Celebrated journalist Bob Woodward told an audience at the University of Texas at Arlington last week what the Rolling Stones knew all along: Time is on our side. While reflecting on his reporting of Watergate, Woodward, an associate editor at The Washington Post, shared that the first real lesson to be…
You can read the synopsis. You can look at the production photos. You can even read reviews, previews, interviews. You still won’t have a complete understanding, when you sit down to watch Red Chariot, of what exactly the play is about. Something about tarot cards, something about the internet, something…
What began as a simple t-shirt design has now sparked a cultural movement for the Eans family of DeSoto. With the mark of three simple words, ‘I luv you’— the Eans have globally empowered black youth and families towards self-acceptance, self-love and most importantly, love for one another.
Monday, September 23 Margaret AtwoodMargaret Atwood didn’t need a Handmaid’s Tale TV series to stay relevant. The Canadian writer has enough brilliant novels (see Cat’s Eye and The Blind Assassin), short stories and poems to keep a lit professor agog for an entire semester without even mentioning her dystopian classic…
If Frisco photographer Alisa Eykilis can make you pause your mindless scroll through social media, she considers her job well done. “In today’s world, it is so overpopulated with fast-moving images,” Eykilis says. “If I can make my viewer stop, look at the picture and say, ‘Wait, what?’ I think…
Much like the ever-expanding restaurant scene, Dallas is also being saturated with co-working spaces. It seems like each month companies such as WeWork are growing, smaller spots like CityCentral are cropping up and spaces like The Riveter are creating places for women to get together and get things done. However,…
Deep Ellum is a neighborhood that thrives on putting on events and showcasing talent both local and from around the world. Yet in all the excitement of Elm Street’s bold new buildings and booming amplifiers, it can sometimes be difficult to see all Deep Ellum truly has to offer. On…
Friday, September 20 Greek Food Festival of Dallas 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 20 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church $9-$20 Opa! Immerse yourself in Greek culture at Dallas’ iconic Greek Food Festival. In addition to trying some fantastic food, guests can see live music and dance performances and shop for imports…
Oh, Caroline Calloway. She’s trending on Twitter. The Instagram influencer’s drama has reached every major publication in the country. But is she likable, or just another person we can’t stop watching? Calloway is fresh out of her viral tour, the one we compared with Fyre Festival early this year, recovering…
Talking to actor, jazz pianist and a being of radiating light Jeff Goldblum is never a one-way conversation. He’s so genuinely interested in people and being alive in the moment that he can turn a simple press interview around on the person talking to him. Goldblum spoke to us about his…
We all have days when all we want to do is kick back, turn off our busy brains and turn on a classic, no-surprises, screwball rom-com. When such an urge strikes, we wouldn’t normally think of spending a night watching a play. After all, one goes to the theater to…
They arrived after dinner, as the cruel Texas sun was going to sleep in the perfect orange twilight. They carried skateboards, a cooler packed with Modelos and paintbrushes. From 7 p.m. to around 4 a.m., the small team of four friends painted the 4DWN Skatepark a vibrant blue, yellow and…
Happy hump day. It is Wednesday. The third episode of season 4 of The Real Housewives of Dallas airs tonight. Isn’t that exciting? Have you seen the first two episodes yet? A bunch of white women get mad at one another and they drink and do funny stuff. Oh, man…
What do a historic market town in the northeast of England and the city of Dallas have in common? For one, both share a love for Spanish art, but also, there are some similarities in the stories of the Bowes Museum from Barnard Castle and the Meadows Museum from Dallas…
Plenty of budding actors would kill for a Best Feature win to put on their IMDb page, but as actors Hilly Holsonback and Hannah Weir watch accolades stream in for their eccentric, no-budget film A Ship of Human Skin, they hardly know what to make of it. “It’s kind of…
Imagine being a neo-grunge musician and receiving a letter from Kurt Cobain that your band’s latest record is a masterpiece. Shaun Hamill is making that kind of splash in the horror and fiction literary world. On Sept. 17, his first novel, A Cosmology Of Monsters (published by Pantheon Books in New…
This year is becoming one of the biggest of Plano native Revian Chang’s career. She kicked off 2019 as one of several young women vying for the love of Colton on season 23 of The Bachelor, and despite being eliminated after the first episode, Chang has gained a large platform that…
Monday, September 16 Away from the White House: Presidential RetreatsGeorge W. Bush Presidential Center presents Away from the White House: Presidential Retreats, an exhibition of photographs of various presidential hideaways and homes away from the White House, from Mount Vernon to Mar-a-Lago. With historical artifacts, like Ronald Reagan’s aviator sunglasses…
July 22, 2016, is a date that will live in infamy for pop culture geeks, film fans and tapeheads. It’s the day that could be the first step of the long, slow death of the videotape. This was the day Japan’s Funai Electric manufactured the world’s last new video cassette…
Quietly perched along the tip of the Design District lies one of Dallas’ latest art gems. A family-owned contemporary gallery, SITE131, is peacefully concealed within the cluster of galleries located within the neighborhood. Co-owned by mother-son duo Seth and Joan Davidow, SITE131 is a hub for major, private art collections…
Friday, September 13 Fair Food Festival 6:00 P.M. Friday, September 13 Trinity Groves $5 Indulge in some deep-fried goodness ahead of the annual State Fair of Texas. Trinity Groves will be offering a taste of what you can expect to find at this year’s fair. Funnel cakes, corn dogs, fried…
Tucked into one of the oldest buildings in South Dallas is WAAS Gallery, a much-needed space where women can exhibit the artwork that they want to make. Women have been struggling to receive as much recognition as men in the art world for as long as art has been a…
