Worth the Trip
Lucian Freud and Omer Fast in North Texas I didn’t exactly want to drive four-and-a-half hours to see...
Under One Roof, With Room to Breathe
MFAH’s Sweeping American Made Spans Centuries, Media and Styles Viewing American art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, as at most institutions, has long been a piecemeal, largely compartmentalized experience. For paintings and sculpture, you visit Beck Building galleries that are currently mostly occupied by the traveling exhibition [...]
Film Review: ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’
Beasts of the Southern Wild is no doubt in my top-10 list for best films of 2012. I know most of you haven't heard of this film, but rest assured, once you see [...]
Shakespeare Shakedown
For a playwright from the 16th century, ailment William Shakespeare has a pretty good track record. Theater companies...
Review: Jersey Boys
Lexus Broadway Series @ AT&T Performing Arts Center June 12–July 15, link 2012 There seem to be an...
Review: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Theatre 3, order Dallas June 7–July 7, 2012 Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson is a...
A Beautiful Beast
Beasts of the Southern Wild will no doubt make my Top 10 list for best films this year....
All Jazzed Up
Even as they have decided to cancel this year’s Jazz Under the Stars outdoor series, sickness Dallas Museum...
25th Annual Dallas VideoFest
The Video Association of Dallas has announced the first five selections for VideoFest 25, which will be Sept. 27–30, 2012 at its original home, the Dallas Museum of Art. Now the oldest and largest video festival in the United States, VideoFest will feature over 150 programs over the four [...]
Ambitious Slate
Marking its 11th year, the Asian Film Festival of Dallas has grown to become the largest film showcase of Asian and Asian-American cinema in South, according to Steve Norwood, the Asian Film Festival’s director of programming, who discussed this year’s event with A+C. There have been more [...]
Male Bonding
Closer, the first collection of poetry by Dallas native son Christopher Stephen Soden, embodies the adage that all good things take time. This poignant and personal volume contains work that represents what Soden unabashedly calls a “meandering” 35-year career. A protégé [...]
The Lost City
Dallas is not, nor has it ever been, a naturally-occurring city. Without the abundant natural resources available to other older cities, Dallas was born out of the sheer determination of its people. This forward-thinking and resourceful philosophy has been passed down from generation to [...]