Across from Cold Beer Co. in Deep Ellum sits a solid orange building surrounded by bright blue concrete. Social media users have wondered for weeks what’s going on with the seemingly abandoned building. Scott Rohrman is the man behind the mural. “Orange House in a Blue Field” is part of…
Riders took off almost everything but their helmets and shoes Friday for an underwear bike ride hosted by Red Star Bicycles of Dallas. More than 30 riders attended to promote body positivity, a healthy hobby and their equipment. Riders congregated at Red Star Bicycle Shop off Parkhouse Street in the…
As of this summer, slick, modern, slate and yellow bicycles have begun to dot Denton, Dallas and Irving. VBikes is an app-based, station-free bike-sharing service based in Garland, and the startup has ambitions of expanding beyond North Texas. Think of VBikes as two-wheeled versions of Zip Cars. To use a…
Cinépolis won’t officially enter the Dallas luxury movie theater fray until 2018 when it opens its theater in Victory Park, but its newest theater in Euless could give us a glimpse of what’s to come downtown. The luxury movie theater chain, which moved its headquarters to Addison last year, opened…
In one week, the second season of The Real Housewives of Dallas will premiere on Bravo. If you follow the women on social media, you know Season 1 besties Stephanie Hollman and Brandi Redmond weren’t photographed together for a few months. Hollman seemed to be spending a lot more time…
Full Moon Ride Through the River Belo Garden Park 1014 Main St. 7:30 p.m. Monday Free During the summer, it’s easy to stay indoors, crank down the air conditioner and binge on Netflix until your eyes bleed. After all, temperatures around here reach egg-scrambling numbers. But occasionally there’s a good…
There is a better, more touching movie hidden somewhere inside The Only Living Boy in New York, and you can often see it creeping in around the edges. It’s not to be found in the somewhat empty coming-of-age narrative at the film’s center, which follows Thomas (Callum Turner), a precocious,…
Yes, you’ve heard it’s bad. It is. But there are some things to like in The Dark Tower, directed by Nikolaj Arcel, the new adaptation of Stephen King’s epic novel series. Just as in the books, an evil sorcerer named The Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey) orders around his henchpeople…
The dictates of Hollywood screenwriting can’t quite constrain the wildness of Jeannette Walls’ family and her best-selling memoir. Despite a tidy resolution, too many scenes whose shapes are immediately familiar from other movies, and an absurd climax that dramatizes the conflict between a daughter and her father through the wheezy…
In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull. It was the offspring of Minos’ wife and a beautiful bull Minos was meant to sacrifice but kept instead. To punish Minos, Poseidon made Minos’ wife fall in love with…
Addison Holmes always knew she wanted to give back. As a teenager, the local dancer-choreographer worked alongside professionals in the Texas Ballet Theatre, with whom she performed at Bass Hall and Fair Park. These experiences among the best in Texas molded Holmes as an artist and, eventually, an educator. “I…
Friday Waxahatchee is Katie Crutchfield’s minimalist project who turns out delectable pop tunes. Crutchfield came from the acclaimed folky garage rock band P.S. Eliot and has found her footing with her new band, touring on its latest, Out in the Storm. Expect plenty of crunchy guitars with sweet harmonies. The…
The television wing of the Sony Pictures corporation now owns the largest stake in the Flower Mound animated film studio Funimation, but there’s no indication so far that Sony plans to change how Funimation makes, dubs or distributes its cartoons and merchandise to fans. Sony Pictures Television announced Tuesday that…
If you’re into appreciating the majesty of nature, or you’re just a person who covets rare things, then you probably want to take a gander at the sky Monday, Aug. 21, when a total solar eclipse will be visible across much of the U.S. The last time this happened was…
Comrade Detective premieres on Amazon Prime August 4. Castlevania streams on Netflix. Only slowly does it become clear that Comrade Detective, a star-driven meta-prank cop-show curio, isn’t supposed to suck. This fact hit me early in the second episode, a full hour into this squirmiest of prestige streaming series,…
Icarus premieres August 4 on Netflix. Give Putin this: The man knows how to deny his government’s elaborate, outrageous conspiracies violating international laws and norms. To this day, despite the 37 medals that have been stripped from his nation’s Olympians, Putin insists that Russia never engaged in a longrunning campaign…
A white man sits in an observation car and marvels at the hilled vastness of a Dakota. He says he prizes “the therapeutic value of the plains” and that in hard times — like now, as his relationship with his partner seems to be fraying — he returns to that…
Art Skool: Humor Umbrella Gallery 2803 Taylor St. 7 p.m. Thursday Good art can give you a good laugh. You’re more likely to learn a lesson when you’re laughing than when you’re crying at the lack of humanity in the world. Learn all about the history and contribution of humor…
“Math was my Waterloo,” Dennis Maher says, explaining what attracts him to the role of Albert Einstein, whom he’ll play at Theatre Arlington beginning this month. The longtime University of Texas at Arlington theater arts professor has brought many historical figures to life on stage, but Einstein immediately stood out…
Thursday The ongoing TexFest series, presented by the USA Film Festival and the Texas Association of Motion Media Professionals, gives audiences a glimpse of what’s possible for homegrown filmmakers. Why make the move to LA when there are plenty of movies written and filmed in the Lone Star State? Case…
Until recently, I was convinced that if I had been born in the times of our Paleolithic human ancestors, my life would have been as short and bloody as Anthony Scaramucci’s political career. I didn’t think I possessed any of the skills needed to survive in a harsh, unforgiving world…
A little more than 30 minutes late, Dave Lea walks into Dallas Martial Arts. He’s wearing workout pants, a suit vest, and lightly tinted sunglasses. His long hair falls below his shoulders and he speaks with a strong British accent. Lea is one of Hollywood’s best stuntmen. He was Michael…
