Arts & Culture

Figuring out the lyrics to “Greased Lightnin'” is kind of a rite of passage. Many of us innocently listened to the Grease soundtrack for years before one day exclaiming “What kind of wagon?!” If you’ve been waiting to belt out those lyrics loud and proud, now is your chance. Rockin’…

America’s favorite tank engine is here and ready to choo choo through the Metroplex. A Day Out with Thomas invites families to enjoy a day out with magic shows, arts and crafts, treasure hunts, and a train ride on the life-sized Thomas the Tank Engine. Don’t forget to make a…

Who says that Austin should have all the fun? As SXSW fades from memory, check out the 17th Annual Deep Ellum Arts Festival for one of the best parties that Big D has to offer. With over 75 local bands spread out on five stages, the six block street party…

The cosmetics counter can be a source of excitement or a source of dread. Miles of candy colors and expensive packaging beckon women with promises of youth and beauty, but how can we know what lives up to the hype? Will this cream really “firm and brighten”? Can this waterproof…

With the first ever American Motorcyclist Association race in 1975 and 26 consecutive Monster Energy AMA Supercross races under its belt since then, Dallas is no newbie when it comes to turf-tearing competition. But this is the first time the new Cowboys Stadium will host the event, meaning that supercross…

Outside of Mick Jagger’s cooing in “Sympathy for the Devil,” there is very little work out there that gives the dark lord the credit he truly deserves. Taken from the perspective of a demon, the stage adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters will give audiences a new understanding of…

On one side of an empty street the motorbikes of the unshaven, leather-jacketed Rockers grumble. They stare across at their rivals, the Mods, a mob of riled youngsters on whining Italian scooters who wear suits and listen to pop music. In this rivalry, indignant youth clashes with old wisdom. This…

When Dazed and Confused–Richard Linklater’s neo-classic film about the last day of school in small-town Texas in 1976–came out in 1993, I was in college in Tucson, Arizona, which was one of the test cities for the movie. There were at least three “sneak preview” showings in town, and I…

Burlesque is the flaming phoenix of American theater traditions; the alcoholic-fueled free-for-all was effectively extinguished by Prohibition (damn those teetotalers and their fake middle class morality). But burlesque rose from the ashes with help from garter-strapped performers like Dita von Teese (Marilyn Manson’s ex-wife), who sexily sashays the fine line…

When VHS was abandoned in favor of DVDs, home videos and second rate tapes were digitized, sold off or thrown away altogether. But these relics didn’t just disappear. Part VHS nostalgia, part pop culture horror, the Found Footage Festival features a collection of these YouTube rejects of yesteryear, scrabbled together…

When it comes down to it, people are always about the moolah (AKA the green, the monies and the Benjamins), and sometimes the family that might pray together doesn’t necessarily stay together because of it. In Horton Foote’s Dividing the Estate, all hell breaks loose when Stella’s three children–Mary Jo,…

At this time last year, Rangers’ fans were gearing up for the season with the hopes that it might be the year the Rangers finally broke through. And indeed, last season brought an American League Championship home to Arlington, and the team put up a spirited but ill-fated fight in…

Your Dallas Stars currently sit at number nine in the Western Conference standings, just behind a tightly grouped pack of playoff contenders including Anaheim, Nashville, Los Angeles and Chicago. This Tuesday they’ll fight for their playoff lives against the Columbus Blue Jackets, a team that currently sits out of playoff…

If you’ve got a hankerin’ for one of the best Russian operas around–or the chance to swill vodka and indulge in all of those Boris jokes you’ve been saving up–go check out Boris Godunov, Modest Mussorgsky’s work about the famed 16th century Russian tsar. Godunov would have been counted one…

It’s too late for us, but hopefully our cautionary tale can save another drinker from the perils of craft beer. We once were happy with anything fizzy and alcoholic. But now, after sipping brews ranging from the vanilla-gloved hop punch of Oaked Arrogant Bastard to the spicy caramel mix of…

A lot of wonderful ideas for Broadway shows are probably born at parties thrown by Elton John, but the one that came out of his 50th birthday bash has been arguably the most successful. Burn the Floor, a dancing, singing spectacular that opened in 1999, is coming to Dallas on…

For most of us, there’s a spool of old sewing thread gathering dust in the back of a drawer full of other unused junk. Plus, when a button finally does snap off, unless it’s your favorite shirt or blouse, you toss it out–never mind the thread. Artist Gabriel Dawes works…

Spring has sprung, y’all, and that means that the flowers are blooming, the men of Uptown have liberated their man-sandals from the closet, and that bunny rabbits–somehow a symbol of rebirth and renewal despite the fact that they routinely eat their young–are everywhere. These cute and fuzzy little lagomorphs are…

Though he’s been painting for longer than your average chillwave artist has been alive, David Row’s art looks like it belongs on the cover of a synth-pop album. Precise lines and swooping curves in rich, contrasting colors expand beyond the edges of the canvas. Look for yourself and see if…

The Magnolia Gallery (located inside the West Village’s Magnolia Theatre) has shown work by some of the Dallas area’s best local artists, and the current exhibition is a prime example of the talent this city has to offer . Artist Cabe Booth has been an vital part of the Dallas…