Arts & Culture

Alexandra Nechita, once a 6-year-old art prodigy dubbed “the petite Picasso,” is all grown up. She’s 21 now, and though she could have petered out as a burned-out has-been back in the day, she instead steadily improved on her early genius and has cranked out artwork for Bill Clinton, George…

Tired of hot-wiring a Highland Park Hummer, driving around the Park Cities every trash day and digging through the diamond-encrusted garbage for goodies on the cheap? Me too. I love those Tory Burch flats I scored off Douglas Avenue (so they smelled of rotten eggs, like I care.) However, they…

In elementary school I discovered Land of Oz in the public library. I’d never heard of the movie or Judy Garland. I thought the Land of Oz was found only in the series of adventures written by L. Frank Baum, from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz through the 14th book,…

Wanna swap closets? No, not you. I was asking Gwen Stefani, who’s standing behind you. (Kidding. Unless you’re Gavin Rossdale.) But she’s not likely to give up her designer duds anytime soon, so I’ll just check out the Dallas Closet Swap at the Women’s Museum at Fair Park, 3800 Parry…

Ange Fitzgerald seems to have a foot fetish. But it’s not what you think. The Dallas-by-way-of-Nebraska-New-York-and-Seattle photographer shoots portraits, mainly, including pairs of tootsies that say more about form and feeling than most folks can from the neck up. Such is Fitzgerald’s M.O. She shoots simple things with a simple—but…

Although we’re no strangers to the phrase “better living through chemistry,” our take on it is probably a little different than the approach offered in Authenticity and Ambivalence: The Debate About Using Medical Technologies to “Enhance” Human Beings. As part of The University of Texas at Dallas’ Public Forum series,…

As I settle into my thirties, I’m leaning toward the healthier side of life–working out, eating better, doing cardio–although it doesn’t show. Dang it. With spring in the air, I really want to invest in a bike, because I can only go so many miles on the elliptical before getting…

I would pay a pretty fair amount of money to see Mayor Laura Miller deliver the proclamation establishing Saturday as “Free Comic Book Day” in Dallas while wearing a Wonder Woman costume. Sadly, I don’t think that will happen, but regardless, Zeus Toys and Comics’ CAPE 3: Bride of CAPE…

Usually, when error messages or pop-ups have a field day with my computer, I freak out. But while visiting one of the many Web sites for JODI, a collective of two new media artists, I learned that sometimes the sight of 1,000 pop-ups dancing across your screen is considered…art. The…

“My paintings are fun, and they’re supposed to be fun,” says artist Patrick Williams (not to be confused with our very own mad genius managing editor of the same name; ’round here we call him P-Dub) says in his artist’s statement. And with their images of goofy little beings in…

I think my all-time favorite Elvis Presley song has to be “In the Ghetto.” It strikes a chord with me not because it’s a sentimental piece with a heartfelt message, but because it’s totally hilarious. My favorite part is the line where songwriter Mac Davis rhymed “runny nose” with “cold…

With a title like The Appeal, one would think that the Undermain Theatre’s new production would be some kind of courtroom drama. Perhaps a stage adaptation of a classic episode of Law & Order. Or possibly a musical version of The Practice complete with a tap-dancing Dylan McDermott. You’d be…

I like Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. And, no, not just because Alice is my first name. I mean, I have a special hate for that Brady Bunch Alice, and I can barely stand the girl in “Alice’s Restaurant”—what a prude. I don’t know what it is about Alice from…

When Petruchio pulls up his coat to reveal that he’s wearing assless pants, director Richard Hamburger, intentionally or not, makes his final statement to the Dallas Theater Center audience. To the Dallas theater community as a whole. This is Hamburger’s last production in a 15-year tenure in which his taste…

An oldie but a goody pops up at Theatre Three. Doug Jackson and Bob Hess play Oscar Madison and Felix Ungar, divorced, middle-aged journalists sharing a big, cheap (it’s 1965) apartment on Manhattan’s Riverside Drive. With their poker buddies serving as ad hoc Greek chorus, the men bicker over Felix’s…

Although the song in Wonderful Town titled “100 Easy Ways (to Lose a Man)” does talk about a bunch of different ways you could lose a guy, I was surprised it never mentioned these surefire ways you can lose your man: do his grandpa, ask him to do a chore,…

If you’ve ever sipped martinis while listening to Mötley Crüe, then the art of Michael Godard is probably right up your alley. Looking something like a long-lost sibling of illusionist Criss Angel and ill-advised Garth Brooks alter ego Chris Gaines, Godard is mostly known for his cheesy, cartoonish depictions of…

At last recollection the Trinity River in Fort Worth doesn’t smell like an overflowing cesspool. Good ol’ Panther City can actually promise pretty good times then at the 35th annual Mayfest, with activities actually in and on the river! Special attractions include aqua golf, a water balloon launch and canoes,…

Breasts? Is that really the best we can do? Has the human race not yet evolved beyond producing mammary tissue as the prime location for autograph signing? This is 2007, people. Getting your boobs signed in black Sharpie is like watching movies on Beta. It’s time for something new. So…