Alex Bentley

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Alex Bentley isn’t a Dallas-Fort Worth native, but with all his experience in the area, he’s the next best thing. He received his bachelor’s degree from TCU, and after a five-year sojourn to work for the Florida Marlins in Miami, he returned to the area to get his master’s degree at UNT. Prior to joining CultureMap, he worked for Pegasus News, helping deliver hyper-local news to the internet masses. He uses that experience to make CultureMap the go-to site for everything to see and do in Dallas.

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Weekend Event Planner

Klyde Warren Park celebrations top best weekend events in Dallas

By Alex Bentley

10.23.14 | 12:00 am

There are some decently big names in Dallas-Fort Worth this weekend, but if you're in the mood for a real party, the place to be is Klyde Warren Park ...

Rock the Halls

KVIL's new holiday concert brings Train and Daughtry back to Dallas

By Alex Bentley

10.20.14 | 2:39 pm

Several Dallas-area radio stations put on annual holiday-themed music festivals, and you can add another one to your list. On December 17, 103.7 KVIL will host the inaugural Not ...

Film Binge

Lone Star Film Festival 2014 releases full lineup with close-to-home opener

By Alex Bentley

10.19.14 | 11:02 am

The Lone Star Film Festival has announced the full lineup for its 2014 edition, and Virtuousity, a documentary about the 14th Cliburn Competition, is the opener. Virtuosity, showing at Bass ...

A Ghoul Time For All

Texas parties for Halloween unlike any other state

By Alex Bentley

10.18.14 | 5:02 pm

With Halloween falling on a Friday this year, many people will be looking to let loose at a great party. Luckily for Texans, several Lone Star cities rank among the ...

Yet Another War Movie

Fury suffers from war fatigue with same old movie tropes

By Alex Bentley

10.17.14 | 12:00 am

If someone is going to make a movie about World War II, he had better have a strong reason for doing so. Definitive movies about the Holocaust, military conquests and ...

Weekend Event Planner

Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull top best weekend events in Dallas

By Alex Bentley

10.16.14 | 12:00 am

Crazy though it may seem, the State Fair of Texas comes to a close this weekend, so this is your last chance to indulge in weird fried food and Midway ...

Get Your Rope Climb On

Hawaiian Falls branches out with new family-friendly adventure park near Fort Worth

By Alex Bentley

10.13.14 | 4:38 pm

Hawaiian Falls has been in the water park business for more than 10 years, but in a bid to become more than a summertime entertainment destination, it will debut its ...

Luke Wade Confession

Fort Worth's Luke Wade on The Voice: 'I want to win America'

By Alex Bentley

10.13.14 | 6:00 am

Fort Worth singer Luke Wade took America by storm when he wowed the coaches on NBC’s The Voice with his rendition of Otis Redding’s “That’s How Strong ...

You Can Be Iron Man

Fair Park to get superhero makeover with The Marvel Experience

By Alex Bentley

10.10.14 | 11:28 am

Any movie fan knows that Marvel Comics is slowly but surely taking over the film industry, and come next January Marvel will continue its quest for world domination by making ...

Life in the Internet Age

Internet-obsessed Men, Women & Children will scare parents to death

By Alex Bentley

10.10.14 | 12:00 am

The Internet age can often be challenging and confusing, and although some films have touched on aspects of this, no mainstream film has made it the sole focus of the ...

Weekend Event Planner

Sam Smith and Ringo Starr top best weekend events in Dallas

By Alex Bentley

10.09.14 | 12:00 am

It's another music-heavy weekend in Dallas-Fort Worth, with events featuring a couple of living legends, an homage to a recently-passed master, a newcomer who's taken the world by ...

Classical Education

Dallas Symphony scholars program affords young musicians unprecedented opportunity

By Alex Bentley

10.05.14 | 9:06 am

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has announced plans for a first-of-its-kind scholarship program that will allow students from all over the world to get a top-flight education while also learning from ...

Show Your Fandom

Dallas apparel innovator FanPrint hits big time with NFLPA deal

By Alex Bentley

10.03.14 | 2:33 pm

With the NFL season now in full swing, a Dallas-based apparel company is in a unique position to outfit fans with one-of-a-kind pieces while also providing some much-needed assistance to ...

Theater Swap

Second Thought Theatre brings on DTC's Alex Organ for new season

By Alex Bentley

10.03.14 | 1:44 pm

Alex Organ has played many great roles for Dallas Theater Center, including his current part in The Rocky Horror Show, but starting in 2015 he'll be trying something new ...

David Fincher At His Finest

Sinister Gone Girl makes for a wicked good time

By Alex Bentley

10.03.14 | 12:00 am

The central mystery in Gone Girl, the new film based on the best-seller written by Gillian Flynn, is one that fits right in with today’s media-saturated culture. Nick Dunne ...

Weekend Event Planner

Katy Perry and Lecrae headline the best weekend events in Dallas

By Alex Bentley

10.02.14 | 12:00 am

The State Fair of Texas is in full swing, but there are many other great events going on in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. This weekend, that includes concerts by big ...

Diamond in Dallas

Neil Diamond says hello again to Dallas during upcoming concert tour

By Alex Bentley

09.30.14 | 10:54 am

It's been six long years, but music icon Neil Diamond is finally going out on tour again in 2015, including a stop at American Airlines Center on May 28 ...

Art & Commerce

Nasher celebrates the holidays with artful NorthPark Center pop-up shop

By Alex Bentley

09.28.14 | 1:45 pm

To capitalize on the crush of shoppers that will pack NorthPark Center this upcoming holiday season, Nasher Sculpture Center will open a pop-up location of its Nasher Store at the ...

George Strait's Biggest Fan

Dallas fan's photo immortalized on George Strait's live album cover

By Alex Bentley

09.28.14 | 10:43 am

Any fan of George Strait was probably just happy to be at AT&T Stadium for his final tour date ever back on June 7. But Dallas native D. Foster ...

Action Hero Time

Denzel Washington can't rescue The Equalizer from cheesy thriller fate

By Alex Bentley

09.26.14 | 12:00 am

Denzel Washington has taken a long and winding road to becoming an action star. He nearly started out as a perennial Oscar contender in the 1980s, and it wasn’t ...

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Weekend Event Planner

By Alex Bentley

10.23.14 | 12:00 am

There are some decently big names in Dallas-Fort Worth this weekend, but if you're in the mood for a real party, the place to be is Klyde Warren Park ...

Rock the Halls

By Alex Bentley

10.20.14 | 2:39 pm

Several Dallas-area radio stations put on annual holiday-themed music festivals, and you can add another one to your list. On December 17, 103.7 KVIL will host the inaugural Not ...

Film Binge

By Alex Bentley

10.19.14 | 11:02 am

The Lone Star Film Festival has announced the full lineup for its 2014 edition, and Virtuousity​, a documentary about the 14th Cliburn Competition, is the opener. Virtuosity, showing at Bass ...

A Ghoul Time For All

By Alex Bentley

10.18.14 | 5:02 pm

With Halloween falling on a Friday this year, many people will be looking to let loose at a great party. Luckily for Texans, several Lone Star cities rank among the ...

Yet Another War Movie

By Alex Bentley

10.17.14 | 12:00 am

If someone is going to make a movie about World War II, he had better have a strong reason for doing so. Definitive movies about the Holocaust, military conquests and ...

Weekend Event Planner

By Alex Bentley

10.16.14 | 12:00 am

Crazy though it may seem, the State Fair of Texas comes to a close this weekend, so this is your last chance to indulge in weird fried food and Midway ...

Get Your Rope Climb On

By Alex Bentley

10.13.14 | 4:38 pm

Hawaiian Falls has been in the water park business for more than 10 years, but in a bid to become more than a summertime entertainment destination, it will debut its ...

Luke Wade Confession

By Alex Bentley

10.13.14 | 6:00 am

Fort Worth singer Luke Wade took America by storm when he wowed the coaches on NBC’s The Voice with his rendition of Otis Redding’s “That’s How Strong ...

You Can Be Iron Man

By Alex Bentley

10.10.14 | 11:28 am

Any movie fan knows that Marvel Comics is slowly but surely taking over the film industry, and come next January Marvel will continue its quest for world domination by making ...

Life in the Internet Age

By Alex Bentley

10.10.14 | 12:00 am

The Internet age can often be challenging and confusing, and although some films have touched on aspects of this, no mainstream film has made it the sole focus of the ...

Weekend Event Planner

By Alex Bentley

10.09.14 | 12:00 am

It's another music-heavy weekend in Dallas-Fort Worth, with events featuring a couple of living legends, an homage to a recently-passed master, a newcomer who's taken the world by ...

Classical Education

By Alex Bentley

10.05.14 | 9:06 am

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has announced plans for a first-of-its-kind scholarship program that will allow students from all over the world to get a top-flight education while also learning from ...

Show Your Fandom

By Alex Bentley

10.03.14 | 2:33 pm

The Lone Star Film Festival has announced the full lineup for its 2014 edition, and Virtuousity, a documentary about the 14th Cliburn Competition, is the opener. Virtuosity, showing at Bass ...