Ever do a search for “movies opening this weekend” only to find that none of the good ones are actually playing in Dallas? We’re here to save you from that disappointment. Wednesday 8.22 Hit and Run – You’ve got the Wedding Crashers producers to thank for this summertime brain liquifier,…
Okay, okay. We get it. Self-published S&M-lite has an enthusiastic audience and is therefore pop-culturally relevant. And despite our earnest entreaty for something a bit more imaginative than “Fifty Shades of Beige,” this week marked another huge success with a familiar reprise: Gordon Gekko (with a heart of gold and…
If you’re unfamiliar with Art Conspiracy, it’s kind of like a street gang of creative do-gooders on the brink of revolution. Its mainframe rests underground in an undisclosed location, busily engineering elaborate events that raise cash for local non-profits rooted in the arts. Since 2005, AC has raised more than…
I have a healthy chunk of respect for any show with a 26-year run: that’s more than a quarter century of curating around a theme. Bath House Cultural Center has done exactly that with its annual Dia de los Muertos exhibition, which is currently seeking talent. All media is welcomed,…
“The gaming industry didn’t set out to be an educational tool,” says Meadows School of the Arts Dean José Antonio Bowen, “But we need to be that engaging, interesting and compelling. We need to adopt that energy in order to get students hooked, so that they will want to tackle…
It looked like UNT grad student Adam Rowlett was going to get screwed over when Mercantile Coffee House, the original venue for Gothic Abstract and site of the MAC’s community outreach program to bring emerging artists into downtown Dallas, suddenly closed halfway through the show’s run. Enter Roths Susan and…
Actually, it’s a lot better than it sounds. A lot. Undermain Theatre just announced its 29th season, full of lusty Greeks, biblical farces and vampires that don’t sparkle. At least we don’t think they do. The experimental playhouse’s “Season of Myth” consists of four plays and three readings at the…
See also: City Artists To Hijack The Omni’s Lights, Dallas Gets More Blade Runnery Last year something miraculous happened in Austin. Choreographer Allison Orr’s performance piece “The Trash Project” came to fruition. It felt as though the entire city gathered to watch as municipal waste employees danced with garbage trucks,…
It’s happened: We’ve blown another summer. America’s future leaders are piling back to their schools, and we’re honoring them with how-to’s, survival guides and personal stories of failure from Observer staff. That’s right, It’s College Week. Read more in our college-themed section. It’s a itchy temptation: your argumentative paper is…
Whether on the prowl for Mad Men inspired mid-century decor, or something more Victorian, Dallas’ antique stores have got it covered. Below is a list of five of our favorite antique stores in town, each heaping with vintage treasures and worth taking a browse through. Dolly Python (1916 N. Haskell):…
The film world lost a great auteur last night, as Tony Scott – director of such classics like Top Gun and True Romance – tragically took his own life at age 68. Tony was one-half of the Scott- sibling directing duo with his brother Ridley (Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator). The…
It’s the largest canvas in town, so when Jeff West suggested the idea — that local video artists create their own programming for the Omni’s flashy exterior walls — the project was too alluring for anyone to pass up. September 26 will be one, memorable night many months in the…
#20 Abbey Road It’s happened: We’ve blown another summer. America’s future leaders are piling back to their schools, and we’re honoring them with how-to’s, survival guides and personal stories of failure from Observer staff. That’s right, It’s College Week. In the tiny confines of a dorm room, real estate is…
The most surprising aspect of Ari Richter’s skin art — aside from its unorthodox canvas, of course — is its unexpected beauty. Richter guided me last Thursday through the white drywall maze of CentralTrak to his summer studio, where he was putting the finishing touches on what will open on…
You’d the think title says it all. In fact, its straightforward logic is what got me through the door: “I like this and I like that.” But admittedly, I expected something more reserved and perhaps even boring from Friday night’s Naked Girls Reading. While the premise might sound like a…
Tom Hanks, who once met John F. Kennedy after downing several Dr Peppers, is currently developing a feature film with his production company Playtone about the JFK assassination. The film will be screenwriter Peter Landesman’s directorial debut. According to Variety, the film will chronicle the “events leading up to JFK’s…
It started last night: low-flying planes released the first clutch of insecticidal mist. We stayed indoors, ruminating on the state of things. Gas masks are a favorite theme in street art, but due to their apocalyptic nature they’ve also been the muses of classically trained painters, sculptors, video artists, photographers…
What sets H.P. Lovecraft ahead of other horror and science fiction writers is his means of setting up a story. He drops a pin early in The Call of Cthulhu, his 1926 short work with this: “We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas…
See also: The Films Opening in Dallas This Week If you’re a lifelong horror fan like me, then ParaNorman is your kind of haunt. Chocked full of 70s/80s genre nostalgia, homages to the creepy classics, and a great social commentary, the stylish stop motion flick from writing-directing duo Sam Fell…
We were under the impression that The Hunger Games was something that happened during sorority rush at SMU. Actually, it’s another one of those kids’ books that adults have commandeered as “dystopian literature.” Apparently it was also made into a movie with a hosts of hot young stars and also…
My excuse for never having experienced the Dallas Opera is that Richard Gere has never rolled up in a Lotus, dropped his credit card and then clam-shelled my finger with a jewelry box. But I guess that scenario pretty much necessitates my identifying as a hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold and a penchant for…
Even a heinous, unlovable spinster like Jennifer Aniston can find a man to overlook her obvious flaws and help shape her into a complete human being again. Thus last weekend’s collective sigh of relief at the report of Aniston and beau Justin Theroux’s impending nuptials, which detonated a virtual arms…
