Constellations at first appears to be a complex, cerebral drama. British playwright Nick Payne’s two-hander about a theoretical physicist and a beekeeper in love doesn’t immediately scream “must-see,” but there’s something about this play that’s almost magical. It first appeared on Broadway in early 2015, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth...
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It's official: Mack Rhoades is Baylor University's new athletic director. The former athletic director at the University of Houston and, most recently, the University of Missouri, Rhoades has to rebuild a program reeling with accusations of sexual assaults by players. The task he faces is hard to underestimate, and...
Set aside your visions of histrionic, paranoid fireworks. Oliver Stone’s whistleblower biopic Snowden finds the director in an unusually somber and controlled mood, perhaps because of the introverted, awkward nature of Edward Snowden himself. The former CIA employee and National Security Agency contractor, who in 2013 exposed the U.S. government’s...
Do we call Anthropoid a thriller? Sean Ellis' earnest, day-ruining WWII bullet-a-thon is rooted in fact but comes on like pulp fiction in its first reels, hitting secret-mission story beats old enough to have served in the big war. As freedom fighters Josef (Jamie Dornan) and Jan (Cillian Murphy) skulk...
The newly opened Lounge Here on Garland Road and the boutique under construction next door could be regarded as departures for the woman who owns them, Julie Doyle. She's the co-manager of the choral rock band Polyphonic Spree, but Doyle sees these new outlets as just another medium to reach...
In this week's Dallas food news, Lake Highlands gets a new Alamo Drafthouse (and a Vetted Well along with it), a breakfast chain comes to DFW and a local ad agency doesn't get mor chikin after all. The Dallas agency behind Chick-fil-A's "eat mor chikin" campaign got the boot, Advertising...
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Singer and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird visits Dallas on Wednesday night, with a show at the Majestic Theatre. His new album, Are you Serious, keeps with Bird's tradition of unpredictability. His folk-infused music is alt-rock for the cultured listener, and his grandiose projects have included a sound installation at the Guggenheim Museum. He...
Walking through the double red doors of Mad Batter Baker is a pleasant trip down the rabbit hole. The Alice in Wonderland-inspired bakery manages a whimsical charm without needlessly beating you over the head with it. The walls at the back are a patchwork of artwork, some of it for sale...
Leading up to September's Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we're sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Down at Pecan Lodge, putting cheese on top of brisket is heresy. But put them together in a...
Tue 1/24We look to the Crow Collection of Asian Art to understand Asian artistic traditions and their place in a larger cultural framework. Often, we walk away with a pretty good idea of how Asian art inspires modern aesthetics — from fine art to design — but the Crow’s current...
After the humble taco stand Trompo was named one of Bon Appetit’s 50 Best New Restaurants in America, a Redditor named Thrill_of_life turned their nose up at the $1.85 cost of Trompo’s tacos: “Too expensive in my opinion, bet they’re also going to raise the price.” Another Redditor, signel, agreed:...
Let’s get real about what’s really going on with the Khraish family, called slumlords by Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and WFAA Channel 8 for shutting down 300 low-rent houses in West Dallas and South Oak Cliff. This is a land play. The city has offered no provision, no contingency, no...
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Miles Davis is enjoying a renaissance in 2016. The jazz titan, easily one of the most pivotal music figures of the 20th century, would've been 90 years old this year, and he's already received a fitting tribute in Don Cheadle's labor of love film, Miles Ahead. Then a few weeks...
Revolver Taco Lounge, the beloved Fort Worth taqueria with a long-awaited Deep Ellum location in the works, announced today that the taco spot is moving its original location at 2822 W. 7th St. to a new space at 2418 Forest Park Blvd., the former home of Sera Dining and Wine. ...
John Tipton is a familiar figure in the music scene, and a towering one in person. The 6'5" Dallas native has been in and out of musical projects for the last few years, but Tipton has settled, for the last couple of years, into a band called the Heavy Hands. He...
This June, a chef named Tyler Kord published A Super Upsetting Cookbook About Sandwiches. In it, Kord pens a sort of manifesto for insane sandwiches, writing, “I don’t think there are any two ingredients that can’t go together,” and, “I want to make things that nobody would think to make...
Just over a minute into the third season of the Netflix animated comedy BoJack Horseman, an entertainment-news interviewer asks our hero, “What would an Oscar nomination mean for BoJack Horseman?” The rest of the season is dedicated to answering that question, tracking BoJack (voiced by Will Arnett) from press junkets...
Jessica Luther was born to be a football fan. Her dad raised on her the sport, and when the time came for her to choose a college, she only sent in one application: to Florida State, where she would attend every single home football game. But now when the author...
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After nearly ten years of marriage, Marlena’s husband left her. This would not be the first time he had left her and their two young children — many times he had disappeared for days with no explanation. He was always in and out of jail. But this time, it would...
Six Shooter is a recurring feature where we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians. The summer is never an easy time to be in Dallas, but the tragedy that rocked the city in July makes it one month that most likely aren't sad to see go. All the...
Ahmed Mohamed, better known as the Clock Boy, is back. He filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Irving, Irving Independent School District and Daniel Cummings, the principal of MacArthur High School. The then-14-year-old made national headlines when he was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school last...
Reciprocated Salvage at CentralTrak800 Exposition Ave. 12 p.m. Saturday This show is all about emotional expression. Melanie Bonajo’s work. is influenced by programming algorithms, mathematical formulas and physics. Emotional outbursts are salvaged from interfaces such as iPhone photostream and reciprocated in compilation. Vivian Fu examines how self-portraiture has moved from...