Once my She-Ra doll got so thoroughly eaten by my T-Rex that she got jammed in his purples plastic stomach with just her tan plastic legs poking from his mouth; he was a messy eater. Needless to say I was one of those kids who loved dinosaurs. I was terrified…
The Fort Worth Stockyards are a bastion of cowboy culture year-’round, but this weekend will feature even more boot-scooting and hat-tipping than usual as the 19th Annual Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering & Western Swing Festival rolls into town. Featuring poetry and musical performances, cooks-offs, rodeo events, wild cow milking, calf…
Forget passports, fear of flying and spending thousands of dollars to see the world and instead experience it in just couple of days in Dallas. The town of Addison and World Affairs Council present Worldfest, a two-day celebration of global cultures. Experience Turkey, Asia, Italy, India, Columbia and more with…
I’ve never had a dog that was into catching Frisbees. I’ve trained dogs to sit, shake, shake with the other paw, lie down, roll over, play dead and even jump through a hula hoop. But never the Frisbee. And I’m gonna go out on a limb here and make an…
Count on lots of face-stuffing on Saturday at the inaugural Taste of Greenville Avenue at the Granada Theater. Food from 23 restaurants, including Ozona’s, iFratelli’s, Freebirds, Snuffer’s, San Francisco Rose, The Libertine Bar and Blue Fish, will be sold in sample sizes for either $2 or $4. In between bites,…
One of the most historic film sagas of all time continues to bring a massive audience wearing Yoda costumes and battling one another with light sabers–and not for Halloween. More than 30 years and generations of die-hard fans laters, Star Wars: In Concert brings the music from the films to…
It doesn’t take a meteorologist to understand just how powerful weather is. Especially given the recent seasonal shift, we all know how moods can be affected by the weather. And, historically speaking, a kite channeled weather for a rather electrifying discovery. But Brooklyn artist William Lamson has created a series…
You don’t need an explanation of who Jim Gaffigan is, do you? The “Pale Force” cartoons on Conan? Sierra Mist, Saturn and Rolling Rock commercials? Perhaps single-handedly launching the Great Bacon Craze of 2006? OK, surely you know him from his absurd obsession with Hot Pockets. Yeah, that guy. Even…
A couple years back the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened on an island off the coast of Norway, with the mission of preserving the world’s important plant species in the event of global catastrophe. It’s funded mostly by Norway, but also in part by the Global Crop Diversity Trust, an…
Finding the right gallery show can be a bit daunting. What you like one day, you may not the next, and though variety is the spice of life, you need a bit of consistency as you walk through a room. That’s why the three-person art exhibition on display at Craighead-Green…
As a society, we sometimes forget what the word “hero” really means. The dictionary says it’s a person who has an admirable quality such as great courage or strength of character. Entertainment Tonight, however, suggests that showing up on an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in $2,000 shoes and…
Dogs aren’t called man’s best friend for nothing–guys have used dogs for years to attract the ladies. Indoor dog park Unleashed wants singles to bring their dogs (or “wingmen,” as the press release says) to meet and greet other singles. I’d take my dog, but he’s a 10-year-old Jack Russell…
It’s nice to know I’m not the only one fascinated by other peoples’ lost and discarded stuff. I was first made aware that I wasn’t alone when I discovered Found, a zine of things (mostly written and drawn things) that have been found and sent in. So, it turns out…
Only two celebrity deaths have really affected me on a personal level. The first was John Lennon: I’m not sure I even realized who he was at that point, but my mom was sobbing when the news broke, and that’s always upsetting for a little kid. The other one was…
Lions and tigers and…dinosaurs? Oh my! Just forget about the bears. This Halloween it’s all about the dinosaurs. Whoever said these animals were out of date must be crazy because during Halloween at the Heard your kids can enjoy munching on delectable candy corn with nine life-sized animatronic dinosaurs. This…
Adults are sharpening their knives, kids are dragging their parents to Walmart to load up on candy and costumes, and the television seems to be playing a lot of scary movies lately. It only means one thing–Halloween is here! To most people (sane people, that is) the best part of…
Billed as a “collective feature film,” New York, I Love You is the second in the “Cities of Love” series. As with its predecessor, Paris je t’aime, there are hits and misses. Producer Emmanuel Benbihy decreed that each of the 11 segments be set in a specific neighborhood, but only…
The movie wastes no time: Before the opening credits, a man watches two home invaders slaughter his wife and daughter—and we don’t even know their names. And then: Deals are cut, the murderer walks while his less culpable accomplice is sentenced to death, and the dad wonders, “But what about…
Founded by self-described urban guerrillas Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Ulrike Meinhof, the Red Army Faction were the Weather Underground, Symbionese Liberation Army and righteous outlaws of Bonnie and Clyde combined—robbing banks, planting bombs, shooting cops and assassinating judges for the better part of the decade that followed the convulsions…
Directed by Spike Jonze from a 400-word children’s picture book first published in 1963, Where the Wild Things Are may be the toughest adaptation since Tim Burton fashioned Mars Attacks! from a series of bubblegum cards. Tougher, actually: Burton was working with ephemeral, anonymous trash; Jonze is elaborating on a…
For the creators of The Road to Qatar, the giddy little musical getting its world premiere at Irving’s Lyric Stage, a real-life deal to write a made-to-order spectacular for a Middle Eastern emir turned out not to be such a big break. Instead, it was more of a sheik-down. So…
You’ve seen “Blind Love,” right? It’s the purple and black mural of a woman peeking out from under a blindfold–with brunette hair that looks like octopus tentacles and a skull-headed bird perched on her shoulder–at the corner of Main and Good Latimer. If you’d like to see more of John…
