Some considered it the most dangerous book in Dallas, a moniker coined by D Magazine years after it was published. The Accommodation: the politics of race in an American City, traces race relations and politics in Dallas from slavery to the early ’80s. It argues slavery was crueler in North Texas…
“I did not hit her. It’s not true! It’s bullshit! I did not hit her. I did not. Oh, hi, Mark.” For nearly 20 years, this iconic monologue has baffled moviegoers. The rooftop conversation is only one of the bonkers conversations that make up Tommy Wiseau’s cult movie masterpiece The…
They say it’s all happening at the zoo, and the Dallas Zoo and Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park (650 S. R.L. Thornton Fwy.) have given us all the adorable animals to gawk at this week as they welcome a baby alpaca, two cheetahs and a baby giraffe.
Pocket Sandwich Theatre, the raucous, popcorn-tossing melodrama theater and late-night entertainment showcase space, will move to its third home just shy of its 40th anniversary. Jeff Vance, director for the theater, said the owners of the block of stores on Mockingbird Lane where it operates decided not to renew Pocket…
Artist Patrick Earl Hammie says the opportunity given to him by the Smithsonian Institute to display his portraits of prominent African American artists Romare Bearden and Khande Wiley wasn’t just a chance to showcase his talent in its new touring exhibit. It’s also an opportunity to show who he is as…
It’s not just the pandemic that makes this year different for the Olympics. New sports that aren’t exactly familiar to ancient Greeks are being included for the first time, including karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding. Is horseshoe pitching next? Maybe we can try to lobby the Olympics committee before…
Virtual reality has become a huge draw for entertainment venues and most focus on putting people in otherworldly situations that impede their chances for survival – like a zombie apocalypse or a perilous jungle adventure.
The days in which merchandise was inspired by movies have been subverted, and there’s long been a trend of movies based on toys.
Although casual hookups and encounters were strongly discouraged during the early stages of the pandemic, there’s never a bad time for sex education, especially as things, er, loosen up.
About a half century ago, a horseshoe pitching club formed at Arlington’s first city park.
Bobbi Navarrete was seven years old when she first started wrestling.
It wasn’t that long ago that women would be institutionalized for being disagreeable among the (obviously sexist) men in their communities.
When the first Dallas VideoFest launched in 1986, it started at a time when film festivals and media conventions weren’t a weekly occurrence or even a massive industry like it is now.
Earlier this month, three new exhibitions opened at the artist-run cooperative 500X Gallery, located in a former tire factory in the Tin District. Featuring abstract, conceptual and textual works by four local artists — including a 24-year-old painter who graduated from the University of North Texas two years ago and…
Dallas writer and director Jerod Couch went from the start of a promising career at ESPN and the Texas Rangers to his lowest point in a short amount of time.
The first-ever “Bun Ministry” meet-up, hosted in the Design District last Saturday, was a celebration of hair.
The scene at Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas this past Wednesday was a welcome reprieve from the controversial chants and misconduct that have blighted the fan section behind Mexico’s national soccer team in recent months.
An ellipsis, also known as a “dot-dot-dot” is the symbol of elision — the omission of words in print, for example.
This year’s Emmy nominations promise many exciting races, and the lead actor category is no exception.
In July of 2011, Francisco Moreno’s exhibition Seven Days in America opened at Oliver Francis Gallery.
In a historical uprising, Parisians on Bastille Day ushered in the French Revolution when they stormed the Bastille, a state prison, and beheaded the prison’s governor who got in their way of stealing ammo.
The days in which being labeled a “geek” was considered an insult are long over, as the current cultural landscape supports a love for Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones and the various other properties and franchises once deemed “nerdy.”
