Those of you who have seen the 1981 animated sci-fi trip Heavy Metal don’t need to hear anything more than that it’s next up on the Inwood’s impeccable list of midnight screenings. Those of you that haven’t, please bear with me as I attempt to walk you through this. Basically,…
Two years ago, I never dreamed I’d be more excited about the Cowboys than the Mavericks. But after the Mavs choked away two consecutive all-but-assured championships and the ‘Boys replaced their decrepit quarterback with an exciting young gun, my sports compass pointed toward Texas Stadium. Typical fickle Dallas fan, sure,…
Just about everyone has banged out a rhythm on a desk with pencil drumsticks, drummed fingers against a railing or shaken a box of matches like a maraca when musical inspiration struck and no real instruments were around. But would you pay to see others do the same thing with…
Fairy tales seriously screwed us up–the amount of disappointment and cynicism in our lives is directly related to the amount of Mother Goose we were exposed to growing up. We were all taught that ugly ducklings can grow up to be beautiful swans, frogs can become princes and poisoned apples…
Anne Hathaway has had a pretty crazy year, and now that she’s got a movie to promote we’re getting to hear all about it. Even if you try to avoid stuff like that, you have probably heard something about her billionaire ex-boyfriend getting jail time for fraud and maybe even…
The Southern Methodist University’s Mustang Band’s Pigskin Revue musical variety show has been a SMU Homecoming tradition since 1933. This year’s show is titled Mustang Bandstand and features 20th-century popular music. You can imagine the type of entertainment as the big band and jazz music extends into pop hits from…
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend. Especially now, as she fearfully cashes them in rather than rely on her 401(k), which now looks more like a paycheck from a part-time job than a secure future. But the power of a diamond can impact a whole lot more than just your…
If I were a cow, purely metaphorically speaking, I would have my head strategically placed through the barbed-wire fence, straining my neck and suffering a puncture wound to reach the patch of green grass on the other side. Even with a similar patch just 100 yards back on my side…
People think of the signing of the Declaration of Independence as a decorous affair, with a lot of breeches-clad men gathered around a huge piece of paper, already posing for the commemorative portrait. Well, nothing is ever as neat as history would have it, and there’s no better way to…
In our roller-coaster economy, we’re getting pretty good at distinguishing between wants and needs. We want something new and pretty, but we need to eat. No fun. Lucky for us, some new and pretty things are free to enjoy. Like art. Artist Phillipe Bertho pays homage to the greatest intangible…
Ostensibly, Zack and Miri Make a Porno should be money-shot Kevin Smith: Pals make a porn to pay the bills and, in the process of gettin’ it on for the video cam, cum to realize their years-in-the-making friendship is really a love affair. Awwwww, how sweet. In other words, it’s…
There will be no more polarizing film released in 2008 than Synecdoche, New York, the directorial debut of Oscar-winning screenwriter and mind-fucker Charlie Kaufman, heretofore known as author of Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. (Though there is a very good chance Kevin Smith’s latest,…
Lower your expectations a notch for Theatre Three’s production of the 2005 hit Broadway musical The Light in the Piazza. That way you won’t be too disappointed at the less-than-sumptuous staging of the romantic, near-operatic 16-song suite by composer-lyricist Adam Guettel (book by Craig Lucas). You might even be pleasantly…
In this time of hotly contested elections, Wall Street collapses and High School Musical 3, it often feels as if the end times might be upon us. No wonder then that artist Alex Rubio dabbles in the apocalyptic, taking inspiration from Revelations, Aztec mythology, Nostradamus and Hollywood. Frankly, we wouldn’t…
A lot of us have a complex relationship with fashion. Sometimes we find an item of clothing that makes us feel good, and BAM, we’re in love. But sometimes nothing fits, and we’d rather just walk around naked than deal with the whole thing. And yet, compared to the way…
Although the Day of the Dead may seem macabre to some, it’s actually meant to celebrate the lives of the deceased. Similarly, artist Jose Vargas celebrates deceased musicians (and some who are living) in his vibrant paintings. Pair a Vargas exhibition with an exhibit featuring Day of the Dead-influenced art,…
Finally, Election Day has come, just as the baseless accusations, fear-mongering and half-truths were becoming unbearable. After today, we’ll know whether Cindy Werner or Mavis Best Knight will be the next District 13 member of the State Board of Education. While you’re in the booth sweating out that decision, you…
Finally, Election Day has come, just as the baseless accusations, fear-mongering and half-truths were becoming unbearable. After today, we’ll know whether Cindy Werner or Mavis Best Knight will be the next District 13 member of the State Board of Education. While you’re in the booth sweating out that decision, you…
Anyone who knows anything about this country of ours knows that it’s a fusion of different cultures, locations, ideals and lifestyles. It’s obvious, even deep in the heart of Texas, as ethnic neighborhoods bump up next to each other and spill over freely, and it’s visible in the hodgepodge of…
Composer and lyricist William Finn is probably best known for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, though he’s written music and lyrics for a number of other projects, including A New Brain–based on his brush with death after brain surgery–and the trilogy of In Trousers, March of the Falsettos…
Laurie Berkner totally knows that kids really dig being silly. Like dancing, jumping, funny-face silly. Like, cry-halting, positive mood-swing silly. It’s as though she’s tapped into what those Yo Gabba Gabba! kids are dancing to, bottled it, reformulated it with piano, bass, her acoustic guitar and child- and adult-friendly voice…
Has there ever been a better time to embrace the story of a dashing vigilante who sweeps in and evens the score for the downtrodden? Actually, there probably has…all things considered, most of us aren’t reduced to eating stale bread like they did in the heyday of Robin Hood. Yet…
