Admit it. You’ve spent several hours engrossed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, completely mesmerized by a bunch of kids spelling words that you’ve never even heard. It’s quite impressive, watching middle-schoolers go head to head in the coolest of all nerdy competitions. Adults don’t do it because, quite honestly,…
Before Spanish conquerors and churchmen stepped foot in the New World, representations of the human heart were not uncommon in pre-Columbian art. Aztecs adorned religious statuary with depictions of human hearts. And skulls. And hands. And human sacrifice. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, images of Jesus (also…
Twenty minutes can be magical, but 20 years can be quite the haul. In this case, that haul’s a fantastic one: TeCo Theatrical Productions is celebrating 20 years of staging multicultural theater by emerging artists. And this anniversary season is no different, with the 12th Annual New Play Competition. Running…
If you attended Artopia, you’ve already peered into the crazy mind of Danielle Georgiou. But the women in blue lipstick and graceful, contorted bodies were just the beginning. Her newest show, Dirty Filthy Diamonds, takes over the Margo Jones Theatre in Fair Park at 8 p.m. Wednesday with a perversely…
The couple who paints together, stays together. Well, that’s what we are to believe about Santa Fe artists Blair Vaughn-Gruler and her husband Ernst Gruler, who claim to paint side-by-side everyday. Mary Tomas Gallery, which happens to be owned by happily married artist types, displays the newest work of the…
All great literary and theatrical figures seem to be getting their own origin stories these days, whether it’s the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz in the musical Wicked or Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s origin stories for Peter Pan with Peter and the Starcatchers. Now,…
We’re all sick of winter and coats and mittens and those damn scarves. Escape the crap, if only for a day, and look at pretty flowers at the Dallas Arboretum (8525 Garland Road). Dallas Blooms Festival is in full swing and it’s “one of the most spectacular floral displays in…
What’s the saying? A picture says a thousand words, but granite says it better? OK, it may not have caught on just yet, but in its latest exhibition Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery breaks its tradition of photo-based work to feature large-scale granite sculpture by Jesús Moroles. A native Texan…
Having a crummy childhood is a perfect training ground for comedy. Few things can suck the innocence out of a kid faster than being the only person sitting at a table covered in colorful Visqueen, helium filled balloons and a beautiful birthday cake that were all bought just for them…
The man who gifted the world with splatter-soaked classics like Surf Nazis Must Die, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead and The Toxic Avenger isn’t just bringing back one of his most classic franchises. He’s also bringing it to the Texas Theatre. The Oak Cliff movie house announced that Troma…
It’s an hour until showtime. We’ve been struggling with synchronized bowing for the last half hour or so. There’s a V formation we have to make, but it relies on our dear departed former arts editor Jamie Laughlin, the last speaker of the evening, depositing a stool backstage and running,…
The Dallas Comic Convention will be under new ownership and a new roof when it opens its doors to the costumed masses this May. The convention group announced on its website that Fan Expo HQ, a division of the Swiss/British company Informa, now owns the Dallas Comic Con. For the…
The Dallas Chamber Symphony is nothing if not ambitious. For a group only midway through its second season, DCS has launched an impressive number of programs and events, including an annual International Piano Competition at SMU and, now, an International Film Competition. While a film competition might seem like an…
If you are one of the masses that didn’t make it the Winspear Opera House the last time Book of Mormon came to town (that makes two of us), this little blog post is about to make your day. The hit show coming back to Dallas, as part of the…
“Nighthawks” is coming to the Amon Carter Museum. Edward Hopper’s 1942 late-night rendering of a sleepy American diner inspired poetry, film scenes and parody, spreading as far as The Simpsons and That ’70s Show. This year it leaves its permanent location at the Art Institute of Chicago and travels to…
On Sunday night, at a celebratory event for orchestra subscribers at the Meyerson symphony center, the Dallas Symphony announced its 2014/2015 classical and pops lineup. The good news? More concerts and more new music on the programs. Here are the highlights:…
On Wednesday night my phone blinked on the nightstand. It was a text from a friend who had just seen The Dallas Opera’s opening night production of Tod Machover’s much buzzed about sci-fi opera, Death and the Powers. “Robot opera. I dunno,” she typed. “The technology is a little …
A lot of people are going to be in town between March and April thanks to the NCAA Division 1 Men’s Final Four Championship at Cowboys Stadium. One of those people will be Conan O’Brien. The late night host of TBS’ Conan and his sidekick Andy Richter will tape a…
Welcome back to our countdown of the weirdest suggestions for Valentine’s gifts we could find on Dallas Craigslist, counting down today from ten all the way down to number one. There’s some really magical crap today, you guys. Without further ado. See Also: The Weirdest Valentine’s Gifts on Dallas Craigslist,…
Actor, writer and director Crispin Glover owns an interesting piece of real estate in between the realms of independent cinema and pop culture. The lanky legend has pulled off brilliant performances in memorable, mainstream movies such as the one-armed bellhop in Hot Tub Time Machine, the conniving “Thin Man” in…
That’s right, Crispin Glover wants to be your Valentine. Your favorite cinematic oddball spends two nights at Texas Theatre this weekend. Want more? Fine. How about a massive burlesque festival starring international talent? There’s also art, a robot opera, live flamenco, a silent film set to live music, comedy and…
Let me first admit, my experience with samurai is limited. When I learned Dallas had a samurai museum, the first thing three things that came to mind were Tom Cruise, Mulan (wrong country), and 47 Ronin. That there could be an entire exhibition — much less a museum — dedicated to…
