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Evo-Umlauf
The mentor and artist shares his landscapes
By Michelle Matthews
Published: June 12, 2008
A somewhat nasty and ungrateful adage says, "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." While this may apply to Catholic school nuns, it cannot be said of Karl Umlauf, an...
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Shrieks And Freaks
By Merritt Martin
Published: June 12, 2008
Give me a good old-school horror movie over the super-scare tactics of today, and I'll gladly bring the popcorn. I like a good shock, a good jump in the seat as much as the...
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Get It On
Will judges bang a gong at these shorts?
By Jesse Hughey
Published: June 12, 2008
For independent filmmakers, creating a movie is truly a labor of love. Aspiring directors often exhaust their savings and devote countless hours of work to turn an artistic...
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B-Flo In A-Town
Escape summer with a little live theater
By Jennifer Elaine Davis
Published: June 12, 2008
It's obvious that summer in North Texas is an excellent time to catch a stage production. What better way to forget about the coma-inducing heat, the crushing smog and the...
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Eleven Is Heaven
By Merritt Martin
Published: June 12, 2008
A lot happens as time spans more than a decade. Hair styles change, people expand and contract, politics sees new faces, landscapes morph. ELLEven not only marks the 11 years...
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Old Enough To Know Better
See 21 stellar photos at PDNB
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: June 12, 2008
Twenty-one was a damned good age, ripe with artistic possibilities, so one would think an art show called Twenty-One might explore some of these classic coming-of-age staples:...
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Dear Diaries
SEED offers a view into the artistic mind
By Danna Berger
Published: June 12, 2008
What if you could see the mental plan for Van Gogh's "Sunflowers"? Or a start-to-finish of Picasso's Blue Period? The notes, snapshots and sketches Hemingway used to create The...
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Airheaded Fun
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: June 12, 2008
Taller and pinker than the Statue of Liberty, the gigantic Energizer Bunny Hot Hare Balloon is only one of the dozens of rainbow-colored hot air balloons at the DFW Summer...
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Powerhouse
The DSO and Dallas Black Dance Theater join forces
By Andrea Grimes
Published: June 12, 2008
Anyone who's taken a leisurely 90-mph drive down Woodall Rogers Freeway recently has to have noticed the bajillion-dollar expansion of the Dallas Arts District. Sure, we'll...
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Lange-O-Stern
The li'l sidekick gets his own show
By Katey Margolis
Published: June 12, 2008
When I was 12, Howard Stern was the morning disc jockey on the local rock station WWDC-101.1 FM. I was 12, and I loved him. Over the next 25 years or so, I would occasionally...
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Sporting Trade
Sell your soul for a Series?
By Spencer Campbell
Published: June 12, 2008
In Damn Yankees, a fan of the Washington Senators (it occurs in the 1950s) swaps his soul to Satan in return for a matchless baseball prowess. He uses that prowess to conquer...
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The Art of Recycling
Noble and Webster are a real shadowy couple
By Rich Lopez
Published: June 12, 2008
For those people who look at art and say "I can do that," this show is for you. Especially those of you who find comfort in not throwing trash away. The Goss-Michael Foundation...
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Wiz Kids
By Megan Feldman
Published: June 12, 2008
If you're one of those poor, misguided souls who have inexplicably failed to read J.K. Rowling's brilliant and bewitching tales about wizards -- and you know you'll never pick...
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Stalking Art
Gilbert doesn't know us, but we're watching his work
By KAITLIN INGRAM
Published: June 12, 2008
It is certainly an interesting question: In today's media-saturated environment, with Facebook, MySpace, IM and the like, can one really maintain anonymity? There are countless...
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Cast Your Ballots
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: June 12, 2008
With the nominees for the upcoming presidential election finally secure, I know we're all itchin' to vote. So listen up, because unlike in November (Google: electoral college),...
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'Spray Onstage
John Waters' creation gets family-friendly in Fair Park
By John Freeman
Published: June 12, 2008
If someone had told me when I was a teenager that in the future John Waters would be producing family entertainment, I would have laughed in their face like a mad hyena. Back...
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Coot Trick
Oldest Living Graduate didn't do enough homework; Drowsy Chaperone wakes up the smile muscles at Fair Park Music Hall
By Elaine Liner
Published: June 12, 2008
The years have been kind to The Oldest Living Graduate. The last play in Preston Jones' Texas Trilogy holds up even better than the second in the series, Lu Ann Hampton Laverty...
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Game On
Guitar Hero and Rock Band Give New Meaning to "Rock and Roll Excess"
By Chris Ward
Published: June 12, 2008
I am absolutely dreading the arrival of Guitar Hero: World Tour. Can't even enjoy the summer. It might sound like insanity, given that the fourth installment in the Guitar...
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Critics' Picks
The RZA as Bobby Digital
Thursday, June 12, at The Loft
By Jesse Hughey
Published: June 12, 2008
The RZA is, of course, best-known for his innovative production work, primarily for the Wu-Tang Clan but also for his soundtrack work for Jim Jarmusch and Quentin Tarantino and...
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Whiskey Folk Ramblers
Midnight Drifter (Ravenkaw)
By Jesse Hughey
Published: June 12, 2008
Whiskey Folk Ramblers have injected traditional country, pop music's oldest and most distinctly American genre, with a shot of youthful energy and Old World...
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