Corn-nuts are the worst snack ever. Apparently, those tooth-cracking chunks of halitosis have a part in Vicki Cheatwood's play about a bride who falls for the groom's brother...
It's not uncommon to suffer from coulrophobia, a.k.a. the fear of clowns. Lots of people have it. Those people might think twice before seeing Joey Seeman's exhibition at...
Roundabouts mid-March, everybody starts getting a little Irish in them. Most folks take this to mean they have the right to wear ridiculous hats, get drunk in the daytime and...
As you probably know, a lot of people like to celebrate St. Patrick's Day on March 17. And that's cool, I guess, but when I was a kid, we reserved that day for the birthday...
What happens when you combine Dancing with the Stars, American Idol and Singin' in the Rain? Other than a potential hot mess, you get a legend against a backdrop of trendy...
What does a view from the top really look like? Artist Christine Gedeon shows us in what her artist statement calls "top view explorations" of prominent works. She shares space...
You didn't need drugs to catch a psychedelic ride in the late '60s. You found a darkened room, friends and a few beanbag chairs, put the needle on "Nights in White Satin" and...
One of my best friends, a 37-year-old mother of two, just had a double mastectomy because of breast cancerâa disturbing reminder that the disease doesn't...
Musicians, painters and bearded writers all share something in commonâthey love to talk about the pain and sacrifice of art while sitting in a comfy chair...
Paul Slavens is nothing if not experimental. Though still mostly recognized for the wonder-why-it's-gone, jazz-cum-rock band Ten Hands, which at its best played away rock...
The play Opal's Husband tells the story of Opal Kronkie, a junk collector on a quest to find her best friend a husband. (In my head I like to picture Meg White as Opal, mostly...
If you've never had a proper welcome to the city of Irving, then by golly, you are in luck. Because if the dirty white-top of Texas Stadium isn't satisfying your hospitable...
As phenomenal as High School Musical and its sequel are, every time I watch them I can't help but wonder how much better they'd be if the characters were ice-skating. The first...
I hope she takes this as a compliment, but I wish local artist Pauline Hudel-Smith would consider creating fabric and wallpaper. Her illustrations, filled with popping color...
Not your parents' dinner theater, the Improv (4980 Belt Line Road, Suite 250) is hosting Tales from the Hood's dinner play Sex, Lies & Desperate Housewives. Dubbed "the Who...
And the award for longest high school name ever goes to...Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts! Congratulations, BTWHSPVA! And, on that note,...
The Counterfeiters may be a Holocaust movie by virtue of its setting and plot, but it actually reads as a morality tale that is truly food for thought in this age of twisted...
In 1978, two artists named Will Hipps and Richard Childers converted a circa-1916 tire factory and air-conditioning warehouse into an art gallery. They wanted to provide a...
Easter is the only holiday I can get away with not spending with my family. I opt not to see a rampant number of second cousins that I don't know hunting for eggs. What's...
I have mixed feelings about how effective Dancing Through Time is as the title of the newest Collin County Ballet Theatre performance. At first, it seems exciting, because you...