From Trash to Treasure, an exhibit by the White Rock Lake Museum and Bath House Cultural Center, boasts garden gnomes, computers, a Barney piñata, a golden Buddha and a McDonald’s payroll check from 1988—all found in the lake. Also exhibited is Here Today, Here Tomorrow, Styrofoam artworks by Dallas artist…
Is your queen denying you the consumation of your marriage? Kings, look deeper. She might be giving clues you’re not picking up! Could there be a lady-in-waiting to blame? Is her attention diverted? Scandal may be on the horizon. Find out when The Modern Stage presents a dramatic reading (i.e.,…
For those of you who have recently moved and have an influx of cardboard boxes taking up space around the house, might we suggest sending them over to the Art Institute of Dallas? Instructor Karen Garrett would be most appreciative. Garrett uses cardboard as the medium for sculptures in her…
The venerable venue of yoga, music and general inspiration offers yet another solid. David Wilcox comes for a two-nighter…and who knows, perhaps a downward dog. Tickets are $40. The show was originally planned for Fort Worth, but will take place at the Dallas location, 5014 McKinney Ave. Visit bendstudio.com. Sun.,…
Julie Delpy is one of those women you can’t help but have a mad girl-crush on. After I saw her in Richard Linklater’s Ethan Hawke-fest Before Sunrise, I wanted to stalk her and make her my best friend. We could drink coffee and be self-aware for hours! And while Ethan…
Talk about expansive catalog and room to move. The Tipperary Inn has one helluva karaoke night Markham Brown’s got a massive selection ranging from everyone’s favorite one-hit wonders to classics from Charlie Rich, Patsy Cline and, of course, Neil Diamond. Plus, you get your own stage upon which to shake…
Darn those neighborhood busybodies. Night of the Living Dead has returned for a Halloween season run at Dallas Children’s Theater, and the zombies just won’t take no for an answer. They’re all over the porch of the farmhouse filled with terrified townsfolk, and they’re not leaving till everyone’s dead. And…
The Adventures of Aquaman (Warner Bros.) The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume One (Paramount) Battleship Potemkin (Kino) Breathless: The Criterion Collection (Criterion) Commune (First Run) The Company (Sony) Fantastic Planet (Accent Cinema) Home of the Brave (MGM) Hostel: Director’s Cut (Sony) Hostel: Part II (Sony)Into Great Silence (Zeitgeist) The…
The Boys Are Back Directors Series: Stanley Kubrick (Warner Bros.) Most of the old Kubrick DVDs were crap: full-screen editions with poor pictures and virtually no special features. This set makes up for them with 2001, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut (hey, who…
Rick McCallum had nothing to do with the original Star Wars. He was just 23 years old when it was released in 1977 and chasing his first job in the film industry. So, please, don’t age him unnecessarily: “I’m portrayed as 70 years old on the Internet because somebody thinks…
Dan in Real Life has this much going for it: It is not the worst Steve Carell film of 2007. That honor, of course, goes to Evan Almighty, which even the Lord walked out of during the second reel. Fact is, Dan in Real Life isn’t really much of a…
Whether it’s $600 PlayStation 3s or the five bucks Nintendo shamelessly charges for 20-year-old NES games on the Wii’s Virtual Console, gamers have gotten used to assuming the position when it comes to the costs of their hobby. So if you’ve just heard about The Orange Box — five of…
Accusing someone of being raised by wolves isn’t a compliment. It usually implies that someone has very bad manners, and acts wild and uncivilized. But all of these behaviors can be very good and even necessary—in an actual jungle, that is. Good behavior is relative, and no story emphasizes that…
Conspiracy theorists take note: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, everyone’s favorite literary hoax that tells of the Jewish/Masonic plot to take over the world using brainwashing, world wars, materialism and, yes, even pornography, has a lovely little step-child courtesy of Noah Simblist, an assistant professor of art at…
At first glance, I thought this was the stage version of a forgettable Prince album, but Under the Red Moon (and not Cherry Moon) is Teatro Dallas’ annual Day of the Dead show. Artistic director Cora Cardona always directs her perfectly casted actors and utilizes special effects, make-up and a…
Now that we can finally look forward to cooler weather—we hope—spending time outside without a pool is actually appealing. To mark the tenth anniversary of the Katy Trail, Friends of the Katy Trail presents the first Katy Trail Days Festival, a week-long succession of live music, picnics, Halloween activities for…
Something about The Little Dog Laughed reminds me a bit of Oscar from NBC’s The Office. It works a sort of tragic storyline—hiding one’s homosexuality—into a tale that’s at once both funny and relatable. I guess that’s the sign of good comic writing, though, that the hardest things one can…
When I got the Walking With Dinosaurs DVD set a few years back, I was totally stoked, though I think some of my college girlfriends were a little disturbed. During one viewing a girl that shall remain nameless said “what the hell is that?!” about 50 times rather than simply…
It’s the day before Halloween and you don’t have a costume figured out? Screw it. Head to the Grapevine, 3902 Maple Ave., instead and have a $2 drink (special applies all day Sundays through Tuesdays). Maybe while you play pool, shoot hoops, sit on the covered patio or hang out…
Everyone’s had a bout of genius on a cocktail napkin. Well, more likely, everyone’s thought at one time they’ve just crafted some brilliant turn of phrase, created a stunning work of art or drafted the best pick-up line ever. Few really have. When James Watral says, “Come see my cocktail…
Butch Lord is no Bill Hicks, but reality-show comic Theo Von is about as funny as a dead puppy. A typical Lord performance includes a few stoner war stories, like being pulled over with weed in his pocket and enjoying the drug dog’s exasperation with the cops who make him…
If you want to enjoy Halloween with a movie marathon of Intergalactic Zombie Bikini Bimbo Slashers VII, I Defecate on Your Tombstone and Return of the Face Peeler then you may want to update your Netflix queue. For those of us with slightly more conventional tastes, Addison’s Monster Movie Mash…
