I positively love Carol Burnett. She’s always been a trailblazer and role model for women, especially for the eccentric ones. Born in San Antonio and later raised by her grandmother in a Hollywood boarding house, Burnett didn’t have an easy childhood. That didn’t stop her from pursuing her education (she…
Name: David Zuniga Location: Easter in the Park at Robert E. Lee Park Style breakdown: Tie and jacket from Rose Garden in Oak Cliff, shirt from Goodwill, American Apparel socks, thrift store pants cut into shorts. Style influences: David LaChapelle…
Before he directed the comic-lover’s box set staple, the Spider-Man trilogy, Sam Raimi was a low-budget collaborator. We are all better humans because of this. Had he never been an errant hair in the film industry’s arm pit we wouldn’t have Evil Dead I and II, and “boom stick” wouldn’t…
Romantics, music-lovers and film nuts gathered at the Meyerson this weekend when Dallas Symphony Orchestra presented an unconventional screening of Casablanca. It’s a project that DSO Pops Conductor Laureate, Richard Kaufman loves, you can tell by the enthusiastic “movie facts” he delivered to the crowd before the camera rolled. It…
The relationship we share with our mother largely defines how we live in the world. She is who first fills your lungs with air and can later be the one to smother us. Artists, writers, and serial killers have passionately illustrated this fact throughout history. Kerry Pacillio presents us with…
Each year the Turtle Creek Association hosts its annual Easter in the Park extravaganza. This past Sunday, we caught some adorable pups (who were suited up in their Easter best) at the events Pooch Parade. Here are ten of our favorite costumed hounds, and make sure to check out the…
Those saucy vixens at Viva Dallas Burlesque teamed up with Trixie Minx, Alley Oops and Fleur de Tease on Friday night to perform a racy take on Carroll’s classic, Alice in Wonderland. A Jabberwocky-free zone, the Lakewood Theater was overrun with big-booty Tweedles, an aerial Alice and other positively mad…
Furniture lovers, take note. An especially alluring shopping event opens to the public this Saturday, April 14, in the Design District. Dwell With Dignity, a non-profit that helps furnish residencies for families transitioning out of homelessness, knows nesting treasure when it finds it. And by the looks of this month’s…
Think of it this way: it’s like Synn Evans just won Miss America, if Miss America contestants wore leather pants as formal wear and were required to describe a detailed sexual fantasy for a panel of judges. “Oh my god,” Evans said the other morning, calling from her Dallas home…
Tonight’s show at Rubber Gloves is the only place in the US to ogle post-apocalyptic, Portuguese comics from the new collection Futuro Primitivo. The project has been shown in Rome, Helsinki, Sweden, and next Brazil, but because of local artist Nevada Hill’s contributions to and connection with the the vibrant…
Our pet profiles series celebrates those supportive (and adorable) friends who round out the homes of notable members of the Dallas community. Today we’re introducing Malkie and Pants, and their companion, local photographer Hal Samples. Names: Malkie and Pants (short for Fancy Pants). Malkie is an 11-month-old male Olde English…
Last summer, we brought you news of NoViolet Bulawayo, an SMU alumna who was named 12th Caine Prize winner. Bulawayo received a master’s in literature here in Dallas before heading to Cornell for an MFA, where she honed her already remarkable talent and launched a career as one of the…
It’s kind of hard to believe that it’s been more than a decade since my mom bought my friends and I tickets to American Pie, on accounts of us being freshman in high school at the time and unable to see anything on our own that had two boobies and…
Nouveau 47 Theatre at the Magnolia Lounge in Fair Park is building a reputation as a developer of interesting new plays. Their new works festival is coming up soon and they like to foster relationships with young writers and performers pouring heart, soul and fresh ideas onto the stage. Their…
Shocker that we’re leading with ‘Big Rich Texas’ Quite a bit of talk surrounding the Style Network “docudrama” this week, and none of it has to do with the show’s actual content. The evil blonde boss lady on BRT whom everyone seems to hate and/or fear, Pam, has decided to…
DIFF just announced that Academy Award-nominated actress Laura Linney will join the elite recipients list of this year’s Dallas Star Awards. She’ll participate in a Q&A session at the Nasher on April 14 at 11 a.m., followed by a 2:45 screening at the Angelika of You Can Count on Me,…
Real World casting directors come to town Saturday to see what talent is hiding in Dallas, but getting picked requires method acting. You’ll want to face the mirror and have a one-on-one: “Will I be able to commit to this ridiculous persona for an entire filming period?” “If I’m using…
It’s happened again. You’ve spent so many hours under that fluorescent office lighting, staring at your computer screen, that your cheekbones look sunken and your skin turned all mealy. Quick, snap a Slim Jim under your nose and pour an energy drink in your coffee because honey, we’re going out…
Advertising never looked so good and ruthless until Jon Hamm’s character of Mad Men, Don Draper, came onto the scene. Set in New York circa 1960, this AMC television drama follows the lives of competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising. If you’ve fallen behind on watching this award-winning…
A historical romance with a then-unheard-of price tag, James Cameron’s 1997 Titanic was the nearest thing to a Gone With the Wind-style cinematic event that the millennials could call their own. Now Titanic has bobbed to the surface yet again in a 3-D re-release, making a play for an audience…
The Kid With a Bike, the new film from Belgian art-house legends Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, begins with Cyril, a scrappy 11-year-old living in an urban orphanage and making what is apparently his umpteenth unsuccessful attempt to reach his deadbeat dad (Jérémie Renier) by phone. Dad promised to come back…
A creepy mansion crawling with unhappy ghosts is the setting of Henry James’ spooky 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw, now playing at Kitchen Dog Theater in a spiffy, stripped-down stage adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher. Jenny Ledel lets hysteria build slowly in her portrayal of a newly hired governess…
