Back in 1964, a rotten movie called Santa Claus Conquers the Martians introduced a child actress named Pia Zadora in the role of a mirthless Martian child. Zadora would go on to become a mirthless singer and actress who briefly shot to semi-stardom when she won a Golden Globe in…
David Chase looks like he wants to whack somebody. Not just anybody, mind you, but the middle-age guy with the bad dye job a few tables away from us in the Library Bar of the Regency Hotel. “Hiya!” bellows the dye job into his phone. “I’m sittin’ here watchin’ the…
On Thursday, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra hosts Grammy Award-winning band Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano for a Navidad-inspired musical celebration. The group, led by Mexican-born mariachi legend Natividad “Nati” Cano, has been performing for more than 50 years. Expect to be wowed. This group is composed of the finest…
Got a jones for super-bendy French Canadians? Fret not; you can now shop local for cirque performances right here in Big D, courtesy of Dallas Cirque Theatre. The acrobatic troupe (helmed by Kimberly Adele and Dylan Keith of CirqueFit fame) has been spinning and swinging around these parts for quite…
For 11 months out of the year, you struggle to find family-centric fun that won’t make you go crazy. Sometimes you luck out and find an activity that doesn’t involve Elmo screeching about his goldfish — but sadly, others you’re just stuck with. Ah, but the month of December serves…
Dallas: One of our own needs us. Patrick Short, the 26-year-old man behind the now-closed alternative arts space Guerilla Arts, has been diagnosed with anapalastic oligodendroglioma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. The discovery happened in a highly unpredictable way. He’d worked to get into Yale’s architecture program for years,…
We’ll find just about any reason to enter a good 5K around here. We do it for the exercise and for a good cause, and sometimes we just really want a free T-shirt (we’re willing to bet that you’ve got a closet full of ’em by now). Well, if you…
With all the shopping, decorating and periods of family togetherness, let us not forget the true meaning of the holidays: getting tipsy and making out with strangers. Book yourself some quality time for exactly that at the Holiday Winter Warmer, a never-ending beer buffet celebrating the best breweries in Texas…
Dowdy Studio is run by a screen-printing married couple that’s so freaking cute that you’ll want to puke. And guess what else? Their tees, prints, pillows and other creations are even cuter. On Saturday, their mobile shop, the Dowdy Studio Wagon, will be popping off for a big ol’ Holiday…
For the parents who shied away from Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy for fear that it was a bit too, uh, dark for the youngsters, we have something for you and your comic-book-loving kids. The Batman Live World Arena Tour is more in line with the traditional POW! BOOM! WHAM!…
The Modern’s beautiful building, designed by Tadao Ando, turns 10 this month. They’ve been celebrating inside those glass walls by amassing new acquisitions for the space’s permanent collection, and by offering a series of lectures by some of contemporary art’s biggest brains. In the mix is a stunning neon light…
Baby, it’s not cold outside. I’m sorry, I know you’re real excited about putting on those fur-lined boots and that cable-knit sweater. And dang, that NorthFace jacket you’re still paying off hasn’t even seen daylight this holiday season. So, you know what? I’m gonna take you to some seriously chilly…
Our perception of Australia cinema would undoubtedly be much different if Ted Kotcheff’s film Wake in Fright (previously known as Outback) had received better distribution. Restored and dubbed a Cannes Classic, Wake in Fright brought disturbing human horror to the forefront, filled with a drunken Outback psychopathic takedown of a…
She’s been all over the dial, and this weekend Loni Love brings her personal spin on comedy commentary to our fair city, for a series of shows at the Addison Improv. She’s an upper-station regular, and a frequent face on I Love the ’70s (’80s and ’90s), Chelsea Lately and…
There’s a moment of realization in the Apatow-produced television series Freaks and Geeks when young, gangly Sam Weir realizes he hates his popular cheerleader girlfriend. They’re sitting in a movie theater. She’s heavily primped and wearing an angora sweater. He’s nervously attempting to find common ground by sharing his favorite…
Warning! This item contains “life spoilers” and is intended for readers ages 8 and older. Proceed with caution. Here’s the thing about Christmas: It involves so many stories of things that just don’t happen in real life. Sugar plums don’t really dance. Reindeer can’t fly. Friendly snowmen don’t have motor…
As one of the older residences in Dallas, and one of the only ones still standing on Ross Avenue, the Alexander Mansion is the type of place that makes you long for a corset and, consequently, a fainting couch. Confining undergarments aside, the mansion is charming, stately and this holiday…
It’s time for some holiday fun pro tips, people: Six Flags Over Texas is badass in the winter (note: the term “winter” is used very loosely). Why? We’ll give a few reasons, actually. Because yes, both classic, underrated, creepily be-mannequined mine-train rides (Mini and Runaway) are open, as well as…
We’re giving away two sets of tickets to Thursday’s performance of Batman Live at American Airlines Center. To enter, rank the Batman movies in order from best to worst in the comment section below, and we’ll randomly draw a winner Thursday morning at 11 a.m. The show starts at 7:30…
Chip and Monica of Good Morning Apocalypse, the perky morning show trucking along following the end of the world, try to stay upbeat. But it’s pretty hard when your camera is a Tide bottle and a Capri Sun box, and one of your co-hosts is dead. See also: At the…
Dallas, you’re crazy and that’s why we love you. From conventions to pet parades, zombie runs to Kiss concerts, you found a way to stand out from the crowd. You know why? Because normal is boring, that’s why. Let’s take a look back at the strangest, most beautiful or simply…
The Modern’s shell, that tremendous glass building, turns ten this month. To celebrate, the team is dolling up the permanent collection with a run of new acquisitions. The electronic cherry-on-top was revealed to the public on Friday in this new piece by Jenny Holzer. Her work plays off of its…
