Dallas-Based Comedic Murder Podcast Cracks iTunes’ Top 10

When Heather McKinney and Christie Wallace found out the podcast they co-host, Sinisterhood, cracked iTunes’ top 10 list for U.S. Comedy Podcasts, they assumed something must be wrong. After seeing how many times Sinisterhood had been downloaded in such a short period, Wallace went so far as to reach out…

Amy Sedaris Is Coming to Richardson to Accept Award

Actress and comedian Amy Sedaris doesn’t have a lot of time to herself, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. “I look at my calendar and I can’t believe it,” Sedaris says. “I’m busier than I want to be right now.” She’s not only starring and writing in her own…

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Friday If there’s a work of music that better expresses the wistful and melancholy nostalgia that the holidays can bring than the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s soundtrack for the 1965 CBS television special A Charlie Brown Christmas, I haven’t heard it. It perfectly captures the way you feel about poor Charlie…

5 Reviews of Elf: The Musical Depending on Who You Are

Here’s the problem reviewing something involving Christmas: If you have anything negative to say, you come off looking like a monster. So you think It’s a Wonderful Life is a chore to watch? “Go back to your country!” someone will shout. It’s an unfair sentiment because some Christmas things are…

How Would LeeAnne Locken Have Cloned a Phone?

On last week’s episode of The Real Housewives of Dallas, when it was said that LeeAnne Locken threatened to clone Brandi Redmond’s phone, many of the women were left confused. Turns out, phone cloning dates back to car phones when you could get physically close enough to a phone and…

Figment Dallas Gets Second Chance and Rescheduled Date

After nearly eight consecutive days of rain leading up to Figment Dallas’ scheduled debut on Oct. 20, the storm had finally broken. Unfortunately the event had been canceled the day before, just as the last portable toilet was being unloaded.  “The city called us the day before the event at…

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Wednesday Grammy Award winner Michael W. Smith and Season 6 American Idol finalist Melinda Doolittle are coming to the Majestic Theatre, 1925 Elm St., to perform a night of Christmas songs. According to YouTube, the pair have been singing Christmas songs together since around 2008, and this year, they’ll continue…

10 Things To Do To Get You in the Holiday Mood

Sometimes no matter how hard you try, no matter what videos you watch or how much your special someone tries to help, it’s hard to get in the mood. The Christmas mood. You know you’re being a Grinch while everyone around you is preparing roast beast, but you can’t do…

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Friday For parents with hearts cold and dead after one too many princess movies, maybe a production of Disney on Ice: Frozen isn’t high up on your to-do list. But you’d be surprised at the power of a couple of ice princesses to melt your heart (and loosen your wallet)…

Maria by Callas Strips an Opera Great of Her Agency

Volf supports his interpretation of Callas’ personality with sound bites from her understandably guarded televised appearances, all of which devolve into terse discussions about her years-long romance with Onassis (before and after his marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis)

How to Treat Your Politically Opposite Family Member This Holiday Season

With the holiday season here, families are bound to spend more time with one another and have even closer conversations. Inevitably, when conversations run too long, the risk of politics being brought to the table increases. There’s always that one relative who feels strongly about politics and wants you to…

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Wednesday It’s that time of year when concerts aren’t just concerts, they’re holiday hoedowns – well, at least tonight’s show at Three Links boasts such a yuletide title. The Vandoliers are throwing a “Vandoliers’ Holiday Hoedown” featuring the band’s unique outlaw country-tinged rock ‘n roll as well as Pedigo’s Magic…