Doritos get stuck in the vending machine again? TiVo abandon you during a crucial moment of The Hills? Oh, how your life is filled with woe! But it could be worse. You could be a gay Jewish man in a Nazi concentration camp. Narrowly avoided that one, eh? See what…
See Frankie Valli at the Meyerson I thought that the organizers of the “A Special Evening With…” fund-raisers had lost their touch. Past performers have included Tony Bennett, Ray Charles and Tom Jones, so when they announced that this year’s performance would be by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons,…
If I have to turn in my man card to admit that I really like Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, then so be it. That movie is the shit when it comes to chipper songs, sweet romance and high drama. Plus, along with The Little Mermaid, it marked Disney’s official…
Here in the South, we know what it takes to make a hoedown—a great caller, a hot fiddler, 30 gallons of sweet tea…and a passel of guinea pigs. OK, maybe a herd of guinea pigs is not a traditional square dance component, but it is what you’ll find at Saturday’s…
I think my address is just a skosh off of the Munger Place Home Tour. I’d totally rock out my barely 500-square-foot flat for people to walk through, comment on and walk right back out of. But the landlord might disagree, and the automatic locking door at the entrance could…
My favorite thing about Black and Blue is the fact that they’re a “Keith and Mick” tribute band and not a Beatles tribute band. They’ve also named themselves wisely by taking on the moniker of one of the Stones’ lesser works rather than, say, Sticky Fingers. That’s truth in advertising—”We’re…
I can’t help but be suspicious of an event promising free comic books. Every free comic book I ever received was a monumental disappointment. For example, the last thing I wanted to read about after leaving the dentist’s office was tooth maintenance. Yet they had the nerve to hand me…
When we address uncomfortable subjects with humor, we feel a little bit better. That’s why it’s a good idea to go see Mid Life! The Crisis Musical with your parents and other old-ass friends. That way, you can broach the subject of that stupid motorcycle Steve bought without offending him…
You get the feeling that back in the day, Liza Minnelli was the girl to party with. Not the bland, vapid Lindsay Lohan-type, but the kind of girl Perez Hilton would have lived and died for—the cerebral, storied partier: the girl with issues, with an undeniable image, with questionable taste…
The sheer joy exhibited by the dancers and singers with Empower African Children is nothing short of captivating. The 22 performers, ages 9 to 22, combine standing drums, layered rhythms and call-and-response vocals for the last show of The Spirit of Uganda in their 21-city tour of the United States,…
Admit it. Rather than playing outdoors in the sunshine, you spent your summers watching PBS cooking shows, learning proper knife techniques and finding yourself in awe of the be-toqued on Great Chefs and those fortunate enough to have their own shows. (It’s cool. Me too.) These days, the fortunate include…
One of the best day trips this metroplex has to offer Dallas residents is to Fort Worth on the Trinity Rail Express, a few short bus connections (or a ride from a Fort Worth-based friend) and a stop at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Once there, you can…
Thanks a bunch, Trey Parker and Matt Stone. You’ve taken a perfectly good childhood memory—Gene Wilder sing “Pure Imagination” in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory—and replaced it with your own mocking, nefarious version from the violent South Park episode “Imaginationland.” Seriously, thank you. That saccharine Wilder number never really…
Remember in school when they made us identify different minerals based on stuff like their hardness, their luster, their streak, etc.? Yeah, that sucked. I mean, I’m all about minerals hanging out and looking cool, but I’d rather someone just tell me what they are. No one wins in a…
Last time Chelsea Handler was in town, I took my friend who is a huge fan of the sassy, brassy, not-ashamed-about-being-sorta-slutty comic and host of E! Entertainment’s Chelsea Lately. This friend is the one who introduced me to Handler’s books: collections of certifiably embarrassing and relatable moments ranging anywhere from…
If there’s one thing photographer Hal Samples can do without even speaking, it’s make social commentary. His works offer comment on life, levels of suffering or joy and the environment just hanging there still on a wall. Saturday, May 3, Samples opens a showcase of some of his works shot…
When one speaks of the Mexican culture, it’s not all corn tortillas, Guayaberas and other stereotypical things we associate with a fiesta (even as awesome as a kick-ass home-style fiesta may be). No, Northern Mexico has a bit more in common with the US than one might think as far…
Errol Morris is known for turning the mundane into the sublime. In his first documentary, Gates of Heaven, he chronicles the ludicrously vicious battle between two competing pet cemetery owners. By exclusively using interviews with the strange folks involved instead of narration, Morris creates a touching reality so real that…
Psychic and best-selling author Sylvia Browne has spent decades talking to people throughout the world, but she decided to quit the lecture circuit and is celebrating with her farewell tour: Temples on the Other Side. If you’re lucky, you might be one of the audience members randomly selected to ask…
The “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” party started in 1999 as a ladies-only dance bash and fund-raiser for the Dallas Children’s Theater. Good idea. Dress up, eat, giggle and spend money on raffle tickets for goodies like trips, all for a good cause. No men around to raise eyebrows…
Strange bedfellows: heavy metal and cellos. And yet they come together in Finnish quartet Apocalyptica, four dudes who have increased the overall bad-assitude of classical instrumentation by 400% by releasing albums like Plays Metallica by Four Cellos and Inquisition Symphony, on which they string-rock a Pantera cover. It’s a surprisingly…
Moms are way different than dads. For Father’s Day you can just give the old man a bottle of scotch and the remote control and you’re home free, but you have to put a bit more effort into Mother’s Day. After all, she’s the one who went through 30 hours…
