Crowded Streets
Sunday night was kind of weird. My afternoon nap went way longer than I intended — essentially, I got ready for the evening at...
Dia de los Toadies: A Proper Fest
No doubt inspired by the relatively recent explosion of music festivals in North Texas, a lot has been written, cheekily but also surprisingly seriously,...
Gallery
Where many galleries opened their new shows last week, UNT Art Gallery waits until this week to showcase photographers from as far away as...
The Drop: Streetlight People
It’s likely that the late James Gandolfini’s performance in The Drop will be lauded in tearfully hyperbolic fashion, maybe even to the point where...
Princess of Whales
They say that comedy can be highly culturally specific, and I can tell you it’s true after staring uncomprehendingly at the Korean movie Miss...
The Other End of the Pipeline
I’m kayaking the bay that separates Port Isabel and South Padre Island when a large dorsal fin breaks the water. Another fin surfaces, and...
Pegaso: Flying High
It would be easy to assume the new Pegaso Mexican Diner, on Bluebonnet Circle, is just a reconfiguration of restaurateur Monica Greene’s original Pegaso...
Three Solos
Concertos were conceived as a showpiece for one instrument backed by an orchestra, but in 1803 Beethoven came up with the idea of highlighting...
The Art of Preservation
Beneath the violet glow of dusk and across a dark, empty parking lot, a closed Costco megastore spills funnels of soft white light downward,...
Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys vs San Fran
Ah, the first Sunday of the new National Football League season promises to be a glorious day; I settle onto the couch for pregame...
