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closeWednesday, Aug. 12, 2009
The Dirty Dozen: Restaurant Week begins with previews, and so much more
Marilyn Manson and Slayer will bring their special brand of mayhem to Superpages.com Center.
Restaurant Week
We’re rifling through the closet to dig out our "buffet pants," because KRLD Restaurant Week is finally here. And we aim to gorge. Restaurant Week means two things: You get to take advantage of $35 three-course prix fixe meals at some of our finest eateries, including Buttons, Del Frisco’s, Eddie V’s, Grace and The Vault. (For a complete list, visit link below.) It also means that $7 of your meal will benefit the Lena Pope Home or the North Texas Food Bank. Charity and gourmandizing — two of our favorite things. Note: This is a popular event, so reservations are a MUST. Call ahead.
When: Preview with select participating restaurants begins Friday; Restaurant Week runs Aug. 17-23.
Where: Various restaurants throughout Tarrant, Dallas, Denton and Collin counties
Cost: $35 three-course prix fixe meal (not including tax, tip and drinks)
Info:www.krld.com (Look for the cartoon icon of a waiter, and click on him. He tells all.)
Catch the Wave: A Film Festival Celebrating La Nouvelle Vague
Truffaut, Godard, Bresson. Does the mere mention of these names make your little coeur skip a beat? Then we’ll see you in line at the Nouvelle Vague festival. This year’s fest, from The Modern and the Lone Star Film Society, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the French New Wave, which inspired everyone from Coppola, Scorsese and Altman to Quentin Tarantino. The festival’s highlights include Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows and Robert Bresson’s Pickpocket.
When: The fest opens at 6 p.m. Thursday with a cocktail reception, followed at 6:45 p.m. with opening remarks from dfw.com’s own film/burger critic, Christopher Kelly. Festival runs through Sunday and Aug. 20-23.
Where: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Cost: $8.50 ($6.50 for Modern and Lone Star members).
Info:www.themodern.org
'Mamma Mia!’
Idiotic plot, contrived musical segues and characters you couldn’t give a flip about. But it’s all connected by the glorious sonic thrill of Abba tunes. And when those wash over you, you forgive the schlock and embrace the Super Trouperness of it all.
When: Tuesday through Aug. 30.
Where: Music Hall at Fair Park, Dallas
Cost: $25-$85
Info:www.dallassummermusicals.org
Visa Championships
We’ve been working on our back handsprings for just this occasion. (Advil anyone?) Stars were born at this event in the past. Before they were household names, Shawn Johnson, Carly Patterson, Mary Lou Retton, Paul Hamm and the Plano-trained Nastia Liukin became all-around champions. So this is your chance to check out the country’s best gymnasts, vying for national titles and spots on the U.S. National Team. And you can say you knew them when . . .
When: Through Saturday (see Web site for times and event schedule)
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas
Cost: $20-$350
Info:www.americanairlinescenter.com
Mayhem Festival featuring Marilyn Manson and Slayer
Oh, Marilyn Manson, is there any small child or 43-year-old woman you don’t still frighten? That’s OK, Mar. You keep us on our toes. The shock-rocker is headlining the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, which also features Slayer and other acts with similarly Holly Hobbie-esque names: Killswitch Engage, Bullet for My Valentine, Trivium, All That Remains and Cannibal Corpse.
When: 2:15 p.m. Saturday
Where:Superpages.com Center, Dallas
Cost: $25.50-$50
Info:www.livenation.com
'The End of America’
Forget how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop — Naomi Wolf says it takes 10 steps for a country to slide toward fascism. The documentary, based on Wolf’s bestselling book, takes a look at this lighthearted thesis and how it relates to our country today. Woot!
When: 7 p.m. Thursday
Where: 1919 Hemphill (that’s both the name of the venue, and the Fort Worth address)
Cost: Free
Info:www.1919hemphill.org
SceneShop: You Gotta Laugh
The setting of this comic mystery is a bait shop near the shores of Lake Texoma. Should pretty much write itself. Steven McGaw’s Baitshop Confidential, the evening’s centerpiece performance, focuses on the shop’s owner, who resents her own customers and the sheriff. Cranky and entrepreneurial. These are our people.
When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Where: Arts Fifth Avenue, 1628 Fifth Ave., Fort Worth
Cost: $12
Friend a bakery, save the dogs Hey, kids, if you’re a sucker for homeless pets, here’s a free and easy way to help. But you’ve gotta do it by Saturday. If you’re on the Facebook, do a search for "Sublime Bakery." When you find the Fort Worth bakery, click on their link and become a fan. Sublime will donate $1 to Homeward Bound Animal Rescue for every new fan through Saturday.
Where: Facebook
Cost: Free
Diego Rivera: The Cubist Portraits
If all you’ve seen of artist Diego Rivera is his portrayal by Alfred Molina in Frida, it’s high time for a field trip. Check out "Diego Rivera: The Cubist Portraits: 1913-1917." The exhibit and study looks at the Mexican artist’s work from the years he spent in Paris during World War I.
When: Through Sept. 20
Where: Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University, 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas
Cost: $6-$8
Info:www.smu.edu/meadows/museum
Arlington Peddler Show
Peddler peddler peddler peddler . . . if you say it enough, it sounds funny. OK, we’re serious again. You may find your own personal Matisse among all the folk art, hand-thrown pottery, ceramics, jewelry and home decor at this show. Or not. But ya gotta love the hunt.
When: 3-8 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday
Where: Arlington Convention Center
Cost: $4-$6
Info:www.peddlershow.com
Judas Priest and Whitesnake
Has it really been 30 years since Judas Priest released British Steel? No, it’s been 29. But that won’t stop Rob Halford and the other metal gods from celebrating the album’s "30th anniversary" by playing the album in its entirety for the first time ever. And for an added dose of thrashy power metal, Whitesnake’s on the bill, too.
When: 7 p.m. Thursday
Where: Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie
Cost: $59.50
Info: Ticketmaster
Gun buyback
Dig out that dusty pistol and trade it in for a $50 gift card. That’s the drill for Fort Worth’s gun buyback program Saturday. It’s easy. Just bring your — and this is very important — unloaded gun to the location below. You’ll need valid ID, but donors won’t be checked for outstanding warrants. Good to know.
When: 2-6 p.m. Saturday
Where: Truevine Missionary Baptist Church, 3732 Miller Ave., Fort Worth
Cost: A gun
Info: 817-392-8805
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