Arts & Culture

There are some honors that only a handful of local news anchors receive in their careers. A few examples: getting to stick the new kid with the live storm report when you’ve had one too many pops from the newsroom bar; scoring the front table at the local Emmy Awards dinner,…

The thrills will officially begin at Six Flags Over Texas on Feb. 24, when the Arlington amusement park opens for its 2018 season, but its insane new attraction will not debut until later this spring. That’s because Harley Quinn Spinsanity, which is geared to flip and spin park attendees at…

Thu 2/1 Tennis has a knack for making the old new again. When the husband and wife duo of Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore burst onto the music scene in 2011, they instantly became the darlings of the blogosphere and college radio with their dreamy indie-pop tunes and retro aesthetics…

A year ago, President Donald Trump implemented Executive Order 13769, which temporarily banned individuals from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States and stopped refugee admission for 120 days. Now, a nonprofit Dallas book publisher is preparing to release an anthology of fiction celebrating those countries. Banthology: Stories from…

Members of the North Texas Dream Team and the Democratic Socialists of America have joined forces to art bomb the Dallas Museum of Art and encourage visitors to educate themselves about the DREAM Act. The group of “artivists” has been projecting the slogan “Clean DREAM Act Now” on the exterior…

Dallas native and actor Mark Salling is dead of an apparent suicide, according to TMZ. He was 35. Salling was best known for playing Noah “Puck” Puckerman on Glee from 2009-15. He graduated from Lake Highlands High School in 2001, where Annie Clark, also known as St. Vincent, was his classmate…

Tue 1/30 The Upstander Speaker Series puts a spotlight on those who support when others go low, go wrong and choose brutality. The series focuses on human trafficking in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with a panel discussion at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Unity of Dallas, 6526 Forest Lane. Panelists include…

The free Waze mobile app acquired by Google in 2013 helped bridge the divide between expensive GPS driving devices and web-based map applications. It delivers a pretty accurate driving app that gives great directions, shows high-traffic areas and lets users customize the look and sound. Waze even hired Liam Neeson…

White sand beaches and clear blue skies sound like an amazing way to spend the summer — and an even better way to make some cash. That might be the future for Dallas couple Tennessee and Collin Hauser as they vie for the position of Cancun.com’s summer CEO, which in…

A flurry of activity and new development in Arlington’s entertainment district has had a negative effect on one longtime business. Half Price Books in Lincoln Square, which opened about 20 years ago, will close this spring. Although some on social media speculated that eager developers or rising rent costs may have…

The racers are at the starting line. The next three laps will determine the winner. There are no do-overs, mulligans or second chances. The only thing that matters after a long night of racing is being the first to cross the finish line under the checkered flag. The traffic light…

Samantha Watt has worked in the business of burials for more than 10 years. However, her role as a funeral home director is not her most peculiar one. Watt is also a proficient Etch A Sketch artist. In photos, themed Etch A Sketch toys — Hello Kitty, Shrek, Mickey Mouse…

David Fisher, assistant director of Dallas’ Office of Cultural Affairs, said beer and wine likely affected the turnout Wednesday at the Wild Detectives for a discussion on the state of Dallas’ literary arts scene. The get-together is one of many such gatherings in the last few months that are part…

Fri 1/26Book collectors, good luck in finding author-signed copies, best-sellers, and coffee-table books on art and travel at the sale this weekend at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young St. Friends of the Dallas Public Library will get first pick of thousands of books, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and…

The first RoboCop became a bona fide and unexpected hit in 1986. Naturally, Orion Pictures wanted to make a sequel to the Paul Verhoven-directed sci-fi action film, which starred Peter Weller as a robot-human hybrid and was filmed almost entirely in Dallas. The studio commissioned the film’s screenwriters, Ed Neumeier and…