The cake isn’t rising! Quick, someone call The Cake Mix Doctor. Whether you’ve just bought your first sack of flour or you’re a cooking connoisseur, New York Times best-selling author Anne Byrn is offering up some tricks of the baking trade with Central Market’s cooking class Fall Favorites: Cakes from…
Like crows, lots of ladies like shiny things. I know this because I am a lady (not a crow, though I have been accused of squawking) who oohs and ahhs over flashy sequins and bright baubles. Some of us can’t help it; it’s in our nature to accessorize. What we…
It’s really sadistic how we’re so very drawn to movies in which we are practically forced to love a character (despite flaws!) and then watch them die. Slowly. And I’m not talking about, like, Final Destination, but rather the formula terminal illness movie. Beaches, Love Story, Terms of Endearment, Fried…
Recent census data tells us what we already know: Hispanics outnumber non-Hispanic whites in Dallas by a sizeable margin — more than 150,000, in fact. And because the 500,000-plus residents who immigrated here from south of our border or have roots in Latin American countries haven’t left their cultures behind,…
With a population of nearly 1.3 billion people, it’s not surprising that China is home to some of the most talented folks on Earth. Luckily for us talent-appreciators here in North Texas, a handful of those folks — The National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China — are stepping…
If you still frequent brick and mortar bookstores, chances are you’ve laid your eyes on a few Alice Hoffman titles (and hopefully picked up a book or two). The author of almost 30 works of fiction and young adult books, Hoffman has built quite a fan base, and everyone’s been…
To many people, sculpture and design are static, silent fields of art. Nick Cave’s performance art, however, is not. Half fashion show, half dance recital, Cave brings his so-called Soundsuits to life with movement. The suits are densely constructed, full body assemblages that resemble ceremonial African garb made of everything…
When Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter John Camp isn’t gaining prestige in the realm of journalism for feature stories on Native American culture, the struggles of Midwest farm families or war zones in Iraq, he fuses together elements of suspense in fictitious worlds under the name John Sandford. That’s what he’s been…
If you don’t believe that art’s intersection of popular culture forever changed the way the world sees, embraces and creates art, then you may not enjoy Fort Worth artist Christopher Blay’s new exhibition Art Depreciation 1301: Art Before and After Culture. Through painting, sculpture and photography, Blay creates works meant…
Tom Six, director of The Human Centipede, claims that The Human Centipede II: Full Sequence outdoes its predecessor as “the sickest movie of all time.” We certainly hope so, as we actually managed to keep our dinner down during the first Human Centipede film. A deranged doctor sewing three people…
Art can be a great therapy for working through thorny emotional issues. What could be better for dealing with the trauma caused by witnessing your parents torture your brother than to write a bunch of stories about murdering children? Of course, therapy can get dicey if you’re an author living…
With a population of nearly 1.3 billion people, it’s not surprising that China is home to some of the most talented folks on Earth. Luckily for us talent-appreciators here in North Texas, a handful of those folks — The National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China — are stepping…
If you enjoy a good rom-com (and double entendre) and are tired of Kate Hudson, The Bath House Cultural Center on White Rock Lake has just the solution for you. Beginning Thursday and running through October 22, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest will be presented by the Wingspan…
When was the last time you were scared out of your pants? Was it watching a horror film, or something more terrifying like an episode of Hannah Montana? Dun dun dun. Well, if you’re looking to get spooked, look no further than Screams Halloween Theme Park. Admission to Screams is…
Really? There are still kids today who would enjoy posing in a version of Cinderella’s magically transformed carriage? Thought they’d all be busy killing things in Gears of War 3. Amazing what we don’t know about children (damn restraining order). If your little princess — or prince, we’re not judging…
Above, one of the most innovative commercials to grace the small screen — and, what is possibly our favorite commercial ever. It’s especially appropriate, since he gave us products that quite literally changed our lives. The mastermind behind Apple will be remembered by generations for his innovation and inspiration. Rest…
One day, the light bulb comes on above your head. You have a great idea for … something, anything. Cargo pants, maybe. Or sliced bread. The world needs your innovation, but how do you let the planet know about it? A dozen contestants at the TEDxSMU speaker auditions taking place…
I subscribe to lots of blogs but read very few on a regular basis. Except PostSecret, the blog featuring people’s deepest secrets, written on postcards — many works of art — and submitted anonymously. Every Sunday, founder Frank Warren posts 20 secrets, chosen from among the thousand or so he…
Ahoy! Now that this year’s big Best Of Dallas issue is behind us, we’re back with another installment of Profiles In Pictures. This time photographer Sara Kerens pulls back the tiny curtain and shows us where the make-believe comes to life with puppetry artist Kathy Burks. Take another look into the world of…
The show is set in New York in the ’50s. The original Broadway production was in 1957. But sitting in the Music Hall at Fair Park last night, I felt sad at how much the heart of West Side Story still rings true today. Sure, you don’t find many gangs…
There is no body of water immune to the fear from Jaws. Any lake, any pond, any tepid street puddle is a possible place to swim and be eaten by a large, meat-hungry shark. I’d even bet there’s literally no swimming human on Earth that doesn’t, at some point, imagine…
Theater Caps are bite-sized punch-packing capsule reviews by resident theater critic Elaine Liner. Use them as a reminder — or a teaser, if you procrastinate — of her full-length reviews in The Mixmaster’s weekly sister. If you’re worried about hearing all of Shakespeare’s timeless poetry in an outdoor production of…
