Thursday Ian Fleming was obsessed with the colorful life of the late playboy and race car driver Porfirio Rubirosa, native of the Dominican Republic, and some believe Fleming based his James Bond character on Rubirosa, who was also rumored to be a political assassin. The same theme is reflected in…
The Dallas Theater Center’s Real Women Have Curves is an entertaining and thought-provoking play, with an excellent production level and a talented, refreshingly diverse cast. As its title implies, the play focuses plenty of attention on the interplay between how women are expected to look and how they actually look…
Hector Berlioz first laid eyes on Harriet Smithson in 1827 at Paris’ Odeon Theater, where she was portraying Ophelia in a production of Hamlet. It was love at first sight for the French composer, although “obsession” might be a more accurate description. He knew that he had to meet her…
In 2018, Kim Kardashian West made headlines for something unexpected. The reality TV star visited the White House to advocate for Alice Marie Johnson, a first-time nonviolent drug offender who had served 21 years out of a life sentence. A week after the much-publicized visit, President Donald Trump commuted Johnson’s…
The reason you go to film festivals like the Oak Cliff Film Festival is because you want to see films. Unlike other fan gatherings, you’re not there to wait in ungodly lines for an awkward handshake with a celebrity, blow a week’s pay on an overpriced collectible or work your…
If you go outside the great state of Texas, and you mention that you’re from Dallas, you’ll probably get one of a few standard reactions. We’re generally known for three things: the Dallas Cowboys, the Dallas TV series and the fact that JFK was shot here. Of course, those of…
Most days, you could spot Truman Wilson skateboarding home from his Highland Park middle school, in a rush to play Fortnite or to tend to his homework, and you might recognize his spiky blond hair and black-rimmed glasses from the logo on the Truman Bar chocolates. This 14-year-old might be…
In July 1975, when Dutch artist Bas Jan Ader waved goodbye from his sailboat, it would be the last time anyone would see him alive. Ader’s is one of three intersecting stories on display in Disappearing-California c. 1970, an exhibition running from May 10 through Aug. 11 at the Modern…
Supposing a man tells you he loves to make people laugh, you could probably guess what careers he’d go about pursuing. Comedian would top the list, followed closely by clown or cartoonist. Comedic pianist probably wouldn’t be near the top of that list, but then again, who even knew that…
Sunshine spills into the chambers of Oak Cliff’s Sunset Art Studios. Traces of creativity trickle throughout every winding corner of the artist collective work space. From a feminist theater company to a found object installation, no medium is off limits. The studio’s Artist Sustainability Program is grounded in its commitment to…
Instagram isn’t just a platform where people show off the food they ate before it’s lost to the ravages of human digestion, or just for those who accrue followers in the hope of not having to get a real job. It’s actually used by people from all walks of life…
Any bystander outside of the Allen Event Center April 27-28 might have thought there was a sports event going on, judging solely by the throngs of people all wearing the same color, carrying decorated poster boards and discussing match-ups in excited tones.
We’ve all felt that awkward freezing feeling creep in when facing a homeless person, as a plethora of questions form quickly into an inner monologue. We ask ourselves whether we have spare change, whether it’s safe to roll down the window and whether the light will turn green before we…
Thursday Muscle Shoals, Alabama, has long been a mecca for musicians the world over for sharing its name with the legendary Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. And it’s also where the electro-rock duo BoomBox calls home. Composed of Zion Rock Godchaux (son of former Grateful Dead members Keith and Donna Jean…
With more variety than a United Nations Conference, the crowd at the 10th Annual Emmitt Smith Celebrity Gala was celebrity totality. There’s Billy Dawson, a country singer from Nashville; “Kid” Reid of Kid ‘n Play hip-hop fame; an elite group of NFL Hall of Fame running backs: Curtis Martin, Eddie…
In our heated political climate, it’s hard to agree on something as simple as what equals two plus two. Dallas-based filmmaker David Maddox explores this idea quite literally in his film, Alternative Math, which just passed six million views on YouTube. The short film, directed by Maddox and co-written by…
On ABC News Friday night, Dallas resident Eve Wiley told her story about her conception. What started out as snooping through emails turned into Wiley’s biggest self-discovery. First, she found out that her father was a sperm donor. When her mother, Margo Williams, couldn’t get pregnant during her first year…
With so many streaming services and options, it’s hard to pick something to watch, and at this point, we’ll pay someone just to make the decision for us. Texas has long been the home to, or the inspiration for, many great works, so why not dust off an old favorite…
A couple of years ago, we made a plea for Dallas to step up and produce a cool pinball lounge. A renewed wave of interest in the delightfully approachable game had made its way to other major cities like New York and San Francisco — but Dallas? Nada. Well, unless…
Peter Mayhew, the actor who played the towering Wookie Chewbacca in several Star Wars movies, has passed away. Mayhew’s family delivered the news of his passing in a statement on his official Facebook page. He died Tuesday at his home in Boyd surrounded by his family, according to the statement…
The last thing you probably want to hear about now is of any aquatic activities, with all the rain and severe thunderstorm and flood warnings that keep ruining our evenings. It’s like asking someone who just walked two miles in a blinding snowstorm if they can turn down the temperature…
Dallas Comedy House doesn’t have a new location ready for visitors, so that won’t stop them from bringing comedy to you. While they work on renovating their third location, DCH is putting together pop-up comedy shows at different venues around their new address in Deep Ellum. When DCH closed the…
