You had to know that David Bowie’s son was not going to be an accountant. It doesn’t make sense that a child brought up in the swinging ’70s by a free-wheeling, cross-dressing dude who took on new personas as a matter of course would let all that inspiration go to…
David Bowie’s film career hasn’t exactly been illustrious, but he’s carved out a niche for himself playing a range of odd characters such as Pontius Pilate, Nikola Tesla, Andy Warhol, a vampire and an alien. Another addition to the list is his bizarre turn as Jareth the Goblin King in…
What do you get when small-town country folk meet Sin City? The entertaining comedic play Tuna Does Vegas. Joe Sears and Jaston Williams are at it again with their eccentric characters from the classic Greater Tuna. This time around, everyone from the third-smallest town in Texas is making a trip…
Carlos Alazraqui–made famous by his outrageously law-devoted character Deputy James Garcia on Comedy Central’s cult-hit show Reno 911!–brings his jokes to Dallas this weekend for three days of hilarity. When Carlos isn’t busting roller-skating prostitutes in Reno or recording “Yo Quiero Taco Bell” for one of the most recognizable commercial…
After paving their way through the ’60s and ’70s, transitioning through drummers, guitarists and other members and producing No. 1 hits, Earth, Wind & Fire and Chicago are out to prove that 40 years on, they can still rock–these aren’t just your parents’ favorite jams. Check out both, playing separately…
Springfield, Missouri, has the most diverse weather pattern in America according to Forbes magazine, which means the AAA Springfield Cardinals might present somewhat of a threat to our own Frisco RoughRiders. For starters, they’re an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, who have won 10 World Series to the Texas…
Moon, directed by British advert tyro Duncan Jones, is a modest science fiction film with major aspirations. Jones’ debut is pleased to engage genre behemoths—2001, Solaris, Blade Runner—as well as B-movie classics such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The tale of a lonely spaceman might have made an excellent…
Bad times make for good music. Woody Guthrie’s American Song, now playing at Theatre Too in The Quadrangle, celebrates the Okie balladeer who blended stories of the Great Depression with simple tunes and made them anthems of working-class America. In this warm and well-informed two-hour revue, conceived and adapted by…
“They’re all about where people come from. Nobody seems to wonder where somebody’s going.” So says the Depression-era bank-robber-cum-folk-hero John Dillinger upon surveying the clientele of a chic Chicago eatery in a key scene from Michael Mann’s Public Enemies. And, much like its subject, Mann’s exhilarating movie exists in a…
I vividly recall watching two fireworks shows from my family’s porch every Fourth of July as a child. One was the display at Fair Park, which we could barely make out over the tops of our neighborhood trees, while the other was down the street at Lakewood Country Club, close…
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a bewildering, noisy, sloppy, cynical piece of work, a movie that sneers at the audience for 147 minutes and expects us to lap it up as entertainment—and be grateful. This is blockbuster porn absent even the suggestion of care or concern for anything that…
Character is destiny—at least for Woody Allen’s Whatever Works. Allen’s exercise in Woody Allen nostalgia opens with a snatch of Groucho Marx singing his trademark paradoxical assertion (“Hello, I must be going”) and is powered almost entirely by the presence of a single, larger-than-life and less than likable figure. Whatever…
When you think of the Wild West, a few choice words may come to mind: chaps, horses, shoot-outs, outlaws, cowboys and…murder? How about murder–Western-style–at the Gaylord Texan Resort? Dinner and a murder, anyone? Showing until November 7, enjoy the rompin’, stompin’, good ol’ Lone Star Murder Mystery Fallen Angel at…
Exhibit curators are an underappreciated group of people. We know going into an art gallery or a museum that the artists are responsible for what we see around us, but I think we often forget that the curators are responsible for how we see it. And honestly, the context of…
Justin Bua has an instantly recognizable style that merges the kinetic playfulness of graffiti art, the careful detail of classical art and the skewed perspectives of cubism into what has come to be known as “Distorted Urban Realism.” His best-known painting is “The DJ,” which depicts a young man working…
What do star-shaped creatures, a mandala made from a plastic bag, a bunch of brightly colored monofilament line, entropy and the Internet have in common? Well, they’re all parts of the Halloween costume I’m planning for this year, but more important, they’re all elements or concepts of works by the…
The tribute band’s goal is to bring the full concert experience of a “famous” touring group to a more intimate setting. If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to see Ozzy Osbourne do a full effects-laden concert in a small nightclub, you are in luck. Dallas’ own Blizzard…
About 20 years ago I went to my first concert, The Jets, at Six Flags. I couldn’t tell you much about the show itself, but I do remember thinking that concerts at Six Flags were a special breed, catering to kids (or young adults if you prefer) like no other…
There’s no better way to work up an appetite for a hot dog-eating contest than a nice long run, right? The Fourth of July in Texas might not be the ideal time for outdoor physical exertion, but the Flagpole 8K (as in Flag Pole Hill, duh) starts bright and early…
If you’ve got a penchant for the psychedelically weird, then Robert Daniel Flowers’ newest film project might be right up your alley. After graduating from the San Francisco Art Institute with an MFA in filmmaking, Flowers has produced a collection of films and videos from The Garden of Eden to…
I vividly recall watching two fireworks shows from my family’s porch every Fourth of July as a child. One was the display at Fair Park, which we could barely make out over the tops of our neighborhood trees, while the other was down the street at Lakewood Country Club, close…
It may be a hot time, this summer in the city, so a little Beethoven chamber music will be just the thing. Head down to Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park, stretch out on the grass and enjoy the music. If you’ve never tried Beethoven’s chamber music, there’s all the…
