Irritated by Santa Claus, who's always giving away toys for free, the DeBiggy toy company gets a judge to outlaw him altogether. Things do not look good for the toy-loving children of the world - until a rag-tag band of kids steps in to save Christmas.
A new documentary about President Kennedy’s assassination relies heavily on rarely seen coverage from Dallas-Fort Worth TV and radio stations.
Composer Jennifer Higdon is a local star of this classical music season.
FORT WORTH —The collaboration this week between the TCU Latin American Music Festival and conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya’s Caminos del Inka project came to a close Thursday in PepsiCo Recital Hall when Maria Luisa Harth-Bedoya — the maestro’s sister — played a guitar recital.
Alien art has taken over the walls of the Kimbell Art Museum.
Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying prayer and careful thought led her to her decision.
New and notable
The year is 1955; most of the world has taken sides in the Cold War. In Budapest, behind the Iron Curtain, a little girl, 6 years old, lives one of the more privileged lives in that city. In an apartment on a tree-lined street on one of Buda’s hills, she is adored by her attractive parents, prominent journalists; she wears pink sweaters and cute shoes — patent-leather Mary Janes — from America; she loves going to school; she loves her playmates. But then, on an icy February night at 2 in the morning, the light goes on in the room she shares with her sister, and life changes forever.
What it is: Untitled (Cowboys #8) (1980-84) by Richard Prince, Ektacolor print
Logan Miller
The Lone Star International Film Festival concluded its third edition last Sunday, and by most estimations it was a success.
The third annual Lone Star International Film Festival showed marked improvements over previous years, but there are still a few kinks that need to be worked out.
Our party guy checks our the local premiere of 'Boondock Saints II.'
What better way to anticipate Turkey Day than reveling in top-notch local tunes?
Flash back to a night of haunting, lovely folk music, won't you?
Who cares if there are a lot of fair-weather TCU fans? Everybody can jump on board this bandwagon.
Sip a Casablanca Cosmo while settling in for a little blockbuster mayhem.
The singer-songwriter’s first CD debuted in 1997, but only recently has success come calling.
Graced with a scalpel-sharp wit and Texas troubadour's voice, Lovett is a wonderfully distinctive force of nature.
A look at new releases from John Mayer, Them Crooked Vultures and Leona Lewis
Fort Worth-born but Austin-based singer-songwriter Collin Herring is in a far better place now than he was when making his gripping third album, "Past Life Crashing," although you wouldn't necessarily know it from listening to the just-released "Ocho."
Some women cut their hair after the end of a relationship, looking for a change. Norah Jones didn't clip her locks, but she did shake up her sound.
Norah Jones’ post-breakup 'Fall’ explores new sounds with success.
After 15 years of success at one location in a fickle industry, Peter Kaba knows exactly what his clientele wants: big plates of affordable food, with generous portions of friendly service on the side.
The independent coffeehouse serves espresso-based drinks, smoothies and panini.
This Thanksgiving, the bird shouldn't bust your budget. Dining guy Bud Kennedy talks turkey about where to go and what to order.
When there's no fennel for your recipe, will an artichoke substitution make or break this roast salmon?
In the crowded field of chicken-wing emporiums, Pluckers stands leg and wing above the rest.
Doing the "Big Nasty" with Chubby’s
A good 'Education’
Crafters unload their holiday wares
The talked-about traveling bio-circus, in which more than 250 actual human specimens and individual organs are on display to show how biology works, makes its first visit to Texas with a five-month run at Dallas’ West End Marketplace beginning Saturday.
Irritated by Santa Claus, who's always giving away toys for free, the DeBiggy toy company gets a judge to outlaw him altogether. Things do not look good for the toy-loving children of the world - until a rag-tag band of kids steps in to save Christmas.
Your entertainment options range from the crystalline beauty of Ice! at the Gaylord Texan to the giddy geekdom of YuleCon.
A new documentary about President Kennedy’s assassination relies heavily on rarely seen coverage from Dallas-Fort Worth TV and radio stations.
Logan Miller
Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying prayer and careful thought led her to her decision.
The Lone Star International Film Festival concluded its third edition last Sunday, and by most estimations it was a success.
"New Moon" is elegant and occasionally moving - a leap beyond last year's Twilight.
It would be wonderful to say that director John Lee Hancock has fashioned an elegant bookend to his 2002 baseball movie, "The Rookie." No such luck.
FORT WORTH —The collaboration this week between the TCU Latin American Music Festival and conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya’s Caminos del Inka project came to a close Thursday in PepsiCo Recital Hall when Maria Luisa Harth-Bedoya — the maestro’s sister — played a guitar recital.
The actor-comedian makes his home movies a moving portrait of a fascinating and loving family.
The concert by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra calls on a sprawling three centuries of the music shaped and inspired by Incan landscape and culture.
The novelty of Ballet Frontier's presentation is how it enlists guest artists from across the Metroplex, in addition to local dance students.
Jennifer Higdon is regarded as a composer whose music dazzles with its technical flourishes yet is accessible to a wide audience.
"Riverdance" bids farewell Dec. 1-6; "Home for the Holidays" begins its run Dec. 4.
Graced with a scalpel-sharp wit and Texas troubadour's voice, Lovett is a wonderfully distinctive force of nature.
Perhaps the weirdest gig in Maynard James Keenan's trio of musical projects - the bald vintner also fronts Tool and A Perfect Circle - the experimental Puscifer has few stylistic borders.
Pure, ringing and altogether heavenly: Flame-haired songstress Neko Case's lovingly weathered soprano doesn't sound like anything else on the planet.
Seeing John Mayer live offers an opportunity to appreciate his ability to fuse crowd-pleasing pop choruses with gritty, virtuoso guitar licks. He plays American Airlines Center in March.
Beginning with Jackopierce, Creede Williams: Friday and Saturday. Granada Theater, Dallas. $30-$40. 214-824-9933.
Local music fans rocked their socks off on Saturday at two great Dallas venues.
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" has set a box-office record for midnight screenings.
Wale wanted to infuse his debut album with a woman's touch, so the rapper recruited singing divas like Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Chrisette Michele and Jazmine Sullivan to get that feeling across.
When the apocalypse comes, China will save the world.
Wesley Snipes' attorneys asked a federal appeals court Friday to review an "unreasonable" three-year prison sentence for the film star, who was convicted a year ago on federal tax charges.
Sarah Palin's tour to promote her new memoir will include a stop at Fort Hood to benefit the victims of the shooting rampage and their families.
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