The centerpiece of gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke’s Keeping the Lights On Tour is highlighting last year’s disastrous winter storm and Governor Greg Abbott’s controversial response, but it was still all warmth and sunshine at the Denton stop of the tour on Sunday.
Every year around this time on the calendar, the parent company of Five-Hour Energy probably notices a blip in their stock price because of WFAA weatherman Pete Delkus.
Let’s be real for a second. For all of his faults, Joe Rogan is an accomplished person. He’s a multi-championship winning taekwondo fighter.
Many institutions that belong to Texas still have their regional differences: the Longhorns and the Aggies. barbecue from the Pecan Lodge and the Salt Lick. One thing that’s not divisive in Texas is Buc-ee’s. The massive travel center chain with 38 stores across Texas is so beloved by travelers that…
The time has finally come when hating Valentine’s Day no longer makes you “edgy.” It takes more energy to pretend-dislike this holiday than it does to lay down your sword, so get over yourself and find someone to celebrate with. If you’re unsure who that person should be, call up…
The last of sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke’s three laws states, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” That doesn’t mean magic can’t exist in our digital realm of interactive technology and readily accessible information, local magician Zak Mirz says. “I don’t think technology ruins magic with any stretch…
The selection for HP LitFest’s Flick Fest made perfect sense after author and screenwriter Larry McMurty’s passing last year, but after losing director Peter Bogdanovich just this January, it’s even more bittersweet. The main fundraiser for the literacy and literature festival features The Last Picture Show at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, at the Angelika Theater (5321 E. Mockingbird Lane).
Professional wrestling’s marquee event is just two months away in Arlington, and the card of matches became a little bit clearer after WWE’s Royal Rumble event in St. Louis on Saturday night. The Royal Rumble is WWE’s first major event of the year and is the official “kickoff” to WrestleMania…
Just past high noon Saturday, Dallas Art Battle came back to Deep Ellum Art Co. The competition pitted six artists against one another, creating works during two, 20-minute rounds with winners chosen by the audience. This year, the overall winner was Fernando Olivares for his rendition of rapper TuPac. The…
Being impersonated on Saturday Night Live is one of those age-old signs that you’re a bone fide celebrity. Traditional milestones on the road to American fame, such as getting a five-minute set on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and having Carson wave you over to the couch or getting drawn up in MAD Magazine, have withered away with time while the stamp of SNL approval has survived.
Spurred on by the Covid-19 shutdown in 2020, the Fort Worth Opera and the Dallas Opera each went to work on plans to engage with their communities in new ways while providing their performers and longtime fans with ways to experience opera.
Last summer, the streaming music and podcast service Spotify paid more than $100 million for the exclusive broadcast rights to The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE) hosted by comedian and UFC commentator Joe Rogan.
The dating app giant Match.com is suing a start-up dating app called Muzmatch claiming it diverts users because of its similar sounding name.
The Denton Black Film Festival (DBFF) is officially online this year, but it’s just as inspired as ever. In fact, without worrying about getting here and there, it might be even easier to experience more of the feature films, docs, shorts, animations and more along with the panels that span filmmaking, naturally, and action-motivating social justice dialogue.
The Netflix reality show Cheer showed the world something that pretty much every small town Texan with a kid in high school or college already knows.
If you’re getting that crowded feeling right now, it’s not your imagination. It’s economics. A 2021 article published in the magazine City Journal says that Dallas has the fourth highest growth rate of inbound migration.
A radio personality known for appearance on The Russ Martin Show has been charged with producing child pornography, If convicted, Clois Glenn Raborn could face up to 30 years in federal prison.
We’re experiencing a reboot renaissance when it comes to movies and TV shows these days. One is finally making a comeback far more deservedly than a fourth Matrix film ever did.
For Dallas magician Zak Mirz, the old adage “A good magician never reveals their secrets” is more than just an occupational mantra. It’s a rule that shapes his career and life.
The Denton Black Film Festival, which showcases cinematic storytelling that highlights the Black experience through film, music, dance, tech and the visual arts, is back for its eighth consecutive year.
You’ve probably heard of Peng Dang, the Chinese comic based in Dallas. You may think you know the reason I’m going to give, but we’ll leave a certain incident languishing away on the internet where Dang prefers it. What Dang has really excelled at of late is working racism and personal perspective into his sets – the Atlanta shooting, for one topic.
Black Bodies, White Spaces: Invisibility & Hypervisibility opened at the new Green Family Art Foundation gallery last October, and as the exhibition nears its Jan. 27 close, members of the local art community have rushed to see the show.
