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The Best Ice Cream in Dallas and Fort Worth

Sunday is National Ice Cream Day. Don't say we didn't warn you. Carnival Barker's You can actually stop looking for ice cream now. All you really need to know is that Carnival Barker's, creator Aaron Barker's ice cream shop at Truck Yard (it doesn't roll away), is serving the flavor...
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Terrence Spectacle Chases a High with His Music

Hell took a few days off. It's hibernating. Taking a well-earned nap. It must have gone on a date or something. Maybe it's at the ballpark cheering on its favorite baseball team, the New York Yankees. Point is, the hellish Texas heat isn't terrorizing the citizens of the Valley Ranch...
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Stock and Barrel’s New America

Staring down at my plate at Jon Stevens' newly minted Stock and Barrel in the Bishop Arts District, it's hard not to conclude, suddenly and depressingly, that I got the shaft as a child. When I was growing up, meatloaf was a callous and passionless dish wrought from lean ground...
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Where Is Dallas’ Iconic Bookstore?

In downtown Portland, Powell's Books stretches the length of a city block. Inside, hundreds of wooden bookshelves stuffed to the brim with everything from classic literature to engineering manuals keep crowds of regulars and tourists engrossed. When you go to Portland, you have to go to Powell's. Even readers who...
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The Latest Issue of semigloss. Is Out. It’s Awesome.

From the outside, the Dallas arts world is filled with enigmas. Certain projects, galleries, or even artists, demand definition or exposition or at the very least a label that says, "This is art." Two puzzlers linked arms last month, skipping into the much deserved spotlight. The local anachronistic zine, semigloss...
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Filth Mucks About, Gets Stuck in the Mire

You have to hand it to James McAvoy, who has made a career out of his amiable, boyish good looks; in Filth, he destroys that image. As Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson, he's a booze-bloated, greasy wreck who appears about 20 years older, all busted capillaries and shit-eating grin. He's not...
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The Best Concerts in Dallas This Week, 8/25 – 8/31

For once, going back to work on a Monday comes with a pay-off in sight: This week we'll get a three-day weekend, courtesy of Labor Day falling a week from today. So that, at least, is something to take comfort in. What else is there to be excited about? Why,...
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Steel City Pops Sizzle and Chill

From behind the counter looking out onto Greenville Avenue it’s hard to tell where the line for ice pops ends. One or two customers prop open the door, obscuring the view while letting hot, muggy air pour in, and the line extends beyond them, out onto the patio where more...
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E.T. Update Earth to Echo Makes Everything a Device

Earth to Echo is a slender kiddie flick about a quartet of preteens and their palm-sized alien pal that’s at once bland, well-intentioned and utterly terrifying about the mental development of modern children. As in the most honest kids films, our 5-foot heroes admit to being isolated, unhappy and cowed...
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8 Surprisingly Feminist Country Songs Written By Dudes

We all know that country music, by and large, isn't the most progressive of musical genres. With loudmouth GOP musicians like Charlie Daniels and Hank Williams Jr., it's easy to forget that country music isn't all about trucks, America and hating President Obama. Believe it or not, there are surprisingly...