The 420 party and concert is gonna be sweet as an Island Skunk, even if it turns out to be a Trainwreck. All your best buds will be there—Granddaddy Purp, the White Widow and the Chemdog. Jack Herer might show, and count on a strong showing from the Kush family…
Known for bringing to town one of the world’s largest collections of guitars and other instruments, the 34th Annual Dallas International Guitar Festival descends upon Dallas Market Hall (2200 Stemmons Freeway) Friday through Sunday. Bringing musicians, fans, collectors and celebrities together from across the globe, there is no better place…
Cancer is something usually perceived in dark, gloomy colors because well, it’s a dark, gloomy time in the lives of those affected by it. But the Children’s Cancer Fund (CFF) focuses on hope for a cure, in a colorful, joyous way. Its annual runway show and luncheon features celebrities from…
When Lewis Black calls you “the funniest woman in America,” it can be seen as a gift and a curse. Female comics get a bad rap sometimes, but Kathleen Madigan has spent over 20 years transcending all of the potential backlash usually thrust upon female comics, and she’s done it…
It’s nearly impossible to avoid anything organic. Not only is pretty much every type of food available in its organic form, but clothes are also transforming their original stitch to the sustainable thread. If you haven’t experienced this new trend yet, no worries, Texas Discovery Gardens presents its Third Annual…
Fifty is a pretty special number. It’s the golden anniversary that says, if you’ve made it this long, well, you’ve really got a good thing going. Theatre Three is kicking off its 50th season, and its first stop on the celebration train is a luncheon with special guest Morgan Fairchild…
You’ve had a hard day. You work hard for the money so you better treat yourself right. Kick off those heels, rub your feet and pop the cork on some fine wine. How about some cabernet, zinfandel or a sparkling white? The bubbles fizzle lightly on your tongue and you…
If someone said: “Close your eyes and picture the perfect pizza,” we’d all picture a different pie. Sure, the average pizza-lover may think hand-tossed, but others are partial to mega-thin, wide New York slices or gooey, cavernous Chicago deep dish. Some prefer calzones all-together. Central Market’s offering a cooking class,…
Brighton’s explosive British Sea Power are fresh off the release of their fourth studio album, Valhalla Dancehall, which, unfortunately, doesn’t quite match up to the power chord anthems on their previous record, Do You Like Rock Music. Rather, the new album hearkens back to their earlier work, when their live…
Hoping to continue the hot start to their 2011 season, the Rangers face the Los Angeles Angels Monday through Wednesday at the Ballpark at Arlington, 1000 Ballpark Way. Promotions each night include claw and antler hats on Monday, Thirsty Tuesday, Dollar Hot Dog Night, Ozarka and Dr Pepper Autographs on…
In the frenzy of fetes for Ebby Halliday’s 100th birthday, Dallas hasn’t forgotten the city’s other new centenarian: White Rock Lake. The lake’s history is a microcosm of how Dallas transformed from farmland to urban playground over the last hundred years. If the clock suddenly spun backward, the paved jogging…
Emerging conceptual artist Teresita Fernandez’ creates intimate, often experiential, installation pieces that evoke clouds, rainstorms, fire, waterfalls and stars floating in the night sky. In Fernandez’ hands objects like glass cubes become starfields when mounted to walls, and something like a pile of natural, jagged shards of graphite becomes bubbling…
Bring on the Mamet. Cue up some Neil LaBute. Somebody, quick, stage something full of cussin’ and screwin’ and gettin’ all nekkid. A month into the ongoing Horton Foote Festival on local stages, the surfeit of antimacassars and rocking chairs in these folksy, G-rated works is wearing me to a…
Most sane people quiver, cower and take cover in the face of extreme weather. We evacuate in the face of hurricanes, seek sturdy shelter upon news of an impending tornado or earthquake, or move to higher ground when floodwater starts rising. When it comes to natural forces, it’s more often…
Tones, melodies, projections, paints, oils and pencils all twist, turn and mold together as one artistic vision for the common good of artists everywhere as the Dallas Opera presents its 2011 Gala, UNVEIL. Featuring “A Question of Light,” a collection of songs based off of artwork by Rene Magritte, Gustave…
Last year the Colorado Rapids defeated FC Dallas in the MLS Cup Final, but FC Dallas has the chance to avenge that loss Friday night. Captain David Hernandez and 2010 MLS MVP David Ferreira will lead FC Dallas against 2010 World Cup star Pablo Mastroeni and his team from the…
Anne Lamott’s Bird By Bird, equal parts kick in the ass and comfort for the self-doubter, should be required reading for any would-be writer–and in fact is required in many a creative writing class curriculum. Her Operating Instructions, offering reassurance and brutal honesty about the unpleasant side of a baby,…
Imagine a day on the beach: warm weather, a fruity drink and the sounds of a ukulele being played in the distance. OK, so a day on the beach may sound pretty awesome, but let’s face it, the nearest beach is about six hours away and not everyone is willing…
There’s nothing like sitting in a dark movie theater filled with total strangers, watching a creepy scary movie about the bubonic plague, to put a person on edge–especially when you hear that first cough and sit idly by as it starts to spread through the seats like wildfire. Of course…
Loyd and Frank have their small-time schemes, but their desperation to succeed keeps them in a tragically comic state of epic underachievedom. Frog farming didn’t pan out and mosquito sprayers put an end to their flying squirrel dreams. To get out of another failed venture, Loyd and Frank, the pioneers…
There are badasses and then there are the people that get named after them. (if the name is cool enough). If you believe in the power of a name, name your firstborn after Fats Waller. The king of stride piano, Fats was the roundest, jolliest piano prodigy the world is…
Normally, if someone moves from New York City to a log cabin in the middle of the woods in the Arkansas Ozarks, it’s for one of two reasons. Either, (a) she is really into taxidermy, or (b) she got suckered at a particularly convincing 90-minute timeshare promotional presentation. In the…
