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Around the world they called it The Incredible Trip in a Crazy Airplane and Tighten Your Seat Belts...The Pilot Is Gone!, but here in America we needed just one word and one big punctuation mark to name the greatest disaster comedy of all time. Airplane! turns 30 this year, and for every classic punchline like, "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley," there's an equally dated reference to... More >>
Art is something that many of us take very seriously. We go see an exhibit and try and figure out the story behind the artist...what drove him or her to express themselves in this way? For the most part, we think of the cultural context behind the piece, and don't really consider the personal life of the artist, unless it's someone famously tortured like Picasso or Pollack. But art with a good... More >>
Ahhh...remember the days of 2D cinema? Yes? What's that? We're still living in them? Huh. Well, remember the days when those cute, well-made, European slice-of-life movies were imported like handcrafted dolls? Oh, those are still here too? Let me guess, this one's been praised by numerous critics using words like "delightful" and "charming"? Does food factor in a large way? Yes? Well what... More >>
For the past decade, Derek has been Dallas' own Sinatra. With well-cut suits, slicked-back hair and sometimes a drink in hand, the MacArthur High School graduate cuts a striking nostalgic figure complete with a voice that could fit right in with Bobby Darin and Mel Torme; on any Ultra-Lounge compilation CD. But over the years, he's learned that it's not just about singing. "It's more about... More >>
Are you bound and determined to learn your kid into a pint-sized locavore? Did you catch little Johnny swapping his organic Arugula for his friend's Cheetos one day? Then send him off for a little reeducation camp as Central Market hosts Kid's Camp: From Market to Table. Kids ages 8 to 10 will learn to shop locally and prepare dishes like Minted Cantaloupe Coolers, Pesto Parmesan Salad and... More >>
Michael Angelakos' speaking voice is nothing like you'd expect. "If I sound really weird," he says by phone from his Cambridge home, "it's because I have really bad allergies right now." But that's not it. No, it's more the fact that he doesn't sound like a woman, which is the way he comes off when he sings with his fast-rising electro-pop outfit, Passion Pit. "Oh, that?" he says. "That's like... More >>
Painter Deya Harris can't seem to decide what to specialize in, which makes her work all the more interesting. One painting might be a surreal spacescape on canvas, followed by a portrait painted on a smooth rock, followed by abstract swirls painted on a cross. Influenced by Diego Rivera, Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh, the Nicaraguan-born artist's work "is an expression of the mind and... More >>
Sometimes abstract art can be infuriatingly obtuse. Sometimes if you unfocus your vision you can see a pony, like in the Magic Eye books. Sometimes it's intriguing and strikes you upon glance. And sometimes it really is upside down. Or you can just go with whatever they tell you at the show, but if you headed up to Denton you could find out which is which at the UNT graduate exhibition Drawing... More >>
Okay, so the Rangers are doing pretty damn good right now. Let's say that again--right now. The guys are also pretty damn good at letting us down. So when they do start their losing streak, probably around mid-season or so, pack up your grills and horseshoe rings and head on down to see the Grand Prairie AirHogs battle it out with the El Paso Diablos. Who knows, these guys could be your future... More >>
An exhibit like the new Geometric Interpretations: Works Using Paper at the Museum of Geometric and MADI Art (3109 Carlisle St.) makes me wonder how many of these artists got their start making cootie catchers, paper sailor's hats and Origami swans. Curated by Ruth Anderson, the exhibit features inspired (mostly) paper creations by more than 20 Dallas-based artists whose works explore the use... More >>
Nothing like a good yeast to sugar ratio brought on by a few glasses of "Big Red" to coax out your inner imagination and break down the barrier between artist and non-artist. Join Creative Musings: Provocative Prints, an informal program designed for adult artists of all experience levels presented by SMU's Meadows Museum. Guest artist Ian O'Brien leads the program, which combines conversation... More >>
John DeMers is a triple threat: he cooks like the devil, writes mystery novels, and hosts a radio show. I've never met DeMers, but I bet you my grandmother's top-secret banana pudding recipe (the secret's in the Nilla wafers!) that women love him and men want to be him. Heck, I want to be him. A longtime cookbook author, DeMers cooked up Brett Baldwin, a culinary crime-fighter, as the star of... More >>
Deep Ellum's tunnels used to be the place to go to see breathtaking graffiti--not the hastily sprayed tags and four-letter words scrawled throughout the rest of downtown, but real spray-paint art. But maybe the new home of art graffiti is Oak Cliff. The crew to watch is Sour Grapes, a collective of artists, designers, printmakers and photographers who create vibrant, colorful street and studio... More >>
Fans of Air Review's swamp-cum-bombast single, "Chasing Corporate" will be taken somewhat aback by the opening track of this impressive, heavily Radiohead-influenced debut. Because, rather than continue along the radio-friendly path of the undoubtedly catchy, clap-along single, album-opener "Exodus" finds Air Review flexing its vocal harmony muscle. Instruments swirling with near disregard to... More >>
Come to the 5K run for the National HIV Testing Day and get a free HIV test with results in 30 minutes. Prizes will be given away for getting tested. Registration for the run is $25, but those who would just like to watch or get tested can just make a donation. The run begins at 8 a.m. at Reverchon Park next to the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. For more information call Run On... More >>
Baseball truly is America's pasttime. Where else would a nonprofit organization be able to not only exist but thrive as an entity that supports and facilitates the futures of young lives through baseball? You guessed it--right here in Big D, in the good ol' US of A. For the last ten years, the Dallas-based Heroes Baseball Club has been enriching the lives of area youths by providing them with... More >>
