As a French princess or prince in the early 18th century, if you wanted to shit in a golden toilet, you simply commissioned a golden toilet. And from lavish latrines alike bore the tropes of the Rococo movement, which stands voluptuous and well hung next to other styles. Homeland Security,…
Art Conspiracy has released its list of selected artists for Mounted, the taxidermy-inspired fundraising auction happening on June 8, at Life in Deep Ellum. Look out: It’s full of local the talents you know and lust after. Team Dowdy’s onboard, and likely creating something posthumously adorable; local collectable favorite Cabe…
Last night the Dallas Symphony Orchestra went out with a song and a bang. This weekend marks the final performance in the orchestra’s 2012/2013 classical season and they chose a showy finale, maxing out the Meyerson’s stage with the apocalyptic, hedonistic music of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. Carmina Burana is…
Twin Shadow’s touring in support of his 2012 release Confess, but for this go he’s doing things a little differently by bringing his dad along. The pair will collaborate, telling different real-life stories at each stop, including the Granada on June 24. That got us thinking: “Hey, we like awkward…
Just a few porches east of 8th and Bishop in Oak Cliff sits an unassuming 1940s home. Surrounded by residential properties, the white 2/1 doesn’t appear fated for grand ambitions. But if local literary activists Paco Vique and Javier Garcia del Moral get their way, that’s precisely what’s going to…
On Wednesday morning, the lobby of Bass Hall in Fort Worth was crammed with photographers, reporters, and news crews buzzing around the 30 young pianists gathered from around the world to compete in the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Guide starting tomorrow. A shiny pink Cadillac glimmered in the…
The greatest film ever made about a time-traveling DeLorean soundtracked by Huey Lewis will screen for free in the Arts District’s Strauss Square on Sunday, June 2. It’s the next installment of the popular (and BYOB) Sunset Screening film series. Reserve tables and lawn seats to watch it here. The…
Arrested Development Season 4 starts Sunday. Prepare for extreme leisure, Dallas. The next four days are filled with drag queens, water balloon battles, brewery celebrations, rotten tomato chucking and top secret art shows. Send out the group text and make a plan. And click on the event titles for more…
Every week we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Jon Reep at Hyena’s in Fort Worth North Carolina native Jon Reep has been on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend and the half-hour special Comedy Central Presents: Jon Reep. On…
High camp: Mae West in a feather boa in She Done Him Wrong. Low camp: Jamie Farr in a dowdy dress on M*A*S*H. Camp adjacent: Every cock in a frock in the mock campy Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical, whose national tour is now at the Dallas Summer…
The unlikeliest of all the Hangover trilogy’s comic implausibilities might be its four pampered, rich-boy leads unironically calling themselves the “Wolf Pack” without anyone ever making fun of them. In the slobs-versus-snobs comedies of the 1970s and ’80s, the snooty rich kids were always the antagonists, bullying the nerds and…
There are times during the affecting tumult of What Maisie Knew when you may think, “At last, a first-rate American movie about what being a kid actually feels like!” And then there are times when, despite the scrupulousness of co-directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s adherence to the perspective of…
If you like bidding on things, you’re going to want to grab a pen and paper and scribble down the words Noche de Rumba. It’s a date auction for one evening only and it’s in the Rose Room at S4. Surprise! Last year’s event was such a huge success, they…
Are you sitting down for this? I hope so. There’s a burlesque studio in Plano! The town with the great debate — to hard liquor or not to hard liquor — is teaching ladies to dance not-quite-topless. Well, as with any time you dance it out, things get broken …..
If you find yourself wanting more from your pageant viewing, we have the answer. If you find the interview portion of generic pageants little more than inane comments on foreign affairs, stop searching. If you need more talent — dare we say, talent with a capital MISS T — then…
More and more open-mic comedy nights are popping up in unexpected places around town, like The Amsterdam Bar and the Texas Theatre. Joker’s Wild started last fall in the Voodoo Room at House of Blues (2200 N. Lamar St.), and has now become a monthly gig for Dallas comedians, hosted…
Let’s just get it out of the way now: There are some things a man will never live down, and one of those things would be a dozen-yearlong career playing an endearingly annoying nerd named Samuel “Screech” Powers. Yeah, we’re looking at you, Dustin Diamond. And we’ll be looking even…
As our calendars creep closer and closer to summer in North Texas, it’s time to adjust our activities accordingly. The outside becomes a distant memory as the dang mercury begins its ascent. So while it may be too late to (comfortably) go camping, it’s never too hot for high camp,…
Summer is taunting us, with its beady eyes peeking around every corner, so to relish these final fleeting days of spring, the Texas Ballet Theater offers up amazing dance performances as part of SpringFest. Slated for the final weekend of the TBT festival is a can’t-miss double feature at the…
Apocalyptic drumbeats and blazing brass are quickly followed by the hushed, pulsing chants of a choir as Carl Orff’s darkly seductive masterpiece begins. The opening notes of Carmina Burana, performed live by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Chorus on Saturday, are an instantly recognizable and menacing soundtrack. You’ve heard its…
There was a time when being a royal male meant more than helping to camouflage a baby bump or dodging zoom lenses on exotic Grecian islands. Not many years ago, being royalty meant being a proper diplomat, strategizing with heads of state and spending every spare moment attempting to wrangle…
This weekend, the DFW International Community Alliance brings more than 85 nations and cultures together to wave their flags as part of the second annual Dallas International Festival. Relocating to Centennial Hall at Fair Park (1300 Robert B. Cullum Blvd.), the family-friendly fest will feature three stages of global music…
