Another October means movie theaters yet again rolling out the orange carpet for their Halloween themed programming, and since we are the foremost experts of Halloweenocity in the area, we pulled all the best screenings together for you. Weirdly enou...
Mixmaster presents "100 Creatives," in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. Know an artistic mind who deserves a little bit of blog love? Email lauren.smart@dallasobserver.com with the whos and whys. ?By Michelle Foste...
Where is my Playboy pinball? Where is my Harley Davidson? Where have all the pinball tables gone? Look, I'm asking for a friend. With the recent shuttering of July Alley, he's found himself despondent. He's having to literally twiddle his thumbs wi...
Tig's coming to town! By Sarah Wyatt "Once you're on track that is really and truly YOUR track, you can't help but make inspired choices in life," writes Tig Notaro in our email conversation -the Caps Lock hers. Tig Notaro is a good person, a ...
Now go treat yoou self. The brand new, sparkling iPhone 6 just rolled out, and in honor of its appearance, we've compiled a list of the top apps your Dallas dwelling just a little bit easier. Between sports teams, arts district and more fairs...
This isn't even a real place Nick Cave is writing in. I spent last night at the fabulous Texas Theatre watching 20,000 Days on Earth, the new documentary about legendary Australian songsmith Nick Cave. You need to go and see it there before its ...
By Michelle Foster You could go as a Legs Avenue Slutty Superman. You could get a banana suit in a bag from Party City. Or you could use your imagination, Dallas. Wow the crowd with something totally unique and out-there and creative. Don't wait unti...
Unfasten your seatbelts. There are no bumps on this ride. Alfred Uhry's Driving Miss Daisy, that quaint morsel, is on at Dallas Theater Center. That's because this fall Dallas Theater Center is doing big things with old shows no one has been clamori...
Michael Morris likes film. Understatement of the year. He loves film. He lives and breathes it. Morris is the man when it comes to video. Since moving back to Dallas four years ago, he has carved a niche for himself in the local art scene, bringi...
Shakespeare seems to be on the minds of Dallas theatre-makers this month. Last weekend, there was a staged reading of Romeo and Juliet at the Wyly Theatre, Shakespeare in the Bar at Wild Detectives, and of course, Dallas Shakespeare's Antony and Cleo...
Dine with the dead this October... Things were simpler when we were kids. Responsibilities consisted mainly of remembering to feed the dog, not touching the rat poison under the sink, and leaving dad alone when he's drinking his "grown-up" apple ...
Because someone thought Tim Burton could be sexy. This weekend presents a hodgepodge of activities from a Tim Burton themed burlesque show to some world class musicians. Thursday, October 2 The State Fair of Texas In case you forgot it was happen...
Bonus "Spoiler" Podcast: We're doing a special one-off "spoiled" podcast this week because we can't really talk about Gone Girl as a film without giving some key plot elements away. (This podcast contains spoilers, y'all.) Get all our film cove...
Three years ago, the Dallas VideoFest introduced a new program to their line-up of events that changed the way we view video in this city. "Expanded Cinema" followed Bart Weiss' interest in non-traditional ways of bringing video to people. For year...
Shop owner Claire Amano (center) helps customers transform their pieces. America's "Horse With No Name" spins on an old fashioned record player and a scented candle burns at the checkout counter. I jab an old, wonky paintbrush into ivory chalk pa...
Bonnie & Clyde at WaterTower Theatre Theater season is in full swing. Here are a few picks for your month. Ongoing through October 19: Rocky Horror Show It looks like Dallas Theater Center has a hit on its hands with its season opener. A reboot o...
September was a fine opening to the 2014-15 classical season, even if it had the occasional off-kilter gait. However, this month's schedule looks even more substantial than the last; is this where the season launches in earnest? More Shostakovich, mo...
A trip to Marfa is not complete without a stop at the local Prada outlet. As Index Fest was happening in Dallas, I found myself headed west to Marfa for another music festival -- the Trans-Pecos Festival of Music + Love. The long drive gave ris...
Yesterday, D Magazine's Frontburner blog got their fingers sticky in some scoop batter via the boob tube. The Internet's cutest repetitive Preschooler, the "Apparently Kid" got his first reporting gig from Ellen Degeneres, who is sending him to cover...
Local author Merritt Tierce is quite the media darling these days. After publishing her debut novel Love Me Back, Tierce has made the rounds on TV, been compared to Joan Didion by one critic, and perhaps most famously, told The Dallas Morning News ab...