Arts & Culture

It’s not easy for teens under the age of 21 to find excitement in Deep Ellum, especially when they don’t have a fake ID (which most likely won’t do them any good anyway). Knowing this, Big Thought put together an all-ages event in the heart of Deep Ellum called DaVerse…

You can do a lot of things to your face, not the least of which is mime make-up, but maybe the best thing you can do for it is get it on down to Laff N Yo Face at The Majestic Theater. Laff N Yo Face is a comedy showcase…

If you don’t want to wind sprint around town to visually carb up tonight, just park it over at 500X Gallery. Its newest exhibition is told clubhouse-style by the combined efforts of ten local artists. Start downstairs in the main gallery where works by Scott M. Hilton and Michael Francis…

When you grow up in a town whose only museum featured the same quilting exhibit for nearly 12 years, you learn to appreciate the multitude of activities offered for families in our own arts community. One of the best of these activities is the Family Day Celebration at the DMA,…

Succumb to temptation this weekend while visiting more than 20 premier chocolate booths on hand at the ChocolateFest, the eighth annual celebration of Wonka-esque delectables. The fundraiser benefits Travelers Aid Dallas/Fort Worth—a service dedicated to assisting distressed passengers at D/FW International Airport. Wipe away the drool and bring your sweet…

The South Western Athletic Conference brings its hustle to town this week. Jerseys have been aired, fans are united and some of the biggest entertainers — from music to comedy — are getting involved by throwing their love at the college sphere. You don’t have to suffer from mid-term panic…

It’s the Great Big Texas Home Show!! And it’s at Cowboy Stadium!! And it has everything you’re looking for and more including the latest in home and garden stuff like appliances, home décor and hoses or something else that’s garden-y. Even better? It will also feature the latest in stone…

You spend your whole damn life keeping control of everything around you — how’s that working out? Flip Orley (you’ve seen him on Entertainment Tonight and The Today Show), is a hypnotic comedian who wants to pull you out of your comfort zone. He began his journey as a hypnotist…

Quirky, curious quasi-intellectuals, gird up your non-ironic berets: Stuff’s going to get busted. The Mythbusters themselves, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, will again show audiences how they too can seek truth from clichés (aka “myths”). Maybe the stars of the Discovery Channel hit will bring a good ol’ Texas bull…

“He was a hot air balloonist who had run low on gas and I, well, I was there to catch his fall from heaven. We spent one blissful night together — he pointed out constellations and explained where they would sit a thousand years from now, while I wove the…

Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes have entertained and offended audiences as Jay and Silent Bob for nearly two decades, all the while creating a lasting cult following. But since first appearing in Clerks in 1994, the dirty duo and their alter egos aren’t exactly getting any younger. Now Mewes says…

For what you are about to see, you must enter quietly into the realm of genius. From the moment Young Frankenstein enters Transylvania Heights, he will make you roar with laughter as he faces the dilemma of continuing life as a brain surgeon or reanimating the dead. The one thing…

G4’s televised take of boot camp in hell, American Ninja Warrior, is casting for its 2012 season in Dallas next Wednesday, the 14 through Friday, the 16th at The Court of Honor in Fair Park. Some famouses will be there to host, namely Olympic Gold Medalist Jonny Moseley and comedian…

Bill Bowers is one of the final vestiges of a silently dying art form. Modern physical actors don’t seem interested in pursuing miming, instead they are drawn to the whimsical wonderlands of Cirque Du Soleil stages or other arenas that focus on group performance rather than solitary storytelling. Bowers, however,…

As soon as I moved to Dallas I was told (warned?) that men will simply walk up and talk to you. Coming from Austin where men hide in the shadows, terrified of female interaction — well hell, I was intrigued. “You mean they, just, talk?” I asked, so very curious…

The State Fair of Texas is only six months away and has officially announced its theme for 2012: it’s going to be Big & Bright. (Notice the new pedestrian-hating Calatrava bridge didn’t make the logo’s skyline.) An elaborate 300 foot long and 50 foot high Chinese Lantern Festival will aid…

happy birthday Mike, you look good for 537. Artist, sculptor, painter and general Major Dude, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni will forever be one of our favorites. Today’s his birthday, so we thought we’d put together a few fun facts about this life and legacy. Here’s five things that made…