Arts & Culture

Admit it: You’re a geek who drinks. Maybe you’re a language geek. You’ll be sitting at a bar and overhear some jughead say something stupid like, “Irregardless…” and have to restrain yourself not to correct him with, “Excuse me, but I believe the word you mean is ‘regardless.'” Or maybe…

Shopaholics, these shoes aren’t for sale. Fancy Footwork presents an exhibition full of sculpture, paintings and assemblages portraying legs, feet, socks and shoes. Artists like Kevin McCartney (the visual director of Dallas’ Barney’s New York) and Karen Garrett (a figurative cardboard sculpture artist) will join three other artists in this…

There’s no doubt that the four-letter “f-word” is taking over television. It’s everywhere you look: in prime time, on reality shows, on morning talk shows and on late night. Hell, it even has its own network, and both men and women love watching it. Audiences everywhere are eating it up…

Figuring out symbolism isn’t an easy exercise. Strangely, trying to determine what deep and dark meaning an author was going for decades–sometimes centuries–ago is the hobby of many English lit enthusiasts. Often, they find the underlying symbolic meaning they’re searching for, but sometimes the story is just flat-out full of…

It’s time to break out the cufflinks and wingtips, because Theatre Arlington’s Annual Gala is gearing up for another night of merrymaking. This year’s theme is “A Starry Night of Broadway with Danny Wright,” and will feature the pianist performing Broadway hits. Join master of ceremonies Scott Murray for a…

There’s an old idiom that says, “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” Basically, life is all a matter of perspective, and many artists seem to have this down to, well, an art. David Dike Fine Art presents Olin Travis: Views of Texas, Colorado…

Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell were trying to come up with an idea for a musical, one that would change the world, transform people’s lives and win Tonys. They sat around together trying to come up with ideas until they noticed that their conversations about their ideas were more interesting…

For Dylan Hollingsworth, the end of the beginning is another beginning–or something like that. Three years ago, the artist picked up a camera and, as they say, the rest is history. Documented history, that is. A three-year retrospective of Hollingsworth’s photography, The End of the Beginning (2007 – 2010), is…

Put a little jazz in your step at the 20th annual Denton Arts & Jazz Festival. There’s no “Austin wanna-be” about it, this free weekend festival is all Denton, from the sounds and sights to the flavor and jazz tradition that make up the city. Friday’s headliners include the Chick…

Everyone knows that the main reason to keep a rodent as a pet is to have fodder for cute or funny YouTube videos. Just take a look at “Hamster on a Piano” or “Dramatic Chipmunk”–being in the presence of rodents often leads to hilarity. And that’s why you should take…

There’s been some debate about whether William Shakespeare, as we think of him, really existed. The flesh-and-blood William Shakespeare lived and breathed, obviously, and was a playwright. But scholars have long argued whether one man could have produced such a varied, almost disparate, body of work. I can see their…

If you’re anything like the rest of the planet and can’t get enough of the DIY Network, HGTV and all the home remodeling shows on television (yes, even Extreme Makeover: Home Edition), stop by this year’s White Rock Home Tour from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday to see…

OK, so New Jersey gets a bad rap, and has for awhile now. It’s only gotten worse since the Jersey Shore kids have taken over America with their GTL (gym, tan, laundry) routine and fist-pumping dance moves. Also, watching Jersey Shore is bad for your eyes. Staring at the guidos’…

During the life of artist and musician Wesley Willis, many a pair of liberal white hands were wrung over the mindset of his audience. Did the hooting, hollering people in the crowds at his shows genuinely appreciate the efforts of this “outsider artist,” or were they abetting a twisted modern-day…

A raven is to a writing desk as a lobster is to Alice? Yup, you heard correctly. Absurd isn’t it? Ridiculous is more like it. Well, forget about the SAT analogies and let go of your normality for a while, because you’re late, you’re late for a very important date…

When you’re sick, it’s hard to get your act together enough to look good–the classic look is old pajamas and matted bed head. But sometimes, with a little help from friends, even a serious illness, like cancer, can’t stop you from shining. The Children’s Cancer Fund hosts the Beyond the…

The Dallas Arboretum’s gonna get crazy with an off-the-chain tea party this week. Holla! No picketing, just drinking actual tea and partying old-lady style. From 11 a.m to 2p.m. Thursday, come to The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party fundraising event hosted by the Women’s Council at the Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road…

Some people say they wish their lives were more like musicals. Well, those people should be happy because it seems like everything’s a musical these days. Ten years ago, who would have guessed that Monty Python would tackle Broadway as Spamalot, or that the cast of Evil Dead would sing…

You knew the old saying. You knew better than to watch. And still, you spent a year by your TV soaking up all the tea-bagging, name-calling and spin as you watched the new health-care law being made. Maybe they were wrong this whole time–maybe you like watching the law get…

Ahh, film parodies–they don’t make them how they use to. Sure, Scary Movie got a few giggles out of us, but you lost us after 2, 3, and 4. And now you have the whole thing going on where the people behind the film are too lazy to even come…

This show has been canceled. Aisha Tyler is smart. She is also knockout-gorgeous and tall, and she even knows how to do all that makeup, hair and clothes stuff really well. And she is funny–really funny. The actress and comedian is also an activist, a feminist, a writer and an…