Dallas Life

Thanks to TikTok, the viral, sucking rose toy vibrator has been getting everyone back into shopping at adult stores – whether it’s to have fun with a partner or for self-pleasure.

If you’ve never visited any of the indoor markets around Dallas, also known as bazaars, you are sadly missing out on a major hub of Hispanic culture.

The Perot Museum of Nature and Science (2201 N. Field St.) continues the National Geographic Live Speaker Series Wednesday, April 6, as it welcomes Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant. Dr. Wynn-Grant is a large carnivore ecologist who found her path to wildlife and conservation science watching TV as a kid.

Witchcraft means different things to different people: It can be a form of self-care, a meditative practice and a means to self-expression.

March isn’t usually the most exciting time of the year. In Texas, it’s when the weather can’t make up its mind on whether it wants to be cold, hot or throwing tornadoes at us and it’s when we lose an hour of sleep to the meaningless beast we call Daylight Savings Time (hopefully not for much longer).

Brick-and-mortars are out and pop-up markets are in. With endless inflation and increasingly rising rent prices, small business owners in North Texas are ditching the brick-and-mortar business model.

Times could not be more tense for the families of transgender children in Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott added to the growing list of reasons his humanity card should be revoked earlier this week when he ordered Texas’ Department of Family and Protective Services to launch child welfare investigations into families with transgender children.

Dallas VideoFest is changing its scene a bit. Now, it will offer showcase screenings of films that would’ve normally been found in the schedules of its once weekend-long festivals. DVF kicks off the new series with HONK by Cheryl Allison 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at Angelika Film Center, 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane.

Big players in the gaming industry are making big bets on Web 3 and NFTs. It’s still uncertain whether those bets will pay off.

As podcasts become an incredibly influential medium, a California-based couple is looking to use their platform to shift the heteronormative boys club rules and reach people in a positive manner.

Every spring, the locals of California town San Juan Capistrano dress in costume to celebrate the miracle of rebirth and the swallows returning to their home.

The last few years have allowed us to get to know ourselves plenty, and it may be time to get reacquainted with our partners.

Can’t get to Rome? No worries, Irving Mall (3865 Irving Mall, Irving) is bringing Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel to you.

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 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.

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.

Red Dead Online players are begging Rockstar Games for some fresh content.

In a video posted to Facebook, state Senate candidate Shelley Luther showed off her new gun and promoted a custom firearms business.

The past two years may have felt like the world was ending, but there are still no signs of a zombie apocalypse.

What do you mean you don’t know where to take the out-of-towners? It’s Wednesday, Dec. 22, and soon as you drop the luggage it’s time to get to the Dallas Arboretum (8525 Garland Road) for Holiday at the Arboretum. Day or night, the gardens have gorgeous flora as well as Victorian gazebos depicting the 12 Days of Christmas and a Christmas village, more than one million lights twinkling and a 50-foot musical tree display that plays all the favorites.

Take a moment away from the craze and hit up The Wild Detectives (314 W. 8th St.) 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, for the latest installment of the Inner Moonlight poetry reading series. This performance features poet, performer and podcast host Leanetta “Shug” Avery.