We No Longer Need the Tired Joke Known as the Razzie Awards

This week’s 93rd Academy Award nominations set a fair number of milestones. Steven Yeun became the first Asian-American actor ever nominated for Best Actor with his work in Minari; with Nomadland, Chloe Zhao became the first woman of color ever nominated for Best Director; Riz Ahmed became the first Muslim actor ever…

In ANTIBODIES, Artist Daniel Iregui Puts Viewers in the Frame

If we’re going to be stuck in Zoom meetings for much longer, we may as well get creative. With his new interactive art installation ANTIBODIES, artist Daniel Iregui uses motion-sensing technology and artificial intelligence to encourage beholders to reflect on the monotony of Zoom calls during the COVID-19 pandemic. ANTIBODIES,…

The 10 Ted Cruz-iest Things Sen. Ted Cruz Has Ever Done

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is a pioneer of modern politics. The junior senator of the Lone Star State defied the odds to become the most unpopular member of the U.S. Senate, a body of people whose collective approval rating falls below approval ratings for hemorrhoids, traffic jams, root canals and…

60 Cool Women-Owned Businesses You Can Support in Dallas

Women are rockstars in business, and that’s just a fact. There are countless women-owned and women-run businesses in Dallas, but here are 55 to get you started. In honor of Women’s History Month, support one of these local shops, restaurants and services run by a bevy of badass bosses. Bars and…

5 Art Exhibitions Worth Checking Out This Spring

Gov. Abbott’s recent decision to reopen the state without a mask mandate probably makes you want to stay inside for the foreseeable future, and we don’t blame you. However, if you find yourself feeling a little stir-crazy, claustrophobic, or some combination thereof, it may be time to escape to a…

Six Flags Turns 60: The Weirdest Rides in the Park’s History

Six Flags has never been a stranger to controversy. Arlington’s Six Flags Over Texas, the chain’s first park, came under fire in 2017 following the death of a Charlottesville, Virginia, protester by a white nationalist. The amusement park was widely criticized for continuing to fly a Confederate flag on park…

Stage West’s Kara-Lynn Vaeni Is Changing up Pandemic Theater

Exactly a year ago, theater director Kara-Lynn Vaeni was helping Dallas build and maintain a flourishing theater scene packed with stellar and wide-ranging productions. Dallas and Fort Worth theaters were showing us some of their best work during the 2019-2020 season before the promising future for local theater was struck down, like…

Pandemic Paradox: It’s OK to Not be Ready for the Pandemic to End

News from the pandemic front is getting brighter lately. The average number of new infections of COVID-19 has fallen below 100,000 in the U.S. for the first time since November, according to Johns Hopkins University. The number of deaths is decreasing sharply, too. In fits and starts, the national vaccine…

Dallas Artists Show Off Their Snow Storm Creations

The past week in Dallas has been referred to as Snow-vid, Dallaska, “The coldest week of my life,” or, in the case at least of one Texas senator, “vacation-time.” Artists were out and about in the Texas-sized winter wonderland trying to find ways to forget that most of their friends…