Ilknur Ozgur has boundless energy. She talks quickly and effusively, often digressing into detailed, rambling stories that somehow, someway, make their way back to a larger point. When you ask her about any of her passions (art, performance or her performance art company, Artstillery, to name a few) she lights…
Jenna Page Owens might have invented your miracle skincare product. Owens, radio personality on The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show, started wellness brand Fitish in fall 2017 to help people achieve an obtainable wellness, whether that’s through working out, eating healthy or simply being happy. “The ‘ish’ is a real prevalent…
Thursday The nonprofit Dallas Opera Guild presents its ever-growing annual vocal competition. Launched in 1987, the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition offers opera buffs a chance to see and hear the next generation of burgeoning national opera talents. In addition to industry recognition and the chance to perform alongside The…
Just inside the gates of Scarborough Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie, Kymberly Nielsen helps make magic by dressing and accessorizing a slew of dragons, fairies, nobles, woodsman, pirates and peasants. “We try to create a show,” says Nielsen, whose family owns Suit Your Fancie, a costume shop that rents attire for…
Being a fan is tough. There are no official guidelines to tell you how to be the perfect — or even adequate — fan, except for obvious ones like refraining from mailing naked pictures of yourself to the object of your affection and honoring the court-determined distance pertaining to your restraining order. That’s why…
The Texas Frightmare Weekend isn’t your typical film festival. The frames of the films at this long-running horror movie convention are stained with gallons of Karo syrup, the substance used to make the fake blood that horror movie fans crave with the strength of 10,000 methadone addicts. While other film…
When you hear the phrase “psychedelic mushroom convention,” your mind’s eye probably conjures images of a room full of tie-dye-wearing, tripping hippies. The first Psychedelic Mushroom Convention held on Sunday at the Bella Vista Inn in Grand Prairie didn’t house anyone who looked like they might be on any kind…
From the Von Trapps to Mary Poppins, Firehouse Theatre has seen numerous musical characters grace their stage, and in May they’ll add an unexpected icon to that list: Lee Harvey Oswald. Performed for the first time ever in its entirety, audiences can watch Oswald, the musical, Friday through Sunday, May…
Keith Haring’s vibrant work will soon decorate the blank, cream-colored walls at Arlington’s Museum of Art. From June 21 until Sept. 15, visitors will be able to read Haring’s opinions, as told through his art, about things like the environment and health care, in Keith Haring: Against All Odds, which…
“So, this is our desert,” Anna Jordan says as she unlocks the art gallery on the street level of 1900 Pacific Residences in downtown Dallas. The doors swing open to a spacious room with a photographic mural of a desert scene along the far wall, the work of Dallas artist…
LeeAnne Locken, star of The Real Housewives of Dallas, is a married woman. Everything seems to have gone according to plan. At 51 years old, Locken wore white. Now-husband Rich Emberlin wore his signature eye patch (he is blind in one eye) and a custom vest with his and Locken’s…
Poet Anne Waldman has been a thundering force in the world of American literature since first stepping onto the scene in the days of the Beat Generation. A prolific and experimental author, performer, editor, feminist and activist, Waldman published her latest book, Trickster Feminism, just last year. She is the…
Alamo Drafthouse in Lake Highlands is hosting a memorial for Marvel Comic fans grieving the death of superheroes, and a franchise, for Avengers:Endgame.
You’ve always wanted to learn more about the natural world and witness some of the most beautiful parts of our environment but it’s hard to find the time and even if you find a diving suit in your size, it makes you feel like five liters of meat in a…
Last week, Dallas got its first real introduction to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s new music director, Fabio Luisi, and it was magical. It’s been quite some time since our orchestra had an artistic change of this magnitude, as Jaap van Zweden held the reigns for an entire decade. The DSO…
Thursday Where would the world be without the miracle of nature’s greatest mechanically separated meat product? Monty Python would not have turned Spam into a touchstone of modern comedy. Celebrate one of Britain’s greatest contributions to the world with a live performance of Spamalot, the hit Broadway musical based on…
Comedy actor and television writer Jon Glaser says he doesn’t love the term “alternative comedy,” but when it comes to his work — especially on stage — “that’s essentially what it is.” “I’m not going to comedy clubs,” Glaser says, referring to the mini Texas tour he’s on now that…
For artists who know their niche, it’s now easier than ever to share their skill with others. A well-known air mattress-for-hire company that went global has extended its reach into the arts-and-culture realm with shareable experiences. While Airbnb’s Experiences are not exactly new, they’re still fairly new to the Dallas…
The future of artificial intelligence may seem scary, with hypothetical horror stories about computers starting some kind of robot uprising, but so far it’s in safe hands. Eight hundred forty-six pairs of safe hands to be exact. A “Basic TrAINing” bot camp of 893 area high school students held Wednesday…
Before the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s concert on Thursday, April 18, orchestra president Kim Noltemy and executive board chair Sanjiv Yajnik took the stage to introduce the orchestra’s new music director, making his official Dallas debut that night. In the square outside, spectators watched on a big screen. On the ensemble’s…
If you’re not a devoted follower of pop culture’s poppiest sci-fi saga Star Wars, then you’re probably not familiar with the significance of May 4. It’s known as May the Fourth Be With You. It’s got nothing to do with a significant date in the Star Wars canon like the…
Women who work together succeed together, and Cassi Oesterling and Tiffany Zamora want to help Dallas women do both. In February, the pair launched Her HQ, a pop-up for one of the first female-focused coworking spaces in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. If all goes well — and so far the signs have…
