Arts & Culture

If the kids are growing restless sitting at home this Spring Break, there’s something you can do to change that, and it doesn’t involve theme parks or lots of cash. March is Women’s History Month, and The Women’s Museum is offering free admission to patrons this week through Saturday. The…

Shakespeare may look like a dour dude in a ruffled collar, but he knew how to party. “Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used,” he wrote in Othello (a performance of which would drive anyone to drink). A personal favorite, “Good wine needs no bush,”…

Who knew that scrap metal could be molded into something so beautiful? Artist Nic Noblique finds rare beauty in the metal he finds. Imagine a giant red spiral of metal and you’ve got a pretty good picture of one of Noblique’s unique sculptures. Just in case you still can’t conjure…

So what are the odds you know Paul Rodriguez? Here’s a hint: A Million to Juan (Those aren’t the odds, he wrote and starred in the movie). As a writer, comedian, actor and producer, Rodriguez has been on the comedy scene since the early ’80s. Though his name may not…

In 1956, Polish author Slawomir Rawicz published The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom, a now classic tale of adventure and survival that’s gone on to sell more than half a million copies and be translated into some 25 languages. The book describes Rawicz’s World War…

For some of us, Italian seasoning begins with garlic and ends with whatever desiccated remnants are left in the generic “Italian Seasoning” jar that came with that wedding-gift spice rack. But as author and chef Gina Stipo will show in her Traditional Italian Spices class 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday…

Originating in 2010, the North Texas Road Trip project–consisting of 15 members of the Dead Photographers Society–set out to capture and interpret the people and scenes of several small, rural communities 75 miles north of McKinney. The resulting exhibit chronicles each photographer’s one-day journey into the outside stretches of the…

Nothing says a great time like waking up in bed with a guy you can’t remember from your night out at Hooters. Unfortunately for Felicia, the protagonist of Why Torture Is Wrong and the People Who Love Them, this little mishap becomes much more serious when she realizes she married…

So, if you’re a soon-to-be-famous opera singer, you’re faced with all kinds of challenges right? Singing well, staying inspired, not being carried off by the deformed musical genius who hides in your dressing room to give you voice lessons–the usual stuff. This isn’t Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera…

Do you really need us to explain this one? Good Luck Karaoke? It’s so obvious, but we’ll do it anyway: First of all, there’s the whole luck o’ the Irish thing — that ties in with the name. Then there’s the ancient Irish tradition of karaoke. The word “karaoke” roughly…

Are you an adventurous beer-lover looking for something more? Well, we have the class for you, and it’s not just about perfecting your jalapeno poppers. Learn how to make several gourmet treats using beers and ales at Central Market’s hands-on Upscale Pub Grub class this Wednesday. Participants will learn to…

Open your pantry or refrigerator. Pick up a fruit or vegetable, a jar of honey, or a block of cheese. Without looking at the label, quick, where was that item grown or produced? Who planted it? How did it get to the store where you bought it? OK — take…

A mysterious stranger. A shameful secret. And even nuns! If it wasn’t set to a score by Puccini, you’d think it came straight out of the morning soaps. An English adaptation of the Italian opera Suor Angelica is the latest production from the Meadows School of the Arts’ monthly “Opera…

Today, Ty Pennington is best known as the host of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, where he shouts through a megaphone and makes people cry the saltiest, most joyful tears of their lives. But that’s not the only spotlight to have shone on this Sears-lovin’ handyman. Back in the day,…

Harry Shearer is probably best known as the voice of Mr. Burns on The Simpsons or for classic mockumentaries like This Is Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind, but his recent documentary is nothing to laugh about. Directed and narrated by Shearer, The Big Uneasy explores the after effects of…

It’s a knocked up life for him. Oh, but don’t worry — you can bet your bottom dollar he’ll come out tomorrow. He’ll clear away all the cobwebs and the sorrow until there’s none, because he’ll never be stuck feeling gray when he’s gay and lovely. Join little orphan Trannie…

Generally AIDS doesn’t make things better. But there’s an exception to every rule, and Jonathan Larson’s Rent — a rock adaptation of Puccini’s La Boheme — improves on the opera, showing us New York City’s Bohemian life back when it was booming, even as the shadow of AIDS and HIV…

For native Dallas residents, and even transplants and/or former residents who have since moved away, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade is an institution that is as much a part of the city’s identity as the State Fair. And this year, the time-honored tradition will snake it’s way through the streets…

Thursday and Friday are the final days to catch SMU’s spring playwriting festival featuring staged readings. If you sleep on New Visions, New Voices, chances are you’ll get another chance to see the work of participating Meadows theater students, as past NVNV participants have gone on to bigger stages…but you…