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| The Drams Dan's Silverleaf | Sat., November 22 | Denton | |
On March 12, 2005, Brent Best, drummer Tony Harper and guitarist Jess Barr buried their previous band, Slobberbone, beneath the floors of Dan's Silverleaf after covering them with two and a half hours of sweat, beer and boisterous country-rock anthems.
A year and a half later, the current... More >> |
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| The Etsy Dallas Jingle Bash Sons of Hermann Hall | Sat., November 22, 3:00pm-10:00pm | Downtown & Deep Ellum | |
Star-y garland halo's that had 15 different colors of curling ribbon draping off of them to create the most perfect princess/angel head gear, that's what I always bought at the craft shows mom dragged me to as a child. Sure the ribbons would uncurl and the garland was itchy across my forehead,... More >> |
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| Lions, Baboon, Dove Hunter, Pikahsso and Tahiti Double-Wide | Sat., November 22 | West Dallas | |
Another year, another opportunity to celebrate the existence of Dallas' finest rock 'n' roll dive. And this year's celebration looks to be especially raucous, too, thanks to the lineup: Austin's Guitar Hero-approved Lions; fantastic indie pop rock act Baboon (in an increasingly rare live... More >> |
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| Impressions of Jack Kennedy, with Dan Rather The Sixth Floor Museum | Sat., November 22, 8:00pm | Downtown & Deep Ellum | |
Dan Rather is a cultural icon--a man whose voice takes us back to the golden age of television news when it took more than a good head of hair and expensive dental work to be a network reporter. Most of us know Rather as a stately figure, a man whose calm voice and magnetic presence greeted us... More >> |
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| The Smothers Brothers Eisemann Center | Sat., November 22, 8:00pm | Richardson & Vicinity | |
Sometimes you're too old to get it...the joke, that is. Sometimes you're too young. In the case of The Smothers Brothers, I'm both. I'm just the right age to vaguely remember brothers Tom and Dick's late '60s variety show, canceled on CBS in 1969 because it was just too edgy and political--for... More >> |
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| Beowulf is min Nama Fort Worth Community Arts Center | Daily from Fri., November 21 until Sat., November 22, 8:00pm | Fort Worth | |
Jeff Kaplan, a Denton-based actor and dancer will perform his one-man show, Beowulf is min nama, on 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Imagine, a Texan spouting verse in Old English while supertitles float above the stage to aid the baffled audience. Add to this the beauty of post-modern dance as Mr.... More >> |
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| The Great Russian Nutcracker Majestic Theatre | Daily from Thu., November 20 until Sun., November 23 | Downtown & Deep Ellum | |
There is a holiday story that's bigger than Santa's bag of toys. That blows the nose off Rudolph. That melts Frosty and burns Alfie the Christmas tree...no, never mind, no one messes with Alfie (regardless of his association with John Denver). This legendary tale travels through reality, Nod... More >> |
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| Make Space of Artists: Design-A-Studio Dallas Museum of Art | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., November 6 until Thu., February 12 | Downtown & Deep Ellum | |
A long overdue trip to IKEA can act as a reminder that there's a designer in everyone--if they can make a 200-square-foot space livable, just imagine what you could do if you were given a shot. Now you get your chance to show your flair for interior design as the Dallas Museum of Art's new... More >> |
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| Deck the Halls Old Red Museum | Daily from Sat., November 15 until Sun., January 11 | Downtown & Deep Ellum | |
Old Red's getting into the spirit of things, though they're doing it a little late by modern standards. After all, everybody else had their halls decked the day before Halloween. Better late than never as they always say--of course, we don't know who they are exactly, but we're told they are... More >> |
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| Dinosaurs Alive! The Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary | Daily from Fri., August 29 until Wed., December 31 | Allen/McKinney | |
We don't really want to see a dinosaur eat a child. That would be wrong. Entertaining? Perhaps. Be that as it may, if the Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary really wants to thrill its patrons with its Dinosaurs Alive! exhibit of life-size, animatronic dinosaurs and demonstrate... More >> |
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| Is it the real turtle soup? Holly Johnson Gallery | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., November 22 until Wed., December 24 | Downtown & Deep Ellum | |
"Is it good turtle soup or merely the mock?" That's a line from Cole Porter's "At Long Last Love," written in 1938. Well to be sure, I had to research what the hell is actually involved in turtle soup. According to my Google search, my instincts were correct, and it's exactly what it implies.... More >> |
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| eNeRGy Kettle Art | Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., November 21 until Sat., December 6, 7:00pm-10:00pm | West Dallas | |
Though Frank Campagna's Kettle Art Gallery has only been open for three years, it's already hard to imagine Deep Ellum without it. Part of that reason is because Campagna himself has long been a staple of the Dallas art and music scenes. He started back in the late '70s designing flyers and... More >> |
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| Hanging Out with Boys and Little Cloths Latino Cultural Center | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., September 12 until Sat., November 29 | Downtown & Deep Ellum | |
If you've seen the movie Top Gun you're no doubt familiar with the Kenny Loggins song "Playing With The Boys," which perfectly scores that film's classic beach volleyball scene. It also happened to be the first thing I thought of when confronted with the title of the Latino Cultural Center's... More >> |
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| Synecdoche, New York The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth |
Fri., November 21 more dates/times |
Fort Worth | |
The word "genius" tends to be thrown around loosely these days, but Charlie Kaufman might actually warrant the label. Like a modern-day bard, the prolific screenwriter tells original, inventive stories that cause people to think and feel in delightfully different ways. He's paired his... More >> |
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| Brian Gibb: All That Glitters Isn't Gold The Magnolia Theatre | Daily from Fri., October 17 until Wed., December 3 | East Dallas & Lakewood | |
Brian Gibb is a dangerous man. He can make you want things. He can make you buy things. And he doesn't even have to be in the room. His eye for talent brings some seriously amazing shows to his gallery, The Public Trust. But more important, his own art is...well...addictive. I have a... More >> |
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| Manwich Mighty Fine Arts | Every week Saturday, Sunday from Sat., November 22 until Sun., November 30, 12:00pm-5:00pm | Oak Cliff & South Dallas | |
Not since the days of the Equal Rights Amendment has there been so much to say about gender. The political bids by Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin brought to light a maelstrom of gender politics, made feminist blogs bookmark material and really brought forth a dialogue about how gender defines... More >> |
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| Street Level Norwood Flynn Gallery | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., November 22 until Sun., January 25 | Park Cities | |
Landscape or cityscape art frequently falls into the trap of being a little too postcard friendly. I can admit to seeing more than one gallery show where renderings that are supposed to be "haunting depictions of the ravages of industry on our landscapes" are little more than benign... More >> |
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| Nunsense Richardson Theatre Centre |
Every week Friday, Saturday from Fri., November 21 until Sun., December 14, 8:00pm more dates/times |
Richardson & Vicinity | |
Nuns are scary. They appear in movies, always looming over some child's desk, ruler in hand, ready and willing to wreak havoc right out of a Catholic school nightmare. Thus nuns tend to make more appearances as scary costumes on Halloween rather than at Christmas (well, OK, I guess there is... More >> |
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| Super Market: An Exhibition of New Work by Brent Ozaeta The Public Trust (formerly Art Prostitute Gallery) | Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., October 24 until Sat., December 6 | ||
The first thing that strikes me about the artist behind Super Market is that he was born in 1985. In 1985, I was angling for a Spuds McKenzie T-shirt for Christmas and obsessing over Depeche Mode. Brent Ozaeta, however, was being born. This piece of knowledge has the effect of a) making me feel... More >> |
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| Dan Perfect: Drawings & Paintings Road Agent | Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., November 21 until Sat., December 6, 12:00pm-5:00pm | West Dallas | |
London-based artist Dan Perfect's paintings are collages of sorts. Not of their media, but their aura. Ambiguous forms and referential icons are scattered across his canvases, and the result is not disjointed or trivial, but rich and striking. With imagery that echoes Miro and Picasso as much... More >> |
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| SMU for the North Texas Food Bank Food Drive Open Location | Daily from Sat., November 15 until Mon., November 24 | Downtown & Deep Ellum | |
Redistributionist-In-Chief-Elect Barack Obama will soon rescue us from the horrible poverty created by the evil Bush regime. But until January 20, 2009, we'll need charities like North Texas Food Bank. The Meadows School of the Arts, SMU-in-Legacy and Resounding Harmony choir will help restock... More >> |
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| A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant The Circle Theatre |
Every week Thursday from Thu., November 20 until Sat., December 20, 7:30pm more dates/times |
Fort Worth | |
The Church of Scientology has shown its willingness to bully critics in the courtroom, and because I could no sooner afford to defend myself in a lawsuit than I could afford my own personal E-meter, I'll just say that any religion that offers protection from spirits trapped on Earth by the evil... More >> |
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| More Events | |||
| Activity Time Highland Hills Highland Hills Branch Library | Daily | Lancaster/Balch Springs | |
| Personal Views: Texas Black Folk Artists African American Museum | Daily | Fair Park | |
| The Souls of Black Folk African American Museum | Daily | Fair Park | |