There has to be a better way. Shop Small Saturday is the one day each year that Americans stick a large middle finger in the faces of places like Wal-Mart, Macy's and Starbucks -- just to name a few. The Saturday after Thanksgiving is all about th...
BY INKOO KANG Bill Cosby's present is secure. Despite the 17 women (so far) who have publicly come forward with notably similar allegations of drug-enabled sexual assault, the comedian received standing ovations for his stand-up performances in the ...
Mixmaster presents "100 Creatives," in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. When Karen Weiner opened the Reading Room in Dallas, she turned a new page for the gallery scene, creating a project space unlike anything else ...
The premiere of Telltale Games' and Dalla-based Gearbox Software's Tales from the Borderlands showcased something unique, even in this modern age of lifelike graphics, complex gameplay and being called a "fag noob" by a 11-year-old New Zealander who ...
The Zombies are back. The back-alley-crawling, crack house-dwelling immersive theater company currently inhabits an abandoned ice house, and they've redecorated it to look like a motel designed by Norman Bates - basement and all. Karaoke Motel is cre...
It can be hard to get that holiday feeling. Once you've switched your radio to KLUV, and you've tried gingerbread houses, sugar cookies, stringing lights, and braving the malls, you might want to lace up those ice skates from your childhood. There ar...
At 1 p.m. last Friday, I arrived at CentralTrak in Exposition Park for a next level sleepover. I would spend 24 hours at the artists' residency of The University of Texas at Dallas, and get to know its eight current residents. How do they live? How d...
The Thanksgiving holiday is rapidly approaching, and most of us are still trying to figure out exactly what we're going to put on the table for the big meal. Sure, the food is going to be awesome, but there's much more to this holiday than just sitti...
The Texas Theatre.Katherine Owens for her sustained efforts in keeping Dallas theater edgy and contemporary. If 30 years ago, a theater company hadn't moved underneath Main Street in Deep Ellum, built an audience and stuck out through lean years, the...
Mixmaster presents "100 Creatives," in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. Earlier this year, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra unveiled its secret weapon. While Jaap van Zweden builds a top level orchestra, his daughter h...
There's actually been a movement away from stories in games as the big studios just deliver more and more virtual killing machines that people can play until their eyes melt. Telltale Studios, however, has tried to make story the reason you play thei...
Apparently executives at the Reelz Channel agree with us. Robert Moseley, owner and operator of Bob's Prop Shop in Flower Mound, says Reelz will debut Screen Machines, a reality show based around his movie car business, Tuesday, Dec. 2nd. The series...
Brian Brooks. Maybe you've heard of him; maybe you haven't. Don't be surprised if you find your self in the latter category. Even the dance world is still getting acquainted with the choreographer coming to the Dallas City Performance Hall this week ...
A detail of 'The Hair Craft Project' by Sonya Clark, winner of half of the split Juried Grand Prize. Last week I found myself in a debate with an artist about the annual fundraiser Art Con. This artist has decidedly never participated in the cons...
Jennifer Lawrence in Mockingjay Can The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 keep up with the first two films? Why was the final book split into two movies? Does Katniss even want to be part of this revolution? On this week's Voice Film Club podcast, ...
When I announced in the Dallas Observer staff meeting on Monday morning that the Dead White Zombies had a show opening this week, my boss paused, looked around the room, and asked, "Are we in it right now?" This is exactly the question Dallas' weirde...
Van Quattro in Second Thought Theatre's A Behanding in Spokane Mixmaster presents "100 Creatives," in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. "I tend to play wacked-out characters, but there's no reason I couldn't play...
Dancers in DGDG's new piece NICE: Sarah Dye, Joshua Nichols, Tamara McCarty, Jana Duplechin. The new Elevator Series in the sixth-floor performance space at the Wyly Theatre allows plenty of space for the dancers to run in NICE, the fascinating ne...
Stephanie Cleghorn Jasso, Mei Mei Pollitt, Katherine Bourne and Alexandra Lawrence fight the "vicked vitch" in Undermain's Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls. Tasty baked goods, glowing ovens, scary beasts, flying witches and dark forests. This is t...
At approximately 2 a.m. Saturday, I jerked awake. In my dreams, my mind had constructed a computer that fabricated dreams based on the tone and pitch of my voice, as I read poetry aloud. On this screen of my subconscious there was a forest scene, and...