Deep Ellum is a neighborhood that thrives on putting on events and showcasing talent both local and from around the world. Yet in all the excitement of Elm Street’s bold new buildings and booming amplifiers, it can sometimes be difficult to see all Deep Ellum truly has to offer. On…
Friday, September 20 Greek Food Festival of Dallas 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 20 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church $9-$20 Opa! Immerse yourself in Greek culture at Dallas’ iconic Greek Food Festival. In addition to trying some fantastic food, guests can see live music and dance performances and shop for imports…
Oh, Caroline Calloway. She’s trending on Twitter. The Instagram influencer’s drama has reached every major publication in the country. But is she likable, or just another person we can’t stop watching? Calloway is fresh out of her viral tour, the one we compared with Fyre Festival early this year, recovering…
Talking to actor, jazz pianist and a being of radiating light Jeff Goldblum is never a one-way conversation. He’s so genuinely interested in people and being alive in the moment that he can turn a simple press interview around on the person talking to him. Goldblum spoke to us about his…
We all have days when all we want to do is kick back, turn off our busy brains and turn on a classic, no-surprises, screwball rom-com. When such an urge strikes, we wouldn’t normally think of spending a night watching a play. After all, one goes to the theater to…
They arrived after dinner, as the cruel Texas sun was going to sleep in the perfect orange twilight. They carried skateboards, a cooler packed with Modelos and paintbrushes. From 7 p.m. to around 4 a.m., the small team of four friends painted the 4DWN Skatepark a vibrant blue, yellow and…
Happy hump day. It is Wednesday. The third episode of season 4 of The Real Housewives of Dallas airs tonight. Isn’t that exciting? Have you seen the first two episodes yet? A bunch of white women get mad at one another and they drink and do funny stuff. Oh, man…
What do a historic market town in the northeast of England and the city of Dallas have in common? For one, both share a love for Spanish art, but also, there are some similarities in the stories of the Bowes Museum from Barnard Castle and the Meadows Museum from Dallas…
Plenty of budding actors would kill for a Best Feature win to put on their IMDb page, but as actors Hilly Holsonback and Hannah Weir watch accolades stream in for their eccentric, no-budget film A Ship of Human Skin, they hardly know what to make of it. “It’s kind of…
Imagine being a neo-grunge musician and receiving a letter from Kurt Cobain that your band’s latest record is a masterpiece. Shaun Hamill is making that kind of splash in the horror and fiction literary world. On Sept. 17, his first novel, A Cosmology Of Monsters (published by Pantheon Books in New…
This year is becoming one of the biggest of Plano native Revian Chang’s career. She kicked off 2019 as one of several young women vying for the love of Colton on season 23 of The Bachelor, and despite being eliminated after the first episode, Chang has gained a large platform that…
Monday, September 16 Away from the White House: Presidential RetreatsGeorge W. Bush Presidential Center presents Away from the White House: Presidential Retreats, an exhibition of photographs of various presidential hideaways and homes away from the White House, from Mount Vernon to Mar-a-Lago. With historical artifacts, like Ronald Reagan’s aviator sunglasses…
July 22, 2016, is a date that will live in infamy for pop culture geeks, film fans and tapeheads. It’s the day that could be the first step of the long, slow death of the videotape. This was the day Japan’s Funai Electric manufactured the world’s last new video cassette…
Quietly perched along the tip of the Design District lies one of Dallas’ latest art gems. A family-owned contemporary gallery, SITE131, is peacefully concealed within the cluster of galleries located within the neighborhood. Co-owned by mother-son duo Seth and Joan Davidow, SITE131 is a hub for major, private art collections…
Friday, September 13 Fair Food Festival 6:00 P.M. Friday, September 13 Trinity Groves $5 Indulge in some deep-fried goodness ahead of the annual State Fair of Texas. Trinity Groves will be offering a taste of what you can expect to find at this year’s fair. Funnel cakes, corn dogs, fried…
Tucked into one of the oldest buildings in South Dallas is WAAS Gallery, a much-needed space where women can exhibit the artwork that they want to make. Women have been struggling to receive as much recognition as men in the art world for as long as art has been a…
Now is the time to get your creative projects off the ground. The Dallas Public Library is opening three maker spaces for creative types and novices to launch storytelling projects, make their own clothing and preserve their family history. Dubbed Creative Spaces, the three studios, a Story Center, Fiber Arts Workroom…
The ongoing investigation into the alleged inappropriate behavior of opera star Plácido Domingo hit home again over the weekend when a Dallas singer, college professor and daughter of Southern Methodist University’s president stated publicly that she was a victim of Domingo’s behavior. Angela Turner Wilson, a seasoned opera singer who…
It’s been a good few weeks for North Texas students. Erykah Badu brought her friend Common to pay a motivational visit to her old stomping grounds, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts, at the end of August. This Tuesday, another DFW school got a superstar visitor when…
The days of the rom-com fairy tale illusions are over. In this day and age, the possibilities of meeting the love of your life via a chance encounter on the train or in a grocery store are slim to none, because love at first sight can’t exist if our eyes…
Opera star Plácido Domingo was scheduled to perform in Dallas next year, but after an Associated Press story revealed that nine women accused him of sexually harassing them over the last four decades, the Dallas Opera pulled his tour date from the schedule. The Dallas Opera removed the link to…
Seven years ago, Esé Azénabor made her debut in the Dallas fashion scene. Bright-eyed with passion, she pressed pause on her graduate pursuits at Southern Methodist University and went full force into designing her first ready-to-wear collection — without any financial assistance or immediate support. For four years the Nigerian…
