I know I’m not the first person who read the title Superior Donuts and thought, “Where? Where? Where?” But alas, Superior Donuts isn’t a new doughnut shop. It’s a play set in a doughnut shop in South Side Chicago. Business is failing and owner Arthur Przybyszewksi should be doing whatever…
This week’s artistic melee is invigorating, daunting and the manifestation of many efforts, not the least of those belonging to the Dallas Biennale. Launching in tandem with the Dallas Art Fair is the first and only installment of this internationally seasoned mass attack meant to redefine and comment on the…
A Quentin Tarantino-themed burlesque performance, like tonight’s by Iggy Rodriguez & Bettie’s Deadly Dolls, lends itself to many interesting options. There are the obvious: Uma as a hep kitten dancing off a five-dollar shake and Uma as a samurai bride lookin’ for revenge, but instead finding a skin-tight banana yellow…
Some hardcore runners say they’ve become addicted to running, that they crave the endorphin rush that comes with kicking their own asses. But judging by the premise of The Original Mud Run, the addiction might be to personal punishment as well. These masochists get down and dirty while going the…
When “R. Mutt” famously submitted that inverted porcelain urinal to the exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, it sparked a pissing war. “Could this object be perceived as art?” “Does it matter whether or not the artist made or purchased it?” But mostly I think the judges were concerned…
We would say that it’s the “Woodstock of Dallas arts,” but you should envision less mud and more glamour. As the third annual three-day Dallas Art Fair approaches, collectors, artists and art lovers plan their descent upon Big D in a whirlwind of flash and flair. Taking place in the…
Though he can make diamonds, turn love into money and make music with shooter games, he is not a magician. Instead, Shane Mecklenburger, an assistant professor of art and technology at Ohio State University, is an intermedia artist investigating American culture through media art and performance. Not completely sure what…
Racing season is upon us, and I’m not talking NASCAR. Though exhaust fumes may fill the air and RVs may clog the highways on their way to see Kyle Busch kill an afternoon going in circles, these races are being run on dirt by our equine friends. And while I…
Barring the occasional tornado (please do), now is the best possible time for an outdoor celebration in Dallas. So we celebrate. We celebrate just about anything we can, while we can. This week we celebrate a part of town known for Kardashian sightings, fancy brunch and well-dressed joggers, and we…
What ever happened to Matt Damon and Ben Affleck? They grew up together, they won awards together, and, with their dating history, who knows what else they’ve done together … but honestly, who cares about their future? We’re still more interested in their past. As two guys we love to…
A self-taught composer and performer who combined mainstream classical, avant-garde, jazz, R&B and electro-acoustic music, Frank Zappa most definitely could make a dynamo hum. Not familiar with the master guitarist/satirist’s work? Well, then mount up on your pygmy pony and head to the University of North Texas’ College of Music…
Remember field day? It was the only time you were allowed to roam around outdoors at school (outside of recess or fire drills) and it was the one day kids waited for all year. If you were good at running around tied to your best friend, balancing an egg on…
Does The Office speak to you on a personal level? For you, do the Sunday funnies begin and end with Dilbert? Is the printer smashing scene in Office Space as much of a joke as it is a moving experience that you hope to one day re-enact? Well then, cube…
Tony Award-winner and native Texan Betty Buckley has dazzled audiences for years in some of the most famous female roles on Broadway. On April 18, 19 and 21 she will trade in her familiar repertoire to sing Broadway songs originally composed for men in her show Ah, Men! The Boys…
There is a magical 10-day stretch each spring when culture lovers will gladly trade our rare window of beautiful weather for hours upon hours spent inside a cold, dark room. It’s the Dallas International Film Festival, and it kicks off Thursday, running through April 22 at Angelika Dallas and Magnolia…
You must admire Peter Ligon’s chutzpah. The co-founder of the Fallas Dart Air, which opens the same weekend as a festival with a similar name, likens himself to “David Koresh stockpiling not arms, but romaine lettuce.” Operating out of the Shamrock Hotel Studios at 4312 1/2 Elm St., which hosts…
For the penultimate production of its aptly titled 2011-2012 season, Tragic Obsessions, the Dallas Opera presents one of opera’s most dolefully beautiful romances. Guiseppe Verdi’s La traviata, set in 19th-century Paris, tells the story of a young woman of questionable virtue and her passionate love affair with a wealthy young…
Music crested through the Hilton Anatole’s lobby last night as the atrium filled with hundreds of well-primped cocktailers. The crowd puckered and kissie-faced for photos as they waiting for the main event, a six designer runway show, to commence. Above their heads hung a chromosomal-structured work of art that bowed,…
Actors Jenny Ledel and Cameron Cobb have experience with ghosts. In last summer’s Hamlet at Shakespeare Dallas, they played Ophelia and the moody Dane in an especially dark take on the Bard’s dance with death. Now in Kitchen Dog Theater’s production of Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, they…
If you’ve been holding out for a Cirque show in The Tent, your patience is about to pay off. Cirque Du Soleil has announced that Kooza will make Dallas home to its temporary artist encampment in mid-September. These shows differ from the stadium productions because they’re customized with the tent’s…
Next time you’re marooned at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, release your TSA tension at the new yoga room. Located just beyond Auntie Anne’s Pretzels in Terminal D, the strip of tiled floor is covered in mats, sectioned off by a privacy screen and accented with several potted plants. Hand sanitizer…
It could have been the world’s greatest cocktail party: Three sheroes of comedy, film and literature gathered in one room, but life rarely deals out a fair hand. So on Thursday, April 19, we have a decision to make. Everyone’s favorite cool aunt, Judy Blume, is speaking as part of…
