The huge Diwali Mela, which draws about 50,000 people to the Cotton Bowl in Fair Park, is Guide’s Festival of the Week. But there are plenty of other great choices out there, including Festival at the Switchyard (with headliners Blues … Continue reading
This weekend is just about as close as you can get to going back to the past without a time machine. Need evidence? Here are five ways to party like it’s 1990-something. Salt-N-Pepa: When I heard this show was happening, I … Continue reading
That photo above is a screengrab from last night’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, which is spending the week ushering in “Democalypse 2014: South by South Mess” by broadcasting from Austin. If you can’t tell what’s going on, that’s … Continue reading
A lot of people really love Star Wars: Battlefront. Even as someone who rarely gets into multiplayer-centric games, I spent a lot of time playing Battlefront 1 and 2 on the original Xbox. I mean, it was like Battlefield, but … Continue reading
Today, Marvel Entertainment held an event to talk about details and make announcements regarding the future of their film franchises. The event was liveblogged on their website, and the info dump was packed with news that should have fans of … Continue reading
I’m too old for trick-or-treating, I don’t have any kids and I’m a big chicken when it comes to most horror movies, so one of my personal favorite Halloween traditions is to play creepy video games with the lights turned … Continue reading
Halloween falls on Friday the 31st this year, and since 31 is 13 backwards, we can only assume that makes it lucky. Logic. Regardless of predilection for superstition (or lack thereof), calling this weekend “lucky” doesn’t seem too bold. From … Continue reading
At 62, it’s no secret that Karla Bonoff’s appeal lies in the hearts of Baby Boomers, who filled almost every seat for her show at the Kessler Theater in Oak Cliff on Sunday night. I, too, am 62, and while … Continue reading
Update at 5:05 p.m.: Our media partners at KXAS-Channel 5 have identified Not Paul Rudd. He’s actually Dallas’ own Ben Kravit, a brand manager at Dr Pepper Snapple. And, sure enough, this freshly minted tweet confirms it. @bkravit Thanks so … Continue reading
Now NBC’s The Voice has really done it. Of our four North Texas contestants still vying for a spot on the reality TV singing show, two go against one another in Monday night’s episode. Fort Worth’s Luke Wade will sing “Rich … Continue reading
Ushering in my 46th birthday with Rhett Miller at the Twilite Lounge at midnight Friday did not make me feel old, maybe because Rhett still looks like that ubiquitous teen folkie-turned-serial lady-killer. This, however, does make me feel just shy … Continue reading
Saturday, the Two x Two for AIDS and Art crowd dined and bid inside a Bucky Fuller-style geodesic dome tent on the lawn of the home of Cindy and Howard Rachofsky. The auction followed a dancing-in-the-aisles three-song set by CeeLo … Continue reading
Now, after 16 years, Two x Two for AIDS and Art has established itself as the most coveted ticket on the black-tie circuit. One reason: It rarely fails to surprise. Saturday night, it did more than that—it stunned. It was … Continue reading
A group of Dallas dancers participated in “Thrill the World,” an international annual tribute to one of Michael Jackson’s greatest hits on Saturday, Oct. 25. They spent weeks practicing the dance routine to “Thriller” at The Rhythm Room dance studio, … Continue reading
The scene in ABC’s Selfie was less than two minutes long Tuesday night. But from a social-media perspective, it was adorbs. Little 7-year-old Keith L. Williams’ character, Kevin, was being tucked in by characters Eliza and Henry. Sitting in bed, … Continue reading
One week after George Gimarc rolled upout 48 minutes of Spring ’78 KZEW, this landed in the in-box yesterday: a half-hour from September 1975 anchored by one of The Zoo Originals, deejay Mike Taylor. There’s also a piece about a … Continue reading
Nintendo finally started showing off some of the exclusive features of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U this week with a livestream containing more than 50 facts about the game. Many of those details weren’t a huge deal — I … Continue reading
“So it happened. The end of America’s innocence. … More than half a century later this tragic event still lies shrouded in mystery with a host of unanswered questions.” So says narrator Peter Coyote in the opening minutes of A … Continue reading
The Super Smash Bros. series announcer narrated a half hour video packed with information about the upcoming Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, which launches next month. There was a lot of focus on “more, more, more,” boasting more content than … Continue reading
Make it a great weekend in Dallas-Fort Worth. Click on the hyperlinks below for extended info on each of the recommended events this weekend, Oct. 24-26. If you are really into the costume thing: Your one-stop shop is the annual Halloween … Continue reading
