When you first hear Rick Steves on the radio, your natural immediate response is “Jeez, what a nerd.” Maybe it’s the nasal voice or his intense hatred of Naples, but there’s something a bit off-putting about the whole thing. But here’s the deal: When you travel, you need to bring…
They say every writer has a screenplay tucked away in a bottom desk drawer. In the case of Brooke Wyeth, that publication is a memoir, set to revive a long-buried family secret. So, you know, this holiday at the Wyeth house is shaping up to be one helluva par-tay. That’s…
Earlier this month, Unfair Park’s Eric Nicholson broke news that internet celebrity, Teddy Bear the talking porcupine is a Dallasite. We’re only human, so after learning distance wasn’t a barrier we sent Ted a formal invitation to visit our home office. We etched the address into a sweet potato, couriered…
Enough with the feelgood shows of the season. Bring on the feel-bad entertainment! If you’re feelin’ Scrooge-y and would rather throttle Tiny Tim than sit through another Christmas Carol, here are five alternatives amid the blizzard of holiday fare. Race, Kitchen Dog Theater, through December 14. David Mamet’s tight little…
During any discussion of Kennedy’s final day, Dallas’ infamous geography eclipses our sister city’s. A new commission by the Fort Worth Opera will address those lesser-seen moments, focused on bonds and experiences the president held dear during the 15 hours prior the assassination. It will be based mostly in Fort…
Beekeepers in More Than Honey.This year saw its share of incredible documentaries, but in 2013 the stand-outs are films that help flesh out the way we see the world. Below are fifteen docs we suggest seeing, from the grisly to uplifting. Click on the name of the film to read…
“Pineapple do” Usually for our #Dallas Instagram weekly recap we feature events, places, food, fashion, even pets. But this week, while actively scrolling through your photos we noticed a trend: dudes with highly stylized hair. So we’re giving you a special, more follicle-based edition of #Dallas Instagrams…
This past week may have marked the 50th anniversary of one of Dallas’ darker moments, but we didn’t have to spend the entire time in the shadow of maudlin JFK introspection, thanks to a more upbeat 50th anniversary: the beginning of the adventures of TV’s Doctor Who. Conventions across the…
Dallas has a burlesque troupe for every personality. Ruby Revue serves up old time glam, Viva Burlesque caters dolled-up routines to themes and those Lolli Bombs like to get a little freaky. But what if you’re into hot wax, barbed wire, machetes, broken glass and big top spectacle — all…
Whether delivering a tree house harangue as Dictator-for-Life of G.R.O.S.S. or getting sneak-jumped by his tiger sidekick, Calvin was our kid id. Operating on a combination of misunderstood genius and pranky mischief, he and Hobbes conquered the world, time travel, art, dumb girls and physics — one perfectly drawn frame…
While Dallas was fixated on one 50th anniversary, fans of Dr. Who were busy with another entirely over at WhoFest. The sold-out fan convention ran for three-days in Addison, giving local Whoheads a chance to rub costumed elbows and geek out together. Every iteration of the good Doctor was represented,…
The pop star who single-handedly made The Dukes of Hazzard much worse than it could have been, and her sister, will be our neck of the woods Saturday. Jessica and Ashlee Simpson will make a public appearance at NorthPark Center on North Central Expressway, according to a post on the…
When the West Texas town of Marfa saw that one of its major interstates had a giant, metal Playboy bunny logo trying to titillate anyone who drove by it, the town erupted into an angry orgy of outrage. They were shocked that New York artist Richard Phillips would dare to…
That battle for comedy dominance known as the Funniest Comic in Texas is about to get under way and the tributes have received their invitation to join the games. OK, so the annual comedy contest doesn’t have the excitement of a futuristic reality show in which teenagers slaughter each other…
This week it seems that everyone is struggling with how best to commemorate the assassination of John F. Kennedy. What if it was your job to create the right music for this weighty occasion? Which notes would you choose and how would you arrange them? How would you use sound…
Honor the Kennedy anniversary in whatever way you see fit. We’ve got a bunch of events tucked in this weekend’s list. (I’ll be drinking pink Champagne, toasting Jackie for 24 hours straight. Chance of weep-sobbing? A solid 30 percent. That number increases to a steadfast 60 percent by the second…
When Renzo Piano met Raymond Nasher 18 years ago, it was at a dinner. Seated together, the two men spent the first half of their evening bonding over the value of family. It wasn’t until later in the night when Nasher volunteered his idea. “I’d like to build a sculpture…
We’ve admired actress Allison Tolman since she debuted on a Dallas stage in 2004 in the comedy Anton in Show Business with Second Thought Theatre, the company she co-founded with other Baylor drama grads. Season after season, at STT and in shows at Kitchen Dog Theater and elsewhere, she kept…
Being walked through artist Loretta Gonzalez’s new series of paintings is like exchanging introductions at a dinner party for savages. “This is Dena Schlosser from Plano. She cut the arms off her baby,” says Gonzalez, expanding a photo of the painting on her iPad. Next we meet Gilberta from Hudson…
It had to happen: There’s so much voiceover narration in today’s movies, so much needless verbal play-by-play, that it was only a matter of time before somebody made a picture narrated by that life of the party himself, Death. The Grim Reaper delivers the opening monologue of The Book Thief,…
In 1997, 87-year-old Richard Lusk flew from California to Florida to claim an $11 million prize he believed he’d won in a sweepstakes. The day after he returned home empty-handed, he had a stroke. Four months later, he bought a second plane ticket to Florida and stubbornly knocked on their…
It says something that two of the biggest sensations in young adult literature over the past 10 years have featured heroines who keep more than one guy on the line at a time. No longer do the genre’s bright young women sit around waiting for one Mr. Right to notice…
