Arts & Culture

I can still remember the way the cheese enchiladas at Fonda San Miguel felt on my tongue. Covered in a sweaty salsa verde, the delectable queso torpedos sunk my palate into a state of culinary ecstasy. It was my first visit to the Austin institution, which opened in 1975, and…

Many times we hear about bizarre feats of nature—snakes with two heads, green kittens and the like. These are random anomalies that deviate from the norm; they elicit smiles, shrieks or thoughtful “Hmms.” Who knew that here in North Texas we are, and have been, harboring a relatively large population…

Sorry, Dallasites, but my blood is all Wisconsin. Sure, I was born in Irving, but half of my family is from a little town north of Madison, and that means I am genetically predisposed to loving two treats: beer and cheese. Those are actually the only two food groups in…

Sorry, Dallasites, but my blood is all Wisconsin. Sure, I was born in Irving, but half of my family is from a little town north of Madison, and that means I am genetically predisposed to loving two treats: beer and cheese. Those are actually the only two food groups in…

Recently, a friend stated that he flat-out didn’t like horror movies. It wasn’t the gore, it wasn’t the creepy “ch-ch-ha-ha” soundtracks or even the idea of monsters coming to get relatively innocent people that made him go ix-nay on the genre. The doozy for him was the build-up and anxiety…

It’s tough to get pumped about a Super Bowl that we actually had a shot at attending. Honestly, the NFC was an utter crapshoot this year, and if Par-sell-out hadn’t blown a few early games this season with “let’s, uh, wait and hold out” coaching “strategies,” the perfectly capable Dallas…

When one thinks of MIT, I think it’s safe to say that the terms “theatre and dance” do not immediately spring to mind. In fact, I would think they rank in the low thousands on the list of MIT word associations, somewhere far behind robots, the CIA, artificial intelligence, mathematics,…

I admit men can look better in dresses than women, but what chaps me is seeing them run around onstage wearing three-inch heels without falling. I can’t do that. That makes cross-dressing performances an exciting draw for girls’ night out—getting style tips from pros like Eddie Izzard, Cillian Murphy and…

Comedian Rob Little must love television. Before he became a regular on The Best Damn Sports Show Period and Fire Me…Please, he apparently sat in the live studio audience of as many shows as possible. On his Web site’s video page, alongside the expected stand-up routines and comedy skits, Little…

Well, whaddya know? Tyler, Texas, named after 10th U.S. President John Tyler, is more than just the home of the world’s largest rose garden. Actress Sandy Duncan and football great Earl Campbell were both born in the East Texas town. With all that luster, it’s not surprising that the town…

James Frey used to be such a badass, the kind who rolls with mobsters and crack addicts and celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio. Then everyone found out he made up key elements of his best-selling “memoir” A Million Little Pieces, and people started wondering how much of a badass Mr. Frey…

If you’re planning on catching the sold-out Blue Oyster Cult show at the Granada, here’s some advice. Don’t ask the band to explore the studio space. Don’t ask about Gene Frenkle. And please, absolutely, positively do not ask for more cowbell. It’s not that the band hates the eternally funny…

We’re iffy about midnight movies. Sure, some classics are best experienced on a big screen, but as the cost of building your own home theater goes down, so does the desire to stay up late and drive out to see Some Like It Hot one more time. Must be why…

The idea of leotard-clad Francophones forming a mystical circus troupe is so good it bears repeating. At least, that’s what the Cirque Éloize folks thought when they styled their show after the venerable Cirque du Soleil 12 years ago. In fact, they don’t even mind copying themselves on their press…

Never mind our beliefs, sometimes an icon simply inspires us. This paper’s own Jesse Hyde researched such an example when countless believers flocked to see the Virgen de Guadalupe in an Oak Cliff tree (“Do You See What I See?,” December 29, 2005). Chicana artist Santa Barraza presents mythic figures…

I want to tell you how exciting it is that the Harlem Globetrotters are coming to Dallas. They’re legends. They do amazing charity work. They play more games than any NBA team ever will and have won more than 21,000 of them. As a kid, I thought the Globetrotters were…

With all that’s going on in the world today, it’s hard to think of Africa as a peaceful, non-civil-war-and-AIDS-and-famine-ridden continent. Every time you turn on the news, something else is happening to further send man’s evolutionary homeland into a state of disarray. Maybe it’s because the situation is so disheartening…

So I’m doing a little research for this here Tzedakah Box Competition and Exhibition, and I ask a Jewish Co-worker (who shall remain unnamed) what a tzedakah box is. “Oh, that’s the box where you put the charity—the donations,” J.C. says. I jot down these notes next to “highly collectible”…

If you still haven’t recovered from the recent hockey strike and need to make up for time lost with Mike Modano and the rest of the Dallas Stars, then the Park Place Lexus/Dallas Stars Casino Night should help you get up close and personal with the players for at least…

Short of being forced to watch repeated episodes of Benny Hill completely sober, I can’t think of a lot of things I’d be less excited about than a poetry slam. While I firmly believe that all pretentious, self-wanking poetry (and the poets who write it) should be slammed (into the…