Not all artists dream of seeing their work around the world. At least, not when it’s being copied, which is what Dallas artist Ricardo Paniagua claims has happened to him, twice in the last few months. Having their art displayed in public areas brings about many many nuisances for muralists,…
On Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, my roommate and my brother were sitting on my living room couch as they heard a gurgled scream coming from my room. They immediately ran to my door. “G-Garrett?” said my roommate in a concerned tone as he gently knocked. I couldn’t speak, so they…
Oak Lawn and Cedar Springs just got a hell of a lot more vibrant. Last week, new rainbow crosswalks were installed at the Dallas intersection, the first of 10 rainbow crosswalks planned for the strip at the Cedar Springs neighborhood, which has long served as a bar and nightlife district…
Kim Kardashian said it best when she hurled a purse at her sister Khloe in season 2, episode 7 of Keeping Up With The Kardashians: “Don’t be fucking rude.” Simple yet profound. This one-sentence piece of advice should be applied to Dallasites, because if you didn’t hear the news, let…
Darian Parks and Terina Smith met in 2017 when they both arrived at the Green Elephant to sell jewelry as vendors for different companies. What began as a friendly business competition would soon become a first meeting straight out of a romantic comedy. When there was only one vendor spot left, the…
Artist Hilly Holsonback is exhaustingly cool. Whether she’s starring in award-winning independent films, treating the audience to surreal bits of performance art, or exhibiting a solo show of her self-portraits, if there’s anything excitingly strange going on in the underworld of the Dallas arts, you can be sure that Holsonback…
Monday, March 2 Tuesday, March 3 Wednesday, March 4 The Red Pears One hot summer day in 2014, a seed was planted somewhere around El Monte, California. It happened the moment musicians Henry Vargas and José Corona started talking about starting a band. The two played their first show with…
Racism is alive and well in America — anybody who denies it is probably racist themselves. But America’s racism isn’t all violence and hate speech; it is just as prevalent and harmful among pleasant American families who don’t consider themselves problematic at all. As Martin Luther King Jr. described in…
Many of us dream of creating a brand, but few of us have the time, resources and ambition to move forward. Two Allen natives, Nick Dennison and Aiden Savitch, found a way to combat these obstacles and create the brand they’ve been conceptualizing since high school, Bleach U.S.A. Dennison and…
Friday, Feb. 28 Ron Bultongez: Birthday Show 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 House of Blues Free (with RSVP) American Idol alumnus Ron Bultongez is free from his old label and doing better than ever. Ring in his 24th year at a free show, where he will be performing new music…
Pickpockets, prostitutes, robbers and vagrants fill the pages of a recent book by TCU Press, the publishing house at Texas Christian University. While they may sound straight from the pages of a Charles Dickens novel, the cast of characters in Wanted in America: Posters Collected by the Fort Worth Police…
Journalism has been a popular subject recently with theater-makers in North Texas. This past fall, Stage West Theatre in Fort Worth produced the snappy, witty play Lifespan of a Fact, in which an essayist and a fact checker go head-to-head over the factual accuracy of the essayist’s latest work. Now,…
The Holmes house did not have a TV. Jammie Holmes, one of the family’s two boys, found his entertainment through the thin bars of a box fan. His family’s home was a ramshackle shotgun house on the aptly named Narrow Street in Thibodaux, Louisiana. At night, under a dark Louisiana…
In a statement published Tuesday night to People, Real Housewives of Dallas star LeeAnne Locken announced she will not return for season 5 of the show. “The last four years have been a trolley-slapping good time but after much consideration, I have made the personal decision to step away from…
There’s more entertainment content in the world than ever before; between new releases, classics and new streaming services popping up every day, viewers can easily become overwhelmed by the sheer number of options they have. In an increasingly competitive market, a new series from the Texas Alamo Drafthouse theater chain…
You’ve probably seen the viral video by now. Last week, an exotic dancer from Addison named Genea Sky was caught falling from a 15-foot pole. Without missing a beat, Sky rebounded and continued to perform her routine. Her injuries were extensive. She suffered a fractured jaw and broken teeth, as…
There’s no secret formula to Paula Poundstone’s comedy. In fact, there’s not really any kind of formula to it at all. She just goes out on stage, talks to the audience and finds material in the moment. She trusts that every crowd will give her something funny to work with,…
The Novel Apartments in Deep Ellum are the second of their kind in Dallas. Owned by Crescent Communities, the Deep Ellum edition of the Novel falls perfectly in line with the area’s artsy spirit by employing local artists, who in turn depicted other local artists. The building’s dark, sleek look…
There’s something titillating about a badass, admirable woman baring her breasts with confidence and pride. Throw in veteran credentials and political activism, and you’ve got a person who could rule the world. Born in Oak Cliff to a Baptist family of 12 children, Chasity Samone’s rise from “rebel child,” as her…
Monday, February 24 Lunch and LearnA recent study found that despite the many more ways we’ve found to connect digitally to our fellow humans, at least 20% of Americans report they experience lonely lives. If you’re an arts lover wanting to meet like-minded individuals to engage in elevated discussions, and…
You might have stumbled upon the 25-year-old Ukrainian twerk-sensation and fitness instructor with 6.7 million followers on Instagram, known as “Nastya Nass.” No? Well, maybe you live in a remote, sheltered and pure land and don’t know what twerking is. Also known “ass clapping,” “booty popping” or “backing that thang…
When Jeremy Biggers was growing up in South Dallas in the mid-1990s, you were either a football player or a basketball player. The latter was cheaper and easier to practice alone, so Biggers chose the hardtop over a pigskin and pads. “I was terrible,” he admits. “I don’t think I…
