Thinking about what it means to be a mother is incredibly challenging to someone who has never experienced it. I’m stuck between being totally awestruck and completely terrified. The terrified portion is mostly thanks to a day spent in a Florida airport watching legions of moms battling unwieldy strollers and…
With more than a decade of jamming out their signature 20-minute overtures and epic odysseys behind them, the “improg-rock” band Umphrey’s McGee maintains an unpredictable air and feverish energy while still bringing what it calls its “hardest, darkest and most artistically cohesive” sound yet. No set list is ever the…
Sure, the Texas Rangers may be bankrupt, but at least they’re not the Seattle Mariners. Messy as the home team’s accounts may be, they’re finally looking at a new owner and a good shot at the playoffs. The Mariners? Bankrolled by Nintendo, and they’re still pretty much the worst team…
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’s story hinges on a dagger that can rewind time, a narrative conceit that doubles as a taunt to those who endure this cacophonous, frivolous adaptation of Ubisoft’s Arabian Nights-themed video-game series. Bruckheimered to the hilt with the same rollicking period-piece cheesiness that typified…
Say what you will, Michael Patrick King knows how to stage a fabulous gay nuptial. Sex and the City 2 begins with flair and good humor at the wedding of Stanford (Willie Garson) and Anthony (Mario Cantone), complete with a gay men’s chorus in white top-and-tails crooning a tastefully low-key…
CANNES, France—The jury has their awards, and I have mine. Sometimes they even coincide. Palme d’Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s modest Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives—the acme of no-budget, Buddhist-animist, faux-naïve magic realism—towered over a shockingly mediocre competition. (Distant runners-up were Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy and South Korean…
Now that we’ve marveled at your lunch plate, laughed at your cat in a pumpkin costume and been rocked by the blurry, blown-out shot of the band you saw last night, one thing’s for certain: The last thing this world needs is another photograph. Now that a snapshot’s as simple…
When Artadia Award recipient David Aylsworth creates a painting, he thinks of the forms as characters, interacting with each other in a theatrical performance. And, more specifically, his latest paintings reference the lightheartedness of musical theater in particular. How appropriate, then, that the title of his new solo exhibition should…
Artist Sam Reveles’ Juarez Paintings were inspired by events just across the border from his home in El Paso, where a cartel war has helped turn Ciudad Juarez into one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Reveles borrows the mandala technique of Buddhism for some of his works,…
One of my first jobs was at small press, the hobby of a lawyer who could find no other outlet for his ham-handed legal thrillers. The series’ main character was a fantasy version of the author who fought his way, literally and figuratively, to victory while fending off advances from…
Ah the golden days of wrestling…back when we were all smelling what the Rock was cooking and Triple-H and Stone Cold Steve Austin were running around and raising hell, all under the ever-watchful (and creepy) eyes of Vince McMahon. Well, in the last decade, a lot and nothing have changed…
Let’s play a little game of “What am I?” Shall we begin? I take up a little over 2/3 of Earth. I’m a chemical substance made up of hydrogen and oxygen. I must be present in your life for you to live. I’m considered a purifier in most religions. Have…
Easter’s over, but celebrating the infamous Peter Rabbit still goes on…in Dallas, at least. Yep, that’s right, kids’ favorite rabbit is hanging out in Dallas for a few months, with a huge display of flowers, of course. Summer at the Arboretum features Peter Rabbit’s Flower Village through July with characters…
This Memorial Day weekend, Ennis plays host to the 44th Annual National Polka Festival celebrating the city’s Czech heritage through traditional polka music, elaborate brightly-colored costumes, folk dancing and Czech food…as well as some less than traditional things like clowns on motorcycles and rock bands on floats taking part in…
One day, when my sugar daddy comes along, he’s going to buy me a purple Lamborghini. That’s right, I said purple. However, today is not that day. For now, I’ll have to be satisfied lusting after the sweet rides parked at NorthPark Center during the AutoShow. There’s a little something…
Sure, you may consider yourself a good cook–but if you rely on a pantry full of dried spices to inspire your entrees, you’re missing out. Ditch the stale seasonings and learn how to grow your own fresh herbs. On Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., head over to Texas…
Feeling festive but have a strange desire to honor cultural traditions? Solution: The Ballet Folklorico of Dallas is putting on a show. If you’ve never experienced this kind of traditional Mexican dancing, there will be lots of fancy steps, bright clothes and swishing skirts as the group explores folk dances…
Going on an African safari would be totally badass. But as far as affordable vacation destinations go, they rank very near the bottom of that list, surpassed only by trips to the moon (just ask Lance Bass). Fear not, because the Dallas Zoo has the perfect solution. At 9 a.m…
Kitchen Dog Theater holds its annual New Works Festival with this new play by Zayd Dohrn as its central production. Set in a dirty Phoenix trucking office, the action unfolds in overlapping episodes in a story of human trafficking, paternal bullying, unlikely love and obsession, and brutal murder. What feels…
If you’re that dude who’s totally into Choose Your Own Adventure books, musicals and improv, 7:30 p.m. Thursday get your overactin’-lovin’ shit together and see Blankity-Blank. Directed by Doug Miller and featuring Julie Johnson, the live improv musicalathon takes place in Theatre Too at Theatre Three (2800 Routh Street, #168)…
Dallas diva Liz Mikel gets a plum role as a 1930s ex-con who sings up a storm, all the way to New York high society. Based loosely on the story of Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter, this two-character play-with-music begins in the East Texas prison where Pearl is doing time for removing…
Lost in Woonsocket–the award-winning documentary that follows a group of filmmakers who, despite the cancellation of their reality series, continue to attempt to help (and to film) as two homeless alcoholics get their lives back together–enjoys a free Dallas premiere 7:30 p.m. Thursday. This highly acclaimed film presents questions about…
