Ricky Skaggs, a prolific legend in his own time who worked his way through and up the ranks of country music and bluegrass and (not unlike Johnny Cash with June Carter) married into an established family of harmony makers, will be in Fort Worth–family in tow–to celebrate Christmas in song…
You don’t have to have been raised on colonial Brit Lit, classic melodramas, Westerns or war movies, or Gone With the Wind to figure out the likely outcome of Baz Luhrmann’s Australia within its first 15 minutes, but any or all of the above will help. Tightly wound and corseted…
Gus Van Sant has never been what you’d call a risk-averse filmmaker, but he directs his Harvey Milk biopic so carefully there might be a Ming vase balanced on his head. Van Sant’s steps are deliberate, his posture is straight, his attitude is responsible and his eyes are fixed firmly…
Seesawing between vicious satire and fawning tribute, A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant offers a disarmingly funny lesson in the finer points of Dianetics. Directed by Jaime Castañeda and performed by eight cute kid actors at Fort Worth’s Circle Theatre, the show takes a mere 55 minutes and 11…
If Black Friday plans supersede your Thanksgiving plans, then clearly, the economy is not in that much danger, right? The Friday on which retailers go wild and shoppers go manic is the newest national holiday and the best time to get your flat-screen television. Finally, someone was smart enough to…
Once upon a time in the American Old West, every cowboy riding across that craggy, untamed land wore boots that were handmade by a bootmaker. Nowadays, to keep costs down, most cowboy boots sold in Western wear shops around the country were mass-produced by machines in the factories of India,…
Though Frank Campagna’s Kettle Art Gallery has only been open for three years, it’s already hard to imagine Deep Ellum without it. Part of that reason is because Campagna himself has long been a staple of the Dallas art and music scenes. He started back in the late ’70s designing…
The Gaylord Texan Resort (1501 Gaylord Trail in Grapevine) has the answer to the dread that cooking a Thanksgiving dinner awakens in us all (except Pilgrims–they had it covered). From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. you and your family, by reservation, will sit down to a traditional turkey dinner (or…
Newsflash: Trains are more than those big yellow and white things that dart you around town when you don’t feel like driving–there’s a history and a love of all things locomotive, and The Trains at NorthPark, benefiting Ronald McDonald House of Dallas, is here to fuel that love. Featuring more…
Cliched Holiday Generalization No. 1: With the holidays coming, and considering the booze required to endure family and office parties, you’re gonna be packing on the pounds starting today. Cliched Holiday Generalization No. 2: There’s a good chance you’ll make a New Year’s resolution to start exercising in about a…
Call me crazy, but I think the short-lived series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was one of the best things to ever happen on primetime television. Apparently I’m alone in this sentiment, because the show tanked and was canceled after one season. While it lasted, it showcased D.L. Hughley…
The Stars’ season has, so far, seen a bit of the ol’ back-and-forth, the win-and-lose, the come-and-go. Stats notwithstanding and because I’m feeling a little excited that it’s chilly and it’s hockey season (yeah, me and three other people, I know), I’m going to give you a “hat trick,” so…
Frankly, we’re tired of talking about what’s going on with the Mavs these days, so instead let us concentrate on former Golden State point guard Baron Davis, duped this summer into moving south to Los Angeles by buddy Elton Brand, only to have Brand bolt for Philly shortly after. Sucks…
Juliette, a doctor and mother, is disowned by her family after being convicted of murder. After 15 years in prison she is released into the care of her kindhearted younger sister, Lea, whom she now hardly knows. Il y a longtemps que je t’aime, or I’ve Loved You So Long…
You know what my favorite part of Thanksgiving is? I’ll give you a hint: It’s not the praying. Another hint: It’s not the eating. Give up? The greatest thing to arise in the wake of the Pilgrims is the unnaturally multi-legged turkey of the NFL on FOX crew, allotted to…
The color pink gets a bad rap. First it was the girliest of all the hues, a symbol of the birth of a baby girl and the color of choice for little girls’ frilly party dresses. And then, as if that wasn’t enough humiliation, frat boys went and adopted it…
Santa Claus is coming to town, and Michael W. Smith is coming to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. If you don’t know who Michael W. Smith is, just ask our mayor, Tom Leppert. Leppert says Smith is one of his favorite musicians, and if that glowing endorsement doesn’t get you to…
Baptists and burlesque don’t often mix. The same goes for religious holidays and burlesque. But ballet and burlesque isn’t too far of a leap, and in a fitting turn for the bawdy, peep-show style theater that has slowly infiltrated everything from our fashions to our fitness programs, it now has…
“Is it good turtle soup or merely the mock?” That’s a line from Cole Porter’s “At Long Last Love,” written in 1938. Well to be sure, I had to research what the hell is actually involved in turtle soup. According to my Google search, my instincts were correct, and it’s…
Last year, I finally overcame my grudge against The Light Crust Doughboys for kicking Bob Wills out of the band in the 1930s simply because sometimes he drank a little too much and occasionally missed their gigs and live radio broadcasts as a result. It happened one day at a…
I remember a lot about my one and only Disney on Ice event…except for distinct details about the actual performance. It was Aladdin: On Ice, and when I think back a flash of baby blue streams across my mind, presumably Princess Jasmine’s attire. I also see a very large head…
Thanksgiving is over, so it’s time to take down the cornucopias. Bring on the December dazzle shows! If you want to get started early on the “lots and lots of lights” Christmas tradition before November even ends, this weekend’s Fifth Annual Light Up Lee Park Festival & Fireworks Display offers…
