Every day–between the ages of 3 and 5–my youngest brother donned a brown fake-leather jacket, khakis and fedora and demanded that we call him Indiana Jones. We generally complied, afraid of what he’d do with his extension-cord “whip” if we didn’t. He and other Raiders of the Lost Ark fans…
If the only Beatles songs you ever heard came from the White Album, what would you think when you finally heard Meet the Beatles? Taking a look at the range of photographer Barbara Crane’s work, it’s possible she espouses an even greater dynamic range in her choice of styles and…
Sometimes, when a talented performer dies prematurely, they’ll be given posthumous awards. When the FOX network hastily pulled the plug on Joss Whedon’s Firefly midway through the space Western’s first season, Whedon was eventually given an opportunity to make Serenity–a feature-length continuation of the television series for the silver screen…
Photographer Todd Eberle is obsessed not only with the photogenic subjects of pop culture and architecture, but also with how our cultural artifacts reflect upon us as a society. His newest exhibit, America, collects 11 years’ worth of photographs taken on his travels throughout the country, from pictures of pop…
Getting caught in the bathroom stall with a friend, a syringe and your pants down is usually pretty embarrassing. Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco’s meetings in the Oakland A’s clubhouse were no exception, but they also came to define an entire era in sports. (And how the hell did they…
If you’re a conspiracy theorist or a UFO buff, then you’ve no doubt heard of Skunk Works, the nickname for aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs–the division responsible for the SR-71 Blackbird, the F-117 Nighthawk and all sorts of other stealth aircraft the government may or may not have…
In My Fair Lady, Professor Higgins claims to hate women but love phonetics, so when he hears Eliza Doolittle’s thick Cockney twang, singing, dancing and rain in Spain that stays mainly in the plain are guaranteed. You wouldn’t think that a musical based on George Bernard Shaw’s woman-molding play Pygmalion,…
In this town once dubbed the “City of Hate,” it often seems as if there are three kinds of people: those who respect the past while living their normal daily lives, those who ignore Big D’s rich history in favor of building more ultralounges and parking lots, and finally, our…
Hamburgers are one of the most versatile foods known to man. Sure, there’s the 99-cent value-menu staple with which we’re all perhaps too familiar. But as you and your taste buds mature, the possibilities for gourmet takes on the sandwich are limitless. Kobe beef, goat cheese, pineapple, avocado and a…
Parade your pooch, traipse with your tail-wagger and hike with your hound at this year’s Strut Your Mutt 3K Walk/Fun Run. Hill’s Science Diet and the SPCA of Texas are hosting the puppy promenade, which will take place 10:15 a.m. Saturday at Fair Park (other activities begin at 8 a.m.)…
Anytime I hear the word “burlesque,” my mind automatically plays the scene in the movie A Christmas Story when the father gets the leg lamp for a Christmas present. You know, the sexy fake leg wearing a black high heel with a light bulb and lamp shade attached. I’ve never…
Women are a rich and varied people who have made many important contributions to society over the course of their history, which dates back roughly 150 years, or whenever it was they started complaining about not having basic human rights or whatever. Today, they can even run for president or…
If you really want to see and feel what it was like to be amidst the Civil Rights Movement, say in 1964 Mississippi, all you have to do is take advantage of the African American Museum’s exhibition of photographer Herbert Randall’s Faces of Freedom Summer through April 16. Get even…
It’s hard out there for a drone. Can’t make honey, can’t hibernate, got big eyes. Not to mention you’re only good for one thing and it kills you. Luckily, that usually only applies to bees and characters in awesomely sleazy movies. Dallas Cinemania is screening the 1973 sci-fi flick Invasion…
When was the last time you took a photo? Did you post it to Facebook or Twitter? Did you upload it onto your Flickr photostream? Or was it taken with an iPhone, and then you used an app to make it look like it was taken with a Holga? Maybe…
You’ve been following their dreams, struggles and victories for almost a decade. The wacky kids of American Idol always crank it up to 11 and spray high-octane talent juice everywhere. Even through the television screen, they seem like real people. I mean they are real people, of course, but Idol…
Road trips are usually seen as some kind of party-on-wheels for the young folks, with crazy driving and lots of stops for hard partyin’. But, behind all that, there lies something deeper in the undertaking of such a journey. It’s a sense that, whatever you may encounter or discover on…
Road trips are usually seen as some kind of party-on-wheels for the young folks, with crazy driving and lots of stops for hard partyin’. But, behind all that, there lies something deeper in the undertaking of such a journey. It’s a sense that, whatever you may encounter or discover on…
OK, yes. We all know Greg Behrendt was the mastermind behind Berger advising Miranda, “He’s just not that into you,” on Sex & the City. And he co-wrote the book He’s Just Not That Into You. And he’s probably rolling in the dough from the ensemble cast hit, um, He’s…
It’s that time of year again, when we ruin perfectly good eggs with color dye, put on our Sunday-best clothing and set out our empty Easter baskets for the mysterious, oversized bunny to bring us sugary goodness. If you or your child are impatient and ready to see some furry…
With recent news of dog attacks and chimp maulings (OK, just one chimp mauling, but even that seems excessive to us), we would like a refresher on teaching our furry, feathered and finned friends to behave. So, we’re excited to learn that the University of North Texas is offering a…
There was a period in my life in which the majority of my interests at any given time were dictated by the pudgy, wild-haired lead singer of The Cure. If Robert Smith sang about it, I was bound to spend some time researching it. Ultimately, Cure lyrics aren’t all that…
