreery, but don’t feel too bad…
This latest blast of unwavering miserablism from Denis Villeneuve, Oscar-nominated and everything, reaches for something deeper than mere stroppy melodrama. Adapted from a 2003 play by Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies (“scorched”) obliquely chronicles the adult life of Nawal Marwan (Lubna Azabal), an Arab woman living in Canada whose sudden death sends…
Some bus tours are all hype and no substance, like those buses that shuttle blue-haired grannies to Louisiana for slots and steak dinners. Your money is better spent elsewhere, so skip the casino bus and hop on the cool kids’ bus for Scardello’s cheesemaker tour. The tour is heading to…
As some of us from the Observer learned a couple weeks ago in the 24 Hour Video Race, making a short film is not as easy as it sounds. While we were thrilled just to have some semblance of a plot and a few jokes about balls that made us…
You love football. You love it so much you would marry it. But you can’t, and well, you’re still looking for that special someone. We’re not gonna say it’s entirely because you said that one time in public that you’d marry football, but its probably mostly because of it. Don’t…
