Twenty-four hours is not a lot of time. Though Kiefer Sutherland can make it seem like an eternity, the rest of us often struggle to get through mundane tasks in the constraints of a day. Just when we think we’re making headway…boom, night falls, the day’s over, and we’re still…
Whenever I see the words dead and society in the same title or sentence, I usually assume it’s along the lines of or referring to the movie Dead Poets Society. You know, the uber-depressing movie about a group of Vermont schoolboys. In this case, the Dead Photographer’s Society has nothing…
You eat and drink. That is to say, you–at various times throughout the day–open up that mouth-hole and shovel some sort of sustenance into it, whether said kibble is prepared at home or abroad. So perhaps, sometime this week (aka Nicky’s Week), you could head to the Shops at Legacy–RA…
The Wizard of Oz is one of those things that will never die, like baseball and Dick Clark. As someone who once played a bit part in a multi-thousand-dollar high school musical production of the classic L. Frank Baum tale (I recall people flying on wires and an actual, trained…
Why not toast your brewski to the firefighters who always have your back? They put their lives on the line to combat everything from your common kitchen-related fires (What? Microwaves are a problem waiting to happen.) to acre-engulfing wildfires. So here’s a “Cheers!” for them and for Firefest 2009 at…
My first conscious memory of seeing hypnotism in action came courtesy of a Pee-Wee Herman HBO Special I watched as a little kid–and if you’ve ever seen said HBO special, then you know it was slightly more naughty than even the most double-entendre-filled episode of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. If I recall…
Auctions have a strange power over people: The fight to win an item that people–in their minds–have already adopted as their own turns seemingly calm and polite individuals into crazy, competitive spenders. Look at furniture auctions, eBay, even charity benefits. A protective feeling suddenly overwhelms, and bidders will go far…
If there’s one good thing to be said for elementary school, it’s gotta be all the diorama-making that goes on up in there. I remember a diorama I made about Australia one time, with a tiny koala statue and everything. It was amazing. But then I grew up, and as…
I recently started running again, after a hiatus that’s been longer than I’d like to admit. A few months ago, the extent of my calorie-burning activities consisted of walking from my table to the jukebox at the Lakewood Landing, but now I actually look forward to my runs and enjoy…
At the end of The Da Vinci Code, having traipsed around Paris and London for more than two hours to find out whether the Holy Grail was just an old cup or the womanly seed of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, Tom Hanks’ Robert Langdon, ace symbologist, headed back to Harvard,…
At 73, the Memphis-born actor, stuntman, former U.S. Marine and Golden Gloves boxer Red West has the stoic, leathery repose of a barfly on a John Ford or Howard Hawks saloon wall. He doesn’t talk much, and when he does, reveals even less, but there’s an abyss of longing and…
Take four or five of those deluded fame-seekers of American Idol’s audition episodes—the lumpenproles in tutus and tiaras who sing like they’re gargling tapioca—and you’ve got the main characters of John Guare’s hauntingly funny-sad play The House of Blue Leaves, now onstage at Theatre Arlington with a cast that never…
Everyone loves a rematch. For the first time since the 2008 Olympic semi-final game, the U.S. women’s soccer team will face-off against Japan. I’m not saying it’s a good sign or anything, but the U.S won in Beijing 4-2. And, I’m really not saying it’s a good sign or anything,…
The Offspring’s gonna give it to you, baby, ah ha ah ha…when they come through town, that is. Dexter Holland decided to start a punk rock band after being barred from entering a Social Distortion show in 1984. Holland’s brainchild, which would later become The Offspring, has gone on to…
The heart–beating, breaking, soaring, aching, the seat of the soul, the source of emotions, the nub of luv–is the inspiration for music, cinema, novels, theater and 5K races. Of the latter, the HeartBeat 5K and Healthy Heart Fair is being held from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, which should…
Gentleman, start your engines. Ladies, start yours too. This goes double for ladies and gentlemen who have embraced the smoking-hot pin-up and burlesque scene. From burlesque dance classes to professional pin-up photography, taking it all off–or taking most of it off–is the thing to do. And whether your interest in…
Well, how about that? All these years you were making art and didn’t even know it. That Chianti bottle you turned into a candle holder? Art. Those milk crates you converted into bookshelves to display your candle holder? Heck, call that art too. OK, really, really primitive art…tacky even. You’re…
The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra makes a musical Pangaea, uniting polar opposites, in its upcoming West Side Story: Symphonic Dances. It’s this unlikely melting pot concept that drew us to Bernstein’s Broadway hit in the first place: Shakespeare meets alleyways and switchblades. Gangsters meet lyrical dancing. Vocal dubbing meets musical…
A word of warning from someone who Etsy Dallas’ed last fall: When you set foot in the Etsy Dallas Spring Bash, take a deep breath. Have plenty of cash on hand, but be careful. More than 50 booths will evoke reactions ranging from, “Oh wow! I’ve so been looking for…
If you’ve ever driven through Little Forest Hills and some of the surrounding ‘hoods, then you know how distinctly un-Dallas that part of town can be (if you ignore the encroaching McMansions, that is), with funky artists’ homes and haphazard gardens catching the eye as you wind through the streets,…
Nine months from now, I’ll be celebrating my 25th birthday, and you can bet I’ll do it in style. Picture this: a round or two of bingo down at the local bingo hall, followed by some seriously delicious chips and salsa over at Chili’s. And, to end the night right,…
John Witherspoon has carved out a niche for himself as a grouchy yet hilarious father figure, from playing Ice Cube’s dog-catching pop in the Friday trilogy (“Don’t nobody go in the bathroom for about 35, 45 minutes”) to voicing the curmudgeonly Granddad on the Boondocks cartoon series. These characters aren’t…
