The video starts with a skeleton in a green beanie giving a security guard a high five. Then the skeleton, an Instagram phenomenon known as Ribs Man, hops on a skateboard and does a handful of smooth tricks across the wide steps in front of the American Airlines Center. Toward…
Every summer, ventriloquist, comedian and Richardson product Jeff Dunham would work at a summer camp in Van. In the spring of 1980, after he auditioned in an open call for performers at Six Flags Over Texas, he put in his notice. He had just turned 18, and was doing shows…
North Texans don’t have to buy airline tickets to travel the world, because the world is coming to them. Over 100 artists representing different mediums and different regions around the planet will be featured in a festival celebrating international cultures. World of Art, which will take place at Texas Live’s outdoor…
As high school students across the country were studying for AP tests and gearing up to primp and preen for prom, an elite group of students was just starting to research fresh debate topics ahead of the National Speech and Debate Tournament. The competition started June 16 at the Sheraton…
Thursday Don’t be alarmed by earth-shaking incidents in the Fair Park area. It’s Ochre House and Dallas Flamenco Festival’s presentation of La Muerte de Don Quixote, written and directed by the theater’s founder and creative dynamo Matthew Posey. The performance at 825 Exposition Ave., runs through June 29 and features…
Do you remember Elena Davies? She was that former radio personality who was on the reality show Big Brother and who we featured on our cover back in 2018? Anyway, she’s going to be on another reality show called Ex on the Beach. It’s about singles who live in a…
While the difference between a modern coworking space and a traditional office setting is debatable, co-working spaces are rising in popularity. In Dallas, coworking spaces can seemingly be found on nearly every corner, however, Fat Bear Coworking says it offers a unique concept as it was designed to help encourage…
After a year since becoming the first public university to launch a collegiate esports program in Texas, the University of North Texas will become the first public university in the state to offer scholarships to current and upcoming students. 20,000 dollars in scholarships will be awarded to approximately 25 to…
Drive-in movie critic and Grapevine’s favorite son Joe Bob Briggs might want to think about changing the name of The Last Drive-In, his horror-movie showcase show on the streaming movie channel Shudder. The network announced that Briggs’ popular program will return for a second season on Shudder. Shudder general manager…
Last weekend’s storms wreaked havoc in North Texas, and while many people were indirectly forced out of their homes because of a loss of electricity, the residents of the Elan City Lights were literally forced out of their apartments after a crane crashed into the building. The complex’s management deemed…
Father’s Day is like a second birthday for dads and one of the highlights of parenthood. But instead of gifting him (another) neck tie or shave kit, ditch the prepackaged gift sets and show the dad in your life that he can do much better with any of the following…
Fort Worth screenwriter and producer Iver Jallah is quickly working his way into the Hollywood landscape. Last year, Jallah premiered a short series called Rich Africans on Amazon Prime Video, on which he served as a writer and executive producer. Following the series’ success, Jallah is in the post-production stages…
On Sunday evening, the Granada Theater was packed to the brim with fans ready to see Ilana Glazer. Hot off the end of her breakout Comedy Central series, Broad City, Glazer is on the road for her nationwide The Planet is Burning Tour. While her Broad City character, Ilana Wexler,…
The real drama of DreamHack, the annual esports tournament that brings some of the world’s biggest fans and players who compete for hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizes, isn’t just made by the pixels on the screen. It’s also made in the stands like any great spectator sport. DreamHack…
Until recent years, with the wake of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements, public consideration for the female struggle was regarded with the turn of a cheek or the draw of a blind. Though women continue to grapple with inequality today, most certainly with the recent abortion restrictions, the fortitude…
If you were watching the closing melees of the nail-munching minutes of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Masters tournament at the DreamHack Dallas esports conference, you were probably screaming your head off in frustration. If you were watching the crowd, you were probably laughing your ass off at the last-minute madness…
An indigenous woman bending over a loom. A bleeding heart with a political message. An altar with a Hamsa Hand, a snake, a candle. A tangle of cut braids of hair. A naked female torso. A projection of digital illustrations with a dream-like quality. These symbols and images from the…
The folks at last weekend’s DreamHack, the annual esports gaming convention held at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, had something to marvel at besides virtual warriors trying to punch each other’s faces in with their fists. A good portion of them spotted actor, writer and film star Jeff Goldblum…
Just as the local economy has soared over the last few years, so too has the popularity of urban, luxury residential-condominium living among a somewhat surprising cohort: well-heeled baby boomers. From uptown and downtown Dallas to Frisco, Flower Mound and Plano, more and more multimillion-dollar high-rise condos are being snapped…
Eighty-five years after their deaths, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are inescapable. They’re in The Highwaymen, released this year on Netflix. Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson star as Frank Hamer and Maney Gault, former Texas Rangers who helped bring the Barrow Gang’s gruesome, two-year spree of 13 murders and numerous…
Let it be known that Iris Le’Mour shines. On an intensely sunny Sunday afternoon at Deep Ellum’s colorful vegan café Tiki Loco, she lights up the space beyond the daylight glow. Le’Mour speaks on her signature burlesque acts, and the tagline for one of them as she enters the stage,…
What started out as a conglomerate of old buildings with project possibilities just north of the Union Pacific Railroad in downtown Arlington, is now an area drawing comparisons to the trendy Bishop Arts district in Oak Cliff. Some social media users are quick to point out that the area, known…
