Winner of five Oscars, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest is a classic 1975 film based on Ken Kesey’s milestone novel of the same name. You and everyone else at the Free Films On First Thursdays screening will already be aware of the film’s importance, so try not to rehash…
Every now and then the Pocket Sandwich Theatre puts away the popcorn melodramas and stages a real play. They have a doozey in this 30-year-old comedy-thriller by murder maestro Ira Levin (Rosemary’s Baby, The Stepford Wives). Fading writer Sidney Bruhl (Dennis Millegen) schemes to murder a handsome young dramatist named…
Matthew Posey and his rude puppets of the Pioneers of the Suavante-Garde troupe pull out a third short saga in the life of Coppertone Jones, “the pope of Chilitown.” Performed with bunraku-style puppetry, this comedy finds three ragged half-human, half-puppet characters locked in a sordid sanitarium. One’s a burn victim…
Among items decorating the set of Garland Civic Theatre’s production of the musical Phantom: four ceramic lion statues, a gold-plastic dragon, a small forest of droopy silk trees in gray plastic pots, a vase stuffed with leaves and peacock feathers, three plastic shields, a framed drawing of a chair, a…
“If you remember Woodstock, you probably weren’t there,” the expression goes. And if you were, can you please stop gassing on about it? Aquarian Nostalgia™ is the most oppressively sanctimonious and dull stripe of reminiscing. Sure, the three free days of peace and music at Max Yasgur’s farm passed without…
Finally, there’s a vampire movie worthy of the title The Hunger—even if it arrives under the more potable name Thirst. Carnal appetite, not a parched palate, is the accelerant that fuels this perverse, prankish and merrily anti-clerical exercise in bloodletting from Park Chan-wook, the South Korean director whose films function…
Nail polish and vacuum cleaners and Sex and the City and THE COLOR PINK ZOMG! Do I have your attention, ladies? Because I know that there are only a few things that girls like and understand, so I want to make sure to hold your attention (SHOES!) while I talk…
I saw Betty Buckley perform a couple years ago, and even though I couldn’t get her crazy lady cameo in The Happening out of my head, the show was still incredible, as Buckley performed standards and hits from her Broadway days like the weeper “Memory” from Cats. She blew me…
If you’ve ever sat through all two hours and 40 minutes of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, then you no doubt remember the artfully shot train robbery scene–watching the doomed locomotive’s headlamp shine through the spooky, leaf-barren forest was easily one of the film’s most…
In 2003, leading members in South Dallas’ community founded Tulisoma (a Swahili word, meaning “we read”), a literary festival that invites families and published authors to gather in celebration of literacy and the power of the written word. Sponsored in part by city council member Carolyn Davis, the African American…
You’d never know that I was a fashion nut. Why? Because I’m a browser. A window shopper. A bargain hunter who doesn’t often find a bargain I can justify unless my e-mail sale alerts offer something that is absolutely, earth-shatteringly on sale. We’re talking more than 60 percent off, people…
The plot of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks sounds oh-so-vagely reminiscient of The Graduate. “A widow decides to reawaken her ballroom dancing skills and finds a young man to tutor her in her Florida condominium,” the description reads. Maybe, probably, we’re just being crass, but Theatre Three’s description does…
No bees, no pollination. No pollination, no plants. No plants, no animals, no food. Sounds more like a sci-fi movie than something real-life, but there may come a time when we might miss the buzz of honeybees. And at the rate bees are disappearing, the idea isn’t so far off…
Drop the words “naked girls” when discussing your weekend plans, and your friends are sure to think you’re hitting up Harry Hines or spending your Friday night skulking in the X-rated corners of the Interwebs. In most cases, they’re probably right, unless you’re describing to them the fascinating, albeit unusual,…
Three inevitable things in life scare the bejeezus out of me, as a woman in her mid-twenties: crows feet, gravity taking over certain body parts and menopause. Of course a little plastic surgery can take care of the first two, but I really don’t want to come out looking like…
If you’ve ever been to Lee Harvey’s, 1807 Gould St., you’ve probably met Bacon, the bar cat. I just hope he ain’t around come Sunday ’cause it’s Dog Day from 6 to 8 p.m., which means the place will be crawling with canine companions. The Humane Society of Dallas County…
Finally! What a relief. Seriously. After all these years of going to art shows where we’re supposed to be all objective and look at art with “fresh, open eyes,” here’s one that’s allowing us to do the opposite. Well, at least that’s what we’re assuming from the title of Texas…
Fathers and sons have an interesting relationship. Some sons are expected to go into the family business, but John Harlin III took “following in dad’s footsteps” to a whole new level. His father, renowned mountaineer John Harlin II was the first American to ascend the north face of the Eiger–the…
The Webb Gallery has always had a soft spot for art relating to secret societies. Whether it’s Masonic aprons or hand-painted banners welcoming members of the Odd Fellows to a mysterious gathering, Bruce and Julie Webb are the caretakers of a hermetic clearinghouse. If you are lucky enough to visit…
There seems to be two types of comedian in the world: the abrasive ass-hat who may be funny, but not particularly likeable in real life (see Larry David or Kathy Griffin); and the affable funnyman who you just want to have a beer with and maybe share an awkward hug…
Oh, the power of uncertainty. The beauty of ongoing research. Take Stephen Hawking for example. Even his Elegant Equation–that posed an understanding of the universe through combinations of mathematical findings, physics and works by greats from Newton to Eistein–is still questioned…even by Hawking. TCU’s chairman and gallery director for the…
Change is difficult. Change is emotional. Change is also fun and inspiring and often leads to growth. Just look at the Ice House Cultural Center as it nears its final days and prepares to morph into a new location, a new being: the Oak Cliff Cultural Center. For years, the…
