Arts & Culture

What do the Cinco de Mayo holiday and the amazing, stupendously wonderful band the Gipsy Kings have in common? They’re both going to be at the House of Blues. If that seems convoluted, suffice it to say that whether you are celebrating the unlikely victory of the Mexican army over…

These days, toys seem to fall into one of two categories: cheap pieces of plastic trendiness or overpriced geekery that never escapes its original packaging. Somewhere along the line, it seems like people have forgotten the greatness that is the toy, but luckily there’s something to remind us. In celebration…

Pairing the traditional arts of basket making and screen making, Modern Twist: Bamboo Works from the Clark Center and the Art of Motoko Maio, will debut with a dual exhibition, featuring a selection of bamboo works and folding screens. Various artists from the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture…

Most of us have been tagged in a less than flattering Facebook photo. You know, that one when you were taking a bite of pizza and have that eyes-half-closed, mouth-agape thing going on. These moments, although unflattering, present a realness to which posed shots can’t compare. These are the moments…

It’s a scientific fact that butterflies are the most awesome of all insects. This weekend, join the Dallas Zoo for the opening of Dallas Roars! presents Butterflies!, an exhibit featuring more the 200 of the colorful creatures. Youngsters will also get to shake hands with McGruff, visit the Stranger Danger…

Erotic might not be the best way to describe Fourplay, Webb Gallery’s newest exhibit. You’ll spot big hands and hulking bulges, but rather than make assumptions, allow me to give you the heads up: There isn’t much at Fourplay relating to the sexual endeavors foreplay entices. Rather, the exhibit seems…

America needs consumers to get this country’s economy humming–not just today but in the future, when hordes of us will be old and counting on those government checks. So, if you’re a parent, do your part for Uncle Sam and haul your tykes to the Dallas Kids Expo, Saturday and…

It’s nice to see the humble ukulele making a comeback, as the bright, simple four-string mini-guitar always manages to make people smile. Hopefully the uke’s re-emergence into popular music will result in regained prominence for other instruments that have fallen into obscurity, like the hurdy gurdy. Until interest in that…

More like a party than a sale, the Second Annual Spring Bash from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at South Side on Lamar, 1409 S. Lamar, is a free, family-friendly event that is sure to inspire your inner Martha Stewart. Shop Dallas’ premiere handmade arts and crafts experience presented…

Being an adult totally blows. Instead of spending our money that we worked so hard for (kind of) on ice cream or a sweet new water gun, we’re expected to waste it on rent and bills. And while working those long hours to keep a roof over our heads and…

Strippers and trailer parks and intrigue, oh my! Armadillo Acres–a trailer park populated by bleached blondes and men in dirty wife beaters–is home, sweet home to high school sweethearts Jeannie and Norbert. But there’s trouble brewing inside their love nest on wheels. An agoraphobic Jeannie refuses to leave their trailer…

The horror film genre is one that attracts a fairly fervent fan base, from all observations. And I have to qualify it on an observation-only basis, because I have never seen a horror movie. Unless The Shining counts, and I’m not sure it does. But clearly–unlike me–the vast majority of…

If you love watching young girls scurrying about the stage in skimpy underwear and watching the drama of a bawdy love-fest unfold, you’re in luck–sort of. This is only the plot of Nothing On, the play within the plot of the production Noises Off. The concept was hatched as playwright…

Dallas is just now recuperating from the 10-day big-screen marathon that was the Dallas International Film Festival. I bested my last two years’ records and successfully saw 19 of the 24 films I intended to see. Trust me, you see that many movies in about a week and you’ll run…

Usually whenever the Trinity River is referenced in conversation nowadays, the topic is met with a certain level of criticism and debate. And while everyone probably has an opinion about the maintenance of the river, levees, and other related tax-absorbing projects, there is a segment of the DFW population that…

Filmmaker Sterlin Harjo’s point of view is infinitely more interesting than the average indie director’s, forgoing hip soundtracks and Wes Anderson-isms for simple portraits of Native American life in modern day Oklahoma. His latest film, Barking Water, was inspired by a letter dictated to Harjo by his grandmother in an…

For the past few months, the DFW are has been eagerly awaiting the start of the Texas Rangers 2010 season. However, they aren’t the only team in the metroplex who just started a new season. The Frisco RoughRiders, the Rangers affiliate AA team, are rounding out the first month of…

Get your pairings on at the Texas Trailblazers cooking class 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Paula Lambert of the Mozzarella Company and Susan Auler of Fall Creek Vineyards will be teaching you all about cheese and wine pairings and you’ll be busy getting hammered. But don’t let that stop…

In 2004, a French woman named Marie-Leonie Leblanc reported to police an anti-Semitic attack that occurred against her on the Metro. Her clothes had been torn, locks of her hair had been cut off, her baby’s stroller had been overturned and swastikas were drawn on her skin in red marker…

Nowadays, stoner humor is as pervasive to mainstream culture as Disney Channel actors who start music careers and a series of forgettable ABC Family made-for-TV movies. From films such as Pineapple Express and Half Baked to comedians Katt Williams and Doug Benson, smoking pot has become popularized to a point…

Just call him Ishmael. Why? Well, you should be on a first-name basis with him, since you two probably go all the way back to your high-school days. After all, he spent over 100 chapters telling you his story, even taking an entire chapter to talk about the color of…